No Such Thing As Witty Women? Think Again
Jun 15th, 2009 · Think women aren't funny? Lynn Harris recommends three books by famous funny girls Dolly Parton, Lucille Ball and Carrie Fisher that will force you to think again.
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How Ed Sullivan Brought Culture To America
May 10th, 2009 · If you were on The Ed Sullivan Show, you had arrived. The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Van Cliburn, Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby — a legendary list of luminaries spanned an incredible range of pop culture, from puppets, dancing bears and spinning plates to Broadway, opera, classical music, and ballet. Even newsmakers like Cuba's Fidel Castro showed up as guests on the show, which ran from 1948 to 1971. Bernie Ilson was Ed Sullivan's press representative in the 1960s, and host Liane Hansen speaks with him about his new book, Sundays with Sullivan: How the Ed Sullivan Show Brought Elvis, the Beatles, and Culture to America.
Lucy's Laugh Tours the Solar System
Apr 16th, 2008 · We make a lot of noise here on Earth with our TV and radio broadcasts and some of that sound escapes into space. But how far will those signals travel? Is someone or something in the distant universe hearing Lucille Ball in the sky right now?
Vocal Impressions: Hearing Voices, Round Nine ****
Nov 29th, 2007 · In the latest installment of "Vocal Impressions," listeners share their descriptions of the voices of Janis Joplin, Katharine Hepburn, Fred Astaire and Joe Cocker. And we issue a new challenge: Lucille Ball, Ray Charles, Cher and Harvey Fierstein.
Writer Stefan Kanfer on 'Stardust Lost'
Jan 2nd, 2007 · Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Mishugas of the Yiddish Theater in America is about the glory days of Yiddish theater in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Kanfer was a writer and editor at Time magazine for 20 years and is the author of many books including biographies of Lucille Ball and Groucho Marx.
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