Michael Saul Medved (born October 3, 1948) is an American radio show
host, author, political commentator, and film critic. His talk show,
The Michael Medved Show is syndicated from his home station KTTH in
Seattle. It is syndicated via Genesis Communications Network.Michael
Medved was born on October 3, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to
parents Renate (née Hirsch) and David Bernard Medved. His father was
a Navy veteran and scientist. Raised in a Jewish home, his family's
origin is German and Ukrainian. The surname Medved means a "bear" in
the Slavic languages. Medved was raised in San Diego, California,
where his father worked as a defense contractor for Convair and NASA.
After the family moved to Los Angeles, California, he attended
Palisades High School. Medved entered Yale University as a 16-year-old
undergraduate. He received his B.A. with honors in 1969, and later
attended Yale Law School, though he did not finish his J.D. degree.
Medved volunteered for the 1968 presidential campaign of Robert F.
Kennedy, and was present at his assassination.After his first year of
law school, Medved left to work as a head speechwriter for diplomat
Joseph Duffey in his unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate, and then for
four years as a speechwriter and political consultant. After political
campaign work, including a position as an aide to Congressman Ron
Dellums, Medved worked in advertising, and coordinated a campaign to
recruit more African Americans and Hispanics to the police departments
of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley.After writing more than 40
articles for the book The People's Almanac, Medved wrote What Really
Happened to the Class of '65?, with David Wallechinsky. Focusing on
the post-graduation lives of 30 of Medved's Palisades High School
classmates who were featured in a 1965 cover story in Time, the book
became a bestseller in 1976. The book also became the basis for a
weekly television series on NBC that ran for 13 weeks in 1978. As a
result of some screenwriting work for feature film projects and
television miniseries, Medved joined the Writers Guild of America.
host, author, political commentator, and film critic. His talk show,
The Michael Medved Show is syndicated from his home station KTTH in
Seattle. It is syndicated via Genesis Communications Network.Michael
Medved was born on October 3, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to
parents Renate (née Hirsch) and David Bernard Medved. His father was
a Navy veteran and scientist. Raised in a Jewish home, his family's
origin is German and Ukrainian. The surname Medved means a "bear" in
the Slavic languages. Medved was raised in San Diego, California,
where his father worked as a defense contractor for Convair and NASA.
After the family moved to Los Angeles, California, he attended
Palisades High School. Medved entered Yale University as a 16-year-old
undergraduate. He received his B.A. with honors in 1969, and later
attended Yale Law School, though he did not finish his J.D. degree.
Medved volunteered for the 1968 presidential campaign of Robert F.
Kennedy, and was present at his assassination.After his first year of
law school, Medved left to work as a head speechwriter for diplomat
Joseph Duffey in his unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate, and then for
four years as a speechwriter and political consultant. After political
campaign work, including a position as an aide to Congressman Ron
Dellums, Medved worked in advertising, and coordinated a campaign to
recruit more African Americans and Hispanics to the police departments
of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley.After writing more than 40
articles for the book The People's Almanac, Medved wrote What Really
Happened to the Class of '65?, with David Wallechinsky. Focusing on
the post-graduation lives of 30 of Medved's Palisades High School
classmates who were featured in a 1965 cover story in Time, the book
became a bestseller in 1976. The book also became the basis for a
weekly television series on NBC that ran for 13 weeks in 1978. As a
result of some screenwriting work for feature film projects and
television miniseries, Medved joined the Writers Guild of America.
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