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OLD IS NEW AGAIN Meanwhile, guess who's coming back to TV? George of the Jungle in a new production from Jay Ward Productions. Here's the press release: Get ready to catch junglemania with George of the Jungle, star of the original TV series that premiered in 1967, now re-imagined for today’s kids. Forty-one years after the original George of the Jungle, from creative genius Jay Ward, join George as he protects the jungle of Mbebwe—a wild playground packed with quirky creatures, creepy villains and wacky wilderness adventures. George’s jungle family includes his best buddy, an ape named Ape, friends Ursula and Magnolia, his faithful dog Shep (actually an elephant) and the lovable Tookie-Tookie bird. For these friends, every day is a new adventure full of mishaps, mayhem and monkey business where there’s always another tree to crash into. The series is co-produced by Bullwinkle Studios (a joint venture between Classic Media, an Entertainment Rights group company, and Jay Ward Productions, Inc.) and Studio B Productions, a DHX Media Ltd. production subsidiary. Executive Producers are Tiffany Ward, daughter of the late Jay Ward and President of Ward Productions, Inc.; Evan Baily, EVP Production & Creative Affairs Classic Media; Eric Ellenbogen; Chris Bartleman and Blair Peters, the founding partners of Studio B Productions and Rob Simmons, CFO & GM, Studio B Productions. Story Editors are Evan Gore and Heather Lombard (Futurama, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius). Tuesday,
January 8, 2008 - 9:21am
OH
CANADA... Believe me, I've been tempted to order from them myself. All three seasons of Batman for $60? The Green Hornet series for $50? All 12 seasons of Perry Mason for $160? Trouble is - besides being illegal and cheating the participants out of their royalties - the shows are all taped off of the TV and will likely be edited. Wonder what the story is? Are they still shipping or just taking the money and running? Anyway, speaking of Canada - Rick Mercer has a very funny bit that he does for Canadian TV called 'Talking To Americans' where he goes out and does a 'Jaywalking' type thing, interviewing ordinary Americans to find out just how ignorant they are of our neighbor to the north. Or is it to the south?
Monday,
January 7, 2008 - 7:51am
SUNDAY
YOU TUBING
Now here's female impersonator Jim Bailey doing Phyllis Diller.
Someone has posted a bunch of clips from Liberace's 1969 variety series and here's a silly segment with Ms. Diller. Sunday,
January 6, 2008 - 9:28am
THE
ODD COUPLE
Saturday,
January 5, 2008 - 8:38am
LAUREL
& HARDY Kevin Butler writes, "The film was shot in color (although some B&W footage does exist) in 1956 but it was not meant to be seen by the public.The young man standing between the boys is the one who filmed this last visit between Stan and Babe. His name was Andy Wade and Stan allowed Mr. Wade to filmed this visit, 'on The strict understanding that it was to be shown to no one but Andy and his family' as my dear friend film / theater / Shakespearian historian and founder of The Sons Of The Desert Dr. John McCabe stated in his keynote speech at the first annual Sons' convention at the Ramada Inn At O'Hare Airport In Chicago, Ill back in the summer of 1978. "Unfortunately a fink had manipulated Andy into giving him the footage and this villain made dupes and sold it without Andy's knowledge or permission or even with Stan's consent or knowledge. Andy had been killed in a car crash when this exploiter began to duplicate and sell this footage and Stan and Andy's father were outraged at this! They both tried to stop the sale of the film and so did Jack McCabe but without any success. To the day that Stan, Mr. Wade and Jack died they were still very angry at this film exploiting the boys. "As Stan had told Jack, 'This is not the way that I would want to be remembered' and I agree with Stan and with Jack on this. This is not the way that I would want to remember L&H or their wives or Stan's daughter Lois or Andy Wade either!" Thursday,
January 3, 2008 - 7:43am
NEW
YEAR'S LINKS
One of my favorite internet diversions is Mark Evanier's look at LA restaurants that are no longer in business. I remember many of those old eateries. Along the same lines is Groceteria, David Gwynn's look at long gone grocery stores, he hunts down lacations where the old A&P, Piggly Wiggly or Big Bear store facades still stand. Alan
Sepinwall's rundown of some of last year's celebrity deaths. Here's
one that escaped my notice: And you have to check out The Wire with a laugh track:
Wednesday,
January 2, 2008 - 8:58am
ZAPPA
MYSTERY? Pyne:
"So I guess your long hair makes you a woman." Mike Ransom of Tulsa TV Memories wonders: "I happened to look over your Joe Pyne article again and found that you had added a 'near-complete' list of Pyne's guests. "I
have a magazine clipping from my own collection on my site in which Roy
Blount, Jr. recounts the supposed Zappa-Pyne-table anecdote: "Nevertheless, I have always suspected it to be an urban legend. I find it interesting (though not conclusive) that Zappa does not appear on your list. The guys I specifically remember myself, F. Lee Bailey and David Susskind, DO appear on the list. I suspect that Anton LaVey was the guy I remembered on your site as having a shaved head and 'wearing a ceremonial robe who would periodically retract his eyelids for a moment.' "So I wonder, how complete is your list? I replied to Mike that I didn't think that list of guests was necessarily complete, but merely a listing of the surviving episodes. That list was provided by the company that owns the Joe Pyne Show with plans to release Pyne Show DVDs this year. I couldn't say definitively whether Zappa made that quip or was ever on the Joe Pyne Show although I've read about this exchange from several different sources. Sadly, we can't ask either participant as they shuffled off some time ago. Then Mike wrote back: "I heard from Roy Blount, Jr. about this question. "Subject: Query for Mr. Blount: Frank Zappa on the Joe Pyne show - urban legend? "Roy,
