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Sunday, November 3, 2024

Top Ten #326: Special "Now they're running out of Christmas stuff at the stores" Edition

1) Gilligan's Island: We don't go the full 3 hours, but we have a fun discussion on the podcast this week about the classic 1960s sitcom. Tune in next week to see if we're stranded talking about it again.



2) Johnny Carson's Greatest Practical Jokes: Back to last week's episode: I watched the special that helped inspire TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, this 1983 hour that includes a joke he plays on Joan Rivers. Boy, she got HIM back a few years later.



3) Sherwood Schwartz: This is a man responsible for 72.6% of the TV hours I watched as a kid.



4) Alan Hale's Lobster Barrel: I sure wish they had done TV advertising for this old Los Angeles restaurant. We'll just have to use our imaginations.

5) Riptide: The 1980s NBC series, one of the lesser-seen Stephen J. Cannell shows in streaming, just showed up on Roku Channel for free viewing.



6) Daylight Savings Time: We're encouraging our friends in our Facebook group to use the extra hour productively, and by that we mean watching an extra hour of old TV.

7) National Sandwich Day: And while watching that TV, why not enjoy a massive sammich?



8) Midnight Cowboy: The acclaimed 1969 theatrical film made its broadcast TV debut on ABC 50 years ago tonight...and it was surely hacked to bits.



9) It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: I try to watch this every year, and this time I was really struck by the atmospheric score that enhances the Halloween atmosphere.



10) R.I.P. Teri Garr:



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