Vedic Horoscope for Berle, Milton

American comedian whose most successful medium was TV, which he practically dominated from 1948-1956, gaining the nicknames of "Mr. Television," (from Walter Winchell) or more commonly, "Uncle Miltie." Berle made his TV debut on 6/8/1948 on "Texaco Star Theater," the show which made network TV popular and sold more TV sets than any other ad campaign; an estimated 80 percent of all TV sets tuned into his show every Tuesday night. The brash comedian did radio for Texaco in 1947, and making the transition from radio to TV was not difficult at all: "I knew the format would work, because I had been doing it since I was 16 years old." A pioneer, Berle paved the way for other variety shows on TV, including Ed Sullivan and Arthur Godfrey's shows, which became all the rage. To reward him for such a good career, NBC signed Berle to a 30 year contract in 1951, a contract which many believed should have been for 50 years instead. Linda Clark quotes him (Carroll Righter had done his chart and he knew the time).