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Sunday | Booksteve's Library

Soupy Has a Secret

Sunday, November 08, 2009 Soupy Has a Secret Okay, this one's a little surreal. can you imagine a time when Soupy Sales, who recieved such an amazing outpouring of affection on his recent passing, might have been completely unknown to adults? I ran across this clip of Soupy on an early 1960's episode of the venerable I'VE GOT A SECRET game show.

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Related Topix: Soupy Sales, I've Got a Secret, Entertainment, Television, Betsy Palmer

Sunday | New Movies

Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

Funny man Tim Conway began his small screen career as a regular on The Steve Allen Show , brought havoc to the Pacific in McHale's Navy , and spent several years cracking up fellow comedian Harvey Korman on The Carol Burnett Show .

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Related Topix: McHale's Navy, War Movies, Comedy Movies, Tim Conway

Tue Sep 29, 2009

News.com.au

Will chefs roast duck in TV ratings battle?

CAN Hey Hey It's Saturday cook Celebrity MasterChef's goose, or will Daryl Somers and Plucka Duck get a grilling? Even the experts couldn't decide who would win tonight's clash between the Daryl Somers-hosted nostalgia fest and the celebrity cooking show in what looms as the fiercest TV battle of the year.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News,

Sun Sep 27, 2009

Telegraph Herald

Almanac

Today is Sunday, Sept. 27, the 270th day of 2009. There are 95 days left in the year.

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Related Topix: World News, Poland, Glenn Miller & his Orchestra, Big-Band, Passaic, NJ, Bergen Metro

Fri Sep 25, 2009

Mel Phillips Remembers

(Weekend Edition) September 25 - 27, 2009...

Conan is now hosting the "Tonight Show" ... 1955 ] Wedding Bells : Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher walk down the aisle and then go on an 'Aba Dabba Honeymoon'. Four years later Eddie Fisher calls out for help singing "Oh My Papa" ... 1960 ] Vote For Me : The first of four nationally televised debates between presidential candidates John F. Kennedy ...

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Related Topix: The Tonight Show, Entertainment, Television, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Comedy, Drama, 9

Fri Sep 18, 2009

LBC 97.3

More treats from Steve Allen's kitchen.....

Right my weekend starts here, don't forget this weeks In Conversation with Vince Hill and I'll be back on Sunday Morning at 8am! Steve.

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Related Topix: Recipes

Wed Sep 16, 2009

CW11 New York WPIX-TV

In their own words: TV's stars, creators tell their stories on new TV academy Web site

Steve Allen describes the birth of "Tonight." Isabel Sanford talks about her path from theater to "The Jeffersons." Writer-producer James L. Brooks pulls back the curtain on the creation of "The Simpsons" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," while leading lady Moore offers her own perspective.

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, The Jeffersons, Comedy, Isabel Sanford, Theater, Arts

Thu Aug 27, 2009

NewsBusters.org

Time Mag's Halperin on CNN: Lack of Universal Coverage 'Immoral'

Halperin's contention occurred back on Thursday, August 6, but I'm just now catching up, following a vacation, thanks to a tip from Steve Allen of the Gentleman from Lickskillet comic strip, which had a liberal media bias theme a couple of weeks ago involving a oeGroup Thinka magazine.

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Related Topix: Lou Dobbs Tonight, Entertainment, Television, Journalism

Fri Aug 21, 2009

NewsBusters.org

Time Mag's Halperin on CNN: Lack of Universal Coverage 'Immoral'

Halperin's contention occurred back on Thursday, August 6, but I'm just now catching up, following a vacation, thanks to a tip from Steve Allen of the Gentleman from Lickskillet comic strip, which had a liberal media bias theme a couple of weeks ago involving a oeGroup Thinka magazine.

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Related Topix: Lou Dobbs Tonight, Entertainment, Television, Journalism

Wed Aug 12, 2009

DVD Talk

Elvis Presley: The Ed Sullivan Shows: The Performances

Explaining Elvis Presley: The Ed Sullivan Shows: The Performances is easy enough: the King of Rock 'n' Roll burst on the public scene in a series of television appearances in 1956 and early 1957.

