Wednesday, 27 January 2021
The Likeable Denizens of the 12th Precinct
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The death of Gregory Sierra a number of days ago got me thinking about what made the TV series Barney Miller so popular. It boils down to t...
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Tuesday, 26 January 2021
The Old Wolf Grind
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A wolf and Woody Woodpecker are trying to eat each other, with maybe the most uncomfortable gag being when the wolf thinks he’s got Woody in...
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Monday, 25 January 2021
Pig in a Poke
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Oswald the rabbit is trying to serenade his sweetheart on a banjo, but his sheet music keeps blowing away from against a rock. He shows his ...
Sunday, 24 January 2021
Hennepin Benny
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True or false: Jack Benny performed with Steve Allen’s mother. The answer is true. At least they performed on the same bill. Belle Montros...
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Saturday, 23 January 2021
Making the Alvin Show
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ABC decided in December 1959 to pick up The Flintstones for its fall 1960 prime-time schedule, and that resulted in a mini-boom in night-ti...
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Friday, 22 January 2021
Party at Tom's
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It’s party time at Tom’s place in Saturday Evening Puss (1950). His buddy cats whoosh through a window and start to play jazz. One puts on...
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Thursday, 21 January 2021
Gonging Simple Simon
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Jack Bunny has been gonging amateur acts like Major Bowes and sending them through a trap door. A simpleton bird steps up to the mike and st...
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Wednesday, 20 January 2021
A Censor Explains Censorship
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Networks have a reason to censor things. It may not be a good reason, but it’s a reason. So discovered Herald Tribune syndicate columnist J...
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Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Your Obediant Saw-vant
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Isn’t that nice? Bugs Bunny is reading “Poe Kiddie Komics,” a book perfect for the young tykes. But a construction worker is determined t...
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