by David Krell | Mar 26, 2015 | David Krell
John Stamos launched his career in 1980s daytime television as Blackie Parrish on General Hospital. In turn, Stamos became a heartthrob. And he’s never looked back. In 1984, Stamos tackled prime time with Dreams, a short-lived CBS show about a rock and roll...
by David Krell | Mar 11, 2015 | David Krell
In 1959, George Reeves committed suicide. Or did he? The 2006 movie Hollywoodland, directed by Allen Coulter, mixes fact with speculation about television’s Superman portrayer taking his own life in the home that he shared with Leonore Lemmon. Adrien Brody...
by David Krell | Jan 6, 2014 | David Krell
Welcome Back, Kotter meets the fish-out-of-water theme. That’s The White Shadow. An NBA journeyman player has a career-ending knee injury, then takes a job as a basketball coach at an inner-city Los Angeles high school where he unwillingly, sometimes...
by David Krell | Aug 6, 2013 | David Krell
Wilbert Robinson managed the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1914-1931. Gentle and genial, Robinson earned praise from The New York Times upon his departure. But Robinson was not always gentle and genial. Upon Robinson’s departure from the Dodgers’ helm, the...
by David Krell | Jun 25, 2013 | David Krell
Ebbets Field debuted right before the beginning of World War I. Groundbreaking for its time, Ebbets Field joined Detroit’s Tiger Stadium, Cincinnati’s Crosley Field, Boston’s Fenway Park, and Chicago’s Wrigley Field during this period as monuments to baseball with...
