Lucille Ball is very much back in the public eye due to the success of the acclaimed film "Being the Ricardos". Here's a blast from the past, provided by Shout! Factory- the complete Dean Martin Roasts program "honoring" Lucille Ball. The lineup of greats is almost surrealistic: Jack Benny, Dan Rowan, Don Rickles, Bob Hope, Ginger Rogers, Dick Martin, Totie Fields, Milton Berle, Henry Fonda, Nipsey Russell, Vivian Vance, Rich Little, Foster Brooks, Phyllis Diller, Gale Gordon, and, of course, Dino. This time capsule from 1975 is the epitome of what would now be called politically incorrect humor, but it thankfully preserves a period of time in which people could not only take a joke about themselves, but were honored to be the recipient of those pointed barbs. - Lee Pfeiffer...
- 4/4/2022
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Tom Jennings, a retired Hollywood talent agent and casting director, was killed in a household fire on Bainbridge Island in Washington State on April 18, his family announced Tuesday. He was 81.
Jennings’ notable clients during his long career included Julian Fellowes, Burl Ives, Lee Van Cleef and Gene Simmons.
Along with partner Walter Beakel, he founded the boutique talent agency Beakel and Jennings in 1976.
Also Read: Peggy Lipton of 'Mod Squad' and 'Twin Peaks' Dies at 72
Born in Evanston, Illinois in 1937, Jennings grew up in Santa Barbara, California, and later attended Hanover College in Indiana before serving in the Marine corps. He began his career in Hollywood in the late 1950s as an agency assistant to Bing Crosby at Artists Agency Corporation, later moving on to General Artists where he assisted Bill Sargent with the cult music series “The Teenage Music International.”
Following his departure from General Artists in the early ’60s,...
Jennings’ notable clients during his long career included Julian Fellowes, Burl Ives, Lee Van Cleef and Gene Simmons.
Along with partner Walter Beakel, he founded the boutique talent agency Beakel and Jennings in 1976.
Also Read: Peggy Lipton of 'Mod Squad' and 'Twin Peaks' Dies at 72
Born in Evanston, Illinois in 1937, Jennings grew up in Santa Barbara, California, and later attended Hanover College in Indiana before serving in the Marine corps. He began his career in Hollywood in the late 1950s as an agency assistant to Bing Crosby at Artists Agency Corporation, later moving on to General Artists where he assisted Bill Sargent with the cult music series “The Teenage Music International.”
Following his departure from General Artists in the early ’60s,...
- 5/15/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Here's Johnny! Tonight's the night for fans of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Antenna TV begins running full episodes, re-billed as Johnny Carson. NBC owns the rights to The Tonight Show moniker.
Antenna's Johnny Carson TV series kicks off with the January 1, 1982 episode. Eddie Murphy and McLean Stevenson are featured. Other guests this coming week include: Foster Brooks, Bob Hope, Michael Landon, Freddie Prinze, Richard Pryor, Sean Penn, Oprah Winfrey, Christopher Reeve, Dana Carvey, and Jay Leno.
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Antenna's Johnny Carson TV series kicks off with the January 1, 1982 episode. Eddie Murphy and McLean Stevenson are featured. Other guests this coming week include: Foster Brooks, Bob Hope, Michael Landon, Freddie Prinze, Richard Pryor, Sean Penn, Oprah Winfrey, Christopher Reeve, Dana Carvey, and Jay Leno.
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- 1/1/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The portrayal of alcohol use in film as been a complex one through the years. At the birth of cinema it conveyed sophistication (cocktails and champaigne at the high society to-dos) and also begat the comic drunk (Charlie Chaplain departed from his tramp character to play a rich hung over fop in one short). This was only slightly curtailed during prohibition which saw the popularity of funny, a tad tipsy W.C. Fields throughout the 30′s and early 40′s and the buzzed crime-solving of Nick Charles in The Thin Man film series. Things changed with the Billy Wilder’s landmark 1945 drama The Lost Weekend. This tough look at alcohol abuse swept the Oscars. But several types hung on with James Bond’s shaken martinis and comic entertainers like Jackie Gleason, Foster Brooks, and Dean Martin all the way through to Dudley Moore in the 1981 original Arthur. But things have changed in...
- 11/2/2012
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Encino, CA - While Charles Nelson Reilly is beloved for his time on Match Game, there’s more to this actor than Dumb Dora answers. He was the toast of Broadway with roles in Hello Dolly and Bye, Bye, Birdie and won the Tony for How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying. Later in life he directed several plays on the Great White Way. While many actors sum up their lives in thick tomes, Charles created a one-man show. He was a stage performer so this was the best way to distill his experiences for an audience. The Life of Reilly captures his final performance before his passing in 2007.
After playing the festival circuit and a limited theatrical release, Life of Reilly is finally out on DVD, Blu-ray and iTunes. You can take Charles every where. In edition to the feature film, there’s tons of bonus features including...
After playing the festival circuit and a limited theatrical release, Life of Reilly is finally out on DVD, Blu-ray and iTunes. You can take Charles every where. In edition to the feature film, there’s tons of bonus features including...
- 1/21/2011
- by UncaScroogeMcD
The new year is well underway and already people are shaking off the holiday cheer, breaking New Year's resolutions, and getting back into the normal swing of things. So with our CinemaSpy eyes focused on the coming twelve months, which movies will ultimately thrill and which ones will spill?
Each year is full of exciting possibilities and 2011 is no exception, with several pending blockbuster contenders set to compete for your dollars. The following 30 films are on our radar and probably worthy of your attention, too.
Here's what's heading our way in order of release...
Unknown (Feb. 18)
Liam Neeson plays a doctor who, after waking from a car accident, finds that another man has assumed his identity. He doesn't think this is a good thing.
I Am Number Four (Feb. 18)
Teen aliens on the run. We're hopeful this Disney film is better than it sounds. Produced by Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay.
Each year is full of exciting possibilities and 2011 is no exception, with several pending blockbuster contenders set to compete for your dollars. The following 30 films are on our radar and probably worthy of your attention, too.
Here's what's heading our way in order of release...
Unknown (Feb. 18)
Liam Neeson plays a doctor who, after waking from a car accident, finds that another man has assumed his identity. He doesn't think this is a good thing.
I Am Number Four (Feb. 18)
Teen aliens on the run. We're hopeful this Disney film is better than it sounds. Produced by Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay.
- 1/19/2011
- CinemaSpy
Look who's coming home to Genoa City! EW.com has learned that David Hasselhoff will briefly reprise his role as Dr. William "Snapper" Foster, Jr. on The Young and the Restless. He'll return to the show's Los Angeles set in May for an arc that will start airing in mid-June. The Baywatch star got his start in TV by starring on the popular sudser from 1975 to 1982. "In 1976, Bill Bell, creator of America's No. 1 soap opera, took a chance on a young and very green actor," Hasselhoff said in a statement given exclusively to EW.com. "Playing Snapper in 850 shows during...
- 4/20/2010
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside Movies
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