Loretta Swit, George Wendt, Robert “Ed” Smylie, and Ed Gale dies

Four more memorable people passed away in early 2025.

This group starred in most of the episodes of M*A*S*H; played the rememberable “NORM” on the TV show Cheers; was one of the engineers responsible for saving the astronauts on Apollo 13; and played memorable characters such as Chucky, Howard the Duck, and the dinosaur Tasha in Land of the Lost.

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The Partridge Family – Doyle’s Space: SitCom Hall of Fame

Its combination of gentle humor, catchy songs, and earnest performances continues to resonate with nostalgic viewers.

The Partridge Family is a classic American musical sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 25, 1970, to March 23, 1974. Created by Bernard Slade and produced by Screen Gems, the series was inspired in part by the real-life musical family, The Cowsills.

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Best Christmas Sitcom Episodes (Part One)

These are some of my favorite sitcom Christmas episodes.

“Guess Who’s Coming to Christmas” is the twelfth episode of the first season of the American TV show Happy Days. It originally aired on ABC on December 17, 1974. Written by Bill Idelson, the episode features the main cast of the series, including Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham,

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M*A*S*H – Doyle’s Space: SitCom Hall of Fame

My third inductee into my SitCom Hall of Fame is M*A*S*H.

“M*A*S*H” is an American war comedy-drama television series that aired on CBS from September 17, 1972, to February 28, 1983. The show was based on Richard Hooker’s novel “MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors” and the 1970 film adaptation directed by Robert Altman. Created by Larry Gelbart and developed by Gene Reynolds, the series followed the lives of the staff at the fictional 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) during the Korean War.

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