"When the country first experimented with Daylight Saving Time in 1918 during World War I, there were actually no trains that left New York City at 2 a.m. on a Sunday. Sunday morning at 2 a.m. was when they would interrupt the least amount of train travel around the country.” When...
American surgeon and writer H. Richard Hornberger and writer and war correspondent W. C. Heinz in 1968collaborated on a novel titled “MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors”based on Hornberger’s personal Korean War experiences. In 1972 the book, which was first a movie in 1970, inspired ...
While much of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was filmed on a soundstage, the house that stood in as the exterior of Mary’s top floor apartment in the first five seasons still exists in Minnesota. It can be found at 2104 Kenwood Parkway in Minneapolis. Mississippi: Rust College Timothy W...
For 12 years, the character of Dr. San Guinary, played by John Jones, hosted a late-night horror film series called “Creature Feature,” which aired across Omaha from 1971 to 1982. The show was rebooted with new skits in 2012, and is now filmed at the city’s Scottish Rite Masonic ...
earned the actress an Academy Award nomination. Similarly, the short-lived ‘Working Girl’ TV series was not Sandra Bullock’s first acting credit, but it did give the future star her first true taste of the spotlight. The workplace comedy aired on NBC in the spring of 1990. Twelve episo...