tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post5124484570372098879..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV? Tuesday, June 4, 1968Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-44667880452204710082015-06-01T12:56:21.857-04:002015-06-01T12:56:21.857-04:00OK, here goes NUMBER SEVEN:
That's a little b...OK, here goes NUMBER SEVEN:<br /><br />That's a little better. Onward:<br /><br /> - The guest panelists on <i>To Tell The Truth</i> are the wife and daughter-in-law of Bud Collyer.<br />Marian Shockley (Mrs. Collyer) was a star actress on radio, best known as Ellery Queen's girlfriend/sidekick Nikki Porter (alongside several EQ actors). This would have been at the same time that Bud Collyer was radio's Superman.<br /><br /> - The syndie talk shows are all on their bicycles; in Minn-StP you're seeing the shows that we saw in Chicago last week.<br />In re Woody Woodbury: My recollection of his talk show is that he was not risqué, even by the standards of his comedy records, which would nowadays be PG-13 at most.<br />In the early going of this show, Woodbury had an announcer/sidekick, an actor named Bob Ridgely, whose reputation in Hollywood was as a real wild card, with unpredictable humor that asserted itself in pranks on his friends (most of which cannot be recounted on a family blog like this one).<br />At the same time, Ridgely was in steady demand as a serious actor. His appearances included <i>Philadelphia</i> (as one of Tom Hanks's law partners), <i>Melvin And Howard</i> (as the game-show emcee who gives all the prizes to Mary Steenburgen), <i>Boogie Nights</i> (as the financial backer of Burt Reynolds's porno company) - and <i>Blazing Saddles</i> (as the hunchbacked, eye-patched medieval hangman ; "Everybody is equal in my eye!")<br />These dual reputations kept him busy enough that he had to leave the Woodbury show late in the run; the show you've listed here was probably the first with a "guest announcer" - in this case, Andy Devine, who did a few shows before giving way to others (such as Joe Flynn, Richard Deacon, Billy Mumy, etc.)<br /><br /> - This week's <i>Invaders</i> is about how David Vincent proves to a small town that the space guys are for real - and then has to convince the space guys to not destroy the town and everyone in it.<br />The commander of the space guys this week is a character actor with silvery hair and a deep commanding voice: Ted Knight (pre-MTM, he almost always played heavies).<br /><br /> - I note that the Twins game is accompanied by <i>The Halsey Hall Show</i>, featuring one of the region's sportscasting legends.<br />Reportedly, Halsey Hall was the first to say "Holy Cow!" on Big 10 football broadcasts, years before either Harry Caray or Phil Rizzuto.<br />But you probably knew that ...<br /><br />More when I can think of it (the Demon Machine permitting).<br /><br /><br /><br />Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.com