I chose this 1982 CBS special for two reasons: One, I find Danny Kaye extraordinarily entertaining. He’s my favorite part of my favorite holiday film, “White Christmas”. His 60’s vairety show was delightful (I have it on DVD) and “Hans Christian Anderson” is a sheer delight. Oh, and this. Just this: The other reason I … Continue reading W/O/C: “EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration”
The second 60-minute adventure of the Ricardos and the Mertzes is loaded with southern comfort and paint. Lots and lots of paint. The celebrity in the show’s title is Tallulah Bankhead. For those who are familiar with “I Love Lucy”, but not familiar with Tallulah Bankhead, Wikipedia sez: Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December … Continue reading The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours: “The Celebrity Next Door”
“I Love Lucy” is eternal. Its six seasons and 180 episodes have been in reruns for 75 years…there’s an “all-I Love Lucy” channel on Pluto TV. The complete series has been released on VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, Paramount Plus and will certainly be available on whatever the next way of disseminating entertainment ends up being. Lucy … Continue reading The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours: “Lucy Takes A Cruise To Havana”
Since it’s been a while, I will remind all 2.3 readers of the blog that “W.O.C” is a regular feature where I look at TV broadcasts with the original commercials, promos and the like intact. It’s as if you took a ride in a TV time machine. “Special Bulletin” is a remarkable made-for-TV movie that … Continue reading W/O/C: “Special Bulletin”
I’m back from vacation! It was a trip to Los Angeles that I would grade a B-minus. The weather was distinctly not Californian, but being a Nebraskan it was still 76% better than what we get this time of year. Also affecting my vacation report card: 4 out of 5 Uber drivers could not find … Continue reading Watching The Wheel (And Jeopardy)
In 1964, NBC aired a Christmas episode of their weekly anthology series “The General Electric Fantasy Hour.” It was a stop-motion animated adaptation of the book and song “Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer.” NBC aired the Rudolph hour every year until 1971, when CBS snapped up the rights. And for over half a century, that’s … Continue reading Rudolph Revisits The Peacock
Tonight, Pat Sajak hosts his final episode of “Wheel Of Fortune”. His farewell remarks have been all over Facebook today but I’m trying to avoid them….I want to see the final episode in its entirety. Pat Sajak’s dry humor will be sorely missed…he was a perfect match for this game. And yet, there was a … Continue reading The Replacements
Every decent-hearted American is familiar with the work of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, better known as… If you’re above a certain age, do not feel shame for playing this over and over a few times. It’s right up there with the legendary “A CBS Special Presentation” animation in that regard. It would be … Continue reading “The Mouse On The Mayflower”: Rankin-Bass Does Thanksgiving
Time for another installment of our series presenting historic television broadcasts as they originally aired, with commercials, station IDs and the like. As always, we’ll put the full video up top if you want to take a gander, and below that will be select screen shots and historic type commentary. It’s January 31, 1968. The … Continue reading W/O/C: “Viet Cong Terror: A Guerrilla Offensive”
A broadcaster who was well-loved by KCOW listeners for years has died. From Dateline Hollywood: Don Kennedy, star of the long-running WSB-TV children’s show “Officer Don and The Popeye Club,” has died at 93. Kennedy died from complications of dementia following a stroke in 2015, his daughter, Rebecca Maple, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Officer Don … Continue reading Remembering Don Kennedy
