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  Julia
Julia, a half-hour comedy premiering on NBC in September 1968, was an example of American network television's attempt to address race issues during a period of heightened activism and turmoil over the position of African-Americans in U.S. society.
Julia's husband had been killed in a helicopter crash in Vietnam, and the series began with the now fatherless Baker family moving into an integrated apartment building in Los Angeles while Julia secured employment at the medical offices of Astrospace Industries.
Julia's closest friends were her white neighbors, the Waggedorns--Marie, a scatter-brained housewife; Len, a police officer; and Earl J. Waggedorn, their son and Corey's pal.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/J/htmlJ/julia/julia.htm   (843 words)

  
 AOL Spends Too Much on Julia Roberts » The Bivings Report
I was too busy deciding whether or not it really was Julia Roberts and, if it was, what could have happened that she was so hard up for cash that she would do an AOL commercial.
I understand that the company plans to introduce new forms of television entertainment as part of its offerings, but it was just last week that they introduced the idea of their AOL Television, a broadband television network that will run on the internet.
After a few minutes I remembered it was Julia Roberts, but I had NO IDEA what brand she was advertising, because like you, the whole time I was trying to figure out if it really was Julia Roberts.
www.bivingsreport.com /2006/aol-spends-too-much-on-julia-roberts   (1357 words)

  
  Current.org | Julia Child profiled   (Site not responding. Last check: )
One of Julia Child's greatest accomplishments is that, although manifestly far more capable in a technical sense, she consistently reminded us of ourselves in our own kitchens, where life is frequently fraught with flops, hazards and greedy opportunities masked as taste-testing.
Julia grew up in Pasadena in a large house with drivers, gardeners, cooks and a kitchen that both she and her mother rarely saw or cared about.
Fitch, reports a friend of Julia remarking that the reason she won't consider retirement is that she's afraid that if she retires she will die, and that she is afraid of death.
www.current.org /people/peop810child.shtml   (3547 words)

  
  CNN.com - Julia Child dead at 91 - Aug 13, 2004
Julia Child brought the intricacies of French cuisine to American home cooks through her television series and books.
Years before any television chef said "bam," Child was on public television instructing Americans in a warbling voice and a mischievous manner how to prepare everything from omelets to sweetbreads to coq au vin.
Her last public television series paired Child with her old friend and collaborator Jacques Pepin for "Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home." The resulting book was both a conversation between old friends as well as a compendium of recipes and techniques for preparing some of the greatest dishes in French cuisine.
www.cnn.com /2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/13/obit.child/index.html   (791 words)

  
 Culinary Reference: Culinary DVD - Julia Child
On one level it is a heartfelt tribute to Julia’s culinary wit and wisdom; on another, it is a composite of her favorite recipes and techniques as demonstrated by Julia on-air from 1963 to 1999.
Julia’s and Jacques’ warmth and conviviality shine through the programs along with their spirit, whimsy and remarkable skills, as they offer techniques, tastes and recipes at the heart of today’s cooking.
Through an interview with Julia herself, filmed in her fabled kitchen, and rare images from the photo collection of Paul Child and from family photo albums, Julia Child is revealed as few have seen her before in this tribute and testament to a great American icon.
home.att.net /~jserdmann/Reference-Culinary_DVD_Julia_Child.htm   (679 words)

  
 Julia Child: bon appétit - TELEVISION - MSNBC.com
Julia Child, the celebrated cook, author and television personality who elevated the nation's culinary standards, died in her sleep early Friday morning at an assisted living home in Montecito, Calif. She was 91.
Julia Child was not the first television cook, but she was the most widely seen and attracted the broadest audience, "from professors to policemen," as TV Guide put it at the time.
Julia's second book, "The French Chef Cookbook" (1968), was a collection of the recipes she had demonstrated on the show.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3694953   (1910 words)

  
 interview
Julia Child was born in Pasadena, California and graduated from Smith College in 1934.
Julia and Paul eventually returned to the States, and after a television interview at WGBH-Boston, the station asked Julia to try out a series of TV cooking shows, and The French Chef was born on February 11, 1963.
Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home started airing in October, 1999 and the companion cookbook has been on bestseller lists throughout the U.S. Julia Child's books include: The French Chef Cookbook (1968), Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volumes I and II, co-authored with Simone Beck (1970), and From Julia Child's Kitchen (1975).
www.starchefs.com /JuliaJacques/j_bio.html   (611 words)

