tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post621977829110973077..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: March 25, 1967Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-37272646783262853872018-03-29T23:06:14.398-04:002018-03-29T23:06:14.398-04:00It should be noted that Eli Wallach was the third ...It should be noted that Eli Wallach was the third actor to play the Caped Crusader's cold, cruel arch villain (previously done by George Sanders and Otto Preminger)-and was the only Mr. Freeze with hair! Also on hand were Leslie Parrish as Emma Strunk-alias skating star Glacia Glaze, and Skye Aubrey who played a gal named Carol, but who also turned up in the season 3 episode "Louie, the Lilac" as Barbara Gordon's friend Princess Primrose. <br /><br />I'm sure WCCO and KSTP did well to make up for the shows they blocked out on Easter Sunday, and I know we'll see more in your listings overview. But I must implore you, Mr. Hadley, PLEASE don't leave any stations out of the loop this time? I had to give u an incomplete on your overview of the Nebraska edition-you left out the stations from my hometown, Sioux Falls/Mitchell, SD! Here's hoping when you get another one, you SHALL NOT make the same mistake. Okay?<br /><br />I'm now aching to check out the I Spy ep with Wally Cox, but Mike D. should know of another season 2 episode worth checking out. I reccomend "Mainly on the Plains", w/Boris Karloff playing a man so enthralled with the story of Don Quiote that there are times he begins to act like said character-all while carrying a secret formuli that enemy agents would kill for. It's a truly great story, one of the series' best, IMO.<br /><br />Unlike Mike, I have no DVD wall. But classic TV, like that from 51 years ago, gets me rather chatty. And right about now, my throat is getting dry. Allow me to get refreshed. See ya when the "What's on TV?" post comes out.Ken Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658517406339380796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-546023311345446332018-03-28T08:37:09.081-04:002018-03-28T08:37:09.081-04:00Considering this year's NCAA Final Four and Ch...Considering this year's NCAA Final Four and Championship air on a gaggle of soon-to-be AT&T Television channels, led by "TruTV" (!), it says much about this weekend on television when golf and football (Bundesliga, MLS, Premier League) are all that's on, not college basketball, which is on that obscure reality channel.<br /><br />Easter specials have sadly become fewer and further between. What is now AT&T's special channel once aired "Songs of Faith" with Amy Grant and Darrell Waltrip (whose non-motorsport television career effectively ended when MTV took over CBS; he was a fill-in host for Prime Time Country and its predecessors, Music City Tonight and Nashville Now, the last he earned through friendships with host Ralph Emery, a well known radio personality) with primarily bad "worship" music of the mid-2000's. I don't see any Resurrection themed shows this year for Easter on any channel.<br /><br />Today's churches are making Easter services worse. Many are offering karaoke or live rock concert productions from the major entertainment companies singing from notorious heresy providers Hillsong and Bethel (Redding, California).<br /><br />Sadly, as I've noted and it happened again last month at the Olympics, the humanist anthem "Imagine" that pictures a utopia without God was played at the Opening Ceremony. We've gone from Mendelssohn to Lennon in 50+ years, and television of today reflects the elites of Hollywood now.Bobbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-17634231951754596372018-03-25T16:47:49.738-04:002018-03-25T16:47:49.738-04:00As promised/threatened, I'm back from the Old ...As promised/threatened, I'm back from the Old DVD Wall, with a whole bunch of stuff from this week's listings.<br /><br />In order (after a fashion):<br />Saturday:<br /><i>Mission: Impossible</i> has James Daly in <i>three</i> parts:<br /> - An American diplomat who's being held captive by the Bad Guys;<br /> - A Bad Guy spy who's disguised as the diplomat;<br /> - ... and Dan Briggs in rubberface, who knocks out the BGS and takes his place to prevent The Plot.<br />(Steven Hill is in the open and the close; the rest of the time it's Daly.)<br />Also in the mix is the Bad Guy Boss Spy who pretends to be an American assistant: it's Sorrell Booke, going back and forth between a Russkie accent and a Midwestern one.<br />For most of the show, the Bad Guy Spy is held by the IMF and given some treatments, including electroshock therapy, to get the needed intel to complete the mission.<br />This was one of the first <i>Mission</i> episodes to be written by Laurence Heath, whom we've mentioned in past comments - but that might just be a coincidence ...<br /><br />Monday:<br /> - <i>Captain Nice</i>, Buck Henry's superhero spoof, has a fairly funny show, with John Fiedler as a hitman with really bad aim, and Madlyn Rhue as a <i>femme fatale</i> who almost outsmarts everybody (admittedly a low bar).<br /><br />Tuesday:<br /> - <i>The Girl From UNCLE</i> pits Stefanie Powers, and Noel Harrison against a sinister Japanese woman, played under Kabuki/Geisha makeup by Swedish actress Signe Hasso.<br />In the same show, Michael J. Pollard is back and forth playing his standard goofball, that he'd been doing for the previous decade; this is just before the release of <i>Bonnie And Clyde</i>, when the Movie Critics Of America hailed him to the skies for playing the <i>exact same character</i>.<br /><br /> - <i>The Invaders</i> has Roy Thinnes and Norman Fell trying to convince tycoon Ed Begley Sr. about the Invasion; things don't go as planned ...<br /><br /> - <i>The Fugitive</i> puts David Janssen in an African embassy in DC, under the protection of the ailing Ambassador, while Gerard stands outside and fumes.