tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post497445451000012680..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: August 12, 1967Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-7328217243314841162015-08-15T22:19:44.553-04:002015-08-15T22:19:44.553-04:00I knew Buddy Greco was a singer; however, his appe...I knew Buddy Greco was a singer; however, his appearance on this particular episode was playing the piano. I don't know if he accompanied himself or not.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-70167835253303710302015-08-15T11:56:31.933-04:002015-08-15T11:56:31.933-04:00A couple of notes:
- George Carlin's show wa...A couple of notes:<br /><br /> - George Carlin's show was <i>Away We Go</i>; George was actually co-host, sharing duties with Buddy Greco (who was a singer, not a pianist) and drummer/bandleader Buddy Rich.<br />All those 'Buddys' were a source of much of the comedy here.<br /><br /> - Chad and Jeremy's <i>Batman</i> appearance has them doing a guest shot on "The Allen Stevens Show" (guess who "Stevens" really is and win a no-prize). Also, one of the sub-villains is Joe Flynn, who was waiting for his pal Tim Conway to call with another project for him.<br /><br /> -<i>Piccadilly Palace</i> was Sir Lew Grade's attempt to sell Morecambe and Wise to the USA; he'd figured that since Eric and Ernie had had some success on Ed Sullivan's show, it would be a cinch.<br />As it was, only the writers, Sid Green and Dick Hills, made the move to America.<br />Morecambe & Wise left Sir Lew for the BBC, where they got a new writer, Eddie Braben, and became even bigger stars than they were before.<br />Some years afterward, when Benny Hill became a hit in US syndication, the BBC and Time-Life tried to do the same for Eric and Ernie, but it went nowhere; our idiot "critics" thought that M&W were "ripping off" Hill (in fact, all these men were good friends and admirers of each other's work).<br />Not long afterwards, Eric Morecambe died suddenly, ending the act; at a public tribute to him, Benny Hill (who usually avoided events like this) made a public appearance to salute his old friend and contemporary.<br /><br />Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.com