  
 Julia Child
Many of today's culinary professionals, whether they be of national fame or behind-the-scenes talent, clearly were influenced by Julia, and many might never have considered entering the field had it not been for seeing her.
Her numerous books, magazine articles, public appearances, her CD-ROM, Julia Child Home Cooking with Master Chefs (Microsoft) and her many speaking engagements are all evidence of her ability to operate in any medium, a rare gift indeed.
Julia Child will appear LIVE on the eGG on AOL on Wednesday, June 5th at 10PM ET, followed by a post-event wrap up in the eGG on AOL's Chat Room.
www.globalgourmet.com /food/egg/egg0696/julia.html   (698 words)

  
 FAQs
To accommodate the lights, cameras, and cooking action by Julia and her guest chefs, the kitchen table and chairs were removed during taping and replaced by a cooking island that had a built-in stovetop and food preparation surfaces.
Julia's previous shows, beginning with "The French Chef" in 1962, were all taped in studio kitchens in the Boston area.
Julia's cabinets contained the usual stuff of kitchens: everyday dishes, mugs, and glasses; a few pans and lids; lots of gadgets, from cheese knives to cherry pitters; storage containers, jars, foils, and plastic wraps; and dishtowels, aprons, and pot holders.
americanhistory.si.edu /juliachild/jck/html/faqs.asp   (875 words)

  
 CPB: CPB to Honor Julia Child with Public Television's Highest Honor
"Julia Child invited the nation into her kitchen and in doing so helped to define public television for a generation of viewers," said Robert T. Coonrod, CPB President and CEO.
Child began her public television career in February 1963 with the premier of The French Chef produced by WGBH Boston.
Currently, Julia can be seen on PBS as the host of the Cooking With Master Chefs series as well as the host of Baking with Julia.
www.cpb.org /pressroom/release.php?prn=249   (556 words)

  
 The World Today - Business and politics clash on IR battlefield
JULIA GILLARD: Mr Howard of course is the clever politician.
JULIA GILLARD: I can understand why Australian working families are supportive of ways that help take the pressure off them.
JULIA GILLARD: Individual business leaders will make their own decisions about that, but I have spoken to many business leaders in this country who have indicated to me that they don't believe that they want to be involved at the centre of a political contest.
www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2007/s1911205.htm   (1210 words)

  
 Julia Child, Gift Basket, Gourmet Baskets, Gift Basket and San Francisco, John Boos, gourmet food, gifts
Julia Child was born Julia McWilliams in Pasadena, California and graduated from Smith College in 1934.
Julia Child and "The French Chef" went on the air February 11, 1963, and her cooking shows have been aired and repeated without interruption ever since.
Julia Child was the first TV personality to win an "Emmy." "In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs" received both an Emmy Award and a "Best Television Cooking Show" award from the James Beard Foundation.
www.beyondgourmet.com /food/julia.html   (553 words)

  
 Julia TV Show - Julia Television Show - TV.com
The show is about Julia Baker (Diahann Carroll), a young African-American woman working as a nurse.
She is also a widow (her husband died in Vietnam) trying to raise a young son (Marc Copage) alone.
this is such an important show in the equality of races depicted on television.
www.tv.com /julia/show/619/summary.html   (258 words)

