tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post6161818449931703662..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: February 4, 1956Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-77530969211699183122016-09-06T03:12:34.173-04:002016-09-06T03:12:34.173-04:00Gobel and his manager, a Mr. O'Malley, put som...Gobel and his manager, a Mr. O'Malley, put some of that income into an entity called Gomalco Productions...the co-producer of LEAVE IT TO BEAVERPaul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-19707845064787868762016-02-09T18:18:10.205-05:002016-02-09T18:18:10.205-05:00It is very true that Amon Carter did not care if W...It is very true that Amon Carter did not care if WBAP-TV was seen in Dallas or not. He consider Channel 5 a Fort Worth station and nothing else. NBC thought otherwise!! Most folks don't remember that WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas carried some NBC programming in the early 1950's because of that fact. <br /><br />Amon Carter hated Dallas so much - the story goes that whenever he had to do business in Dallas, he would carry a sack lunch in order not to spend any money in the city at all!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-64622525836666120252016-02-09T18:04:30.397-05:002016-02-09T18:04:30.397-05:00"THE 20TH CENTURY-FOX HOUR" was primaril..."THE 20TH CENTURY-FOX HOUR" was primarily sponsored by General Electric....which also sponsored Ronald Reagan's "GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER". When the series went into syndication (as "THE HOUR OF STARS"), Joseph Cotten's [and, during the second season, Robert Sterling's] opening and closing remarks were eliminated.bgraumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481033911573623806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-66332883547533330712016-02-09T17:59:30.144-05:002016-02-09T17:59:30.144-05:00"Forever Darling" was NOT a success at t..."Forever Darling" was NOT a success at the box office- and was Lucy and Desi's final co-starring feature film. Instead, they concentrated on their hour-long specials (beginning in the fall of 1957), while Desi took on more responsibility overseeing an expanded Desilu production base [especially after he bought RKO's studio facilities in September 1957]...which was one of the factors that led to their divorce in 1960.bgraumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481033911573623806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-74424347582483923862016-02-09T17:53:05.823-05:002016-02-09T17:53:05.823-05:00Because NBC decided to challenge Ed Sullivan with ...Because NBC decided to challenge Ed Sullivan with Steve Allen's prime-time variety show at the end of June (replacing "THE NBC COMEDY HOUR"), Walter Winchell's variety show [alternately sponsored by Lorillard's Old Gold cigarettes and The Toni Company] was finally scheduled on Friday nights at 8:30pm(et) in the fall of '56. It lasted 13 weeks.bgraumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481033911573623806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-38632306743183900672016-02-09T17:52:25.923-05:002016-02-09T17:52:25.923-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.bgraumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481033911573623806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-49102862331752932272016-02-09T17:48:46.160-05:002016-02-09T17:48:46.160-05:00Elvis was so upset on hearing about Judy's dea...Elvis was so upset on hearing about Judy's death, he NEVER saw "Jailhouse Rock", for the rest of his life.bgraumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481033911573623806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-13696929774560343062016-02-09T13:39:01.352-05:002016-02-09T13:39:01.352-05:00Actually Judy Tyler filmed Jailhouse Rock after th...Actually Judy Tyler filmed Jailhouse Rock after the Mason episode; filming was from May 13 to June 14, 1957. She and her new husband had traveled to Hollywood via car for multiple acting roles: I believe Jailhouse Rock was the last of these, wrapping less than 3 weeks before her fatal accident.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-27748353164109579882016-02-07T14:51:14.601-05:002016-02-07T14:51:14.601-05:00I have a couple of items here ...
- Judy Tyler:
...I have a couple of items here ...<br /><br /> - Judy Tyler:<br /><br />If you've got your first-season <i>Perry Mason</i> DVDs at hand, check out "The Case Of The Fan-Dancer's Horse", the 15th broadcast episode.<br />According to the big <i>Mason</i> book I mentioned a few weeks back, this was the first episode to be filmed for the regular production season, in April of 1957 - and was therefore most likely the last acting role taken by Judy Tyler, whose fatal car crash was in July.<br />" ... Fan-Dancer's Horse" aired on December 28th, as the 15th episode (as noted above). This was only two weeks after the airing of "TCOT Moth-Eaten Mink", the <i>Mason</i> pilot, which had been filmed more than a year before its broadcast.<br />The wonderful days when every episode was a "standalone" ...<br /><br /> - <i>Omnibus</i>:<br /><br /> Here's how this episode is written up in my Chicago edition, verbatim(italics mine):<br /><br /> <b> ...Noted Boston attorney Joseph Welch, <i>who gained national prominence as Army counsel in the Army-McCarthy hearings</i>, wrote the script with the assistance of (historian) Richard Hofstadter ...<br /> ... Mr. Welch himself appears on the telecast as narrator ...</b><br /><br />My understanding was that TV GUIDE's local editors were responsible for the program logs, so the elimination of the italicized portion from the local edition you're using was made at that level.<br />Several years later, when Joseph Welch became a 'star' in the movie <i>Anatomy Of A Murder</i>, and scored a TV hosting gig on <i>The Dow Hour Of Great Mysteries</i>, TV GUIDE did a full-scale feature interview with him. In that interview, Welch mentioned that he and his Boston law partners were "... all Republicans, you know ..."<br /> ... and you can draw whatever conclusion you like from that ...<br /><br /> - Yana, the British singer who's on with Bob Hope this week, apparently had a major reputation over there, not dissimilar to Judy Tyler's over here.<br />Of course, if you'd like to bring in what we've learned about Bob Hope's extracurricular activities in recent times ...<br /> ... or not ...<br /><br />- In the Teletype, I'm surprised you didn't note the item about "... FRANK CAPRA'S long-aborning documentary film series for American Telephone & Telegraph ..."<br />Didn't all of us of a Certain Age get to see all of these films in school, after they'd had their network runs?<br />I wonder if they're still running after all these years ...<br />I think I'll check to see if they're out on DVD.<br /><br /> 'Til Monday ...Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-25085156048695903632016-02-07T05:33:01.608-05:002016-02-07T05:33:01.608-05:00Thanks for posting this. I've lived in the DF...Thanks for posting this. I've lived in the DFW market for more than 25 years now, and I've been watching these stations for even longer, as they were carried over cable in Waco, where I attended college. I've read that the original owner of WBAP-TV, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram publisher Amon G. Carter, hated Dallas so much that he didn't care if viewers in Dallas could see his station or not. NBC did care, however, and threatened to pull his NBC affiliation if he didn't boost his station's power enough to reach Dallas and its suburbs. WBAP-TV was a pioneer in color broadcasting in the area, starting local color programming in 1954. It's local news bulletins on Nov. 22, 1963, for NBC were in color for the first 2 hours following the JFK Assassination, but NBC asked WBAP to switch to B&W, as the color updates were making NBC's B&W network coverage look bad in comparison.<br />Just a couple corrections: It was Desi Arnaz on tv that week, though it's often pronounced on tv as "Arnez", and Lincoln was shot on Good Friday 1865, as Good Friday 1965 was still 9 years away, so I hope Robert Montgomery Presents' episode was called "Good Friday, 1865". I once taped that exact I've Got a Secret episode when it was rerun on a local station on Labor Day 1993, and it was fascinating. Mr. Seymour just lived a couple months longer, but fortunately he was around long enough to make his own mark in tv history.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-27862032918411309432016-02-07T05:32:52.672-05:002016-02-07T05:32:52.672-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.com