I’ve been involved in some filmmaking in 2021. My friend Dangerous Dave is working on four film projects–two animated films (I provide a voice characterization in one of them) and two live-action films (I have a small part in one of them). I have also been featured in certain of Dave’s music videos for our … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: “The Total FilmMaker”
This series of articles is about broadcasters. A broadcaster is a versatile, sharp-minded talent with the gift of gab and the ability to spontaneously deliver entertainment and information. Broadcasters can often be identified by the breadth of their work–Hugh Downs, for example, hosted serious news programs like “Today” and “20/20”; served as Jack Paar’s “Tonight … Continue reading FORGOTTEN ICONS OF BROADCASTING: Bud Collyer
First item of business: If you read the last article, I apologize for “To Be Continued”-ing you. I just had a lot of miscellaneous stuff to cover and I realized it was a post all by itself. Second item of business: Today’s installment of “Happy Days Epics” is dedicated to the memory of the recently … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: “Home Movies” (For Real)
Originally Aired October 6, 1981 on ABC (60-Minute Episode) Before we get into the season-opening summer soap opera “Home Movies”, some housekeeping regarding season 7 of “Happy Days”. As you know if you’ve been following along, I am doing recaps of every multi-part or double-length episode of the series. Season 7 has two instances of … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: “Home Movies”
Today marks Mike Glesinger’s 35th anniversary with KCOW and Eagle Radio. This is a major milestone and an incredible accomplishment in a business where job security is so lousy it’s memorialized in a TV theme song (“Town to town, up and down the dial…”) Gles, you see, has no truck for self-aggrandizement. (I, on the … Continue reading 10 Facts About Gles (Half of Which Are False)
Harris Sales in Alliance distributes bread to supermarkets and other stores. Plus snack foods, tortillas, and more. With that information, I have written many, many commercials for them. I have written commercials about the old saying “greatest thing since sliced bread”. And how bread gets a bum rap sometimes because people say a lazy person … Continue reading Anatomy Of A Silly Commercial: Harris Sales “Bread Song”
It’s 1:00am. I am reminded of what Paul Harvey used to say after communicating a sad or upsetting news story: “Wash out your ears with this.” Right now I am washing out my ears by listening to my favorite old time radio theater stream after dis-joining a Facebook group called “I WAS A DISC JOCKEY … Continue reading Late Night Distemper: Old Time Radio Is Great. Old People Who Spent Time In Radio: It Varies.
Part 1 Originally Aired February 20, 1979 on ABCPart 2 Originally Aired February 27, 1979 on ABC In my very first “Happy Days Epics” I said that “Happy Days” is one of my favorite sitcoms in spite of the fact that it is one of the most tonally uneven series of its kind. For example: … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: “Fonzie’s Funeral” Parts 1 & 2