I run a just-for-fun web site about Tulsa TV and radio memories. On my
site, I have a magazine clipping from my own collection in which you are
quoted as having witnessed an exchange between Frank Zappa and Joe Pyne
on the latter's 1960s TV show: Nevertheless, I have always suspected it to be an urban legend. Can you confirm that you personally saw Zappa on the show? "I ask because TVparty.com now has a 'near-complete' list of guests on the Pyne show, and I find it interesting (though not conclusive) that Zappa does not appear on it. "Can you confirm the Zappa story? Happy Holidays, Mike Ransom" Here's the reply Mike got: "I didn't see the Pyne show in question, just read about it somewhere (some reputable published source, surely) many years ago (close to the time when it allegedly occurred, at any rate) and quoted it in a book -- I think it was a book I wrote about hair, "It Grows on You," now out of print -- back in the 80s. as I recall. So I'm afraid this is one rare bit of history that can't be proved by me." - RB Maybe someone out there has the answer? Monday,
December 31, 2007 - 8:08am
Here's a bit from an interview with Leo Gorcery of The Bowery Boys, one of my favorite movie shorts series that were occasionally seen on TV in the 1950s & '60s. He talks about Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, the token black in the series that left during WWII but declined to return to the film series after the war.
After the shorts proved a hit on TV (there was very little else to watch) it was decided to make new Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcery Bowery Boys-style movies but the deal fell through.
This 1956 home movie footage purports to be the last time Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy were seen in public together and the last footage shot of the duo. The first part was shot at Hardy's home in North Hollywood, the second at Stan's in Tarzana, California. Note how thin Oliver Hardy is here, he weighed only 112 pounds when he died.
Sunday,
December 30, 2007 - 8:03am
NEW
YEAR'S STUFF VH1 will be offering a half-hour Classic 60 Minutes featuring show biz interviews and some new material. TVparty-er Charlie has posted a list of U.S. cable stations airing TV show marathons on New Year's Eve and New Years Day (some classics are airing). Friday,
December 28, 2007 - 10:58am
R.I.P.
JACK LINKLETTER "Jack Linkletter hosted such 1960's shows as Hootenanny, a folk music series on ABC Saturday nights, and talk shows like On The Go and Here's Hollywood on NBC. "Among the many performers that he interviewed on Here's Hollywood were Bud Abbott and The Three Stooges (he also interviewed the Stooges for On The Go). He co-hosted Life With Linkletter with his famous father during the 1969-70 season. This is the second tragic loss for Mr. Art Linkletter, his daughter Diane died from a drug induced suicide in the 1970s." Jack Linkletter was a very talented interviewer, Hootenanny was remarkable and, for some reason, I have fond memories of watching Life With Linkletter as a kid. I suppose it stems from watching it as a young boy while taking a break sledding on a snowy, school-closed day. I can still remember drying our frozen gloves on the radiator and watching Life With Linkletter and thinking how modern it seemed for daytime TV. Here's the info and video clips (in Real Player format) I have from the TVparty 1969 tribute: Life
With Linkletter In this sample, Art and Jack welcomes guests Herb Klein, communications director for the Nixon administration and boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard. (Art Linkletter was a Nixon friend and insider.)
Sugar Ray Robinson tells Art how he ran through millions of dollars and was now broke. Life With Linkletter never caught on and was cancelled in the fall of 1970. Despite a run of 18 years on network daytime TV, Art Linkletter never hosted another network TV series, in part due to his fervent, heart-breaking anti-drug crusade following his daughter's death. In October of 1969 Art's daughter Diane Linkletter (who was featured on the last season of the previous series when it was re-titled The Linkletter Show) made headlines when she committed suicide by jumping to her death during an acid trip. Chances are this is the only surviving episode. Thanks to A.J. from Television Archives for the ultra-rare footage! Thursday,
December 27, 2007 - 8:58am
FUNNY
Merry Christmas! Is it over yet? Tuesday,
December 25, 2007 - 8:18am
HO
HO HO! One of my favorite Christmas comedy skits of all time is from the Carol Burnett Show when Eunice, Ed and Mama celebrate the holiday. That clip isn't on You Tube but here's an early family skit that fits with the season.
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Together again! For the first time since The Producers, Martin
Short and Jason Alexander reunite on stage for two nights only in a reading
of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. This limited engagement revives
the hit comedy that won several Tony® Awards and was turned into a
legendary TV series and classic film. Short and Alexander recreate the
confrontational hilarity that only mismatched roommates Felix and Oscar
can ignite. Don't miss this exclusive staged reading, a special engagement
of Reprise!'s 2007/2008 Season.
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