tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post3834547393427931005..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: February 18, 1961Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-66599107867377686092016-02-28T00:48:13.907-05:002016-02-28T00:48:13.907-05:00When Fabray's sitcom was syndicated (despite o...When Fabray's sitcom was syndicated (despite only airing 26 episodes) it was under the title YES YES NANETTE. During its NBC run, its sponsor insisted on it being known as WESTINGHOUSE PLAYHOUSE.<br />(and Bobby Diamond, who had costarred with Peter Graves on the Saturday morning show FURY, chose appearing in this one rather than becoming one of MY THREE SONS because the studio was closer to his home)Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-34763448014906725362013-02-22T08:06:50.717-05:002013-02-22T08:06:50.717-05:00Great stuff, Mike! I love this kind of detail - k...Great stuff, Mike! I love this kind of detail - keep 'em coming! I may be asking you for more info at some point!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-51321723003727992872013-02-20T13:14:49.232-05:002013-02-20T13:14:49.232-05:00At home, I've got a sizable collection of old ...At home, I've got a sizable collection of old <i>TV Guides</i> dating back to before it was <i>TV Guide</i> (the earlist issues of Chicago's <i>TV Forecast</i> go back to 1948 - two years before I was born).<br /><br />Your featured issue here is one I had to pull out not long ago to settle a couple of friendly disagreements (all right, <i>bets</i>), so I took the opportunity to examine it further.<br /><br />I remember seeing the Jackie Gleason Apology show live, although the family hadn't seen the Game the week before. I was 10 at the time, and it was funnier than any cartoon I could have watched.<br />The family watched the week after: Gleason started out by wondering what he was going to do for the half-hour, when he was joined onstage by a man carrying a chair, who put it down next to Gleason's - and turned out to be Art Carney. The two old friends spent the half-hour trading yarns from their early show days, with Carney showing off his skills as a mimic (FDR and Truman, and several news commentators from the war years). After the live show ended, Gleason informed CBS that this would be what he was going to do for however long they kept him on. (The chimp show you referred to was a few weeeks after that.)<br />At the end of Gleason's run, CBS put on <i>'Way Out</i>, a spook-show running mate for <i>Twilight Zone</i>, hosted by a pre-<i>Willy Wonka</i> Roald Dahl.<br /><br />Another show that aired the week covered by the <i>TV Guide</i> was <i>Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall</i> in its regular Wednesday time slot.<br />The main guest was Anne Bancroft, who at the time was one of Broadway's most notable bachelorettes; the premise of the show was to show her the joys of married life.<br />THe historical signifcance of this was that this show was where Anne Bancroft first met Mel Brooks, who was on Como's writing staff at the time. The two married a few years later, and the rest is history.<br /><br />As ong as I'm here, I'd like to address an item from your post of last week, in regard to the <i>Superman</i> TV series.<br />That 60th anniversary would have been for <i>Superman</i>'s first new York airing - <br /> - but <i>Superman</i> aired in Chicago for the first time back in the previous September, 1952.<br />I've got the <i>TV Forecast</i> to prove it.<br />Why Chicago before the rest of the country?<br />Kellogg's ad agency, Leo Burnett, was headquartered in Chicago; they were in charge of syndication placement for the series, and gave first look to the old home town.<br /><br />Any time I can add on to a blog like this, I always seize the opportunity.<br />Consider yourself warned.Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.com