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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