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Absolutely! Everything you just described are the very reasons why (as with the "very special episodes" on Diff'rent Strokes, Facts of Life, et al.) ELR has ever been ineligible for my DVD collection. I didn't find it funny the first time, and certainly wouldn't now! It's probably just your opinion, but I think the heavy-handedness and earnestness you describe might lead to Quantum Leap being a waste of money for me if I ever got it on DVD (never mind that I've never seen it before). Based on that, I'm wondering, what made it get so preachy, heavy-handed, earnest?

I've just now started into another Western, Wanted: Dead or Alive (also on CBS, and, like Have Gun, Will Travel, also on Saturdays [at least for its first two seasons' worth, from 8:30-9; in its final season, 1960-61, it went to Wednesdays, but stayed in the 8:30-9 slot]). I purchased the all-in-one DVD of that Western (Mill Creek made the release) from Amazon, and I'm two episodes in; from what I've seen so far, it seems that Josh Randall (the late great Steve McQueen) is sort of like Paladin was on Have Gun (he used an 1892 Winchester sawed-off shotgun which, IINM, he called his "mare's leg"; like Paladin, he didn't use it unless he had to). From what I've read, he always tried to get his quarry either way (as befit the title), although it would seem that more were taken alive than dead. Anyway, 2 episodes in, it seems that this might be another one of those that I see all the way through; I never saw it on Encore Westerns, but I'm looking forward to really enjoying it with this all-in-one DVD.

Former legendary news anchor of KGO (ABC7 S.F.), Van Amburg, has passed on at 86-- what he has passed from is yet undetermined. http://abc7news.com/news/legendary-kgo-anchorman-van-amburg-passes-away-at-86/2169199/

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Gabe-Pressman-WNBC-Dead-430323423.html?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma Another obituary, this from WNBC's website

And he will always be remembered for that as well.

Stephen Furst, who was Dr. Elliot Axelrod on the NBC medical series St. Elsewhere from 1983-88, has passed on @ 63 from complications of diabetes. His obituary from TMZ: http://www.tmz.com/2017/06/17/stephen-furst-flounder-animal-house-dead/ And to remember, his title credit from the top of St. Elsewhere:

That's hilarious! I never thought that a fictional character would show up in a phone book, let alone the man who was known for playing him.

And in a general scene from 60s ABC Batman (alongside his co-star Burt Ward), also captured from that WB all-in-one DVD:

Some assorted screenshots of the shows he was in (captured from DVD releases of those shows): --First, his title credit from 60s ABC Batman, for which he will always be remembered (from WB all-in-one DVD of that series) --Second, Adam as David Stockwood (alongside Robert Wagner) in the Hart to Hart episode "Love Game" (OAD 11/8/83 on ABC; captured from Shout! final-season DVD of that ABC series) --Finally, his closing credit for that guest role on Hart to Hart (also captured from that Shout! release)

Thanks for the confirmation on that! I've read a lot of reviews before that have said the same thing, and here are some from IMDB on Dallas 2012 that agree with us: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1723760/reviews?filter=hate

Fast food workers' annoyances, from a British perspective (as this is from a British perspective, there is a good bit of foul language, but that does not, IMO, take away from the excellent points that this lady makes, which are likely as important there as here)

Didn't Dallas on TNT (2012-2014) do that-- undo a lot of the plots from the original-recipe 1978-91 CBS series?

How about All Creatures Great and Small?

Another version of Elena's title credit on Marcus Welby, M.D., this showing her in her role of nurse Consuelo Lopez

I recall seeing her from the DVDs of Marcus Welby, M.D. (Shout! has only released two seasons' worth, and I thought they would release more, as classic as that ABC medical series has been).

Elena Verdugo, who was nurse Consuelo Lopez on the classic 1969-76 ABC medical series Marcus Welby, M.D. (alongside the late Robert Young as the title character, and James Brolin as his partner Dr. Steven Kiley), has passed on at 92. RIP! Obit from Deadline Hollywood: http://deadline.com/2017/05/elena-verdugo-dead-marcus-welby-m-d-meet-millie-1202105173/ Title credit from Marcus Welby, M.D. (from second-season [1970-71] DVD release from Shout! Factory):

Or as Jackson calls it, "be the bird," which he taught Jay in San Diego with his cat Marley.

Bumping this up: here's a clip of Irv Cross of CBS Sports attempting to give a sideline report during the pregame show for Super Bowl XVIII in Tampa, Sun. Jan. 22, 1984. He was on the Raiders sideline talking about things like the shape of the field, Redskins kicker Mark Moseley, and various and sundry other things, when he was suddenly ordered off the field by Raider promotion director Mike Ornstein. As such, he stammered and didn't know what to say, but he kept his composure and finished his segment and tossed back to Brent Musburger. Has anyone else seen this before?

Wayne Walker, former Detroit Lion linebacker and placekicker, who played in 200 regular-season games in his career with Detroit from 1958-72 (according to Wikipedia, the second most for a defensive player then), has passed on at 80 from complications of Parkinson's. After his retirement, he worked on CBS generally on NFL broadcasts (I haven't seen him on anything else), and was also on sports on KPIX Channel 5 Eyewitness News in San Francisco from 1974-94. Also according to Wikipedia, he was a 3-time Pro Bowl selection, and a 3-time All-Pro. More on him from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Walker Also, a couple of screen captures of him after his playing career (these when he was a CBS NFL color man back in '85 [this alongside Dick Stockton], and on sports on KPIX Channel 5 in S.F. in 1988 [talent credit at the top of a 6 P.M. broadcast]). Also, an obit from the Mercury News of San Jose: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/19/longtime-popular-bay-area-sportscaster-dies/

Oh yes, very definitely-- not just Emily, but also Suzanne Pleshette! And BTW, another favorite of mine is Maggie Petrocelli, wife of defense attorney Tony Petrocelli, in the 1974-76 NBC legal series Petrocelli. Susan Howard was Maggie here, and played her very well to Barry Newman's Tony, IMO (she would, of course, be Donna about 5 years later on Dallas). Attached are both versions of Susan's title credit on Petrocelli (captured from CBS DVD/VEI release of that 1974-76 NBC series).

Here's an example of that ITC Serif Gothic font that I mentioned as being one of my favorites, from a 1981 promo for Nero Wolfe on NBC.

I found one of the episodes you were looking for on YouTube-- Episode 8 of the fifth season of Call The Midwife. You can download it from SaveTube in an MP4, and MP4s play in Windows Media Player. Will this work?

Mine, specifically, are Typist and ITC Serif Gothic-- the latter because it was the promo font of NBC Sports, and of NBC in general, back when I was a boy.

Here's proof of what I said about Bobby Flay and that "must eat as is" policy that I referred to, from TripAdvisor (fourth page of "terrible" reviews on Bobby Flay's Bar Americain, fourth entry down): https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g33952-d1652902-r170192333-Bobby_Flay_s_Bar_Americain-Uncasville_Mystic_Country_Connecticut.html#REVIEWS

Another chef I cannot stand (I don't know if this one is on television, though) is Bobby Flay; one reason why is because I've heard that (and I may be incorrect) in a lot of his dishes, you have to take them and eat them as is, even if you dislike any of the things in them (which means that, if you eat in one of his restaurants, and a burger has tomato on it, you have to eat it with the tomato). That was a long time ago, and I forget if that's still the case.