magicdog

There was a network on cable once owned by Pat Robertson (and the CBN company he headed) who dubbed it The Family Channel and it was meant to be just that - family friendly shows. Most of the shows were syndicated shows from the 50s and 60s (especially westerns). When it was sold, it was stipulated the channel would remained titled "The Family Channel" to help discourage radical programming changes. They did make some original programs later like Zorro (with Duncan Regher) and The Black Stallion (based on the books and movies) among other things.

I remember watching it before that! It was in syndication in the 70s (I'm assuming you're talking about the 50s TV series). I had a giggle when I saw silent serials featuring the original Rin Tin Tin on TCM!!

I was so mad this morning, I was almost beside myself! A little background: Last week there was a story a producer added to her hour of the show about road rage - specifically that Gen Z preferred to show their anger at a bad driver by thumbing them down. She asked if I had file of people going thumbs down. I told her no, but I did have road rage file from other reports (not local) we had done over the years. She liked that idea so I cut it. It would up getting bumped from the show several times until yesterday morning. Fast forward to my shift. I arrive and review my emails and found that Bitcheroo had clutched her pearls at seeing file of road rage incidents* claiming they were "graphic" (they weren't) and disturbing (not really). She demanded not only my video be deleted from the system (and never to be used again), she demanded the source videos used to build it be deleted too!! Mind you no one else above Bitcheroo had an issue with the video. So I ask our executive producer to explain what the hell was going on? He couldn't even look me in the eye (kept looking everywhere else though!). He said Bitcheroo just thought it was disturbing and it shouldn't have been used. I countered that the producer was informed of what the video was and she approved of it. Since the video was in limbo for nearly a week, anyone could have seen it at any time or asked me specifics if they thought there could be an issue. He admitted Bitcheroo is a nut and being unreasonable but there was no other choice than to follow her orders. I informed him why delete the file videos I used to create the video? After all, we aren't allowed to order video anymore (costs money!!) and all we have is what is in our archive unless we shoot it ourselves (I throw in that we could have spent the past several days shooting thumbs down video if there was a problem!). Sooner or later thee will be a need for that file video (it's cyclical, someone does a special report on road rage or a law related to it and that video is our buffer), and now Bitcheroo just made us lose something potentially useful because SHE alone didn't like it. What annoys me most is that I was never consulted about this nor my opinion asked. She probably smiled smugly the whole time knowing it was another dig at me. * The incidents showed a person throwing a rock at a windshield and a car hitting the back bumper of another car twice, and drivers yelling at each other in the street.

It's also on GETTV.

We lost an icon in Las Vegas magic circles. We did an interview with her just a few months ago at her 100th birthday party. All the big magicians here in town were there to celebrate. She was the first magician show on The Strip (before it was even called that!) and was held in high regard. RIP Ms. Dea! Thanks for paving the way.

Trouble is there are so many resentful people out there who think everyone else is breaking the rules and they are obligated to spoil it for them, even when there is a good reason.

As far as I know, yes. But the 60s version of the family was so well done! I know people will have their favorites, but that version still lives as the yardstick for many.

Nothing wrong with reading it - IMO it gives you insight into the man's thinking. You don't need to agree with it or his methods. Plenty of people had this on their bookshelves. Madeline Albright had one. It was sold online along with other books after her death.

I'm starting to think Seth Macfarlane's version of the show should have gone forward after all. Elizabeth Banks may have salvaged herself somewhat with Cocaine Bear, but I do not have high hopes for this. Velma was enough of a travesty to an IP and I really don't want to see the Flintstones go down the same path. Actually this is interesting. Even in the 1970s Pebbles & Bamm Bamm show, Hoppy (the Rubble's pet Hopperoo) vanished with out explanation, but they had a replacement pet in the form of Gronk. The Flintstones still had Dino but also added Wooly, a mini mammoth. IIRC however, Dino was a "snorkasaurus" (and initially was a very Phil Silvers type of fellow!) not a brontosaurus.

True. Sometimes. I've also seen far too many situations in which a person was found not guilty of something (and even having ample proof of such) at the state level only to be put through the legal wringer again at the federal level or in a civil hearing.

But that's just it. Did it HAVE to be a dream episode? The idea itself was solid enough (kid has divorced parents and needs to bond with Dad who needs to try harder). Maybe the Jonathan as dog part was silly, but assuming the episode wasn't changed due to Victor French's health (be died before the episode even aired!), it could have been done differently. Then again, the show was pretty sappy even then!

I went to look at the opening credits (there are a few from the show's run), and quite frankly, I don't have a problem with it. Sure it was the era, but I don't think it offensive. I did see a later credit opening in which there is no chorus just an instrumental and no wolf whistle. I guess it depends. Some women don't mind being whistled at and may be flattered. Some will be happy for some attention than no attention. I didn't know about Sothern's hepatitis so I'm sorry she suffered such a horrible disease! Nothing new here. Even now, I hear similar stories about "the star" wanting to be glammed up while everyone else is dressed down. Sothern may have been guilty of insecurity, but considering Hollywood culture (heaven forbid one gains weight or ages past 40) I'm not surprised.

Different rules in a civil trial - the jury doesn't even have to be unanimous and burden of proof is different. Sometimes even if a person is not guilty of a crime in in a criminal trial, sometimes they try to stick it to them in a civil trial. I haven't read much on the trial or deduced if Blake was guilty. All I know is his wife was a status seeker and a user and a con artist. Do I think she deserved what happened to her? No. Whatever happened that fateful night, I can only believe that it will be sorted out by powers greater than that on Earth.

