The Classic/Retro Pop Culture Thread
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Oh, man, how did I never know about this? I'm ordering it from Amazon right now.
Alright, I've been waiting a couple of weeks to post this. Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of the Italian single "Prisencolinensinainciusol" by the artist Adriano Celentano, otherwise known as "The Italian Gibberish Song". The song is intended to sound to its Italian audience as if it is sung in English spoken with an American accent, however the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish with the exception of the words "all right".
The premise of the sketch is one of the students asks the professor, played by Adriano Celentano, why English sounds the way it does to Italian ears. His response is that any song, sung with the right cadence and inflection can sound like English, even if the words are complete gibberish and then proceeds to demonstrate by singing the song. The woman who stands up and sings a verse during the song is his wife. The song has charted and been covered numerous times on the European Billboard charts most recently in 2021.
The premise of the sketch is one of the students asks the professor, played by Adriano Celentano, why English sounds the way it does to Italian ears. His response is that any song, sung with the right cadence and inflection can sound like English, even if the words are complete gibberish and then proceeds to demonstrate by singing the song. The woman who stands up and sings a verse during the song is his wife. The song has charted and been covered numerous times on the European Billboard charts most recently in 2021.
You can look up the gibberish lyrics on Google, like any other song, and "all right" is spelled "ol rait."
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50th Anniversary Viewing (Part 2)
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Love, American Style
"Love and the Happy Medium / Love and the Jinx / Love and the Little Black Book / Love and the Old Swingers"
Originally aired October 27, 1972
"Love and the Happy Medium" involves Charlie Mancini (John Astin), a man who's planning to do away with himself, consulting a medium, Mr. Zambini (Gino Conforti), about arranging a relationship for him in the afterlife. Zambini gets things going, summoning a visual apparition of Joan of Arc, followed by a more down-to-earth woman named Miranda (Jane Merrow) who died in 1823. The latter sets off a spark with Charlie, but after he leaves, both women are revealed to have been Zambini's daughter, Jeannie. In a follow-up session, Charlie questions Miranda about the afterlife and her own history. Jeannie balks at conning Charlie while he's planning to kill himself, and she has to make up a story as Miranda about why she won't be available after all because she has to take the place of a plane accident victim who died before her time.
Jeannie then shows up at the door as herself, but with a neck brace, pretending to have been the accident victim. Assuming this is the mortal reincarnation of the spirit he fell for, Charlie asks her out and expresses an interest in living. Zambini and his wife, Mildred (Naomi Stevens), are happy for their daughter, and plan to recruit Charlie as a male spirit performer in their con game.
"Love and the Jinx" opens with Nancy Ellis (Zohra Lampert) barricading herself in her apartment to elude a man who's been following her. The man, Ernie Blair (Ken Berry), tells her that they got their packages switched on a bus, which she confirms, following which she lets him in. She tells him how she has a reputation for being a jinx, and a number of minor mishaps ensue, largely owing to how she's in the middle of fixing the place up. He tries to convince her that it's all in her mind, says that he feels lucky for having met her, and offers to help her finish her project, which results in him taking a fall out her window while trying to put up curtains. She has him back for a dinner, having taken extra precautions to avoid mishaps. He's now a bit more wary about her, but ends up spilling his plate all over her, which she considers to be indication that she's no longer a jinx, because he caused something to happen to her, though he's afraid that her jinxhood has rubbed off on him.
In "Love and the Little Black Book," Lester (Bob Hastings) and his bubbly fiancée, Rosie (Carol Wayne), toast Harvey and Mildred (Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, credited together) on the occasion of their six-month "anniversary". Harvey accidentally drops his little black book from before he was married, and gets Lester to pretend that it's his. Rosie insists on reading from it, finding it full of names of women with stars ranking them--including hers, which gets Lester's attention. Then she finds Mildred's name in it, with four stars to her three and an exclamation point, and Harvey confesses that the book is his. Mildred accepts his explanation that she's the only one in the book with four stars, indicating that she was the one he wanted to marry, but insists that he burn the book immediately. Afterward, Harvey confides to Lester that the book was only the first volume, covering A through L.
"Love and the Old Swingers" has Morris Green (Lou Jacobi) welcoming Ida Beckman (I almost didn't recognize Irene Ryan, except for her distinctive voice) to his pad after meeting her at the Green Banana singles bar. He's sporting an attempt at a hip outfit, and makes a point of dropping words like "heavy" and "groovy". When he offers her a drink, she asks for a "Harvey Wallslammer," which he has to look up. She's clearly tense, and he tries to loosen her up by offering her something to smoke...actual cigarettes...then pulls the bed out from his sofa and digs in his closet for a sheer nightgown that he bought for such an occasion. He's clearly putting on a show of being more of a practiced swinger than he is, and she awkwardly attempts to go along with his "live for today" morality. But she finds a flannel robe to wear instead, and they end up putting on the TV and talking about their adult children's careers. Morris then admits that he hasn't done this sort of thing before, and chastises himself for how he's been treating Ida. They then settle in to enjoy the evening together in a more respectable manner.
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All in the Family
"The Bunkers and the Swingers"
Originally aired October 28, 1972
Gloria learns that Edith's planning to have a couple over they've never met after answering an ad in the "Swap" section of a magazine she found in the subway. It turns out to be a magazine for swingers, and Gloria and Mike both get the context of the ad immediately, though they have trouble getting it across to Edith. The kids are in a hurry to get to a ballet, so Mike tries to send a telegram to the couple telling them not to come; but due to Edith's misreading of "tomorrow" in a letter written the day before, Curtis and Ruth Rempley show up unexpectedly that night, acting very enthusiastic about the occasion.
Archie comes down from the bathroom (following his signature flush) knowing nothing about the visit, as the kids made an effort to keep the matter from him after he came home. Archie initially wants them out, but is impressed with expensive cigars that they brought as a gift. Neither Bunker knows what's really going on, and the Rempleys don't know that they don't know, so the Bunkers go along as they swap seats to mix the couples, then swap partners during dancing. Mrs. Jefferson drops by to borrow a casserole dish, asks Edith in the kitchen about the strangely behaving guests, sees the magazine ad, and her reaction is priceless. She manages to get through to Edith what it's all about, and before Edith can tell Archie, he figures it out for himself when Curtis shows him a pornographic slide of Ruth. As they're being ushered out, the Rempleys realize that there's been a misunderstanding, and Ruth explains how swinging saved their marriage. Archie tells Edith not to read any more magazines.
