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NO. 16 DAVID BOHNETT

Founder and chairman, GeoCities "1997 COMPENSATION" $160,000 "AGE" 42 "E-MAIL" dbohnett@geocities.com "BIO" Bohnett likens himself to a latter-day...

Milestones: 53 Years Ago in TIME

By Melissa August, Harriet Barovick, Elizabeth L. Bland, Roy B. White, Rebecca Winters

When MILTON BERLE turned to television in the fall of 1948, he took America with him. He had people watching and buying sets as never before. Eight months after...

People: Dec. 9, 1996

By Belinda Luscombe

THE PEOPLE VS. WOODY H. Some stars are host to fund raisers. Others make speeches at the Oscars. When WOODY HARRELSON has a cause, he gets arrested. In June,...

Television: Return of an Old Ham

Eleven years ago in the predawn of TV, Milton Berle mused: "I'm not the manufactured Broadway comedian any more. I'm going back, back to my real talent. I began...

Video: The Detective of Heartache

By Marcia Gauger

Psychologist Tom Cottle puts his talk-show guests on the couch Here's the pitch: a series featuring a psychologist from academe who hears the siren song of...

Press: Hooking Up to Cable Households

A "system-specific" TV magazine celebrates its first issue The first TV revolution brought American viewers Milton Berle. The second has given households dozens...

Radio: The Child Wonder

(See Cover) As the clock nears 8 along the Eastern Seaboard on Tuesday night, a strange new phenomenon takes place in U.S. urban life. Business falls off in...

Radio: Mr. Television

In a shambles of sight gags, unfinished sentences and self-applause, Milton Berle last week returned to TV. Before a banner screaming: "Welcome back, Mr...

Show Business: Neither New nor Old

"When I went on in 1948," said the greying haystack of a man, "they believed anyone hammy enough to get up and say, 'Here's how to do it.' " For eight seasons,...

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