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Classic
TV Shows on DVD - Just Released in August
We're
kicking off a new feature on TVparty, a review of what's new on DVD right
now. Knight
Rider Season One is our featured collection for August. Look what
else is coming: Here's Lucy, Happy Days, Fractured Flickers, Dallas, Night Gallery
and so many more. And they're all deep discounted - for you!
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and watch more...
Have
a Smoke and Be Somebody!
Cigarette
manufacturers advertised widely in the early days of television. They
had deep pockets and could afford to gamble on a new medium, footing the
bill for a host of early classic programs. Ironically, in just two decades,
they were carved away from the medium they helped create.
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and watch more...
History
of the Tabloids
On
August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died suddenly. Like striking oil again,
tabloid sales went through the roof, spiking at seven million when Elvis
appeared on the cover of the National Enquirer - lying embalmed
in his coffin. In
the ensuing media circus surrounding Elvis' death, the Enquirer herded
so many reporters into Nashville they had to buy a $100,000 fully furnished
home for them all to camp out.
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and watch more...
Random
Network Bumpers
BONUS
VIDEO CLIP: Here's a mega-mix of TV detritus - short blurbs, slates,
net logos, sponsor tags and program IDs from the 1950s and 1960s.
See
it now - in Real Player Format...
My
World and Welcome to it
My
World and Welcome To It might be considered The Simpsons of
its time.
Smartly-written with a superb cast of familiar faces, My World presented
sitcom life enhanced by the writing and scribbling of New Yorker humorist
James Thurber (who died eight years before this show aired).
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Boston
Area Educational Kid Shows
WGBH,
Channel 2 (still a leading producer of PBS programming) was part of a
network (Eastern Educational Network) that showed instructional programming
in conjunction with school curricula. Known as "The 21-inch Classroom,"
the station ran short little programs during school hours, that gave instruction
in French lessons ("Parlons Francais," with Madame Anne Slack), science,
mathematics and Language Arts.
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more...
Lost
Variety Show Moments
Now
this is funny! Redd Foxx vs LaWanda Page! Lily Tomlin's melt down! Pat
Paulsen, Foster Brooks, Lola
Falana, Bill Cosby, Henny
Youngman, Bill
"You doesn't have to call me Ray" Saluga -
audio examples of some of the funniest bits from various forgotten shows
of the mid-seventies.
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and hear more...
"Plunk
Your Magic Twanger, Froggy!"
"I
am looking for a newspaper editorial - it could've been in a magazine
- written about the kid's show 'Andy's Gang' in which the writer blames
Froggy for causing the protest movement of the '60s. He said Froggy's
disrespectful behavior towards adults, which he demonstrated every show,
influenced the kids who were watching him and those kids grew up to become
the protesting college students of the sixties who likewise showed disrespect
towards their elders."
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and watch more...
Mid-Eighties
Wrestling
One
of TV's greatest athletes - Ric Flair - has enjoyed a long and storied
career. For some fans, the pinnacle came with the highly charged matches
broadcast by Crockett Productions in syndicated markets (mostly in the
South) during the 1985 - 1987 seasons. PLUS:
The
cruel crucifixion of Dusty Rhodes!
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more...
Looking
For Your Fave TV Shows on DVD?
An
extensive catalogue - the best DVD collections for you. Kung Fu, In
Living Color, Northern Exposure, Richard Pryor, Lost in Space, S.W.A.T.-
you'll be surprised what's out now!
Deep discounts!
See
more...
BONUS
FOR COMIC BOOK FANS:
The
Wally Wood Letters
"I
want the credit (and the money) for everything I do! And I resent guys
like Stan Lee more than I can say! He's my one reason for living . . I
want to see that no-talent bum get his!"
This
comic book genius battled his demons while inspiring a generation through
his work for MAD, DC and Marvel Comics.
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more...
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THEY
SAY ABOUT TVparty:
"A
twisted walk
down memory lane!"
- TV Guide
"It's
too good to be true."
- LA Times
"An ingenious tribute that elevates the TV past to artlike
proportions. Site guru Billy Ingram has compiled features both over-the-top
and museum worthy, blissful nostalgia for those born in the '40s or the
'80s. A+"
- Entertainment Weekly
with TVparty PLUS!
Trip
into your past!
Mysteries
& Scandals! Local & National Kid Shows! Outakes and Blunders!
This is just
a small sample of what you could get if you're willing to part with only
$8.45!
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