David Susskind has been dead since 1987, but in his day he was a pioneering talk-show host, and in 1970 he devoted an entire episode to the culturally significant phenomenon of the Jewish son.
Reminding us of pioneering Cleveland talk radio powerhouse, WERE-AM Radio in the '70s, "WERE the talk of Cleveland".
He is also the author of three books about television, including a biography of pioneer talk show host and producer David Susskind. .
THE first Academy Awards banquet, held on May 16, 1929, and honoring films released between Aug. 1, 1927, and July 31 , 1928 included a special award to Warner Brothers "for producing 'The Jazz Singer,' the pioneering outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry".
Bill Mazer, who was a voice and face of sports coverage in New York for decades, pioneering sports-talk radio and becoming a television fixture while earning the nickname the Amazin' for his encyclopedic recall of sports facts and figures, died on Wednesday in Danbury, Conn.
FOR almost a century after Sigmund Freud pioneered psychoanalysis, "talk therapy" was the treatment of choice for many mental illnesses.
Jinx Falkenburg, one of America's highest paid cover-girl models during World War II, and later, with her husband, Tex McCrary, a pioneer talk-show star on both radio and television, died on Wednesday in Manhasset, N.Y.
As his 10th feature film hits VOD, the indie pioneer talks about marriage, distribution, and his "puzzling" way of making movies.
Stop Making Sense (1984)- Filmed over the course of a three-day stint at Hollywood's Pantages Theater, this concert documentary celebrates the inspired pop energy of New Wave pioneers Talking Heads- David Byrne, Chris Franz, Tina Weymouth, and Jerry Harrison- as they are joined onstage by a succession of phenomenal players, including keyboardist Bernie Worrell.
In this dazzling documentary, original presenter Attenborough and pioneering cameraman Charles Lagus talk us through the making of the show and the treasures within, including Balinese musicians and a fresh-faced Attenborough himself.
During the 1970's, he pioneered business talks with China establishing an early foothold for the company in that expanding market.
