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…
Posts Tagged Classic TV
Twitter gets a bad rap, and for the most part if you follow and interact with toxic people, It’s deserved. But there are many groups of people on Twitter who just want to talk about fun stuff. There are groups[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was 11, 12 years old when “The Waltons” first premiered. I’d seen the Christmas special, which was sort of a pilot to the series, “The Homecoming” (which starred different actors as the parents and grandfather) and had even read[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Along with watching the film tonight I also watched a few of the extra features which included interviews with the late writer Richard Matheson and director Steven Spielberg. It was Spielberg’s first movie (prior to this, he’d only directed various[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I try not to embed and post too many videos from You Tube here cause I’m at the mercy of You Tube that they’ll embed correctly and stay and play, but despite all of that I’ll try it again. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, I was alive when “The Fugitive” debuted, though was only 2 years old, and I don’t recall if it was ever widely distributed in syndication*. If it was, I don’t recall ever seeing it then either. That being said,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You might think that listening to these old TV series, while I work on my designs for Siemens, might not be as satisfying as just sitting on a sofa and watching them. Most of these old classic shows I record[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the cool things about watching these old TV shows are seeing actors who were just starting their careers (or just ending them) appear on the show. Quinn Martin Production were known for their listing of the episodes cast[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the cool things about watching these old dramas from the 1970’s are to see a number of famous actors who either got their first appearance or one of their earliest jobs on these programs. For example: Here’s a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was pretty surprised to see COZI TV, which only airs old shows from the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s, would carry this congressional testimony. For a moment, I felt as if I’d traveled back in time. Back to the days[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…