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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." Read more...
Dialing For Dollars? Many a housewife in the 1960s, and well into the mid-1970s, would be sitting at home eating Bon Bons when the phone rang and a familiar voice asked, "This is Charlie Harville from Channel Eight's Dialing for Dollars calling. Do you know the count and the amount?" If fair maiden was watching the morning or afternoon movie she would know that the "count" was the number spun on the wheel early in the program, and the "amount" (what she could win) would be the money accumulated since the last winner. Read more...
Origin
of the TV-Movie Not only was the animated opening sequence to the ABC
Movie of the Week a magnificent graphic achievement (and precursor
to modern computer animation) but the 30-second teasers forever redefined motion picture advertising. We'll
show you some of the best examples from the seventies. Read
and see more...
Lancelot
Link, Secret Chimp
'I
Created Lance Link' takes you behind the minds behind the show, it's
a fascinating look into the makings of a classic show and an intimate
glimpse into the lives of two of TV's greatest comedy writers. The
film was shot at the home of Stan Burns, where he and Mike Marmer
relate one funny anecdote after another about the chimp series. Read
and watch more...
Betty White on Don Rickles
This is what Betty White says about working with Don Rickles: “I’ve known him for years, we’ve been friends for years but the first time I worked with him was, we did the movie version of ‘Dennis the Menace.’ And he would start the day, in the morning, instead of saying ‘Good morning’ to me he’d say ‘I hate animals!’”. Read and watch
more...
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. Read
and watch more...
Mack
& Myer For Hire In
1963, Trans-Lux Television of Norwalk, Connecticut, produced a series
of live-action comedy films entitled Mack & Myer For Hire.
The films centered around two bumbling yet lovable handymen, who shared
an office/loft in Manhattan. They try and fail countless times to
make a living, and more often than not end up making things worse,
while helping others they hadn't even counted on. Although they always
screw up, somehow, things usually end up right. Read and watch more...
Andy Kaufman Pilot that Inspired Pee Wee’s Playhouse While ABC passed on the series, this pilot film became the inspiration for an iconic show some 3 years later. Kaufman even gave Paul ‘Pee Wee’ Reubens permission to base his Saturday morning kiddie show, ‘Pee Wee’s Playhouse,’ on the Uncle Andy concept. Read
and watch more...
Ronald Reagan's Last Dramatic Role Despite
giving up the acting profession - and his TV hosting duties - to serve
as the governor of California in 1967, there was a special episode of Death Valley Days broadcast that same year that featured Reagan
as the lead actor - it was his last dramatic role. Read
and watch more...
Best of Batgirl 1967-68
The most popular character on the show, besides the Dynamic Duo, was Catwoman but she couldn’t be on every week so the producers asked DC comics to come up with a heroic Catwoman so Batgirl debuted in Detective Comics # 359 in 1967. (As opposed to the earlier Batgirl, a minor character from the 1950s.)
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and watch more...
Dear
NBC... Let TVparty remind you how your network went from last place to first in the
1980s - it was done with bold programming, innovative promos and
some of the catchiest jingles ever recorded. Must-see for
every NBC exec in 2019! Read
and watch more...
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. Read
more...
It's
Pinky Lee! By
1955, Pinky was on the air six days a week and rapidly becoming
one of the most popular kid-vid hosts of all time, finally gaining
some respect along the way. Time magazine called him, "One
of the hardest working men in TV" but all of that hard work
took its toll during an airing of his live program late in 1955.
While performing one of his hysterical routines, Pinky Lee collapsed
live on the air - stricken by what appeared to be a massive heart
attack. Read and watch
more...
The
Last Days of Bobby Darin
"Regarding
Bobby's reputation for being hard to work with. He was. He had good
days and bad days but for the most part, he treated us (the band)
like gold. We hung together like musketeers and we still talk about
how great those days were." Read
and watch more...
Classic
TV on DVD! NEW: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! Read
more...
Sanford Arms
When CBS attempts to save Two and a Half Men without the show's star Charlie Sheen they are not going into uncharted territory. NBC faced the same dilemma when they lost Redd Foxx, the star of their number one sitcom Sanford & Son in 1977. The result, Sanford Arms, was a true debacle and one of the first programs cancelled that fall. Read
and watch more...
Outrageous
Outtakes! WARNING:
harsh language! When Elizabeth Taylor was on the set of General Hospital she
was just having toooo much fun. It's been said that the ultimate Diva
was hyped up on pills and/or booze - that might explain her behavior
- or was she just the happiest person on Earth!?! Her
co-stars seemed none too happy. Read
and watch more...
Hilarious Game Show Bloopers! Sure to give you a laugh, here are a bunch of bloopers from TV game shows from around the world. I'm not sure what's dumber, the shows themselves or the contestants! Read
and watch more...
Classic
TV Shows on DVD?
An
extensive catalogue of every classic program available on DVD! See what's
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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?!? Read
and watch more...
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. Read
and see more...
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