Hollywood Star Walk Category
TV Pioneers
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Like the medium that made them stars, the pioneers of television weren’t just performers, they were revolutionaries. Whether they were proving the worth of children, women, minorities or Elvis, people like Fred Rogers, Freddie Prinze, Carl Reiner, Roseanne Barr and Ed Sullivan used drama and humor, sometimes gentle, sometimes barbed, to prod American society into the modern age.
They knew what the rest of America soon learned—that entertainment is the most effective way to ensure progress and that box in the living room may be the most powerful tool we have. A tool folks as disparate as Desi Arnaz, Gene Roddenberry, Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas have used to change the world.
— Mary McNamara, who has been The Times' television critic since 2007
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Two thoughts about TV Pioneers
I am Blessed to have had these stars in my up bringing.Those were the days ,they brought music,& comedy,
I wish they were still here.
Jack Benny has been overlooked
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