- 1. The Golden Age of The Catskills
- (Video)
- ... . Among the millions visiting the Catskill included entertainers like Jerry Lewis, Danny Kaye, and Woody Allen. “Virtually anybody who was an early television star had gotten their start here in the Catskills ...
- Created on 06 July 2017
- 2. Harold Gold
- (History Makers)
- ... of what was once the Hotel Ryan on Main Street. It was a world very different from the one we now inhabit, a world without computers, televisions, or even refrigerators. Children would bolt from their ...
- Created on 17 January 2016
- 3. How Woodstock Happened...
- (General History)
- ... dea: to create a screwball situation comedy for television, kind of like a male version of "I Love Lucy". "It was an office comedy about two pals with more money than brains and a thirst for adventure ...
- Created on 04 January 2016
- 4. Alan Gerry
- (History Makers)
- ... By 1995, after nearly four decades in the television business, the company which had begun in Sullivan County had experienced dramatic growth and operated 64 cable systems in 18 states employing more than ...
- Created on 11 August 2007
- 5. Max Yasgur
- (History Makers)
- ... happy concert goers were being filmed on national television. George Ardito, a director of the Historical Society, writes of the Festival, “Despite traffic jams, lack of food, shelter ...
- Created on 01 June 2004
- 6. Jennie Grossinger
- (History Makers)
- ... n, especially in the new worlds of radio, films and television. In that respect the hotel lived on. If she could see the deserted hotel today, she would certainly be sad, but ever the optimist she would ...
- Created on 11 August 2002
- 7. Lawrence H. Cooke
- (History Makers)
- ... required to reveal their personal sexual histories prior to the rape. The courts in general were opening by allowing television and print media in the Appellate courts – which led the way for admission ...
- Created on 01 June 1998
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