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I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
''I'm Dickens, He's Fenster'' is an American sitcom starring John Astin and Marty Ingels that ran on ABC from September 28, 1962, to May 10th, 1963. Synopsis The series starred John Astin and Marty Ingels as Harry Dickens and Arch Fenster, "inept Los Angeles carpenters" who were friends, and who worked for the Bannister Construction Company. Physical gags about activities of construction workers formed the basis of each episode. Fenster was a single playboy who had a bachelor pad and a multi-volume "little black book". Marriage had eluded him despite his having been engaged nine times. Emmaline Henry appeared as Harry's wife, Kate. That character was the first wife on a TV comedy who worked on a job. They had no children, and Harry Dickens (age 33) looked on Fenster as if he were his son. His personality traits included insecurity and jealousy, and he tended to be pushy and overbearing. Kate Dickens was "extremely patient" and put up with their home's being "always a work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Astin
John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American actor and director who has appeared in numerous stage, television and film roles, primarily in character roles. He is widely known for his role as patriarch Gomez Addams in ''The Addams Family (1964 TV series), The Addams Family'' (1964–1966), reprising the role in the television film ''Halloween with the New Addams Family'' (1977) and the animated series ''The Addams Family (1992 TV series), The Addams Family'' (1992–1993). Astin starred in the TV film ''Evil Roy Slade'' (1972). Other notable film roles include ''West Side Story (1961 film), West Side Story'' (1961), ''That Touch of Mink'' (1962), ''Move Over, Darling'' (1963), ''Freaky Friday (1976 film), Freaky Friday'' (1976), ''National Lampoon's European Vacation'' (1985), ''Teen Wolf Too'' (1987) and ''The Frighteners'' (1996). Astin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his directorial debut, the comedic short ''Prelude'' (1968). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitina Marcus
Vitina Marcus is a retired American actress. Career Marcus was a student of Lee Strasberg's. She appeared in numerous television shows throughout the 1950s and '60s. She was sometimes billed as Dolores Vitina, as in the 1958 film ''Never Love a Stranger'', starring John Drew Barrymore and Steve McQueen. She was in Irwin Allen's 1960 production of '' The Lost World'', as well as ''Taras Bulba'' (1962) with Tony Curtis and Yul Brynner. On television, she appeared in ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'', including the first-season episode "Turn Back the Clock" (in which producer Irwin Allen reused some of her footage from '' The Lost World'') and the second-season episode "Return of the Phantom". She appeared in two episodes of ''Lost in Space'' as the Green Lady (Athena), an admirer of stowaway Dr. Zachary Smith's, who endangers the ''Jupiter II''; ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' as Della White Cloud, an Apache princess; and in episodes 24 and 26 of ''The Time Tunnel'', "Chase throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Chevillat
Dick Chevillat (December 31, 1905 – May 10, 1984) was an American writer and producer who worked in radio, film, and television. Early in his career, Chevillat wrote for ''The Jack Benny Program'' and for the Marx Brothers, and then for Sealtest-sponsored radio programs '' The Rudy Vallée Show'' and '' The Joan Davis Show,'' on which he was teamed with Ray Singer (writer). With Singer he would write for many programs, including ''The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show'', on which they refined the characters of Phil Harris and Frank Remley. Alice Faye reportedly broke her arm in a game of charades at Chevillat's Encino home in 1947. Chevillat and Singer worked on television shows such as '' It's a Great Life'' and '' The Frank Sinatra Show'' and on films including '' Neptune's Daughter'' (1949) and ''Viva Las Vegas'' (1964). Chevillat and Singer ceased working together in 1966. Then Chevillat wrote/consulted on 152 episodes of ''Green Acres''. He received story credit for ''Gordy'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Singer (writer)
Ray Singer (1916–1992) was an American writer and producer who worked in radio, film, and television. Singer was from New York. He was one of four sons and a daughter born to an ambitious ladies' garment entrepreneur who would keep his large family in America's middle class. One of his brothers was the boxer Al Singer. He wrote for radio shows such as '' The Rudy Vallée Show'', '' The Joan Davis Show'', and ''The Fred Allen Show''. He and Dick Chevillat first collaborated on ''The Joan Davis Show'' and were known for ''The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show''. They later worked on films such as '' Neptune's Daughter'' and television shows such as '' The Frank Sinatra Show''. They created the television show '' It's a Great Life''. Singer, a member of the Writers Guild of America, was active on the Guild's age discrimination committee. He taught film and television writing at UCLA and in the California State University system. He died in 1992. References External links * Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Blitzer
Barry E. Blitzer (April 21, 1929 – January 27, 2010) was an American television writer. Life and career Blitzer was well known as a writer for the Hanna-Barbera cartoons including ''The Flintstones'', ''Top Cat'', and '' The Jetsons''. Listed as the last surviving member of a group of writers that won a 1956 Best Comedy Writing Emmy, the award was given for his work on the show '' The Phil Silvers Show'' and the episode was "You’ll Never Get Rich". He worked on 1970s children's TV show '' Land of the Lost'' and the 1960s comedy series ''Get Smart'' along with writing stints on ''The Love Boat'', '' Too Close for Comfort'', ''McHale's Navy'' and '' Good Times''. Honors Blitzer was part of a group of writers that won a 1956 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Comedy writing. He also was nominated for a Writers Guild award for his work on ''Get Smart ''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Davis (screenwriter)
