tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post7523976018450604986..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: January 10, 1959Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-14776021500704639502021-01-11T10:08:41.851-05:002021-01-11T10:08:41.851-05:00What a great story, getting to meet both of them. ...What a great story, getting to meet both of them. I would have given a lot to have had that opportunity! Regardless of party, it seems as if that kind of aura about candidates is gone now. Maybe we've just grown up, or maybe it's what Norma Desmond said in <i>Sunset Boulevard</i> about the movies being smaller.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-26640639729976633402021-01-11T10:05:57.041-05:002021-01-11T10:05:57.041-05:00My pleasure - thank you!My pleasure - thank you!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-1750450233243274722021-01-11T10:05:42.047-05:002021-01-11T10:05:42.047-05:00Yeah - after all, when you've been waiting fiv...Yeah - after all, when you've been waiting five years, what difference does one more week make? Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-71093775432509242172021-01-11T10:05:05.658-05:002021-01-11T10:05:05.658-05:00Yes, I noticed that about the senators, too. That&...Yes, I noticed that about the senators, too. That's one of the things I like the most about these old issues, how they leave a record of the changes that have occurred in the past decades. There are books and books to be written on thatj...<br /><br />Agree on the Autolite name. That was the first thing I thought of, and I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned in any of the articles I read on the subject. But considering Autolite's longtime association with "Suspense," I have to think that was what the writers were thinking. They would have on MST3K, anyway!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-32878395817418734202021-01-11T02:08:35.300-05:002021-01-11T02:08:35.300-05:00Am I the only one who noticed this?
Take a closer ...Am I the only one who noticed this?<br />Take a closer look at that list of newly elected Senators.<br />Note, if you will, that both Senators from Alaska, both Senators from West Virginia, and each of the singletons from Utah and Wyoming -<br /> - all of which are now considered irrevocably Red States -<br /> - every man-jack of these senators are <i>Democrats</i>?<br /> ... it was, as they say, A Different Time ...<br /><br /> - Fun Fact:<br />Apparently, we don't have many Old-Time Radio buffs in the house.<br />For many years, CBS Radio had a weekly anthology series called <i>Suspense</i> ("Radio's Leading Theater Of Thrills!").<br /><i>Suspense</i> had many sponsors over the years, but the longest-lasting was a national chain of automobile parts and service - the Autolite Company.<br />Autolite's sponsorship of <i>Suspense</i> stretched into the early days of live TV; I've got a set of restored DVDs in the Wall, most introduced by a stop-motion animation of marching sparkplugs, brakes, batteries, windshield wipers, etc., in tight procession down a miniature street; quite impressive for the '50s.<br />Jack Benny made numerous appearances on the radio <i>Suspense</i>, in serious roles (I think he might have done the TV show as well, but I'll have to check).<br />Anyway, when "Gaslight" came along, ripe for a spoof, "Autolight" does seem a natural, doesn't it?<br /><br />Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-63691813734881889462021-01-10T12:26:59.337-05:002021-01-10T12:26:59.337-05:00It's a shame Benny didn't choose a differe...It's a shame Benny didn't choose a different week, since Autolight was trounced in the ratings by Gun-Shy. To be fair, Gun-Shy was by far the better episode.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-20700894217568673412021-01-09T23:34:29.731-05:002021-01-09T23:34:29.731-05:00What a great read! Thanks for posting. What a great read! Thanks for posting. Richard Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13908178407412350601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-27642019693320586222021-01-09T11:13:54.043-05:002021-01-09T11:13:54.043-05:00A parody Guide, or should I say a Guide filled wit...A parody Guide, or should I say a Guide filled with excellent descriptions of parodies! If only today's TV had the richness of the shows featured in this week's Guide. A personal note---both Ken Keating and Bobby Kennedy came to my little town in the Finger Lakes of upstate NY during the 1964 NY Senate campaign. I got to meet them both as a precocious 11 year old, fascinated by politics and TV. JD Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882261865750361495noreply@blogger.com