  
 PBS: Julia Remembering Julia Child
"Julia Child's legacy to America is felt nowhere more strongly than at PBS," said Pat Mitchell, President and CEO of PBS.
But Julia set a standard for far more than a genre that has grown exponentially ever since.
She was a funny, witty and debonair character who charmed all who knew her - even if just by her television appearances.
www.pbs.org /juliachild/memoriam.html   (137 words)

  
 Classic Television Blog | Classic Television News, Shows & Stars
The show was almost canceled during its first season when it ranked last, but eventually became one of the highest ranking television shows in history, earing top-10 ratings in eight of 11 seasons.
In Schenectady, New York, the place where the very first television broadcast originated, the Gazette Holiday Parade on November 17 will celebrate classic television shows from the fl and white era.
A bit of a history lesson: As we mentioned once before in an earlier blog, Schenectady, New York is where the very first television broadcast—the drama "The Queens Messenger"— originated in 1928, so the theme of the parade is very fitting.
www.classictelevisionblog.com   (1668 words)

  
 julia - OneLook Dictionary Search
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Julia : Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [home, info]
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www.onelook.com /?w=julia   (154 words)

  
 NPR : Television Chef Julia Child Dies at Age 91
Television Chef Julia Child Dies at Age 91
Julia Child shown cooking on television in 1971.
All Things Considered, August 13, 2004 · Julia Child, the celebrated chef, author and television personality who brought French cooking to American audiences, has died at her home in Santa Barbara, Calif. She was 91.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=3850087   (165 words)

  
 JULIA | A TELEVISION HEAVEN REVIEW
The one really special aspect of the plot was that Julia and her five-year-old son were fl.' She said.
The meeting apparently ended with Kanter saying to her, "Well, Julia, it's nice to have met you." The pilot was shot and NBC ordered an initial thirteen episodes.
By the third season of 'Julia', Diahann said she simply couldn't take it any more and when the time came to renew her contract, she asked to be released.
www.televisionheaven.co.uk /julia.htm   (734 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Television (Child's Play)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
and into the new millennium, this form of televised programming has achieved a level of popularity unimaginable by earlier standards when cooking shows were simply what networks used to fill undesirable time slots, and chefs such as Emeril Lagasse have now become celebrities in their own right.
Julia worked hard in preparation for the shows, always determined to direct her efforts toward the home cook, but on camera she was, as Paul [Child] said, "a natural clown" as much as she was a teacher and chef.
In one of her best-known television episodes, she flipped a potato pancake in the air and, instead of landing in the skillet, it plopped on the table.
www.snopes.com /radiotv/tv/julia.htm   (961 words)

  
 The New Yorker: PRINTABLES   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Julia was always well liked by the other Embassy wives—she was too delightful not to be—and her social talents were a notable asset to Paul in his career.
Julia, moreover, is not above a little gentle baiting of her detractors, who tend to be mainly sanitationists (or “home-economics types,” as Julia calls them), and those who are disturbed by her use of wine and other, more demonic spirits in cooking.
Julia introduced her “team”: Rosie Manell and Liz Bishop, who would be onstage throughout the performance, and Paul, “our general manager, timekeeper, and resident ogre,” sitting at a table in the front row, where he could give time signals and make suggestions to the performers.
www.newyorker.com /printables/archive/040809fr_archive03?archive/040809fr_archive03   (9423 words)

  
 Baking With Julia - Biography
Author and Teacher, Cambridge, MA Julia Child was born in Pasadena, California, and graduated from Smith College in the class of 1934.
Following a television interview at WGBH-Boston, after the Childs' return, the station asked her to try out a session of TV cooking shows, and "The French Chef" was born.
Julia Child has been interviewed and written about in numerous publications, and appears regularly on "Good Morning America", and has also appeared on "Late Night with David Letterman", "The Late Show with Johnny Carson" and "Live with Regis and Kathy Lee".
www.mpt.org /programsinterests/mpt/julia/juliabio.shtml   (619 words)

