tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post5009525754467720412..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: August 3, 1963Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-51209077248054296692017-09-13T00:46:04.049-04:002017-09-13T00:46:04.049-04:00And the only reason that didn't happen is NBC&...And the only reason that didn't happen is NBC's price for another season was for Hiken (and Proctor & Gamble) to give half ownership to the network. Nat said eff it.Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-58910143469385060092017-08-11T15:54:46.786-04:002017-08-11T15:54:46.786-04:00I suspect that KTVI (along with New York's WPI...I suspect that KTVI (along with New York's WPIX) was one of the few stations other than owned by Westinghouse that carried Steve Allen's 1962-64 syndicated talk/variety show in late night.<br /><br />Most stations supposedly ran it in late afternoon as a lead-in to early-evening local news.<br /><br />It's been said that David Letterman was a fan, and that as a teenager, he rushed home from school and quickly finished his homework so he could see a late-afternoon broadcast of the show over an Indianapolis TV station.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-1618074793170722662017-08-08T23:53:29.339-04:002017-08-08T23:53:29.339-04:00Lewis' New York based show had stage actors gu...Lewis' New York based show had stage actors guest regularly...Pollard created the role of Hugo Peabody in BYE BYE BIRDIE (interestingly, he didn't sing--the movie had Hugo do so because Bobby Rydell played the part). Jerry Orbach appeared on another episode.Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-12272560923923273502017-08-06T12:57:46.400-04:002017-08-06T12:57:46.400-04:00Jon H and J.R.:
You might want to drop by David H...Jon H and J.R.:<br /><br />You might want to drop by David Hofstede's <i>Comfort TV</i> where you can find a post about Brooke Bundy's somewhat extensive TV career.<br />( ... and David missed a few of the better ones ...)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-75931677925945851362017-08-06T12:55:15.962-04:002017-08-06T12:55:15.962-04:00Al Lewis and Fred Gwynne were old friends from the...Al Lewis and Fred Gwynne were old friends from the stage, long before they joined Nat Hiken's repertory back in the <i>Bilko</i> days.<br />So was Joe E. Ross, comes to that, but unlike Lewis and Gwynne, he was a burlesque comic with no real acting experience at all.<br />On <i>Car 54</i>, his behavior was so wildly inappropriate that his dismissal was more a matter of "when" than "if".<br />Anyway, Lewis and Gwynne had more than a decade's friendship before Universal TV came up with <i>The Munsters</i>, so there too ...<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-78757116655541608712017-08-06T11:08:22.551-04:002017-08-06T11:08:22.551-04:00Well, the cable network Decades is currently runni...Well, the cable network Decades is currently running a weekend binge of Alfred Hitchcock Hour, but unfortunately they began with Season 2, so no chance to catch "Captive Audience" this go round.RJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06282134839806055820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-65115909979706242422017-08-06T11:02:12.201-04:002017-08-06T11:02:12.201-04:00If that's true, about firing Ross and teaming ...If that's true, about firing Ross and teaming up Lewis & Gwynne, Nat was just a little bit ahead of his time. I may not have drawn this distinction, when I was a little kid watching "The Munsters" but on repeat viewings, as I got older, I REALLY appreciated the comic timing that Lewis & Gwynne had. They're, in my mind, an under appreciated and underrated comedy duo. RJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06282134839806055820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-5464345255634137452017-08-05T23:43:08.000-04:002017-08-05T23:43:08.000-04:00Brooke Bundy played Victor Buono's assistant G...Brooke Bundy played Victor Buono's assistant Gundi on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode "Cyborg," which aired 17 October 1965.J.R. Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342024311554833973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-67642520451148196422017-08-05T22:55:51.719-04:002017-08-05T22:55:51.719-04:00I can only remember seeing Brooke Bundy in the bac...I can only remember seeing Brooke Bundy in the backdoor pilot "Kelly's Kids" from the last season of THE BRADY BUNCH, but I understand that she also had a recurring part as a student in the 1960s drama MR. NOVAK.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-65950405004646413792017-08-05T20:02:23.990-04:002017-08-05T20:02:23.990-04:00Had a nice day today: I went to something called t...Had a nice day today: I went to something called the Flashback Weekend, a nostalgia gathering aimed at horror/SF/fantasy buffs, featuring genre stars selling autographs.<br />Generally, I'm about a generation or three removed from this; however, I did manage to meet, shake hands with, and secure an autographed photo from one of my early crushes, Brooke Bundy.<br />Listen, you take 'em where you can get 'em ...<br /><br /> - You know what's the difference between "acting host" and "guest host"?<br />Nothing. Nothing at all.<br />Just two ways of saying the same thing.<br />Maybe the <i>TV Guide</i> log writer was bored that week ...<br /> ... or maybe you're just over-thinking the whole thing ...<br /><br /> - <i>The Steve Allen Show</i> was in syndication this year, so for all you know, Steve could well have been taking the week off.<br />Here in Chicago, Steve was carried by Channel 7, the ABC o&o, <i>six</i> nights a week, Monday through Saturday. At least one show a week was a rerun from some while back; indeed, given that this was summer, it's possible that all this week's show were "blasts from the past" (just guessing here; don't know for certain).<br />Besides, these are the days of the syndie bicycle; most likely, we in Chicago got this <i>Allen</i> show a week or two before it ran in St. Louis ... <br /><br /> - Among the lame-duck shows running out their respective strings before cancellation:<br /><i>Car 54, Where Are You?</i> after only two seasons.<br />In Sunday's rerun, two Soviet officials are sent to expose American exploitation of its working class; they get stuck with Toody and Muldoon, and hilarity ensues ...<br />One of the Russkies is played by Jules Munshin, a Broadway and nightclub star who never quite broke through into movies and TV (Remember <i>On The Town</i>, with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra? Jules Munshin was The Other One.).<br />The Soviet Ambassador - that was Gerald Hiken, the cousin of <i>Car 54</i>'s creator-peoducer Nat Hiken.<br />Gerald Hiken was taking time off from his recurring role as Katz the Butcher, the 53rd Precinct's resident meat marketeer (and this is not an isolated example, from this or many other shows of this period).<br /><br /> - Still on <i>Car 54</i>:<br />Did you know that if the show had been picked up for Season 3, Nat Hiken was going to fire Joe E. Ross and put Al Lewis in the squad car alongside Fred Gwynne?<br />According to several books I've read recently (with an assist from Kliph Nesteroff's blog), Ross had become so impossible on the set that Nat Hiken was about to give up altogether.<br />How would Muldoon and Schnauser have worked out as partners? NBC made it moot when they dropped <i>Car 54</i>, so there too.<br /><br />I may be back with more tomorrow (can you stand the suspense?).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.com