I am hesitant to write a personal post on this blog now that I have spent a tiny parcel of my own semi-hard-earned money on promoting it. I feel like some of the writing here, such as the posts on broadcasting history and other retro pop culture, is worthy of a slightly wider audience. Like, … Continue reading Side Effects May Include End Of Week Musings
ILLUSTRATING THE ARTICLE: Screenshots from “Behind The Iron Curtain”, which aired live on CBS February 16,1957. In the early 1950’s Jackie Gleason hosted a variety show on the DuMont network, which ain’t here no more. It was called “Cavalcade Of Stars” and Gleason introduced several popular characters during its run including Ralph and Alice Kramden … Continue reading And Away They Go…To Europe!
I hate about 95% of the memes I see. There are a multitude of reasons just as there are a multitude of individual senses of humor. The most common gripes I have are repetition and laziness. Laziness rears its ugly head in the way somebody takes an already-created meme and sloppily edits it to change … Continue reading You’re A Crappy Meme, Charlie Brown
I’ve been watching a lot of “The Muppet Show” lately. I just finished season 2, which means 48 episodes down and 60-some to go. I have watched the series completely in order thus far with two exceptions: I watched the Spike Milligan episode to see why Disney gave it one of its disclaimers, and I … Continue reading The Sophie’s Choice of TV Theme Song Battles
Well, three days on Disney Plus and “The Muppet Show” is already part of a ginned-up controversy. Some episodes have a standard disclaimer that Disney Plus has been using for some of its…eh…problematic animated features. To wit: “This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are … Continue reading “It’s the (Product-Of-Its-Time, Best-Viewed-Through-A-Historical-Context-But-Still-Very-Entertaining-And-Family-Friendly) Muppet Show!”
This started with a brief Facebook post of mine last evening, to wit: I’ve always been a sucker for old TV shows. Lucy, “Honeymooners”, Dick Van Dyke, all the classics. But you learn quickly that “old” does not necessarily mean “good.” The “Classic TV” channel on Pluto TV is airing “Dennis The Menace”, the live … Continue reading Old TV Shows Wenty Hates
Recap since it’s been like, a long time since we did the last round of these: In the early years of our Panhandle Post website we were trying a lot of different types of content. One such type was “entertainment news”, stories from our wire service that I would try to goose a little bit … Continue reading JOKEY HEADLINES: The Final Countdown
You’ve heard of “unlucky in love”? I present to you, “unlucky in travel”: March 2017: Dangerous Dave and I plan to attend the Hollywood Collectors Show in Chicago, including an epic 50th anniversary reuion of the “Batman” TV series cast. Trip aborted due to winter storm. Flights canceled. Winter 2019: Planned trip to Los Angeles. … Continue reading Looking for Vacation: A Hallmark Channel Original Movie
Well, my birthday is six days away but I just got the best present ever. (I mean, there’s still time. You could knock my socks off with like, a big bag of Tootsie Rolls or something.) When Disney Plus launched I wrote a blog about it, and mentioned in passing the presence of a few … Continue reading “Muppet Show”? 30 Days Till Curtain “Muppet Show”!
I’ve been reading articles about Alex Trebek throughout the day, so I’m reluctant to write something about him for fear I’ll crib (subconsciously or otherwise) from the writing of others. I’ll start by remembering how fun it was for our family to watch–and compete–in “Jeopardy!” We’re talking my high school years, so I had to … Continue reading Farewell, Trebek
