tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post8880838351603949862..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: March 28, 1970Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-2285268608096798602021-06-23T08:55:33.759-04:002021-06-23T08:55:33.759-04:00This edition was the first which ditched with the ...This edition was the first which ditched with the address listings for TV stations. I have the New York Metropolitan Edition of that (I presume the one shown here is Philadelphia's?).<br /><br />WCAU-TV 10 was infamous for having adopted the RCA TK-42 cameras when they started "going color" around 1966. This may be the reason why what was by this time The Ed Sullivan Theatre ended up with Marconi Mark VII color cameras (which CBS bought in bulk to supply four of their five O&O's with in 1965-66), even though (according to the Eyes of a Generation site) the network had been pleased with the performance elicited at that studio by custom-made Norelco cameras marked "PC-71's" (which were shielded with mumetal owing to a DC generator at a subway power transformer station practically next door to the studio, which ended up replaced with an AC generator around the time the new cameras made their debut there).wbhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270661237413315760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-43639199553920383672020-06-15T20:49:29.014-04:002020-06-15T20:49:29.014-04:00The Crosby family GOLDILOCKS was rerun the followi...The Crosby family GOLDILOCKS was rerun the following October, up against the annual airing of IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE (the Saturday before Halloween, which was the following Saturday--also noteworthy for America being introduced to Rhoda Morgenstern's mom Ida, in the MTM episode "Support Your Local Mother")<br /><br />Paul Ducatomservo56954https://www.blogger.com/profile/16574973421722288825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-59505469041124790602020-04-11T13:37:12.902-04:002020-04-11T13:37:12.902-04:00No need to search for the Jay Ward issue - You can...No need to search for the Jay Ward issue - You can read that supplement right here:<br />www.artofjayward.blogspot.com/2017/10/jay-ward-and-art-of-self-promotion-part_9.htmltop_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-2681221545393400932020-03-30T22:15:40.339-04:002020-03-30T22:15:40.339-04:00Yes, partnerships are tough. So is typing when you...Yes, partnerships are tough. So is typing when you're in a hurry and trying to wrap things up - all fixed.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-49575683203028413362020-03-30T22:14:17.686-04:002020-03-30T22:14:17.686-04:00Thanks, J.D. these '70s issues have been a lot...Thanks, J.D. these '70s issues have been a lot of fun, and we'll have some more later on. <br /><br />I'd fully intended to mention Richard Long, particularly since we're seeing him right now on both "Bourbon Street Beat" and "77 Sunset Strip," and I never got to it. Perhaps Juliet Mills still hypnotizes all these years later...<br /><br />You be safe yourself. I'll think of you while reading through my Excel spreadsheets...Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-26792847828079770372020-03-30T22:12:09.937-04:002020-03-30T22:12:09.937-04:00I'll have to lay my hands on that April '6...I'll have to lay my hands on that April '63 issue - sounds like a riot! And you're right, the scheduling for "Nanny" was atrocious. Perhaps it wasn't the greatest show in the world, but it deserved better than that.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-20503978928383485582020-03-29T12:21:36.134-04:002020-03-29T12:21:36.134-04:00On the nature of partnerships:
Over the years I...<i>On the nature of partnerships</i>:<br />Over the years I've read of many partnerships in all fields, which often ended in considerable acrimony.<br />Rowan/Martin vs. Schlatter/Friendly is just one of many such teamings that went badly in the long run; as with many I could cite, the main reason seems to be plain old jealousy.<br />Each side becomes convinced that the other side is getting credit for the success; often, this is fueled by hangers-on who feed the egos of the parties (usually <i>both</i> parties), telling them that the Other Side is holding Their Side back<br />In Showbiz, the list is practically endless:<br />Gilbert & Sullivan<br />Abbott & Costello<br />Martin & Lewis<br />Desi & Lucy<br /> … so many others, running right up to the <i>Sex And The City</i> ladies.<br /><br />What many partnerships fail to learn is that sometimes the whole is more than the sum of its parts.<br />Fred Dannay and Manny Lee, who partnered as Ellery Queen, were quite contentious in their work, but over time learned to deal with it (being real-life cousins likely helped with that).<br />In the case of <i>Laugh-In</i>, Bill Davidson was able to figure out that however the partners clashed, at the end of the day <i>they needed each other</i>.<br />It's the way of the world - some do, some don't … <br /><br /> - By the bye:<br />That <i>Laugh-In</i> photo is from Season 3.<br />The blond guy in the white shirt, coming out of the floor in the lower-left-hand corner, is Jeremy Lloyd, who was <i>Laugh-In</i>'s resident English silly-ass that year.<br />Jeremy Lloyd was always better-known in Britain as a comedy writer than as a performer (usually with partners). his scripting hits included <i>Are You Being Served?, 'Allo! Allo!</i> … and a panel-quiz called <i>Whodunnit?