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Henry Winkler agreed to play the Fonz — on one condition
"I got a call and they asked if I’d like the role."
December 20, 2024, 4:13PM
Harry Morgan on the difference between acting on stage versus acting in television
Life on the stage can help prepare an actor for any challenge, but can the same be said for another medium?
December 20, 2024, 1:00PM
The Brady Bunch was (mostly) together again for Lifetime's "Blending Christmas"
A 2021 made-for-TV movie reunited some of the cast!
December 20, 2024, 11:29AM
Harvey Korman loved The Carol Burnett Show, but hated some of the costumes
After all, fake mustaches, feathers, tutus, and tiaras can only take you so far.
December 19, 2024, 4:50PM
Tony Dow credited his parents and the producers of Leave It to Beaver for allowing him to live a normal childhood
Dow was able to live the best of both worlds.
December 19, 2024, 4:43PM
Harry Morgan took some odd acting jobs to support his family during his early acting career
"I don't think I ever turned down a picture, no matter how lousy it was!"
December 19, 2024, 2:41PM
This was the real reason that M*A*S*H was so popular, according to a cast member
The inside scoop, at last.
December 19, 2024, 2:18PM
Tony Dow said that Wally Cleaver would have become more outspoken as he got older
"I think probably Wally Cleaver would have gotten involved in all that stuff."
December 19, 2024, 12:26PM
Here's what Jim Nabors said about fans singing at events
Would Gomer Pyle attend a Wicked singalong?
December 19, 2024, 10:32AM
Yikesgeist Exclusive: Terrifier 3's Daniel Roebuck on how he became Santa
"I actually begged to be in the movie!"
December 19, 2024, 9:05AM
How Harry Morgan avoided scandal in his acting career
Morgan was proud to have a skeleton-free closet.
December 18, 2024, 3:45PM
Tim Conway thought more comedy was needed in TV and film
This funny guy on TV wanted to be a funny guy in the movies, too!
December 18, 2024, 3:35PM
Originally, M*A*S*H was supposed to be Henry Morgan's final television performance
"I've never really figured out whether people liked the characters or liked Harry Morgan," said the M*A*S*H actor.
December 18, 2024, 12:00PM
Buddy Ebsen's first animated movie role came in this forgotten Seventies Christmas special
The Beverly Hillbillies star narrated The Tiny Tree and voiced the Scrooge-like badger living beneath it.
December 18, 2024, 11:25AM
Andy Griffith once calculated what it would cost to give the Twelve Days of Christmas
"Plus sales tax."
December 18, 2024, 10:43AM
Jeff Maxwell's small role on M*A*S*H helped him achieve big things
"It just kind of grew," Maxwell said.
December 17, 2024, 3:14PM
George Lindsey: ''I just went completely nuts'' watching this episode of The Andy Griffith Show
Goober went a little goofy!
December 17, 2024, 11:15AM
Irene Ryan on how vaudeville prepared her for a career in television
"All my life I've been on time," said the Beverly Hillbillies actor.
December 16, 2024, 3:50PM
Barbara Billingsley said that she brought up her sons the same way June Cleaver raised Wally and the Beaver
"There wasn't an awful lot of difference," said the actor.
December 16, 2024, 3:14PM
Andy Griffith said ''The Andy Griffith Show'' was ''second in line'' in casting a 5-year-old Ron Howard in his first major TV role
Another show nearly stood in the way of TV history.
December 16, 2024, 2:13PM
Barbara Billingsley called Tony Dow ''an equal'' when they were costars on Leave It to Beaver
It was the family tree forged in the stars.
December 16, 2024, 11:45AM
Ron Howard on the pros and cons of living in a family of actors
"You can call me young, but you can't call me inexperienced," said Howard.
December 13, 2024, 4:30PM
Don Knotts preferred the schedule of The Andy Griffith Show to his variety show past
The dependable calendar was a reward after years of hard, topsy-turvy work.
December 13, 2024, 11:47AM
Waltons creator Earl Hamner Jr. explained what it was like when Michael Learned left the series
What was it like to lose Olivia Walton?
December 13, 2024, 11:40AM
When he wasn't acting in The Waltons, Richard Thomas enjoyed entering Great Danes in dog shows
When he wasn't starring on the hit television series, Thomas was having a barking good time.
