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Gelbart and Schulberg: Two Writers Depart an Ever Stranger Land

Michael Winship | Posted 10.02.2009 | Home

Read More: A Face in the Crowd, Rick Moran, Budd Schulberg, Right Wing Nuthouse, Larry Gelbart, John Ensign, M*a*S*H, Rush Limaugh, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Glenn Beck, Terry Moran, The Harder They Fall, On the Waterfront, What Makes Sammy Run, Mastergate, Home News
Michael Winship

Recent illogical bloviation by politicians and pundits brings to mind the summer's passing of two writer friends and colleagues, each of whom had a sure grasp of mass hysteria.

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Emmy Awards and the Demise of Television as We Know It

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: American Idol, Mash, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Emmy Awards, Entertainment News
Michealene Cristini Risley

Does television, with the advent of Internet, cable and mobile content simply disappear? It seemed to be a reoccurring theme at Sunday's Emmy Awards.

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Our 17 Favorite TV Oddballs Of All Time (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 09.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Golden Girls, It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia, Oddball, Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Slidepoll, Characters, Seinfeld, Community, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, M*a*S*H*, Taxi, Oddballs, Comedy News

In every great comedy series there's that one crude, crazy, or curious character who stands out: The Oddball. From Andy Kaufman on "Taxi" to Abed in t...

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The Return Of McCarthyism: Hysteria In Action On The Right (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Van Jones, Rush Limbaugh, Liberals, President Barack Obama, Marxist, Mccarthyism, Sen. Joe McCarthy, Chris Matthews, Alan Keyes, Edward R. Murrow, Michelle Bachmann, Communism, Video, Fidel Castro, Sean Hannity, Job, Bill Ayers, Mash, Racism, Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Czars, Politics News

***UPDATE 9/22/09*** I haven't found another embeddable version yet, but sharp-eyed reader Mark points out that you can watch the video here. ***UPDA...

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My Friend Larry Gelbart

Alan Alda | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mash, Alan Alda, Larry Gelbart Dead, Larry Gelbart Dies, Larry Gelbart, Entertainment News
Alan Alda

His genius for writing changed my life because I got to speak his lines -- lines that were so good they'll be with us for a long time; but his immense talent for being good company -- that's a light that's gone out.

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Larry Gelbart's Final Interview: How CBS Bastardized "M*A*S*H"

Vanity Fair | By Mike Sacks | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Larry Gelbart, Mash, Media News

You know what's so interesting about M*A*S*H? When Twentieth Century Fox decided to issue it on DVD, they included the option of watching it without t...

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Larry Gelbart, In Memoriam

Ken Levine | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: City of Angels, Tootsie, Larry-Gelbart-Dead, Mash, Larry Gelbart, Entertainment News
Ken Levine

Enjoy the work of Larry Gelbart. You will laugh until you hurt. And for those of us who were blessed to have known him, we will hurt until we laugh.

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Larry Gelbart -- RIP ... Make The Heavens Laugh

Steve Young | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Larry Gelbart, Writers Guild, Television, Great Failures of the Extremely Successful, Aging, Sid Caesar, M*a*S*H, Entertainment News
Steve Young

Mostly a writer behind the scenes, Larry had the timing and performance of a great standup. I will miss his writing, but most of all I will miss him. A good guy with a brilliant sense of humor and great human compassion.

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Larry Gelbart: The Mold Was Just Broken

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tony Awards, M*a*S*H, Comedy, Larry Gelbart, Television, Deaths, Writing, Writers Guild, Obituaries, Sid Caesar, Entertainment News
Robert J. Elisberg

He was an amazing writer and probably a better person. There may have been more renowned writers in a single medium, but his versatility was breathtaking.

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Larry Gelbart Dead: `M-A-S-H' Writer Dies At 81

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Larry Gelbart Dead, Larry Gelbart Dies, Mash, Larry Gelbart Obit, Larry Gelbart, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Larry Gelbart, the award-winning writer whose sly, sardonic wit helped create such hits as Broadway's "A Funny Thing Happened on t...

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Looking for Bailout Love in All the Wrong Places

Don McNay | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup CEO, Wall Street Bailout, Hank Paulson, Wayne Rogers, Lobbyists, Credit Card Rates, Todd Thomson, Fox Business Network, Common Sense, Aig, Citigroup Rescue, Bailout, Insurance, Maria Bartiromo, Hank Greenberg, Mash, Kentucky, Lexington KY, Personal Finance, Credit Card Industry, New AIG Bailout, Bad People, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, Auto Insurance, Cnbc, AIG Bailout, Don McNay, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Insurance Companies, Insurance Industry, Robert Rubin, Debt Collectors, Citigroup Stock, Credit Card Interest Rates, Wall Street Crisis, Citigroup Bailout, Good People, American Insurance Group, Bad-Deals, Ron Shelp, Good-Deals, Citigroup, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Don McNay

Citigroup and AIG employ thousands of good people. But they have had rotten apples in leadership. They created a culture that is probably impossible to change or fix.

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Ben Silverman's Comments on Margins vs. Ratings Signal the End of Broadcast Television

Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Nbc, Television, Superbowl, Television Ratings, M*a*S*H, Ben Silverman NBC, Music Industry, Ben Silverman, Super Bowl XLII, Media News
Shelly Palmer

All of the professional explanations for the decline of broadcast television ratings seem to agree that the problem comes from outside forces and an unavoidable changing landscape. I disagree.

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