tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post7323399529048967586..comments2024-03-17T18:19:49.076-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: May 17, 1958Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-13971801608048772322021-05-20T22:47:25.481-04:002021-05-20T22:47:25.481-04:00Funny; I always thought NBC stood for "Nothin...Funny; I always thought NBC stood for "Nothing But Commercials." Guess I've been conditioned by watching too many Indycar races.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-58466107363796949752021-05-20T22:46:35.405-04:002021-05-20T22:46:35.405-04:00P.S. I usually make corrections when someone point...P.S. I usually make corrections when someone points out an obvious error, but your writeup of Charles Vidor was so good, I didn't want people to wonder what you were talking about!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-25870072033540951182021-05-20T22:44:35.372-04:002021-05-20T22:44:35.372-04:00You're right, of course. Can't remember wh...You're right, of course. Can't remember whose fault it was, and I'm not going to look it up again in the issue. I'm almost certain I typed what I thought and not what I saw. Thanks!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-38787897385812430252021-05-20T22:43:38.094-04:002021-05-20T22:43:38.094-04:00Hey! Wondering where you'd been--glad to see y...Hey! Wondering where you'd been--glad to see you're safe and sound! I loved that Douglas Edwards article; wished I'd had room for it. Perhaps in two or three years when I do an encore version of this writeup, I'll add it in.<br /><br />By the way, I laugh at how some of the listings from back in this day refer to him as "Doug Edwards"--getting a little informal, aren't we?Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-81205774009319687782021-05-18T11:40:48.748-04:002021-05-18T11:40:48.748-04:00Sophie Tucker was billed as "Last of the Red ...Sophie Tucker was billed as "Last of the Red Hot Mamas" and not "Last of the Red Hot Lovers." Last of the Red Hot Lovers is a comedy by Neil Simon and it has nothing to do with Miss Tucker.JSowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861951820274833865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-33332376513046684262021-05-16T17:33:03.250-04:002021-05-16T17:33:03.250-04:00Hi there!
It's been a while, and I'm out o...Hi there!<br />It's been a while, and I'm out of practice, so bear with me ...<br /><br /> - Here are some bits 'n' pieces from the listings from the Chicago edition that caught my eye:<br /> - On <b>Saturday</b>, <i>Have Gun, Will Travel</i> features June Lockhart in her second appearance as a Lady Doctor in the West; she was still a season away from the <i>Lassie</i> gig, but that's another story ...<br /> Anyway, I'd suggest that you look up the listing for this episode, and give us your reaction to it (no spoilers here, I want to be sure you really read it).<br /><br /> - On <b>Monday</b>, <i>Bingo At Home</i>, which Channel 5 (NBC) launched at half past noon, has Mike Douglas as host-singer-number caller, with a girl singer, jazz quintet, and full orchestra for backup (it was, as they say, A Different Time).<br /><br /> - Later that same day, <i>Matinee Theater</i> has "Nine-Finger Jack", with Eva Gabor as the target of a "professional lady-killer" who aims to make her his 12th target.<br /><i>Matinee Theater</i> is one of those "lost shows" which NBC didn't bother to save; too bad about that- I'd like to see this one, and so, I think, would you, one you see who's playing the lady-killer (again, no spoiler; I want you to see for yourself).<br /><br /> - Still on <b>Monday</b>: On <i>Burns And Allen</i>, that's <b>Charles</b> Vidor making the guest appearance with George and Gracie, not King Vidor, who made very different movies.<br />Charles Vidor, from Hungary originally, made high-toned romances mainly, usually with bigger budgets than normal for '50s Hollywood; as memory serves, he had an accent which George had some fun with (King Vidor, born in Texas, would not have presented such an opportunity).<br /><br /> - On <b>Wednesday</b>, <i>The Steel Hour</i> has Dan Duryea's throwdown with his Japanese prison camp jailer, Sakamura.<br />In the Close-Up, Sakamura's player is IDed as <b>Kaie Deei</b>.<br />Just for fun, try saying that name aloud - sound it out.<br />OK, no game this time:<br /><b>Kaie Deei = Khigh Dhiegh</b>, who a few years on broke through as Dr. Yen Lo in <i>The Manchurian Candidate 1.0</i> (you know, the ,<i>good</i> one).<br />Wo Fat was a few years after that, but you get the idea ...<br /><br /> - Finally (for now, anyway), in the color section, I'd suggest that you read the profile of Douglas Edwards, whose nightly CBS evening newscast was (at the time) the clear leader in a nightly news race which really wasn't much of a competition ...<br /> ... context - it's wonderful!<br /><br />Hoping this gets through - for various reasons ... <br />Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-37932280513446693582021-05-16T13:43:06.025-04:002021-05-16T13:43:06.025-04:00Actually it's the son, Robert who pushes the b...Actually it's the son, Robert who pushes the button. Robert Sarnoff, who gave NBCers the immortal phrase: Nepotism Before Competence. General David Sarnoff is seen talking to his supreme commander: President Eisenhower. 5w30https://www.blogger.com/profile/11576484521477341204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-78310671985974188542021-05-15T12:48:06.651-04:002021-05-15T12:48:06.651-04:00Considering the fact that David Sarnoff had introd...Considering the fact that David Sarnoff had introduced television at the 1939 New York World's Fair less than twenty years earlier, it was most appropriate and auspicious that he would be the one to officially add color, too. Chuck Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053542340077418929noreply@blogger.com