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Paul Lynde & Hollywood Squares: BEST-1-LINERS
Romper
Room Hostess Attacked!
Miss
Mary Ann King, former hostess of Romper Room in Los Angeles from 1966
to 1976, was assaulted and robbed in a parking lot near LA. The
thieves made off with nothing less than the magic mirror itself! - We
look at Romper Room shows around the USA.
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and hear more...
The
Most Negative Political Campaign of All?
He
was the perfect presidential candidate: likeable, youthful and opinionated.
So what if his handlers jerked him around like a puppet on a string? That
was part of his charm. The candidacy was one for the history books; never
before had someone from the world of television strived for the presidency. L.
Wayne Hicks reports, you decide.
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TV's Superman - Murder or Suicide?
At one time the actors who played Lois and Jimmy were convinced it was foul play then changed their minds. The details behind the death of George Reeves are murky even 60 years later.
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1960s Saturday & Sunday Afternoon Syndicated Shows
A TVparty! Quickie: relive the exciting television dramas that were rerun during the sixties on local stations - enjoy episodes of Sky King, Robin Hood, Sea Hunt, Highway Patrol & more.
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Run
Buddy Run
We
get more requests for this program than almost any other. This dizzy
and typically sixties' sitcom starred trumpet player Jack Sheldon
(seen as an occasional band member on the 'Merv Griffin Show' during
the seventies) as a guy on the run from comical criminals. A
true TV classic!
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and watch more...
My Top Ten Guilty Pleasure Action Movies
Why
Blacks were virtually banned from primetime TV for nearly 20 years!
The
Hollywood establishment was eager to perpetuate the myth of the
maternal Negro domestic - pleasantly overweight, cheerful, safe
and eager to protect and serve.
Because of this long-standing practice, Hattie McDaniel found herself
on the receiving end of a great deal of criticism from civil rights
organizations. They urged her specifically, and other African-American
actors in general, to avoid playing these types of demeaning roles.
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more...
Richard
Pryor Show
Was
Richard Pryor bitter about his television experience? No, not at all.
He had this to say: "One week of truth on TV could just straighten
out everything. One hundred and twenty-seven million people watch
television every night; that's why they use it to sell stuff. They've
misused it a long time so now it's just a business, that's all. They're
not going to write shows about how to revolutionize America. The top-rated
shows are for retarded people."
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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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Fabulous Lola Falana!
This one woman blast of dynamite ignited the stages in Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe, a multi-talented beauty attracting high rollers searching for entertainment of the highest magnitude. So much so, Lola was billed as "Miss Las Vegas" on the casino marquees.
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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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Hanging
Out With Lucy
"I
got a job at a department store and Lucy came by one day to see if
I was really working. She bought $600 worth of linens from me. She
gave me her home phone number and said, "Do you play Backgammon?"
and I said "No," and she said "You'll learn."
She taught me how to play Backgammon and I still play to this day."
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How
John Wayne used TV
A
longing look back at the legend's last years. His TV appearances,
battles with cancer, the last great films and how the Duke faced death
head on. "On location in Durango, Mexico, he amazed me,"
film producer Hal Wallis stated. "Even though he was functioning
on one lung and had a terrible scar running down his back, he showed
no sign of illness or weakness. He did this own riding, roped in steers,
rounded up cattle, and handled the fight scenes without a double.
Only occasionally, in high country, was he short of breath."
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History of the Laugh Track
What would TV history
be without the laugh track? While much-maligned by television critics,
the laugh track is, in fact, any true TVParty-er's best friend. Over the
years, having watched rerun after rerun, we all have come to know and
love those nameless laughers whose voices we recognize, and who can always
be counted on to assure our amusement. Such classics as The
Beverly Hillbillies, The Munsters or even Bewitched wouldn't be nearly as fun - and indeed, would
be almost inconceivable - without the laugh track.
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Hilarious Game Show Bloopers!
Sure to give you a laugh, here are a bunch of bloopers from TV game shows from around the world. I'm not sure what's dumber, the shows themselves or the contestants!
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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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Remembering
Captain Kangaroo
Captain
Kangaroo was
the longest-running network children's show of all time - from 1955
until 1984, the good Captain could be seen mornings on CBS. Hugh "Lumpy"
Brannum played sidekick Mr. Green Jeans, joining Cosmo Allegretti's
hand-puppets Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit in the Captain's Treasure
House.
