Boomer TV Trivia: Barnaby Jones
Q1. During the 7 years (from 1973-1980) that the mystery television series Barnaby Jones was on the air, star Buddy Ebsen's real-life daughter Bonnie Ebsen appeared on the show 6…
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Celebrating Seniors - Don Murray is 87
Actor, writer, director, and producer Don Murray was born on July 31, 1929 in Hollywood, California. Murray's show business parents (Mom a Ziegfeld girl, Dad a stage manager, singer and…
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DASHING, DARING, AND DEBONAIR - Norman Lear
Nonagenarian senior citizen and legendary television sitcom producer Norman Lear turns 94 on July 27, 1922. Enjoy this Norman Lear chapter excerpt below from the new book by Herbie J. Pilato (publishers Rowman…
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Boomer TV Trivia: Banacek
Q1. What 1968 movie starring Steve McQueen, was the 1972-1974 Banacek television series based on? Q2. In what American city does the main character Thomas Banacek, live and work in? …
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Celebrating Seniors - Bernie Kopell Turns 83
Actor Bernie Kopell was born on June 21, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Erasmus High School on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. (Bernie Kopell 1977 The Love Boat…
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Celebrating Seniors - Martin Landau
Update: Martin Landau died on July 15, 2017 at the age of 89. Academy Award-winning actor Martin Landau was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 20, 1928. Landau had…
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Boomer TV Trivia: Longstreet
May is Vision Health Month Q1. What was the cause of insurance investigator Mike Longstreet's (actor James Franciscus) blindness on the 70's TV series Longstreet? Q2. What was the name of…
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Celebrating Seniors - Barbara Barrie Turns 85
Stage, movie, and televison actress and author - and now 85-year-old octogenarian senior citizen - Barbara Barrie (nee Barbara Ann Berman) was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 23, 1931.…
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Celebrating Seniors - Cher Turns 70 Part 1
The Sonny & Cher & Gregg Allman Era - 1960's and 1970's (Cher 1970s Photo: Casablanca Records Light Show) Vintage video performances of 5 of Cher's #1 hit solos and…
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Boomer TV Trivia: Bonanza
Q1. Which regular, long-time cast member of Bonanza wore a hairpiece (toupee) during the 14 years that the series was on the air (from 1959 to 1973)? Q2. Which of…
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