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show
"Just Around the Corner"
Originally aired October 28, 1972
Mary's father is--get this--Dr. Walter Reed Richards! She reads in the paper that he's retiring, calls home, and learns that her parents are moving to Minneapolis. Rhoda naturally advises that she send them back. Walter and Dottie arrive (Bill Quinn and Nanette Fabray), and we learn that Mary's rent is $135. Mary starts looking for an apartment for them--in St. Paul--but Walter drops by WJM to inform her that they've found a place in the titular locale.
Dottie starts hovering around her daughter's place, being let in by Rhoda when Mary's out. In a noteworthy moment, Mary comes home from a date the next morning, and gets a hang-up call that she assumes is her mother checking up on her. (It's fall in Mary's backdrop again...you'd think the major blizzard would have taken care of that.) Dottie's there to make dinner when Mary comes home from work late with pizza, and Mary feels stifled. They have a tearful discussion about the matter, but it turns out that Dottie didn't make the call, Walter did. Mary's attitude softens and she asks the folks to stay for dinner...but refuses to discuss why she was out all night, which they declare they'll have to get used to.
I do believe this is the first time they've implied that Mary is...active.
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The Bob Newhart Show
"Come Live with Me"
Originally aired October 28, 1972
Carol takes two hours for lunch, leaving a patient of Bob's who suffers from an inferiority complex, Emil Peterson (John Fiedler, establishing another recurring character), staring at a wall while waiting for his appointment. When she returns, Carol tells Bob about how she's met a guy, Roger Dixon, and acts uncharacteristically apologetic about the matter. Later she helps herself into Bob's office for a session, because Roger (whom she's implied to be sleeping with) asked her to move in with him, which she's never done before, and Roger is only recently separated from his wife. She finds this session unsatisfying, so she talks to Emily about it over lunch.
The Hartleys have Carol and Roger (Eugene Troobnick) over for dinner, and red flags start popping up when Roger keeps bringing up his ex, Delores. Bob can't help advising Roger about not breaking up with his wife too hastily, to Carol's chagrin. Roger decides between scenes to get back together with Delores, and the Hartleys invite Carol to stay overnight.
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Mission: Impossible
"Underground"
Originally aired October 28, 1972
A couple of syndicate types--one of whom we learn is named Takis (Carl Byrd)--hijack a sheriff's wagon to nab prisoner Gunther Schell (H.M. Wynant) while he's being transferred, which includes driving their car into the back of a getaway van.
Barney approaches a bartender (Robert Rhodes) about getting help for his client, Jim, who's posing as a doctor guilty of committing murder and stealing a large sum of money from his victim. The duo who pulled the Schell escape arrange a rendezvous, taking Barney to meet the anonymous Mr. Clavering (Robert Middleton) at the zoo. Clavering subsequently meets Jim at a carousel and takes him and his briefcase of cash, while Barney and Willy tail them by tracking the receiver. Clavering has Jim get in a casket and gives him oxygen and a sedative...but it's lead-lined, which blocks Barney's ability to track Jim or send instructions.
Jim is taken via hearse to a mortuary with a hidden facility where Dr. Hargreaves (Peter Mark Richman) conditions Schell using a spinning chair and trippy light show, then unsuccessfully interrogates him about the money. Jim comes to and sneaks around the place, doing something in the boiler room that I didn't catch the purpose of. He sees Schell being wheeled back to his room while returning to his own, after which he's taken to Hargreaves, who puts him out and puts him in the chamber. Jim resists even simple questions, but almost gives them his actual first name. Hargreaves deduces that autohypnosis is involved and puts Jim through the spinny light show.
Schell shows signs of a potentially fatal turn (possibly the result of Jim's sabotage, which involved putting powder in some machinery), so they revive Jim to diagnose him...which he does, with a pulmonary embolism, and is then pressured to perform an on-site operation. Jim has a trusted anesthesiologist retrieved--Willy, who's been set up with a cover as a doctor in what was apparently part of the original plan, and is tailed by Barney and Casey. Once on site, Willy uses a gas-dispensing bag to put everyone in the room out except Jim and himself, who use nose plugs. They roll out Schell, to be stopped by a gun-toting funeral director (John Stephenson), who's in turn cold-cocked by Barney.
Barney had previously approached Arnold Lutz (Dennis Cross)--Schell's immediate superior in the Syndicate, who's under pressure to produce Schell's money--claiming to have info about what happened to Schell and wanting to do a deal. Barney now calls Lutz to tell him that he has Schell, and has Lutz come to his fake private eye's office. Lutz and his henchman, Smiler (Jeff Morris), threaten to off Barney rather than pay him, but he has Jim knock from behind a two-way mirror to convince them that they've been made and need to split. The IMFers tail Lutz and Schell, and are in turn tailed by Clavering and Takis. Schell takes Lutz to the warehouse where he has the money hid. Jim and Barney get the drop on Lutz and Schell, and catch Clavering and Takis sneaking up on them via a mirror, who are in turn stopped by Willy. Conventional law enforcement arrives and the IMFers drive off.
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50th Anniversary Viewing (Part 2)
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Love, American Style
"Love and the Happy Medium / Love and the Jinx / Love and the Little Black Book / Love and the Old Swingers"
Originally aired October 27, 1972
"Love and the Happy Medium" involves Charlie Mancini (John Astin), a man who's planning to do away with himself, consulting a medium, Mr. Zambini (Gino Conforti), about arranging a relationship for him in the afterlife. Zambini gets things going, summoning a visual apparition of Joan of Arc, followed by a more down-to-earth woman named Miranda (Jane Merrow) who died in 1823. The latter sets off a spark with Charlie, but after he leaves, both women are revealed to have been Zambini's daughter, Jeannie. In a follow-up session, Charlie questions Miranda about the afterlife and her own history. Jeannie balks at conning Charlie while he's planning to kill himself, and she has to make up a story as Miranda about why she won't be available after all because she has to take the place of a plane accident victim who died before her time.
Charlie: But without you, death means nothing to me.
Jeannie then shows up at the door as herself, but with a neck brace, pretending to have been the accident victim. Assuming this is the mortal reincarnation of the spirit he fell for, Charlie asks her out and expresses an interest in living. Zambini and his wife, Mildred (Naomi Stevens), are happy for their daughter, and plan to recruit Charlie as a male spirit performer in their con game.
