Showing posts with label Automan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Automan. Show all posts
Friday, October 14, 2022
Promo Theatre: ABC promotes Automan...and more!
In this promo reel posted by the great ewjxn YT account, we get all sorts of 1984 ABC goodness, including several looks at the same AKA Pablo and two glimpses of the Automan episode we discussed on the podcast! And, hey, don't forget Shaping Up with Leslie Nielsen!
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
YouTube Spotlight: Voyage of the Yes starring Automan's Desi Arnaz Jr.
A few weeks ago, we talked about Automan on the podcast, and of course we created a video playlise devoted to the show. One of the more interesting clips is this segment from 1973 TV movie The Voyage of the Yes:
The movie starred Automan's Desi Arnaz Jr. and The Jeffersons' Mike Evans as teenagers who decide to sail from California to Hawaii. The movie, which is available on Prime Video, is very well reviewed on IMDB.
It premiered January 16, 1973 on CBS against an ABC TV movie take on Frankenstein and the second half of a The New Doctors episode on NBC. The Voyage of the Yes also features Scoey Mitchell, Beverly Garland, Della Reese, Steve Franken, and Dick Powell Jr.! The series pilot apparently has it all--drama, race relations, and a shark! Click here for Made for TV Mayhem's take on the movie.
The movie starred Automan's Desi Arnaz Jr. and The Jeffersons' Mike Evans as teenagers who decide to sail from California to Hawaii. The movie, which is available on Prime Video, is very well reviewed on IMDB.
It premiered January 16, 1973 on CBS against an ABC TV movie take on Frankenstein and the second half of a The New Doctors episode on NBC. The Voyage of the Yes also features Scoey Mitchell, Beverly Garland, Della Reese, Steve Franken, and Dick Powell Jr.! The series pilot apparently has it all--drama, race relations, and a shark! Click here for Made for TV Mayhem's take on the movie.
Friday, August 2, 2019
The Automan playlist is live!
Click below to follow up our Automan episode with a YouTube playlist full of promos, music, and more! See Chuck Wagner on Tattletales! Desi Arnaz Jr. sings! Clips from Solid Gold AND American Bandstand! All this and more in our most Branigantastic playlist ever:
And remember to check out our official YouTube page for past episodes and playlists like this one!
And remember to check out our official YouTube page for past episodes and playlists like this one!
Show Notes: Episode 6-9: Automan
*Thanks again to listener John Holm for suggesting Automan as a potential show topic!
*Automan aired just one season (not even) in 1983-84 on ABC.
*Murder MTV premiered at 8:00 P.M. Monday, March 12, 1984, followed by Why Me? and opposing Bloopers and Practical Jokes on NBC and Scarecrow and Mrs. King on CBS.
*Tron is a summer 1982 Disney film that performed below expectations at the box office but is well enough remembered to have spawned video games, cartoons, even a sequel in 2010.
*Heather McNair's Wikipedia page is quite sparse, but her other credits include playing Marion Davies in Chaplin (1992).
*Laura Branigan died at the age of 52 after a pop career led by her mega-smash 1982 single Gloria.
*Her Life as a Man got this review in the Christian Science Monitor in 1984. The author calls it an "excellent drama" but doesn't mention Joan Collins nor Robert Culp.
*Emerald Point N.A.S. was also a one-season wonder at this time. The CBS primetime soap starred Dennis Weaver, Sela Ward, Patrick O'Neal, Susan Dey, and Richard Anderson among others.
*Cool facts about Chuck Wagner: He was on a non-celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, he once toured as ringmaster for Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey, he was in the original Broadway cast of Into the Woods.
*Folks, dare we cover Manimal next? While Automan is fondly recalled in many circles, Glen A. Larson's other 1983 series is a staple of "worst of" lists.
*Automan aired just one season (not even) in 1983-84 on ABC.
*Murder MTV premiered at 8:00 P.M. Monday, March 12, 1984, followed by Why Me? and opposing Bloopers and Practical Jokes on NBC and Scarecrow and Mrs. King on CBS.
*Tron is a summer 1982 Disney film that performed below expectations at the box office but is well enough remembered to have spawned video games, cartoons, even a sequel in 2010.
*Heather McNair's Wikipedia page is quite sparse, but her other credits include playing Marion Davies in Chaplin (1992).
*Laura Branigan died at the age of 52 after a pop career led by her mega-smash 1982 single Gloria.
*Her Life as a Man got this review in the Christian Science Monitor in 1984. The author calls it an "excellent drama" but doesn't mention Joan Collins nor Robert Culp.
*Emerald Point N.A.S. was also a one-season wonder at this time. The CBS primetime soap starred Dennis Weaver, Sela Ward, Patrick O'Neal, Susan Dey, and Richard Anderson among others.
*Cool facts about Chuck Wagner: He was on a non-celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, he once toured as ringmaster for Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey, he was in the original Broadway cast of Into the Woods.
*Folks, dare we cover Manimal next? While Automan is fondly recalled in many circles, Glen A. Larson's other 1983 series is a staple of "worst of" lists.
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Episode 6-9: Automan "Murder MTV"
Someone might kill an up-and-coming pop star (Laura Branigan) unless Walter and Automan stop them. Along the way, Automan straps on a holographic guitar and rocks out. Why? It's the eighties, baby! Why else?
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
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