tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post8915665362508236028..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: August 30, 1980Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-33527893887841965402014-08-30T23:25:34.754-04:002014-08-30T23:25:34.754-04:00Hey Mike,
Great comments as always. Those censor...Hey Mike,<br /><br />Great comments as always. Those censorship stories are brilliant! I remember CBS running the New Avengers late night as well, which is why this surprised me as well. "Steed (Patrick Macnee) is lured to a remote desert island with six other adventurers, each of whom is marked for death. Mrs. Peel: Diana Rigg" Having literally just gotten back (maybe an hour or so ago), I haven't had a chance to check the episode guide, so it certainly could be a recycled story and TV Guide simply used the wrong sidekick. I'll check it out (along with the Ed Nelson comment - I promise!) on Sunday.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-57771455597343687022014-08-30T19:53:46.846-04:002014-08-30T19:53:46.846-04:00Censorship:
The top two samples of editing on Ton...Censorship:<br /><br />The top two samples of editing on <i>Tonight</i> - neither of which involves profanity.<br /><br /> - This is the early '60s.<br />Johnny Carson occasionally did segments where he'd film himself in nature situations; for this one, he had on an expert on sharks.<br />During the studio part of the interview, Carson asked the expert how they dealt with sharks who got out of control and attacked.<br />The expert replied that " ... we usually have to kill them. A shot of ******** kills them instantly."<br />The edited word: <i>nicotine</i>.<br />This was the period when Johnny always had a cigarette going; you can guess what his take looked like.<br /><br /> - #2 involves an early appearance by Gregory Hines, who was still doing the act with his father and brother (Hines, Hines, and Dad).<br />Gregory had become the act's spokesman, sitting closest to Johnny. The talk turned to personal matters, and Gregory decided to show a picture of his newborn child.<br />Carson noted that the baby had blue eyes, and Gregory Hines answered that this was because " ... the mother is ******* - that's the closest I could get to my color."<br />Huge take from Johnny, huge laugh from the audience.<br />The edited word: <i>Italian</i>.<br />Draw your own conclusions.<br /><br />How many on the left or the right are like William Buckley or Allard Lowenstein today?<br />Pretty much nobody.<br />Certainly nobody is less like Buckley that L. Brent Bozell, his very nasty nephew.<br />I single him out among all the louts of the left and right, because of that relationship, which he has cashed in on (as his father before him) for years.<br />The upcoming election is something I look at with genuine dread.<br />I don't think I'm alone in this.<br /><br /> - The mention of Dick Cavett's PBS interview show reminds me of our local station's somewhat cavalier attitude toward its scheduling.<br />Channel 11's policy seemed to be that as long as they got it on at all, when or where didn't matter.<br />During this period, Cavett taped a two-part interview with Frederic Dannay, then the surviving half of 'Ellery Queen'. I believe that this was the only such interview that Dannay ever gave on television.<br />I only got to see the second half; ch11's crapshoot scheduling caused me to miss the first.<br />This is not an isolated example of WTTW's scheduling 'prowess'.<br /><br /> - Are you sure about that CBS late-night showing of <i>The Avengers</i>?<br />My recollection of that period is that CBS was running the sequel series, <i>The New Avengers</i>, which teamed Patrick Macnee with two newbies; these CBS showings were its first (and I think only) American exposure.<br /><br />This being Saturday, I guess that you're back from vacation.<br />When you're digging back, remember:<br />There's a comment on the Ed Nelson thread that belongs several threads later, with one of the TV Guides. If you can straighten this out at your end, I'd appreciate it.Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.com