"Love and the Jinx" opens with Nancy Ellis (Zohra Lampert) barricading herself in her apartment to elude a man who's been following her. The man, Ernie Blair (Ken Berry), tells her that they got their packages switched on a bus, which she confirms, following which she lets him in. She tells him how she has a reputation for being a jinx, and a number of minor mishaps ensue, largely owing to how she's in the middle of fixing the place up. He tries to convince her that it's all in her mind, says that he feels lucky for having met her, and offers to help her finish her project, which results in him taking a fall out her window while trying to put up curtains. She has him back for a dinner, having taken extra precautions to avoid mishaps. He's now a bit more wary about her, but ends up spilling his plate all over her, which she considers to be indication that she's no longer a jinx, because he caused something to happen to her, though he's afraid that her jinxhood has rubbed off on him.
In "Love and the Little Black Book," Lester (Bob Hastings) and his bubbly fiancée, Rosie (Carol Wayne), toast Harvey and Mildred (Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, credited together) on the occasion of their six-month "anniversary". Harvey accidentally drops his little black book from before he was married, and gets Lester to pretend that it's his. Rosie insists on reading from it, finding it full of names of women with stars ranking them--including hers, which gets Lester's attention. Then she finds Mildred's name in it, with four stars to her three and an exclamation point, and Harvey confesses that the book is his. Mildred accepts his explanation that she's the only one in the book with four stars, indicating that she was the one he wanted to marry, but insists that he burn the book immediately. Afterward, Harvey confides to Lester that the book was only the first volume, covering A through L.
"Love and the Old Swingers" has Morris Green (Lou Jacobi) welcoming Ida Beckman (I almost didn't recognize Irene Ryan, except for her distinctive voice) to his pad after meeting her at the Green Banana singles bar. He's sporting an attempt at a hip outfit, and makes a point of dropping words like "heavy" and "groovy". When he offers her a drink, she asks for a "Harvey Wallslammer," which he has to look up. She's clearly tense, and he tries to loosen her up by offering her something to smoke...actual cigarettes...then pulls the bed out from his sofa and digs in his closet for a sheer nightgown that he bought for such an occasion. He's clearly putting on a show of being more of a practiced swinger than he is, and she awkwardly attempts to go along with his "live for today" morality. But she finds a flannel robe to wear instead, and they end up putting on the TV and talking about their adult children's careers. Morris then admits that he hasn't done this sort of thing before, and chastises himself for how he's been treating Ida. They then settle in to enjoy the evening together in a more respectable manner.
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All in the Family
"The Bunkers and the Swingers"
Originally aired October 28, 1972
Wiki said:
Gloria learns that Edith's planning to have a couple over they've never met after answering an ad in the "Swap" section of a magazine she found in the subway. It turns out to be a magazine for swingers, and Gloria and Mike both get the context of the ad immediately, though they have trouble getting it across to Edith. The kids are in a hurry to get to a ballet, so Mike tries to send a telegram to the couple telling them not to come; but due to Edith's misreading of "tomorrow" in a letter written the day before, Curtis and Ruth Rempley show up unexpectedly that night, acting very enthusiastic about the occasion.
Archie comes down from the bathroom (following his signature flush) knowing nothing about the visit, as the kids made an effort to keep the matter from him after he came home. Archie initially wants them out, but is impressed with expensive cigars that they brought as a gift. Neither Bunker knows what's really going on, and the Rempleys don't know that they don't know, so the Bunkers go along as they swap seats to mix the couples, then swap partners during dancing. Mrs. Jefferson drops by to borrow a casserole dish, asks Edith in the kitchen about the strangely behaving guests, sees the magazine ad, and her reaction is priceless. She manages to get through to Edith what it's all about, and before Edith can tell Archie, he figures it out for himself when Curtis shows him a pornographic slide of Ruth. As they're being ushered out, the Rempleys realize that there's been a misunderstanding, and Ruth explains how swinging saved their marriage. Archie tells Edith not to read any more magazines.
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show
"Just Around the Corner"
Originally aired October 28, 1972
Wiki said:
Mary's father is--get this--Dr. Walter Reed Richards! She reads in the paper that he's retiring, calls home, and learns that her parents are moving to Minneapolis. Rhoda naturally advises that she send them back. Walter and Dottie arrive (Bill Quinn and Nanette Fabray), and we learn that Mary's rent is $135. Mary starts looking for an apartment for them--in St. Paul--but Walter drops by WJM to inform her that they've found a place in the titular locale.
Dottie starts hovering around her daughter's place, being let in by Rhoda when Mary's out. In a noteworthy moment, Mary comes home from a date the next morning, and gets a hang-up call that she assumes is her mother checking up on her. (It's fall in Mary's backdrop again...you'd think the major blizzard would have taken care of that.) Dottie's there to make dinner when Mary comes home from work late with pizza, and Mary feels stifled. They have a tearful discussion about the matter, but it turns out that Dottie didn't make the call, Walter did. Mary's attitude softens and she asks the folks to stay for dinner...but refuses to discuss why she was out all night, which they declare they'll have to get used to.
I do believe this is the first time they've implied that Mary is...active.
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The Bob Newhart Show
"Come Live with Me"
Originally aired October 28, 1972
Wiki said:
Carol takes two hours for lunch, leaving a patient of Bob's who suffers from an inferiority complex, Emil Peterson (John Fiedler, establishing another recurring character), staring at a wall while waiting for his appointment. When she returns, Carol tells Bob about how she's met a guy, Roger Dixon, and acts uncharacteristically apologetic about the matter. Later she helps herself into Bob's office for a session, because Roger (whom she's implied to be sleeping with) asked her to move in with him, which she's never done before, and Roger is only recently separated from his wife. She finds this session unsatisfying, so she talks to Emily about it over lunch.
Waiter (Jack Bernardi): Have you decided yet?
Carol: Yes--I'm going to move in with my boyfriend!
Carol: Yes--I'm going to move in with my boyfriend!
The Hartleys have Carol and Roger (Eugene Troobnick) over for dinner, and red flags start popping up when Roger keeps bringing up his ex, Delores. Bob can't help advising Roger about not breaking up with his wife too hastily, to Carol's chagrin. Roger decides between scenes to get back together with Delores, and the Hartleys invite Carol to stay overnight.
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Mission: Impossible
"Underground"
Originally aired October 28, 1972
Wiki said:
A couple of syndicate types--one of whom we learn is named Takis (Carl Byrd)--hijack a sheriff's wagon to nab prisoner Gunther Schell (H.M. Wynant) while he's being transferred, which includes driving their car into the back of a getaway van.
