"The Unhandy Man" is Charlie Beary (Paul Frees), who thinks he can save money on a garage door opener by improvising his own, frustrating his wife, Bessie (Grace Stafford).
Frees is also our announcer at the start of the short.
Pooch The Pup was one of Walter Lantz's first creations for Universal. Pooch appeared in 13 shorts total, the pentultimate of which was 1933's "King Klunk", a parody of "King Kong", in which Pooch and his girlfriend, Poodles, travel to Africa.....
From the "Lethal Weapon 3" soundtrack:
Rock legends Eric Clapton & Elton John team up for "Runaway Train", one of two singles featuring Clapton on the soundtrack ("It's Probably Me", with Sting, is the other).
Posted last month at The Land of Whatever, but with fresh text.
After The Addams Family ended, Jackie Coogan began taking on character roles, including a series of guest roles as heavies or villains.
One such role brought him onto The Brady Bunch for his 2nd & final series appearance during season 3 in 1972. Coogan plays a man who gets into an accident with Carol (Florence Henderson), and shows up in court with a neck brace, claiming whiplash. The Bradys' testimony, including tricking him into proving he wasn't injured, exposes the scam before the judge (Robert Emhardt).
Following is the climatic courtroom scene, which must've felt like old home week for Robert Reed (ex-The Defenders):
Bro', you were outnumbered right from the go.
After spinning out of What a Cartoon!/World Premiere Toons, Dexter's Laboratory turns 30 this year.
In "Jurassic Pooch", Dexter uses the family dog's DNA to resurrect a dinosaur. Chaos, of course, follows, especially after dumb as a doorknob Dee Dee decides to take the "new pet" for a walk.....
We learned earlier today of the passing of Sid Krofft at 96. In his memory, we present the series premiere of his most infamous creation, H. R. Pufnstuf, in which Jimmy (Jack Wild, "Oliver!") and his sentient flute, Freddy, arrive at the Living Island.
The performers in costumes include ex-Mousketeer Sharon Baird, and Felix Silla (ex-The Addams Family).
From season 2 of the ABC Weekend Special:
Film legend Butterfly McQueen made a rare television appearance in "The Seven Wishes of Joanna Peabody", the season 2 opener. McQueen is a fairy godmother that the title character (Star-Shemah) sees on her television.
Garrett Morris (Saturday Night Live) co-stars, plus a cameo of Monty Hall from Let's Make a Deal.
Today, if you or I were delinquent in paying rent, we'd already be evicted and/or homeless.
90 years ago, Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck were facing eviction for being 6 months behind on rent. Sheriff Pete is authorized to sell their belongings for collateral, but the boys have an answer for that on "Moving Day":
From season 2 of Zorro (1990's series):
Don Alejandro (Henry Darrow, ex-Zorro & Son, High Chaparral) is reunited with his old unit to hunt down an outlaw. Zorro (Duncan Regehr) provides some covert assistance.
With a week to go before the deadline for tax returns, Turbo Tax decided to liven things up with a partially animated karaoke ad, currently in heavy rotation.....
Hanging on to episodes of Jana of The Jungle can be dicey.
A YouTube poster has managed to package together four episode blocks of the 1978 series, and these four were, as standalone entries, recently removed from YouTube. They are:
"The Golden Idol of The Gorgas", with Bill Woodson (Challenge of The Super Friends) as a native chief.
"Katuchi Danger".
"The Cordillera Volcano".
"The Animal Snatchers".
All but "The Cordillera Volcano" have their original title cards.
Correspondent Steven Dolce tipped me to this next item.
Tyco introduced Gorzak to a consumer world that may not have been waiting in 1994. I say that because the product didn't survive the decade.
After leaving Rankin-Bass, Romeo Muller struck out on his own, and one of his last projects as an independent producer was 1983's Peter & The Magic Egg. Muller borrowed the R-B formula of using a name actor as his lead, in this case, Ray Bolger, who narrates the tale as Amos the Egg. The rest of the cast includes Bob Holt, Joan Gerber, Russi Taylor, Robert Ridgely, and Al Eisenmann, brother of 70's & 80's star Ike Eisenmann.
It's been a while since we checked in on the Chucklewood Critters, featuring Buttons & Rusty. From 1986, here's "A Chucklewood Easter":
