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Lucille Ball FAQ

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Lucille Ball and her "spider face"

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Christopher Robinson, author of How the West was Not

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Why Gunsmoke is still the ultimate TV Western

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Rhonda Shear on her new 24/7 Roku network

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Rhonda Shear, George Burns, and Bob Hope

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David Van Deusen and Dick Van Dyke

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David Van Deusen, author of From Fandom to Friendships

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David Van Deusen: The "other" DVD

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Caroline Aaron on her new play, The Best Medicine

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Caroline Aaron on the power of observation

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40 Years of Oprah

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Lorraine Bencivengo-Ziff, the Goddess of Slots

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Lorraine Bencivengo-Ziff of Un$uited

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Why That Girl was the original Mary Tyler Moore Show

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Randy Oglesby of The Burbs and Spider Noir

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Randy Oglesby, David E. Kelley, and Clint Eastwood

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An Insider's Guide to Autograph Collecting

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60 Years of Star Trek

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40 Years of Star Trek IV

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Favorite Star Trek Characters

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The legacy of Star Trek

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Linda Kaplan Thaler, author of My Life in 30 Seconds

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How goose bumps play an important role in the creative process

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The Chicago roots of Tom Dreesen

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Catherine O'Hara: She Could Do Anything

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Charlotte Stewart and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young

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Charlotte Stewart on why composition was important to David Lynch

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Richard Lefkowitz, author of Welcome to Fabulous Angeles

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Richard Lefkowitz on the music of Van Halen and Jackson Browne

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Remembering Demond Wilson

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The Variety Shows of Sid & Marty Krofft

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Charlotte Stewart of Little House on the Prairie

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Michael Tove, writer and producer of Yale Saleing

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Michael Tove, The Handmaid's Tale, and Yale Saleing

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Ted Turner's imprint on television

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Martha Reeves on her new album, Searching, and why purple is her favorite color

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James Burrows: "He Knew How to Do Funny"

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Why the legacy of James Burrows is laughter

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Why Gene Shalit was a "30 Rock utility player"

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Remembering Ronnie Schell

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Christopher Martini, director of Everybody's Angel

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James Garner, Stuart Margolin, and The Rockford Files

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How James Garner mentored Stuart Margolin

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Mary Hampton on the life and career of Jim Hampton

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Jim Hampton, James Garner, and Casa Manana

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Jim Hampton, Burt Reynolds, and F Troop

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Jane Seymour of Harry Wild

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How Robert and John Mitchum became Them Ornery Mitchum Boys

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The heart of John Mitchum

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The return of Them Ornery Mitchum Boys

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How Robert and John Mitchum became actors by accident

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Jane Seymour on reuniting with Joe Lando on Harry Wild

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Perry Hibner, author of Centennial Revisited

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Why Centennial is basically a history of the U.S. as a country

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A final word on Centennial

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Walter Cronkite, Danny Kaye, and Beverly Sills

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Walter Cronkite, Johnny Cash, and Thomas Jefferson

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How NBC and ABC Covered the Bicentennial

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Sing, America, Sing and The Bicentennial Minutes

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The Sounds of the Bicentennial

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Network TV and the Spirit of '76

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Life in America in 1976

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Baseball, Cronkite, and Jazz in America

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The "motion picture" quality of Movin' On

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Why Movin' On lasted only two seasons

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Martha Reeves on why her new album, Searching, is an answered prayer

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The back story of Movin' On

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What made Movin' On an unusual TV series

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Why Movin' On could not be made today

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A Centennial Celebration for Marilyn Monroe

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Ruta Lee, Morgan Fairchild, and Marilyn Monroe

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Don Sainte-Johnn on how KFRC became Magic 61

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Jim Meskimen of Landman and Hungry

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Jim Meskimen on his gift for mimicry

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David Spencer, The Novelizers, and The Rockford Files

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David Spencer, The Novelizers, and Passing Fancy

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Don Sainte-Johnn, author of San Francisco's Last Top 40 Disc Jockey

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How Wilber Johnson became Don Sainte-Johnn

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Don Sainte-Johnn on some crazy moments behind the scenes at KFRC

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The bond between Robert and John Mitchum

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Why Centennial remains a point of pride for many actors

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Ruta Lee on the inner light of Marilyn Monroe

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How John Barbour became known as The Godfather of Reality TV

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David Spencer, author of The Novelizers

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David Spencer on the art of adaptation

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David Spencer on the joy of reading aloud

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Lee Goldberg on his series of tie-in novels based on Monk

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Lee Goldberg on his original novels based on Monk and Diagnosis Murder

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Raymond Burr wins his first Emmy for Perry Mason

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Emmy Award-winning producer Charles Floyd Johnson on his path to becoming a writer

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Charles Floyd Johnson on learning how to become vulnerable on the page

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Charles Floyd Johnson, John Lewis, and Red Tails

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How Movin' On grew its core audience because of its early time slot

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The Art of Writing TV Tie-in Novels

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Don Sainte-Johnn with a peek inside the world of Top 40 radio

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Charles Floyd Johnson on the aura of Stephen J. Cannell

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Why Quincy Jones was "the people groover"

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50 Years of Wonder Woman on TV

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Kathleen Bradley takes us backstage at The Price is Right