tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post8677902538273888030..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Ban Gaslight!Yowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-11909698312309061102023-05-23T10:39:41.624-07:002023-05-23T10:39:41.624-07:00[This video isn't available any more] How app...[This video isn't available any more] How appropos. ;D M. Mitchell Marmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713408277487830595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-67484476993079694292021-03-07T21:37:07.916-08:002021-03-07T21:37:07.916-08:00Link has been taken down FYI, but I have a copy of...Link has been taken down FYI, but I have a copy of the show, it’s daily funny but not the best ones, so Much fuss over nothing it turns out!Steve Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08647823660985715119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-31324891290358371152018-10-08T00:28:49.325-07:002018-10-08T00:28:49.325-07:00And HERE'S the episode, as telecast on January...And HERE'S the episode, as telecast on January 11, 1959: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM5vN8sgRlIbgraumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481033911573623806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-2062920297376844082018-10-08T00:08:36.809-07:002018-10-08T00:08:36.809-07:00The Warner Bros. deal with ABC (to produce "W...The Warner Bros. deal with ABC (to produce "WARNER BROS. PRESENTS" as their first weekly TV series) began in 1955. By 1957, they started producing a lot of Westerns for the network [including "MAVERICK", "SUGARFOOT" and "COLT .45", in addition to "CHEYENNE", which began as a segment of "WBP"]. In MGM's case, it took them a while to begin production of weekly filmed series after the failure of "MGM PARADE' in the 1955-'56 season {in which they discovered you can't offer off a bunch of old film clips, recycle old Pete Smith/John Nesbitt/Robert Benchley/Carey Wilson and Tex Avery shorts, and throw in "interviews" with current MGM stars- with "plugs" for their current movies- and expect the audience to tune in every week; most didn't}. When they started producing weekly versions of some of their classic films in 1957, including "THE THIN MAN" and "NORTHWEST PASSAGE", that's when they began to be a "player" in filmed TV productions for the networks. Still, they just didn't want Jack's parody of "Gaslight" to be repeated.bgraumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481033911573623806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-20369073689964007602012-11-25T21:21:10.494-08:002012-11-25T21:21:10.494-08:00J.L., I suspect MGM's management troubles at t...J.L., I suspect MGM's management troubles at the time played some kind of role.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-81571021912441925962012-11-25T19:43:34.274-08:002012-11-25T19:43:34.274-08:00MGM's observance by 1958 really was odd, becau...MGM's observance by 1958 really was odd, because Warner Bros. had let the dam burst in 1957, when they went against the studios' combined attempted to pretend television didn't exist, when Warners signed their deal to produce original programing for ABC (Columbia had been sneaking their efforts in through the back door via their Screen Gems subsidiary for a few years prior to that, and once J.L. went in the other studios followed suit). This seems more like a case of throwing good lawsuit money after bad, in winning an argument after the viewing public already has decided they'd rather stay at home in front of the telly six nights out of the week.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-49818999185822855642012-11-25T12:37:33.540-08:002012-11-25T12:37:33.540-08:00On his next episode, Jack said;
Jack: MGM released...On his next episode, Jack said;<br />Jack: MGM released a statement that they were unhappy with my parody of their movie Gaslight being shown on TV last week.<br />Well that seems very fair, considering that they released me twenty years ago and left me in a basket on Warner Bros doorstep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com