Remembering the Voice of Bob Newhart

While always a fan of Bob Newhart’s two landmark TV shows spanning nearly two decades, I was first introduced to the deadpan comedian as a 5-year-old in 1960.   His comedy album “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart” from 1960

Penny Marshall’s Big Legacy

Lets raise a toast of Pepsi and milk to Penny Marshal, a comic genius who was in a league of her own. Like Laverne, she did it her way. With her distinctive nasal New York voice so redolent of the

Joan Rivers- A Cut-Up on Vinyl

  The first week of school at Syracuse University was overwhelming. Nerves and insecurities were kicking into high gear as we unpacked our familiar belongings in this new unfamiliar place. As Pioneer stereos systems were being set up in dorm