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Monday, December 30, 2024
RetroFan #36 is another strong issue
Sunday, December 29, 2024
Top Ten #334
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Merry Christmas from BOTNS!
Here for your convenience are some links to past holiday episodes if you want to enjoy a podcast today:
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
12 Days of Watching (2024) #12: Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
Monday, December 23, 2024
12 Days of Watching (2024) #11: Archie Bunker and a bunch of other characters celebrate the holiday
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Top Ten #333: Special "I always thought .333 was a cool batting average" Edition!
Saturday, December 21, 2024
12 Days of Watching (2024) #10: Ernie Anderson would have made a good Santa Claus
Friday, December 20, 2024
12 Days of Watching (2024) #9: Christmas in Washington (1984, NBC)
Thursday, December 19, 2024
12 Days of Watching (2024) #8: It's not Christmas...It's HBO! Actually, it's both!
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
12 Days of Watching (2024) #7: Chico and the Man, or just the Man
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
12 Days of Watching (2024) #6: CBC promos from 1981
Let's go up north today and enjoy some seasonal promos and ads from CBC, apparently CBC Newfoundland from December 17, 1981 (according to a commenter)!
Monday, December 16, 2024
12 Days of Watching (2024) #5: Amen
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Top Ten #332: Special "December is flying by" edition!
1) 'Tis the Season: Our 12 Days of Watching is in progress, but we pause it for a day to bring you the Top Ten. We pause the feature, that is, not the watching! Hopefully you have time to enjoy some Christmas or holiday viewing this weekend.
2) Betcha: Wink Martindale's fantastic YouTube channel recently posted this game show pilot with Genius Award winner Marjoe Gortner as emcee of an interesting (and odd) mix of games, stunts, and betting.
3) HBO's Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary: I am a few weeks late, but, wow, this is an entertaining movie. By the way, if you look closely, you will see multiple shots of a certain beloved Doobie Brothers frontman and/or WKRP star.
4) Don Johnson: Happy 75th birthday! I take my hat off to you, Don, but I am leaving the socks on because it's cold here.
5) Bob Hope: To me it just ain't Christmas without that iconic performer of the 20th century...Bing Crosby. But I love watching Bob, too, and I saw this yuletide special last week:
50 years ago tonight, a Bob Hope special with Dean Martin premiered, and, funny enough, Christmas with the Bing Crosbys aired on NBC as well.
6) Saturday Night's Main Event: The WWE returns to network TV, and I wish it well, but I need Animotion, Phil Collins, and preferably King Kong Bundy to really feel like I'm watching "my" Main Event.
7) Perry Como Christmas in New England: 40 years ago tonight, ABC broadcast a special built around the man who DEFINED masculinity before Don Johnson came in and took the baton.
8) Melanie Chartoff: Birthday wishes go out to the star of Fridays.
9) Saturday Night Live: This night in 1984, a classic episode of the show featured returning megastar Eddie Murphy in sketches like the memorable 'White Like Me."
10) R.I.P.: The Amazing Kreskin, Michael Cole:
Saturday, December 14, 2024
12 Days of Watching (2024) #4: From all of them to all of you...
Friday, December 13, 2024
12 Days of Watching (2024) #3: Card Sharks Celebrates the Season
Thursday, December 12, 2024
12 Days of Watching (2024) #2: Bob Hope Christmas Special: "A Snow Job in Florida"
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
12 Days of Watching (2024) #1: NYC Christmas commercials
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
RetroFan has an outstanding article on a lesser-seen TV show of the 1970s
Sunday, December 8, 2024
Top Ten #331: Special "Baby, it's cold inside, not just outside, lately" Edition!
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
YouTube Spotlight: "Children's Favorites" LP
Boom, boom! Ain't it great to be crazy?"
Monday, December 2, 2024
Power Rankings: Forgotten/Underseen Sesame Street Characters
Sunday, December 1, 2024
Top Ten #330: Special "Thanksgiving lingers!" Edition
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving!
From all of us at Battle of the Network Shows to all of you, Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for all of our listeners and friends out there, and if you don't celebrate this holiday, well, have a great day anyway! Remember we have a brand-new episode available today. We'll be back this weekend on the website with more stuff, too.