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Related Topix: Love Me Tender, Western, Musical Movies, Pop/Rock, Elvis Presley, Elvis, Rock-N-Roll, Gospel, The Jordanaires

Fri Jul 31, 2009

CJAD

Peter Anthony Holder's Show

Could you possibly have anything better to do than listen to HOLDER TONIGHT with Peter Anthony Holder from midnight to 3am Monday to Friday? Where else are you going to find quirky guests like the man who makes functional electric chairs for Barbie dolls, a tumbleweed farmer, a professional fetish trainer, a Hebrew rap group or John Wayne Bobbitt? ...

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Wed Jul 22, 2009

Columbus Dispatch

Hospitals say free care has high cost

The free and subsidized care local hospitals provide increased 15 percent last year, and the recession has officials predicting a double-digit spike this year.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Small Business, Personal Finance, Columbus Metro, Columbus, OH, Medicine, Nursing

Fri Jul 10, 2009

CFRB

Main Page

Could you possibly have anything better to do than listen to HOLDER TONIGHT with Peter Anthony Holder ? Where else are you going to find quirky guests like the man who makes functional electric chairs for Barbie dolls, a tumbleweed farmer, a professional fetish trainer, a Hebrew rap group or John Wayne Bobbitt? Where else are you going to hear from ...

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Related Topix: John Wayne Bobbitt, Michael Moriarty

Wed Jul 01, 2009

WYAY-FM Atlanta

The Rock History Report for July 1st, 2009

1963 - The Beatles recorded "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You." 1978 - Foreigner released their hit single "Hot Blooded." 1981 - John Morey of Steppenwolf died in a car accident at the age of 32.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Beatles

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Red Deer Advocate

Still funny, after all these years

Depending on how you were introduced, Tim Conway has many names: Dorf. Charles Parker.

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Related Topix: The Carol Burnett Show, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Comedy Movies, Western, Family, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Tim Conway, Emmy Awards, Carol Burnett

Tue Jun 23, 2009

WHDH

In late-night TV, second-bananas not second-rate

Some second bananas who have brightened late-night TV: --Dagmar: Bombshell who became a household name in the early 1950s on "Broadway Open House"; her dumb blonde act became so popular she received 2,000 fan letters a week.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Morey Amsterdam, Dick Van Dyke, Don Knotts

Mon Jun 15, 2009

The Memphis Flyer

Elvis Presley's Mystery Train

A reader from Lowell, Massachusetts, recently sent me a letter and wondered if I could solve a "mini-mystery" involving Elvis Presley .

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Related Topix: Memphis, TN

Chicago Sun-Times

Late-night TV needs more than celebs

Could the reshuffling of late-night TV hosts spell the return of the "serious" guest to late night? Or -- as Conan replaces Jay, Jay launches a nightly prime-time hour, Jimmy Fallon tries to hang on to Conan's old show, and Letterman, Kimmel and Ferguson continue to march in place -- has our evolution into an infotainment society outgrown the ...

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Related Topix: The Tonight Show, Entertainment, Television, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Comedy

Sat Jun 13, 2009

The Weekly Standard

Comedy Tonight?

Conan O'Brien, the new host of The Tonight Show , is funny, witty, and possesses the sort of affable geekiness that makes him seem approachable.

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Related Topix: The Tonight Show, Entertainment, Television, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Comedy, Conan O'Brien

Tue Jun 09, 2009

Laughing Squid

Frank Zappa Plays The Bicycle on a 1965 Episode of The Steve Allen Show

Oh, I really wanted to see Steve Allen play with Frank Zappa at the end! Did it get cut off or is there a third part? Reply 2 Scott Beale June 9, 2009 at 1:16 pm I accidently posted part 2 twice, part 3 is up there now.

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