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Not the same without Diana, but a really nice song. I like these personal songs that clearly spring from a specific memory.
The one song I recognize here, and it's a good one.
A week of Lost 45s, but none of them were bad.
The Classic/Retro Pop Culture Thread
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Oooh, harsh!
The reason this low charter is here is because its album, Sunflower, is on the list...so while I'd have thought that the Beach Boys were well past their "best by" date at this point, Rolling Stone wants me to give them one more chance.Sounds decent, and they sure did get a vocalist who sounded like Diana, at least superficially...but this one doesn't pop for me like Supremes classics of yore.
A groovy, distinctive oldies radio classic.
With today being Leap Day, the present calendar is going to fall back in sync with that of 50 years ago; so anniversaries--including of airdates--will fall on the same day of the week as they did in 1970. This is how it was when I started doing 50th anniversary business in 2016, but we lost it in 2018.
ETA: An odd bit of inexactly dated 50th anniversary business...February 1970 would have been when Green Lantern #76 (cover dated Apr. 1970) hit the stands...better known as the first issue of the newly rebranded Green Lantern/Green Arrow series. Crafted by Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams and featuring stories dealing with topical issues of the day, the series is held by comic book historians as one of the milestones marking the transition between the Silver and Bronze Ages.
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Oooh, harsh!
Diana is just an impossible act to follow. Sometimes replacing your lead singer improves the band (e.g. Van Halen) and sometimes you shouldn't even try (e.g. Queen).
That was a classic run and really a seminal moment in comics history. Denny O'Neil has done some really amazing stuff over the years. And, of course, Neal Adams is an amazing artist (although something about him always turned me off a little bit).
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55th Anniversary Viewing
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Branded
"The Bounty"
Originally aired February 21, 1965
Jason is having a drink at the Reading Hotel when a patron paints yellow on his back and makes an announcement to the crowd regarding his identity. A fight ensues against a trio of men identified as the Starrett brothers, with the odds evening when Johnny Dolan (Pat Conway) steps in to help Jason, who buys him a drink afterward. But when he's got Jason's guard down later in his room, Dolan pulls a gun. Forced to hit the trail, Jason is told at a campfire about the reward on him, which is over ten times what Dolan normally collects for a bounty. Jason deduces that Dolan plans to kill him right there, but before that happens the duo are ambushed by the Starretts, and while Jason manages to fight them off, Dolan is mortally wounded. Before he passes, he gives Jason the card of the Paxton Detective Agency in Hyattville, who put out the reward on him.
Jason goes to Hyattville in "disguise"--wearing an eye patch and dressing differently--to pay a call on Matthew Paxton (Gene Evans). Jason claims to be a bounty hunter who killed McCord, producing his own gun and saber as evidence. Paxton indicates that he's just a go-between, and arranges a rendezvous via telegraph with the mysterious payer.
At the rendezvous, Paxton is approached by a man wearing a bandana over his face, whom Jason gets his gun on and unmasks. He turns out to be one Thomas Frye (Michael Ansara), a civilian scout who was working for Jason's cavalry unit but disappeared just before the Bitter Creek incident. It's revealed that Frye gave the Indians info about the cavalry patrol in exchange for a gold-laden riverbed, and that he wanted to bury the truth with Jason. Paxton then knocks out Jason and asks Frye for a share of the gold.
While the duo have Jason dig his own grave, he takes the opportunity to turn them against each other, observing that Frye intends to kill Paxton, too, as he now knows as much as Jason did. Jason subsequently gets the drop on his captors and a fight ensues, followed by a foot pursuit that culminates in Frye finding himself trapped in quicksand. Jason struggles unsuccessfully to pull him out. Having seen what Jason is made of, Paxton expresses his belief that he didn't run at Bitter Creek.
So we have an antagonist with a literal connection to Jason this time around, rather than a guest with a thematic one. They made a point of painting Dolan as an otherwise likable guy whose bounty hunting was fueled by a taste for the good life, but he died too early in the episode for that to go anywhere.
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12 O'Clock High
"The Ticket"
Originally aired February 26, 1965
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/the-classic-retro-pop-culture-thread.278375/page-67#post-12208868
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Gilligan's Island
"Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend"
Originally aired February 27, 1965
Featuring an uncredited Janos Prohaska as the titular guest primate. Gilligan sees the gorilla repeatedly, and of course nobody believes him. Then the ape takes Mrs. Howell's diamond brooch. The castaways are shocked when Mr. Howell assumes that one of them must have taken it, but they also jump at the offer of a (meaningless, as always) monetary reward for finding it.
Thurston's plan to give the castaways an opportunity to anonymously return the brooch inspires a contemporaneous pop cultural reference...
The castaways find the gorilla keeping Mrs. Howell in a shallow cave, and various attempts to lure it away and capture it fail (including having Ginger serve as the lure) before the Professor realizes that the gorilla might be attracted to Mrs. Howell's perfume. Gilligan is sent to retrieve the bottle and spills it all over himself, so he finds himself swapped with Mrs. Howell as the object of the gorilla's affection. In the coda we find that the gorilla situation has resolved itself as the ape has found an actual mate.
On the food source front, we see some of the castaways gathering eggs in one scene.
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GL #76: I found it to be more than a little hamfisted in getting its message across, but it was a big deal that superhero comics were going there at all at that point--and all the bigger a deal that it was DC doing the going. And of course, the art is groovy. I was particularly incredulous that the Guardians of the Universe would micromanage how the GLs handled their turf to the extent that they'd step in the first time Hal got his white gloves dirty dealing with a not-illegal social injustice. Also, Ollie had been in goateed liberal social crusader mode for all of five minutes at this point, after spending three decades as a whitebread Batman clone, so he comes across as a bit of a poseur when lecturing Hal.
55th Anniversary Viewing
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Branded
"The Bounty"
Originally aired February 21, 1965
IMDb said:
Jason is having a drink at the Reading Hotel when a patron paints yellow on his back and makes an announcement to the crowd regarding his identity. A fight ensues against a trio of men identified as the Starrett brothers, with the odds evening when Johnny Dolan (Pat Conway) steps in to help Jason, who buys him a drink afterward. But when he's got Jason's guard down later in his room, Dolan pulls a gun. Forced to hit the trail, Jason is told at a campfire about the reward on him, which is over ten times what Dolan normally collects for a bounty. Jason deduces that Dolan plans to kill him right there, but before that happens the duo are ambushed by the Starretts, and while Jason manages to fight them off, Dolan is mortally wounded. Before he passes, he gives Jason the card of the Paxton Detective Agency in Hyattville, who put out the reward on him.
