tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post8015506252088414799..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: April 28, 1973Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-17714814345858289452017-05-02T02:03:02.618-04:002017-05-02T02:03:02.618-04:00No.
Trust me when I tell you that this Tom Sawyer...No.<br /><br />Trust me when I tell you that <i>this</i> Tom Sawyer is way more interesting than that one.<br /><br />Just get the book ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-55168595031194162972017-05-01T22:15:44.351-04:002017-05-01T22:15:44.351-04:00Is that the same Tom Sawyer who was key grip on FA...Is that the same Tom Sawyer who was key grip on FAMILY AFFAIR?Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-16513871028177408882017-04-29T17:55:25.482-04:002017-04-29T17:55:25.482-04:00"The Monster of Loch Ness" makes referen..."The Monster of Loch Ness" makes reference to a similar legend in Lake Okanagan (there's another "a" in there, Mitchell). This creature is called Ogopogo which although 'cartoonish' sounding, is a rough translation of the name the original First Nations settlers gave to these sitings. Nobody yet has proven any actual existence of Ogopogo, but we do like to keep the myth alive for the tourists...Mike in British ColumbiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-90643177727826327272017-04-29T16:50:09.638-04:002017-04-29T16:50:09.638-04:00Hugh Downs left TODAY in October 1971, but I'm...Hugh Downs left TODAY in October 1971, but I'm sure he still had plenty to keep himself busy afterward. While I haven't seen her as Jack Paar's sidekick, I've seen enough of Peggy Cass to figure she was pretty interesting there.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-3172449291541844582017-04-29T12:22:30.888-04:002017-04-29T12:22:30.888-04:00Here & There:
- Movies:
The Comedy Of Terro...Here & There:<br /><br /> - Movies:<br /> <i>The Comedy Of Terrors</i> was one of Peter Lorre's last movies (if memory serves, it was released posthumously); it was also near the end of the line for Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff, both of whom were scaling back on their appearances due to ill health.<br />Oddly enough, this was also the last screen appearance for Joe E. Brown, who did a cameo as a gravedigger, possibly as a favor for someone; again, if memory serves, Brown outlived all the above-mentioned performers by several years.<br /><br /> - <i>The Paradine Case</i> was part of a deal ABC made with the David O. Selznick Estate for the first-ever network showings of that producer's classic films, including the several he made with Hitchcock, plus <i>Portrait Of Jennie</i> and a few others.<br />Notably, <i>Gone With The Wind</i> was <i>not</i> included in this deal (GWTW was still getting theatrical re-releases at this point).<br /><br /> - Jack Paar's comeback was one of the notable backfires of TV history; Paar was frequently compared to "another New Yorker of Dutch descent: Rip Van Winkle."<br />Peggy Cass was indeed the first female talk sidekick; Hugh Downs was still doing <i>Today</i> at NBC, and was thus unavailable (I think - correction welcomed).<br />I do recall one classic Cass line, on how she stayed Catholic even as she was divorced: she hadn't married in a nuptial Mass, and sometimes ended arguments with "You may be married to me, <i>but I'm not married to you!</i>"<br />It was, as they say, a Different Time ...<br /><br /> - Off-topic:<br />Yesterday I took delivery of a brand-new book: <i>The Adventures of The REAL Tom Sawyer</i>, from BearManor Media.<br />The REAL Tom Sawyer is a long-time TV writer-producer, whose best-known credit would be over a decade on <i>Murder, She Wrote</i> (and its spin-off, <i>The Law And Harry McGraw</i>).<br />Before that, Mr.Sawyer had had a long career as a commercial illustrator, as well as experience writing and drawing comic books.<br />And here's something you'll be interested in, Mitch: while still doing MSW, Tom Sawyer collaborated with folksinger Will Holt on an opera about John F. Kennedy, titled <i>JACK</i>.<br />Sawyer is retired from TV now (I should say he <i>was</i> retired; he made the major mistake of growing old), but his book is worth getting - you will learn much that you didn't know about our favorite topic.<br />One criticism: this book has the drabbest, most boring cover I've ever seen on a professional publication - no artwork at all, just block letters on yellow, like an instruction book. I've seen self-published "vanity" books that were more impressive.<br />No matter - Tom Sawyer's is a story that you ought to know.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.com