tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post7366551249373602548..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: June 1, 1968Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-42395311391301258182023-06-26T14:05:18.422-04:002023-06-26T14:05:18.422-04:00You're right; technically, it was simply CBS p...You're right; technically, it was simply CBS placing "The Prisoner" in the Gleason time slot for the summer, which is different from the example you give, or, say, "Dean Martin Presents The Golddiggers." I think that most people look at a summer replacement show as something which simply fills in for a show for the summer, regardless of who produces it. However, you make a good distinction in that stars like Gleason did have the clout to, in a sense, continue their program throughout the summer, only with a different host and cast.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-73487085574595693902023-06-24T19:55:44.022-04:002023-06-24T19:55:44.022-04:00Contrary to popular belief, "The Prisoner&quo...Contrary to popular belief, "The Prisoner" was not technically a summer replacement for "The Jackie Gleason Show," despite it running in his time slot during the dog days thereof; indeed he had nothing to do with having it put on. His production company submitted their own summer replacement, "The Dom DeLuise Show" (whose regulars included Carol Arthur, Marian Mercer, Bill McCutcheon, The Gentry Brothers and Paul Dooley) - but CBS put it on the Wednesday schedule instead, at 10 P.M. (9 Central), where it ran from May 1 to September 18 - in the time slot usually occupied by "The Jonathan Winters Show." Ronald Wayne was the producer, The June Taylor Dancers and Sammy Spear's orchestra were involved, and the show was taped at the Miami Beach Auditorium. That it ran on another night other than his Saturday at 7:30 (6:30 Central) time slot was a sign that, by this time, Gleason's clout within the network was beginning to wane and the powers that be were beginning to tire of "The Great One's" outlandish demands. "The Dom DeLuise Show" was the last summer-replacement series Gleason's company produced; for the last two years of "The Jackie Gleason Show's" run (up to CBS's final cancellation in 1970), repeats of his shows aired in the summertime.wbhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270661237413315760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-70906493891677567262017-04-23T17:07:20.891-04:002017-04-23T17:07:20.891-04:00That and the fact that Governor Ronald Reagan was ...That and the fact that Governor Ronald Reagan was also on the ballot for the Republicans in California had something to with it. And to show how things were different then,Reagan didn't formally declare himself an official candidate for the nomination until right b efore the convention started.paulsonj72https://www.blogger.com/profile/18118231322032199900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-30967913956978335852016-02-28T06:35:16.638-05:002016-02-28T06:35:16.638-05:00I didn't know FURY was an ITC production...I didn't know FURY was an ITC production...Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-87679173572667968602015-06-03T12:00:33.145-04:002015-06-03T12:00:33.145-04:00To answer Jon H's comment about Richard Nixon ...To answer Jon H's comment about Richard Nixon not being on the ballot for the Republicans in his home state of California; by the time Nixon ran in 1968 his voter registration (and thus the state he was listed as being from) had been changed to New York (Nixon having moved to that state after losing the 1962 California gubernatorial election). By the time Nixon was re-elected in 1972, his state of residence was listed as California again.<br /><br />Had Nixon's state of residence been listed as California in 1968; this might have caused a bit of a hiccup regarding his original preference for a running mate (California Lt. Gov. Robert Finch; who eventually turned Nixon down) because, while the Constitution doesn't technically prohibit a Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidate being from the same state; an elector in the Electoral College cannot cast both electoral votes (President/Vice-President) for someone from their own states, effectively forcing one half of the ticket to forfeit their electoral votes. An attempt to prevent something similar with the GOP ticket of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney was the reason that when Cheney was picked, he changed his voter registration from Texas (his residence for a decade) to Wyoming (where he was from and had represented in Congress).Jacobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-43176648895304365812015-06-01T12:16:45.342-04:002015-06-01T12:16:45.342-04:00I have a lovely set of comments for your next post...I have a lovely set of comments for your next post, but the comment mechanism isn't working for some reason.<br /><br />I'd put it here, but because of your format, going back and forth is not possible.<br /><br />And frankly, the six tries I've made so far have made me somewhat miffed.<br /><br />Now I'm going back and trying again (number SEVEN).<br /><br />Count three and pray ...Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-78981671569638713572015-05-30T17:34:04.490-04:002015-05-30T17:34:04.490-04:00I'm amazed that Richard Nixon, the man who wou...I'm amazed that Richard Nixon, the man who would be elected that fall, wasn't even on the ballot of his home-state primary that week. Maybe he already had the nomination wrapped up by early June. I am amazed, however, at how much more impact political conventions used to have. I viewed some tapes from network news coverage at Vanderbilt's tape library, and I was surprised to see footage of George McGovern announcing that in August he was starting a run for President at the Democratic Convention that year by talking to delegates there. Of course he won the nomination the next time around.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.com