tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post2613307955081216424..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: March 8, 1980Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-82986393112760908672021-03-08T18:26:54.896-05:002021-03-08T18:26:54.896-05:00Thanks for asking--I wish I'd had more room to...Thanks for asking--I wish I'd had more room to get into it on Saturday. Basically, he wanted to see the candidates debate each other directly, without moderators or questioners, and allowing them to question each other. He thought that in each debate, a certain amount of time should be devoted to various topics--for example, 15 minutes on foreign policy, 15 minutes on arms control, 15 minutes on the Middle East, etc.<br /><br />He was particularly critical of the format that existed then and still exists today: "With that kind of format, all that the television debate indicates is how a President will handle press conferences." The format demands their answers are reduced to a "brief, and frankly, almost vapid way."<br /><br />It's hard to argue with that.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-13136445060345060012021-03-06T19:24:29.014-05:002021-03-06T19:24:29.014-05:00I have the vaguest of memories of 'When the Wh...I have the vaguest of memories of 'When the Whistle Blows'. The guy in the t-shirt that says 'Hunk'(that was his name on the show) was Tim Rossovitch, a former NFL player who died last year. I was 6 when this show was on, and probably only watched because it was on at 8, with a bedtime of about 8:30.oneillb454@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871027852560385711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-16229417977664016732021-03-06T16:37:19.757-05:002021-03-06T16:37:19.757-05:00What was Richard Nixon's new approach to presi...What was Richard Nixon's new approach to presidential debates?Memo2Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697112440087568681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-10266575248053369602021-03-06T15:41:25.236-05:002021-03-06T15:41:25.236-05:00Robert Wagner, who worked with Astaire on IT TAKES...Robert Wagner, who worked with Astaire on IT TAKES A THIEF, said of him during an episode of HART TO HART "He doesn't just run into his closet and come out looking that way"<br /><br />Paul Duca<br /><br />tomservo56954https://www.blogger.com/profile/16574973421722288825noreply@blogger.com