Before former (1980-83) Beacon Journal television critic David Bianculli, a Communications College professor at Rowan University and author of a book on the Smothers Brothers (Tom & Dick), shows up at the main Akron/Summit County Public Library on Wednesday, he has a lunch date with his former BJ Features Department co-workers.
This group manages to get together about once a year, mainly through the herding of current PD and former BJ TV critic Mark Dawidziak. Same place every time: Primo's Deli, 1707 Vernon Odom Blvd in Akron. This time it will be at noon Tuesday for those BJ escapees who want to chew and chat with David.
The library appearance will be 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Main Library auditorium, 60 S. High Street in downtown Akron. Parking is free after 6 p.m. in the High/Market streets deck. David's 2009 book about the Smothers Brothers is "Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." Dick and Tom are the comedy duo whose biting comments became too hot politically for CBS to handle even though the 1967-69 variety show had strong ratings.
Between the BJ and Rowan, David was a TV critic for the New York Post and then the New York Daily News. Rowan University is in Glassboro, New Jersey, about 30 minutes from David's home in Cherry Hill, NJ, which is across the Delaware River from Philadelphia.
Click on the headline for a previous BJ Alums blog article catching up with David's life after the BJ.
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