At ReelweegieMidget, Gill reviews a movie that many of us saw on our home televisions: Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, a movie that's been on my mind lately for reasons that perhaps I'll explain someday, with Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren (and her fabulous wardrobe) and, well, some birds.
David reaches the end of 1975 in his review of 1970s TV at Comfort TV, with Saturday night specials (Emergency, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett), and not-so-specials (Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, Doc).
At Drunk TV, Paul looks at Rankin/Bass's classic Easter special, Here Comes Peter Cottontail, with Danny Kaye, Casey Kasem, and Vincent Price headlining an all-star voice cast. It just seems as if things were better when specials like this were on!
Martin Grams takes inventory of television's various attempts to bring Wonder Woman to the small screen, efforts that started with the success of Batman, and ended finally with the success of Lynda Carter, who we all know is the real WW.
At A Shroud of Thoughts, Terence pays his respects to two more of classic TV's familiar faces: Will Hutchins, best-known for Sugarfoot, but with many other credits to his name; and Sian Barbara Allen, who seemed to always be on television in the 1970s.
At The View from the Junkyard, Roger takes a look this week at the 1954 Kraft Television Theatre production of "Alice in Wonderland," featuring the great Edgar Bergen, along with Charlie McCarthy, and some commercials for dependable Kraft products.
Finally, at Eventually Supertrain, I'm back for more Garrison's Gorillas, along with segments on Bronk and The Misfits of Science. Don't you dare miss it, or I'll sic Jack Palance on you. TV
Thanks for the mention! Intrigued about your comment, hope you haven't been having bird trouble.
ReplyDeleteNo, no trouble at all, in fact. More a Tippi Hedren thing!
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