2) Check It Out!: What better way for me to celebrate last week's Canada Day than to begin watching the episodes on this DVD set my co-conspirator Mike got me?
3) Murder, She Wrote: The series is having a moment, what with astonishing news (The show is now out on Blu Ray--the entire series!), good news (You can now stream the series free on Tubi), and bad news (Peacock, which had MSW since launch, dropped it this month).
4) Casey Kasem: Laurie and I have discovered the I Heart Radio app's American Top 40 livestream, which runs the old radio episodes from the Seventies and Eighties and runs them--get this--without commercials!
5) The Twilight Zone: Thanks to years of tradition, many of us associate this classic with the Fourth of July. Eeeeerie!
Actually, no, it's easily explainable by all the marathons. But it's at least a little odd!
6) Joey and Dad: 50 years ago tonight, this variety show premiered as a summer replacement for Cher. In this episode, Joey Heatherton and her dad Ray welcomed guest stars like Gary Burghoff and the Captain and Tennille, along with regulars Pat Paulsen and Henny Youngman.
Now, Ray Heatherton was a seasoned showbiz pro, but how many people do you think tuned in for "Dad"?
7) National Fried Chicken Day:
8) Burt Ward: Happy 80th!
9) ALF: Shout! TV has a marathon of the series this weekend. As if cats didn't have enough to stress them out with all the fireworks.
10) R.I.P. Michael Madsen:
