Franklin Delano Roosevelt used the phrase during one of his wartime fireside chats. The word "Focolare" is Italian for "hearth" or "family fireside". Novelist Saul Bellow recalled hearing a fireside chat while walking in Chicago one summer evening. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used it for his "fireside chat" radio broadcasts in the 1930s. As president he continued the tradition, which he called his fireside chats. All of Sirius Black's lines are condensed into a single fireside conversation. He claimed he helped F.D.R. write his fireside chats with no known evidence. Roosevelt's fireside chat of December 29, 1940 was heard by 59 percent of radio listeners. Norris made his television debut in 1951 with two appearances on "Fireside Theater". Other anthology series included "Lux Video Theatre", "Fireside Theater". He guest starred on episodes of "Fireside Theatre", "Suspense" and "Rebound". His work on television included performing on 35 episodes of "Fireside Theater". He fell bravely defending his fireside and home. Most of the fireside poets lived long lives. "The Fireside Theater" (1950) was his first television production.