Jerome L. Davis (September 26, 1917 – April 11, 1991) was an American director, producer and screenwriter. He was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards in the categories Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding New Series for his work on the television programs '' The Farmer's Daughter'', ''Bewitched'' and ''The Odd Couple''. Davis died in April 1991 of a stroke at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, .... References External links * 1917 births 1991 deaths Television producers from New York City Screenwriters from New York (state) American male screenwriters American television writers American male television writers American television directors {{US-tv-bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheldon Keller
Sheldon Bernard "Shelly" Keller (August 20, 1923 – September 1, 2008) was an American screenwriter and composer. Life and career Keller was born in Chicago and attended University of Illinois, where he began writing comedy with his fraternity brother Allan Sherman. He served in the Pacific Theater with the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II. After the war, Keller came home and married Bernice "Bitsy" Berkowitz. They had two children, Casey and Jamie. In 1951, he borrowed $500 from his father-in-law and moved the family to New York hoping to become an entertainer and comedian. He soon began writing for television. On '' Caesar's Hour'', starring Sid Caesar, Keller worked with notable writers Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Selma Diamond, Larry Gelbart, Mel Tolkin, Michael Stewart and Gary Belkin. In 1956, 1957 and 1958 the show was nominated for Emmy Award for Best Comedy Writing – Variety or Situation Comedy. Keller also wrote several episodes of '' The Dic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Tolkin
Mel Tolkin ( Shmuel Tolchinsky; August 3, 1913 – November 26, 2007) was an American television comedy writer best known as head writer of the live sketch comedy series '' Your Show of Shows'' ( NBC, 1950–1954) during the Golden Age of Television. There he presided over a staff that at times included Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Danny Simon. The writers' room inspired the film '' My Favorite Year'' (1982), produced by Brooks, and the Broadway play '' Laughter on the 23rd Floor'' (1993), written by Neil Simon. Tolkin, who won an Emmy Award and every other major prize for television writing, was the father of screenwriter-novelist Michael Tolkin and TV writer- director Stephen Tolkin. Biography Early life and career Mel Tolkin was born Shmuel Tolchinsky (, , , means "from Tuľčyn") in a Jewish shtetl near Odesa, Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire, the son of Nessie (Cartman) and Mendel "Max" Tolchinsky, a labourer and door-to-door salesman. A background of ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slapstick
Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy. Slapstick may involve both intentional violence and violence by mishap, often resulting from inept use of props such as saws and ladders. The term arises from a device developed for use in the broad, physical comedy style known as ''commedia dell'arte'' in 16th-century Italy. The "Clapper (musical instrument), slap stick" consists of two thin slats of wood, which makes a "slap" when striking another actor, with little force needed to make a loud—and comical—sound. The physical slap stick remains a key component of the plot in the traditional and popular Punch and Judy puppet show. More contemporary examples of slapstick humor include ''The Three Stooges'', ''The Naked Gun'' and ''Mr. Bean (character), Mr. Bean''. Origins The name "slapstick" originates from the Italian ''batacchio'' or ''bataccio''—called the "Clapper (musical instrument), slap sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Thomas
Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz, (born January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991) known professionally as Danny Thomas, was an American comedian, actor, singer, producer, and philanthropist. He created and starred in ''The Danny Thomas Show''. In addition to guest roles on many of the comedy, talk, and musical variety programs of his time, his legacy includes a lifelong dedication to fundraising for charity. Thomas founded the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, a leading center in pediatrics with a focus on Childhood cancer, pediatric cancer. St. Jude has affiliate hospitals in eight other American cities as of early 2020. Already a successful entertainer, Thomas began his film career in 1947, playing opposite child actress Margaret O'Brien in ''The Unfinished Dance'' (1947) and ''Big City (1948 film), Big City'' (1948). He then starred in the long-running television sitcom ''Make Room for Daddy'' (later, ''The Danny Thomas Show'' from the fourth season onwards) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Ball
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by ''Time (magazine), Time'' in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for her work in all four of these areas. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five, and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She earned many honors, including the Women in Film Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards#THE CRYSTAL AWARD, Crystal Award, an induction into the Television Hall of Fame, a Kennedy Center Honors, Kennedy Center Honor, and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Ball's career began in 1929 when she landed work as a model. Shortly thereafter, she began her performing career on Broadway theatre, Broadway using the stage name Diane (or Dianne) Belmont. She later appeared in films i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Procter And Gamble
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer health, personal care and hygiene products; these products are organized into several segments including beauty; grooming; health care; fabric and home care; and baby, feminine, and family care. Before the sale of Pringles and Duracell to Kellogg's and Berkshire Hathaway, respectively, its product portfolio also included food, snacks, beverages, and batteries. P&G is incorporated in Ohio. In 2014, P&G recorded $83.1 billion in sales. On August 1, 2014, P&G announced it was streamlining the company, dropping and selling off around 100 brands from its product portfolio in order to focus on the remaining 65 brands, which produced 95% of the company's profits. A.G. Lafley, the company's chairman and CEO until October 2015, said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
