Category: Television

Good tweets on CNN’s shift to the right

MTV began on 8/1/81

Richard Nixon on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In was a great comedy show that was on TV from 1968-1973.

from the Wikipedia article:

During the September 16, 1968, episode, Richard Nixon, running for president, appeared for a few seconds with a disbelieving vocal inflection, asking “Sock it to me?” Nixon was not doused or assaulted. An invitation was extended to Nixon’s opponent, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, but he declined.[9] According to George Schlatter, the show’s creator, “Humphrey later said that not doing it may have cost him the election“, and “[Nixon] said the rest of his life that appearing on Laugh-In is what got him elected. And I believe that. And I’ve had to live with that.”[4][10] In an episode of the ill-fated 1977 revival, Rich Little as Nixon says, “I invited the American people to sock-it-to-me…. you can stop now”.[citation needed]

Do you remember Morris the Cat?

Munster, Go Home

Munster, Go Home (1966) is a minor film that will entertain people, like me, who grew up watching the TV show when it was new. The film, unlike the TV series, is in color. There is going to be a new Munsters movie this year.

Most of the TV cast is there with a supporting cast including Hermoine Gingold, John Carradine and Terry-Thomas.

The Wire is 20 years old – 6/2/22

I have lived in Baltimore since 1976. I didn’t have cable or satellite until 2007 so I missed The Wire when it was new. I watched it on DVD later on. It’s great.

Justin Fenton, an excellent writer then working for the Baltimore Sun, took pictures in 2014 of the present state of The Wire locations.

Remember the “Where’s the beef?” commercials?

Wendy’s had very popular commercials in 1984 featuring Clara Peller built around the line “Where’s the beef?”. They starred Clara Peller who was over 80 years old.