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From E! News: The Big Bang Theory to End After Upcoming 12th Season.

From WPTA-TV ABC 21: Premade Sandwiches Recalled Due to Possible Health Risk (Possible Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination)

According to her Wikipedia page, she’s 71 now; she won a Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Emmy Award in 1970 for her role in Room 222 (co-star Michael Constantine, who played Walt Whitman High Principal Seymour Kaufman, won the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Emmy Award the same year); Karen continued to act after the show ended, but she apparently stopped acting in 2004 (as did co-star Denise Nicholas, according to her Wikipedia page). Of the show’s 4 leads, Michael Constantine appears to be the only 1 still acting (at the age of 90-something!). Lloyd Haynes, the show’s lead, sadly died of lung cancer (Cancer SUCKS!) at the relatively young age of 52, leaving behind a then 4-year-old daughter, according to his Wikipedia page.

I loved that show too. I also got to do a local March of Dimes Telethon with actor Michael Constantine, who played Seymour Kaufman the principal at the fictional Walt Whitman High School, & who was a very nice guy as I remember, somewhere in Michigan years ago (after Room 222 had been canceled & off the air for awhile). I wanna say the telethon was in Grand Rapids but I’m not positive—we’re talking it was as long ago as 46 years now when this happened (it was actually less than that, since Room 222 was off the air by then, but I can’t remember how much less), & pretty much the only people alive that long or longer who can remember at least that far back are the kind of people who have Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory, like actress Marilu Henner but, sadly, not like me. There’s something I’ve always wondered though: Does anybody know what kind of instrument makes that sorta “buzzing” noise (like those metallic party noisemakers—rectangular, I think—I pretty distinctly remember at least used to exist when I was a kid, that had a handle, & you held that & tried to make the part attached to the handle spin around & make noise) during the theme song? It’s the second instrument that comes in after the song starts & it comes & goes during the rest of the song. I’ve heard it in other songs too, but I’ve never heard the name of the instrument, what (band/orchestra) section it belongs in, or how you actually play it. That far back, I’m not sure the noise was created by a synthesizer though.

Yes Dave Koz was the saxophone player on that version of the General Hospital theme. I think he actually wrote/co-wrote the song. The song also goes by the title Faces of the Heart & it originally appeared on Dave’s Lucky Man CD (I think, since the original release, it’s also been on at least 1 Greatest Hits type compilation of his work). Yes, I like Dave’s music, if you couldn’t tell by my post. https://g.co/kgs/JP28ig

Watching these old main title segments, it’s kind of interesting seeing actors who either may not be acting anymore or whose career trajectories went in perhaps a less noticeable direction after the cancellation of the show, &/or actors who’ve accomplished more since the end of the show than maybe they might’ve been expected to while they were appearing on the show—such as Denzel Washington & his 2 Oscars. Did anybody expect he’d go on to win 2 Oscars while he was portraying a doctor on that show?

In my opinion, “D-List” (or “Z-List”) refers to people like the KarTRASHians, their Jenner half-sisters & their famewhore “momager” (but not Caitlyn, formerly Bruce, Jenner who I consider to have been a “legitimate” celebrity—unlike her former wife, stepchildren, & youngest daughters/children—because, as Bruce Jenner, she won the gold medal in the Decathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics; her ex-wife having been formerly married to, & her stepchildren having been related to, OJ Simpson’s late former lawyer & best friend, Robert Kardashian didn’t make them legitimate celebrities to me). ”D-List”/“Z-List” people, in my opinion, also include the Markle side of HRH the Duchess of Sussex’s family—at least those Markles who’ve made what’s become a habit of airing their mostly petty (but perhaps some not so petty) grievances with her, & their apparent jealousy of her new royal status & now worldwide level of fame, in (mostly) the British press since her relationship with her now-husband, HRH Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, became public; & who’ve also chosen to attack their new in-laws & their way of life/how they choose to do things, & how they feel it’s affected their relationship with HRH the now Duchess of Sussex since the marriage.

And here is an extended version of the theme (which I think is really cool), from Quincy Jones’ album Smackwater Jack. If anyone wants to know, I’m almost positive you can download it from Amazon & iTunes. The Raymond Burr version of the show was 1 of my favorite TV shows back in the day (I suppose because his character was a wheelchair user, as am I) & as I’ve said before in another thread (or maybe multiple threads), through my involvement with The March of Dimes when I was an elementary school kid through a preteen, I got to meet a couple of the cast members (not Raymond Burr, though) & do some local MOD TV fundraisers with them, in the TN/VA/WV area, back in the mid-1970s; 1 of them was even a good friend of mine & my family’s for at least 7 years after we first met & worked together. Our friendship lasted until around the time I graduated from high school & he retired from acting (everybody from the Ironside lead cast, both original & replacement cast members, retired from acting, & Raymond Burr died, in 1993 after filming an Ironside reunion movie). I downloaded this extended version of the Ironside theme from iTunes after I learned that my old friend had passed away through a newspaper wire service obit (he died, after having a stroke a couple of weeks earlier, coincidentally on what would’ve been Elvis’ birthday, 9 years ago this year).

The show’s Wikipedia page says yes, the end theme was, basically, gibberish. But it was also comprehensible gibberish. The guy that wrote it didn’t have any real lyrics by the time he had to turn the song in, so he made up a story about a bartender in gibberish, but gibberish that was also still understandable/made some kinda sense when you heard it. Hugh Wilson, the Creator & Executive Producer, decided to leave the song as it appeared in the show, because he knew the ending theme would probably be covered up by announcer voiceovers for the next program & probably other upcoming programs, & he decided the ending theme of comprehensible gibberish was also a salute to all the rock songs with lyrics many people can’t understand that are played on the radio anyway.

