The new “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” movie traces its origins back to a popular short story by James Thurber from the 1930’s and to the Danny Kaye film it inspired in the 1940’s. Now after all these years Ben Stiller has decided to direct and star in a new version – obviously believing […]
Barbie Tallent who lives just outside Chattanooga, Tennessee, was cleaning her house and cooking some chicken, not expecting anything special to happen the morning of January 14, when the doorbell rang. She answered it, and who should be standing there – with roses, balloons, champagne, a video crew, and a Big Check for $10,000.00, but […]
I recently read an article in The New York Times by Peter Funt who for many years hosted Candid Camera, the classic TV show founded in 1948 and hosted by his father Allen Funt (after a run of “Candid Microphone” on radio). Peter talked about how he and his dad used to worry about “what […]
Outrageous. Bizarre. Fantastic. These are some of the words that come to mind when I think about the audience members and winners on Let’s Make A Deal! Why? Have you seen the crazy costumes that people appear on the show in? It makes great TV! Those three adjectives could also describe Publishers Clearing House winners […]
Florida winner gets surprise of his life from Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol December brought some wintry weather to much of the U.S. even before the official start of winter. Normally mild regions suffered snow, ice and frigid temperatures. But Florida stayed remarkably warm, and warm describes the welcome the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol […]
As Christmas approaches I always remember a long-form TV commercial idea that some advertising colleagues cooked up for PCH but which never got produced. It parodied the debates seen on “crossfire” talk shows and featured me – as head of the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol arguing with Santa Claus as to who has the […]