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Posted Dec 8th 2008 8:06AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, Obituaries, Reality-Free
Sometimes a celebrity dies who wasn't just a TV star, they actually had a hand in almost every aspect of television over a very long period of time. We lost two such stars over the weekend.
For example, fans of
NCIS will know Nina Foch (right) from her role as Ducky's mother on the show. But did you know she also starred in several vintage horror movies back as early as the early 40s, such as
Return of the Vampire and
Cry of the Werewolf? She also had the honor of being the very first murder victim on
Columbo, in 1968's
Prescription: Murder (done in by hubby Gene Barry). She also appeared in several other TV shows, such as
Bull,
Just Shoot Me,
Dharma & Greg,
Murder She Wrote,
L.A. Law,
Hunter,
Lou Grant,
Barnaby Jones,
Hawaii Five-0,
That Girl, and a ton of others. She appeared in
Spartacus,
The Ten Commandments,
An American in Paris and others. She was even the associate director on
The Diary of Anne Frank.
Foch passed away in Los Angeles on Friday at age 84.
Continue reading Goodbye to two great ladies of the small (and big) screen
Posted Aug 4th 2007 3:03PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Web
If you've been moaning over the lack of series centered on gay puppets, I have some good news for you.
Last November, I told you about a project from Jim Henson Studios called Tinsel Town (or Tinseltown, everyone seems to spell it differently). The series features two gay Muppets, a bull named Samson Knight and a pig named Bobby Vegan, who adopt a human child.
Continue reading Henson Studio's Tinsel Town to become Web series
Posted Nov 19th 2006 1:57PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows
Muppet News Flash, my preferred source for the latest Muppet news, reports that the Jim Henson company is shopping around a new series to various networks called Tinseltown. The series will focus on a gay couple (a pig named Bobby and a bull named Samson) who live together and adopt a twelve year old human child. Despite a premise that some might considered a bit too controversial for a Muppet series, it's good to keep in mind that the Muppets have never been above a bit of ribald humor. Also, according to Brian Henson the series is simply a chance for the puppeteers to do something they find funny, and those who have seen the five-minute presentation tape agree the series is actually very tasteful. Well, I hope it isn't too tasteful, it wouldn't be a Henson project without some of that trademark zaniness. There's no way to know at this point if the show will ever see the light of day, but I must say the description alone has piqued my interest.
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