Here they are, the original Lenny (Lon Chaney Jr.) and George (Burgess Meredith). Performances that will live forever, thanks to all of those cartoons.
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Well, I guess listening to “Tom & Jerry” isn’t too bad. At least there’s occasionally dialogue by the human owners and Spike the dog can talk, for some reason. But listening to the “Road Runner” cartoons,… nothing but violent noises[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m not sure if I was clear enough to emphasis my surprise at just how much I enjoyed watching/listening to this classic show.My disinterest in it while growing up was real (at that time the only westerns I’d ever watch[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maybe TV commercials come in waves. As I mention, when I was in my early 20’s, which was the early 1980’s, many ads that ran during daytime TV were for getting a job. Most notably truck driving (though if I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For any new readers, or long tme readers who may have forgotten, yes, in the last few years I’ve been recording these old shows to either rewatch (for shows I watched when I was a kid) or watch for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the supporting characters on this short lived action adventure series was played by actress Lee Meriwether. The 1955 Miss America winner portrayed Dr. Ann MacGregor. During the years of 1966 thru 1970 Meriwether appeared in three, on screen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maybe it’s just me, but, while most all the episodes that I’ve seen of “The Fugitive” so far, play upon the fear that he’ll be caught and executed in the electric chair, this particular episode took all of that to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s kind of funny, at least I think so, that here I am, 59 years old and I’m preparing and eating a scrambled eggs and bacon breakfast while watching The Flintstones cartoons. I wonder, when I was a kid, watching[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I first talked about recording and listening to these old classic TV Detective Shows, including “Mannix”, was a year ago this month. Last February, the people who came over to install my new hot water heater, wanted to watch the episode of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, it’s great for adults like me who grew up watching these classics that I can easily do so again by simply turning on the TV every Saturday morning and weekday mornings too, but I’m also glad that generations of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…