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Seniors go down Memory Lane at Pembroke Pines center
Forum Publishing GroupWhen the tape is popped into the VCR, it's like taking a trip back in time to the heyday of TV comedy. That's the scene every month during Memory Lane, a program presented at the Southwest Focal Point Senior Center in Pembroke Pines. George Bettinger,...Tags: Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Ethel Merman, I Love Lucy (tv program), Basketball
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TV on DVD: Catch 4th season of 'Saturday Night Live'
Sentinel Television CriticThe fourth season of Saturday Night Live was a precious time, as fans know. It was the final season for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. The other original players, such as Jane Curtin and Gilda Radner, would leave after the fifth season. The classic...Tags: John Belushi, Bette Midler, James Taylor, Walter Matthau, Gilda Radner
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This Charlton Heston was a gentleman and huge fan of Shakespeare
The obituaries written after the death of Charlton Heston in April suggested a man whose public and private images were virtually indistinguishable. Discussing his acting, almost all the press played the same note. USA Today's Mike Clark said Heston was...Tags: Vanessa Redgrave, Stratford, Personal Weapon Control, John Ireland, Movies
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Last season not 'Lost' on fans
LOST: SEASON 4 Series: Last spring's 13 episodes can help tide you over (or help you scour for clues) until the Oceanic survivors start their fifth ABC season Jan. 21. Revisit the freighter "rescue," the return to society of the six who "survived" and...Tags: CBS Corp., Derek Jacobi, The Rolling Stones, Carrie Fisher, Hawaii
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Edie Adams
Edie Adams has died. The singer and actress who won a Tony Award for bringing Daisy Mae to life on Broadway and who played the television foil to her husband, comedian Ernie Kovacs, was 81. Adams died Wednesday in a Los Angeles hospital from pneumonia...Tags: Groucho Marx, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Jack Lemmon, Movies, Sid Caesar
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Irving Brecher dies at 94; Comedy writer got an Oscar nod for 'Meet Me in St. Louis'
Irving Brecher, a comedy writer whose career in radio, television and the movies included writing two Marx Brothers comedies, co-writing the Judy Garland musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" and creating the radio and TV series "The Life of Riley," has died. He...Tags: Groucho Marx, Death and Dying, CBS Corp., Betty Hutton, Radio
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An 'aeon'-long oil addiction fuels America
A growing number of people (three people, actually, with 1.7 children apiece) have been asking me, "Tony, what's up with these gasoline prices?" And well they might ask, if you ask me. Scant months ago, the price of gas was so high, it was being taken as...Tags: Energy Resources, Heavy Engineering, Prescription Drugs, Television, Medicine
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Fashion Critic 'Mr. Blackwell' Dies at 86
" Mr. Blackwell," whose annual "worst dressed" list dinged movie stars, music icons and European royalty and helped turn him into a household name from the 1960s through the '80s, has died. He was 86. Blackwell had been in failing health and died...Tags: Hancock Park, Arbitration, Joan Crawford, Music Theater, Barbara Mandrell
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Take My Dot, Please
The Dot has planned a trip down memory lane this week. We are going to the Catskills, also known as the Borscht Belt or the Jewish Alps, to enjoy the humor of such legendary comedians as Henny Youngman, Milton Berle, Red Buttons, Totie Fields and others....Tags: Red Buttons, Scott McClellan, Florida, Justice System, Medicine
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SCREEN SCENE: Chicago gets some attention at Sundance -- plus a guide to art house and 2nd-run films
Tribune staff reporterA couple of Chicago-related projects are screening at Sundance this year, including "Diminished Capacity," which is being touted as an "offbeat comedy" by the recently reconstituted Steppenwolf Films. In the company's debut movie, Terry Kinney directs...Tags: Jonathan Winters, Jesse James, Philip Barry, Movies, University of Chicago
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Shows to watch
1 'Comanche Moon' 8 p.m., WBBM-Ch. 2 In the third and final episode of the miniseries, Texas Rangers search for two American Indian outlaws and a Mexican bandit. Starring Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Rachel Griffiths, Karl Urban and Linda Cardellini (right)....Tags: Val Kilmer, Red Skelton, Jonathan Winters, Major League Baseball, Sid Caesar
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TV's grave new world
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterREMEMBER when they used to gobble horse innards and other delicacies on "Fear Factor"? Ah, 'twas prime time's golden age. Blame it on the writers strike, but network TV is rushing to embrace cheap and sponsor-friendly unscripted programming that makes...Tags: CBS Corp., Marketing, Boxing, Advertising, Forests
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