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| Dr. Joyce Brothers |
She was 85, according to an obit at nytimes.com.
Dr. Joyce Brothers was widely described as the mother of mass-media psychology because of the firm, pragmatic and homiletic guidance she administered for decades via radio and television.
Dr. Joyce Brothers was widely described as the mother of
mass-media psychology because of the firm, pragmatic and homiletic guidance she
administered for decades via radio and television.
Historically, she was a bridge between advice columnists
like Dear Abby and Ann Landers, who got their start in the mid-1950s, and the
self-help advocates of the 1970s and afterward.
Throughout the 1960s, and long beyond, one could scarcely
turn on the television or open a newspaper without encountering her. She was
the host of her own nationally syndicated TV shows, starting in the late 1950s
with “The Dr. Joyce Brothers Show” and over the years including “Ask Dr.
Brothers,” “Consult Dr. Brothers” and “Living Easy With Dr. Joyce Brothers.”
She was also a ubiquitous guest on talk shows like “The
Tonight Show” and on variety shows like “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.”
She was a panelist on many game shows, including “What’s My
Line?” and “The Hollywood Squares.” These appearances had a fitting symmetry:
It was as a game-show contestant that Dr. Brothers had received her first
television exposure.
Playing herself, or a character very much like herself, she
had guest roles on a blizzard of TV series, from “The Jack Benny Program” to
“Happy Days,” “Taxi,” “Baywatch,” “Entourage” and “The Simpsons.”
She also lectured widely; had a call-in radio show, a
syndicated newspaper column and a regular column in Good Housekeeping magazine;
and wrote books.
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