The place seemed kind of public and busy for self-destructing tapes. Casey plays a light supporting role that mostly involves sitting, and the 'stache is back! The IMF has linked Schell's escape to a broker who stole $10 million in securities and was found killed with truth serum in him. Jim has a receiver planted in his ear, having been preprogrammed only to respond to instructions from Barney while under interrogation.The reel-to-reel tape at an outdoor Japanese restaurant following the exchange of a haiku code phrase said:
Barney approaches a bartender (Robert Rhodes) about getting help for his client, Jim, who's posing as a doctor guilty of committing murder and stealing a large sum of money from his victim. The duo who pulled the Schell escape arrange a rendezvous, taking Barney to meet the anonymous Mr. Clavering (Robert Middleton) at the zoo. Clavering subsequently meets Jim at a carousel and takes him and his briefcase of cash, while Barney and Willy tail them by tracking the receiver. Clavering has Jim get in a casket and gives him oxygen and a sedative...but it's lead-lined, which blocks Barney's ability to track Jim or send instructions.
Jim is taken via hearse to a mortuary with a hidden facility where Dr. Hargreaves (Peter Mark Richman) conditions Schell using a spinning chair and trippy light show, then unsuccessfully interrogates him about the money. Jim comes to and sneaks around the place, doing something in the boiler room that I didn't catch the purpose of. He sees Schell being wheeled back to his room while returning to his own, after which he's taken to Hargreaves, who puts him out and puts him in the chamber. Jim resists even simple questions, but almost gives them his actual first name. Hargreaves deduces that autohypnosis is involved and puts Jim through the spinny light show.
Schell shows signs of a potentially fatal turn (possibly the result of Jim's sabotage, which involved putting powder in some machinery), so they revive Jim to diagnose him...which he does, with a pulmonary embolism, and is then pressured to perform an on-site operation. Jim has a trusted anesthesiologist retrieved--Willy, who's been set up with a cover as a doctor in what was apparently part of the original plan, and is tailed by Barney and Casey. Once on site, Willy uses a gas-dispensing bag to put everyone in the room out except Jim and himself, who use nose plugs. They roll out Schell, to be stopped by a gun-toting funeral director (John Stephenson), who's in turn cold-cocked by Barney.
Barney had previously approached Arnold Lutz (Dennis Cross)--Schell's immediate superior in the Syndicate, who's under pressure to produce Schell's money--claiming to have info about what happened to Schell and wanting to do a deal. Barney now calls Lutz to tell him that he has Schell, and has Lutz come to his fake private eye's office. Lutz and his henchman, Smiler (Jeff Morris), threaten to off Barney rather than pay him, but he has Jim knock from behind a two-way mirror to convince them that they've been made and need to split. The IMFers tail Lutz and Schell, and are in turn tailed by Clavering and Takis. Schell takes Lutz to the warehouse where he has the money hid. Jim and Barney get the drop on Lutz and Schell, and catch Clavering and Takis sneaking up on them via a mirror, who are in turn stopped by Willy. Conventional law enforcement arrives and the IMFers drive off.
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True.
An episode reminiscent of last season's episode 130, "Mindbend", even though it was written by a different author.
This was the second-to-last episode filmed with Lynda Day-George as Casey before her maternity leave. She's seen in nothing but close-ups and drives the car at the end of the episode.
The sprawling Lotus Hills Mortuary estate is in fact the Los Angeles's Brand Library.
Gomez! And Edgar Allen Poe!
Now that's a clever idea.
This makes no sense whatsoever, but the guy is gullible enough to believe in Mediums, so why not?
John Astin is always Gomez.
Nice.
Captain Palm... Parm... the guy from F Troop.
Why doesn't he use the window, like everybody else?
Ah, Ken Berry, always getting things backwards.
Maybe they can share the jinx.
I have a folded-up Post-It note in my wallet.
Interesting. I don't really remember her as anyone but Granny (although I very likely saw this episode when it aired).
There's a little something for everybody on LAS. Another overall good episode.
Well, that's certainly way on the far end of the probability spectrum, but as long as hilarity ensues we can roll with it.
I'll bet.
Or at least look for the Good Housekeeping seal of approval. How's that for a retro joke?
Most likely an homage to the Civil War physician, rather than the superhero-- but maybe both. The superhero was certainly more timely.
She had to read it in the paper? I think they were trying to sneak up on her.
No wonder she needed a raise.
Another glitch in the matrix.
Well, there was that time with the other guy when she worried about being undersexed.
Who also happens to be Red Jack, so you don't want to inconvenience him.
Ouch.
Whoa! That'll fix her right up!
More people use them as the price comes down.
Barney's great-grandfather was a werewolf, so he just gets a 'stache during the full Moon.
It's no wonder they send these poor guys to the Village when they're done. Their brains must be like Silly Putty.
Uh oh. This is a clever bunch.
The Epitome of Evil in Character Actor Land.
Yep, more brain damage.
"Who are those guys, Pete? It's like they show up every week now."
I love ELO's version.
...not if he could not re-live his pursuit of his cousin...
Rich, heartfelt song.
Instant classic, and just another example of how incredibly diverse the charts were at that time. Wonderful music coming from every genre direction.
50 Years Ago This Week
November 6
November 7
November 8
November 10
November 11
And sometime this week, somebody turned three...
Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week:
Leaving the chart:
New on the chart:
"You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio," Joni Mitchell
(#25 US; #13 AC)
"Walk on Water," Neil Diamond
(#17 US; #2 AC)
"Sweet Surrender," Bread
(#15 US; #1 AC; #51 UK)
"Keeper of the Castle," Four Tops
(#10 US; #7 R&B; #18 UK)
"Your Mama Don't Dance," Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina
(#4 US; #19 AC)
And new on the boob tube:
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Timeline entries are quoted from the Wiki pages for the month or year.
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Or would it be too much of a stretch?
November 6
- The comic strip Frank and Ernest, by Bob Thaves, made its debut. In the first strip, Frank's punchline was "Maybe the battery's getting weak, Ernie", and the sight gag was a curved flashlight beam.
November 7
- In the U.S. presidential election, 1972, Richard M. Nixon won re-election by a landslide over Democrat George S. McGovern, winning the electoral votes of all states except for Massachusetts. Nixon had 47,168,710 votes to McGovern's 29,173,222 and 520 of the 537 possible electoral votes.
November 8
- HBO (Home Box Office), the first "pay cable" television channel, was launched in the United States at 7:30 pm ET. The first evening of programming was a National Hockey League (NHL) game between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks from Madison Square Garden (part of a long-term agreement to broadcast sports events based at the Manhattan arena), followed by the film Sometimes a Great Notion, and was broadcast to 365 subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Each household paid an additional $6.00 per month to Service Electric Cable TV for the service.
