When an ABC Sports executive wanted to spin off Monday Night Football into a Saturday morning animated series, Howard Cosell was said to be livid. “Do you know who you’re speaking to? I am the biggest name in show business today. And you want to make …

When an ABC Sports executive wanted to spin off Monday Night Football into a Saturday morning animated series, Howard Cosell was said to be livid. “Do you know who you’re speaking to? I am the biggest name in show business today. And you want to make …

John Beecroft was a writer and editor who worked briefly for Paramount Newsreel during the Great Depression. During his tenure at the newsreel, Beecroft would occasionally write articles about the newsreel staff. One article Beecroft wrote in 1933 was about news cameraman Henry DeSiena: One day it’s a king, the next day a bum. There […]

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