Richard Janes presents a past, present, and future history lesson for all those of us who are, or aspire to be, part of that weird, wacky, wonderful world called showbiz.
Production, exhibition, and good old fashion power are all being violently uprooted in tinsel town and where we land twelve months from now is going to look very different from the last twenty years.
It’s not easy being green…with muscles. Torn between ligaments, emotions, and the bright lights of television stardom, the behind-the-small-screen tales of The Incredible Hulk are large-scale hair-raising.
Anger, fury, isolation, loneliness, death, secrets, egos — alter egos — and jealousy, the green-eyed monster itself — these are the traits belonging to Dr. Bruce Banner and his mammoth, ultra-strong, oh-so-golly-green giant alter ego from the popular Marvel comic book The Incredible Hulk created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1962. These are also the themes that run rampant throughout the very making of the popular sci-fi TV series adaptation of the franchise that initially ran on CBS from 1978 to 1982.
Bill Bixby portrayed the Dr.-Jekyll-like Dr. David Banner, with the first-name change from Bruce. The hearing-impaired Lou Ferrigno played the muscle-bound Mr. Hyde….
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Other showbiz giants are suffering because of COVID-19, but here’s one that’s doing a wee bit better (to see the absolute least).
People watching more entertainment programming while sheltering at home propelled Netflix to a strong first three months of 2020, the company announced Tuesday
The streaming giant added 15.8 million subscribers during the first quarter of the year, a period of record growth that has rocketed its global base to nearly 183 million.
My contracted 18-months as a Page for NBC-TV in Burbank, California during the “Big ’80s” wasn’t all fun and game shows. There were also many poignant moments on the job.
Case in point: One special night I had talked with the famed Floyd — the terrific man who for years shined shoes for all the celebrity guests that appeared with Johnny Carson on his historic edition of The Tonight Show (1962–1992).