T-Bar-V Ranch went off the air in 1970, but ask any Louisville baby boomer to sing the theme song and you'll instantly hear, "Brush your teeth each morning / Get lots of sleep at night / Mind your mom and daddy / Cause they know what is right." Such is the power of homegrown television. This book is a look at Louisville television history over the last 50 years, from T-Bar-V to Tom Wills's retirement. Along the way, you will catch a glimpse of Diane Sawyer (as the WLKY "weather girl") and dozens of images of locally produced musical shows, game shows, talk shows, children's shows, and newscasts--not to mention all the lyrics to the T-Bar-V Ranch opening and closing theme song.
For the few hundred television viewers in 1946, a special treat on the broadcast schedule was the variety show called Hour Glass. It was the first TV program to go beyond talking heads, cooking demonstrations, and sporting events, featuring instead dancers, comics, singers, and long commercials for its sponsor, Chase and Sanborn coffee. Within two years, another variety show, Texaco Star Theatre, became the first true television hit and would be credited with the sales of thousands of television sets. The variety show formula was a staple of television in its first 30 years, in part because it lent itself to a medium where everything had to be live and preferably inside a studio. Most of the early television stars--including Jackie Gleason, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Ed Sullivan, Red Skelton, Dinah Shore, and Arthur Godfrey--rose to prominence through weekly variety shows. In the 1960s, major stars such as Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Judy Garland and Danny Kaye were hosting variety shows. By the 1970s, the format was giving way to sitcoms and dramas, but pop music stars Sonny and Cher, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and Donny and Marie Osmond hosted some of the last of the species. This book details 57 variety shows from the 1940s through the 1990s. A history of each show is first provided, followed by a brief look at each episode. Air date, guest stars, sketches performed, and a listing of songs featured are included.
The Guardians - Created to push back the forces of evil... The Guardians are back! Helen St. John faces Mr. Honorman, an elite assassin and the Guardians' arch-enemy, who sets his wrath against the one woman who can stop him. As a modern warrior like an Amazon of old Helen St. John fiercely confronts her adversary in a battle where only one can walk away. Helen St. John - As a S.W.A.T. helicopter pilot officer Helen St. John proved herself over the streets of Chicago. As a Guardian in the suburbs of Detroit she demonstrates her skill and her leadership against environmental terrorists. Returning to her roots in New Your City she brings her fight against pollution, toxic waste, and those who would defile her world, even if it means teaming up with the New York Mafia. In Burning Bright Guardian Helen St. John champions a breakthrough new technology, a pollution-free garbage-to-energy conversion resource, and sets herself as protector of its young inventor. If successfully launched, this new American technology will eliminate fossil fuel in the production of electricity in our country as well as turn the tide in the fight against growing mountains of garbage and waste destroying our land and waters. The radicals must not allow her or the inventor to succeed- or even to live. David Inman is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force (Electronic Technician, B-52 Squadron, Cold War), a graduate of Michigan Technological University (BSME, Mechanical Engineering), and is retired from General Dynamics (Systems Engineer - M1A2 Main Battle Tank and the Stryker Mobile Gun System). His experience also includes fifteen years in the Automotive Industry in the Detroit area working as an Engineer on such projects as the Ford Explorer and the Chrysler PT Cruiser. His Defense Industry work experience also includes three years building the Nuclear Aircraft Carrier, U.S.S. Nimitz (Test Engineer). Inman lives with his wife in Michigan where he raised five daughters and has nine grandchildren.
Eyelash Whispers is a collection of poems written between 2001-2005. The subject matter touches on many subjects: politics, society, love, and more. It is a deep look into the heart, mind, and soul of a young man trying to comprehend this complex world. These words represent many strange journeys that we all face. These poems are for everyone and they tie us all together. These are the things we see but are afraid to speak. This is David Inmans view of the world and his attempt at some sort of definition. So come on the trip that you might be afraid to take; come into a world where you might find something out about yourself.
If you're a woodworker who loves to create home furnishings that are both beautiful and sensible, then you'll truly value this collection of functional furniture projects. Benches, Chairs & Beds: Practical Projects from Shaker to Contemporary features 18 handsome designs for you to build, each with a distinct purpose-or two. Among the many useful projects, you'll find a handy bench that doubles as a storage chest, a step stool that converts to a comfy kitchen seat, and a fold-down bed that features a drop-leaf desk.
Provides information on more than seven thousand performers, directors, writers, producers, and others active in television programs, including credits for guest appearances as well as regular series and specials
Legendary British comic actor John Inman broke down many boundaries by playing the camp Mr Humphries in the long-running sitcom Are You Being Served? The show ran for thirteen years, had a spin-off movie and attracted millions of viewers in the UK. Inman's character, whose innuendos were adored by viewers, invariably got the biggest laughs – and this at a time when being gay was largely frowned upon. Away from television, he soon became one of the most in-demand pantomime actors, making a small fortune over several decades. Yet it was as Mr Humphries that he was best loved and the reason he was regarded as a national treasure. In his private life, Inman was secretive about his sexuality until he married his long-term partner Ron Lynch in a civil ceremony in London in 2005. He died two years later following a long battle with hepatitis. Featuring revealing interviews with many of Inman's surviving cast mates and colleagues, I'm Free! uncovers the full story of a man who was adored by millions and who broke down barriers by simply being himself.
A collection of five essays from the 2020 Hubert Butler Essay Prize that examine contemporary society, featuring a foreword from Irish President Michael D. Higgins. Bringing together the winning and shortlisted essays from the 2020 Hubert Butler Essay Prize, Self and Society presents five fresh perspectives on the tension between individual freedom and communal solidarity, asking what we owe our communities and why it matters. With a foreword by Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins, the book examines themes that are more pressing than ever in the age of Coronavirus and Brexit, invoking the spirit of the Irish essayist Hubert Butler to investigate whether collective and personal aims can be synergistic or are destined to remain ever in conflict. Winner Michael Amherst takes on identity politics, questioning whether the stratification of society in the name of social justice is helpful or harmful in the pursuit of equality. Runners-up Tara McEvoy and David Crane tackle, respectively, the necessity of collective action as a response to the current pandemic and other social crises, and the role of conflicts of individual freedom in facilitating or stifling the economic liberation of refugees. Special mentions have been awarded to Nick Inman and Beninio McDonough-Tranza for their respective essays on personal responsibility and the legacy of the Polish union Solidarnosc.
As Chairmen of the Electrochemistry and Molten Salts Discussion Groups of the Chemical Society, it gave us great pleasure to welcome the confer ence Highly Concentrated Aqueous Solutions and Molten Salts, which our Groups cosponsored, at St. John's College, Oxford in July 1978. During the meeting the editors of the present volume, and those giving lectures, came to the conclusion that the verbal presentations deserved to be expanded and to be more widely disseminated in a permanent form. Thus the articles which appear in this volume were commissioned and prepared. A greater exchange of information between aqueous chemists and those concerned with molten salts is to be welcomed and to this end the present volume aims to focus attention on the borderline areas between the two in an attempt to facilitate a wider awareness of the concepts and methods appropriate to the respective specialities. Similarly, and parti cularly in the electrochemical field, a greater exchange of information be tween the academic and industrial practitioners of the subject is desirable. T!1e problems involved are not trivial but when the interactions in these largely (but not wholly) ionic liquids are better understood, this wiii surely be to the benefit of all concerned with solution chemistry. Douglas Inman, Imperial College Chairman, Electrochemistry Group David Kerridge, University of Southampton Chairman, Molten Salts Discussion Group v Preface A number of recent events led to the appearance of this text at this particu lar time.
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