This is an extremely, weirdly specific article. This weekend has got me thinking about real world adult-type problems, so I’m giving myself a distraction. So ever since the 1950s, prime-time network series would look to a certain goal: Be popular and stay high in the ratings long enough to make 100 episodes or thereabouts. With … Continue reading Wentyworld (Syndication Title: Jason Wentworth, Family Blogger)
Longtime syndicated host Dick Bartley will cease production on “Dick Bartley’s Classic Hits” and “Rock & Roll’s Greatest Hits“. Distributed by United Stations since 2009, affiliates were notified this week of the end of the two shows following the weekend of January 1 and 2, 2022. As the Program Director of KCOW, I have always … Continue reading When Saturday Nights Were Solid Gold
Here is is, my week of emotions. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be glad you don’t live in the apartment under mine. Anxiety. At the beginning of this week, I noticed the carpet in my bathroom, in front of my tub, was damp. I contacted the property owner. The maintenance man, with a plumber, worked … Continue reading Emotions!
Boy, that Charles Dickens didn’t a have a clue what he had unleashed upon the world. There have been, oh, let’s say, 487, 211 film and television adaptations of “A Christmas Carol.” Here are 5 I like. Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol If artistic and musical quality were the only qualifiers, “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol” would … Continue reading Wenty’s Top Christmas Specials Volume 2 (“Whoops! All Christmas Carols” Edition)
Originally Broadcast May 8, 1984 on ABC “Happy Days”, like all good things (including those things that were at one point really, really good but are now not quite so good) must come to an end. “Passages” finds our favorite Milwaukee residents (you heard me, Laverne and Shirley) at important milestones of life. Joanie and … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: “Passages”
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve had a pretty fair knack for spotting voices. When, as a kiddo, I figured out from a book or magazine article I’d read that Mel Blanc did all of the Looney Tunes voices, I started hearing him elsewhere…usually anytime an old sitcom had a parrot, or sometimes in … Continue reading Sunday Voicespotting: Bern Bennett
I hope you had a marvelous Thanksgiving! Mine was typically quiet, spent hosting Thanksgivng programming at Radio City, then heading home to enjoy a Black Friday vaca day. PBS had a marvelous Christmas special on Thanksgiving night (I admire their restraint–CBS yet again aired “Rudolph” three full days before Turkey Day, the scoundrels). The special … Continue reading Ladies And Gentlemen…The Weekend (Blog Post)
This little tradition started on MySpace, was transitioned to Facebook, and now rests on the ol’ blog. The first year I did this I was 33 years old, so I wrote 33 things for which I was thankful. I’ve added one new thing each year, and this year’s is at the bottom. A lot changes … Continue reading The Thanks Giving, 2021
“Welcome Home” Part 1 Originally Aired October 25, 1983 on ABC“Welcome Home” Part 2 Originally Aired November 1, 1983 on ABC A quick word about where “Happy Days” stands at the beginning of its final season. Flip, K.C., Ashley and her daughter Heather are all gone. The opening, with a re-recorded theme song done in … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: “Welcome Home”
This “Happy Days Epics” is dedicated to the memory of Gavan O’Herlihy, who recently passed away at age 70. O’Herlihy was one of two actors to play the character of Chuck Cunningham. oldest of the three Cunningham kids. The Chuck character stopped appearing when the series changed from a single camera to multi-camera “in front … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: “Babysitting”/”Turn Around…And You’re Home”
