Consummate entertainer Bobby Darin (1936-1973) is making a movie about his life. He's volatile, driven by the love of performing, ambition, perfectionism, and belief that he's living on borrowed time. He begins in the Bronx: a fatherless lad learning music and dance from his mom. His career starts slowly, then "Splish Splash" puts him at the top of the charts and on "Bandstand." He wants to be an entertainer, not a pop star, so he aims for the Copacabana; then it's on to the m ...[Read Story ]
Marilyn Monroe made her one and only television appearance on this show. Jack Benny dreamed that the homely woman in the next deck chair was actually Marilyn. Most of Jack Benny's original radio cast appeared on television with him, including Don Wilson, 'Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson' , Dennis Day and several his real-life wife Mary Livingston made several guest appearances. In one episode Jack dreamed that he and Mary (his platonic friend on the show) were married and had a teenage daughter. ...[Read Story ]