Show Notes and Video Playlist: Episode 12-14: Sesame Street
Episode 12-14: Sesame Street
It took us 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 seasons, but we finally found our way to Sesame Street, episode 900 to be specific, "Sing-along in Bert and Ernie's Bathroom." The title says it all, and if it missed something, Bert's eyebrow has us covered. Help us wrap up the season in style with Bert, Ernie, David, Bob, Gordon, Maria, Big Bird, the Count, and Grover plus appearances by Kermit, Cookie Monster, and Luis in disguise. How do you spell fun and educational? B-O-T-N-S!
#podcast #tv #retrotv #seventies #eighties #sesamestreet# #bertandernie #kermitthefrog #grover #cookiemonster #bigbird #singalong
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Monday, November 25, 2024
Brooks on Books: The Books of San Francisco
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Top Ten #329: Special "It's (almost) Thanksgiving Day" Edition!
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Power Rankings: Quinn Martin shows not in circulation!
Friday, November 22, 2024
YouTube Spotlight: Bert D'Angelo, Superstar (and Chop Buster)
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Show Notes and Video Playlist: Episode 12-13: The Streets of San Francisco
*Welcome back to the world of QM Productions! Our earlier foray into Quinn Martin's work is right here in Dan August. Our Poor Devil episode is here.
*Shout again to Charlie and Trevor for inspiring us to cover TSOSF!
*Credit to Mike Quigley's website for giving a cool rundown of Streets' episodes.
*The books we reference are Jonathan Martin's Quinn Martin, Producer and James Rosin's The Streets of San Francisco: A Quinn Martin TV Series. Carolyn Weston's 1972 Poor, Poor Ophelia is the novel that served as source material for the series.
*Skag aired on NBC from January to February 1980 and failed despite being from the producer of Kojak. You can see a promo in this week's video playlist below.
*The NBC reunion movie aired Monday, January 27, 1992 and was produced by Aaron Spelling's company. Richard Hatch, who replaces Michel Douglas in the series' fifth season, is not in Back to the Streets of San Francisco, which drew good ratings.
*TSOTF was on ABC 5 seasons and 121 episodes.
*"The Takers" premiered December 2, 1972, on ABC at 10:00 P.M.
*This clip of B.A.D. Cats is in our playlist, and the full episode does feature Michael Lerner, but the clip does not. After you watch this, I believe you will forgive us for including it anyway:
*Vic Tayback appears in 3 episodes as Sergeant Norm Haseejian.
*The Coit Tower is an official landmark in San Francisco. It was built in the early Thirties in the Telegraph Hill section of the city.
*We strive to be givers, not "takers," and we hope we are succeeding this season!
*Patrick Williams composed the series' theme song.
*The John Davidson episode we mention is "The Mask of Death" from the third season.
*And finally, enjoy our official video playlist for this episode! It's loaded with promos, commercials, and all sorts of TV history! You'll even get glimpses of SF sports in 1972: The Giants, the Niners...and Roller Derby?
*And remember, you can always check out our official YouTube page for all of our past podcasts and episode-specific playlists for each one!
Episode 12-13: The Streets of San Francisco
For the second time this season, we explore the gritty world of Quinn Martin Productions with The Streets of San Francisco. In season one episode "The Takers," Karl Malden and Michael Douglas hit those very streets to discover who killed two young women in their own apartment. Was it jealous ex and airline pilot Rex Riley, their former roommate, the building manager, the little jewelry salesman, or someone else? Expect more twists and turns than Lombard Street in "The Takers"!
#podcast #tv #retrotv #seventies #streetsofsanfrancisco #quinnmartin #karlmalden #michaeldouglas
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Monday, November 18, 2024
My Blake's 7 Collection
Sunday, November 17, 2024
Top Ten #328: Special "Here we go" Edition
Friday, November 15, 2024
YouTube Spotlight: A look at "Softly, Softly"
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Show Notes and Video Playlist: Episode 12-12 Blake's 7
-Blake's 7: An Oral History of the Classic UK Series by Joe Nazarro
-Liberation by Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore