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"Pappy" was often 'quoted' on this show. I thought this was easy for the codgers here, but this series has been strangely absent from reruns or dvd's. It's only one of my 5 favorite shows. It began with 1 person quoting pappy, then soon became 2. There were 2 more 'pretenders' later in the series, but they don't count. oh-and no-it's not Popeye, though Poopdeck Pappy is a fine character.

"As my pappy used to say-a man does what he has to do-if he can't get out of it."

I won't be able to post a new one until tomorrow at least. If anyone has one, feel free to jump in.

that would be Wonder Woman, starring the wonderous Lynda Carter

I've said all along that JD has talent, and may finally 'find himself' in Boston. I've also said, and still maintain, that he was the most invisible 'star' ever. Noone-virtually noone in LA, fan, reporter, player, anyone, cared one bit when JD decided to leave. It seems amazing when you look at his numbers, but there it is. I'll repeat my 'prediction' that JD will make a splash early in the season and slowly fade into obscurity. Of course, lots of my predictions have not been all that great.

as sung by Ben Cartwright- We chased lady luck till we finally struck-Bonanza With a rope and a gun and a hatful of hope We planted our family tree We got hold of a potful of gold-Bonanza With a horse and a saddle and a ring full of cattle How rich can a fella be? On this land we put our brand Cartwright is the name Fortune smiled the day we filed The Ponderosa claim Here in the west we're living in the best-Bonanza If anyone fights any one of us He's gonna fight with me Hoss and Joe and Adam know Every rock and pine Noone works, fights or eats Like those boys of mine

I like that theme, tho I don't recognize it. I just don't watch tv much anymore I guess. I couldn't tell the difference between CSI and Law and Order. On the other hand, I wonder if I ever left the tv set in the 60's-not that I'm proud of it. There were actually words to the Bonanza theme, tho I'm not sure where to find them. Thankfully, they were never used on the show.

JD Drew will stay parked alright. Parked on the bench everytime he's' too hurt' to play.

Gumby began in 1956 or so, while Dennis the tv version began in 1959, though Dennis in the comics started in the early 50's. It would seem that the Gumby theme preceded the Dennis theme, though there is a possibility that the theme was plugged onto the Gumby toons at a later date-I doubt that's the case. It's a bit of a mystery to me, that I think I'll try to solve when I can come up for air.

I was beat to the "Dennis the Menace" theme. But did you know the same theme was also used for the 'Gumby' cartoons ? I'm not sure which came first, of if the theme was 'public domain', and may be found other places yet.

That theme brings me right back to Tuesdays nights in the 60's. The show was on before 'McHale's Navy', and a fine show it was. The tragedy is that one of the stars was beheaded by a helicopter blade while filming the' Twilight Zone' movie years later.

Nice, Kathy.That sounds right to me. How about it, George ?

I still can't see who is paired with John Forsythe. I'm still not sure what the common connection is, but I am curious.

so far, 2 of the pictures haven't popped up-but I do have an idea based on the top 2

For me, Stinky is the 'little kid' in the Lord Fauntlory suit played by psuedo-Stooge Joe Besser on 'The Abbott and Costello Show". all other Stinky's are pretenders.

Sorry, Sudo, but I got called away from the tv an hour in, and still havent seen it all the way through. I was enjoying it, though not as much as you. I was impressed with the whole production, but found the melodramatic acting not exactly my cup of tea.

I'm watching the movie on tv even as I played the clip, so of course, I know what it is. Growing up near new York City, they played that theme on a local station(WOR) for 'Million Dollar Movie"-usually presenting movies that were anything but. The craziest thing was they would show the same movie every day for an entire week. I knew exactly when to turn in for the 'good parts' of "the Crawling Eye".

Am I the only one mourning the death of this once proud thread ?

right you are, George. I wish they'd put out a dvd of the Jackie Gleason Show. We've had plenty of 'Honeymooners', but no "American Scene Magazine"

Topo Gigio, the Italian mouse, talking to Ed Sullivan and since I know I'm right.... "Hiya Joe...Hello Mr Dunnehy" "Craze-how 'bout a song"

I liked the food-at least for the first few days. I don't think I've ever had fried chicken as good . I also yearn for the all you can eat pancakes and strawberries, and have fond memories of passing my plate to my old departed friend, Gary Smith, who was short on cash one year, so he could use my 'refills'. I ate alot of wowburgers and pizza, but they were not that great. You had to really load up a wowburger with condiments to combat the dryness and give it some flavor. By the end of the week I was looking forward to some 'non way' food. The serious answer to what I liked about the rock was the opportunity to see friends that wouldn't happen ordinarily. Life in the way meant that people were forever moving from state to state, and it was always wonderful to reconnect with old friends. Of course most of these 'old friends' have gone missing since the way imploded, but that's another discussion.

You're not the only one, Kathy. I've only seen it in sections here and there. I should sit down with it and watch it start to end.

Valerie Hobson technically WAS the bride of Frankenstein-Victor Frankenstein the monster's creator. Elsa Lanchester was the monster's mate-the monster was not Frankenstein (unless you consider Dr Frankenstein his 'father', thus taking his name) It's a point of confusion that started for me in elementary school, when Frankenstein movies were shown regularly on TV. (Have today's kids, teens, even SEEN a Frankenstein movie ?). "Frankenstein" refers to the good Doctor, the monster is the monster-but everyone calls him Frankenstein anyway-which sounds better than 'the monster'.

I couldn't put a name to the actors, so I kept out of it. I doubt that Laughton did the leaping or rope swinging stunts, and even question the climbing shots. Even if he was capable of them, the last thing the studio needed would be Laughton bustin a leg while he's swinging through the set. I don't know if there was a stunt performers union at the time that would have prevented it also. A fine film and great performance by laughton. Now Buster Keaton-there's someone who almost always did his own stunts, risking his life and abusing his body daily. He broke his neck while filming "the General", but didn't know it until a doctor examined him years later. Elsa Lanchester as "the Bride of Frankenstein" was very young and attractive at the time. She plays Mary Shelley in the beginning of the film, and I think is still attractive as the 'bride'-even with the nice touch of teasing her hair as if it got caught in an electric socket. And yeah-that strange sound, like a cat hissing, was creepy.

Maybe the song was better in the afternoon, instead of being blasted over the loudspeakers avery morning. If you worked a night shift, or just stayed up late, it was a shock to the system to hear that , and 'Good Morning , Lord', erasing any hope for sleep. I naively thought the ROA was a vacation for awhile. It was certainly the only vacation many were going to get. The early rock's were pretty laid back, but evolved (Devolved?) into as close a 'class' environment as they could make it.