Day # 6 of the 30 Day Television Challenge
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shadowkatOkay, I'm going to repeat three rules for this rec challenge:
1. Don't pick a television show you've already selected in another category.
2. Don't pick a television show that someone else already posted or pick in that category. You can however pick one that they picked in another category. (ie. If A picks Parks & Recreation in Day 1, B can pick it in Day 5, but A&B can't both pick it in Day 5.)
The point of this is to rec a broad range of shows.
3. Do not choose two different television shows in a category - unless otherwise notified. There are a few categories that picking two different television shows may be required.
If you don't like the rules? You can do your own meme. My journal, my rules. (I don't control much at the moment - but I can try to control this or at least try to - telling other people what to do is akin to talking to cats. I told that to my mother once... "Do you have something against cats?" So, uh, no offense to cats intended.]
This is Day #6 of the 30 Day Television Challenge
The prompt for this one shouldn't be a problem regarding the rules..posted above.
A talk show, variety show, or stand-up comedy show (old or new)
Hmm...before John Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien there was...
I watched at more than one sleep over as a kid - it was considered a special treat to stay up late and watch the Tonight Show, right before the network sign off - which was the pledge of allegiance and then static. That didn't change until the advent of cable in the 1980s.
I remember watching the last episode of the Tonight Show with my brother's best friend one night. We looked at each when it was done, nodded and said good night. He's now the head of the Kansas City Art Institute Animation Department.
Weirdly I watch very little of it now. Possibly with all the cable shows, and the overabundance of information - the talk shows have lost their appeal. I don't know.
1. Don't pick a television show you've already selected in another category.
2. Don't pick a television show that someone else already posted or pick in that category. You can however pick one that they picked in another category. (ie. If A picks Parks & Recreation in Day 1, B can pick it in Day 5, but A&B can't both pick it in Day 5.)
The point of this is to rec a broad range of shows.
3. Do not choose two different television shows in a category - unless otherwise notified. There are a few categories that picking two different television shows may be required.
If you don't like the rules? You can do your own meme. My journal, my rules. (I don't control much at the moment - but I can try to control this or at least try to - telling other people what to do is akin to talking to cats. I told that to my mother once... "Do you have something against cats?" So, uh, no offense to cats intended.]
This is Day #6 of the 30 Day Television Challenge
The prompt for this one shouldn't be a problem regarding the rules..posted above.
A talk show, variety show, or stand-up comedy show (old or new)
Hmm...before John Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien there was...
I watched at more than one sleep over as a kid - it was considered a special treat to stay up late and watch the Tonight Show, right before the network sign off - which was the pledge of allegiance and then static. That didn't change until the advent of cable in the 1980s.
I remember watching the last episode of the Tonight Show with my brother's best friend one night. We looked at each when it was done, nodded and said good night. He's now the head of the Kansas City Art Institute Animation Department.
Weirdly I watch very little of it now. Possibly with all the cable shows, and the overabundance of information - the talk shows have lost their appeal. I don't know.
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Date: 2020-10-03 02:13 am (UTC)She had a million expressions in her rubbery face, but her warmth is what always brought me back every week. (Harvey Korman wasn't bad, either!)
Her brilliant Gone With the Wind spoof:
https://youtu.be/MFZavCkl9mY
"I saw it in the window, and I just couldn't resist!"
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Date: 2020-10-03 02:45 am (UTC)https://youtu.be/lzgHJUyK3rg
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Date: 2020-10-03 08:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-03 07:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-03 10:01 pm (UTC)That's the show that Carol Burnett got her start on. It was a huge hit back in the late 50s and early 60s.
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Date: 2020-10-04 02:36 am (UTC)You and cactuswatcher are a bit beyond my time. I'm a late 1960s baby.
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Date: 2020-10-04 08:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-04 01:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-03 10:22 pm (UTC)Remember the Kirward Derby from Rocky and Friends? It was a take off on long time Garry Moore Show veteran, Durward Kirby.
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Date: 2020-10-03 03:26 pm (UTC)...and had a big hand in introducing the USA to these young lads:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC0MEF6d1eU
My grandparents, who were living with my family by this time, always made it a point to watch on Sunday nights. If it wasn't their favorite TV show, it had to be close. What was funny was in the years following, whenever a boy band with long hair appeared on TV, my grandmother would ask, "Is this the Beatles again?" It may be that the appeal was lost on her, go figure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show
Huh. According to Wikipedia, the show ended its very, very long run on June 6th 1971-- which is right about when I graduated from high school.
I assure you there is little probability of coincidence.
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Date: 2020-10-03 07:24 pm (UTC)Sullivan also did the premiers of The Doors, Rolling Stones, and Elvis Presley - which were harder - the Beatles were tame. Presley, he famously shot from the waist up. And Morrison ignored the rules, and went all out.
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Date: 2020-10-03 04:35 pm (UTC)Five of the Best Interviews From ‘Inside the Actors Studio’
James Lipton interviewed many acting greats, but it was comedians — and one student — who made for the most memorable moments.
Sadly, you used to be able to watch all of these and more on YouTube but NBC Universal has blocked them now.
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Date: 2020-10-03 07:21 pm (UTC)Yeah, NBC is throwing them on it's new streaming service - Peacock. A lot of the streaming services are yanking stuff off of youtube - where possible.