Writers Guild Strikes Over TV Residuals

So here’s how Times cartoonist Bruce Russell shows that an eagle represents Mexico. He gives it a cute little sombrero. The Writers Guild goes on strike over residuals on TV broadcasts of films released after 1948.

The Knights of Columbus celebrate their namesake in a service at St. Vibiana’s. Rock Hudson “carefree bachelor” in “Pillow Talk.” Jerry Lewis in blackface in “The Jazz Singer?” I’m afraid so.  No, it’s not on Netflix. I think I'll be watching "The Rifleman" or Ella Fitzgerald on the Garry Moore show. Superstitious natives in “Orphan Annie.”

Some people just don’t like baseball. I wonder what she would think of ESPN. Walter Alston is named manager of the year. Trivia note: Alston struck out in his only major league appearance at the plate.

Comments

[Rinky Dink]

That's an interesting story about Jerry Lewis. For decades, I thought I had seen his debut in a dramatic role -- but now I learn that I was wrong because the role I saw him in was that of a physician who falls apart when a patient dies. It's a role that has stuck with me all these years because I was so surprised by how well he did the role. I no longer recall what show it was -- just one of the medical series that dominated TV in that era.

[Trolley Dodger]

I'm guessing "Sick of Peanuts" was indeed a commie. Probably didn't believe in Christopher Columbus either.