The following is a truncated excerpt from the N.Y. Times obit on Ms. Altman:
“It’s Academic” became the world’s longest-running quiz show...The show’s name came from the couple’s oldest child, Susan. “Why don’t we call it ‘It’s Academic,’ ” she suggested, “as in ‘it’s academic, we don’t have a TV.’ ” Her entree into television came through her acquaintance with Lawrence E. Spivak, the original producer and later the moderator of “Meet the Press.” She assisted in producing that program.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/arts/television/29altman.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin
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The last sentence reminds me of something I was told about how one gets into most any business, but especially broadcasting...sometimes it's not only what you know, but who you know.
Here are a couple of other interesting links regarding the "It's Academic" program.
http://www.nbc4.com/itsacademic/1499844/detail.html <---Concerns Senators Clinton & Schumer.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Academic
“It’s Academic” became the world’s longest-running quiz show...The show’s name came from the couple’s oldest child, Susan. “Why don’t we call it ‘It’s Academic,’ ” she suggested, “as in ‘it’s academic, we don’t have a TV.’ ” Her entree into television came through her acquaintance with Lawrence E. Spivak, the original producer and later the moderator of “Meet the Press.” She assisted in producing that program.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/arts/television/29altman.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin
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The last sentence reminds me of something I was told about how one gets into most any business, but especially broadcasting...sometimes it's not only what you know, but who you know.
Here are a couple of other interesting links regarding the "It's Academic" program.
http://www.nbc4.com/itsacademic/1499844/detail.html <---Concerns Senators Clinton & Schumer.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Academic