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Valerie Harper – Kicking Cancer New York Style
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Valerie Harper – Kicking Cancer New York Style

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Valerie Harper – Kicking Cancer New York Style by Ronald Sklar The beloved Rhoda star helps launch The American Lung Association’s Lung Force initiative. On May 13, 2014 in Manhattan, actress and lung cancer survivor Valerie Harper, along with country music star Kellie Pickler, helped kick off of a new women’s health initiative for The … Continue reading →

Morgan Spurlock – On the Inside
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Morgan Spurlock – On the Inside

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Morgan Spurlock – On the Inside by Ronald Sklar The legendary documentary filmmaker allows us inside his head and inside his hit CNN series, Inside Man. The CNN series Inside Man showcases Morgan Spurlock doing what he loves best: the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. In spades. Spurlock doesn’t dabble; he immerses. He sticks with one … Continue reading →

Fred Stoller – Sitcom Staple
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Fred Stoller – Sitcom Staple

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Fred Stoller – Sitcom Staple by Ronald Sklar The in-demand character actor describes the unique dilemma of typecast success. Fred Stoller goes though life watching people slowly recognize him. Point at him, snap your fingers, scratch your head, search your memory. You don’t know his name, but you’ve seen him on TV, most notably in … Continue reading →

Erin Murphy – Which Witch is Which?
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Erin Murphy – Which Witch is Which?

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Erin Murphy – Which Witch is Which? by Ronald Sklar On the eve of the series’ 50th anniversary, the beloved Bewitched baby conjures up many magical memories. Here are some not-too-shabby resume bullet points for this former child actor: Worked closely and regularly with such theater and screen legends as Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, Maurice … Continue reading →

Dawn Wells – Rescued!
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Dawn Wells – Rescued!

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Dawn Wells Rescued! by Ronald Sklar Here’s Exhibit A of making lemonade out of lemons. Dawn Wells is most widely known for a role she played almost 50 years ago. As Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island, she won audiences’ hearts and minds, but the critics were less than kind to the series. They thought it was … Continue reading →

Melanie’s Brand New Key
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Melanie’s Brand New Key

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Melanie’s Brand New Key by Ronald Sklar Look what they’ve done to her song, ma: they’ve made her a pop icon. During the early 1970s, the underground press misunderstood Melanie, but above ground, her fans and future generations did not. Brought up in New Jersey with the full, non-mainstream name of Melanie Safka, she wrote … Continue reading →

Al Capp – Exploring A Most Contrary Life
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Al Capp – Exploring A Most Contrary Life

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Al Capp – Exploring A Most Contrary Life by Ronald Sklar Comic strip legend and deeply complicated man, Al Capp channeled his talents but lost to his demons. At the height of cartoonist Al Capp’s success, his satiric, adult-themed comic strip Li’l Abner was featured in 900 newspapers with 90 million dedicated readers. From 1934-1977, … Continue reading →

Keeping it Real with The Man of Steel
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Keeping it Real with The Man of Steel

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Keeping it Real with The Man of Steel by Ronald Sklar Good thing Superman has strong shoulders, because he carries the weight of the world on them. We project all of our cultural fears and anxieties onto him, constantly ask him for help and rescue, and although times change, we prefer him not to. Nevertheless, … Continue reading →

Debbie Nathan Uncovers The Real “Sybil”
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Debbie Nathan Uncovers The Real “Sybil”

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Debbie Nathan Uncovers The Real “Sybil” by Ronald Sklar A new book reveals that the sensational multiple-personality story was just that — a story. In 1973, Flora Rheta Schreiber wrote about the treatment of Sybil Dorsett (a pseudonym for Shirley Ardell Mason) for multiple-personality disorder (sixteen separate personalities in all!). The disturbing book touched a … Continue reading →

Mark Shriver Writes About A Good Man
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Mark Shriver Writes About A Good Man

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Mark Shriver Writes About A Good Man by Ronald Sklar Mark Shriver writes a book about his dad, Sargent Shriver, first director of The Peace Corps and avid letter writer. Mark Shriver recently published a memoir about his father, called A Good Man, [Henry Holt & Company] shortly after Sargent’s death from Alzheimer’s disease in … Continue reading →