NEWS & NOTES : `PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE' A SELLOUT AT PALEY TV-RADIO MUSEUM FEST.Byline: Keith Marder Daily News Television Writer The most popular show at the 1997 William S. Paley
William S. Paley (September 28, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois – October 26, 1990 in New York, New York) was the chief executive who built CBS from a small Festival is ``Pee-wee's Playhouse Pee-wee's Playhouse was a children's television program starring Pee-wee Herman. The playhouse is styled as a wacky, off-beat interior, wherein many objects are anthropomorphic. ,'' a children's show that pleased many adults as well. Tickets for the festival, which is being held at the Director's Guild of America, are $15 per event and are available at the Museum of Television and Radio Museum of Television and Radio, American museum that chronicles the evolution of radio and television; opened in New York City as the Museum of Broadcasting in 1976. It is in effect the first public library devoted to the electronic media. or by phone from Theatix, (213) 466-1767. ``Pee-wee,'' which will be featured at 7 p.m. Monday, is the only one of the festival's 11 presentations to sell out so far. At 7 tonight, the subject is the HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy series ``Tracey Takes On ...'' Two episodes will be screened, followed by a discussion with the cast and crew. At 7 p.m. Friday, the focus is on ``Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.'' The final episode of the miniseries about the pre-AIDs lifestyle with sexual freedom, guiltless guilt·less adj. Free of guilt; innocent. guilt  less·ly adv.guilt drug use and disco music Noun 1. disco music - popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques disco will be shown. It will be followed by a panel including actors, writers, producers and the director. Saturday is a night for some of the best television that not enough people watched. At 6 p.m., the two-hour pilot of the gritty drama ``EZ Streets'' will be shown, followed by another star-studded panel. At 9:30 p.m., the subject will be ``Murder One,'' with a screening of a never-aired episode followed by a discussion. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, the focus is on ``The Drew Carey Show,'' including two episodes and a panel. On Thursday, ``Playhouse 90: The Comedian'' will be screened in its entirety, followed by a question-and-answer period. At 8 p.m. March 14, ``Politically Incorrect,'' Bill Maher's show, which he calls `` `McLaughlin Group' on acid,'' will get the treatment. First it will be the screening of an episode and a highlight reel, followed by a panel. The final show in the series, ``Millennium,'' will be featured on March 15. An episode of the series will be shown, again followed by a discussion. |
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