tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post2289323200519126281..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV: Friday, June 1, 1956Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-87091121322480438682016-05-27T00:12:48.620-04:002016-05-27T00:12:48.620-04:00I think I covered the answer to that in my comment...I think I covered the answer to that in my comment above, however inadvertently.<br /><br />Apparently (I still can't say for certain) Texas didn't observe Daylight Savings Time.<br />In order to carry certain live broadcasts directly from the network feeds, it became necessary to delay early evening shows to the later times.<br /><br />I might also point out that the whole notion of "early evening" and "late evening" shows wasn't a hard-and-fast rule in the mid-50s.Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-51239837773751918292016-05-25T22:19:12.344-04:002016-05-25T22:19:12.344-04:00Why were stations running OUR MISS BROOKS and THE ...Why were stations running OUR MISS BROOKS and THE LIFE OF RILEY in late evening slots?Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-22627673874222856922016-05-23T11:48:55.920-04:002016-05-23T11:48:55.920-04:00I'm going to be spending most of this morning ...I'm going to be spending most of this morning working my way backwards over the last few posts.<br />This is going to be Odds & Ends (and very Odd Ends they are):<br /><br /> - In my Chicago edition: Garry Moore's guest is identified as Roger "Droodles" Price, <i>not</i> Doodles Weaver.<br />Roger Price was a comedy writer who affected a professorial look.<br />Droodles is a contraction of 'cartoons' and 'doodles'. It's kind of hard to explain without showing examples; they're sort of visual puns, line drawings which only make sense when Price gives the captions.<br /><i>The Garry Moore Show</i> was where Price introduced Droodles; He'd written a sketch for Garry and Durward Kirby which was running long and had to be cut. To fill the few available minutes, Price got a board and crayon and started drawing - and had a hit on his hands.<br />Droodles became a small craze for a while, and launched Roger Price into a lucrative second career as a publisher of humor books, in partnership with another comedy writer, Leonard Stern (who created MadLibs for Steve Allen).<br />I got much of the above from a book called <i>Ladies and Gentlemen, THE GARRY MOORE SHOW</i>, all about the CBS morning show.<br /><br /> - Comparing the Texas listings to the Chicago ones, I note that all the network shows seem to be on an hour earlier in Texas than in Chicago, which would seem odd, given the fact that both are in the Central time zone.<br /> ... that is, unless Texas wasn't observing Daylight Savings Time (don't know for sure, please confirm).<br /><br /> - I don't know how detailed the loglines are in your issue (I'm not even sure if that term was in use in '56), but they're pretty detailed in Chicago.<br />The <i>Crossroads</i> episode sounds interesting:<br /><b> " ... the true story of a Presbyterian missionary of the 1880s who risks his career and reputation by advocating the return of Alaska to Russia ... to save thousands of Alaskan Indians from annihilation."</b><br />The minister is played by Richard Erdman, who usually played funny con men; he's still active today at age 90, most recently in the sitcom <i>Community</i>.<br /><br /> - Did you know that Johnny Carson had an afternoon show on CBS this season?<br />It was supposed to air at 1pm in the Central zone, which would have put it at noon in non-Daylight Texas.<br />But all the CBS stations seem to be carrying newscasts at noon, so Johnny gets shut out.<br />Them's the breaks ...<br /><br />Now I gotta go back over the last few posts to see if I can add anything.<br />See you there ...<br />Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.com