- On the day after his re-election as President of the United States, Richard Nixon announced that he had asked for the resignations of his cabinet and everyone he had appointed to office, with plans for "restructuring and reorganizing" the entire Executive Branch.
November 10
- Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama, to Montgomery was seized by three hijackers at 7:22 p.m. local time, and flown from one airport to the next, going to Jackson, Mississippi, for refueling, then to Detroit, where the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 circled while the three men negotiated their demands, including a $10,000,000 ransom. At one point the hijackers threatened to crash the airplane into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the DC-9 landed in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers were jailed by Fidel Castro.
- Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, assembled the highest ranking admirals of the United States Navy in Washington, and told them, "The Navy has made unacceptable progress in the equal opportunity area. The reason for this failure was not the programs, but the fact that they were not being used". Beginning on November 14, the U.S. Navy accelerated programs to combat racism within the service.
November 11
- The hijacking of Southern Airways Flight 49 continued as the DC-9 landed in Cleveland for refueling, then flew to Toronto, where the three skyjackers refused $500,000 cash. Taking off again, the airplane circled Knoxville, where the men threatened to crash it into the nuclear plant at Oak Ridge, before landing in Lexington, Kentucky, then returning to Knoxville and Chattanooga, where $2 million ransom was collected and the men took the airplane to Cuba. The jet then made landings in Havana, Key West and McCoy Air Force Base near Orlando, Florida. FBI snipers shot out four of the airplane's tires in an unsuccessful attempt to hinder takeoff. The DC-9 then flew back toward Havana.
- The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
- Died: Berry Oakley, 24, bass guitarist for The Allman Brothers Band. Oakley was killed in a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia, and only three blocks away from the scene of the October 29, 1971, accident that had killed band co-founder Duane Allman.
And sometime this week, somebody turned three...
Selections from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week:
Leaving the chart:
- "From the Beginning," Emerson, Lake & Palmer (11 weeks)
- "Get on the Good Foot, Pt. 1," James Brown (14 weeks)
- "Midnight Rider," Joe Cocker & The Chris Stainton Band (8 weeks)
- "Popcorn," Hot Butter (18 weeks)
New on the chart:
"You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio," Joni Mitchell
(#25 US; #13 AC)
"Walk on Water," Neil Diamond
(#17 US; #2 AC)
"Sweet Surrender," Bread
(#15 US; #1 AC; #51 UK)
"Keeper of the Castle," Four Tops
(#10 US; #7 R&B; #18 UK)
"Your Mama Don't Dance," Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina
(#4 US; #19 AC)
And new on the boob tube:
- M*A*S*H, "Bananas, Crackers and Nuts"
- Adam-12, "Harry Nobody"
- The Brady Bunch, "Jan, the Only Child"
- The Odd Couple, "The First Baby"
- Love, American Style, "Love and the Hairy Excuse / Love and Lady Luck / Love and the Pick-Up Fantasy"
- Kung Fu, "Dark Angel"
- All in the Family, "Flashback: Mike and Gloria's Wedding - Part 1"
- Emergency!, "Trainee"
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show, "Farmer Ted and the News"
- The Bob Newhart Show, "Don't Go to Bed Mad"
- Mission: Impossible, "Hit"
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Timeline entries are quoted from the Wiki pages for the month or year.
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Had to search for my old review to refresh my memory on that one.
I was thinking about that...
Her hair was different, she wasn't wearing glasses, and I didn't recognize her name at first.
I have to wonder. Of all the given names they could have come up with...
Or would it be too much of a stretch?
But at that point, the gist of it was still that we typically saw Mary turning down such offers.
I wasn't thinking of that...Whoa! That'll fix her right up!
Or in Jim's case, back to his job as an airline pilot...
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Nope
Nada
Sorry
Can't say I've heard it before
Now here we go. Everett WA hometown hero. Still gets airplay here in the Greater Seattle area. (Although I prefer "Angry Eyes" myself.)
In Heaven, anything goes. Especially Rock'n'Roll Heaven.
Indeed. The early-to-mid 70s were incredible for their wide variety in music.
And it's still plugging along, in its quiet way. I sometimes wonder why I keep it on my daily comics list, but there's something endearing about it.
And we were immediately added to his enemies list.
And exceeded comparisons to all fruits and vegetables. Happy Birthday.
I didn't know this one, but I like it.
I haven't heard this on the radio in decades. A good one from Neil's peak period.
I've heard this more recently, but not for a while. This was also Bread's peak period.
Another good one, although I had no idea it was the Four Tops till just now.
Classic. Clean sweep for the goodies today.
It was definitely deliberate, but who knows what they were really thinking.
Heh. I don't see Mary Tyler Moore reading comics, but those nerdy, Hippie writers probably did.
"Good morning, Captain Phelps. Your destination, should you choose to accept it, is Boston. And no more gladiator epics for the in-flight movies, please."
@RJDiogenes
I find it interesting that you have heard of these songs, because, aside from "Your Mama Don't Dance", I haven't heard of a single one of them. It must be that regional thing that has been discussed upthread.
If you ever get the chance to watch "Airplane! The 'Don't Call Me Shirley'" edition, the bonus features include interviews with all the surviving cast members, including Peter Graves. Peter had to be convinced by his wife to take the role. He didn't understand it, but his wife found the script hilarious.
I find it interesting that you have heard of these songs, because, aside from "Your Mama Don't Dance", I haven't heard of a single one of them. It must be that regional thing that has been discussed upthread.
If you ever get the chance to watch "Airplane! The 'Don't Call Me Shirley'" edition, the bonus features include interviews with all the surviving cast members, including Peter Graves. Peter had to be convinced by his wife to take the role. He didn't understand it, but his wife found the script hilarious.
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50th Anniversary Viewing (Part 1)
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Season 6, episode 8
Originally aired October 30, 1972
Mike hops on stage tied up, saying that his agent was trying to prevent him from doing the show.
There's a gag about a singing telegram that plays music when it's opened...little did they know.
This one made me think of RJ...
Mike auditions for a detective series:
Mike's in the news intro song:
Gladys dreams about being Mannix's secretary:
The cocktail party has a Prohibition-era theme:
The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate goes to L.A.'s police chief.
