tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post4535087623249463124..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV? Sunday, November 10, 1968Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-46169386880154340052019-11-18T22:56:17.962-05:002019-11-18T22:56:17.962-05:00I just remembered that on MTM SHOW, WJM-TV had MMt...I just remembered that on MTM SHOW, WJM-TV had MMtC on its schedule (as an in-joke as co-creator Allan Burns also co-created MMtC). It really was rerun in the Twin Cities, for awhile anyway, just not on WJM-TV.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-24214130983453150302019-11-13T03:26:35.563-05:002019-11-13T03:26:35.563-05:00You're not the only one who saw a connection b...You're not the only one who saw a connection between the My Mother the Car rerun and the LSD documentary. I've often thought the fact the former show made it onto NBC's schedule was proof there was a lot of acid going around the TV industry in 1965.Lawman592https://www.blogger.com/profile/05592066534913945982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-33517374338123629022019-11-12T21:18:33.783-05:002019-11-12T21:18:33.783-05:00On my Richard Vernadeau channel on YouTube I have ...On my Richard Vernadeau channel on YouTube I have a series called 1960s Channel Hopping where you can vicariously relive some of what aired back int he good old days...Rich Vernadeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17230894861764258341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-21271531432146141902019-11-12T15:03:03.640-05:002019-11-12T15:03:03.640-05:00I noticed the NYC-Centricity of Carson's show ...I noticed the NYC-Centricity of Carson's show when I watched the New Year's Eve show 12/31/65-1/1/66. John Lindsey was about to be sworn in as NYC's new mayor in the morning, and labor leader Mike Quill was planning to start a transit strike the same day. A good part of the monologue was about their projected fight, and Carson even showed some silent film to satirize the conflict. I read that the strike went on for a couple weeks at least, and Quill died later that same month, why I don't recall.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-23085193308446901622019-11-11T18:58:16.870-05:002019-11-11T18:58:16.870-05:00Here & There (& Beyond …):
- Noting that...Here & There (& Beyond …):<br /><br /> - Noting that <i>Face The Nation</i> is covering a teachers union strike in New York City, showing the NYcentricity of the Networks, even as late as '68.<br />Most of the working comedians of that era were based in Manhattan, as was Johnny Carson's show (even though they were spending the sweeps in Hollywood that week).<br />I'm old enough to remember that NYC's political figures were regularly featured in Carson's monologues - among them the boss of the teachers union, a belligerent man named Albert Shanker …<br /> ... and if you remember <i>that</i> name, you're old enough to remember when Woody Allen was actually somewhat popular … <br /><br /> - Since (as usual) you neglected to include details of dramatic episodes, I'll mention here that this week's <i>Mission: Impossible</i> is one of their classics: "The Execution", wherein the IMF has to convince a mob hit man that he's going to the gas chamber in a couple of hours (after having lost all memory of the previous several years) - unless of course he rats out the Big Boss.<br />As an incentive, they make him watch as Martin Landau gets the full-dress gas job.<br />Never let it be said that good old Marty didn't give his all for his art …<br /><br /> - Ed Sullivan doesn't have Topo Gigio on tonight, but this seems to be as good a place as any to note that Maria Perego, TG's creator, just passed away in Italy, aged 95.<br />From the obit, I gather that Topo Gigio was always popular in his native land, and that Sra. Perego was planning new projects for him (including a feature film) right up to the end.<br /><br /> - I probably should have put these up in the previous post, but What The Hey:<br /> - Friday's <i>Gomer Pyle</i> has a story about a foreign actress who wants to marry an American so she won't be deported.<br />You might want to check the listing to see who's playing the foreign actress … <br /><br /> - And as long as I'm making you check listings, look at Tuesday's <i>NYPD</i>, about Jack Warden and Robert Hooks investigating the shooting of a bigoted white Southerner, with the more-or-less expected results.<br />Once again, I call your attention to the cast list (and yes, I really want you to look this up - purely for your own edification, of course …).Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-54720531590168896962019-11-11T10:00:55.459-05:002019-11-11T10:00:55.459-05:00Hmm...KSTP has a MY MOTHER THE CAR rerun followed ...Hmm...KSTP has a MY MOTHER THE CAR rerun followed by a documentary on LSD. There has to be a joke there somewhere.<br /><br />I'd love to see a BEAUTIFUL PHYLLIS DILLER SHOW someday. It has to exist in a warehouse somewhere.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure "Lad: a Dog" (from KMSP) became the featured sheepdog a few years later on PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES.<br />Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.com