tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post7802388751450186440..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV? Tuesday, July 7, 1964Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-39652189138920139962015-07-06T12:51:35.512-04:002015-07-06T12:51:35.512-04:00Remember that post of a few weeks back, in which I...Remember that post of a few weeks back, in which I beefed a little about how my comments might not be getting through to you?<br /><br />You just gave me a prime example.<br /><br />I put up a comment just a few days ago about the Donald O'Connor show, stating that it was a <i>special</i>. In my haste to post, I missed the part of the listing that said that the show originally aired on CBS in <i>1960</i>.<br />I further stated that this was part of CBS's "summer replacement" for the just-cancelled Garry Moore: i.e., a string of one-shot specials that included shows with Esther Williams, Henry Fonda, Keefe Brasselle, Meredith Willson, and a now-legendary comedy revue called <i>The Nut House</i>, produced by Jay Ward of <i>Rocky & Bullwinkle</i> fame, <i>fully three years</i> before <i>Laugh-In</i>.<br />OK, that's a little more detailed than my original comment (I had time to go back and check more stuff) - but you did reply to the second part of the overall comment ... and <i>that</i> makes me wonder ...<br /><br />I'll note in passing that the ABC pre-election special aired on the network just after the 10:00 news, at a quarter after the hour; channel 9 delayed it to post midnight.<br />This was the year that channel 7, the Chicago ABC affiliate, sent Frank Reynolds (who was ch7's principal anchor at the time) and Hugh Hill (the station's chief political correspondent) to the national political conventions. Whether this was the idea of Elmer Lower (who was running ABC News) or Red Quinlan (ch7's general manager and an ABC vice-president) in unclear, but it doesn't matter, does it? Frank Reynolds sufficiently impressed the ABC brass that his network future was assured - although it wasn't made official until the following year.<br /><br />Not much I can add ... at least here.<br /><br />But did you see my comment at <i>The Senator</i> post?<br />You might want to take a look at that one ... just askin', is all ...Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.com