Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon racked up a few hits, including "Palisades Park" and this next item, "Tallahassee Lassie", which brought him back to American Bandstand in 1964, four years after "Lassie" charted.....
Many actors start off doing commercials before hitting it big. Such was the case with the Brady Kids well before The Brady Bunch launched in 1969.
A trio of commercials are showcased here:
1. Barry Williams for Milky Way candy.
2. Maureen McCormick (and some assume Eve Plumb appeared here, too) for Mattel's Chatty Cathy.
3. Christopher Knight for Marx's Fun Pack Carry-all action figure set.
HG Wells' Island of Dr. Moreau gets sent up in the episode, "Wild Style", in which Clover and some cruise ship passengers are turned into humanoid animals for the benefit of a deranged fashion maven, who wants to then kill them for their newly acquired fur.....
I'm told the show is still airing somewhere, but not available on local cable at the present time.
The Three Musketeers are heading out on the high seas in "The Pirate Adventure" to capture Captain Corsair:
Media outlets are reporting that Disney is bringing back The Mickey Mouse Club, the variety series that helped launch the careers of Annette Funicello, Don Grady, Bobby Burgess, Sherry Alberoni, Sharon Baird, Lisa Whelchel, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Keri Russell, and so many more.
This time, the series will be on Disney+, and a pilot has been ordered.
Stay tooned.
Mel Blanc may have had his inspiration for Captain Caveman nearly 3 decades before the Captain came to life.
Bugs Bunny ends up taking a flight, without a plane, but with a set of balloons, to Australia, in 1950's "Bushy Hare". Listen to Blanc's Aborigine voice.
From The Ed Sullivan Show:
Jim Henson's Muppets present "Talking Machine", and, danged if that ain't a prototype, albeit with green instead of blue felt, of Cookie Monster......
4 year old Bobby Generic (Howie Mandel) goes to the dentist for the 1st time in the 3rd season opener of Bobby's World:
NBC thought that the success of Jack Webb's Emergency! would translate into an animated spin-off in the daytime. Nice idea, but Emergency! Plus 4 was entrusted to Fred Calvert, whose shoestring budget resulted in two seasons of stiffer than normal animation.
In the opener, a couple of teens in a dune buggy cause some issues.
Before he was cast as Butch, the bully, Tommy Bond was actually on the other side with Our Gang. In 1934's "Mike Fright", Tommy's conducting the gang's makeshift band, nearly 40 years before Bill Cosby brought Fat Albert and his junkyard band to television.
Musical director Marvin Hatley makes a rare on-camera appearance.
These things we know are true. Flying insects are a problem around food, indoors or outdoors. If you don't believe me, ask a vendor at the local farmers' markets, for example. Flies & bees are all over the joint.
We also know that flies can see in all directions, and, presumably, that applies to bees, too. However, for comic effect, the insects in "Porky's Pastry Pirates" have humanoid eyes, which takes away their advantage.
After Championship Bowling ended its first run in 1966, the producers decided to remount the show in a half hour format, based on an idea from future Hall of Famer Don Carter, two years later.
The best ball format utilized in this pilot would later come into play, with some modifications, when Celebrity Bowling launched three years later. Carter & Dave Soutar team vs. Harry Johnson & Bill Lillard. Bud Palmer, who'd put time in as a fill-in on ABC's Pro Bowlers Tour, and had also been at CBS, is at the microphone here.
From season 1 of Shining Time Station:
Stacy (Didi Conn, ex-Benson, Fonz & The Happy Days Gang) makes a mistake, leading to a passenger missing his train. Mr. Conductor (Ringo Starr) and the kids offer some assistance. Soap star Mart Hulswit (Guiding Light) guest stars in "And The Band Played Off":
Cool McCool turns 60 this year. In what would be the final episode of the series, Cool (Bob McFadden) faces off with "The Moon Goon":
"Without a Vengeance" was the series finale of The Legend of Calamity Jane. As we discussed when first looking at this series, WB only aired 3 episodes before pulling the plug, while the rest of the series aired everywhere else.
Time to check in on the East Side Kids, aka The Bowery Boys.
Huntz Hall makes his debut in the series in 1941's "Bowery Blitzkrieg", in which Muggs (Leo Gorcey) steps into the boxing ring, competing in the Golden Gloves under the sponsorship of the NYPD. Keye Luke (billed as "Key" Luke) appears briefly as the owner of a pool hall.
Ernest "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison (ex-Our Gang) is part of this group. Edited for broadcast when it aired on channel 5 in NYC back in the day.
It was bound to happen, sooner or later, so Hal Roach brought back some of the original members of Our Gang. including Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Joe Cobb, & Mickey Daniels, to meet Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, and the rest.
Originally titled, "Our Gang Follies of 1937", the film has since been reissued as "Reunion in Rhythm":
The title says it all, folks. Jonathan Swift's classic is parodied by Mickey Mouse as he spins a yarn for a group of orphaned mice.
"The Henpecked Duck" is Daffy Duck in this Bob Clampett farce, with Porky Pig as the presiding judge, Sara Berner voices Mrs. Duck.
