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In Cold Blood (the late Truman Capote's 1965 "non-fiction novel" classic about the gruesome, grisly murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, KS in 1959; true, but somewhat hard to read and believe [albeit I'm almost halfway through it]).

I guess that if a character is popular enough, the writers will a lot of times go to the ends of the Earth to keep him/her on.

I wouldn't want to be riding in that kind of car, unsafe as it was apparently!

Unsafe at Any Speed, famed consumer advocate Ralph Nader's 1965 classic (this copy from 1966) about how automobiles of the time (like the Corvair, described in the first chapter) were designed to crash and fail and injure drivers and passengers, IIRC

The same is true of me when it comes to even those who do not become centenarians, like the late Hugh Downs of 20/20; albeit he fell just short of being a centenarian (99), he deserved to have his life celebrated, because 20/20 was just one strong aspect of a life incredibly well-lived (Tonight, Today, 20/20, and at least one, maybe two books).

You bet, and she did live a century (not many of us are that lucky).

He was one of the first sportscasters I ever started to know of in my childhood (the first time was when I saw him on The NFL Today at around the age of 5 or 6).

Irv Cross, famed CBS Sports commentator (former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback before that), known for being on The NFL Today on Sundays in the 70s and 80s on CBS alongside Brent Musburger, Phyllis George, Jimmy "The Greek," et al., has just passed on at 81. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/irv-cross-broadcasting-legend-with-cbs-sports-and-pro-bowl-nfl-cornerback-dies-at-81/

You bet-- what if the shoe were on the other foot, and Michael J. Fox was the shock jock, and Rush had the problem that Michael J. Fox had; would Rush enjoy having the same things said about him?

Even so, that is counterbalanced well, IMO, by that fact that the Big Bet only required that you bet at least half of what you had to that point (one of the best rules a game show ever had, IMO, due to that fact that sometimes your Big Bet card might not have been the best in the deck [a 7 or 8 or 9], and the half-bet rule was a safeguard against losing it all [of course, from 1978-80 on NBC w/Jim Perry, and for the first go on today's ABC show w/Joel McHale, even if it was the best card in the deck, or one of the best, too many players got burned by going all in and busting out due to doubles, meaning same card as previous, and so, I would have bet just over the half I had to bet in those cases, instead of going all in]).

Another great and favorite 70s series of mine has even fewer, in fact, only one-- The Streets of San Francisco, where only Michael Douglas survives (Karl Malden leaving in 2009, and Richard Hatch in 2017).

A Spanish-language graphic novel (this might be more fitting for the Comic Books section) about controversial Press Your Luck contestant Paul Michael Larson (Michael Larson, for short), who took that CBS game show for $110,237 in 1984, to the shock of Peter Tomarken, fellow competitors Ed and Janie, and all the crew, among others...

The sixth of Lee Goldberg's Diagnosis: Murder novels, The Dead Letter...

The fourth of Lee Goldberg's Diagnosis: Murder books, The Waking Nightmare...

Jim Nantz on the recent NFC Wild Card game between Chicago and New Orleans, w/the announcement of Don Robertson's passing

Just heard that Don Robertson (famed CBS Sports announcer) passed on yesterday, Jan. 9 (heard also that Jim Nantz said it on the NFC Wild Card game broadcast yesterday).

Lasorda w/late NBC Sports baseball man Stu Nahan (Nahan was also KNBC sports man for a time) on Game 5 of the 1985 NLCS (from A&E's release of the St. Louis Cardinals Greatest Games of Busch Stadium)...

The impasse is resolved-- we have Nexstar on Dish again.

I still have that problem where I live with Dish and Nexstar when it comes to my local CBS (WSPA).

Neglected to say it, but all three cats are 2 years old apiece-- also, Sally seems to have caught on; the last few mornings, she's up at the house ready for me to come out, with Harry and Wilma out at the building like normal (I don't know how I fixed the problem, though, but it's fixed).

That's probably it-- cats are a mystery to us a lot of times, but I think you hit the nail on the head.

Something unusual has been happening when I go to feed my cats of a morning-- here lately, when I go to feed the cats, Harry and Wilma are right there, Johnny-on-the-spot, and are ready for me to feed them. Sally, on the other hand, is not there; it baffles me why she isn't, because later in the morning, she'll come up wanting to be fed, when she wasn't there to be fed earlier.

On Falcon Crest opening, first go:

You bet-- whereas Patrick would have overplayed Thom McKee's eventual downfall to then-to-be-champ Erik Kraepelien, Wink Martindale (upon Erik giving the correct answer [SLA, Symbionese Liberation Army] to a question about Patricia Hearst's kidnappers, a radical political group), simply said, "You win! We have a new champ," with extended applause in tribute to Thom's long run and Erik's conquest thereto (the category was The 70s). Category selection, question, Erik's victory, Wink's reaction and applause all start at the 10-minute mark of this clip of Thom McKee's final show:

I saw a little bit of it before going to bed (I go to bed around 9:30 every night, so I didn't see the whole thing)-- I wake up just earlier, and what to my wondering eyes should appear, but (may be some spoilers; if you feel they are such, please mark them) Joey King taking awards for both best Comedy Movie Star of this year, and for her Kissing Booth 2 film!