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TV's
First Jewish Mom
The Goldbergs was one of the most successful entertainment ventures
ever, a radio and television show that reached across every medium.
It all hinged on one woman - Gertrude Berg, a true multi-media pioneer.
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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
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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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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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Hit
Shows of the Seventies: Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy / Gene
Roddenberry in the 1970s / 1977-1978 Superhero & Science Fiction TV Shows / Funniest SNL Skit Ever! / Prisoner: Cell Block H / Why John Amos Left Good Times / Orson Welles' Last Interview / Henry Winkler on His Happy Days Audition / Patrick Duffy of Dallas Interview / Wonder Woman Leaves Paradise Island / Best Season of Dallas Ever? / TV Show Book Tie-Ins / 1972 Jackie Robinson Interview / Dr. Strange 1978 TV Movie / Kathy Garver Interview / Space: 1999 / Mary Kay Place Albums of the 1970s / The Supremes - Mary Wilson vs Diana Ross / Remembering Ken Berry / Bruce / Caitllyn Jenner? / Billy Crash Craddock Interview / Melissa McCarthy Almost Quit Acting Days Before Landing Gilmore Girls / Alex Baldwin On His TV and Film Roles / Top Ten Sitcoms of the 1970s / James Cameron Made No Money for Titanic / Ed McMahon Drunk on the Air! / Dallas vs Eight is Enough / 1974 MAD Magazine TV Special - Never Aired! / When Lucy Got Fired / Partridge Family and Brady Bunch at Kings Island theme park 1972-73 / Jack Benny's Last Tonight Show 1974 / Ed Asner Interview / Freddy's Nightmares TV Series / Emmy Award Multiple Winners / Nathaniel Taylor aka Rollo Lawson / Mary Kay Place Albums of the 1970s / That Girl & TV's Single Working Women / Can You Identify These Stars? / Betty White vs Joan Rivers / Sonny Comedy Revue / Star
Trek Animated / Dark Shadows / Hal Linden Interview / Dark Shadows Movies / Dark Shadows Novels / The Night Stalker / One of the Funniest Carol Burnett Show Skits Ever / Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson / Johnny Carson interviews Lucille Ball / Dawn Wells / Betty White : An Appreciation / Bette Davis' 2 Best Interviews 1971 / Barbara Eden Interview / Gavin McLeod / Spider-Man 77 / The Next Step Beyond / The Music Dark Shadows / 1970 TV Shows / Mike Connors Remembered / Mike Wallace, Virginia Graham & Jim Longworth / Dick Clark / Woody Allen Hosts Tonight Show 1971 / Carson Tonight Show / Alan Alda Interview / Jackie Gleason Show / 1973 TV Shows / Thriller / Post Modern Sitcoms / Elvis in Greensboro / Remembering Dick Van Patten / TV Dating Shows / The Jacksons TV Show / Fall
Previews of the 70s / Lance
Link, Secret Chimp / Star
Wars Holiday Special / Alias
Smith and Jones / 1977
Year in Review / Top
Ten 1970-76 / The
Rockford Files / All
in the Family / Sam Hall (Dark Shadows) Interview / Actor Ed Nelson / Death of Archie / Battlestar
Galactica / Wonder
Woman / Network
Jingles / Class
of '74 / Happy
Days / Good
Times / Mr.
Bill / Dinah! / Maude / Doris
Day Show / Pamelyn
Ferdin Interview / The
Bicentennial Minute / Jingles & Catch Phrases of the 1970s / Early
Cable TV 1970s / TV
commercials for Women / TV Moms / Country Music TV Shows of the 1960s & 1970s / Betty White Show / Ron Palillo / Shirley Jones Interview / Tom Bosley / Rodney Dangerfield / How Sanford & Son Ended / Sanford & Son Spin-Off Grady / Great Memoirs / Virginia Graham Show / The "N" Word on TV / 10 Classic Comedy Routines You Have To Laugh At Before You Die / Hollywood Squares / 1970's Teen Idols & The Hudson Brothers / TV Stars with 3 Hit Shows / The Rookies / Unsold Pilots / Jackie Cooper / The Good Guys / Match Game / Make Room For Granddaddy / Mannix & Gail Fisher / Bette
Midler in the 1970s / Bonus 1970's Stuff: Silent Star Marion Mack / Biff Burger / 1970s Fast Food Chains / Latin Casino / Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire / 1970's Daytime Talk Shows / The Fess Parker Show / Brady Bunch Sex Dungeon? / Love, Loss & What I Watched
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