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Sunday, August 3, 2025

Top Ten #365

1) Rodney Dangerfield's 9th Annual Young Comedians Special: This program aired on HBO 40 years ago tonight, spotlighting such upstarts as Sam Kinison, Bob Saget, and BOTNS superstar Yakov Smirnoff!




2) Dynasty: The iconic Eighties soap is now on free streamer Tubi, which seems wrong somehow.




3) Thundarr: The great Secret Galaxy YT channel took a look at the series and its context this past weel; for more on the show itself you can check out our episode right here.



4) Mrs. America 1985: 40 years ago this weekend, the annual event, taped earlier, was broadcast in syndication, won by Mrs. Mississippi Donna Russell and hosted by...Richard Dawson. Yeah, that checks!



5) Lalo Schifrin: The Forgotten TV podcast, which I really need to catch up on, posted a great episode on the career of the composer this week.

6) National Sports Card Convention: The event is taking place in Illinois this weekend, and while it says "sports," I bet there's someone else out there looking for a GEM MINT Roscoe P. Coltrane.

7) National Sisters Day: From all of us with sisters to all of those who have sisters, or to those who are sisters, or--Oh, I messed it up. Here's a clip of a show that has a lot of sisters in it.



8) This Is Spinal Tap: Laurie and I just rewatched the classic mockumentary, and, wow, is it loaded with TV stars even outside the main cast--Howard Hesseman, Fran Drescher, Dana Carvey, Ed Begley Jr., Billy Crystal...




9) Martin Sheen: Happy 85th birthday!




10) National Black Business Month:





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