tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post2337345070932580824..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: November 18, 1978Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-86382266628058524492018-11-23T00:00:11.337-05:002018-11-23T00:00:11.337-05:00By the time you read this, Thanksgiving will proba...By the time you read this, Thanksgiving will probably be over, by I found my copy of this particular issue from the New York City edition. Just like Mike Doran does when talking about his Chicago copies, I thought that I would post some neat finds from my issue. I would not be born for another year, but I thought some of the programs were interesting.<br /><br /><b> Sun 1PM 2 WCBS, 3 WTIC - NFL Football Philadelphia Eagles vs. NY Giants from Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ </b><br /><br />On first glance, this would appear to be an ordinary game by two teams with a recent history of futility, but those who a football historians know better. Both teams were actually in the playoff hunt this season at the time and needed a win to help their cause. With the Giants leading 17-12 and the Eagles without time outs, the Giants had to run a play where QB Joe Pisarcik would fall on the ball to ensure a Giants victory (Note: The NFL did not yet have its quarterback kneel down rule until 1987). Instead, Pisarchik handed the ball of to Larry Csonka for a short gain play. However, the Pisarchik ended up fumbling the ball and the Eagles cornerback Herman Edwards picks up the ball and runs it for a touchdown, giving the Eagles a 19-17 victory. The play would be known in NFL circles as "The Miracle of the Meadowlands" The Eagles ended up making the playoffs for the first time in years, meanwhile after the game the Giants fired their offensive coordinator and eventually their head coach in the end of the season. Don't feel bad for the giants though. After the season, the Giants, one of the few teams which did not hire a GM since owner Wellington Mara had handled most of those duties, realized he really needed one. Mara ends up hiring George Young as GM. With Young drafting star such as Phil Simms and Lawrence Taylor, and hiring Bill Parcells first as Defensive Coordinator and then as Head Coach, the Giants would recover to the point of winning a Super Bowl in the 1986 and 1990 season.<br /><br /><b> Mon-Fri 7 WABC, The 4:30 Movie </b><br />Back in the 70's, channel 7 would air movies after all its soap operas and before Eyewitness News at 6 PM. This weeks theme would be Elvis films.<br /><br />Monday- Follow That Dream (1962), part 1<br />Tuesday- Follow That Dream (1962), part 2<br />Wednesday- Spinout (1966)<br />Thursday- Kid Galahad (1962)<br />Friday- Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)<br /><br /><b>9 WOR Thursday & Friday Thanksgiving Special- King Kong vs. Godzilla Festival</b><br /><br />Back when channel 9 was owned by RKO, they had a tradition of airing monster movies during the holidays, mainly during Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Channel 9 sets this up as King Kong vs Godzilla. As, Mitchell does with his Sullivan vs. Golden Palace recaps, I will list the films that aired and then who I think won.<br /><br /><b> Thursday-King Kong</b><br />12:30 PM - Mighty Joe Young (1949)<br />2:30 PM - King Kong (1933)<br />4:30 PM- Son of Kong (1933)<br /><br /><br /><b> Friday-Godzilla</b><br />12:30PM - Son of Godzilla (1969)<br />1:30 PM - Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (1971)<br />3:00 PM - Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966)<br />4:30 PM - Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)<br /><br />Considering that on Thursday that the classic King Kong with Fay Wray aired and the fact that as a little kid laughed at King Kong, I have to give Kong my vote.<br /><br />There was a special on NBC by Steve Martin (his first) that aired Wednesday. I wonder what ever happened to him. :) Anyways, a Happy belated Thanksgiving to you all.<br />Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08378333389919276031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-23463893949835938482018-11-18T00:05:30.913-05:002018-11-18T00:05:30.913-05:00I was in the audience for 1 of the 2 tapings of &q...I was in the audience for 1 of the 2 tapings of "Lucy Goes to Nashville", which had been taped back in September at the Grand Ole Opry House. I still have a ticket from that night. I remember we were asked before our night's taping began just to laugh riotously (at nothing), and I figured our laughs were being recorded for a "laugh track" for this special. I think our audience (the 2nd night of taping) got the leftovers, as I don't remember Lucy doing much but introducing acts. I remember seeing Barbara Mandrell, whose kids were attending the same school I was that year, singing "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed", but I don't remember anything else I saw performed that night. Maybe if this special is on YouTube I can watch it again & see if I remember seeing any of it live. I do remember audiences were allowed to bring cameras in, since my mom pasted a distant picture in a photo album of Lucy on stage from our seats in the balcony.<br /><br />On your comments on the article on foriegn influence, any tourists wanting to go to Iran had about 2 months left before things fell apart for good there, up to today 40 years later!<br /><br />MARY may be best-known today for a couple of MTM's costars, David Letterman & Michael Keaton. Keaton continued on to be in the cast of the MTM HOUR.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.com