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TV Moms Reunion
Every generation identifies with a particular TV family. In the 1950s it was "Ozzie & Harriet" and "Father Knows Best". For me and other baby boomers, it was "Leave it to Beaver." For some kids growing up in the 1970s it was "The Brady Bunch" while, a decade later, "The Cosby Show" provided a role model for youngsters of all ages and races. For Kathryn Morris, star of the hit CBS drama "Cold Case," it was "Family Ties."
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John Wayne's Final Years
A longing look at the legend's last years. His TV appearances, battles with cancer, the last great adventure films and how the Duke faced death head on. "On location in Durango, Mexico, he amazed me," film producer Hal Wallis stated. "Even though he was functioning on one lung and had a terrible scar running down his back, he showed no sign of illness or weakness. He did this own riding, roped in steers, rounded up cattle, and handled the fight scenes without a double. Only occasionally, in high country, was he short of breath."
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The Tonight Show starring Soupy Sales?
When Jack Paar decided to leave The Tonight Show in March of 1962, he scheduled Sales as his final guest. In a 1962 Detroit News interview Sales stated, "Jack Paar called me and said, 'They're going to expect me to cry on that final night. You come and hit me with a pie instead.' I was delighted. What a break! I worked hard doing my Los Angeles daytime show ahead on tape so I could go to New York. Then Paar decided it wouldn't be dignified or something and I was cancelled. Was I burned. He called me; I didn’t call him. I spent a lot of time getting ready."
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"Plunk Your Magic Twanger, Froggy!"
"I am looking for a newspaper editorial - it could've also been in a magazine - written about the kid's TV show 'Andy's Gang' in which the writer blames Froggy for causing the protest movement of the 60s. He said Froggy's disrespectful behavior towards adults, which he demonstrated every show, influenced the kids who were watching him and those kids grew up to become the protesting college students of the sixties who likewise showed disrespect towards their elders."
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Della Reese' Tough TV Career
When ABC decided to continue with 8 Simple Rules after star John Ritter's sudden death in 2003, they did so knowing it was a risky strategy. But there was one star, Della Reese, who had been through that very situation - twice!
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Saturday Morning TV Shows - 1967
With Batman the hottest show in primetime the networks rolled out an extravaganza of bizarre superheros for their Saturday morning line-up. After The New Beatles and American Bandstand on ABC the network scored a hit with Where the Action Is, a teen music show featuring the hottest acts in the country. With video highlights!
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G.L.O.W. Comes to Greensboro
The Glorious Ladies Of Wrestling did make an appearance at the Greensboro Coliseum and it was a hoot. Only there was one problem. Every GLOW wrestler except one was a fake. This was a major disappointment because; well the girls on the national telecast show were very, very hot young girls. I have a pulse right?
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Who Killed Elvis?
When Elvis Presley passed away in 1977, the official diagnosis was a heart attack but a special investigation 2 years later revealed a massive coverup by police and medical authorities. This 60 Minutes Australia segment encompasses (and condenses) the 1979 ABC special investigative report by Geraldo Rivera; that was the first time most Americans learned that Elvis was a drug addict.
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Wonderama!
WITH ULTRA-RARE VIDEO!
WNEW dropped Bob McAllister following an emotional Christmas Day broadcast in 1977 then aired reruns of Wonderama for three years afterwards. McAllister went public with his distaste over this practice after watching reruns of his show one Sunday and seeing an ad for a Charles Bronson movie. "I had never allowed violence in the frame work of Wonderama. So I took out a rather elaborate display ad in the New York Times and told parents not to watch it anymore."
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Judy Garland's Rollercoaster Career
She was bred to be an entertainer; like Tarzan raised by the Great Apes, hers was an almost impossibly insular existence. Frances Gumm, rechristened Judy Garland, was a wholly manufactured product of a stage mother that pushed her relentlessly and a movie studio that programmed her, sheltered her from reality, then coldly spat her out into a world she knew little about.
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The Ironic Death of Redd Foxx!
For whatever reason (and the actor's drug and alcohol consumption was surely a factor), the network that capitulated to everyone from Bob Hope to Johnny Carson over the years refused to (or could not) make Redd Foxx happy.
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Saturday Morning Shows 1971
1970 was a very good year for network Saturday morning revenues, so 1971 brought a continuation of the shows that were working - along with remakes of proven series from the past. All three networks started giving in to pressure from parent groups to offer more educational, and less violent programs. For the most part, they are all flops.
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Classic TV on DVD!
Stargate Atlantis, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Dallas, Men Behaving Badly, Captain N, Hootenanny, ER, Wanda Sykes, Adventures of Superman, Pride & Prejudice, Battlestar Galactica, F Troop, Cheyenne, and so many more new to DVD. And they're all deep discounted - for you!
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