tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post2351509354126437577..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: August 20, 1966Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-77893787941907943822018-08-21T22:31:13.509-04:002018-08-21T22:31:13.509-04:00Buffalo's ABC affiliate WKBW-TV frequently pre...Buffalo's ABC affiliate WKBW-TV frequently pre-empted the network's schedule to cover Bills' exhibition games in August. David Imrienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-74850143023149616842018-08-21T22:27:28.892-04:002018-08-21T22:27:28.892-04:00As above, plus Saskatchewan's Roughriders (one...As above, plus Saskatchewan's Roughriders (one word) were named for the area's rodeo riders and association with the Canadian Prairies. Ottawa's "Rough Riders" were named for the "Rough Rider" loggers in the Ottawa River. Those two teams would meet for Grey Cups again in 1969 and 1976, with Ottawa winning both games. Ottawa's team folded in 1996, but have since been revived as the "Redblacks".David Imrienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-61027566124558726232018-08-20T11:25:20.891-04:002018-08-20T11:25:20.891-04:00Message received - after I got home …
Not sure i...Message received - <i>after</i> I got home … <br /><br />Not sure if I could have followed through, in any event.<br />As I might have mentioned, this is a <b><i>BIG</i></b> book.<br />The basic text alone is 550 pages; the source notes, bibliography, and index bring the full count to over 700 pp.<br />Cover price: $29.99 (Illinois sales tax put it over $31).<br />Also, since I haven't got a home address for you, <i>that</i> aspect becomes problematical.<br />Maybe you should just wait a year for the paperback … <br /><br /><br />It was quite interesting to hear MAC and Dr. Schwartz holding forth on the prodigious research that went into <i>Scarface an the Untouchable</i>, which came to about six years of work (working around other professional commitments) - and which isn't finished yet: They've sold a followup about Eliot Ness's stint as Cleveland's Director of Public Safety, which is slated to drop in about 2020, if the fates are kind.<br /><br />Oh, here's a Fun Fact: throughout the book, one of the important figures is always called Frank <b>Nitto</b>, which was that gentleman's birth and use name his entire life (How he came to be 'Nitti' is a story in itself).<br /> <br />Anyway, the day went well; Max and Barb have a lot of friends in Chicagoland, who turned out in force to celebrate them and their works - and I was proud to be one of them.<br /> Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-61341852852943611842018-08-19T10:26:50.572-04:002018-08-19T10:26:50.572-04:00Hey, if you can get me a signed copy of that book,...Hey, if you can get me a signed copy of that book, I'll swap it for a signed copy of my book when it comes out next month!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-23493115805296396342018-08-19T09:58:54.449-04:002018-08-19T09:58:54.449-04:00It was also the result of the CFL's Eastern an...It was also the result of the CFL's Eastern and Western conferences having been technically separate leagues until 1958. At this time there was only very limited interconference play and the two conferences played a different number of regular season games.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-22098465339732577982018-08-19T04:54:30.542-04:002018-08-19T04:54:30.542-04:00Yes, we definitely need a Batman '66 right now...Yes, we definitely need a Batman '66 right now, especially when there is a comic book villain occupying the office of the presidency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-78958238707330880852018-08-18T13:20:52.589-04:002018-08-18T13:20:52.589-04:00Priorities are everything:
Your mention (however ...Priorities are everything:<br /><br />Your mention (however in passing) of Eliot Ness compels my mentioning of what I'm going to be doing tomorrow (Sunday, the 19th).<br /><br />My friend Max Allan Collins will be doing a book-signing at Centuries & Sleuths, a little bookstore in Forest Park, IL (7419 Madison Street, west of Harlem Avenue).<br /> The new book is called <i>Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle For Chicago</i>, which MAC co-authored with A. Brad Schwartz.<br /> This may be the most extensively researched work on this subject, ever.<br /> MAC undertook this work because much of what's been written about the period tends to dismiss Eliot Ness's role in the overall story - depicting him as a creature of publicity, among other things.<br /> MAC and Dr. Schwartz have done this book to redress the imbalance.<br />Most of the advance reviews appear to recognize this.<br /> Anyway, I'm going in on Sunday to but the book at C&S, because Augie Aleksy, who runs the place, deserves the business (and the money), and I haven't seen Max and Barb (who just marked their 50th wedding anniversary) in far too long.<br /> (I also have a draywagon of their recent books that I haven't gotten their autographs on, and that might take most of the day …)<br /> So anyway, there goes Sunday.<br /> <br /> I happen to have this issue (Chicago edition) on hand; that's for later on.<br />'Til then … <br />Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-68617374497350548142018-08-18T12:08:22.781-04:002018-08-18T12:08:22.781-04:00Great insight into this Guide, Mitchell. Always g...Great insight into this Guide, Mitchell. Always glad to provide an upstate NY-Ontario, Canada perspective to the blog! Roughriders (green-Saskatchewan) vs Rough Riders (red-Ottawa)---one named for Western Canada the other for Teddy Roosevelt's regiment in the Spanish-American War.JD Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882261865750361495noreply@blogger.com