Jason goes to Hyattville in "disguise"--wearing an eye patch and dressing differently--to pay a call on Matthew Paxton (Gene Evans). Jason claims to be a bounty hunter who killed McCord, producing his own gun and saber as evidence. Paxton indicates that he's just a go-between, and arranges a rendezvous via telegraph with the mysterious payer.
At the rendezvous, Paxton is approached by a man wearing a bandana over his face, whom Jason gets his gun on and unmasks. He turns out to be one Thomas Frye (Michael Ansara), a civilian scout who was working for Jason's cavalry unit but disappeared just before the Bitter Creek incident. It's revealed that Frye gave the Indians info about the cavalry patrol in exchange for a gold-laden riverbed, and that he wanted to bury the truth with Jason. Paxton then knocks out Jason and asks Frye for a share of the gold.
While the duo have Jason dig his own grave, he takes the opportunity to turn them against each other, observing that Frye intends to kill Paxton, too, as he now knows as much as Jason did. Jason subsequently gets the drop on his captors and a fight ensues, followed by a foot pursuit that culminates in Frye finding himself trapped in quicksand. Jason struggles unsuccessfully to pull him out. Having seen what Jason is made of, Paxton expresses his belief that he didn't run at Bitter Creek.
Jason McCord said:
So we have an antagonist with a literal connection to Jason this time around, rather than a guest with a thematic one. They made a point of painting Dolan as an otherwise likable guy whose bounty hunting was fueled by a taste for the good life, but he died too early in the episode for that to go anywhere.
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12 O'Clock High
"The Ticket"
Originally aired February 26, 1965
Xfinity said:
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/the-classic-retro-pop-culture-thread.278375/page-67#post-12208868
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Gilligan's Island
"Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend"
Originally aired February 27, 1965
Wiki said:
Featuring an uncredited Janos Prohaska as the titular guest primate. Gilligan sees the gorilla repeatedly, and of course nobody believes him. Then the ape takes Mrs. Howell's diamond brooch. The castaways are shocked when Mr. Howell assumes that one of them must have taken it, but they also jump at the offer of a (meaningless, as always) monetary reward for finding it.
Thurston's plan to give the castaways an opportunity to anonymously return the brooch inspires a contemporaneous pop cultural reference...
But Mr. Howell's plan backfires when Lovey is carried off by the gorilla in the dark. Following this, the Skipper says that he'll never doubt what Gilligan says again. Yeah, right...Mrs. Howell said:
The castaways find the gorilla keeping Mrs. Howell in a shallow cave, and various attempts to lure it away and capture it fail (including having Ginger serve as the lure) before the Professor realizes that the gorilla might be attracted to Mrs. Howell's perfume. Gilligan is sent to retrieve the bottle and spills it all over himself, so he finds himself swapped with Mrs. Howell as the object of the gorilla's affection. In the coda we find that the gorilla situation has resolved itself as the ape has found an actual mate.
On the food source front, we see some of the castaways gathering eggs in one scene.
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And I must confess that other than the odd single-issue reprint--including one of #76 that I own and read for the first time in decades yesterday--I've never read the entire original GL/GA run. 50th anniversary retro gives me a good reason to amend that...particularly as it might make a nice companion on the DC end of my anniversary comic reading to another milestone marking the transition between ages, coming later this year: Kirby leaving Marvel to do his Fourth World books. In that case I own the originals, and they've been itching for a re-read for years now.
GL #76: I found it to be more than a little hamfisted in getting its message across, but it was a big deal that superhero comics were going there at all at that point--and all the bigger a deal that it was DC doing the going. And of course, the art is groovy. I was particularly incredulous that the Guardians of the Universe would micromanage how the GLs handled their turf to the extent that they'd step in the first time Hal got his white gloves dirty dealing with a not-illegal social injustice. Also, Ollie had been in goateed liberal social crusader mode for all of five minutes at this point, after spending three decades as a whitebread Batman clone, so he comes across as a bit of a poseur when lecturing Hal.
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Just not good. Probably their punishment for hanging around Charles Manson a year earlier...
Proving that good songwriting can weather the departure of a popular front-woman.
Solid, emotional hit.
...and the comic book industry has rarely seen such a powerful artist and writer pairing since.
^^ 
The Old West is rife with evil brothers.
And speaking in a wacky French accent.
And who was at least partially responsible for the massacre.
No spin off for him.
Earl Holliman is a pretty cool character actor who did some nice stuff back in the day-- and he has the distinction of starring in the very first Twilight Zone.
She really does flirt with every male on the island.
I wonder how a pair of gorillas got onto a South Seas island. They're the equivalent of the polar bear on Lost.
I don't know if I've ever read the complete run. I didn't read it when it first came out, but picked them up at conventions around 1975 or so.
I remember being impressed and inspired at the time-- of course, I was fourteen years old. I'll have to see if they've collected these issues in a Kindle edition.
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50th Anniversary Viewing (Part 1)
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Mission: Impossible
"Lover's Knot"
Originally aired February 22, 1970
This format-breaker has no tape scene and no Willy! The episode opens at a murder scene in London, which is being doctored to look like a suicide. What passes as the briefing has the team meet with U.S. Department of State Special Assistant Marvin Rogers (Jerry Douglas) at the U.S. embassy. Lady Cora Weston (Jane Merrow), wife of Lord Richard Weston (John Williams), is determined to have been responsible for an attempt to blackmail the victim, and the IMF is trying to find out the true identity of her boss in the spy ring, known only as "K." To that end, Jim serves as the embassy's new communications officer, Commander Munroe, and Paris as Bill Fulton, an embassy protocol officer. It's hinted at early that Paris may find his role difficult.
Paris checks out Lady Weston's stables, and goes riding and boating with her in a romantically shot montage scene, with conversation superimposed over footage of their activities. But K relays orders through Rorke (Don Knight)--whom we've learned was the killer in the first scene--that she's to concentrate on Jim. The next day she calls to arrange a date with Jim at a casino--gambling having been set up as his big vice--and Paris acts despondent. Jim suffers a bad streak at craps thanks to a rigged table, which the IMF knows about. When Paris calls on Lady Weston the next day, he seems jealous; when he's about to leave, they kiss.
