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The Father Of Modern Television: Milton Berle

As if you needed another example of how the mainstream media just doesn't get it, consider this: Entertainment Weekly's 2002 obituary of Milton Berle was a mere half page. Berle didn't even get the page to himself-he shared it with a similar sized obit for Dudley Moore, who died just a few hours later. Both men were afforded less ink than Director Billy Wilder, who also passed away in a rough week for Hollywood types. Not meaning any disrespect to Dudley Moore, a funny and talented but to suggest that Berle's legacy was of similar impact to the British funnyman is absurd.

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