Classic TV / TVparty!

TV Stars with Three Hit Shows?
You see, all of these performers have achieved something rare in TV, a hat trick. That is: starring in three separate hit series. While we would easily suspect such success from such legends as Lucy (with “I Love Lucy,” “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy”), others who have “three-peated” (and those who haven’t) is a surprising list indeed.
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Classic Car Commercials
Cruise the digital highway TVparty style! Drop-top Fords, '66 Mustangs, '59 Chevys, '57 CHP cars, and those supercharged Mopars - with the 'realm of silence' ride! See for yourself the evolution of automotive advertising, from the fifties to the seventies. ALSO: the LA car dealer that was mauled by lions, tigers and bears - oh my!
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The Star Wars Holiday Special?!?
The London Sunday Times called this article a "must read." George Lucas would like to forget about the first time he brought Star Wars to television. The occasion was something called The Star Wars Holiday Special, which aired on CBS only once, on Nov. 17, 1978. Although CBS hailed it as a two-hour "visual and audio delight," the made-for-TV mess was anything but.
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Dick Kallman as Hank
"Dick was stabbed to death in 1980 during a 'drug induced' robbery - while most of the articles mention he was murdered in his apartment, it is my belief that he was abducted by someone on drugs looking for money and forced him back to the apartment... clearly it was a robbery and a very violent one. I never sat foot in our apartment again. I left everything I owned in it to be sold. I could not bear to see it ripped and stained with Dick's blood."
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Sexy Edgar Rice Burroughs Paperback Covers
These Roy Krenkel illustrations from the '60s came before the Frank Frazetta covers of the '70s that replaced them. Some of the 1960's books came with illustrations on the title page by Krenkel and they are truly spectacular; he was one of the greatest pen & ink artists of all time.
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classic Lucy Shows / Lucille Ball & her battles with guest stars

Lucy Battles With Her Co-Stars
Most everyone loved Lucy but there were times when things got pretty heated on the set, especially when Tallulah Bankhead, Richard Burton and Joan Crawford appeared with the queen of comedy. After one taping, Crawford was quoted as saying, "My God, they tell me I'm a bitch - Lucy can outbitch me any day of the week!"
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What Happened to What's Happening!!?
"Haywood was a really good kid and Ernest was an excellent actor. Fred Berry was the one to look out for. He could be trouble. He received many of the show's big laughs. Unfortunately, he later had some personal problems that carried over onto the set. After I had left the show, there was a big contract dispute and I was told that Fred was the instigator behind the trouble that followed. He convinced Ernest and Haywood to join him in a strike for more money. Eventually, the producers simply had enough of the boys' antics and they closed the series down."
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1970s Phenomenon : The Gong Show
Chuck Barris was responsible for some of the most popular programs of the sixties, primetime and daytime hits like 'The Dating Game' and 'The Newlywed Game'. These pseudo-game shows fed off of an individual's willingness to do anything to be on television, 'The Gong Show' would take that premise a step further. ABC bought the show for nighttime syndication, to debut in the fall of 1976.
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Las Vegas Postcards / The Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas in 1977!
1977. It was the year Las Vegas lost its biggest draw, Elvis Presley. Elvis first attempted a Vegas foothold in the 1950s but it was a not successful, his hip-shaking rockabilly persona was considered a vulgar affront to the well-dressed, cool cat Rat Pack crowd. It was Frank, Dean, and Sammy that defined this desert oasis.
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Sky King
"Out of the blue of the western sky comes... Sky King!" Nabisco's kid friendly cowboy in the air was popular for two decades on the weekends - and years before that on radio. Likable stars Kirby Grant and Gloria Winters were matched with believable scripts, stark desert scenery and exciting aerial shots.
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The Lone Ranger
"I believe that to have a friend, a man must be one. That all men are created equal and that everyone has within himself the power to make this a better world."
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They Made an Album?!?
Yes, most of us are already aware that the likes of William Shatner, John Travolta and various “Brady” kids have all had their dreams of musical greatness and have all put out albums of their warblings at one time or another. But… they are far from alone in the world of surprising others who have also attempted to parlay their notoriety or fame in one field into the world of the recording arts.
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Classic TV on DVD!
Stargate Atlantis, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Dallas, Men Behaving Badly, Captain N, Hootenanny, ER, Wanda Sykes, Adventures of Superman, Pride & Prejudice, Battlestar Galactica, F Troop, Cheyenne, and so many more new to DVD. And they're all deep discounted - for you!
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Classic TV Shows on DVD?
An extensive catalogue of every classic program available on DVD! See what's available today - with big discounts for you!

1980's TV Wrestling - Greats and Near Greats!
NOW WITH ADDED RARE VIDEO!
John Hitchcock's look back at the heart of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling - with grapplers known and unknown. Wahoo McDaniel! Ric Flair! Dusty Rhodes! Jim Cornette! Magnum TA! Buddy "Killer" Austin! Johnny Weaver! Johnny Valentine! Harley Race! Dick Murdock! Jimmy Garvin! Nikita Koloff! Have you ever heard of these guys?!?
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The Sonny & Cher Story!

The Sonny
& Cher Story!