Casino owner Conway (Charles Macaulay) puts pressure on Jim over his debt to provide info about a scrambler. When Conway and Rorke follow up by threatening to kill him, Weston fake intervenes. All seems to be going according to plan, but behind closed doors at the embassy, Paris expresses reluctance at manipulating Lady Weston.
Once the baddies can unscramble the embassy's communications, false communications set up that Paris is both secretly an important intelligence operative and in trouble with his superiors. He and Weston are filmed spending romantic time together, during which she offers to help him with his trouble. Seemingly drunk Commander Jim drops in and gets into a fight with Paris over her, which ends with Jim feigning death. All the while, Rorke films on.
Clearly out of his element working out of an embassy office in the first half of the episode, Barney gets back into his groove when he rigs a furnace to look like it's burning while most of it isn't, and crawls in, waiting for Paris to dispose of Jim's body. Back upstairs, feeling closer to "Bill," Lady Weston shares her real occupation with him and offers to arrange asylum for him with her employers. Rorke uses the stick method by letting Paris know how much footage they've got of him spending time with Lady Weston. Paris agrees, provided he can talk directly with K.
With the help of a tracking device, Jim and Barney trail the car taking Paris to his meeting with K...who turns out to be Lord Weston. The embassy gang sends out another fake message to be decoded, about Fulton being needed at a conference where the Westons can use him as a spy. After Paris leaves, Lady Weston starts getting all reluctant moll about the situation. But then Lord Weston gets intel indicating that the message was fake. Jim and Barney rescue Paris from his driver, but Paris wants to go back for Cora. Jim takes the place of the chauffeur and, returning to Secret Weston Manor with Paris, demonstrates to Rorke that the TV Fu Knockout Chop is still a thing in the '70s. Told that Scotland Yard is on the way, the Westons know that the game is up. Jim leaves Lord Weston alone in his office after noticing a gun lying on his desk...and yeah, you can guess what happens while Jim's still in earshot. Lady Weston gets a ride to Scotland Yard during which she and Paris exchange regrets.
This unusually melodramatic format-breaker feels like a Season 1 episode...specifically "The Short Tail Spy" from what I vaguely remember of it...the one that had Cinnamon falling for Hans Gudegast's character during an operation. The really odd thing here is how they telegraph this aspect early on, as if it were a given that Paris would fall for Lady Weston during the mission. Guess he's just that much of a method actor.
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Season 3, episode 23
Originally aired February 23, 1970
Ringo gets a lot of bits with the various cast members, as well as Carol Channing, that weren't in the clips that I managed to find.
Ringo is not at the cocktail party, but here it is anyway:
Tyrone has a ring for Gladys:
Part 2. I can't believe they don't have a clip of Gladys hitting Ringo!
Introducing...the Miscellaneous Department:
Ringo's in this. I didn't realize that Jeremy Lloyd was in A Hard Day's Night and Help! It turns out that Dan's new talent find from the other week is Art Metrano, who played one of the kidnappers in last week's Ironside.
The News Song has what I think is supposed to be a Turkish theme. One of the News of the Future items is from 1000 years from now (then).
The Farkels' parson is Wally Cox.
Part 2.
There's a segment dedicated to flying (air travel), but it's not named as a Mod World or a Salute.
Ernestine calls a Mr. H. Humphrey:
Ringo's in Wolfgang's bush at the end of the above clip.
Part 2.
The topless slave girls scene in The Magic Christian is also brought up in one gag.
In the Quickies, Ruth and Joanne as angels discuss a rumor that Paul is really alive.
This Joke Wall is 25% more Fab:
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"The Reunion"
Originally aired February 26, 1970
And already Fenwick is forgotten, as we have an episode focused on how Ann went to school in Brewster. She even looks at her Brewster Rooster at various points in the story. (And apparently the Brewster team mascot is not a rooster, but a giraffe.) They continue the conceit that Ann is younger than Marlo was, as it's her five-year reunion--are five-year reunions even a thing? Ann finds a note about having to organize the reunion in a five-year calendar that she got from her class. In picking a location, she feels that it's her responsibility to get competitive bids from her father and a rival restauranteur, Mr. Jensen (Iggie Wolfington), who's the father of a classmate.
Another classmate, Mike Foster (Oaky Miller), claims that Ann was given the $360 upon graduation, which she doesn't remember. After she asks her father about it, he gives it to her, pretending that he'd been holding the original money, but Ann and Donald see through it. At the dinner, Ann tries to narrow down who might have taken the money by attempting to discreetly question various classmates about the treasury contribution. In the end, when Ann tries to pay out of her own pocket, she learns that one of her classmates has given Mr. Jensen a check, as has Mr. Marie.
"Oh, Donald" count: 8 (including, once again, the first words in the episode)
"Oh, Daddy" count: 2
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50th Anniversary Viewing (Part 1)
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Mission: Impossible
"Lover's Knot"
Originally aired February 22, 1970
Wiki said:
This format-breaker has no tape scene and no Willy! The episode opens at a murder scene in London, which is being doctored to look like a suicide. What passes as the briefing has the team meet with U.S. Department of State Special Assistant Marvin Rogers (Jerry Douglas) at the U.S. embassy. Lady Cora Weston (Jane Merrow), wife of Lord Richard Weston (John Williams), is determined to have been responsible for an attempt to blackmail the victim, and the IMF is trying to find out the true identity of her boss in the spy ring, known only as "K." To that end, Jim serves as the embassy's new communications officer, Commander Munroe, and Paris as Bill Fulton, an embassy protocol officer. It's hinted at early that Paris may find his role difficult.
Paris checks out Lady Weston's stables, and goes riding and boating with her in a romantically shot montage scene, with conversation superimposed over footage of their activities. But K relays orders through Rorke (Don Knight)--whom we've learned was the killer in the first scene--that she's to concentrate on Jim. The next day she calls to arrange a date with Jim at a casino--gambling having been set up as his big vice--and Paris acts despondent. Jim suffers a bad streak at craps thanks to a rigged table, which the IMF knows about. When Paris calls on Lady Weston the next day, he seems jealous; when he's about to leave, they kiss.
