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Tony Randall Remembered

September 6, 2021

He is best remembered as Felix Unger on television, a co-star in Doris Day-Rock Hudson films, and a raconteur on late night talk shows like David Letterman. Tony Randall was much more than that. Even into his 80s, he was fit, energetic, sharp and fathered two children with his young wife. Randall was a revered … More Tony Randall Remembered

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Man’s Favorite Sport? (1964)

September 29, 2019

In the 1930s, screwball comedies were It Happened One Night or Bringing Up Baby. In the 1940s, it was His Girl Friday or Ball of Fire.  In the 1950s, Some Like it Hot or Pillow Talk. By the 1960s, audiences were more sophisticated and needed something more. By the mid 1960s, the genre was in … More Man’s Favorite Sport? (1964)

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