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Podcasts Pop Culture 

NYC in the modern TV age, from Sesame Street to Seinfeld, as the arrival of cable brings new production to the city

August 26, 2013January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 1363 Views 0 Comments classic TV, Law and Order, Seinfeld, Sex and the City

Bill Cosby appeared in early episodes of Sesame Street, filmed at a studio on Broadway and 81st Street.  He would

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Pop Culture 

Movin’ On Up: A skewed history of New York City as depicted by the opening themes of 1970s TV shows

August 20, 2013January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 3422 Views 7 Comments 1970s, classic TV, Queens, Queensboro Bridge, television

The camera zooms over the New York City skyline as an earnest pop tune — usually devoid of any rhythm

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Podcasts Pop Culture 

New York City in the Golden Age of Television: Behind the scenes with nine classic TV shows filmed in the city

August 2, 2013January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 2385 Views 1 Comment classic TV, Ed Sullivan Theater, Jackie Gleason, midtown, Rockefeller Center, Studio 54, television

The Beatles in one of their many appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show. [source]PODCAST This is the second part of the

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Pop Culture 

Monkey business: This video encapsulates everything you need to know about our new podcast

August 1, 2013January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 705 Views 0 Comments Betty White, classic TV, NBC, Today Show

Make The Connection was a show hosted by Gene Rayburn (later of Match Game fame) that was broadcast on NBC

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Julian Fellowes ‘Gilded Age’, New York’s ‘Downton Abbey’: Some suggestions and a few pipe dreams

November 29, 2012January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 1278 Views 6 Comments classic TV, Fifth Avenue, Julian Fellowes, NBC, television, The Gilded Age

It’s a different world: Illustrating the difficulty of a New York TV show set in the 1880s, above is a

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Pop Culture 

Election Night, live on TV! New York City newsrooms, 1952

November 6, 2012February 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 1337 Views 4 Comments CBS, classic TV, computers, elections, Grand Central Terminal, NBC, Rockefeller Center

Above: The CBS news broadcast was sponsored by Philco, an early radio and television manufacturer. In the photos of the

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Mad Men 

Mad Men 1966-67: Speculation, context and flashbacks

March 21, 2012January 16, 2015 Bowery Boys 1006 Views 0 Comments Classic Film, classic TV, fashion, Mad Men, Madison Avenue, Vietnam

Our favorite randy, drunken Madison Avenue suits return this Sunday with an extra-special long episode of ‘Mad Men‘ this Sunday.

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Pop Culture 

Sue Simmons: A Four-Letter-Word-ing Celebration

March 7, 2012January 16, 2015 Bowery Boys 673 Views 0 Comments classic TV, local news, Sue Simmons

Shake-up on the set! My favorite all-time New York news anchor Sue Simmons, a part of the WNBC news room since 1980,

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It's Showtime 

When New York hosted the Oscars

February 24, 2012February 28, 2016 Bowery Boys 2132 Views 0 Comments classic film, classic TV, NBC, old theaters, television

NOTE: In honor of this weekend’s Academy Awards, I’m expanding this article originally posted last year with some revisions and newer information.

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Health and Living Preservation 

Bialystoker Home, a remarkable Lower East Side treasure and home for assisted living–now in need of some assistance

February 15, 2012January 16, 2015 Bowery Boys 1506 Views 3 Comments classic TV, Forward Building, Jewish New York, Lower East Side, Preservation, Seward Park

Bialystoker Home for the Aged may not make it into many tourist guides, but this Lower East Side art deco

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‘Fringe’ benefits light up a forgotten New York fort

May 5, 2011January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 1235 Views 1 Comment classic TV, Fort Wood, Governor's Island, Statue of Liberty

I’m an unabashed junkie of the sci-fi TV series ‘Fringe’, and the writers (or at one of them) seems to

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Happy Holidays from The Bowery Boys!

December 24, 2010January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 667 Views 0 Comments classic TV, How New York Saved Christmas

The Bowery Boys wish you all a spectacular holiday season! To celebrate, just hit the play button above and warm

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Happy birthday George Burns, child of Rivington Street

January 20, 2010January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 1442 Views 1 Comment classic TV, Lower East Side

George at his 85th birthday party in 1981 [Courtesy Life] Today is the birthday of Nathan “Nattie” Birnbaum, known to

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Bowery-Boys-Book-Cover-R6--revised Our first-ever Bowery Boys book, "Adventures in Old New York" is now out in bookstores! A time-traveling journey into a past that lives simultaneously besides the modern city.

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