2) Newhart: We didn't make much mention of it this week, but here's a reminder that we talked about Bob's later sitcom, Newhart, back in our eighth season.
3) TV We Love: Haven't seen this new show on The CW, but it is examining classic TV series each Monday night, and it kicked off with a profile of The Brady Bunch. A press release says Barry Williams and Christopher Knight share "never-before-told stories" about the sitcom. I am rather skeptical that these guys--and I love their podcast--are sitting on more stories that they've never told!
4) John Candy and Stiller & Meara: Each act is the subject of a new documentary--the former on Prime Video, the latter on Apple.
Can a Leonard Frey documentary be far behind?
5) World Series: The 1985 Series began 40 years ago tonight on ABC. The "Show-Me" Series pitting Kansas City against St. Louis was filled with action, controversy, but not Howard Cosell. The sportscaster was booted from the ABC team, reportedly due to reactions to his book I Never Played the Game.
6) Mark Linn-Baker: The star of stage, screen, and, it must be said, Perfect Strangers; is listed as the narrator for Every Day Is Sunday, a new book about the modern rise of the National Football League. Uh, sure, would have been my first guess.
7) "Rock 'n' Zombies": This day in 1985, Hulk Hogan's Rock and Wrestling got into the Halloween spirit with an episode in which Bobby Heenan opens an amusement park where zombies apparently roam. The real shock is when Heenan "puts over" Hogan at the end of the story.
8) Angela Lansbury: She would have turned 100 this past Thursday, and Vogue ran a nice appreciation piece from a former assistant. I want to invite someone over this weekend just so I tell them, "Now how about a cuppa?" and "On your horse."
9) Love. American Style/Bridget Loves Bernie: Catchy Comedy runs a marathon of these two seldom aired (Except on this channel) sitcoms today.
10) R,I.P. Diane Keaton: She was not a TV actress, but what a great segment on Late Night with Dave interviewing her:
Ace Frehley:
Ed Williams:
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