‘Skidoo’, Otto Preminger’s woeful 1968 attempt at a counter-culture comedy, is not looking any better with age. Having said that, it still possesses the most singular of all end credit sequences in which Harry Nilsson (billing himself as just ‘Nilsson’) sings the entire cast and crew list. It’s probably the
Most of us (if you’re the type to read a blog like this one anyway) know plenty of classic TV show themes. But those songs are the openers of the shows–the ones designed to grab you and keep you–and, lets face it, as far as trivia goes TV show themes
Here’s a compilation of eighteen songs performed by Diana Ross and The Supremes from five different appearances on ‘Hollywood Palace’ between 1965 and 1969. Say no more, baby…
Last night we watched the above installment of ‘Hollywood Palace‘, an hourlong variety show that broadcast Saturday nights (except September 1967 to January 1968, when it aired on Monday nights) on ABC from January 4, 1964, to February 7, 1970. This particular episode was broadcast on January 20th, 1968. The host
‘Dizzy Doctors’ (1937) is the 21st short comedy made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Wednesday, December 9 through Saturday, December 12, 1936 and was released on Friday, March 19, 1937. I consider it in the top-tier of the Curly shorts, with pacing, jokes and
Much as I love Cal Worthington, I have to give the best car sales pitch of all time to Ralph Williams, a northern California auto dealer. No other explanation is necessary or possible. Just watch the above and enjoy the fast approaching weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi_BHHY5A8M No, that’s not a typo. I said ‘dogs’ plural and I meant ‘dogs’. Cal Worthington, budget car dealer extraordinare, saturated the Los Angeles late night airwaves throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s with ads like the three contained in the above video. ‘His dog Spot’, as you’ll see, was
Every day, based on my recently watched videos, YouTube spits up a bunch of suggestions for other videos I might like. I guess the absurdity of the past few days Piano and Organ Emporium ads somehow suggested to the algorithmic powers that be that I might enjoy re-connecting to one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75dVl_ew0ek Continuing my obsessive pursuit of an audience who appreciates the history of the home organ phenomenon of fifty years ago (see previous two posts if you dare), here is part two of the SCTV send-up featuring Tex and Edna Boil. For those who remember SCTV this will make perfect
Last week I posted about the now-vanished phenomenon of the Organ Emporium superstore–a result, apparently, of a once thriving appetite among the public for ownership of the cheesiest of instruments, the home organ. To my surprise this post received the lowest amount of clicks I’ve ever received on this blog.