https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5 en-us 2020-03-27 06:04:31 UTC 2020-03-28 01:37:41 UTC hello@padlet.com kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479013958 Late Night Television is the "hearth that we all gather around at the end of the day to unwind..."]]> 2020-03-27 18:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479013958 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479019327 Sigourney Weaver says that she thinks her father thought of television as "your own personal rocket ship to anywhere in the world and to any kind of knowledge and information."]]> 2020-03-27 18:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479019327 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479023818 "Steve Allen wasn't just creating a show, he was inventing an entire genre." ]]> 2020-03-27 18:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479023818 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479028455 Steve Allen was short on content one night so he began reading letters to the editors from newspapers and that's where headlines on Late Night came from.]]> 2020-03-27 18:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479028455 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479035487 When Johnny Carson had 6 more months on his CBS contract, they had to bring in multiple hosts to fill in for him. ]]> 2020-03-27 19:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479035487 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479040469 Merv Griffin wanted to stop filming The Tonight Show 5 minutes into filming but his producers told him he was great and to keep going.]]> 2020-03-27 19:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479040469 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479050748 Sitcoms started as Jackie Gleason's experiment. ]]> 2020-03-27 19:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479050748 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479058829 Jackie thought preparation made comedy stale. ]]> 2020-03-27 19:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479058829 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479071724 They sewed shiny pieces into Barbara Eden's dress to give it more "umph." ]]> 2020-03-27 19:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479071724 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479076512 Lucille Ball would watch Mary Tyler Moore from the catwalks in secret.]]> 2020-03-27 19:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479076512 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479094886 Sitcoms were very different in the 50s, 60s, etc. not only in their humor but in the fact that they filmed outside more.]]> 2020-03-27 19:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479094886 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479105163 "If you try to figure what people want, it almost never works." ]]> 2020-03-27 20:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479105163 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479112111 "It's the best job in showbiz because you don't have to memorize anything and you get to sit down." - Phyllis Diller]]> 2020-03-27 20:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479112111 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479124321 2020-03-27 20:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479124321 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479127182 Early television needed programming and game shows were easy to produce. ]]> 2020-03-27 20:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479127182 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479129623 They kept the questions for the game show "Twenty-One" in a safe. ]]> 2020-03-27 20:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479129623 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479131299 After it had been found out that contestants saw questions for game shows, they shut the game shows down and the ones that did remain on became targets.]]> 2020-03-27 20:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479131299 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479133555 She was the one who actually came up with the idea for jeopardy. ]]> 2020-03-27 20:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479133555 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479135229 "For a time, Milton Berle was the most popular performer in the country. Then, almost overnight, America grew tired of him."]]> 2020-03-27 20:31:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479135229 kinseymwilson https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479140092 Vicki Lawrence say that one of the most important things she learned from Carol Burnett was that "you are as good as the people that surround you." ]]> 2020-03-27 20:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kinseymwilson/n7q34mrxoye5/wish/479140092