When Daryl Dragon, the keyboards half of the smash pop recording duo, Captain & Tennille, passed away on January 2, 2019, we decided to take a look back at one of the group’s popular ABC TV specials: Captain & Tennille in New Orleans, which originally aired April 3rd, 1978.
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‘Benji’s Very Own Christmas Story!’ (1978): Yo humans, let Benji be Benji!
Seriously, guys: put that damn dog down!
Continue reading ‘Benji’s Very Own Christmas Story!’ (1978): Yo humans, let Benji be Benji!‘Merry Sitcom! Christmas Classics From TV’s Golden Age’: A yuletide DVD collection
Do the things they call “TV series” today have Christmas episodes?
Continue reading ‘Merry Sitcom! Christmas Classics From TV’s Golden Age’: A yuletide DVD collection‘A Flintstone Christmas’ (1977) & ‘A Flintstone Family Christmas’ (1993): One gift, one lump of coal
‘The Waltons’: Iconic show’s 1973 Thanksgiving story revisits old romance
It’s Thanksgiving on Walton’s Mountain, so pass the turkey gizzards and hold off on the back-sass, mister!
Continue reading ‘The Waltons’: Iconic show’s 1973 Thanksgiving story revisits old romance‘The World of Strawberry Shortcake’ (1980) & ‘Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City’ (1981): Charming, unpretentious
‘Happy Endings’ (Season 1): Spunky rom-com finds cult audience in crowded field
Fans of forgotten single-camera 2010s sitcoms can rejoice – you finally got your happy ending!
Continue reading ‘Happy Endings’ (Season 1): Spunky rom-com finds cult audience in crowded field‘Hammer House of Horror’: Early 80s UK anthology sports tight scripts, nimble direction
The Complete Hammer House of Horror is perfect Halloween viewing for anyone interested in 80s UK horror and the Hammer Films studio: the scripts are tight, the direction nimble, and the performances spot-on…with plenty of gore and slight nudity to keep you tuned in.
Continue reading ‘Hammer House of Horror’: Early 80s UK anthology sports tight scripts, nimble direction‘The Love Boat’ (Season 4): The ABC juggernaut’s highest-rated season
Welcome to the fourth DVD voyage of The Love Boat’s Pacific Princess, where the hook-ups are plentiful and the penicillin shots are always free!
Continue reading ‘The Love Boat’ (Season 4): The ABC juggernaut’s highest-rated season‘The Eyes of Charles Sand’ (1972): Fun viewing for dark October nights
Flashy but familiar, bait-and-switch ABC Movie of the Week entry.
Continue reading ‘The Eyes of Charles Sand’ (1972): Fun viewing for dark October nights‘Harry O’ (Season 1): World weary 70s detective is classically quirky…at first
They couldn’t just leave it alone.
Continue reading ‘Harry O’ (Season 1): World weary 70s detective is classically quirky…at first‘Charlie’s Angels’ (Season 1): 70s original is better than you remember
Can I eat crow? Yes. I can. Can I admit being wrong? Absolutely. And I was wrong–desperately wrong, Mr. Spelling.
Continue reading ‘Charlie’s Angels’ (Season 1): 70s original is better than you remember‘Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much’ (2017): How one man ‘cheated’ The Price is Right
2017’s Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much is a documentary about a hero of sorts,
Continue reading ‘Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much’ (2017): How one man ‘cheated’ The Price is Right‘I Dream of Jeannie…Fifteen Years Later’ (1985): Eden & Co. try to rekindle magic in mid-80s reboot attempt
Sad news: funny actor Bill Daily passed away this week. Pulling the rare trick of appearing in two iconic TV comedies—I Dream of Jeannie and The Bob Newhart Show—Daily was one of those actors lovers of vintage television took to their hearts like a cherished friend. He’ll be missed. So…in that spirit, let’s look at one of his lamer outings: I Dream of Jeannie…Fifteen Years Later.
Continue reading ‘I Dream of Jeannie…Fifteen Years Later’ (1985): Eden & Co. try to rekindle magic in mid-80s reboot attempt‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ (Season 1): Welcome to the 90s, high school
The golden age of Aaron Spelling TV. Wait…no! Every era was a golden age for Aaron Spelling TV, and if you were a teenager in the 1990s, you remember this “golden age” best!
Continue reading ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ (Season 1): Welcome to the 90s, high school‘Smile Jenny, You’re Dead’ (1974): Second pilot film leads to ‘Harry O’ series
‘Sanford and Son’: When sitcoms were edgy & controversial
Yes. I’m going to write that word in this review.
Continue reading ‘Sanford and Son’: When sitcoms were edgy & controversial‘Daniel Boone’: ’60s & ’70s adventure series still perfect family fun
Daniel Boone—The Complete Series is perfect family entertainment for young and old…and that’s next-to-impossible to come by these long, hot summer days.
Continue reading ‘Daniel Boone’: ’60s & ’70s adventure series still perfect family fun‘Shut That Door! Larry Grayson at ITV’: ’70s British comic, master of the double entendre
‘The Jeffersons’: Norman Lear sitcom disrespected, but gets the love
The strangest thing: my younger kids think television coming over our old aerial—complete with commercials and limited choice of channels—is the coolest thing now (high tech burnout was inevitable). And one of their favorite digital channels is our local MeTV outlet, with its old timey sched of classic television fare (yes, they have taste, but of course, I’m shilling for a potential job offer, too…). So the upcoming “Summer of Me” programming change this Monday should be a lot of fun for them—and for you, too, particularly since The Jeffersons will be movin’ on up into the primo 6:30pm (Eastern) timeslot (now you don’t have to watch the fake news!).
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