Casino owner Conway (Charles Macaulay) puts pressure on Jim over his debt to provide info about a scrambler. When Conway and Rorke follow up by threatening to kill him, Weston fake intervenes. All seems to be going according to plan, but behind closed doors at the embassy, Paris expresses reluctance at manipulating Lady Weston.
Once the baddies can unscramble the embassy's communications, false communications set up that Paris is both secretly an important intelligence operative and in trouble with his superiors. He and Weston are filmed spending romantic time together, during which she offers to help him with his trouble. Seemingly drunk Commander Jim drops in and gets into a fight with Paris over her, which ends with Jim feigning death. All the while, Rorke films on.
Clearly out of his element working out of an embassy office in the first half of the episode, Barney gets back into his groove when he rigs a furnace to look like it's burning while most of it isn't, and crawls in, waiting for Paris to dispose of Jim's body. Back upstairs, feeling closer to "Bill," Lady Weston shares her real occupation with him and offers to arrange asylum for him with her employers. Rorke uses the stick method by letting Paris know how much footage they've got of him spending time with Lady Weston. Paris agrees, provided he can talk directly with K.
With the help of a tracking device, Jim and Barney trail the car taking Paris to his meeting with K...who turns out to be Lord Weston. The embassy gang sends out another fake message to be decoded, about Fulton being needed at a conference where the Westons can use him as a spy. After Paris leaves, Lady Weston starts getting all reluctant moll about the situation. But then Lord Weston gets intel indicating that the message was fake. Jim and Barney rescue Paris from his driver, but Paris wants to go back for Cora. Jim takes the place of the chauffeur and, returning to Secret Weston Manor with Paris, demonstrates to Rorke that the TV Fu Knockout Chop is still a thing in the '70s. Told that Scotland Yard is on the way, the Westons know that the game is up. Jim leaves Lord Weston alone in his office after noticing a gun lying on his desk...and yeah, you can guess what happens while Jim's still in earshot. Lady Weston gets a ride to Scotland Yard during which she and Paris exchange regrets.
This unusually melodramatic format-breaker feels like a Season 1 episode...specifically "The Short Tail Spy" from what I vaguely remember of it...the one that had Cinnamon falling for Hans Gudegast's character during an operation. The really odd thing here is how they telegraph this aspect early on, as if it were a given that Paris would fall for Lady Weston during the mission. Guess he's just that much of a method actor.
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Season 3, episode 23
Originally aired February 23, 1970
The Wiki list of guest appearances said:
Ringo said:
Gary Owens said:
Ringo gets a lot of bits with the various cast members, as well as Carol Channing, that weren't in the clips that I managed to find.
Teresa said:
Ringo is not at the cocktail party, but here it is anyway:
Tyrone has a ring for Gladys:
Part 2. I can't believe they don't have a clip of Gladys hitting Ringo!
Introducing...the Miscellaneous Department:
Ringo's in this. I didn't realize that Jeremy Lloyd was in A Hard Day's Night and Help! It turns out that Dan's new talent find from the other week is Art Metrano, who played one of the kidnappers in last week's Ironside.
The News Song has what I think is supposed to be a Turkish theme. One of the News of the Future items is from 1000 years from now (then).
The Farkels' parson is Wally Cox.
Part 2.
There's a segment dedicated to flying (air travel), but it's not named as a Mod World or a Salute.
Ernestine calls a Mr. H. Humphrey:
Ringo's in Wolfgang's bush at the end of the above clip.
Part 2.
Dan: Ringo, I don't wanna get really personal, but did you honestly pose nude with your wife on an album cover?
Ringo: No, that was John Lennon.
Dan: You posed nude with John Lennon?
Ringo: I was savin' it for our next Ed Sullivan Show.
Ringo: No, that was John Lennon.
Dan: You posed nude with John Lennon?
Ringo: I was savin' it for our next Ed Sullivan Show.
The topless slave girls scene in The Magic Christian is also brought up in one gag.
In the Quickies, Ruth and Joanne as angels discuss a rumor that Paul is really alive.
This Joke Wall is 25% more Fab:
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"The Reunion"
Originally aired February 26, 1970
Wiki said:
And already Fenwick is forgotten, as we have an episode focused on how Ann went to school in Brewster. She even looks at her Brewster Rooster at various points in the story. (And apparently the Brewster team mascot is not a rooster, but a giraffe.) They continue the conceit that Ann is younger than Marlo was, as it's her five-year reunion--are five-year reunions even a thing? Ann finds a note about having to organize the reunion in a five-year calendar that she got from her class. In picking a location, she feels that it's her responsibility to get competitive bids from her father and a rival restauranteur, Mr. Jensen (Iggie Wolfington), who's the father of a classmate.
Another classmate, Mike Foster (Oaky Miller), claims that Ann was given the $360 upon graduation, which she doesn't remember. After she asks her father about it, he gives it to her, pretending that he'd been holding the original money, but Ann and Donald see through it. At the dinner, Ann tries to narrow down who might have taken the money by attempting to discreetly question various classmates about the treasury contribution. In the end, when Ann tries to pay out of her own pocket, she learns that one of her classmates has given Mr. Jensen a check, as has Mr. Marie.
"Oh, Donald" count: 8 (including, once again, the first words in the episode)
"Oh, Daddy" count: 2
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No, but I meant to note that Connors really seemed to be enjoying his opportunity to step out of character and chew the scenery.
As well as appearing in a memorable character role in a little flick called Forbidden Planet...
It's about time...it's about space...
I don't know about Kindle, but Apple Books has them available both as a digital version of a TPB collection ($19.99) and as individual issues ($1.99 each). I'm planning to go with one of these options.
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Madness!
Does this mean they won't be disavowed for a change?
Highly illogical!
At last, a familiar element for us to cling to.
Be funny if they came full circle by doctoring the scene to look like murder.
He was at another kind of party.
Teresa takes charge.Teresa said:
That's the party that Ringo was at.
As she is distracted by intermittent memories of her other childhood in Brewster.
Actually, my five-year reunion was the only one I went to.
Because it happened in the Fenwick timeline.
And that's when the DeLorean descended from out of the sky....
They always seem to have fun when they get to do something like that.
Ah, yes, Cookie. Unfortunately, one of his scenes is the scene that prevents Forbidden Planet from being as perfect as Casablanca.
Ohhh, yes!
I found a collection on Kindle, and I think it's that same one that you saw. I read the first couple and they do lay it on a bit thick, but they only had so many pages. And apparently a fight quota.
