About the only thing missing will be elephants. A circus theme is planned for the city's Halloween Fall Festival, beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Temple Terrace Family Recreation Center. ...more

October 21, 2009

Fifteen years ago, I had a stupid idea. I was the co-executive producer on TV's long-running comedy "Cheers." NBC, the network on which "Cheers" appeared, was faltering: Ratings were sliding, money was tight, management was nervous and the then-king of late-night television, Johnny Carson, legendary host of the "Tonight Show," was retiring, and no one knew how his replacement, Jay Leno, would do. ...more

December 29, 2008

Larry Greer got his first taste of show business when as a five year old, he saw country music singer Eddy Arnold in a rhinestone-studded suit. ...more

November 19, 2008

He is the world's most famous personality, better known in this country than anyone living or dead, real or fictional. Market researchers say his 97 percent recognition rate in the United States edges even Santa Claus. He is the one - and for now only - Mickey Mouse. ...more

August 29, 2008

Short Notice got its name from the ability of its members Sue and Robert Plumpton to perform at a moment's notice. ...more

August 27, 2008

Larry Harmon, 83, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure. ...more

July 4, 2008

I knew Tim Russert – although I never met him. I know you know what I mean. In an era of electronic media as show-business staple, Russert was refreshingly old-school. For openers, he had, as he often acknowledged, "a face for radio." He was camera comfortable but never mirror mindful. He took the work of political analysis dead seriously; IT was the focus – not him. He was a journalist's journalist, a pro's pro; a pre-eminent information enabler. ...more

June 25, 2008

Jim Crosby takes the credit for Bobby Lord's success. He also says it was an accident. ...more

February 22, 2008