
Friday, October 31, 2014
Halloween Week: The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror

Thursday, October 30, 2014
Halloween Week: Roseanne

Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Halloween Week: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Halloween Week: Disney's Halloween Treat

Monday, October 27, 2014
Halloween Week: The Addams Family

Sunday, October 26, 2014
Rest in Peace, Marcia Strassman

Saturday, October 25, 2014
Friday, October 24, 2014
One & Out Week: Married to the Kellys

Thursday, October 23, 2014
One & Out Week: Undeclared

Wednesday, October 22, 2014
One and Out Week: Police Squad!

Tuesday, October 21, 2014
One & Out Week: Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell

Monday, October 20, 2014
One & Out Week: My Mother the Car

Sunday, October 19, 2014
TV Quote Weekends
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Friday, October 17, 2014
Garry Marshall Week: Angie

Thursday, October 16, 2014
Garry Marshall Week: Who's Watching the Kids?

Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Rest in Peace: Elizabeth Pena

Garry Marshall Week: Blansky's Beauties

Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Garry Marshall Week: Me and the Chimp

Monday, October 13, 2014
Garry Marshall Week: "Hey Landlord!"

Sunday, October 12, 2014
TV Quote Weekends
Saturday, October 11, 2014
TV Quote Weekends
Friday, October 10, 2014
The Bill Cosby Shows

Jan Hooks: A Tribute





Thursday, October 9, 2014
Rest in Peace, Jan Hooks

Soarin' Over Seinfeld

Carol Burnett: A Total Pro

Wednesday, October 8, 2014
You Might Remember Him From Such Films As....

Why You Almost Weren't Served
After the original pilot was filmed, the show was initially rejected by the BBC. It’s not unusual for a show to get rejected after the pilot is filmed. In fact, the networks will often produce a ton of pilots, most of which will never see the light of day. Unfortunately for the cast and crew of Are You Being Served? it appeared that their show would be one of those casualties. Until fate intervened.
In the summer of 1972, the world was horrified when terrorists stormed the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany and took the Israeli team hostage, cruelly murdering many of the athletes. While the Olympic Committee struggled with the aftermath of the massacre, the games were suspended. This left the BBC scrambling to find anything to put on the air while the world waited for the Olympic Games to resume.
Enter the team from Grace Brothers. The BBC aired the pilot as filler programming alongside other rejected pilots under the Comedy Playhouse banner. The positive reception changed the minds of the programming staff at the BBC, who promptly ordered a full season of the show and the rest was history.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Oops! A Twin Peaks Legend is Made by Accident
The role of the fearsome “Bob”, the ghostly serial killer who was responsible for the murder of Laura Palmer, was played to perfection by the late Frank Silva, who was seemingly born to play it. Mr. Silva looked like he literally jumped out of everyone’s nightmares and onto our television sets. Obviously, he was initially chosen to play the murderous “Bob” from the beginning, right?
Actually, Mr. Silva was the set dresser for the “Twin Peaks” pilot, which meant he was responsible for setting up the furniture and props. Perhaps he got the role because producer David Lynch saw him and instantly realized he could play a frightening serial killer? Nope, it was all dumb luck. You see, in the closing scene of the pilot, Laura Palmer’s mother was supposed to be sitting in her living room alone, until she looks off to her left and screams. Everything went according to plan until someone noticed that set dresser Frank Silva had inadvertently stood in the wrong place and could be seen reflected in a mirror behind the actress’ head. A terrible mistake that might have cost a set dresser his job.
Of course, David Lynch thought about it and saw that the scary looking Frank Silva was the perfect person to play the evil “Bob”. The scene would air as filmed, only now it foretold the appearance of pure evil, and not the mistake of a Hollywood set dresser who should have known better. And that was how television history (and nightmare fuel) was made.
Rest in Peace: Geoffrey Holder

Monday, October 6, 2014
Embarrassing Bans: The Simpsons

Bizarre Cartoons: Rubik the Amazing Cube
What happens when a network is desperate to get ratings from the latest toy related fad, but the toy is an inanimate object? You get ABC’s short-lived Saturday Morning Television show Rubik, the Amazing Cube. The only "amazing" thing about the show is how lax the FCC was back then, because surely such an amalgam of children’s programming and crass consumerism would never be permitted these days.
So how did the show’s producers bring life to an inanimate object? They made him an alien from outer space that fell off some old man’s horse and carriage and into the lives of a generic Latino family. Little Rubik had a creepy looking head and got extra powers when he was “solved”. The slightest vibration, perfectly timed to occur at the worst possible moments would make him lose these “powers” when his colors became scrambled. If that wasn’t bizarre enough, the Latino teeny bopper musical group “Menudo” sang the theme song to the cartoon.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Saturday, October 4, 2014
TV Quote Weekends
“I'm not interested in your explanations, Kramer! Sure, I bet you've got a million of 'em. Maybe your mother didn't love you enough, maybe the teacher didn't call on you in school when you had your little hand raised, maybe the pervert in the park had a present in his pants, huh?”
-Lieutenant Martell on Seinfeld
Friday, October 3, 2014
The Record Breaking Detective Munch

Perry Mason

Thursday, October 2, 2014
Courthouse Square

BANNED: Adrien Brody

Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Crazy Concepts: Small Wonder


The Record Breaking Bunch


