I have no idea why I found myself watching The Newlywed Game. The series debuted on July 11, 1966, on ABC’s daytime schedule, and somewhere along the way, I began watching it. I was not quite eight when it first aired, and had to be older by the time I found it. Back in the […]
My mother didn’t watch soap operas, so I don’t know when I was first exposed to them. They have been a part of American culture since October 20, 1930, when WGN in Chicago debuted Painted Dreams. The serialized drama was aimed at its female audience, since most women stayed home and listened to the radio […]
I’m seven years old, in first grade, and my dad showed me an item in the New York Post (back in those days, it was a respected tabloid) that Batman was coming to television. I remember being so excited about this that I blurted it out in class, interrupting whatever math my teacher was trying […]
In January 1966, I was seven years old and thrilled beyond belief when Batman debuted on ABC. I was fairly new to comics but was already drawn to the Caped Crusader and bought every wacky thing about the live-action series.West had the right vocal tone, the right demeanor so his ultra-straight portrayal worked for my […]
Hard to be believe it’s been fifty years, but I still remember the thrill and anticipation as I sat in the playroom, ready for Batman. I embarrassed myself some time earlier when my father showed me a newspaper item announcing the ABC series and interrupted my teacher’s math lesson to share the good news.Yeah, I […]