  
 Julia and Jacques: Cooking at Home
Julia Child was born Julia McWilliams, in Pasadena, California.
By this time, the Childs had returned to America and settled in the Boston area where Julia taped her first in the PBS television series "The French Chef," which aired in February 1963.
In the spring of 1965 Julia Child received the George Foster Peabody Award for Distinguished Achievement in Television, and in 1966 was the first Public Television personality to win an Emmy.
www.alacartetv.com /html/jnj/julia.htm   (800 words)

  
 Julia Darling: in Retrospect
Julia wrote in her weblog about going to Manchester for the recording: "The actors all gave their best, and in two days the plays transferred from my muddled brain to radio".
Julia read this poem at the launch of Apology for Absence (though it isn't in that book) and now it's been made into a postcard.
Julia Darling presided at a Feast of Poetry held at the Literary and Philosophical Society on National Poetry Day, Thursday 7th October 2004, when the subject, as you might infer, was FOOD.
www.juliadarling.co.uk /retro   (655 words)

  
 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Julia Child
From her cookbooks to her numerous television series, she has delighted and educated amateur and professional chefs around the world.
Julia Child and Company and Julia Child and More Company, originally published in the late 1970’s, were combined into four books issued in the Fall of 1998.
The exhibit is not a re-creation of the popular television chef's kitchen, but the actual aqua-marine cabinets, the famed big Garland stove, copper pots and pans, knives -- even the angel food cake cutter.
www.medaloffreedom.com /JuliaChild.htm   (1212 words)

  
 Chef Details
By this time, Julia and her husband Paul had returned to America and settled in the Boston area, where Julia taped her first PBS television series "The French Chef".
She was featured on the Television Food Network and served as host to the Master Chef series, produced by Geoffrey Drummond and A La Carte Communications.
Julia Child's masterpiece teaches the essentials by demonstration from and for a lifetime of good cooking.
www.ecookbooks.com /chefs.html?affiliateID=96510&chef=175   (837 words)

  
 Julia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Julia was only on for three years because Ms carroll didn't want to continue the grueling filming schedule of episodic television.
All of a sudden Julia goes from being a widowed mother to being singe and without a child.
Julia was not only fl, she was a single working Mom, something many women were thrust into during the sixties when divorce started becoming more prevalent.
www.jumptheshark.com /j/julia.htm   (1375 words)

  
 The New Yorker : archive : content   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Julia Child, whose cookbooks and television shows made her one of the most recognizable American personalities of her time, died on Thursday, at the age of ninety-one.
In the cluttered room that Julia uses as an office at home in Cambridge, her library of books on food and cooking and her extensive files of material on the subject are arranged and cross-referenced with the care and thoroughness of a major research institute, which, indeed, is what they amount to.
Old friends of Julia’s often say that those early fl-and-white shows were the best—that in spite of the mishaps, or perhaps because of them, Julia was more herself than she has appeared in the technically superior programs that followed.
www.newyorker.com /archive/content/?040809fr_archive03   (9460 words)

  
 Julia Child's Kitchen (text only) - Sample Stories from the French Chef
Julia Child swirled into this stuffy classroom atmosphere in 1962, arriving for a book review show with her book, her husband Paul, a copper bowl, whisk, apron, and eggs.
Julia’s public television cooking show created a model, much emulated by a flood of new cooking shows and star chefs throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
In the 1990s, Julia turned her home kitchen (and house) into a television production venue for three new cooking shows, In Julia's Kitchen With Master Chefs, Baking with Julia, and Julia and Jacques: Cooking At Home.
americanhistory.si.edu /juliachild/jck/html/textonly/st4.asp   (282 words)

  
 BBC - Comedy Guide - Julia Davis
Julia Davis is specific about the source of the dark humour that pervades her acclaimed body of work.
Morris then cast her in his series Blue Jam and its television offshoot, Jam.
After that, she sent a demo tape to Steve Coogan and found herself joining his national tour in 1998.
www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/guide/talent/d/davis_julia.shtml   (315 words)

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