Writers

Norman Lear was born in New Haven, Connecticut on July 27, 1922. Norman dropped out of Emerson College to join up with the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. Norman left the Army in 1945 and started composing comedy, which finally transformed into screenwriting and producing for television ...

He expired on July 12, 2011, at 94. He got his start in 1939, employed as a writer on Bob Hope’s radio show. During World War II, Schwartz served in the U.S. Army and composed for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While the theory for Gilligan’s Island could happen to ...

Produced on November 19, 1989, in Compton, California, Michael Stevenson began his music career by creating tunes and posting them online, and after making mixtapes. After speaking to his cousin, Travis McCoy of the group Gym Class Heroes, about his favourite performers, Stevenson went on tour together with the group, ...

Neil Young – Godfather of Grunge (TVPG; 1:55) Neil Young is frequently mentioned as “The Godfather of Grunge” due to the impact his music had on the early 90’s grunge music arena. Young is additionally a powerful advocate for environmental and impairment problems, as shown by his co-foundation of the ...

Produced on June 18, 1971, Nathan Morris helped put Philadelphia back on the map for music starting in the late 1980s, when this high school pupil founded the all-boy group Boyz II Men. Morris and three other vocalists became known for harmonizing flawlessly, as well as for topping the charts ...

Mitt Romney – Miniature Biography (TV14; 5:16) A brief biography of Mitt Romney, who co-founded Bain Capital. Romney took on the Salt Lake Organizing Committee and helmed a successful 2002 Olympic Games. 20 Gallery 20 Pictures Romney wed Ann Davies in 1969; they’ve five sons, Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben and ...