tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post2264493078446926236..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: January 25, 1964Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-59845155595750080302019-01-28T22:13:13.542-05:002019-01-28T22:13:13.542-05:00I still have this TV GUIDE. My mom wouldn't le...I still have this TV GUIDE. My mom wouldn't let me buy TV GUIDE because she knew I would want to keep them all, but we kept this one because it was about the JFK coverage. My dad would be one of the folks watching the Pro Bowlers Tour. He also watched CANDLEPIN BOWLING every Saturday afternoon on WHDH Channel 5 in Boston. Ah, yes, the Olympics back when Jim McKay hosted and we weren't subjected to a bloated production number on opening and closing nights. The BELL TELEPHONE HOUR was a fascinating show. Sometimes it was music, sometimes drama, usually an annual Christmas show. Bell Telephone also sponsored the Bell Science series, fondly remembered by generations of 1960s kids who saw the specials in school, like "Our Mr. Sun."Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684124498981972463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-16491627351409799372019-01-28T18:11:01.125-05:002019-01-28T18:11:01.125-05:00This was a memorable Guide in my house as well, Mi...This was a memorable Guide in my house as well, Mitchell. Wish I still had the original. That Guide (along with the memorial JFK Life magazine) was required reading for a 10 year old growing up in a strong political home.<br /><br />Good luck with the job search!JD Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882261865750361495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-88128055434720563372019-01-26T16:22:34.845-05:002019-01-26T16:22:34.845-05:00My problem here is that I have actual memories of ...My problem here is that I have actual memories of a lot of this.<br /><br />- I wonder if you know anything about <i>A Case Of Libel</i>, the play being excerpted on <i>Ed Sullivan</i> this week.<br />Henry Denker based his play on a chapter of Louis Nizer's memoir <i>My Life In Court</i>: specifically the libel suit brought by war correspondent Quentin Reynolds against Westbrook Pegler, a notorious ultra-right-wing commentator of the '40s and '50s.<br />There's no doubt where any of the principals here are coming from, even though Denker changed all their names (when the play appeared, all were still living).<br />Here, Van Heflin is playing 'Robert Sloane', the Nizer character, while Blackmer is 'Boyd Bendix', or Pegler. I'm guessing that they're doing the cross-examination scene from Act II, which sticks closely to the trial transcript; in the real trial, that cross by Nizer of Pegler blew a major hole in the latter's career.<br />In the years since, <i>A Case Of Libel</i> has been through at least two major TV productions:<br /> - ABC did one around 1969-70, with Heflin repeating as Sloane, and Jose Ferrer as Bendix.<br /> - At the outset of cable, Showtime (I think; correction welcomed if needed) produced one in Canada, with Ed Asner as Sloane and Daniel J. Travanti as Bendix; I've got that one in the DVD Wall.<br /> - I also have a copy of the play, which I got Ed Asner to autograph at a show a couple of years back.<br />This play was awfully powerful stuff when I saw those TV versions; I wonder how it played in more placid (comparatively) 1964.<br />And I admit I'd love to see how <i>A Case Of Libel</i> would go over today - and this is quite a few 'another stories' …<br /><br /><br /> - Looking at those fall prospects, it occurs to me that <i>The Healers</i> might have been a working title for what would become <i>Breaking Point</i> when Fall came around; the pilot was "crossovered" from <i>Ben Casey</i> come September.<br /><br />- You know, I thought I had this issue in my stacks (piles?), but I can't seem to find it.<br />Maybe between now and Monday, I might get lucky … <br />Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.com