Category Archives: History

Walt Disney Bio on PBS

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Jerry

When I was a child, the name Walt Disney was present everywhere.  It was on children’s books, it was on a weekly TV show, ‘Disneyland’, where Walt himself was the smiling host.   I assumed I knew everything about Walt Disney that I … Continue reading →

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Duffy’s Cut

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Jerry

I don’t usually get emotional about a television program but tonight I saw something that I felt very close to.  PBS broadcast a program about the fate of 57 Irish immigrant railroad workers who died in 1832.  In 1832 a … Continue reading →

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