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50th Anniversary Viewing (Part 2)
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Ironside
"One Hour to Kill"
Originally aired February 26, 1970
When Mark drops Ironside off at the Cave to go to class, we see the Chief followed from the parking garage to the Ironsidecave. The shadowy figure luks around as the Chief prepares for an evening of bathing, eating chili, and watching football. Then Ironside gets an ominous phone call indicating that an anniversary will be celebrated within the hour. Unable to call out, the Chief tries to arm himself and finds that his bullets have been replaced with hardware nuts; display rapiers have been taken from his wall; and his pool cues and most of his pool balls are gone. He manages to retrieve some overlooked balls from within the table and puts them in a tied shirt sleeve. An attempt to leave also reveals that the elevator has been rigged in some fashion. Retreating back to the Cave, the Chief does some rigging of his own, setting up an electrical trap using an oven rack hidden under a rug. All the while, the mysterious stalker lurks around outside, continues making calls, and turns the electricity off and on.
Meanwhile, Eve is treating a reluctant Ed to a night at the opera; Ed suggests going to the Cave to spend the evening with the Chief instead, and tries to call to find the line busy...so they decide to stay until the intermission. Ed gets suspicious and has the operator check the lines out before they leave to get a pizza. As the indications that something's wrong mount, they attempt to speed to the Cave from there, but get pulled over by a motorcycle cop.
Elsewhere, Mark's professor (Henry Corden) tests his students' abilities as witnesses by having a man run in the room and fake-shoot him. Mark is the only student who asserts that the shooter was wearing a wig. It comes out later in the lecture that it's a false detail and Mark was working with the lecturer to make a point about how witnesses could be convinced that they saw something other than what they did. But during the lecture, something that Mark saw back in the garage gnaws at him and he leaves.
A telephone repairman arrives, fixes the line, and calls up to Ironside, but is shot as the Chief is telling him to get the police. It seems that for the purpose of this episode, the show has forgotten that the Ironsidecave is supposed to be in a police HQ building. Finally the stalker is revealed as one Jimmy Chard (Robert Lipton) busts in the Cave doors brandishing a silenced pistol. His brother Billy was arrested by the Chief three years ago and executed for killing two police officers during a robbery. The Chief tries to convince him to give up to help the repairman, who may still be alive, and potentially avoid a murder charge. Along the way, Jimmy notices the trap. As their dialogue continues, Ironside deduces that Jimmy had planned the robbery and backed out, allowing his brother to take the fall. A timed oven explosion previously rigged by the Chief distracts Jimmy, a struggle ensues, and Jimmy gets knocked into another electrical trap near the tub.
By the time the rest of the gang arrives, the repairman is found to have survived. Jimmy is rolled out on a gurney, his own survival not made explicit. In a last, comic beat, Ironside hands Ed the pool balls, having never used them.
Gene Lyons is credited for appearing as Commissioner Randall; if he was in the episode, his part was lost to syndication.
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Get Smart
"Smartacus"
Originally aired February 27, 1970
The spas are run by KAOS agent Montague Leach (Ronald Long), whom Max misidentifies as the drummer for the Electric Hair. Leach uses a "truth steam" on Senator Brookside (John Zaremba) while Max, who's supposed to be watching the senator, is on the phone with the Chief. The Chief then dons a piece to disguise himself as another senator being minded by Max at the spa. Leach takes the opportunity to give Max and the Chief the truth steam, which causes them to be brutally frank with one another.
When Leach learns who the Chief is, he has the steam turned up in an attempt to kill them...but he hasn't counted on "the Professor Peter Peckinpah all purpose anti-personnel Peckinpah pocket pistol under the toupee trick". Max and the Chief are caught again during an unproductive phone call to Larabee, whom the Chief seems more upset with than usual this episode. Max is put in gladiatorial combat with Leach's Centurion attendant (Michael Lane). Max wins, but is saved from Leach's gun by Larabee, who accidentally makes a disarming shot when he's bumped by an accompanying CONTROL agent.
No doubt having to do with the show being on the cancellation bubble at this point, a two-month hiatus falls between this episode and the final four of the series.
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The Brady Bunch
"The Possible Dream"
Originally aired February 27, 1970
So...before Davy it was Desi! Arnaz gets a prominent guest credit at the beginning of the episode.
Marcia first assumes that Jan took her diary; then she confronts the boys. After she finds out it was Cindy and promises never to speak to her again, Marcia has a talk with Alice in which she reveals what's in the diary. The Lucy Show is referenced by name and Alice mentions knowing Ball's housekeeper. Alice fills Mike in on the nature of the situation and he tries to track the diary down, which involves checking a large number of used bookstores.
Peter and Bobby thoughtfully buy Marcia a new diary thinking that will help. After a talk with Carol, Marcia forgives Cindy. An expanded search of the used bookstores by various family members is proving to be fruitless when Marcia gets her surprise visit.
While Desi's there, Cindy and Carol come home with the diary...and even Carol finds herself momentarily starstruck. As he leaves, Desi gives Marcia a peck on the cheek, and she declares that she'll never wash that cheek again as long as she lives.
Of interest: Lucy was on CBS and the Bradys on ABC. This inter-network crossover must have owed to both shows being Paramount Television productions.
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Hogan's Heroes
"Six Lessons from Madame LaGrange"
Originally aired February 27, 1970
Hogan finds out about the traitor from an underground contact, cabaret singer Lily Frankel (Marlyn Mason). Gestapo guards taking over camp security nixes the prisoners' plan to escape via the tunnels. Meanwhile, Klink is preoccupied by a rivalry between him and Hochstetter over Lily. Hogan hatches a plan to have Lily distract Hochstetter by making a date with the major that will prompt him to take dance lessons from LeBeau, allowing Hogan to take Hochstetter's place to meet the double agent.
Hogan also nudges Klink into summoning Burkhalter because of his rivalry with the Gestapo. Once the general has ordered Klink to replace the Gestapo guards, Hogan leads Klink and Burkhalter into believing that Hochstetter is interrogating LeBeau in the cooler. Burkhalter and Klink walk in to find Hochstetter dancing with LeBeau in his cell. Hochstetter is placed under house arrest, and Burkhalter also puts a stop to Klink going into town to see Lily.
Hogan meets the double agent in the coda, who passes him the list...even though Hogan's wearing a suit rather than a uniform.
