"It's gonna be a really big shoo..." He had his own unique way of pronouncing the word, but every Sunday at 8 p.m., over 30 million Americans turned their TV dials to The Ed Sullivan Show and watched him become part of history. From 1948 to 1971, Sullivan hand-picked the greatest names — known and unknown alike — in music, comedy, stage and screen to perform live. … [Read more...] about Ed Sullivan The Talking Head
November 1999 Issue
Our Jack
By Pete Hamill, Contributor
Pete Hamill writes on JFK, our Irish American of the Century Somewhere in the shadowy land between myth and history lies the domicile of John F. Kennedy. The first United States president of Irish-Catholic descent, Kennedy was a man of many faces: war hero, orator, lover, creator, and visionary. He had it all, and it was all taken away, but in the end he gained … [Read more...] about Our Jack