Fifty years ago in TV Guide: An editorial in the Oct. 26, 1957, issue bemoaned TV series’ standard practice back then of having “only” 39 new episodes each season, followed by summer reruns of 13 of the 39. The editorial claimed that not having new programming during the summer “is creating a deterioration of the values of the medium.”
The first post-Colonial governor of Virginia (that is, the first governor of the state of Virginia), taking office in July of 1776, was what famous name from American history?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Patrick Henry
C) James Madison
D) James Monroe
Friday’s answer: Harry Morgan is the name of the fishing boat captain in the Hemingway novel “To Have and Have Not,” portrayed by Humphrey Bogart in the 1944 film version.
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