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”
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”
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”
It’s time for another in our series looking at television broadcasts as they originally aired. This time, we’re featuring an episode of the classic sitcom “Bewitched” from January 5th, 1967. Here’s the video of the complete broadcast courtesy of The Museum of Classic Chicago Television. Below that will be screengrabs, trivia, and fun stuff like … Continue reading W/O/C: Bewitched “Sam In The Moon”
Before we begin, allow me to put on my “I appreciate The Muppets on a much deeper level than you” T-shirt. I am, as many of you already know, an absolute Muppet freak. And Christmastime is a bonanza of Muppet awesomeness. There’s “Emmett Otter’s Jug Band Christmas”, a show that manages to be a Christmas … Continue reading W/O/C: “A Muppet Family Christmas”
NBC has had an on-again, off-again relationship with late-late-night TV. For nearly two decades, there was only “The Tonight Show.” 1973 brought Tom Snyder’s “Tomorrow” show, which ran through 1982 and was replaced by “Late Night With David Letterman.” In that same year, “NBC News Overnight” broke new ground–airing Monday through Thursday at 1:30am and … Continue reading W/O/C: “NBC News Overnight” 4/29/83
Welcome to the first of a new series on ye olde blog! Last year I did the Happy Days Epics series which saw my site traffic roar from 1.8 users a week to 2.1 users! Now that’s marked improvement! This new series will spotlight episodes of television shows presented as they originally aired on the … Continue reading W/O/C: “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” Final Episode