A Salute to Law and Order:
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Hawaii Five-O
"Journey Out of Limbo"
Originally aired October 31, 1972
A dump truck driver (Sam Peters) unloads his cargo of sand and Danno comes out with it. Steve learns of this while the Governor is briefing him about the visit of Chinese commerce minister Lin Mai-Lu, which is personal and unofficial but being used as a backdoor means of opening trade discussions. Doc Bergman diagnoses that Danno has a concussion that's causing short-term amnesia, causing him to forget what happened to him. It was his day off and he remembers getting around in the morning, but not what he was planning to do. Che finds horse dander, horse blood on Danno's pants, and burrs on his torn clothing indicating that he ran through high brush. Ben takes Danno to a riding stable where the owner, Cal Chambers (evidently uncredited), confirms that Danno took one of his mares, but nothing jogs Dan's memory until a truck backfiring causes a traumatic reaction.
Lin Mai-Lu (Philip Ahn) is escorted in the Governor's limo to the home is his old wartime friend, Norton Hummel (Keenan Wynn). Danno has a memory flash of a compass rose, which he finds in the area of the stable. This triggers memories of riding, seeing some suspicious activity at a bunker with a boat in it that included people carrying boxes and a wrapped body, and being fired at and pursued by a Jeep while trying to get away on his horse. The bunker shows no signs of a boat, but Five-O scours the vicinity, finding tracks, a fragment of Dan's shirt, blood stains, and ultimately the dead horse, which took several bullets. Shells indicate that the pursuit continued with Danno on foot to a cliff above a seaside road, where Danno remembers jumping into the back of the pickup truck, which is how he injured his head. Meanwhile, Hummel sits ominously in the room of his son, Warren, who was killed in Korea...which, as we were conspicuously reminded earlier by Duke, involved China being the enemy.
Methodical questioning of Danno narrows down details--the boat was a sailboat with the mast removed; the boxes contained dynamite; and a latent print is turned up belonging to suspected industrial spy Harvey Durko (Robert Lavarre), who's traced to a beach cottage, which is raided by Chin and Ben. Durko flees and is shot and inadvertently killed in a firefight, while another man (Clay Tanner, whose character is billed as Stark) slips out of his place unnoticed.
Stark reports to Hummel at Warren's gravesite, giving him an transmitter concealed in a cigarette case, while Hummel makes noise about service to their country. Elsewhere, Danno further remembers that the body was a male mannequin. Danno takes a harbor patrol boat to rendezvous with Hummel's yacht, which is having engine trouble while hosting Lin. Danno boards and frantically points out to Steve that an approaching Navy launch is manned by dummies while being guided remotely. Gunfire causes the boat's payload to blow before it reaches the yacht, and Hummel pulls a gun to be wounded by Steve.
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The Odd Couple
"Felix's First Commercial"
Originally aired November 3, 1972
The agency representative, Judy Jones (Louise Troy), offers to let Felix direct the commercial if he can get Oscar to approach Deacon Jones about appearing in it.
Oscar doesn't want to impose on his friendship with the reserved athlete, but reluctantly agrees to meet Felix at a bar that he and Deacon regularly frequent. Oscar is late getting there, and the bartender (Arthur Batanides) has to show Felix who Deacon is, but like Oscar, won't introduce the athlete because of his strong preference for privacy. Felix tries to strike up a conversation and Jones leaves.
Oscar later comes home to reveal that he's gotten Deacon to agree to appear in the commercial, but only if it's done as they've rewritten it, which includes Oscar being in it to do the talking. But Oscar's line reading proves to be terrible, and even after coaching at home from Felix, he stumbles through his part. Ultimately Deacon, whose taciturn demeanor has been a cause of concern for Felix, agrees to do all the talking in the commercial, while the now completely redundant Oscar just nods to what he says.
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Love, American Style
"Love and the Clinic / Love and the Perfect Wedding / Love and the President / Love and the Return of Raymond"
Originally aired November 3, 1972
"Love and the Clinic" opens with Ralph and Edna Albertson (Mr. Roper and Mrs. Garrett, Norman Fell and Charlotte Rae) checking into an Institute for Libidinous Research and Enhancement--an idea of Edna's, while Ralph considers the place to be a "sex shop". Dr. Miller (John Myhers) doesn't inspire his confidence for not even being able to get their names straight. He separates the couple to await further instructions, and Ralph is visited in his room by an attractive young woman in a short nightie named Barbi (Sandy Arcara), who discusses an interest in working on mutual help with their respective problems. Ralph learns the next day that the doctor didn't send her, and insists to Edna that nothing happened. Barbi drops in to thank him for his help the previous night--which we learn was that he didn't make any advances toward her, but Edna gets the wrong idea. She nevertheless rolls with the perceived situatio, impressed that Ralph could give a woman like that "the greatest night of her life" and wanting the same treatment.
"Love and the Perfect Wedding" is a short segment in which the dialogue conveys the straightforward nuptials of Jerome Wilson and his bride, Sally (Mike Evans and Brenda Sykes), with the humor coming from the viewer hearing individual characters' thoughts--Jerome panicking; the minister (Bill Walker) fretting about his schedule; the maid of honor's (Diane Sommerfield) jealousy; the father of the bride (Wonderful Smith) complaining about the expense; the mother of the bride (usually the mother of the groom, Isabel Sanford) realizing that she's losing her baby. The punchline has the newlyweds walking down the aisle together while each mentally says goodbye to various exes.
It's not every LAS segment that opens with an establishing shot of the White House. In "Love and the President," the First Lady, Sylvia (Anne Jeffreys), is trying to pry her husband, Lloyd (Robert Sterling), away from his work for a couple of days, resulting in a fight...following which the president finds that they had a witness, first-grade tourist Rodney Friebush (Eric Olson), who got a picture of their spat. Lloyd tries to get the camera from the boy, but he doesn't want to give up his proof that he met the president--even to his parents, Marvin and Janet (John Schuck and Jan Shutan), who normally don't believe in forcing their son to do something that he doesn't want to do, though Marvin feels that serving the commander-in-chief takes precedence. Ultimately the president tricks Rodney into dropping the camera by tossing him a baseball autographed by the Mets, and also gives Rodney his own camera in trade, offering to pose for a properly staged picture with his wife.
"Love and the Return of Raymond" opens with Mr. Pomfrit (Burt Mustin) letting Albert and Bernice (Charles Nelson Reilly and Estelle Parsons) into an outdated but brass-bedded motel cabin for their honeymoon. They're starting to get romantic when they hear yelping and find a sweater-wearing dog in a drawer. Bernice, who's outspokenly superstitious, believes that the pooch is the reincarnation of her titular deceased ex-husband. Albert initially makes fun, then tries to humor her to get on with the night. But Albert finds Raymond distracting, and just as he's demanding that Bernice choose between them, the dog's owner, Wanda (Lada Edmund Jr.) shows up for him. Bernice is upset afterward that her Raymond is with another woman, and as she and Albert are attempting to get on with the night again, they find fleas in the bed.
