tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post649094969559732180..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV: Thursday, November 25, 1965Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-3997198587892319932017-11-30T17:28:35.983-05:002017-11-30T17:28:35.983-05:00It's the Donohue preemptions I remember the mo...It's the Donohue preemptions I remember the most - aargh! Would I have realized that I was missing part of the 1965 parade? Perhaps. But I definitely remember those Donohue years, and it still makes me bitter! :)Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-18725121365369645312017-11-26T21:57:49.586-05:002017-11-26T21:57:49.586-05:00WCCO continued the tradition of joining the Thanks...WCCO continued the tradition of joining the Thanksgiving day parades in progress into the 80s and 90s (thanks, Donohue!)Eric Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00278806456914232840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-73209138287787037602017-11-23T00:59:27.492-05:002017-11-23T00:59:27.492-05:00I just noticed in the preview shot among WEAU'...I just noticed in the preview shot among WEAU's offerings were two film shorts-one of which chronicled the final phase of the Revolutionary War. A move just as eclectic as KMSP's daily Eleventh Hour offerings.Ken Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658517406339380796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-54920281592496908642017-11-23T00:56:51.889-05:002017-11-23T00:56:51.889-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ken Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658517406339380796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-14066437408039007152017-11-23T00:49:55.517-05:002017-11-23T00:49:55.517-05:00You're right Mr. Hadley, WCCO preempting even ...You're right Mr. Hadley, WCCO preempting even a smidge of the CBS "All-American Thanksgiving Day Parades", as they were known, because they went from the Macy's Parade in NYC to ones in Detroit, Philly and at one time, Hawaii, is idiotic even by today's standards-they're destroying the kiddies' fun, and for what-half an hour?! WTF, CCO?!<br /><br />I find KMSP showing the drama series Eleventh Hour in place of Donna Reed and Father Knows Best reruns to be an eclectic move. It seems apropos, given that WTCN (now NBC affiliate KARE) was the Twin Cities ABC station only just a few years ago.<br /><br />Looking over channel 11's schedule, I feel the most obvious Have Gun episode for this day would be "Fogg Bound" from season 4, with Patric Knowles as Phileas Fogg and Jon Silo as Jean Passepartout. IDK where they were at this point, but it would be worth it to be on the same slate as the film "The Fabulous World of Jules Verne", wouldn't it now?<br /><br />Once more, I feel your pain. But feel good that KCMT would actually THINK of picking up a CBS NFL game, much less show one. Oddly appropriate, since channel 7 would switch to that network during the 1980's. True, no Johnny Carson yet-but at least you caught up with Dr. Richard Kimble. And that, along with what NBC had on tap that night, made up for any other shortcomings, I would think. <br /><br />I know not what WKBT in La Crosse and WEAU in Eau Claire showed, but it was probably on a par with what KDAL and WDSM had-with local exceptions. All in all, it was a good time to be a kid, at home on Turkey day with family. So, praise the Lord and pass the Crescent Rolls! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!<br />Ken Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658517406339380796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-50303693346889152472017-11-21T15:53:32.806-05:002017-11-21T15:53:32.806-05:00The Baltimore/Detroit NFL game on Thanksgiving was...The Baltimore/Detroit NFL game on Thanksgiving was the first time CBS ever broadcast an NFL game in color.<br /><br />The network would carry a handful of games over the balance of the 1965 regular-season and all 1965 playoff games in color. <br /><br />Staring in 1966, most CBS NFL regular-season games were broadcast in color; I believe the full slate of regional games was colorcast from 1967-on.<br /><br />By contrast, all but a few AFL games on NBC in 1965 and all of their AFL games from 1966-onward were broadcast in Living Color.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-5060300750348450432017-11-21T12:29:33.765-05:002017-11-21T12:29:33.765-05:00I was going to put this up at the month-old post t...I was going to put this up at the month-old post that deals with this subject, but I wanted to be sure you read it.