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This week in TV Guide: January 25, 1964
If I numbered the TV Guides in my collection, this would be Volume 1, Issue 1. Not only was it the first TV Guide in my collection, it was the one that introduced me to a brand new world, a whole...
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Ernie Kovacs and the finality of death
So this post is going to be a little different from some of those I’ve done previously. If it’s not your cup of tea, feel free to blow it off – you won’t hurt my feelings. In fact, I probably won’t...
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Ah, Magnum, P.I. One of my wife's favorite shows. She likes Sellick, but I also think that Hawaii looked pretty good during all those cold winter nights in Minnesota. (Personally, I depend on Hawaii...
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This week in TV Guide: February 4, 1984
We've skipped ahead twenty years from last week's issue, to another Olympics preview - the XIV Winter Olympiad, in perhaps the most tragic city ever to host the games.The '84 Games were the first...
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The Dean Martin Show (1965-1974)
I was always a Jerry Lewis fan, so if I had to choose between Martin and Lewis, I would have chosen Lewis. But I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for Dean Martin, primarily because of my mother....
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Mof this week's links can be found at the Classic TV Variety Show Blogathon, but that doesn't mean there aren't other good things out there:It's not exactly part of the classic TV genre, but soccer...
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This week in TV Guide: February 13, 1965
This week's cover profile of Andy Williams was written by John Gregory Dunne before he became a successful novelist. I don't have anything against Dunne, although I do prefer the work of his brother,...
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TV in your hand? You're kidding!
It's become a cliché to talk about the marvels of technology. For the youngsters out there, it isn’t even a marvel, just something they’ve grown up with and always known.But for those of us who...
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According to at least one source, this week is the 60th anniversary of the first television appearance of Superman, and How Sweet It Was offers an appropriate commemoration. I've seen The Adventures...
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This week in TV Guide: February 18, 1961
E very year it seems there's yet another meaningless awards show on TV. And yet, very view of them seem to go away. (Personally, I don't think they'll stop until everyone's won at least one. I'm still...
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Oscar comes to TV
The Academy Awards were, once upon a time, must-see television. The show routinely drew the largest TV audience of the year, and the winners and losers would be debated for days afterward. Today, not...
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With the Oscars just around the corner, Noir and Chick Flicks provides a rundown of the greatest noir films never to have won Best Picture.I remember watching the syndicated Beat the Clock after I got...
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This week in TV Guide: February 25, 1961
James Hagerty, prior to becoming head of ABC News, was President Eisenhower's press secretary - so it is with this dual authority that he offers, in this week's edition, a "Creed for Television...
View ArticleAyn Rand on the Tonight Show, 1967
Ayn Rand's been in the news a lot the last few years, though it's likely that few of the people who read her today and debate her philosophy ever had the chance to see her live. So let's take this...
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It's a real smorgasbord on tap today, so since we're all over the place, might as well just jump in:First off, an update from Chip Arcuri at the great Yule Log site. I'd talked to Chip after the...
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This week in TV Guide: March 6, 1965
The brooding visage of David Janssen graces this week's cover. Janssen is in the second of four seasons playing Dr. Richard Kimball, the hero of the hit ABC series The Fugitive. Janssen the actor...
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Close Up: How The Beverly Hillbillies explains your salvation
A while back I’d made an offhand comment that 1965 might well be the year that defined the decade of the 60s; prior to that, much of the 60s still depended on the 50s for its definition; after that,...
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Another great selection of stories around the Net. Let's take a look at a few, starting with our CTBA colleagues.How Sweet It Was has a delightful piece on classic TV show ads. Many of these come from...
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This week in TV Guide: March 11, 1961
We've been on a bit of a run with 1961 issues lately; this is the third in the last four weeks. But who could pass up a chance at an interview with the widow of Eliot Ness?The Untouchableswas perhaps,...
View ArticleHabemus Papam on TV
In case you hadn’t heard, the papal conclave begins today, and within a few days – perhaps, even, by the time you get around to reading this – the Roman Catholic Church will have a new pope.Dating back...
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