Police Squad! Week

 

Police Squad! Week

 

Police Squad! Week

 

TV Quote Weekends

 

Rest in Peace, Marvin Kaplan

Marvin Kaplan, best known for playing Henry, the phone company worker who frequented Mel's Diner on the sitcom Alice and for voicing "Choo-Choo" in the Hanna Barbera classic cartoon series Top Cat, has passed away at age 89.

Mr. Kaplan got his start in show business in the late 1940's, taking a small role in the movie Adam's Rib. His most high profile role was in the film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World after which he turned primarily to television roles, guest starring on such shows as Petticoat Junction. His biggest role was on Alice, however, a part he held for the entire run of the series.

After Alice, he took mostly voice over work, his most recent role being in 2011's The Garfield Show.

TV Quote Weekends

 

A Clown?

 

More Wisdom From SVU

 

 

Looking for more crazy SVU and Ice T "quotes"? There's a whole website of fun now available! It's called The T Shack and it's located at http://www.thebigbrownmachine.com

 

Edgy Anne

 

Jeopardy Tuesdays: The Answer!

 

Norman Lear produced all of those shows, though he refused to put his name on The Facts of Life, and begged NBC to cancel it after the first season.

Rest in Peace, Steven Hill

Steven Hill, who spent ten years as the District Attorney on Law & Order has passed away at age 94.

Mr. Hill began his career on Broadway alongside Marlon Brando. Many of their contemporaries considered Steven to be the better actor. Steven, however, took time off to serve in the armed forces. Even when he was acting, he chose roles that had a societal component to them, which often weren't considered commercial enough.

Despite his talent, Steven seemed to toil away in smaller roles, gaining a following on Broadway, but not in Hollywood. Despite having worked for decades, Mr. Hill would only find a larger audience in 1990 when he began a decade long run as Law & Order's District Attorney Adam Schiff, who navigated the political landscape of New York City to ensure that justice was done. He retired in 2000, outliving his successor who passed away last year.

Jeopardy Tuesday!

 

(Come Back at 6PM PDT for the answer!)

The BBC

 

On this day in 1932, the British Broadcasting Corporation went live. While the United States chose to privatize its airwaves, the United Kingdom chose to setup a publicly owned and funded broadcaster. In the UK, viewers must pay a yearly tax for each television they own. The taxes are then used to produce the network's programming. This permits the network to air its programming without commercials.