This week, we delve into the weird 1972 animated special "Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter," which takes Popeye and adds most of his King Features comic strip cohorts, including Blondie and Dagwood, Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois, Quincy, Snuffy Smith, Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Steve Canyon, and more! Popeye does impressions, Olive flirts with Steve, a number of characters eat a lot of food, and a Dagwood sandwich saves the day! It might not get any weirder than this.
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
David Letterman beat us to our Knight Rider episode by about 30 years!
Recently, while enjoying a video history of the David Letterman vs. Terry Forster feud (with a skirmish between Dave and Good Morning America host David Hartman thrown in for good measure), I saw this bit: Letterman at the desk reading copy from NBC PR. It's touting not just any episode of Knight Rider--Dave would be excited enough about that--but the same episode we covered on the podcast in season 3.
Click the embedded video below to see Letterman's early thoughts on the upcoming episode. Perhaps we should have consulted him for the season 3 Battys!
"We're taking another important step tonight in the wrong direction."
I think the look he gives the camera at 21:28 says it all, but I also think we give the series a bit more reverence than he does.
Special thanks to the great Don Giller for making this material available on his channel!
Click the embedded video below to see Letterman's early thoughts on the upcoming episode. Perhaps we should have consulted him for the season 3 Battys!
"We're taking another important step tonight in the wrong direction."
I think the look he gives the camera at 21:28 says it all, but I also think we give the series a bit more reverence than he does.
Special thanks to the great Don Giller for making this material available on his channel!
Friday, July 13, 2018
The You Tube playlist for "Late Night with David Letterman" is now live!
After you enjoy our discussion of the greatness that is Dave, check out our official playlist for this episode by heading to our YouTube channel and selecting the "playlists" tab or by clicking the embedded video below:
Included in this lineup: Tons of vintage Dave, including promos, clips, and local weather! Barry White meets Muhammad Ali! Bobcat Goldthwait lip-syncs to Madonna! And Letterman (along with Mary Tyler Moore, Swoosie Kurtz, James Hampton, and Michael Keaton) cover Paul McCartney and Wings???
Included in this lineup: Tons of vintage Dave, including promos, clips, and local weather! Barry White meets Muhammad Ali! Bobcat Goldthwait lip-syncs to Madonna! And Letterman (along with Mary Tyler Moore, Swoosie Kurtz, James Hampton, and Michael Keaton) cover Paul McCartney and Wings???
Show Notes: Episode 4-10: Late Night With David Letterman
*Late Night with David Letterman aired on NBC at 12:30-12:35 from February 1982 to June 1993. it aired Monday through Thursday until Summer 1987, when it added a Friday airing (which a young me appreciated) and went to reruns most Mondays. This airing bumped Friday Night Videos to 1:30.
*Camping with Barry White sprang from a monologue joke in December 1982 but aired as the May 24, 1983 episode. Check our YouTube playlist for the video!
*This episode likely aired against news programming on ABC stations and, in the CBS Late Movie slot, a combo of reruns of Quincy and McMillan and Wife.
*The biography Mike mentions is Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night by Jason Zinoman.
*Hal Gurnee not only directed hundreds of episodes of David Letterman's show, but he also directed The Tonight Show in the Jack Paar era and, as Wikipedia reports, The Man Show.
*Merrill Markoe was the head writer of the show for years and has written novels, essays, and screenplays. She and Letterman were a couple for years.
*Barry White was running his own label, Unlimited Gold, at this time but was just past his peak as a recording artist. There's reason to believe he was at his peak as a camper, though.
*Class (1983) opened in July to weak reviews in fourth place in the box office, trailing Return of the Jedi, Staying Alive, and--debuting at #1--Jaws 3-D.
*Bobcat Goldthwait making h TV debut here, was two days shy of 21 when this aired.
*The 4-star Milford Plaza Hotel on Eighth Avenue in New York City is now "Row NYC Hotel," which saddens me.
*Here's a look at Dave's appearance in Marvel Comics' The Avengers #234 in 1984. I still think he looks more like Ted Koppel on Al Milgrom's cover.
*Camping with Barry White sprang from a monologue joke in December 1982 but aired as the May 24, 1983 episode. Check our YouTube playlist for the video!
*This episode likely aired against news programming on ABC stations and, in the CBS Late Movie slot, a combo of reruns of Quincy and McMillan and Wife.
*The biography Mike mentions is Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night by Jason Zinoman.
*Hal Gurnee not only directed hundreds of episodes of David Letterman's show, but he also directed The Tonight Show in the Jack Paar era and, as Wikipedia reports, The Man Show.
*Merrill Markoe was the head writer of the show for years and has written novels, essays, and screenplays. She and Letterman were a couple for years.
*Barry White was running his own label, Unlimited Gold, at this time but was just past his peak as a recording artist. There's reason to believe he was at his peak as a camper, though.
*Class (1983) opened in July to weak reviews in fourth place in the box office, trailing Return of the Jedi, Staying Alive, and--debuting at #1--Jaws 3-D.
*Bobcat Goldthwait making h TV debut here, was two days shy of 21 when this aired.
*The 4-star Milford Plaza Hotel on Eighth Avenue in New York City is now "Row NYC Hotel," which saddens me.
*Here's a look at Dave's appearance in Marvel Comics' The Avengers #234 in 1984. I still think he looks more like Ted Koppel on Al Milgrom's cover.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
4-10: Late Night with David Letterman "Camping with Barry White"
For many of us who grew up in the eighties, one name defines late night--Dave--and this week, we focus on the "Camping with Barry White," episode, which features Jacqueline Bisset, the television debut of Bobcat Goldthwait, and of course...camping with Barry White. Awww, yeah.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
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