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Uncle Miltie sues over apply of photo
Milton Berle has sued Century 21 Real Estate Corp. and Lambda Publications, Inc. over an advertisement that uses a famous aged photo of Mr. Television dressed as Carmen Miranda, accomplish with fruit headdress and makeup. The caption reads: “Our team of approachable professionals know how to cater to royalty … after all, every queen deserves a castle.”
The suit, filed last month in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, stems from the unauthorized use of Berle’s photo in the Spring/Summer 1998 edition of Lambda’s Out!, a resource mentor for the male lover community.
The advertisement was placed by Century 21, the nationwide real estate corporation. The complaint alleges violations of rights of publicity, the Lanham Act, unfair competition and defamation.
The basis of the defamation claim is that “the depiction of Berle … would convey to a reasonable person, that (Berle) was a homosexual.” According to the complaint, while the 91-year old Berle “respects the rights of others in the pursuit of their own individual sexual orientation, Berle is a heterosexual male and does not now, nor has he ever, eng
The modern television landscape is populated with many LGBTQI+ characters; including in such stalwartly popular shows as Ted Lasso, Elite, Heartstopper, Yellowjackets, House of the Dragon, FBI: Most Wanted, The Walking Dead: World Beyond and Loki. And while shows such as Will & Grace, Glee and Pose were groundbreaking in their inclusion and representation, a look back on the history of television, especially its sitcoms, shows a plethora of characters who in today’s world would be recognized as homosexual, but in television’s early days, were hidden in their sexuality.
From Jane Hathaway in The Beverly Hillbillies (although, as a woman, she was required to meet at least some of society’s expectations by harboring an unrealistic devotion on Jethro) to Uncle Arthur on Bewitched, characters were allowed to showcase behaviors that could be classified as fitting into a gay stereotype but were never allowed to express their personal preferences. Historians have discussed for years the secret implications of some of these personae but very scant content creators of that time own acknowledged the fact behind the visibility. But let’s view back at how TV came
Growing Up with Uncle Miltie is a new stage show written and performed by Patt Benson, directed by Richard Embardo, and playing Sundays Oct. 18-Nov. 22 at the Improv Comedy Lab Theatre in Los Angeles.
Berle was well-known for his comedy and often cross-dressed as a gag.
Patt Benson met and befriended her show business idol, Milton Berle, the biggest star of TV in its early days. This is the story of the improbable, but special friendship between Berle and Benson. Encouraged by Berle, Benson pursued a life in comedy. Growing up with Uncle Miltie is a show business memoir with a candid behind-the-scene look at the making of a prosperous professional comedian.
Actor/Comedian Patt Benson was born and raised in New York Metropolis. She studied acting with Lee Strasberg and Milton Katselas. She met her comedy partner, Burt Heyman (who lives in Chicago now), in acting class and formed the thriving comedy team of “Patt and Burt.” They played in clubs from Boston to Miami after appearing on The Merv Griffin Show. The team then joined the famed Second City improv group in Chicago. Patt arrived in LA in 1974 and started acting in commercials, sitcoms and doing endure up at comedy clu
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