Category: Television
Do you remember Don Adams’ Screen Test?
I don’t. Never heard of it until I saw this tweet.
Great Washington Post column by Margaret Sullivan
Margaret Sullivan writes outstanding columns for the Washington Post.
I think it’s simple. Don’t put liars on TV. There is no incentive for them to stop lying if they can get jobs or interviews. Anyone who believes the big lie should never be allowed on TV.
I understand that some networks want to be balanced but that doesn’t work when as cited in the column, one party is “anti-democratic”. Unfortunately, Republicans fall into two camps – Trump and his kind and Never Trumpers who have very little support within their party.
Republicans have intimidated the media – it’s like working the refs in sports.
Tweet linked to in the column.
I didn’t know who Bob Ross was
I was with several friends who are younger than me at a bar and they were talking about
Bob Ross. I had no idea who he was. I have since learned about him.
Where the first down line on TV football broadcasts originated
I watched a lot of football yesterday. Have you ever wondered where the first down line and other imaginary lines on the field came from?
The story behind football’s innovative yellow first down line
Saturday Night Live circumcision in a car parody ad (1978)
The original commercial showed a diamond being cut in the back seat of a car. The SNL parody had a rabbi performing a bris where the male infant is circumcised.
This is a link to the SNL parody
Do you remember the Unknown Comic from The Gong Show?
The Unknown Comic was on The Gong Show over 150 times. He performed with a paper bag over his head. He was really comedian Murray Langston.
Interview with him from the A.V .Club
YouTube clips of The Dance Connection TV show
The Dance Connection was a cable tv show featuring dancing. Most were posted by Charlie Lewis who has done a great job posting these clips.