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50th Anniversary Viewing (Part 1)
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Season 6, episode 8
Originally aired October 30, 1972
The Wiki list of guest appearances said:
Mike hops on stage tied up, saying that his agent was trying to prevent him from doing the show.
There's a gag about a singing telegram that plays music when it's opened...little did they know.
This one made me think of RJ...
Charles Nelson Reilly: I know a man who became very wealthy just played cards. You might say he reached the pinochle of success!
Mike auditions for a detective series:
Mike's in the news intro song:
Gladys dreams about being Mannix's secretary:
The cocktail party has a Prohibition-era theme:
The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate goes to L.A.'s police chief.
A Salute to Law and Order:
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Hawaii Five-O
"Journey Out of Limbo"
Originally aired October 31, 1972
Wiki said:
A dump truck driver (Sam Peters) unloads his cargo of sand and Danno comes out with it. Steve learns of this while the Governor is briefing him about the visit of Chinese commerce minister Lin Mai-Lu, which is personal and unofficial but being used as a backdoor means of opening trade discussions. Doc Bergman diagnoses that Danno has a concussion that's causing short-term amnesia, causing him to forget what happened to him. It was his day off and he remembers getting around in the morning, but not what he was planning to do. Che finds horse dander, horse blood on Danno's pants, and burrs on his torn clothing indicating that he ran through high brush. Ben takes Danno to a riding stable where the owner, Cal Chambers (evidently uncredited), confirms that Danno took one of his mares, but nothing jogs Dan's memory until a truck backfiring causes a traumatic reaction.
Lin Mai-Lu (Philip Ahn) is escorted in the Governor's limo to the home is his old wartime friend, Norton Hummel (Keenan Wynn). Danno has a memory flash of a compass rose, which he finds in the area of the stable. This triggers memories of riding, seeing some suspicious activity at a bunker with a boat in it that included people carrying boxes and a wrapped body, and being fired at and pursued by a Jeep while trying to get away on his horse. The bunker shows no signs of a boat, but Five-O scours the vicinity, finding tracks, a fragment of Dan's shirt, blood stains, and ultimately the dead horse, which took several bullets. Shells indicate that the pursuit continued with Danno on foot to a cliff above a seaside road, where Danno remembers jumping into the back of the pickup truck, which is how he injured his head. Meanwhile, Hummel sits ominously in the room of his son, Warren, who was killed in Korea...which, as we were conspicuously reminded earlier by Duke, involved China being the enemy.
Methodical questioning of Danno narrows down details--the boat was a sailboat with the mast removed; the boxes contained dynamite; and a latent print is turned up belonging to suspected industrial spy Harvey Durko (Robert Lavarre), who's traced to a beach cottage, which is raided by Chin and Ben. Durko flees and is shot and inadvertently killed in a firefight, while another man (Clay Tanner, whose character is billed as Stark) slips out of his place unnoticed.
Stark reports to Hummel at Warren's gravesite, giving him an transmitter concealed in a cigarette case, while Hummel makes noise about service to their country. Elsewhere, Danno further remembers that the body was a male mannequin. Danno takes a harbor patrol boat to rendezvous with Hummel's yacht, which is having engine trouble while hosting Lin. Danno boards and frantically points out to Steve that an approaching Navy launch is manned by dummies while being guided remotely. Gunfire causes the boat's payload to blow before it reaches the yacht, and Hummel pulls a gun to be wounded by Steve.
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The Odd Couple
"Felix's First Commercial"
Originally aired November 3, 1972
Paramount Plus said:
The agency representative, Judy Jones (Louise Troy), offers to let Felix direct the commercial if he can get Oscar to approach Deacon Jones about appearing in it.
Felix: They want to use a minister in a shaving commercial?
Oscar doesn't want to impose on his friendship with the reserved athlete, but reluctantly agrees to meet Felix at a bar that he and Deacon regularly frequent. Oscar is late getting there, and the bartender (Arthur Batanides) has to show Felix who Deacon is, but like Oscar, won't introduce the athlete because of his strong preference for privacy. Felix tries to strike up a conversation and Jones leaves.
Oscar later comes home to reveal that he's gotten Deacon to agree to appear in the commercial, but only if it's done as they've rewritten it, which includes Oscar being in it to do the talking. But Oscar's line reading proves to be terrible, and even after coaching at home from Felix, he stumbles through his part. Ultimately Deacon, whose taciturn demeanor has been a cause of concern for Felix, agrees to do all the talking in the commercial, while the now completely redundant Oscar just nods to what he says.
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Love, American Style
"Love and the Clinic / Love and the Perfect Wedding / Love and the President / Love and the Return of Raymond"
Originally aired November 3, 1972
"Love and the Clinic" opens with Ralph and Edna Albertson (Mr. Roper and Mrs. Garrett, Norman Fell and Charlotte Rae) checking into an Institute for Libidinous Research and Enhancement--an idea of Edna's, while Ralph considers the place to be a "sex shop". Dr. Miller (John Myhers) doesn't inspire his confidence for not even being able to get their names straight. He separates the couple to await further instructions, and Ralph is visited in his room by an attractive young woman in a short nightie named Barbi (Sandy Arcara), who discusses an interest in working on mutual help with their respective problems. Ralph learns the next day that the doctor didn't send her, and insists to Edna that nothing happened. Barbi drops in to thank him for his help the previous night--which we learn was that he didn't make any advances toward her, but Edna gets the wrong idea. She nevertheless rolls with the perceived situatio, impressed that Ralph could give a woman like that "the greatest night of her life" and wanting the same treatment.
"Love and the Perfect Wedding" is a short segment in which the dialogue conveys the straightforward nuptials of Jerome Wilson and his bride, Sally (Mike Evans and Brenda Sykes), with the humor coming from the viewer hearing individual characters' thoughts--Jerome panicking; the minister (Bill Walker) fretting about his schedule; the maid of honor's (Diane Sommerfield) jealousy; the father of the bride (Wonderful Smith) complaining about the expense; the mother of the bride (usually the mother of the groom, Isabel Sanford) realizing that she's losing her baby. The punchline has the newlyweds walking down the aisle together while each mentally says goodbye to various exes.