Aww! I catch The Virginian periodically on INSP and it's a nice little show (and ran almost as long as Bonanza and also filmed in color from beginning to end). Despite the periodic changing cast, Elizabeth was a sweet, spunky character. RIP Miss Lane.

My mother was quite fond is the term: "Fuck-a-doo". Gender neutral and could be used as a term of endearment with the right person. My edit partner and I had a lengthy discussion with one of the EPs over some issues which keep cropping up and not being fully resolved. Unfortunately I'm not sure if all of it made it to the producers' ears. Some of this issues are still happening, although my partner and I have been handling it well when they improve other things. Plumbing still working as well, so no issues there at the moment! While my partner and I were discussing a work issue, he heard a cackle in the distance and asked me who was that. I told him it was Bitcheroo. He said he had heard it before but had no idea! I explained it's typical of unpleasant unsympathetic, superior thinking all knowing management types who try to act as if they identify with human beings or have a sense of humor. I've known a few of them over the years.

Nothing new unfortunately. They did this to the Nancy Drew books back in the 50s. The original books were written in the 30s and they were "updated" in the 1959 editions. The older editions can be found including a republished set I found online.

More than likely Christie was pressured at the time she was recruited that the pimp "owned her" and she "owed" him for all he did for her (giving her clothes, a place to stay, etc. - for a price). Often runaways come from lousy backgrounds so Christie may not have felt that she had better options than what she had. I don't think that's the case - it seemed to me that it was a case that not everyone has a happy ending and that calling the cops on the pimp wouldn't have changed much. The pimp might have been busted but bailed out quickly (they tend to have lawyers on standby) and he would have been back in business in no time. Christie might have turned up as a runaway/missing child who might be returned to her previous home, but it's a toss up. It's too easy for people to fall through the cracks. IMO, the episode just shows that Tootie was lucky she had people looking out for her, while Christie didn't. But for the grace of God go I.....

Caught another episode of Highway to Heaven in which I am still trying to understand what the point was: In "It's a Dog's Life" (1989), Jonathan and Mark are arguing a bit over a few things, when a guy tried to rob them. Jonathan uses his powers to turn the gun into a water pistol. The criminal freaks out and runs. Later, Mark is annoyed that he's weak and helpless compared to Jonathan and maybe he should be turned into a sog or something. Suddenly, a dog appears and Jonathan is gone. Mark comes to the conclusion that God turned Jonathan into a dog and now they have to continue with their next assignment. Somehow he gets it in his head that God gave Jonathan's powers to him temporarily. They find a young boy who has a habit of running away. We eventually learn his parents are divorced (aptly described by Mark as a cross between Isadora Duncan and Auntie Mame) and she has been keeping him away from his dad (the usual hijinks of mom making excuses for dad not being able to see the kid) so dad has given up trying. Mark and the dog befriend the boy and find the dad and try to set things right and get the mother to let the boy stay with dad for a while. Surprisingly, she agrees. The dog chooses to stay with the boy and dad, so Mark assumes this is the end of their partnership and he leaves. Then while headed back to his hotel room, there is a suicidal man on a ledge and he decides to try to get him down safely. He climbs on the ledge, when Jonathan (in human form) apears in a window asking what Mark was doing on the ledge. Shocked, Mark asks what happened, and he relied that he was on another assignment all this time and the dog really was just a dog. Then Mark asks if that means he doesn't have [Jonathan's powers]. Jonathan replies no. Suddenly, we see Mark lose his balance and fall off the ledge - only to wake up and find out it was all a dream!! GAH! What was the point of the episode? Give Mark another heart attack?? Was the boy and his problem even real? Why go through all that? Plus it used to annoy me that Mark was supposed to have been an ex-cop, so he should have a bit more knowledge on how to handle certain situations, instead he acts like an untrained civilian. This was the second to last episode to air before it being cancelled and Victor French (Mark) passing away in June of 1989

They're doing it to Ian Fleming's James Bond novels too!

Thought this would be the best place to post this: These songs turn 60 this year! Scary how time flies. https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/130/565/089/playable/4e9632d230686c0a.mp4

I remember the episode fairly well since I watched it when it first aired. My parents both warned me about stuff like this because it could happen if one wasn't careful. Tootie did a stupid thing by running away on her own to a city she didn't know how to handle herself in. That's one of the reasons runaways end up often in a worse place than the one they'd left. I was sad that the girl Tootie met wasn't saved but I wouldn't doubt it if Tootie had asked her to come with, that she'd have refused. Likely because she was used to that lifestyle and was afraid of her pimp (they don't like it when their property goes walking off free and have been known to stalk them and drag them back). She also would have had to go through detox since she was likely addicted to heroin - to keep her under her pimp's control. I don't think it was necessarily a reflection of the times, than reality.

How these idiots have jobs and get into management positions is beyond me!! Damn, that's one stupid (and potentially dangerous) man!!! Here's hoping he gets fired.

Darn it! You bet me to it BetterButter!!

Not only that, but she pissed me off questioning Carver's doubts about her abilities. Apparently girl bosses can NEVER be wrong about anything.

The only other thing I know for sure was that the [original] sisters were supposed to have three powers each (like Melinda Warren); one active, one passive and one defensive. Paige wasn't supposed to exist either.