Who were Dickens and Fenster and what did they do for a living?
Harry Dickens (John Astin) and Arch Fenster (Marty Ingels) were carpenters and handymen.
They starred in “I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster” (ABC, 1962-63).
Harry Dickens (John Astin) and Arch Fenster (Marty Ingels) were carpenters and handymen.
They starred in “I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster” (ABC, 1962-63).
Winston cigarettes tasted good “like a cigarette should.” The first commercial using the jingle appeared in 1956.
Gerald Finnerman, who had also been the cinematographer on the TV series “Star Trek” (NBC, 1966-69), photographed the black-and-white ’40s episode, “The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice,” on the TV series “Moonlighting” (ABC, 1985-89). Finnerman was nominated for an Emmy for the episode.
The cartoon character Mabel first appeared in 1954 advertising Carling Black Label Beer.
“Winner Take All” (CBS, 1948-51, NBC, 1952) was the first Mark Goodson-Bill Todman TV game show production. Other Goodson-Todman hits have included “Beat the Clock,” “I’ve Got a Secret,” “To Tell the Truth,” “Password,” “The Match Game,” and “What’s My Line.”
On their syndicated TV show, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert have been putting thumbs up and down to movies since September 1982. They first gained national fame on PBS’s “Sneak Previews” in 1977.
The first of the four Nixon-Kennedy debates was held on September 26, 1960, in Chicago. Howard K. Smith was the moderator. The panel included Robert Fleming (ABC), Stuart Novins (CBS), Sander Vanocur (NBC), and Charles Warren (Mutual Radio).