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SUNDAY
FUNNIES
Believe it or not, twenty years later Gleason was still doing the odd Honeymooners' show, here's a clip from 1978's Honeymooners Valentines Day Special. Sunday,
July 13, 2008 - 1:07pm
HBO has signed up for another season of Curb Your Enthusiasm but announced a big screen version of Deadwood is a no-go. In the interest of accuracy Kevin Butler wants to point out that, contrary to an earlier post, Officer Joe Bolton never played a Captain on any of his shows. Saturday,
July 12, 2008 - 8:11am
DON
KNOTTS Friday,
July 11, 2008 - 7:59am
TV
THE WAY IT WAS
"I lived in Maplewood from 1962 to 1971 and my neighbor right down the street was Tom Mahoney, who acted on Sandy Becker's program in a number of roles including Kimosabee. I sure was surprised to find that out. "Also remember watching Crusader Rabbit, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Courageous Cat, Beanie and Cecil, and numerous other cartoons that have vanished into the ether. Also a big fan of Felix the Cat. "I know I sound like an old-timer, but kids today have no idea how much work went into these very creative and imaginative programs, plus so many of them were done live. And the humor was grown-up enough that adults could get it, too. "My mother used to let me stay up late to watch Ernie Kovacs during the week - he really opened my eyes to comedy." Run over to chuckmccann.net to see an example of what Pete's talking about. And here's the incomparable Ernie Kovaks as one of his bizarre characters, Percy Dovetonsils. Friday,
July 11, 2008 - 7:39am
THIS
SHOULD BE INTERESTING Thursday,
July 10, 2008 - 11:03am
MORE RASCALS STUFF
Kevin Butler adds some info in reference to the above clip posted earlier of a 1954 reunion of the early Little Rascals stars during the TV show You Asked For It. "That marked the last public appearances of Bob McGowan (the series original writer and director) and Art Lloyd, the series cameraman. "After this show aired both men passed away. It also marked the last public appearance of Mickey Daniels, his name in the series as far as I know was not 'Freckles' that nickname belonged to the late J. R. Smith. "Mr. Daniels left show business to become a foreman on a construction site in Tasmania, he left that job and returned to the USA to work as a cab driver, a job that he would maintain until he became fatally ill in the early 1970s with liver trouble." Wednesday,
July 9, 2008 - 11:47am
ON
THE TV The Gong Show was one of my favorite shows of the 1970s, especially the first couple of years before it descended into total drunken chaos. I stated in a previous post that I'd definitely watch if original host Chuck Barris returned but Dave Attell makes a fine MC for this offbeat talent show. The celebrity panel judging the first episode's parade of weirdos consists of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Steve Schirripa aka Big Pussy on The Sopranos, and Brian Posehn from The Sarah Silverman Show. The winner on each show gets a WWF style wrestling belt emblazoned with the Gong Show logo and the grand total of $600. This is a pleasing update of the former daytime game show; for instance, the first episode begins with a drag queen singing about her lost pussy that I swear was performed on the original. The show is sleazier than the original but what isn't these days? This new Gong Show is an entertaining diversion, more so that American Idol as far as I'm concerned. If you enjoy watching slutty women, self immolation, and massively overweight guys this debut episode is for you.
Black is that overly adorable, dark haired comic who really came into his own with VH1's I Love The 70s and its various spinoffs - but for some reason his last attempt at a TV series (Stella) was sadly lacking. The concept: ten D-List comedians (so far down the D-List I only recognized one of them, Darnell Rollins) compete in humiliating contests based on previous reality show competitions. The last comic standing walks away with $50,000. This series looks like a winner even if the host tries a little bit too hard on the first episode and my favorite contestant was voted off post-haste. The show works wonderfully, the first completion (I won't give it away) is cringe worthy to the max. If recoiling from the TV in horror equals entertainment value then this is must see. Overall better than the low rent reality shows it spoofs (think Rock of Love and I Love New York) Reality Bites Back is highly amusing, mindless entertainment. That's all you can really expect from a television show, right?
Catch The Gong Show followed by Reality Bites Back beginning Thursday, July 17th at 10:00pm on Comedy Central. Wednesday,
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It's
been ten years since the death of Archie Goodwin, one of the greatest
talents ever to work in the comic book field. There are few writers in
the history of the business that were better than Archie, his scripts
for the early issues of Creepy and Eerie magazines alone
are enough to earn him legendary status. I had the pleasure of spending
some time in the mid-eighties with the guy and he was a sparkling personality.
At this year's Comic-Con in San Diego he will be honored with the Bill
Finger award, appropriate as Finger was another under-appreciated talent.
I
get lots of mail from people who share that love for the way TV was, like
this missive from Pete Putman: "I grew up just outside of Newark,
NJ in the late 1950s and 1960s, and watched Sandy Becker, Claude Kirchner
and Clownie (the forerunner of Oogie on Uncle Floyd's show), Fred Scott,
Soupy Sales, Chuck McCann, and many others. Also Office Joe Bolton/Captain
Joe Bolton and whatever other titles he held on WPIX at the time.
Two
new shows debut on Comedy Central next week amid great hype (between the
Enzyte commercials) - The Gong Show with Dave Attell and Reality
Bites Back.
Following
The Gong Show comes Reality Bites Back, Comedy Central's
first reality show competition series with laconic Michael Ian Black hosting.
