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Entertainment
February 14, 2026
Tommy Johnson: The Tuba Player Behind Jaws, Close Encounters, and The Price Is Right
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February 9, 2026
Jimmy Durante and the Rare Case of a Comedy Legend Who Was Also a Decent Human Being
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February 9, 2026
Award Names Explained: Who Oscar, Emmy, Nobel, Pulitzer, and Tony Were Named After
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February 1, 2026
You Bet Your Life: How Groucho Marx Hijacked a Quiz Show and Invented Modern TV Hosting
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January 31, 2026
No Animals Were Harmed: the 467 Rules Behind Hollywood’s Promise
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January 25, 2026
The Jack Benny Program: How Silence, Timing, and Character Transformed American Comedy
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January 21, 2026
Buddy Ebsen: The Dancer Hollywood Accidentally Turned into a Hillbilly
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January 15, 2026
The Addams Family: How a Creepy, Kooky, and Weirdly Wholesome Family Exposed the Strangeness of ‘Normal’
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January 10, 2026
The Katzenjammer Kids: America’s Longest-Running Comic Strip and Its Very Weird History
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December 27, 2025
The Lana Turner Murder Scandal: The Sweater Girl Meets Hollywood Noir
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December 24, 2025
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: How a Department Store Mascot Became Christmas Canon
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December 14, 2025
Kid Nation: The Shocking Reality TV Show That Let Children Run a Town
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December 7, 2025
Tarzan: The Jungle Hero Who Never Touched a Vine (And Other Highly Inconvenient Truths)
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November 28, 2025
Who Was Milton Berle? The Man, the Myths, and the Philosophy Behind Mr. Television
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November 26, 2025
Stan Lee’s Origin Story: How a 19-Year-Old Revolutionized Captain America
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