tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post2352322320762904152..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV? Tuesday, August 10, 1965Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-23126850644804624492021-08-11T20:03:32.589-04:002021-08-11T20:03:32.589-04:00Theme weeks are great, aren't they?Theme weeks are great, aren't they?Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-56563868076837255312021-08-11T20:03:06.156-04:002021-08-11T20:03:06.156-04:00Thank you, sir--fixed. And educational as always!Thank you, sir--fixed. And educational as always!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-49529206622042006922021-08-11T19:57:43.550-04:002021-08-11T19:57:43.550-04:00Thank you, Steve! I really apprecite that!Thank you, Steve! I really apprecite that!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-47918018348631219732021-08-11T10:30:14.127-04:002021-08-11T10:30:14.127-04:00Guest Steve Alaino on "Where The Action Is&qu...Guest Steve Alaino on "Where The Action Is" has a distinct Billboard Singles Chart record. He had more hits on the hot 100 (9) without any of them hitting the top 40.<br /><br />Thank you so much for this blog/column. It is one of the highlights of my week!<br /><br />SteveSteve and his stuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13988907926373130320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-80965324305959010262021-08-09T17:04:00.048-04:002021-08-09T17:04:00.048-04:00Well, I don't have this issue ... but I do rem...Well, I don't have this issue ... but I <i>do</i> remember this week.<br />The summer of '65 was right after my freshman year of Oak Lawn Community High School.<br />Having no outdoor inclinations of any sort, I stayed home and watched daytime game shows.<br /><br />As noted, this week <i>You Don't Say</i> featured Drs. Joyce Brothers and Frank Baxter, who plainly were having a ball.<br />Dr. Baxter in particular was in his element, displaying what his colleagues knew was a proclivity for puns and wordplay, which served him well in the playing of the game.<br /><i>You Don't Say!</i> began with the celebs giving a clue to their own names: <br />"People put their money in the _____ "<br />"Mattress?"<br />" No - <i>Bank!</i> I'm Dr. Bank Fraxter!"<br />Summer Phunne!<br /><br />And right after that:<br /><i>The Match Game</i> (the old, clean version) did Game Show Week, with Bill Leyden and Art James doing panel duty for Gene Rayburn.<br />Rayburn was a frequent guest on <i>Call My Bluff</i>, where he and Leyden would regularly rag on each other; on one of this week's shows, Rayburn switched places with Art James taking over as host, and Bill and Gene running amok.<br />The civilian contestants seemed to be having fun with it all ...<br /><br />Elsewhere:<br />Today the bicycle brought to KSTP (ch5) Lloyd Thaxton's dance party, which I must have seen the previous week in Chicago.<br />This is one I wish I had a copy of - check the guests and you'll know why:<br />Where else were you going to see the Dave Brubeck Quartet and Peter, Paul, and Mary - <i>performing together?</i><br />Between numbers, Lloyd had a nice chat-up with Dave Brubeck and Peter Yarrow, talking up the possibilities of Jazz and Folk (would they call it Fazz - or Jolk?).<br />Thaxton's regular teen clientele seemed to get a kick out of the performance (demographics didn't exist back then).<br />I can't find this particular Thaxton show on YouTube; if anyone knows where it can be found, by all means correct me ...<br /><br />By the bye, in case no one else notices:<br />Your listing for KMSP (ch9) has a hole in it:<br /><i>Peyton Place</i> should be at 8:30, and <i>The Fugitive</i> should be at 9:00.<br />(I'm fairly certain that Walter Brennan didn't do a two-hour <i>Tycoon</i> that night ...)Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-81507922251935570062021-08-09T09:23:19.028-04:002021-08-09T09:23:19.028-04:00THE MATCH GAME also had a matchup of similar guest...THE MATCH GAME also had a matchup of similar guest stars: game show hosts Bill Leyden (then of CALL MY BLUFF) and Art James (between SAY WHEN! and FRACTURED PHRASES).Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.com