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Battle of the Network Stars: Leave it Alone!
Earlier this week I read a piece on the TV Line website about the ABC network looking into a revival of Battle of the Network Stars. I immediately ceased work on my next blog so I could instead talk...
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Top TV Moments: Sid Haig
I confess that when I see an actor from the Comfort TV universe in a project well outside its safe borders, I find it disconcerting. That doesn’t happen often because I’m not someone who seeks out...
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Ranking the Top 20 Partridge Family Songs
The Partridge Family and The Monkees are two Comfort TV sitcoms inextricably linked in my memory.In both cases I thought the songs they performed were even better than their respective shows. It took...
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Comfort TV Classroom Crushes
One of the most popular family sitcom stories of the Comfort TV era is the student who develops a crush on a teacher. I wonder, in the wake of so many news stories about inappropriate teacher-student...
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None of This Crap Works
How’s that for a title? We’ll get to what it means in a moment. One of the first pieces I wrote for this blog was about how happy I am to own the TV shows I love on DVD. That has not changed. It isn’t...
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TV Books, and The Book That Inspired Comfort TV
If you love classic TV, there’s a good chance you also enjoy books about classic TV. I know I do. In fact I’ve built quite a collection over the years. I’ve also been lucky enough to get to know...
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I Still Miss Annette
Who’s the little lady who’s as dainty as a dream?Who’s the one you can’t forget?I’ll give you just three guessesAnnette, Annette, Annette-- “Annette” (Jimmie Dodd)It’s hard to explain my enduring...
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53 Wonderful Things From the Comfort TV Era
Today is my 53rdbirthday. Since birthdays are often a time to look back, and that’s pretty much all we do around here anyway, I’ve compiled a list of 53 wonderful people, places, moments and...
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The Comfort TV Game Shows on Buzzr
As someone who already watches too much television, the last thing I needed was another reason to stay on the couch and avoid other activities. But when DISH Network added Buzzr to its channel options,...
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Top TV Moments: Roy Roberts
One of the most engaging qualities of the comfort TV era is the recurring presence of familiar character actors, who played different roles on different shows, all of whom were often variations on a...
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Comfort TV Coast to Coast: 50 States, 50 Classics (Part 1)
Summer is a time to hit the road, so I thought it would be fun to tour the United States through the TV shows celebrated by this blog. New York and California have been on TV since the medium’s...
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Comfort TV Coast to Coast: 50 States, 50 Classic Moments (Part 2)
Welcome back to our classic TV tour of the United States. Sadly we’ve hit some bumps in the road, as only two of the selections for the next ten states feature any location filming where they were...
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Comfort TV Coast to Coast: 50 States, 50 Classic Moments (Part 3)
Another week, another ten stops on our cross-country tour of classic TV America, state by state. My guess is that some of these choices may be shows you’ve not watched (or perhaps even knew existed)....
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Comfort TV Coast to Coast: 50 States, 50 Classic Moments (Part 4)
Four weeks in and our state-by-state Comfort TV tour rolls on. If this were a real tour we’d be racking up frequent flyer miles this time around, with trips from New Mexico to New York, and from Oregon...
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Comfort TV Coast to Coast: 50 States, 50 Classic Moments (Part 5)
Like all summer trips, our state-by-state classic TV tour of America must come to an end. But at least we’re finishing up strong with visits to Mount Rushmore, Southfork Ranch and the Double R Diner,...
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Searching For Sugar Bears
After writing an article about hoarding (not for here, of course), I was inspired to do a deep clean into some drawers and closet space that haven’t been exposed to light for a while. As expected, most...
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The Uncomfortable Classics of Norman Lear
Norman Lear and his white floppy hat have been back in the news of late. First for being among the recipients of this year’s Kennedy Center Honors; and then for announcing his intention to skip the...
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It’s Not a Rip-Off – It’s an Homage
Classic TV fans are used to seeing certain stories told over and over across different situation comedies. Think about student-teacher crush episodes, or shows in which a character gets assigned to...
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Top TV Moments: Ann Jillian
Show business, like life, isn’t always fair. But usually those with ample talent and work ethic will find an opportunity to achieve success. Certainly that was the case with Ann Jillian, who worked...
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When Septembers Were Special
Septembers aren’t what they used to be.When the shows that are now comfort TV classics were still in first run, September was the month fans anticipated with the same excitement as any of the festive...
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