At one point in the episode, Carter refers to civilian underground operatives as "draft dodgers".
DIS-MISSED! Please.
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Adam-12
"Log 124: Airport"
Originally aired February 28, 1970
The episode opens with Reed and Malloy responding to a call from a small local airport where Walt Cook's (Myron Healey) plane has been stolen. The thief is drawing attention to himself by flying around in what seems to be a drunken manner. When he threatens to show off his landing skills, an emergency vehicle races in. After some erratic touch and go business, the pilot regains altitude and comes around for another attempt, this time landing it intact. The officers and Cook find the pilot unconscious and the plane out of gas.
Next the officers check on a lead concerning a 17-year-old girl who ran away to L.A. Investigating the address from which a letter had been sent to a parent, they find a run-down house with hippie decor, an interrupted meal, and the recent scent of marijuana. They leave the house to respond to a call for a 211 in progress at a market. When Malloy approaches the storefront with weapon drawn, the robber tries to get under his guard by pretending to be the proprietor from a distance before drawing and firing, but Pete doesn't fall for it. Reed comes in via the back and the duo surround and arrest the robber. Another pair of officers arrive to cover the outside while Reed and Malloy deal with an unseen partner in the attic. The man claims to be unarmed and unable to walk, but when Malloy slowly raises a mop into the entrance, the robber fires at it. When the officers threaten to use tear gas, the robber tosses his weapons down and surrenders.
The officers next respond to a 459 at a storefront, from which a 3-ton safe and $10,000 have been stolen. Reed guesses that a tow truck reported as stolen the night before was involved. To complicate the situation, the proprietor reveals that the safe is rigged with a stick of dynamite.
Returning to Shabby Hippie Manor, the officers find a lit joint but the place seemingly empty again. Pulling up various rugs, they find a trap door under which Gerald Rogers (Craig Curtis) and Diane Michelle (Ronne Troup) are hiding. The couple object that they're doing nothing wrong, but Rogers is charged with contributing.
The officers are then called to assist a pair of detectives who are investigating a lead on the safe. Concerned with stopping the thieves before they manage to open it and set off the charge, the detectives and officers surround a residential garage and one of the detectives opens the door to find a trio of thieves trying to crack into the safe with power tools. One of the thieves is wounded in a brief exchange of fire and the other two quickly subdued. The credits roll as the thieves object to their treatment, unaware of what they've been saved from.
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50th Anniversary Viewing (Part 2)
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Ironside
"One Hour to Kill"
Originally aired February 26, 1970
Wiki said:
When Mark drops Ironside off at the Cave to go to class, we see the Chief followed from the parking garage to the Ironsidecave. The shadowy figure luks around as the Chief prepares for an evening of bathing, eating chili, and watching football. Then Ironside gets an ominous phone call indicating that an anniversary will be celebrated within the hour. Unable to call out, the Chief tries to arm himself and finds that his bullets have been replaced with hardware nuts; display rapiers have been taken from his wall; and his pool cues and most of his pool balls are gone. He manages to retrieve some overlooked balls from within the table and puts them in a tied shirt sleeve. An attempt to leave also reveals that the elevator has been rigged in some fashion. Retreating back to the Cave, the Chief does some rigging of his own, setting up an electrical trap using an oven rack hidden under a rug. All the while, the mysterious stalker lurks around outside, continues making calls, and turns the electricity off and on.
Meanwhile, Eve is treating a reluctant Ed to a night at the opera; Ed suggests going to the Cave to spend the evening with the Chief instead, and tries to call to find the line busy...so they decide to stay until the intermission. Ed gets suspicious and has the operator check the lines out before they leave to get a pizza. As the indications that something's wrong mount, they attempt to speed to the Cave from there, but get pulled over by a motorcycle cop.
Elsewhere, Mark's professor (Henry Corden) tests his students' abilities as witnesses by having a man run in the room and fake-shoot him. Mark is the only student who asserts that the shooter was wearing a wig. It comes out later in the lecture that it's a false detail and Mark was working with the lecturer to make a point about how witnesses could be convinced that they saw something other than what they did. But during the lecture, something that Mark saw back in the garage gnaws at him and he leaves.
A telephone repairman arrives, fixes the line, and calls up to Ironside, but is shot as the Chief is telling him to get the police. It seems that for the purpose of this episode, the show has forgotten that the Ironsidecave is supposed to be in a police HQ building. Finally the stalker is revealed as one Jimmy Chard (Robert Lipton) busts in the Cave doors brandishing a silenced pistol. His brother Billy was arrested by the Chief three years ago and executed for killing two police officers during a robbery. The Chief tries to convince him to give up to help the repairman, who may still be alive, and potentially avoid a murder charge. Along the way, Jimmy notices the trap. As their dialogue continues, Ironside deduces that Jimmy had planned the robbery and backed out, allowing his brother to take the fall. A timed oven explosion previously rigged by the Chief distracts Jimmy, a struggle ensues, and Jimmy gets knocked into another electrical trap near the tub.
By the time the rest of the gang arrives, the repairman is found to have survived. Jimmy is rolled out on a gurney, his own survival not made explicit. In a last, comic beat, Ironside hands Ed the pool balls, having never used them.
Gene Lyons is credited for appearing as Commissioner Randall; if he was in the episode, his part was lost to syndication.
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Get Smart
"Smartacus"
Originally aired February 27, 1970
Wiki said:
The spas are run by KAOS agent Montague Leach (Ronald Long), whom Max misidentifies as the drummer for the Electric Hair. Leach uses a "truth steam" on Senator Brookside (John Zaremba) while Max, who's supposed to be watching the senator, is on the phone with the Chief. The Chief then dons a piece to disguise himself as another senator being minded by Max at the spa. Leach takes the opportunity to give Max and the Chief the truth steam, which causes them to be brutally frank with one another.
When Leach learns who the Chief is, he has the steam turned up in an attempt to kill them...but he hasn't counted on "the Professor Peter Peckinpah all purpose anti-personnel Peckinpah pocket pistol under the toupee trick". Max and the Chief are caught again during an unproductive phone call to Larabee, whom the Chief seems more upset with than usual this episode. Max is put in gladiatorial combat with Leach's Centurion attendant (Michael Lane). Max wins, but is saved from Leach's gun by Larabee, who accidentally makes a disarming shot when he's bumped by an accompanying CONTROL agent.
