Michael J. Hayde's BETTER LIVING THROUGH TELEVISION

A celebration of the history of Television - its highs, its lows - as perceived by myself.

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

September 29 is National Silent Movie Day!

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  As part of the Silent Movie Day Blogathon,  Better Living Through Television comes out of semi-retirement to post about TV and its relati...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Speaking of the Marx Brothers...

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TONIGHT: America After Dark (NBC, Jan-July 1957) is pretty much regarded as one of television's great disasters.  After Steve Allen a...
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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Answering GREENBRIAR PICTURE SHOWS

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Yesterday my buddy John McElwee posted a gorgeous vintage newspaper ad from the pre-Chico era of The Marx Brothers in vaudeville on his ter...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

So Long, Shirley

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Shirley Temple, who passed away at age 85 this past Monday, was twice a showbiz phenomenon.  The first reign has been pretty well covered ...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Unfortunate Timing for TV Guide

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It must've been a shock when viewers, consulting TV Guide for December 4, 1963, got an eyeful of this listing for The Kennedy Awards.  ...
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Michael J. Hayde
Author of "SIDE BY SIDE: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis on TV & Radio;" "CHAPLIN'S VINTAGE YEAR: The History of the Mutual-Chaplin Specials;" FLIGHTS OF FANTASY: The Unauthorized but True Story of Radio & TV's ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN;" and "MY NAME'S FRIDAY: The Unauthorized but True Story of DRAGNET and the Films of JACK WEBB."
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