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I'm assuming Kathy is looking for more pics of those aliens who were really 'butt heads', when seen from behind. Not that I wouldn't mind seeing this topic move on.

So when will we be able to buy Jim's book ? I am so looking forward to reading it. I used to think I got in relatively early in '75, and it's been an education to realize that it was really over by then.

Emma Peel rocked. Tara was good, but she was a disappointment when she first took Diana Rigg's place. She was just too 'traditional' , compared to the groundbreaking Emma peel. Having said that, Tara 'grew' into the role and was much better after a few months. That's my two cents, I mean pence. Oh, and Honore Blackman was the female lead before either of them, wearing even more leather than Emma. She went on to fame as '***** galore' in 'Goldfinger' wow, I had no idea 'galore's first name would get censored !

Mike Hammer?

well, it's "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", which wasn't hard to figure out because it's sung. I have no idea who's singing it. It's one of those songs that's ingrained in anyone's brain who grew up watching Warner bros cartoons. That theme was often played when the moon was out at night. I'm not sure if it's good or bad that so many songs, and classical themes are familiar because of usage in old cartoons. They may be watered down versions, but at least it keeps music alive that is rarely heard elsewhere.

they truly were mindbenders.

George, I disagree with you about 'the Honeymmoners, Barney Fife, and Gomer Pyle, but agree with you on'The Donna reed show, and 'Red Skelton', so I don't know what it all means. That picture is years before Buckwheat and Spanky. They may not even have been born at the time. The one kid is named after another breakfast cereal though.

yikes-I had no idea I was doing that, kathy-I just had several 'afterthoughts' that wound up as one post No 'rascals' in prime time by the way. They were filmed as movie shorts from 1922-1943, and shown on local tv stations to baby boomers in the morning or afternoons.

Batman was always in color. The Lone Ranger was shot in color but noone had color sets back then. The first 2 seasons of Superman were black and white, then shot in color, tho noone had color sets then either. Andy Griffith show was black and white until until 65', coincidentally the same year Don Knotts left, it switched to color. The "Little Rascals" shot is interesting , but is probably one few have seen, since it was from the silent years incarnation. Oh, and the original Mickey Mouse Club was in black and white, but they did produce a clolr version of the great opening animation-both the color and b&w versions can be seen on a recently released 'best of the Mickey mouse club" dvd. Speaking of dvd's, this week the complete first season of' F Troop' is being released. Some people hate this show, but I loved it and will happily fork over the sheckles. oh-and major bonus points to anyone who can name the 'Rascals" in Sudo's pic-I did have to look one up, as he was the replacement for freckle faced Mickey Daniels, but the rest was 'duck soup'.

Not only is Nomar a lock for 'comeback player of the year'. he's becoming a strong candidate for "MVP". It's good to have a few major leaguers on the Dodgers. Still not quite used to it.

That's an easy one since they just showed that movie on TCM. I liked the actress when she was young but she got really cranky as she aged. Don't we all ? She did become the topic for a popular 80's song, that was laughingly parodied as-"He's Got Marty Feldman Eyes".

hmmm I always associate that song with one of my all time favorite films, 'Sullivan's Travels", but I'm wondering if Sudo doesn't have somewhere else in mind where that theme might have been more prominent.

"danger, will robinson"

Though I never thought he was as good a president as the way wanted us to believe, he was miles beyond the nightmare in the office now. But this isn't the friendly politics board so I better not say more. He certainly WAS the gipper though.

well, the most famous line that I know of is the 'win one for the gipper', speech. I don't recall the context, or why sudo has issues with it. I also don't know what sushi is implying.

the other player is Pat O'Brien, the film is' Knute Rockne-All-American',and it's always a pleasure to see George Reeves in his pre Superman roles, small as they may be

Thanks Cowgirl ! That's quite a song. Is that "They Might be Giants" ?

Are there any positive songs about Monday?

I was just at Dizzyland last week, and noticed that they were selling coonskin caps again. I have no idea how those will go over now, but when my older brother had one in the 50's it was some fad. I won't even start on Davey and Goliath though !

since it was already revealed-yep-that was Sammy Davis jr before the glass eye

George, the Bozo Circus you saw was miles beyond the NYC version. I 'd be curious to see one of those if they've been preserved. I didn't know that Larry Harmon didn't play the clown in Chicago-now I'm wondering where he DID-or if he did in the beginning, then 'climbed the ladder', overseeing the Bozo franchise from his executive suite. Harmon also 'created' cartoon versions of Laurel and Hardy, that became the standard in comic book form, and a series of cartoons about as bad as the Bozo cartoons. They had little in common with Laurel and Hardy, save a decent caricature. When I was drawing the Bozo comic book in the 80's, I also got the opportunity to write and draw a couple of issues of a L&H comic book, as the company I worked for had a licensing deal with Larry harmon for both properties. Being a huge Laurel and hardy fan, I relished the opportunity to write the comic with as many legitimate L&H bits as I could. I found it difficult to translate Stan to a comic book, but the Oliver Hardy character was perfect, as he had such broad mannerisms as the tie twiddle, looks into the 'camera', and others.I was also able to 'sneak in' cameos by Jim Finlayson, Mae Busch, and the 'Our Gang' kids. I never saw Garfield Goose. Am I right that it was a Chicago show with puppets? Perhaps the closest NYC show to it would have been Sandy Becker. The demise of local stations, with local programming has been a huge loss to television. Most every major city had their own kid shows ( with varying degrees of success), and I'm sure Garfield Goose was an institution to Chicagoans.

well, the NYC Bozo, never had that cast of interesting characters. Just a 'peanut gallery' and awful Bozo cartoons between the games. Chicago had Larry Harmon-the one true Bozo. By the way, I drew a Bozo comic book for a couple issues in the 80's, so I do have a certain affection for the big lug.

That's a pretty cool graphic, Kathy. Buffalo Bob and company lived in 'Doodyville', and I suspect that title card was a relic from the early 50's. Unless it's not. There really wasn't much to remember from the Howdy Doody show. Howdy himself seemed to only appear to advertise Bosco or Twinkies. Not a good show in my opinion. Slightly better than Bozo, but that's not saying much. One thing the Howdy Doody show did give us was the term'peanut gallery', referring to the shock and awed children in the stands. My best friend back then somehow got to sit in the peanut gallery once, and couldn't stop crying, ending his show business career at 4.

Because the last Clarabelle has passed on. I have to say I never got into Howdy Doody. By the time I was aware, it had been demoted to once a week on Saturday morning, but I just never dug it. I was bored with the puppets and Clarabelle, and always felt like Buffalo Bob was talking down to me, as opposed to Sonny Fox and Sandy Becker on the local NYC station, who never talked down to kids. Howdy Doody himself kind of creeped me out, as did Rootie Kazootie. I did like Pookie the lion on Soupy Sales.

Not only is the music good, but the Busby Berkeley movies that featured that song and many others, are truly mind boggling. I guess it didn't hurt that I discovered them while attending film classes in college , and was usually stoned in class. But that's another story.