Successful medical television sitcoms are few and far between. While medical dramas last for years and years – i.e., Grey’s Anatomy, St. Elsewhere, E/R, Medical Center, The Good Doctor, Marcus Welby M.D., Emergency!, Chicago Hope, The Good Doctor – there are very few successful medical situation comedies. Let’s see. There’s Scrubs, M*A*S*H, St. Denis Medical,…
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“Sports Challenge” – the coolest sports game show of the 1970’s
Here’s the scenario. Three legends from a professional sports team go up against three legends from another professional sports team. And in the end, one team emerges victorious. With what method do they battle? Golf? Bowling? Lawn darts at 30 paces? Nah. We’re talking trivia here. Such was the concept of Sports Challenge, a weekly…
Read MoreWay down yonder in the cornfield …
In the late 1960’s, the most popular television show at the time was Laugh-In, a hyper-scattered comedy variety program that mixed surrealism with one-liners and ribald satire. Here’s the first episode of that series, and you can see the lightning as it flashes in the proverbial bottle. Laugh-In proved so popular that other television networks…
Read MoreA classic episode from November 1963 of As The World Turns
As The World Turns was one of the most popular and durable daytime network soap operas of its era. It was the first daily serial to broadcast a 30-minute episode, when most soaps at the time were limited to 15-minute episodes. The show ran from 1956 to 2010, making it the fourth-longest running daytime serial…
Read MoreDo I need to re-learn how to speak Pakuni?
Yes, I used to watch the classic Sid and Marty Krofft TV shows from back in the 1970’s. HR Pufnstuf, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, The Bugaloos, Lidsville, all of those. Heck, I even had a 7-year-old boycrush on Joy the Bugaloo. And trust me, when I was able to interview several stars from the…
Read MoreI want to go on the Hard Quiz game show!
Back in television’s early years, there was The $64,000 Question, where contestants were asked tremendously difficult questions in their expert categories. The most notable champion from this program was psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers, who eventually won $64,000 for her knowledge of the history of boxing and prizefighting. That being said, there’s currently an Australian version…
Read MoreThe OTHER “Cousin Oliver” show – Big John, Little John
If you’re a classic sitcom fan, you know of the “Cousin Oliver” trope – when a sitcom, which is currently floundering in the ratings, tries to revitalize its audience by adding a previously never-before-referenced “cousin” or “neighbor” to the show’s lineup. This can be traced to the final season of The Brady Bunch, when the…
Read MoreVision On – was this the first truly inclusive children’s show?
Today’s blog post will feature a very unique and sweet children’s TV show from the 1960’s-1970’s era – a British program that featured art, surreal humor, and all sorts of wonderful imaginative diversions. Oh, and it was designed so that hearing-impaired children could enjoy it just as much as their hearing-abled friends. Welcome to Vision…
Read More$100 Grand for 100,000
Last Sunday, during my travels, I purchased a candy bar at a local gas station. Nothing major, just a candy bar. Well, by the end of the day, that candy bar factored in a milestone. Let me explain. The candy bar was a $100 Grand bar, which was once known as the $100,000 bar. And…
Read MoreSpeed Racer, the coolest cartoon of all time
NOTE: This article was originally written for Toy Collector Magazine, and was their cover story for their September 2007 issue. Article written by Chuck Miller. Go! Speed Racer Go! Written by Chuck Miller Forty years on, the voices of Speed and Trixie reveal the back story behind the now-classic TV series His skills were unmatched…
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