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Tag Archives: NBC
Strange, Deranged: The Addams Family
Post contributed by AHC Audiovisual Archivist Jessica LaBozetta The air is crisp, carved jack o’ lanterns are decorating front porch steps, and stores are teeming with candy for trick-or-treaters everywhere. While the celebration of Halloween is rife with classic tales … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies and Profiles
Tagged ABC, Addams Family, cult classics, Halloween, Herbert G. Luft Papers, NBC
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The First Face of “Today” — Dave Garroway
In the early 1950s, morning television consisted of a test pattern broadcast to screens across the nation. So, when NBC launched Today at 7am on January 14, 1952, it was a TV first. The show’s host was bespectacled, bow-tied, six-foot-two-inch … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
Tagged Dave Garroway, Frank LLoyd Wright, John F Kennedy, Look Magazine, NBC, NBC Television, Peace, Rockefeller Center, Today Show
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Samuel A. Peeples: From Western Frontiers to Sci-Fi Stardom
In 1965, a Western writer helped launch an unexpected science fiction phenomenon. Samuel A. Peeples (1917-1991) was an American screenwriter and novelist whose career spanned genres and mediums, leaving a lasting impact on both Westerns and science fiction. Samuel’s career … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment
Tagged 1960s Television, Brad Ward (pen name), Custer, Film archives, Flash Gordon, Gene Roddenberry, Jason of Star Command, Lancer, NBC, Pop culture history, Samuel A. Peeples, Science Fiction Writers, Screenwriting, Spectre (1977), Star Trek, Television pilots, Television writing, The Tall Man, Western novels, Western Writers, Where No Man Has Gone Before, William Shatner
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