No doubt having to do with the show being on the cancellation bubble at this point, a two-month hiatus falls between this episode and the final four of the series.
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The Brady Bunch
"The Possible Dream"
Originally aired February 27, 1970
Wiki said:
So...before Davy it was Desi! Arnaz gets a prominent guest credit at the beginning of the episode.
Marcia first assumes that Jan took her diary; then she confronts the boys. After she finds out it was Cindy and promises never to speak to her again, Marcia has a talk with Alice in which she reveals what's in the diary. The Lucy Show is referenced by name and Alice mentions knowing Ball's housekeeper. Alice fills Mike in on the nature of the situation and he tries to track the diary down, which involves checking a large number of used bookstores.
Peter and Bobby thoughtfully buy Marcia a new diary thinking that will help. After a talk with Carol, Marcia forgives Cindy. An expanded search of the used bookstores by various family members is proving to be fruitless when Marcia gets her surprise visit.
Marcia: You know, when I was younger, I used to think that Captain Kangaroo was something special, but compared to you...!
Desi: How about that? I never thought I'd top Captain Kangaroo!
Desi: How about that? I never thought I'd top Captain Kangaroo!
While Desi's there, Cindy and Carol come home with the diary...and even Carol finds herself momentarily starstruck. As he leaves, Desi gives Marcia a peck on the cheek, and she declares that she'll never wash that cheek again as long as she lives.
Of interest: Lucy was on CBS and the Bradys on ABC. This inter-network crossover must have owed to both shows being Paramount Television productions.
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Hogan's Heroes
"Six Lessons from Madame LaGrange"
Originally aired February 27, 1970
Wiki said:
Hogan finds out about the traitor from an underground contact, cabaret singer Lily Frankel (Marlyn Mason). Gestapo guards taking over camp security nixes the prisoners' plan to escape via the tunnels. Meanwhile, Klink is preoccupied by a rivalry between him and Hochstetter over Lily. Hogan hatches a plan to have Lily distract Hochstetter by making a date with the major that will prompt him to take dance lessons from LeBeau, allowing Hogan to take Hochstetter's place to meet the double agent.
Hogan also nudges Klink into summoning Burkhalter because of his rivalry with the Gestapo. Once the general has ordered Klink to replace the Gestapo guards, Hogan leads Klink and Burkhalter into believing that Hochstetter is interrogating LeBeau in the cooler. Burkhalter and Klink walk in to find Hochstetter dancing with LeBeau in his cell. Hochstetter is placed under house arrest, and Burkhalter also puts a stop to Klink going into town to see Lily.
Hogan meets the double agent in the coda, who passes him the list...even though Hogan's wearing a suit rather than a uniform.
At one point in the episode, Carter refers to civilian underground operatives as "draft dodgers".
DIS-MISSED! Please.
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Adam-12
"Log 124: Airport"
Originally aired February 28, 1970
Wiki said:
The episode opens with Reed and Malloy responding to a call from a small local airport where Walt Cook's (Myron Healey) plane has been stolen. The thief is drawing attention to himself by flying around in what seems to be a drunken manner. When he threatens to show off his landing skills, an emergency vehicle races in. After some erratic touch and go business, the pilot regains altitude and comes around for another attempt, this time landing it intact. The officers and Cook find the pilot unconscious and the plane out of gas.
Next the officers check on a lead concerning a 17-year-old girl who ran away to L.A. Investigating the address from which a letter had been sent to a parent, they find a run-down house with hippie decor, an interrupted meal, and the recent scent of marijuana. They leave the house to respond to a call for a 211 in progress at a market. When Malloy approaches the storefront with weapon drawn, the robber tries to get under his guard by pretending to be the proprietor from a distance before drawing and firing, but Pete doesn't fall for it. Reed comes in via the back and the duo surround and arrest the robber. Another pair of officers arrive to cover the outside while Reed and Malloy deal with an unseen partner in the attic. The man claims to be unarmed and unable to walk, but when Malloy slowly raises a mop into the entrance, the robber fires at it. When the officers threaten to use tear gas, the robber tosses his weapons down and surrenders.
The officers next respond to a 459 at a storefront, from which a 3-ton safe and $10,000 have been stolen. Reed guesses that a tow truck reported as stolen the night before was involved. To complicate the situation, the proprietor reveals that the safe is rigged with a stick of dynamite.
Returning to Shabby Hippie Manor, the officers find a lit joint but the place seemingly empty again. Pulling up various rugs, they find a trap door under which Gerald Rogers (Craig Curtis) and Diane Michelle (Ronne Troup) are hiding. The couple object that they're doing nothing wrong, but Rogers is charged with contributing.
The officers are then called to assist a pair of detectives who are investigating a lead on the safe. Concerned with stopping the thieves before they manage to open it and set off the charge, the detectives and officers surround a residential garage and one of the detectives opens the door to find a trio of thieves trying to crack into the safe with power tools. One of the thieves is wounded in a brief exchange of fire and the other two quickly subdued. The credits roll as the thieves object to their treatment, unaware of what they've been saved from.
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Good question. They definitely seem to be operating more within conventional espionage channels this time around.
Seems kinda soon for a reunion...some would still be in college.
You may be on to something this time...
Getting Robbie drunk?
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Another story that could never happen today.
Why didn't they just tell the cop that something is wrong and get an escort back to the Cave?
That's a major oversight. The villain should never have been able to get in to steal Ironside's stuff or mess with his phone and elevator and electricity. They should have set it in a lake cabin on a fishing trip or something.
Too bad. "Eight ball in corner pocket" would have made a great line coming from the Chief.
He was the shooter in the class.
Not 99, who appears to be missing again.
Was Desi Arnaz Jr. really such a hearthrob? I forgot that he even existed till just now.
I prefer crossovers where both shows are "real."
They didn't grab him? Or have an off-screen gunshot?
That's a little odd.
Unlike autos, it's kind of hard to make a getaway in a stolen plane.
There's a lot of trigger-happy thieves in this episode. Don't cops have to fill out lots of reports when shots are fired?
It seemed like a long time then. Seems like an eyeblink now.
Pretty much. Specifically the robotic belch.Getting Robbie drunk?
Can bad guys these days do something to make your bars really low?
Maybe they did, but it was still a delay.
