obituaries
JOHANNA COOPER, Radio maven, dead at 53
By Tom Teicholz at 17 July, 2008, 11:17 am
Let me begin with the weird part. Earlier this week, I called Johanna Cooper to tell her about an idea for a radio show that I wanted to work with her on. Over the course of the last two years since being introduced by Iva Kaufman we had been trying to cook up something together. […]
Read More >>Remembering Abby Mann
By Tom Teicholz at 28 March, 2008, 10:08 am
Abby Mann, of “Judgment in Nuremberg” fame died this week. I interviewed him in 2005 on the occasion of a stage production of Judgment in Long Beach, at his home in Beverlywood. He was a writer who never lacked material, who never suffered from “Agism” who was being hired by studios in his 70s and […]
Read More >>Wham-O creator Richard Knerr dies at 82
By Tom Teicholz at 20 January, 2008, 10:00 pm
Genius comes in many forms. Richard Knerr, is the man who brought to the world (he didn’t invent, he marketed) such products as the Hula Hoop, the Frisbee, SuperBall, the Slip ‘N Slide, and Silly String. Simply put: Are these not essential artifacts of our times? Doesn’t the mere mention of them trigger happy memories, […]
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