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  • Birth Name: Dino Paul Crocetti
  • Birth Place: Steubenville, OH
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 06/07/1917, Gemini
  • Date of Death: 12/25/1995
  • Profession: Actor; singer
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Comedy Writer Hal Kanter Dies at 92

Hal Kanter, the Emmy-winning comedy writer behind the groundbreaking series Julia, has died. He was 92.

Kanter died Sunday of complications from pneumonia at California's Encino Hospital, his daughter, Donna Kanter, told the Los Angeles Times.

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"What a dear man," friend Carl Reiner said. "He was considered one of the wits of the industry; there's no question about it. Any time he ...
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VIDEO: Angels Remembered

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Angels Remembered
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Length: 50:07
Aired: 5/16/1979

Charlie calls the Angels to a meeting which is actually a birthday party celebrating the Angels third year together. Kris recalls her first case (from "Angels in Paradise") in which Charlie is kidnapped and his identity is nearly exposed to the Angels. Another remembered caper is recalled in which Kelly was working undercover as a burlesque dancer and yet another was an incident of intrigue from "Angels On My Mind" in which a clairvoyant seeking Kris actually wanted to kill her. Sabrina remembers Doug O'Neal, a resourceful young man who was seeking large sums of money with the Angels' help. Bosley remembers "Tinker Belle" from "Circus Of Terror" and how she short circuited him. Charlie then brings up the number of odd disguises the Angels have used. Concluding their remembrances, they all toast their three years together and the future. watch

VIDEO: Angels In Waiting

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Angels In Waiting
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Length: 50:00
Aired: 5/16/1979

Bosley dares the Angels to find him in a game of hide and seek, and meets a woman named Ellen. Bosely is in danger when a man he sent to prison is released on parole, but the Angels uncover the plot. watch

Dean Martin: Videos

Ocean's Eleven
The Moment Berry Gordy Realized How Much He Loved Diana Ross
Sh*t Italian American Dads Say
First Look: The Moment Berry Gordy Realized How Much He Loved Diana Ross

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Cannonball Run II
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The Rat Pack
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Angels in Vegas, Pt. 1
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Episode 7

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Year Title Description
2013 An Evening With Jerry Lewis TV Show Series, Subject (person only)
2010 The Rat Pack TV Show Series, Performer
2005 Judy Garland TV Show Series, Performer
1998 Martin and Lewis TV Show Series, Host
1985 Half Nelson TV Show Series, Actor - Himself

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Jerry Lewis Stepping Down From Labor Day Telethon

Will Labor Day ever be the same? A television fixture at the end of summer since 1966, Jerry Lewis is relinquishing his role as host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethon.

The 85-year-old Lewis announced Monday that this year's show will be his last, promising that he'll still perform his signature song, "You'll Never Walk Alone." He'll continue to serve as the Muscular Dystrophy Association's national chairman as he has the early 1950s. "I'll never desert MDA and my kids," he said.

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Regis Has Got Talent

Somewhere along the line, miraculous multitasker Kelly Ripa must have inspired cohost Regis Philbin to return to his own juggling act. Just as he did when he launched the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire phenomenon, Philbin will balance his morning Live with Regis & Kelly act with a prime-time reality show, America's Got Talent (premiering Wednesday at 9 pm/ET on Fox). read more

Mr. Televisionary, I'm ...

Question: Mr. Televisionary, I'm confused. After seeing the remake, some friends and I rented the original Ocean's Eleven and we got to talking about Dean Martin and his career. Isn't it true that by the time he got his own TV show, he was barely trying? Basically, was he really drunk the whole time? Thanks.


Answer: Well, according to Martin himself, who was backed up by many who knew him at the time, the whole point was to act like he was barely trying — and he managed to fool a lot of people by doing just that. What you reportedly saw on his show much of the time was a glass of apple juice. Of course, the man liked his drink and wasn't shy about social imbibing, but according to those who worked with him closely enough to break through the persona and see the real man, he wasn't nearly the hard-core partier he appeared to be — and he never let it get in the way of read more

My wife and I were having ...

Question: My wife and I were having dinner recently at an Italian restaurant and the background music was Dean Martin singing songs from Guys and Dolls. We agreed that Martin would have been much better than Marlon Brando in the movie — was Martin too new on the Hollywood scene to be considered, or was the studio pushing  Brando?


Answer: Producer Sam Goldman wanted Gene Kelly to play Sky Masterson in the movie version of the Broadway hit Guys and Dolls (1955), but Kelly couldn't get released from his MGM contract. (Though MGM stands for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sam Goldwyn was only part of the studio, which was formed by merging three existing companies, for a couple of years; in 1923, he formed his own Samuel Goldwyn Productions. MGM kept the read more

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