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Thursday, October 3, 2024

Show Notes and Video Playlist: Episode 12-8: Dungeons and Dragons

*Mazes and Monsters premiered December 28, 1982, on CBS.

*Dragon magazine was in print 1976 to 2007, and since then has remained more or less active as a digital publication.


*Dungeons and Dragons aired 27 episodes and 3 seasons, September 1983 to December 1985. CBS ran reruns in 1987 and 1990.

*This episode we discuss premiered Saturday, October 15, 1983. I didn't mention the primetime shows on that day, just the Saturday morning lineup, but here is what was on that night:

CBS: Cutter to Houston, Movie: Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
ABC: T,J. Hooker, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island
NBC: Diff'rent Strokes, Silver Spoons, The Rousters, The Yellow Rose
And later, Saturday Night Live welcomed hosts Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman with musical guest Eddy Grant

*Let's salute Johnny Douglas, the series' composer, for that wonderful orchestral theme music!

*Finally, here is the video playlist for this episode, chock full of promos, that great theme song, commercials, and SID Miller on Barney Miller! All this plus Menudo!



*And remember, you can always check out our official YouTube page for all of our past podcasts and episode-specific playlists for each one!

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