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H.R. Pufnstuf: The Strange World of Sid & Marty Krofft
Heil Honey, I'm Home!
It's Heil Honey, I'm Home, the trials and domestic travails of Adolph Hitler and Eva Braun, a not-so-typical suburban couple. The program was presented as if it were an unearthed sitcom from the 1950s. In a nod to that classic sitcom cliche, the first storylines centered around Eva being unprepared for Hitler's important business associate (Neville Chamberlain) coming for dinner and the couple's new neighbors dropping in unexpectedly. The neighbors just happen to be Jewish. WATCH IT FOR YOURSELF AFTER THE JUMP!
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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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Ric
Flair, Dusty Rhodes &
the Legend of Baby Doll!
She
cut an impressive figure at almost six feet tall, clad all in leather
with a punk haircut and a saucy reputation for destroying people in
the ring; she was Chyna before Chyna. In 1984, Nicole turned up down
south with a new identity and a brand new dream. She realized if she
couldn't be champion herself - she could be the girlfriend of the
champion!
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TV Fall Season : 1972-73
An
overview of what folks were watching in 50 years ago; with rare video
of the hits and flops that marked the beginning of the end of the classic TV era.
Do you remember: The Saturday Superstar Movie, ABC Movie of the
Week, Captain Noah, the Julie Andrews Hour, Bridget Loves Bernie,
Search and The Sixth Sense?
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Romper
Room Hostess Attacked!
Miss
Mary Ann King, former hostess of Romper Room in Los Angeles from 1966
to 1976, was assaulted and robbed in a parking lot near LA. The
thieves made off with nothing less than the magic mirror itself! - We
look at Romper Room shows around the USA.
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Why Did They Fire TV's Captain Marvel?
"It was a precedent setting case at the Screen Actor's Guild, and Filmation
had to pay me for all the shows they didn't use me on, plus residuals.
Still, these clown's actions doomed a marvelous show. It wasn't John Davies'
fault that he was suddenly thrown into the part of Captain Marvel. It
was a rush job. I was fired at 1:00 PM that day, and he was out on the
set at 3:00 PM. That's pretty darn fast, I'd say. One of the Execs' reasoning
was "The kids'll never know the difference." Riiight. John's
a fine actor, but he's no more Captain Marvel than I am Wonder Woman."
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Rodney Dangerfield's Greatest Hits!
Rodney Dangerfield was a comic made for TV. He broke out on The Ed Sullivan Show in the 1960s and soon became known for his "I Don't Get No Respect" routine, a genius hook for a comedy bit. Dangerfield appeared on the Tonight show 35 times, he was one of Johnny's favorite guests and no wonder, he killed every time and fit right in line with Johnny's sense of humor. Check out these classic routines from the 1970s & 1980s.
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The
Sonny and Cher Shows
A
lot of press was generated about Cher's exposed belly-button, it had
never been done on television before. "There were so many things that
were censored - ideas and words," Cher said looking back on the show.
"All I know is I got in trouble for showing my belly button, and every
time I turned around after I went off the air, all you saw were Cheryl
Ladd's boobs."
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Worst.
Commercial. Ever?
I'm
not even going to set this one up except to say - can you imagine
a worse TV ad? At least now we know where George Lucas got the idea
for Jabba the Hut. From the summer of '75...
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The 'New' Dallas
Dallas was one of my guilty pleasures and it's nice to see these durable characters back in play, not at all betraying the original intent. The new cast members are servicable and I may come to like them... but they are pretty thinly drawn, at least to start with.
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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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The Lone Ranger!
The Lone Ranger character originated on radio in 1933, and the program followed the exploits of a former Texas Ranger roaming the West atop his steed Silver and with his faithful Indian sidekick, Tonto, alongside him. Three actors lent their voice to the Lone Ranger during its radio days, and two more played the part in 1930s movie serials. Clayton Moore brought the role to television. The show first aired Sept. 15, 1949, on ABC.
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Fabulous Lola Falana!
This one woman blast of dynamite ignited the stages in Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe, a multi-talented beauty attracting high rollers searching for entertainment of the highest magnitude. So much so, Lola was billed as "Miss Las Vegas" on the casino marquees.
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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
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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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TV Fall Season : 1972-73An overview of what folks were watching in 35 years ago; with rare video of the hits and flops that marked the beginning of the end of the classic TV era. Do you remember: The Saturday Superstar Movie, ABC Movie of the Week, Captain Noah, the Julie Andrews Hour, Bridget Loves Bernie, Search and The Sixth Sense?
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1980's
TV Wrestling - Greats and Near Greats!NOW WITH ADDED RARE VIDEO!
John Hitchcock's look back at the heart of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling - with grapplers known and unknown. Wahoo McDaniel! Ric Flair! Dusty Rhodes! Jim Cornette! Magnum TA! Buddy "Killer" Austin! Johnny Weaver! Johnny Valentine! Harley Race! Dick Murdock! Jimmy Garvin! Nikita Koloff! Have you ever heard of these guys?!?
