Happy birthday to the star of China Beach and dozens of TV shows and movies, Dana Delany! #DanaDelany #Birthday #PopGoesTheCulture #ChinaBeach

Happy birthday to the one and only prairie bitch herself - Alison Arngrim, otherwise known as Nellie Olsen of Little House On The Prairie. #LittleHouseonthePrairie #AlisonArngrim #MichaelLandon #Birthday #PopGoesTheCulture

Happy birthday to one of the funniest men in the history of TV: Larry Storch, the star of F-Troop, Car 54 and so many other classic comedies! #LarryStorch #FTroop #Car54 #PaulLynde #PopGoesTheCulture

WAY back in the day, when Music Videos roamed the Earth, this Madonna MTV Rockumentary set ratings records. The Material Girl was still at the height of her fame, and had just released "Vogue." I wrote, produced, directed and off-line edited the show, but never actually got to meet her! Happy birthday, Madonna! #Madonna #Birthday #WhosThatGirl #MTV #MTVRockumentary #PopGoesTheCulture

Happy birthday to the late Phoebe Snow, whose birthday was July 17, 1950. #PhoebeSnow #PoetryMan #PopGoesTheCulture

Happy birthday to one of the original stars of Sesame Street, Bob McGrath! #BobMcGrath #SesameStreet #Muppets #PopGoesTheCulture #Birthday

Happy Birthday to the late Bea Arthur - who would have been 95 today. #BeaArthur #NormanLear #Maude #RueMcClanahan #AdrienneBarbeau #PopGoesTheCulture

The conclusion of my two part conversation with the great John Amos. In this segment, John Amos talks about meeting Colin Powell. What it was like working with Carl Reiner, Ernest Borgnine, Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman and Jonathan Winters – plus – the best advice he ever got. #JJ #MartinSheen #JohnAmos #TheMaryTylerMooreShow #Roots #TheWestWing #PopGoesTheCulture #GoodTimes #CarlReiner #ErnestBorgnin #JonathanWinters #PercyFitzwallace #Advice #ClorisLeachman #ColinPowe

Today – my guest is John Amos – best known as the father of JJ on Good Times – but also notable for his parts in Roots, the Mary Tyler Moore Show and The West Wing. In part one of my two part interview, Amos talks about his early career, and what it’s like to be killed off on a hit TV series. Beginning with his part on The West Wing. #JohnAmos #PopGoesTheCulture #TheWestWing #GoodTimes #TheMaryTylerMooreShow #Roots #MartinSheen #JJ