tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post7845125195753883157..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: July 3, 1965Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-37019122408597059812015-07-03T01:20:30.792-04:002015-07-03T01:20:30.792-04:00I decided to reread this review in anticipation of...I decided to reread this review in anticipation of a review of this same issue from Robert of TV Obscurities in the morning. I've seen a few of Jimmy Dean's appearances in a recurring role on Daniel Boon on Me-TV lately, and I remember seeing him in a Fantasy Island episode in the early 80s, so he still acted on occasion even with his sausage company.<br />The tragedy that you described as the plot for The All-American actually happened to Baylor U's current head football coach, Art Briles. He was playing for U of Houston in Dallas against SMU back in 1976, and his parents & aunt were travelling from W Texas to watch him play when they were all killed in a traffic accident. At least he found a way to make a good life for himself & his family after such a tragic occurrence.<br />I love reading about all the celebrities who were on the daytime game shows at the time. I wish I could've seen them. I was born the end of the week following this one, and I hope you get to review the issue from my birth week eventually, but in the meantime I'm looking forward to Robert's review of that issue next Friday.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-31429439266471905972014-07-10T19:09:13.152-04:002014-07-10T19:09:13.152-04:00TV Guide listed Roy Orbison as a country and weste...<i>TV Guide</i> listed Roy Orbison as a <b>country and western singer</b>??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-70172020605744131792014-07-07T18:28:24.786-04:002014-07-07T18:28:24.786-04:00You've been putting out your new entries fast ...You've been putting out your new entries fast and furious lately.<br />Meanwhile, I've been having "connectivity issues" with my confuser.<br />Thus, this first of many attempts to catch up.<br /><br /> - Your roll call of game show celebrity guests leaves out what may be the most potentially interesting one of all:<br />This week on <i>The Price Is Right</i>: comic actor Mischa Auer, who was doing a Broadway show that year, and was making the Goodson-Todman rounds.<br />If I saw these shows, I've forgotten them; I'll always wonder if Auer commented to Bill Cullen about whatever prize he was bidding on: "Confidentially, eet steenks!"<br /><br /> - NBC's summer schedule included <i>Moment Of Fear</i>, a half-hour, and <i>Cloak Of Mystery</i>, an hour, on Tuesday nights.<br />These two shows were fillers, consisting of anthology episodes from other series, usually several years old.<br />The <i>Moment</i> show was from <i>Studio 57</i>, starring Vincent Price; it first aired in (appropriately) in 1957. That was a coincidence; <i>Studio 57</i> derived its title from its original sponsor, the Heinz Soup Company (57 Varieties).<br /><i>Cloak</i> was a bit more recent: "Mr. Lucifer", from Fred Astaire's <i>Alcoa Premiere</i> in 1962.<br />This was the one in which Astaire played the Devil as a MadMan, donning many disguises to tempt his target, abetted by Elizabeth Montgomery as temptress-in-chief. Pretty funny show, as I recall.<br /><br /> - Writers getting more credit then then they do now:<br />As a lifelong credit reader, I always took note of who was writing what, where, and when.<br />Some time in the '70s, <i>TV Guide</i> ran a feature about "The <i>Mannix</i> Writers", spotlighting six scriptwriters who were the most frequent contibutors to the <i>Mannix</i> saga:<br />Ed Adamson<br />John Meredyth Lucas<br />Stephen Kandel<br />Cliff Gould<br />Harold Medford<br /> ... and I'm going nuts trying to remember the sixth one (I want to say Jackson Gillis, who wrote for everyone at one point or another, but I'm not sure).<br />All the above names are ones I remember from many series, before and after <i>Mannix</i>; spotting them was my way of insuring my enjoyment of what I was going to watch.<br />Even in the current staff-written era, I can still do this, on a limited degree; now I have to sort through the various "producers" who are really staff writers.<br /><br />The above are the kind of tidbits that are why <i>I</i> keep reading old <i>TV Guides</i><br /><br /> - Digression:<br />Peter S. Fischer, who contributed to many favorite series like <i>Columbo</i> and <i>Murder She Wrote</i>, was "retired" from the TV business a few years back (he made the critical mistake of getting old). Lately he's gotten into the business of writing his own mystery novels - and I do mean business.<br />The Grove Point Press, family owned and operated (Fischer's family), puts out the Hollywood Murder Mysteries, with Joe Bernardi solving crimes connected the making of classic movies of the past. There are ten to date, with more on the way.<br />Also, Fischer has out a memoir, <i>Me And <b>Murder She Wrote</b></i>, with many stories about how TV gets made (and sometimes unmade), very much worth your time.<br /><br />The Grove Point Press<br />PO Box 873<br />Pacific Grove CA 93950<br />(or go to the website)<br />*<i>The preceding was an unsolicited plug from a fan.</i><br /><br />Now I gotta go back and check out some of those other ones I missed out on the last few weeks ...Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.com