Yeah...the episode didn't acknowledge that anyone, police or not, would have been on the lower two floors. They were treating it like it was the Chief's personal brownstone or something.
I think she got her obligatory holding the twin dolls beat.
They could have done a more ambitious Paramount crossover...satisfied upon leaving the Brady home, Paris pulls off his Desi mask and beams back up to the Enterprise.
Nope. Guess they just needed to keep the list from Hochstetter.
Seemed anachronistic to me, even as a joke.
Only when the show wants to make a big deal out of it for the first time, I guess. Being interrogated for shooting suspects must be old hat to Reed by now.
For me, a five-year reunion was running into a classmate who was working at the local K-Mart.
Not a deal-breaker for me.Pretty much. Specifically the robotic belch.
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It took me a minute to parse that sentence.
I don't know. Maybe a bit of identity theft to deactivate the account. But even then you could still dial 911.Maybe a line about precinct closings due to budget cuts. The economy was pretty bad in those days.
Sheesh.
Where Admiral Lucille Carter is monitoring the operation.
Not at all. Like I say, it just bumps it down to a close second on my all-time favorite movie list.
Then the Federation President has to be Gale Gordon.
Works for me.
Actually, inserting a CGI Lucy as Federation President in some future production would be a nice touch, because as we all know-- Lucy saved Star Trek!
55 Years Ago This Week
Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week, with a Bubbling Under bonus:
Leaving the chart:
Recent and new on the chart:
"Land of 1000 Dances," Cannibal & The Headhunters
(Feb. 27; #30 US)
"Baby the Rain Must Fall," Glenn Yarbrough
(#12 US; #2 AC)
"Tired of Waiting for You," The Kinks
(#6 US; #1 UK)
"I'm Telling You Now," Freddie & The Dreamers
(#1 US the weeks of Apr. 10 and 17, 1965; #2 UK in 1963)
Bubbling under:
"Baby Please Don't Go," Them
(#102 US; #10 UK as "Baby Please Don't Go" / "Gloria")
And new on the boob tube:
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Wiki said:
Mark Lewisohn's The Beatles Day by Day said:
Wiki said:
The Beatles Day by Day said:
Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week, with a Bubbling Under bonus:
Leaving the chart:
- "For Lovin' Me," Peter, Paul & Mary (7 weeks)
- "Heart of Stone," The Rolling Stones (9 weeks)
- "The 'In' Crowd," Dobie Gray (9 weeks)
- "Lemon Tree," Trini Lopez (7 weeks)
Recent and new on the chart:
"Land of 1000 Dances," Cannibal & The Headhunters
(Feb. 27; #30 US)
"Baby the Rain Must Fall," Glenn Yarbrough
(#12 US; #2 AC)
"Tired of Waiting for You," The Kinks
(#6 US; #1 UK)
"I'm Telling You Now," Freddie & The Dreamers
(#1 US the weeks of Apr. 10 and 17, 1965; #2 UK in 1963)
Bubbling under:
"Baby Please Don't Go," Them
(#102 US; #10 UK as "Baby Please Don't Go" / "Gloria")
And new on the boob tube:
- Branded, "Coward, Step Aside"
- 12 O'Clock High, "End of the Line"
- Gilligan's Island, "The Return of Wrongway Feldman"
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I'm no mathematologist, but that was a lot less than a thousand.
I forgot about this. It's a good one.
Classic Kinks!
This is a good one, too.
I'm not sure if I've heard this before. Nice enough, but kind of generic.
50 Years Ago This Week
Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week:
Leaving the chart:
New on the chart:
"Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)," Led Zeppelin
(B-side of "Whole Lotta Love"; #65 US)
"For the Love of Him," Bobbi Martin
(#13 US; #1 AC)
"Reflections of My Life," The Marmalade
(#10 US; #21 AC; #3 UK)
"Get Ready," Rare Earth
(#4 US; #20 R&B)
"ABC," Jackson 5
(#1 US the weeks of Apr. 25 and May 2, 1970; #1 R&B; #8 UK)
And new on the boob tube:
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Mark Lewisohn's The Beatles Day by Day said:
Wiki said:
Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week:
Leaving the chart:
- "Baby Take Me in Your Arms," Jefferson (12 weeks)
- "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," Dionne Warwick (11 weeks)
- "One Tin Soldier," The Original Caste (17 weeks)
- "Without Love (There Is Nothing)," Tom Jones (11 weeks)
New on the chart:
"Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)," Led Zeppelin
(B-side of "Whole Lotta Love"; #65 US)
"For the Love of Him," Bobbi Martin
(#13 US; #1 AC)
"Reflections of My Life," The Marmalade
(#10 US; #21 AC; #3 UK)
"Get Ready," Rare Earth
(#4 US; #20 R&B)
"ABC," Jackson 5
(#1 US the weeks of Apr. 25 and May 2, 1970; #1 R&B; #8 UK)
And new on the boob tube:
- Mission: Impossible, "The Crane"
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Season 3, episode 25
- That Girl, "They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?"
- Ironside, "Little Jerry Jessup"
- The Brady Bunch, "The Grass Is Always Greener"
- Hogan's Heroes, "The Merry Widow"
- Adam-12, "Log 104: The Bomb"
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Wilson Pickett will do a better job at selling the fuzzy math.
It's alright for borderline easy listening.
A distinctively playful departure from the hard-rocking style of their previous two hits.
The more lightweight and gimmicky side of the British Invasion...I understand that Freddie's dancing was a selling point of this act:
The single's B-side is no doubt better known, but that'll be coming our way on its own in a couple of months. For those not in the know, Them's singer is a guy named Van Morrison.
Turbulent times. They were engaged in a battle that continues to this day.
Annnnnd, the British Invasion nearly jumps the shark almost before it gets going. At this point, all you had to do to get a shot on Sullivan was be British.
This was a great dance song.
My daughter, who is a staunch feminist, would literally throw up at this song’s lyrics.
This song was really popular at my high school.
I was wondering if you had the guts to post one of their videos.
Now tell me you didn’t want to punch Freddie in the face about 30 seconds into the performance.
I have to admit, the nostalgia factor is making Led Zep much more listenable.
Sounds like the 50s. The 1850s.
This is a good one. I love the lyric, "The world is a terrible place to live-- but I don't wanna die."
This is a fun one.
Definitely a classic.
He both looks and dances like me. Poor guy.
Interesting. I was not in the know.