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    Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Ebert and Siskel: Partners shared unique relationship

    This is a feature story from 1999. At the time, Sid Smith was a Tribune Arts Critic.   On the day of Gene Siskel's funeral, Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel suggested that the on-air chemistry between Siskel and Roger Ebert defied analysis....

    Tags: Marriage, Gracie Allen, Radio, Mike Nichols, Steve Dahl

    2. Nov 29, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  2. Still keeping time at 100

    Viola Smith pulled up to her 100th birthday party in a pedi-cab and entered, appropriately, to a drumroll.
    Viola Smith pulled up to her 100th birthday party in a pedi-cab and entered, appropriately, to a drumroll. As one of the first mainstream female drummers, Smith was a pioneer for women in music who earned her fame during World War II, a breakthrough...

    Tags: Lou Costello, Culture, Chick Webb, Music, Entertainment

    3. Oct 28, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  3. Letters to the Editor: Oct. 28

    Senior center near golf course would be wonderful To the editor: As a 40-year resident of Willard Street, my family and I would absolutely love to see this senior center go in across the street from us. A few additional points that would make this...

    Tags: Lou Costello, Politics, Local Government, Mitt Romney, Government Health Care

    4. Oct 13, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  4. WWII life comes back for a weekend in Williamsport

    Last month, the local focus was on the 150th anniversary of key battles in the Civil War.
    andrews@herald-mail.com
    Last month, the local focus was on the 150th anniversary of key battles in the Civil War. This weekend, Williamsport is remembering the times of World War II. There are encampments, re-enactments, stories, music and more at Springfield Farm. Even the...

    Tags: Lou Costello, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Comedy (genre)

    5. Oct 5, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  5. Female Army vet shares stories from World War II

    It's been almost 70 years since a young New York City woman traveled from Brooklyn to Manhattan and enlisted in the U.S. Army. But for Florence "Flo" Miles, 90 and now living in Hagerstown, the memories are still vivid.
    chrisc@herald-mail.com
    It's been almost 70 years since a young New York City woman traveled from Brooklyn to Manhattan and enlisted in the U.S. Army. But for Florence "Flo" Miles, 90 and now living in Hagerstown, the memories are still vivid. Especially when she pages...

    Tags: Japan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Army, Africa, Science and Technology

    6. Nov 26, 2011 |Story| Daily Pilot

  6. Still jazzing it up at 99

    Anyone who watched entertainment reels in the 1930s and '40s might know Viola Smith.
    Anyone who watched entertainment reels in the 1930s and '40s might know Viola Smith. A musical pioneer, she was one of the first female professional drummers, gaining popularity during World War II. On Friday, her past performances played in black and...

    Tags: Music Theater, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Television, Music, Arts and Culture

    7. Sep 7, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Liberty ship sets sail for the 1940s

    The last time Donald Halverson was on a Liberty ship, he was heading across the Atlantic Ocean, a fresh-faced draftee who would spend the next 21/2 years fighting his way across Germany, France, Italy and North Africa during World War II.
    The last time Donald Halverson was on a Liberty ship, he was heading across the Atlantic Ocean, a fresh-faced draftee who would spend the next 21/2 years fighting his way across Germany, France, Italy and North Africa during World War II. A more recent...

    Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Labor Day, Fine Arts, Arts

    8. Jan 5, 2011 |Story| Burbank Leader

  8. Who's on first?

    Burbank actors Daniel Roebuck and Jim Roope will have to age 20 years through the magic of makeup for their roles as 70-year-old former vaudevillian performers reuniting for one last TV appearance in Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys".
    Burbank actors Daniel Roebuck and Jim Roope will have to age 20 years through the magic of makeup for their roles as 70-year-old former vaudevillian performers reuniting for one last TV appearance in Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys". The show opens...

    Tags: Groucho Marx, Television, Walter Matthau, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Human Interest

    9. Apr 27, 2011 |Story| Zap2It

  9. 'The Abbott and Costello Show: Hit the Road'

    After they'd pretty much had their heyday in movies, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello took their comedy act to television in a syndicated series that cast them as actors always looking for their next gig.
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    After they'd pretty much had their heyday in movies, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello took their comedy act to television in a syndicated series that cast them as actors always looking for their next gig. Several episodes are compiled in this release, which...

    Tags: Lou Costello, Television, Entertainment, DVDs

    10. Jun 21, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Wipeout' on ABC

    Show Tracker
    Click here to download TV listings for the week of June 20 - 26 in PDF format This week's TV Movies Weekly TV Listings can also be downloaded here WET AND WILD: Contestants try their luck on a series of......
    11. Nov 24, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Takes One to Know One

    Comedian David Steinberg continues in his role as “ear”—that is, a sounding board—to some of the funniest people working today. David Steinberg: Thank you for doing this. Jerry Seinfeld: This is one of my favorite things. The greatest thing about being a...

    Tags: Television, Career and Workplace, Larry David, Documentary (genre), Jerry Seinfeld

    12. May 30, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Harvey Korman, 81; versatile Emmy-winning comedian

    Harvey Korman, an Emmy-winning comedic actor best known for playing the self-described "luminous second banana" for a decade on television's "The Carol Burnett Show" and for starring in such Mel Brooks films as "Blazing Saddles," has died. He was 81.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Harvey Korman, an Emmy-winning comedic actor best known for playing the self-described "luminous second banana" for a decade on television's "The Carol Burnett Show" and for starring in such Mel Brooks films as "Blazing Saddles," has died. He was 81....

    Tags: Television, Hospitals and Clinics, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Anne Bancroft, New York

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