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Sunday, January 26, 2025

Top Ten #338: "Can the Commanders do it?" Edition

1) Batty Season: It kicked off this week with voting in two listener-chosen award categories! Keep watching this space for info and announcements about the Season 12 edition of the biggest night in retro TV podcasting!

2) Jessica Fletcher: Our NECA Murder, She Wrote action figure--yes, you read that right--arrived, and it is awesome! I think it's too much to hope for Seth and Sheriff Mort, but we are happy with this:




3) Otherworld: Here is a rarity that has been discussed in our Facebook group! The series premiered 40 years ago tonight on CBS.



4) Chico and the Man: Our new Episode Club premiered this week, and I have to confess I picked a subpar example of the series. Don't judge the whole series on "Mucho Macho Ed!" Thanks to everyone who did participate, even if only by reading our comments. We'll reveal another selection later this week.




5) Saturday Night Live: As the show celebrates 50 years on the air, a Peacock docuseries premiered last week, and tomorrow night, a 3-hour special devoted to musical moments debuts on NBC. It may be weird to say this, but one of my personal favorite musical moments was when Eddie Murphy imitated Stevie Wonder. As a kid, I thought that was amazing and hilarious!

6) National Spouses Day: Let me take a moment to acknowledge, right here in public, one of the best spouses a guy could ever have, someone who has had a huge influence on my life. That's right, Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners! The woman was a saint.

Oh, hey, Laurie, you are great, too!

7) The Goodyear Blimp: I very much enjoyed this look at blimps from Fun Fact Friyay. He speculates there are "25 blimps in existence, with maybe 12 or 13 of them being used." After reading about the cost of operation, I appreciate the blimps we do have even more! I hope to see some blimp action in the football games today.

8) The Dukes of Hazzard: The series premiered on this day in 1979, and I can remember when the biggest controversy was the size of Daisy's shorts. This video by Secret Galaxy has a shot of an article by BOTNS fave Gary Deeb:



9) Mr. Rooney Goes to Washington: 50 years ago tonight, CBS' Andy Rooney unveiled this special, in which he went to the nation's capital and complained a lot.

10) Rudy Martzke: As I said on our Facebook group, I give myself either a Dreaded Glitch or an Oops for not catching the news of his passing several months ago until this weekend. His Sports on TV column helped make the weekend edition of USA Today essential, and his Monday column was a great way to start the week.

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