Since we’ve mentioned both Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Chico and the Man, I just thought I’d throw out there, in case someone might not be aware, that if Freddie Prinze hadn’t killed himself while Chico and the Man was still on NBC’s program schedule, & if he had been alive for any part, or all, of the last 16 years, he would’ve been related to Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy) by marriage during that period (the last 16 years). She married his namesake son, Freddie Prinze Jr., in 2002, after meeting him when they were in the same movie a few years before. Also, Freddie Sr. would’ve been a grandpa for the last almost 9 years. Sarah & Freddie Jr. have a daughter, Charlotte Grace, & a son, Rocky James. Both of their birthdays are next month (September). Charlotte will be 9 & Rocky will be 6.

“Rock Around the Clock” was only the theme song for the first season of Happy Days. From season 2, they used this song.

I think/am pretty sure the theme from One Day At a Time actually had the same name as the show. It wasn’t called “This Is It”.

Gloria Estefan sings the theme on the Netflix reboot, which is about an Hispanic family. You can download it at the usual online legal music download stores.

The Rockford Files, yes. Starsky and Hutch, no. There were 3 different versions of that theme in 4 seasons. The first season theme was by composer Lalo Schifrin. The second & fourth season theme was a song called Gotcha by Tom Scott. The third season theme was by Mark Snow.

Here is an extended version (a verse & some choruses left out of the TV version); it’s from a self-titled album by Sonny Curtis, who sang the song. There’s also a “countrified” version of this version (which I’m not linking to, as “overkill”). Here is the version they used during at least the first season. The refrain is “You might just make it after all”. Here is the version from at least the second season through the end of the series. The refrain has been changed to “You’re gonna make it after all”.

Nobody picked Kristin Cavallari to host this year’s Oscars. The host, for the second straight year, was Jimmy Kimmel. She did attend though, & may have presented an award, or introduced 1 of the Best Picture nominees’ clips. But she definitely wasn’t the host; at least not the official 1.

I don’t know if this is the same sale, but 1 of those videos with computer voice narration was posted to YouTube about 3 days ago, according to the post, saying that the Houston house finally sold for $899,000 (the deal is apparently still in progress).

From CNN: Former UN Secretary General, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient, Kofi Annan Dead at 80

AntennaTV ran that episode of the now original Murphy Brown last night. I don’t know if it was scheduled & her death yesterday was coincidental, or if AntennaTV rearranged the schedule & aired the ep with Aretha because she died yesterday.

It reminds me, sort of, of the hat Princess Beatrice wore to Prince William’s wedding.

I totally agree with (I guess that’s the phrase I’m looking for) what you said. I just think it’s interesting he’s the 1 in the cast with the most experience of all the cast members, past & present, in creative areas involved with making the show besides acting, & yet he doesn’t seem interested in doing anything more than acting (& I’m sure there are people out there who’d say, given that the show’s going into its ninth season & he’s been on it from the start, that he’s not even interested in acting in it anymore—besides which, he hasn’t been part of any new “extras” content included in the DVDs [just clips taken from the episodes to illustrate whatever point’s being made, or whatever is otherwise being talked about] since the first season, when “the Core Four” did a commentary for 1 of the eps & he didn’t really participate in it that much & at 1 point, he even seemed to have gotten close to falling asleep, audibly doing the “jerking awake with a start” thing [I think the actual name for that is “hypnic jerk”] before he fell asleep & started snoring on the recording). I’m with you though, as far as the bolded is concerned. Scott definitely gets the character “beats” right (especially when he can do something emotionally with them too, like when Steve’s in danger & Danny’s on the brink of possibly losing him permanently; or when his NJ training partner, a “dirty” cop Danny helped imprison, gets paroled & comes to Hawaii under a pseudonym to take revenge on Danny by kidnaping Gracie because the “dirty” cop’s imprisonment has resulted in an estrangement between him & his wife & son, as opposed to simple “How was your day at school?” scenes with Gracie & Charlie. That’s 1 of the reasons I enjoy him & I still enjoy the show, going into Season 9.

When I try to play the video, it says it’s unavailable. Just FYI.

It’s rather fitting, I think—2 musical icons passing on the same day, 41 (I think... I suck at Math) years apart. I’ve always wondered if Candice Bergen is/was a big Motown fan in real life, or if it was strictly a characteristic(?) attributed to Murphy Brown. And I hope Murphy’s still a Motown fan (& has learned to like Barry Manilow, since her son Avery liked him at least as a baby) in the revival, which I’m looking forward to seeing.

My Dad was from the Philippines. We like/liked watching TAR when they include (included) the Philippines in the race destinations.

According to multiple sources, including this 1, Chi McBride has written/is writing this season’s Thanksgiving episode. I have to say, I find it interesting that Scott Caan, who’s interested (& has professional credits) in screenwriting & directing, among other things, & is probably the most qualified among the cast to do those things in connection with the show hasn’t done either, so far. He’s left that to DDK (who directed the episode where Steve & Danny went on the stakeout); Alex (who directed & had a “Story by” credit in 2 different eps last season); & now Chi (who’s writing this season’s Thanksgiving ep.