tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post4448971623628611406..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: August 10, 1963Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-2010298880407840042023-07-20T07:26:36.971-04:002023-07-20T07:26:36.971-04:00CBS had three summer replacements on Tuesday night...CBS had three summer replacements on Tuesday nights in 1963. Red Skelton's was a revival of "Talent Scouts" with Merv Griffin as host; Jack Benny's was "Picture This," a game show with Jerry Van Dyke as host (I think this was his first series and, perhaps thankfully, his last game-show hosting job); and, as mentioned, Garry Moore's was Keefe Brasselle. Fast forward a year: Benny and Moore have been given their walking papers by Jim Aubrey. Benny would go back to NBC, which had lost him to CBS in 1949, and do one more season of weekly shows before concentrating on specials for the rest of his life. Moore would also give up "I've Got a Secret" and be replaced by Steve Allen. Moore would make a disastrous comeback attempt in 1966 and be replaced by the Smothers Brothers. However, he would do one more show for which most of us who were born in the 1950s and '60s remember him: the syndicated version of "To Tell the Truth" (1969-77).Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00292908344117998210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-4534075173761916712018-08-18T10:48:06.749-04:002018-08-18T10:48:06.749-04:00The Jetsons episode was centered around the filmin...The Jetsons episode was centered around the filming of an episode of "Naked Planet", a very popular TV cop show in 2062.Dave Bauman https://www.blogger.com/profile/07798947163542045324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-90935351898693281332018-08-18T09:11:54.251-04:002018-08-18T09:11:54.251-04:00"...at least against one side of the politica..."...at least against one side of the political aisle." The myth of the "liberal" media is like crack to the radical right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-83814444316403591182018-08-18T00:57:40.831-04:002018-08-18T00:57:40.831-04:00There was the one night in 1967 at the end of What...There was the one night in 1967 at the end of What's My Line's run when Morgan, appearing as a guest panelist, rudely interrupted Bennett Cerf's usually lengthy intro of moderator John Daly, causing a rather uncomfortable atmosphere over that night's program. The guy could be a royal pain at times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-88139669554281930432018-08-12T19:58:24.740-04:002018-08-12T19:58:24.740-04:00Thanks for the info on the correct show replacemen...Thanks for the info on the correct show replacement and on <br />Brasselle. Henry Bushkin's book "Johnny Carson" had a story about how Brasselle had thugs beat up Carson when he thought Carson had told too many (One may have been too many for him.) Brasselle jokes.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-66091784727579170942018-08-11T22:27:46.641-04:002018-08-11T22:27:46.641-04:00Keefe Brasselle was the summer replacement for Gar...Keefe Brasselle was the summer replacement for Garry Moore's show, placed there by Brasselle's patron, Jim Aubrey.<br /> Aubrey and Moore didn't care for each other at all; the following season, Aubrey personally told Moore that his show was cancelled, while making the infamous sweetheart deal with Brasselle for a bunch of series that were sold without pilots. This in its turn led to the breach between Garry Moore and CBS that went untended until Aubrey lost his CBS berth.<br /> Jeff Kisseloff's book tells Greg Garrison's tale of how Brasselle tried to set up a hit of Garrison - and how Rocky Graziano stepped in to save Garrison's life (the exact quotes about Brasselle by Graziano cannot be reproduced here).<br /> <br /> More later … Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-69185023437151893812018-08-11T18:30:33.631-04:002018-08-11T18:30:33.631-04:00Henry Morgan provokes complicated feelings. There ...Henry Morgan provokes complicated feelings. There are several stories of how he could be difficult to work with and outright stubborn, and in later years he really seemed to turn inside himself (look up his 1982 appearance on David Letterman's program, which is just plain difficult to watch; there's a reason they never asked him back). But when he was in his element, he was something else entirely. The Monitor Beacon website has three hours of him hosting "Monitor" in late February 1967, and all three hours (with the exception of Morgan eagerly seconding an incredibly nasty, misogynistic Al Capp commentary) are just plain great listening, with Morgan's great voice and smooth, confident delivery.<br /><br />Regarding the AV Club, many of us who were long-timers there attribute its present sad state to its acquisition by Kinja (an event often called the Kinjaocalypse). Once that happened, it went from the quirky but often insightful and incisive popular-media site we read and enjoyed, into something that's often indistinguishable from other (and more overtly political) Kinja sites. Granted, there could sometimes be a political subthread to content on the older AV Club, but it seemed more in scale, not overwhelming the way it is now. I don't remember the last time I visited the AV Club, and I can't bear to because it breaks my heart, especially after all the years I hung out there and all the great discussions I read and took part in. They paved Paradise, etc., etc.Jodie Peelerhttp://www.garrowayatlarge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-45154973161111619112018-08-11T18:08:09.730-04:002018-08-11T18:08:09.730-04:00Henry Morgan came across as so obnoxious on his ap...Henry Morgan came across as so obnoxious on his appearance in the 1st 2 weeks of LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN that it appeared his appearance was cut short after a commercial break. Of course he didn't get along as badly w/ Letterman as did Madonna & Cher in later years.<br /><br />I agree w/ what you said about AV Club shilling for left-wing causes. For the most part I enjoyed its reviews of TWILIGHT ZONE (2 per week alternating between Van der Wurff and Zack Handlen until Van der Wurff left AVC somewhere during the later season reviews) that I signed up for its daily newsletter, but I got sick of its shilling after awhile and finally had to unsubscribe when some writer for the page trashed JAY LENO'S GARAGE for reasons that I certainly thought were more or less Marxist.<br /><br />Phil Silvers & Polly Bergen were seen talking to their real-life spouses Evelyn & agent Freddie Fields. I remember seeing a TVG article previewing this special at the time when it was first made.<br /><br />Keefe Brasselle's show must've been the summer replacement for THE RED SKELTON SHOW, judging by its Tuesday night airing. Red seemed to become the new Mr. Tuesday Night after Milton Berle's show faded.<br /><br />I wonder what happened to that Mr. Eastwood guy too. ;)<br />Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.com