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1980's
PUNK ROCK
In the early-eighties, young people in Los Angeles were flocking to
makeshift clubs in droves to see new, up and coming bands. Live new
music, not DJs, was what they craved. These writings provide a sketchy
look at the underground club scene in Los Angeles during the time
that groups like X, Missing Persons, The Go-Go's, The Minutemen and
Wall of Voodoo entered the public consciousness.
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Hit
Shows of the Seventies: Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy / Gene
Roddenberry in the 1970s / 1977-1978 Superhero & Science Fiction TV Shows / Funniest SNL Skit Ever! / Prisoner: Cell Block H / Why John Amos Left Good Times / Orson Welles' Last Interview / Henry Winkler on His Happy Days Audition / Patrick Duffy of Dallas Interview / Wonder Woman Leaves Paradise Island / Best Season of Dallas Ever? / TV Show Book Tie-Ins / 1972 Jackie Robinson Interview / Dr. Strange 1978 TV Movie / Kathy Garver Interview / Space: 1999 / Paint Along with Nancy Kominsky / Mary Kay Place Albums of the 1970s / The Supremes - Mary Wilson vs Diana Ross / Remembering Ken Berry / Bruce / Caitllyn Jenner? / Billy Crash Craddock Interview / Melissa McCarthy Almost Quit Acting Days Before Landing Gilmore Girls / Alex Baldwin On His TV and Film Roles / Ray Charles' BIG Problem With TV / Top Ten Sitcoms of the 1970s / James Cameron Made No Money for Titanic / Ed McMahon Drunk on the Air! / Dallas vs Eight is Enough / 1974 MAD Magazine TV Special - Never Aired! / When Lucy Got Fired / Partridge Family and Brady Bunch at Kings Island theme park 1972-73 / Jack Benny's Last Tonight Show 1974 / Ed Asner Interview / Freddy's Nightmares TV Series / Emmy Award Multiple Winners / Nathaniel Taylor aka Rollo Lawson / Mary Kay Place Albums of the 1970s / That Girl & TV's Single Working Women / Can You Identify These Stars? / Betty White vs Joan Rivers / Sonny Comedy Revue / Star
Trek Animated / Dark Shadows / Hal Linden Interview / Dark Shadows Movies / Dark Shadows Novels / The Night Stalker / One of the Funniest Carol Burnett Show Skits Ever / Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson / Johnny Carson interviews Lucille Ball / Dawn Wells / Betty White : An Appreciation / Bette Davis' 2 Best Interviews 1971 / Barbara Eden Interview / Gavin McLeod / Spider-Man 77 / The Next Step Beyond / The Music Dark Shadows / 1970 TV Shows / Mike Connors Remembered / Mike Wallace, Virginia Graham & Jim Longworth / Dick Clark / Woody Allen Hosts Tonight Show 1971 / Carson Tonight Show / Alan Alda Interview / Jackie Gleason Show / 1973 TV Shows / Thriller / Post Modern Sitcoms / Elvis in Greensboro / Remembering Dick Van Patten / TV Dating Shows / The Jacksons TV Show / Fall
Previews of the 70s / Lance
Link, Secret Chimp / Star
Wars Holiday Special / Alias
Smith and Jones / 1977
Year in Review / Top
Ten 1970-76 / The
Rockford Files / All
in the Family / Sam Hall (Dark Shadows) Interview / Actor Ed Nelson / Death of Archie / Battlestar
Galactica / Wonder
Woman / Network
Jingles / Class
of '74 / Happy
Days / Good
Times / Mr.
Bill / Dinah! / Maude / Doris
Day Show / Pamelyn
Ferdin Interview / The
Bicentennial Minute / Jingles & Catch Phrases of the 1970s / Early
Cable TV 1970s / TV
commercials for Women / TV Moms / Country Music TV Shows of the 1960s & 1970s / Betty White Show / Ron Palillo / Shirley Jones Interview / Tom Bosley / Rodney Dangerfield / How Sanford & Son Ended / Sanford & Son Spin-Off Grady / Great Memoirs / Virginia Graham Show / The "N" Word on TV / 10 Classic Comedy Routines You Have To Laugh At Before You Die / Hollywood Squares / 1970's Teen Idols & The Hudson Brothers / TV Stars with 3 Hit Shows / The Rookies / Unsold Pilots / Jackie Cooper / The Good Guys / Match Game / Make Room For Granddaddy / Mannix & Gail Fisher / Bette
Midler in the 1970s / Bonus 1970's Stuff: Silent Star Marion Mack / Biff Burger / 1970s Fast Food Chains / Latin Casino / Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire / 1970's Daytime Talk Shows / The Fess Parker Show / Brady Bunch Sex Dungeon? / Love, Loss & What I Watched
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