It's not every LAS segment that opens with an establishing shot of the White House. In "Love and the President," the First Lady, Sylvia (Anne Jeffreys), is trying to pry her husband, Lloyd (Robert Sterling), away from his work for a couple of days, resulting in a fight...following which the president finds that they had a witness, first-grade tourist Rodney Friebush (Eric Olson), who got a picture of their spat. Lloyd tries to get the camera from the boy, but he doesn't want to give up his proof that he met the president--even to his parents, Marvin and Janet (John Schuck and Jan Shutan), who normally don't believe in forcing their son to do something that he doesn't want to do, though Marvin feels that serving the commander-in-chief takes precedence. Ultimately the president tricks Rodney into dropping the camera by tossing him a baseball autographed by the Mets, and also gives Rodney his own camera in trade, offering to pose for a properly staged picture with his wife.
"Love and the Return of Raymond" opens with Mr. Pomfrit (Burt Mustin) letting Albert and Bernice (Charles Nelson Reilly and Estelle Parsons) into an outdated but brass-bedded motel cabin for their honeymoon. They're starting to get romantic when they hear yelping and find a sweater-wearing dog in a drawer. Bernice, who's outspokenly superstitious, believes that the pooch is the reincarnation of her titular deceased ex-husband. Albert initially makes fun, then tries to humor her to get on with the night. But Albert finds Raymond distracting, and just as he's demanding that Bernice choose between them, the dog's owner, Wanda (Lada Edmund Jr.) shows up for him. Bernice is upset afterward that her Raymond is with another woman, and as she and Albert are attempting to get on with the night again, they find fleas in the bed.
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Pretty much the same here, even though I already had three of the obscuros in my collection.
I can't agree with this praise...at this point, I find the music scene to be pretty tepid and dull. Such a stark contrast to the same point in 1967, which I still have a weekly playlist going for.
It's weird to see Connecticut red, alongside such blue strongholds as New York and California. That electoral map would be downright frightening in a modern context.And we were immediately added to his enemies list.
Thank you!And exceeded comparisons to all fruits and vegetables. Happy Birthday.
I'd say that she's folding, spindling, and mutilating her metaphor...
Like Darren, I'm surprised that you're even familiar with these three.
Our bona fide oldies radio classic of the pack.
Must be. I'm always surprised by the number of Top 40 hits that I'm sure never got any play around here. This past Saturday, there were a good four songs in a row on AT40 that I had never heard before, and the year was 72 or 73.
Good advice, I'll take a look for it on Amazon. Kind of too bad that he didn't get it, but maybe that's why he was so funny.
He was pretty good in this-- a good sport and a good talent for comedy.
News of the future.
You're right, that's hilarious.
Lots of good slapstick in this one.
Must be a new trend-- either that or I never thought about it before.
It looks like he was having a lot of fun goofing on himself.
Now there's a good cold open.
Is there something unusual about this?
"There was a guy... name was Phelps... made belittling remarks about conventional law enforcement...."
Master Kaaaan!
So many....
Damn.
And it was... Steve!
Too coincidental to not be sabotage.
And only the mannequins go in the drink. This sounds like it was a good one.
I'm worse than Felix. The name Deacon Jones makes me think of beach movies and I have no idea why. But I do know that they call Alabama the Crimson Tide.
I think it was James Coburn who once agreed to do a beer commercial if he only had to say one word.
Seems like this episode kinda went nowhere.
He's Mr Roper in training.
Well, they've played so many roles.
That's my LAS.
Lionel and one of the girls from Ozzie's Girls.
He was okay..
I wonder if that was just a coincidence.
Today that pic would have been on Instagram before the president could blink.
Kinda low stakes. They should have made it a national security issue or something. The way it is, the president just looks petty. Or they could have gotten a Nixon impersonator.
The quintessential Old Timer.
Any thought of bringing the dog to the front desk?
Now that's haunting.
That's interesting. I can see preferring the experimentation of the 60s, but "dull and tepid" is pretty harsh.
It's frightening enough as it is.
I thought so, too, but I liked it. It was almost Jim Steinman-esque.
They're definitely pretty obscure, even around here. I think they faded quickly from Oldies Radio, so maybe it's partly an age thing.
Seems like they've been doing it pretty routinely this season at least. Don't recall offhand if they were doing it a couple seasons back when I last watched.
In a story driven by flashbacks...
Another imposter!
"Which one, Danno, which one!?!"
"I dunno, I'm still recovering from a concussion..."
Capped.
Don't think so.Any thought of bringing the dog to the front desk?
Immersive retro context just intensifies my impression of music of this period...there's good wheat to be found, but surrounded by lots of chaff. This is a period that's begging for the next big thing to happen. Alas, it will eventually be disco that fills that void.That's interesting. I can see preferring the experimentation of the 60s, but "dull and tepid" is pretty harsh.
Piggy banking off of that, if you were to listen to the 'Classic Rock' and the 'Rock' station here in Seattle, every third or fourth song on the playlist is a 'Grunge' or an 'Alt-Rock' song from a Pacific Northwest band; sometimes it's a single that broke nationally, other times it's an album cut that only got regional airplay.
Speaking of wheat amongst that chaff, when going through my Time-Life list of music from 1972, I was reminded of this obscure hit from 1972. It peaked at #29 on the American charts, number #1 in Great Britain, number #10 in Germany and number #11 in Australia. Unfortunately, the only "live" videos I've found on YouTube cut out a verse, shortening the song by 30 seconds, so it's only audio today.
I don't think so. I remember Dan being in there sometimes, but not the guest.
Right.
"You need more protective hair."
Rather than waiting for the next big thing, I see it as a flourishing of innovation and individuality. I'm tempted to mention the Cambrian Explosion again.
Unfortunately, it was followed by that mass extinction of Disco.Makes me wonder how bands like Boston and Aerosmith and J Geils fare in other parts of the country.
There's one that I'm definitely not familiar with (although I suppose I must have heard it on the Time-Life tape when I got it).
Dan?
Touche.
I see it as an explosion of creativity ca. 1967, with the early '70s as an increasingly fading echo.Rather than waiting for the next big thing, I see it as a flourishing of innovation and individuality. I'm tempted to mention the Cambrian Explosion again.
All fine and dandy.
Got the Super Deluxe Revolver today...
Picked mine up last night after work. I've only listened to the stereo remix with the headphones so far. From what I've heard, Giles and co., really brought out some of the instruments that were buried in the mix. The album also benefits from the vocals being centered in the mix and I like the panning of instruments in the songs "Yellow Submarine" and "Tomorrow Never Knows."