</i>, with which you may be familiar … <br /><br /> - About Juliet Mills:<br />The thing to remember about British actors generally is that they aren't snobs about their work.<br />It was 1967 when John Mills signed up to come to the US to do a Western-mystery series called <i>Dundee And The Culhane</i>, which was a fast flop that season, but there you are … <br />When the opportunity arose for Juliet Mills to do a fantasy sitcom, <i>of course</i> her father encouraged her to take it - work is work, and Yank TV money is as good as anybody's, no?<br /><br />- Two postscripts to the above:<br /> Juliet Mills became a naturalized US citizen in 1975, and married a Yank in 1980; both conditions prevail to this day.<br /><br /> After years of British TV fame, Hugh Laurie came to the US to do <i>House</i>, which became such an international hit that it got Laurie an OBE (that's a couple of levels down from a knighthood, but it counts).<br /><br /> - A couple of real howlers in your week's recap:<br /> - <b>Avery <i>Burns?</i></b><br />If that was in the magazine, it's bad enough.<br />But conflating Jack <i>Burns</i> and Avery <i>Schreiber</i> that way …<br /> … were they both in this show? (I don't have the issue …)<br /> - In the CBS <i>Cinderella</i>, Celeste Holm was the Fairy Godmother; Ginger Rogers was Walter Pidgeon's Queen (after all these years, I still remember the commercials that ran on CBS's daytime schedule for the whole week leading up to the first telecast).<br />Again, if this was the magazine's error, that's one thing …<br /><br /> - By the Other Bye:<br /> Did anyone here ever see the time on <i>General Hospital</i> when Stuart Damon got to reprise his big song, "A Grand Night For Singing?/Ten Minutes Ago", with the whole female cast of GH at that time dancing with him?<br />Now <i>that</i> was TV!<br /><br />Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-83268810901810961372020-03-28T19:59:04.886-04:002020-03-28T19:59:04.886-04:00Mitchell, you are seriously hitting home with me w...Mitchell, you are seriously hitting home with me with these early 1970 Guides. 11th grade and I was coming into my own. What's missing in the Nanny and the Professor is a reference to the co-star, the great,late Richard Long whose role in The Big Valley as lawyer Jared Barkley started me thinking of law school (as opposed to being a hot-headed cowboy like brother Nick). <br /><br />Then, in 1970, Hal Holbrook gave me my incentive to be an environmental lawyer and politician as "The Senator." These shows (along with Judd for the Defense) launched me on my career path to study environmental law. While I did go into public health and public service after college I chose not to go to law school because most of the lawyers I knew told me that I'd have to starve for years and hope a judgeship would come along to survive. Glad I took their advice and spent 23 great years in public health before moving into higher ed to recruit medical students. <br /><br />But the time period you are covering right now shows just how much impact TV had on a 16 year old. <br /><br />Everyone be careful and safe out there. I'm adapting to running graduate admissions for medical program from the comfort of my home...great place to read 40 page applications...JD Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882261865750361495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-84578691308124704392020-03-28T19:18:20.114-04:002020-03-28T19:18:20.114-04:00Just an aside to start: Do geese fly north in the ...Just an aside to start: Do geese fly north in the winter in Australia & S. America? :)<br /><br />I've bought all of ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN on DVD, but I haven't watched much of it yet. I did buy a good book about the show awhile back that pointed out that LAUGH-IN was a lot tamer than the Smothers Brothers' CBS show, and it moved too fast to offend anyone for too long. I think I bought the full series as a type of silent protest against my dad, who thought it was "sick humor". As I was only 7 years old by the time the show went off the air, I was too young to be offended by anything political, and I think I just liked the fast pacing of the show. LAUGH-IN is very dated and "of its time" today.<br /><br />The lack of affiliate support for NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR in its last half-season is very understandable, considering that ABC stuck it all by itself at 8 PM ET, followed by 1/2 hour left to the affiliates, then MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL carried live nationwide at 9 PM ET. I doubt, like for other network programs following live nationwide programs, that ABC followed MNF w/ an announcement for West Coast viewers to stay tuned for NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR coming next. I know that, outside of perhaps ABC O&O stations in ET & CT, very few stations carried the show at its scheduled time. The 2 areas where I grew up carried the show early on a weekend evening, and this was true also of both ABC O&O stations in LA & SF. I'm not sure there's ever been a hit ABC show in that pre-MNF timeslot. I know THE SAND PEDRO BEACH BUMS wasn't a hit for the network there in 1977.<br /><br />TV GUIDE also had April Fools Day listings for April 1, 1969, and it had a whole 7-page section, written by Jay Ward and his cartoonists & writers for April Fools Day 1963. ("Ben Casey Smiles!", mentioned on the cover, leads into this special section.)Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.com