Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Classic Television - Prime Time
Medical Center
Original channel
CBS
Original run
September 24, 1969 – September 6, 1976
Starring
James Daly
Chad Everett
Audrey Totter
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
The show starred James Daly as Dr. Paul Lochner and Chad Everett as Dr. Joe Gannon, surgeons working in an otherwise unnamed university hospital in Los Angeles. The show focused both on the lives of the doctors as well as the patients showcased each week. At the core of the series was the tension between youth and experience, as seen between Drs. Lochner and Gannon. Besides his work as a surgeon, Gannon, because of his age, also worked as the head of the Student Health Department at the University. Helping the doctors was the very efficient Nurse Eve Wilcox, played by Audrey Totter. She started out as a bit role but was eventually upgraded to co‑star status starting in 1972. Wilcox became a regular after two other similar nurses (Nurse Chambers, played by actress Jayne Meadows; and Nurse Murphy played by actress Jane Dulo) had basically served the same functions as Wilcox.
At the time the show was canceled, it tied with Marcus Welby, M.D. (which also ran from 1969 to 1976) as the longest-running medical drama on television at that point.
The 16 Hottest Shows On Broadway This Fall
From: NewNowNext
Previews
November 10
Opening
December 10
The musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s acclaimed novel returns to Broadway: After years of abuse at the hands of her father and husband, young Celie (Cynthia Erivo) finally discovers her self-worth—and love—with the arrival of singer Shug Avery (Jennifer Hudson).
15 Gay TV Shows That Bombed
From: NewNowNext
14
Normal, Ohio
2000
John Goodman starred in this Fox sitcom as “Butch” Gamble, a gay man returning to his blue-collar hometown. (There were a lot of shows about people returning to their hometowns at the turn of the century.)
Critics complained that Butch was an unrealistic amalgam of heteronormativity—drinking beer, watching football—and gay cliches—a knack for hairdressing, a love of Broadway show tunes. Goodman won the People’s Choice Award for the role, but only eight episodes aired before Fox pulled the plug.
13 Queer Hip-Hop Musicians You Need To Hear
From:NewNowNext
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Zebra Katz
This out rapper practically has a PhD from all the time he spends in the library: The creator of the avant-garde runway anthem “Ima Read” also schooled the children in tracks like “Last Name Katz” and “You Tell ’Em” and has opened for Azealia Banks and the Scissor Sisters.
Academy Award for Best Actress
1961
Sophia Loren
as
Cesira
Two Women
Sophia Loren (/soʊˈfiːə ləˈrɛn/; Italian pronunciation: [soˈfiːa ˈlɔːren]; stage name of Sofia Villani Scicolone Ponti [soˈfiːa vilˈlaːni ʃʃikoˈloːne], 20 September 1934) is an Italian film actress. She began her career at age 14 after entering a beauty pageant in 1949. Encouraged to enroll in acting lessons, Loren appeared in several bit parts and minor roles until the late 1950s when Loren's five-picture contract with Paramount launched her international career. Notable film appearances around this time include Houseboat, That Kind of Woman, and It Started in Naples.
Her talents as an actress were not recognized until her performance as Cesira in Vittorio De Sica's Two Women; Loren's performance earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1962 and made her the first artist to win an Oscar for a foreign-language performance. She holds the record for having earned six David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress, the most ever received: Two Women, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Marriage Italian-Style (for which she was nominated for a second Oscar), Sunflower, The Voyage, and A Special Day. After starting her family in the early 1970s, Loren spent less time on her acting career and chose to make only occasional film appearances. In later years, she has appeared in American films such as Grumpier Old Men and Nine.
Aside from the Academy Award, she has won a Grammy Award, five special Golden Globes, a BAFTA Award, a Laurel Award, and the Honorary Academy Award in 1991. In 1995, she received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievements, one of many such awards.
Police Officer: “You are under arrest!”
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| Nudist: “No, I’m not! Public nudity isn’t against the law in this country!” Police Officer: “That might be true but we are no ordinary police officers…” Nudist: “What do you mean?” Police Officer: “They call us the ’Fashion Police” and you’ll be charged with ’Exposure of Tan Lines’ and ’Public Display of a Bad Haircut’“ |
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