tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post4289339932343902340..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: December 31, 1960Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-628186457558530022018-01-10T16:48:22.599-05:002018-01-10T16:48:22.599-05:00Weren't NBC's "NBC Opera" teleca...Weren't NBC's "NBC Opera" telecasts in the 1950s and 1960s sponsored by Texaco gasoline?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-51224659889493572802018-01-02T11:57:55.172-05:002018-01-02T11:57:55.172-05:00Only the AP chose Oklahoma. Southern Cal was chos...Only the AP chose Oklahoma. Southern Cal was chosen in 1974 by the AFCA Poll since they imposed the "Oklahoma Rule" that year -- teams that are prohibited from television appearances, postseason play, or a lose 17 (FBS) scholarships (20% of the limit, 85) because of NCAA or conference sanctions are ineligible for the AFCA poll. <br /><br />The AFCA Poll is conducted by AFCA member coaches, and at the time was sponsored by United Press International, but is now a Gannett sponsored poll.Bobbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-13954941088886559392018-01-02T11:49:48.291-05:002018-01-02T11:49:48.291-05:00Just One More:
About Faces wasn't a "gam...Just One More:<br /><br /><i>About Faces</i> wasn't a "game show" as such.<br /><br />The template may have been <i>Art Linkletter's House Party</i>: Ben Alexander would introduce people in the audience who'd done various things, or were "secret celebrities" (people who were known for things without being "public figures", such as authors, songwriters, behind-the-scenes people, and the like), or just about anything and everything.<br />Ben Alexander had a long career in all phases of showbiz, and knew almost everybody; this was one reason that Ernie Kovacs used him on <i>Take A Good Look</i>, because he usually had a better shot at knowing who the guest was sight unseen.<br />Tom Kennedy (brother of Jack Narz) was Alexander's announcer/sidekick, on camera more than off; he was the designated pinch-hitter whenever Alexander was unable to do the show. His own career as a gamemaster sprang directly from <i>About Faces</i> (well, he had done host duty a few times before, but <i>Faces</i> gave him on-camera cred).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-33199915219815751052018-01-02T07:43:35.724-05:002018-01-02T07:43:35.724-05:00I don't think THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW would app...I don't think THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW would appreciate your comment...Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-81379898858780616142018-01-02T07:41:14.158-05:002018-01-02T07:41:14.158-05:00The one I know is out there has Tom Kennedy subbin...The one I know is out there has Tom Kennedy subbing for Alexander.Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-25883530774296110922018-01-01T21:06:04.273-05:002018-01-01T21:06:04.273-05:00Editing my previous post for more accuracy, Ben Al...Editing my previous post for more accuracy, Ben Alexander's career included a radio game program similar to Queen For A Day called Heart's Desire in the late 40s. The show About Faces was a reworking of a prime time 50s game called Place The Face. An episode is available on You Tube for those interested. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219594016883284909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-84019361427683416612018-01-01T21:02:30.025-05:002018-01-01T21:02:30.025-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219594016883284909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-23376430640668895302017-12-31T16:18:08.287-05:002017-12-31T16:18:08.287-05:00More classic examples of the polls concluding befo...More classic examples of the polls concluding before the bowl games, the 1970 season. In 1970, the UPI champion was crowned before the bowls, and the AP poll was after the bowls. The UPI chose Texas, which would lose the Cotton Bowl. Nebraska beat LSU in the Orange Bowl and was crowned the AP champion. I think it was around 1975 when the UPI also chose their champion after the bowls. In 1974, the UPI chose Oklahoma, a team on NCAA probation and could not play in a bowl, their national champion. timdub70https://www.blogger.com/profile/09891461198896930029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-66038659857216017952017-12-31T12:58:25.733-05:002017-12-31T12:58:25.733-05:00Follow-up:
While skimming the issue in question, ...Follow-up:<br /><br />While skimming the issue in question, I happened upon the listing for Sunday's <i>Candid Camera</i>.<br />Mention is made of "John L.C. Sivoney", played by comedian Frankie Fontaine.<br />This show was two years before Fontaine joined Jackie Gleason's <i>American Scene Magazine</i> in the fall of '62.<br />Fontaine's "punchy" character had always been named "John L.C. Sivoney", for many years in vaudeville, nightclubs, radio and TV.<br />It was Gleason who redubbed the character "Crazy Guggenham", and added him to the "Joe the Bartender" spots (before that, these had been solo monologs by Gleason).<br />Just so you know ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-42068955739838953592017-12-30T20:55:34.816-05:002017-12-30T20:55:34.816-05:00Wikipedia said that the sale of Ruth to the Yankee...Wikipedia said that the sale of Ruth to the Yankees to financed No, No Nanette is a myth, since it's wasn't produced until 1925. But, that Ruth sale did resaulted in the play the musical is based on, called "My Lady Friends". You can about this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_BambinoUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12502707360040238028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-72655799415355364272017-12-30T14:30:55.518-05:002017-12-30T14:30:55.518-05:00A TV Guide I've got, and already I can add thi...A <i>TV Guide</i> I've got, and already I can add thing or two (or more):<br /><br /> - Nanette Fabray's <i>Westinghouse Playhouse (aka Yes, Yes, Nanette</i> is, in fact a docudrama:<br />The show was created for Fabray by her husband, screenwriter Ranald MacDougall.<br />When they married, a few years before, MacDougall was the divorced father of a couple of teenagers (they change things on TV, you know ...).<br /><br /> - Since you didn't mention it, I wonder if you're aware that Terry Moore (the former Helen Koford) was born and raised a Mormon?<br />Such upbringing might go some ways to explain her possible feelings about multiple marriage (which the LDS Church had long since abandoned, but that's another story ...)<br />Side note: Since I've got the <i>Checkmate</i> DVD set, I think I'll look at that episode.<br />Something to do on a lazy Saturday...<br /><br /> - Friday has a plethora of interesting choices:<br /><br />On ABC, <i>77 Sunset Strip</i> is showing "The Hamlet Caper", although TVG doesn't mention in the listing that the co-writer of this show is actor Everett Sloane (who doesn't appear on-camera here).<br /><br />Later that same evening on CBS, there's the classic <i>Twilight Zone</i>, "Dust". That's the one about the grubby peddler who interferes with a hanging in a poor Southwestern town.<br />... while on NBC, <i>Michael Shayne</i> has an episode called "Man With A Cane", about a wealthy gangster who wants to raise his social standing.<br />Since these two shows are listed side-by-side, you might want to check out the write-ups - purely for fun, of course ...<br /><br />There's quite a bit more this week, but frankly you wasted so much space on all that boring football/parade junk ...<br /> ... anyway, let's see what you've got on Monday.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-87410049545047059522017-12-30T10:07:15.649-05:002017-12-30T10:07:15.649-05:00Dorothy Provine was lovely. She was dating Dwayne...Dorothy Provine was lovely. She was dating Dwayne Hickman at the time, I believe, at the height of DOBIE GILLIS' popularity. One of her best film roles was near the end of her career, in WHO'S MINDING THE MINT?.<br /><br />THE WESTERNER had quite a bit in common with 1967's HONDO; the premise of a man and his dog, more "adult" stories than most westerns, a killer time slot at 8:30 PM ET on Fridays, and a short run but ultimately a solid cult following.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.com