<br />The Ambassador is Ivan Dixon, who swung a week off from <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> for the gig. Also moonlighting is Lloyd Gough, who'd just wrapped <i>The Green Hornet</i>, playing a lawyer who tries to help Dr. Kimble, sort of.<br />In the same show: Dominic Frontiere's music from <i>The Outer Limits</i>, which found its way into any number of United Artists-produced series in later years.<br /><br />Wednesday:<br /><i>Batman</i> closes its second season with Eli Wallach taking over as Mr. Freeze, and Elisha Cook Jr. <i>not</i> playing a henchman.<br /><br /><i>I Spy</i> features Wally Cox as a cashiered government clerk whom Culp & Cosby have to protect from a gorgeous enemy spy.<br />Actually, it's a charming and funny story; Cox still had his performing chops, but ultimately <i>Hollywood Squares</i> won out ...<br /><br />Friday (big night):<br /> - <i>Wild Wild West</i> has Joe Campanella as a Lugosi-like leader of a Balkan wolf pack (real wolves).<br /> - <i>The Green Hornet</i> repeats its pilot film, with a mysterious female Dutch jewel dealer, played by Signe Hasso, <i>op cit.</i><br /> - <i>The Time Tunnel</i> plops the two heroes into the battle of Khartom; unfortunately, some nasty space aliens arrive at the same time, and hilarity ensues ...<br /> - <i> The Man From UNCLE</i> has part one of "The Five Daughters Affair", one of those double-length epics that MGM would sell overseas as theatrical features.<br />You can check out the cast yourself in the listing; suffice to say that the budget on this one (two?) probably outstripped most UNCLE episodes for the year.<br /> - <i>The Avengers</i> has "Never, Never Say Die", in which Steed and Mrs. Peel are confronted with a huge guy who apparently can't be killed.<br />Featuring as Prof. Frank N. Stone - Christopher Lee.<br />(I told you this was a busy night ...)<br /><br />The above was just the stuff I had on hand.<br />Anybody out there who can supplement these, please do so.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-83135328910386968452018-03-24T20:50:17.265-04:002018-03-24T20:50:17.265-04:00I love Cleveland Amory's Ajax reference to the...I love Cleveland Amory's Ajax reference to the Black Knight. I wonder how many people could get the reference today.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-85488376054167659282018-03-24T13:45:33.365-04:002018-03-24T13:45:33.365-04:00Oh, and Thursday BATMAN still fell quite a bit, fr...Oh, and Thursday BATMAN still fell quite a bit, from 5th place in 1965-66 to 37th. But a 33 share was more than enough to ensure renewal then, typically a 30 share was the requirement to stay on the air in most time periods. Wednesday BATMAN fell below that.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-7024979951789903242018-03-24T13:43:59.976-04:002018-03-24T13:43:59.976-04:00BATMAN fell pretty steeply during Season Two:
WED...BATMAN fell pretty steeply during Season Two:<br /><br />WED segment: From 10th place to 58th place, down to a 28.6 share which got this installment dropped from 1967-68. Last place in the time period, with LOST IN SPACE finishing 44th (30.9 share) and THE VIRGINIAN taking over BATMAN's old ranking from the prior year, 10th.<br /><br />THURSDAY segment: This is the one that was renewed, finishing 37th place for the season with a 33 share. Second in the time period to DANIEL BOONE (25th) but way ahead of CBS's competition, JERICHO and COLISEUM, neither of which made the top 70.<br /><br />Of the week's episodes, one of my favorite F TROOPs aired Thursday, "Our Brave in F Troop". Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-6558606879951464702018-03-24T12:52:25.862-04:002018-03-24T12:52:25.862-04:00First things first:
- 'Yvonne Adair' is ...First things first:<br /><br /> - 'Yvonne Adair' is what they call in the magazine biz - <i>a misprint</i>.<br />Whoever was at <i>TV Guide</i>'s proofreading desk that week saw 'Yvonne' and a name with 'ai' in it, recalled the name 'Adair' from someplace, and there you are.<br />This is the principle known as <i>Occam's Razor</i>: basically, the simplest explanation is usually the true one.<br /><br /> - Looking through the program pages, this was a packed week, as far as the regular programming was concerned.<br />One show on Tuesday night, in particular, caught my eye - both then and now:<br /><i>NBC's Tuesday Night At The Movies</i> presented the <i>World Premiere</i> of the pilot film for <i>Ironside</i>, which NBC had already picked up for the fall schedule.<br />I don't know if you've ever actually seen this pilot; if not, I suggest that you find a way to do so - there are more than a few surprises, even now. After I finish typing this, I'm going straight to the Old DVD Wall to see it again.<br /><br /> - And after that, I'll probably spend the rest of this weekend looking up a bunch of other shows that ran that week - '67 was a good year for our kind of TV.<br />I should have a more detailed report by Sunday night.<br />(You might want to take another look at those program pages yourself, and try to guess which shows I'm going to look at ...)<br /><br /> - One other thing:<br />Bill Veeck was still doing his nightly half-hour talk show on the still-new Channel 32.<br />The '67 baseball season was just coming up, but Bill held himself to two half-hours on the subject:<br />On Tuesday - in prime time - Bill talked ball with Ron Santo (Cubs) and Moe Drabowsky (ex-Cubs), two of the funniest men who ever played ball.<br />And on Thursday - in the regular late-night slot - Bill had <i>Tribune</i> columnist Will Leonard and another guy named Wally Heim, to talk about the St Louis Browns Fan Club. Bill Veeck was the last owner of the Brownies, and held a venerated position in the Club; the three men sang the Club Song, "Onward and Upward, St. Louis Browns!", which you really ought to hear at least once in your life. <br /><b>"We're not down-hearted - <i>we're Brown-hearted!</i></b>"<br />Truly stirring ...<br /><br />Now on to The Wall.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.com