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Recent Posts Tagged With 'TV Retro'

Aug 15

What’s My Line? Mystery Guests: Lucy & Desi

Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball never had much luck pulling the wool over the What’s My Line? panel when they appeared as the show’s Mystery Guests. For the handful of souls out there, aside from myself, who would be infuriated by a post rev (read full article)

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Jul 22

Theme Song Graveyard: “Sweepstakes” (NBC 1979)

Greetings from Delta flight 101, seat 33C, 32,000 feet in the air and currently over Lubbock, Texas. I am a little less than two hours from destination Atlanta and my extended weekend with the Wild Granberries. I neglected to charge my laptop so I& (read full article)

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May 09

Electrocuting Gloria on Mother’s Day!

I made an appearance with my mom Gloria a few years back on the Comedy Central game show, Distraction. I won… in more ways than I ever could have imagined. Happy Mother’s Day to all!  Check out the vid below for the shocking turn of even (read full article)

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May 09

Betty White on GSN Live

I don’t think I’ve ever planned my entire day around an impending episode of Saturday Night Live, but the first thought I had when I woke up this morning was, “Hey!  It’s Betty White night!” I’m pretty sure IR (read full article)

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Apr 04

Listening To: ‘Tain’t What You Do – Julie London (1960)

Long before she donned a white cap and assumed the identity of stern nurse Dixie McCall on the the 1970s action/medial drama Emergency!, Julie London was an acclaimed singer who had been providing the soundtrack to moments of passion between lovers (read full article)

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Mar 09

Better Cock Your Pistols! Matt Houston on DVD!

In the wake of the 1980s CBS phenom that was Tom Selleck’s Magum P.I. came a barrage of detective/action series clones featuring sexy dudes with hairy chests and mustaches. One of my favorite of these clones, Matt Houston, hits stores today. (read full article)

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Mar 02

Anise Drop Cookies – The Cookie Erica Kane Prefers

So, some of you who watch daytime soaps may have heard that the cast and crew of All My Children recently re-located from New York to Los Angeles to save production dollars. They have, in fact, moved into the studio space right next to us, and as I (read full article)

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Jan 26

Listening to: I’m a Woman – Peggy Lee

I was well into my thirties before I realized that the music and lyrics for I’m a Woman were originally written as a mainstream pop song by famed songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, Love Potion #9) and not (read full article)

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Jan 24

I Love Lucy: Rare Color Footage from 1951

Even in the mid-fifties, television producers routinely banned studio audience members from bringing cameras of any kind onto the set.  Luckily, every so often there are one or two attendees who are smarter than their “schmuck off the street& (read full article)

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