<br /><br />I've mentioned my friend Max Allan Collins here a time or ten.<br />Today, in his regular Tuesday blog, MAC tells of how he's just completed two months of detailed research on his new Nate Heller novel, which he will begin the actual writing of soon.<br />Nate Heller is MAC's best-known character - a Chicago-based private eye who gets involved with famous real-life crimes, investigating them on his own - and frequently coming up with his own solutions that are somewhat different than the "official" ones.<br />The new novel, which is called <i>Do No Harm</i>, has Nate Heller becoming involved in the Sam Sheppard case.<br />Since I've never figured out how to put links in here, I'll simply direct you to MAC's website: <b>maxallancollins.com</b>.<br />The topmost entry, titled "Heller: The Starting Gate", sets out the MAC process for his Heller novels , which are historical mysteries (this will be the seventeenth novel; there are also two available collections of shorter stories).<br />As I mentioned, MAC is just starting the actual novel; it should become available in about a year's time. That said, you really ought to read this post at MAC's site; You might learn a few things you weren't aware of before.<br /><b>The preceding was an unpaid plug for an old and valued friend.</b>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-88196522292824526882017-11-21T03:26:57.545-05:002017-11-21T03:26:57.545-05:00Just to show you that I'm a sport, I gave the ...Just to show you that I'm a sport, I gave the Thursday listings in my Chicago edition another once-over; as it turns out, there were a few odds and ends:<br /><br /> - At 8pm, WGN-channel 9 is running a syndicated Color special: <i>Family Night With Horace Heidt</i>.<br />Horace Heidt was a popular Big Band leader from a generation or two before; I'm guessing this may have been a pilot for a proposed comeback, a la Lawrence Welk.<br />The emphasis was on music: there was a jam called "Hot Lips" featuring Al Hirt, Red Nichols, and Pete Candoli.<br />Also appearing was Mary Ford, apparently just after her split with Les Paul; no idea what she was going to do, though.<br /><br /> - Meanwhile on WTTW-channel 11 (still "Educational TV"), they'e got a three-hour BBC film production of <i>Hamlet</i>, filmed on location in Elsinore, Denmark (with the full cooperation of that nation's Royal Family). Cast included Christopher Plummer as Hamlet, Robert Shaw as King Claudius, and as Horatio, the then just-starting-out Michael Caine<br />I think that NET (as it was then known) was syndicating this to its more well-off stations.<br /><br /> - But truth to tell, the one I noticed here just ran on MeTV a few early mornings ago: A first run (then, anyway) episode of <i>My Three Sons</i>, just arrived on CBS and newly in color.<br />The episode was called "My Son, The Ballerina": Robbie takes ballet lessons in order to impress a sweet, pretty, good-natured would-be ballerina.<br />The stern Russian ballet mistress was played, naturally, by Jeanette Nolan, who was between mountaineer women that week.<br />But what I got a boot out of was the sweet young ballerina: Sharon Farrell, who even at that early stage of her long career was usually playing more vixenish types.<br />That's why they call it acting, I guess ...<br /><br /> - The next night, Friday the 26th, WGN-channel 9 is rerunning an old <i>Naked City</i> called "Lament For A Dead Indian", with guest stars Neville Brand and Peter Falk.<br />You can find this one on YouTube. When you do, watch the whole thing to the end.<br />You'll see Peter Falk playing an Irish gangster, and doing something I guarantee that you'll never see him doing anywhere else in his career (no spoilers here - look it up).<br /><br /> - ... and while you're over there, just look up <i>The Edge Of Night</i> for October 21, 1983.<br />It's only 22 minutes, give or take; just watch it, and then tell us what you think about it ...<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-68177161910986895492017-11-20T19:27:30.259-05:002017-11-20T19:27:30.259-05:00Bills-Chargers was a solid late afternoon game for...Bills-Chargers was a solid late afternoon game for 1965 Thanksgiving (first year that NBC carried the AFL). During yesterday's Bills-Chargers game with the score 54-24 (near the merciful end of the game), one announcer did make the statement that this score resembled an original AFL game. Nice to hear recognition for the colorful league of my youth.Melanie Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011856660252330616noreply@blogger.com