From season 2 of The All-New Popeye Hour:
The Popeye Sports Parade sends Popeye (Jack Mercer) back to the rodeo, but this time, he & Bluto (Allan Melvin) aren't dueling over Olive. Instead, they're competing to become "King of The Rodeo":
Something tells me this Three Musketeers entry might've had a hand in developing the basic plot for Scooby-Doo, which bowed the next year.
Anyway, phony ghosts robbing coaches? Yeah, that tracks.
From season 3 of CBS Storybreak:
Johnny Gruelle's Raggedy Ann & Andy hadn't been seen in a few years when their adventure with "The Camel With The Wrinkled Knees" was adapted in 1988 as the pentultimate episode of the series. Host Bob Keeshan must've known the end was near, as he never mentioned the book by name in his intro.
The revival of Storybook Squares began in the summer of '76 on Hollywood Squares. The gameplay format had change to allow three generations of families to play the game.
This time around, the rules were bent to allow for William Shatner to reprise as Captain James T. Kirk (Star Trek), while the rest of the panel were in costume as various characters such as:
John Byner as the Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland). Byner paid homage to Disney's adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic by impersonating Ed Wynn, who voiced the Hatter in the movie.
Bonnie Franklin (One Day At a Time) as Peter Pan.
Rip Taylor as Rip Van Winkle.
Roddy McDowell as Sherlock Holmes.
Doc Severinson (The Tonight Show) as the Angel Gabriel.
Julie McWhirter (fresh from The Rich Little Show) reworked the Family Hour Fairy into the Good Fairy.
Joan Rivers as Little Red Riding Hood.
Charo as Lady Godiva.
Paul Lynde missed this week of tapings due to other commitments, hence Byner occupying the center square.
After a fictionalized account of his life as a NYPD detective went belly-up in the 70's, David Toma resurfaced in 1986 as an anti-drug crusader who gave talks in high schools.
One such case was adapted into "The Drug Knot", a CBS Schoolbreak Special. Our cast includes Rance Howard, Tracy Nelson, and a pre-Married....With Children David Faustino.
Writer David Villaire is known for having written a few Super Friends shorts a few years earlier, and doubles as a production assistant. Directed by Anson Williams (ex-Happy Days).
Seth MacFarlane and the producers of Family Guy paid homage to musical director Walter Murphy by inserting his 1975 chart topper, "A Fifth of Beethoven", into an episode of the series. It's under a minute, and, as we'll see, Meg gets left behind.....
From season 2 of The Munsters:
Eddie (Butch Patrick) is given an assignment to write about a "typical American family", like his own. That leads to the teacher (Pat Woodell, ex-Petticoat Junction) paying the Munsters a visit......
An independent toy maker released Tiny Tears around 1960, and to best sell the product, hired ventriloquist Shari Lewis to pitch the product, with help from Lamb Chop:
You've heard of the boy who cried wolf, right? Now, meet "The Girl Who Cried Vampire", as a chronic liar gets a reality check from Eddie (Peter Cullen). And check the vampires, reconstituted versions of Sam Dracula & Bella from The Groovie Goolies!
Ah, Mr. Bubble. A bubble bath for kids, introduced in 1961. This toonfomercial introduces the product.
A year before The Munsters Today hit the air, the producers presented a pilot for advertisers and, since the show would be syndicated, prospective stations.
As you'll see in this open, Herman (John Schuck, ex-McMillan & Wife, Holmes & YoYo), might've been bopping to the beat not of the theme song, but his dance moves suggest Madness' "One Step Beyond". If you've seen that video, you'll know what I mean. Co-starring Lee Meriwether (ex-Barnaby Jones, Time Tunnel), Jason Marsden, & Howard Morton.
Our Gang's "The First Seven Years" carries a 1929 copyright, but was released in 1930, seven years after the series began, so I guess the title actually represents an anniversary for the franchise.
Anyway, Jackie Cooper gets into a fight with Speck over the affections of Mary Ann. Let the chaos begin!
The kids from Mission: Magic! head off to Paris to track down a missing statue, but all three suspects have their own version of the Contemplator. Or do they?
Blackstar turns 45 this year. The series finale seems appropriate for Halloween season, so, here's "The Zombie Masters".
Mattel introduced the Vertibird, a modern version, albeit as a helicopter, of the VTOL's of the Golden Age, in 1972. Unfortunately, it didn't survive the decade.
Check this introductory ad.
The Three Stooges were nearing the end of their run at Columbia. "Pies & Guys" is the 2nd time they had revisited "Hoi Polloi" (1947's "Half-Wits Holiday" being the other), as two professors try to assimilate the boys into society. Chaos, of course, ensues.
Ub Iwerks' Flip The Frog returns in 1932's "Spooks", appropriate for the Halloween season.
Bugs Bunny and director Bob McKimson took their turn at parodying Aladdin with 1948's "A Lad in His Lamp". Bugs finds the lamp as he is doing some work, and meets the genie (an uncredited Jim Backus in one of his first toon roles).........
From season 1 of The Munsters:
Herman is jealous when Eddie devotes more of his time to TV host Zombo (Louis Nye), but both find out the truth about Zombo, which helps them bond.......
In this clip, Eddie appears on Zombo's show. Uh-oh.......
From season 1 of The Addams Family:
Morticia (Carolyn Jones) decides to keep Wednesday & Pugsley away from school after seeing some of the books the kids have to read.
Apparently, Grimm's Fairy Tales makes Wednesday cry.......
"Moan & Groan, Inc.", a Our Gang entry from 1929, was deleted from King World's syndicated package in 1971 due to the use of ethnic stereotypes.
Return with us to the days of Farina (Allen Hoskins), Chubby (Norman Chaney), and Jackie Cooper, with Edgar Kennedy as the neighborhood cop.....
