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Classic TV Ideals: Beneficial or Dangerous?
In a recent blog about the passing of Tim Considine, I wrote that he once represented an ideal – in this case, the American teenager of the late 1950s. In that decade, as well as into the 1960s and...
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Classic TV Theme Music Challenge: Mike Post vs. Henry Mancini
Many great composers have contributed memorable songs to our classic TV heritage. What would The Addams Family be without Vic Mizzy’s finger-snapping introduction? How much excitement did Neil...
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My Journey Through 1970s TV: Tuesdays in 1970
Recently I began a quest to watch at least one episode of every prime time network television series to air in the 1970s. Thus far I’ve looked back at the Sunday night and Monday nightschedules from...
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Seven TV Characters That Are Only Tolerable On Television
A few weeks ago, this blog celebrated (or, more accurately, overlooked celebrating) its ten-year anniversary. At first that seemed like a good topic for a piece, but then it began to feel too...
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Cutting the Pop Culture Cord
I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but I recently realized that I have given the big Clampettt goodbye wave to the present entertainment landscape. And I’m not just talking about television....
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My Journey Through 1970s TV: Wednesdays in 1970
Hump Day in 1970 was as daunting as it is today. Americans toiled into the middle of the week, the weekend closer but still too far away for celebration. The diversion of television was needed more...
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Terrible Shows I Like: The Governor and J.J.
A few years ago I read an article entitled “The Politicization of Everything.” It expressed regret at how every aspect of our lives now seems to have a political component that wasn’t there in...
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Comfort TV Class Reunion Episodes
Last week my high school class celebrated its 40-year reunion. I did not attend, as I now live about 1,700 miles from my high school. Even had I lived closer, however, I probably would have felt out...
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My Journey Through 1970s TV: Thursdays in 1970
Hopefully by now you know the drill: I’m on a quest to find out whether I have watched (or can watch) at least one episode of every prime time television series that aired in the 1970s. I’m up to...
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Vin Scully and Nichelle Nichols – A Tribute
What's going on here?If you've stopped by the blog over the past week or so, you noticed that it looked like someone dropped and broke it, and then couldn't figure out how to put it back together....
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Top TV Moments: Olivia Newton-John
I would normally be loath to run back-to-back tribute pieces to recently departed celebrities, but this one could not be avoided. Time stopped in my home when social media announced the passing of...
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My Journey Through 1970s TV: Fridays in 1970
We are nearing the first week of this exploration of whether I have (or can) watch at least one episode of every prime time television series that aired in the 1970s. And so far I’m surprised I’m...
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Top TV Moments: Linda Evans
Linda Evans starred in two successful television series, but she wasn’t the focal point of either one. "Believe me, I know why I'm on the show," she once told an interviewer about playing Audra in...
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Comfort TV is Sent to Bed
One aspect of classic television I always enjoy is the observance of how people lived their everyday lives in the times these shows were made, and how we’ve changed since then. Here’s an example you...
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My Journey Through 1970s TV: Saturdays in 1970
With this piece we’ve completed year one in my journey through the 1970s, and the quest to watch at least one episode from that amazing television decade. Let’s see if the prime time schedules for...
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When Actors Write – Comfort TV Edition
“But what I really want to do is direct.” That phrase, spoken by many an actor over the decades, became such a cliché at one point that the American Film Institute immortalized it on a t-shirt. And...
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No, Velma is Not Gay
In case you haven’t heard, Velma Dinkley is officially a lesbian. At least, that’s what I read in Variety not long ago. I’m not certain how that happened – Velma has been around since 1969 and her...
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Dracula, Isis, and The Strangeness of Memory
Every year around Halloween I like to dig out some long forgotten seasonal relic from the Comfort TV crypt for a fresh look. A few days ago I saw a mention in a classic TV Facebook group of a 1979...
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My Journey Through 1970s TV: Sundays in 1971
Time to begin year two of my 1970s TV journey. From here on we’re likely to run into more shows already covered in the previous year, which is fine – that means there will be more space available to...
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Top TV Moments: Pamelyn Ferdin
When you think back on the Comfort TV child stars that are still fondly remembered, almost all of them are associated with one particular role in a successful series. But there are a few who worked...
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