tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post5697571990245649775..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV? Sunday, May 26, 1974Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-84218417482043534852021-08-06T18:56:52.583-04:002021-08-06T18:56:52.583-04:00During the fifteen years ABC did the Indianapolis ...During the fifteen years ABC did the Indianapolis 500 on a same-day tape-delay, the commentators (usually Jim McKay and former Formula 1 driver Jackie Stewart) would call the start, the first few laps, the last few laps, and the finish as they took place.<br /><br />They'd do their call of the middle of the race as the edited tape was being broadcast.Jofushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591730159623555357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-48143138078059933292021-05-27T09:07:03.597-04:002021-05-27T09:07:03.597-04:00"tennis was a very popular pastime in 1974&qu..."tennis was a very popular pastime in 1974"<br /><br />There was even a professional tennis league, World Team Tennis, that began in 1974. WTT had top tennis stars playing in a team format in major arenas around the country. (It lasted until the early 1980s, folded, then re-booted on a smaller scale and still exists today!)RMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094584962671073162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-64270542743467506572021-05-26T19:19:13.119-04:002021-05-26T19:19:13.119-04:00Nah, just took some liberties with that, like Batm...Nah, just took some liberties with that, like Batman's "Guest Villain." I wasn't sure what else to call them, but I wanted something a little more eccentric than "Guest Star"!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-2160196375910895072021-05-25T22:03:00.764-04:002021-05-25T22:03:00.764-04:00Was that really the listing for "Columbo"...Was that really the listing for "Columbo"? "Guest Murderer"?Memo2Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697112440087568681noreply@blogger.com