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Bing Crosby was more closely associated with Christmas than any other Hollywood star. Having recorded the seminal versions of so many Holiday carols his yearly Christmas hours were a tradition in most American homes with a TV set - right up until his posthumously broadcast 1977 special with David Bowie.
In 1965 Bing hosted The Hollywood Palace with Fred Waring and his orchestra along with the cast of Hogan's Heroes (huh?). This closing segment starts out with a jazzy Schlitz commercial; then what was a (painful) regular feature on these programs where Crosby's kids perform - despite there being no evidence of talent on their part or any desire to be there at all. Crosby performs his signature tune here, White Christmas.
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Christmas
Specials of the 60s & 70s
TVparty-ers
reflect on their favorite Christmas TV memories - from the Norelco Santa,
Hardrock, Cocoa and Joe, Mr.
Magoo, Bing Crosby and all the rest. What were your favorite holiday specials?
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Alan Young, Mr. Ed & Marilyn Monroe?
On January 5, 1961, Alan Young was having dinner with friends, when they all stopped to watch the premiere of his new comedy, "Mr. Ed". Afterward, actor William Conrad (later, TV's "Cannon") said to Alan, "Congratulations, you've got a hit on your hands". Conrad was right, and today "Mr. Ed" is still in re-runs and celebrating its 50th anniversary. Next weekend, Alan Young celebrates his own personal milestone when he turns 92. I interviewed Alan by phone recently, and we talked about his life and career.
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Disney's
Merriest Christmas Special!
Glowing
like a color console yule log and glistening not with tinsel but with
animated delights, "From All of Us to All of You" was a
not-quite-annual Yuletide TV gift, Disney style. Though many animated
specials celebrated Christmas, this special-like 1958 episode of the
Disney TV hour predated those cartoon extravaganzas by years (the
first, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, debuted in 1962, while A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered in 1965). This specially-produced
Disney program was the first to bring newly-produced, prime-time animated
Christmas festivities to the electronic hearth.
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For The Love of (Bazooka) Joe!
I always loved the Bazooka Joe characters. I was a little horrified some years ago--was it in the 1990s?--when I unwrapped a piece and the cartoons had CHANGED. Gone were the familiar designs, replaced by some odd nouveau version of the Gang. Why, I thought, if Bazooka had finally gone to the fun extent of creating some new adventures, had they not hired an artist who could draw in the classic style?
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"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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Jack Sheldon!Jack Sheldon - you may not recognize the name but you'll recognize his voice from those wonderful Schoolhouse Rock segments from Saturday mornings. My favorite of his was 'Conjunction Junction' but there were others - like perhaps the most well-known of the bunch, 'How a Bill Becomes a Law.'
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What
We Watched - 40 Years Ago
The
1973-74 season had the worst new show success ratio of any season
in television history. The three networks had only one series each
that was renewed that year (Kojak, Police Story, Six Million Dollar
Man). A glance back to a tumultuous year in television history
- the 1974-75 season.
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David
Bowie on TV
Bowie
made several but not many appearances on American TV during the 1970s,
mostly on talk and variety shows. Here are a few examples.
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Wonder Woman's Long Strange Journey to Television
It
wasn't until The Six Million Dollar Man debuted five years later
on ABC that super-persons were again accepted on television. With
that in mind,
Warner Bros. decided again to mount a Wonder Woman project in 1974.
Stanley Ralph Ross was again brought on board to pitch a completely different
approach than the 1967 pilot; his idea was to stay true to the original
character concept by placing the comic book character back into the World War II era.
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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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1980's
PUNK ROCK
In the early-eighties, young people in Los Angeles were flocking to
makeshift clubs in droves to see new, up and coming bands. Live new
music, not DJs, was what they craved. These writings provide a sketchy
look at the underground club scene in Los Angeles during the time
that groups like X, Missing Persons, The Go-Go's, The Minutemen and
Wall of Voodoo entered the public consciousness.
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