December 13, 2024, 10:53AM
It took a long time for Richard Thomas to become comfortable with being alone when he joined the cast of The Waltons
"For me, 'aloneness' was something with which I had never become acquainted," said Thomas.
December 12, 2024, 3:12PM
Michael Learned received a funeral wreath as a gag gift during her final days on The Waltons
"I'll burn it before I leave," she said.
December 12, 2024, 1:32PM
You won't believe how Andy Kaufman almost derailed a Ron Howard Christmas classic (from beyond the grave!)
Or... "How Latka (almost) Stole Christmas"
December 12, 2024, 11:11AM
Ron Howard said that the teens of the fifties weren't so different from the young people of today
The actor believed that the two groups were more alike than they were different.
December 11, 2024, 3:38PM
Richard Thomas loved acting in television, despite its reputation
"At this time, a TV series is not harmful," said the actor.
December 11, 2024, 3:00PM
Susan Olsen on her feelings about not being in A Very Brady Christmas
What happened when the two Cindys saw each other at Burger King?!
December 11, 2024, 11:13AM
Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams mended their friendship fifteen years after Laverne & Shirley ended
"We got together at my house and had the conversation I wished I'd been able to have fifteen years earlier," wrote Marshall.
December 11, 2024, 10:13AM
7 very '80s things from A Very Brady Christmas
Big shoulder pads, bigger hair, and one sweet mustache.
December 10, 2024, 12:58PM
Originally, we were never meant to see more than the back of Alan Brady's head on The Dick Van Dyke Show
Initially, the character had a much smaller role planned.
December 9, 2024, 3:20PM
Milburn Stone loved the chemistry between the cast on Gunsmoke
Stone had faith that the cast's chemistry would carry the show.
December 9, 2024, 3:15PM
Carl Reiner based The Dick Van Dyke Show on his feelings for his wife, Estelle
"When I was no longer involved in making the piece and just sitting back as an audience, I was really amazed at how many of them are very, very funny."
December 9, 2024, 1:18PM
Saturday the 14th producer Julie Corman explains what a producer actually does
She was able to find success without much preparation!
December 9, 2024, 10:08AM
This was Jack H. Harris' secret to creating a successful sci-fi film
The acclaimed producer shared the surprising reason his films were always a near-guaranteed success.
December 9, 2024, 10:02AM
Penny Marshall enjoyed drinking milk and Pepsi as a child, long before she starred on Laverne & Shirley
Laverne and Penny shared a drink of choice.
December 6, 2024, 4:24PM
Jim Nabors had to hide his Hollywood dreams
Nabors had to get up and leave to chase his dreams.
December 6, 2024, 2:24PM
Kevin Tighe hurt his back doing a stunt for Emergency!
Tighe was willing to give it all to the television series.
December 6, 2024, 1:15PM
Gilda Radner was briefly considered for the role of Shirley Feeney in Laverne & Shirley
The SNL actor was nearly the star of the hit sitcom.
December 6, 2024, 10:56AM
Kevin Tighe was planning to leave the United States for Prague when he was asked to audition for Emergency!
Much like his character, the actor was quick to jump into action when an opportunity demanded it.
December 6, 2024, 10:18AM
Charles M. Schulz used to receive one hundred letters a day from Peanuts fans of all ages
"I like to think that these things are part of the entire human condition and not simply something involving one generation of people in this country," said the writer.
December 5, 2024, 11:55AM
Vincent Price lamented the loss of freaks in Hollywood
Be a little weird today, for Vincent.
December 5, 2024, 10:18AM
Here's why Gary Burghoff ''probably wouldn't have taken the TV role'' on M*A*S*H
Radar may not have been the same if he could see it coming!
December 5, 2024, 10:03AM
Ron Howard talks the ''life-or-death'' pressures of moviemaking
The director had to prove himself at multiple points throughout his career.
December 4, 2024, 2:30PM
Boris Karloff played Santa for children in the hospital
Here comes Franken-claus, here comes Franken-claus...
December 4, 2024, 1:48PM
Charles M. Schulz saw a little of himself in all the Peanuts characters
Forget astrology signs; which Peanuts character do you most identify with?
December 3, 2024, 10:58AM