Me-TV Winter Schedule has Bewitched, Jeannie

[therealjm12]

Oh well, just as the above poster never read anything into Uncle Arthur's character, maybe kids in the late '60s likewise paid no attention to Jeannie's romantic advances.

Oooh, I noticed Jeannie, all right, also, Samantha, Laura Petrie, and even Morticia Addams. Uncle Arthur (Paul Lynde)was just funny to me, and still is.

 

[KyDXIn]

Oh well, just as the above poster never read anything into Uncle Arthur's character, maybe kids in the late '60s likewise paid no attention to Jeannie's romantic advances.

Oooh, I noticed Jeannie, all right, also, Samantha, Laura Petrie, and even Morticia Addams. Uncle Arthur (Paul Lynde)was just funny to me, and still is.

You mean Paul Lynde was Gay??

 

[therealjm12]

This may be removed but I remember, a long time ago, reading a NATIONAL LAMPOON parody of TV GUIDE and one of the listings was I Cream of Jeannie.

 

[wncc]

This may be removed but I remember, a long time ago, reading a NATIONAL LAMPOON parody of TV GUIDE and one of the listings was I Cream of Jeannie.

Are you sure you didn't see that in the back room of the video store?

 

[EZway2go]

Oooh, I noticed Jeannie, all right, also, Samantha, Laura Petrie, and even Morticia Addams. Uncle Arthur (Paul Lynde)was just funny to me, and still is.

And have you noticed Jeannie lately? Barbara Eden's what—in her mid 70s? She looks fantastic. Must be those genie genes.

Around that same time (late '60s), we kids in the neighborhood used to go to the Saturday matinee movie in town. I remember an infatuation with Raquel Welch in Fantastic Voyage. I never knew this until I saw an episode of Bewitched last week on MeTV, but Raquel Welch played an airline stewardess in one of those early b&w episodes.

 

[searadiofreak]

All In The Family, and Maude, and to some lessor extent Mary Tyler Moore were all topical. I don't think that ruins them at all. If anything, it takes us back to their time. Nothing wrong with that. In fact, I would prefer to watch their reality than some generic sitcom that could fit in anywhere. I think The Bob Newhart Show, and Frasier were more generic, but still funny.

 

[BD Sullivan]

All In The Family, and Maude, and to some lessor extent Mary Tyler Moore were all topical. I don't think that ruins them at all. If anything, it takes us back to their time. Nothing wrong with that. In fact, I would prefer to watch their reality than some generic sitcom that could fit in anywhere. I think The Bob Newhart Show, and Frasier were more generic, but still funny.

One of the criticisms of Gomer Pyle was that it was a show about life on a Marine base from for five seasons from 1964-69 and never once mentioned Vietnam.

 

[Dighton Rockhead]

One of the criticisms of Gomer Pyle was that it was a show about life on a Marine base from for five seasons from 1964-69 and never once mentioned Vietnam.

By the same token, "Hogan's Heroes"'s "Stalag 13"...supposedly a concentration camp during Hitler's Third Reich....in all the years the show ran....NEVER had so much as ONE Jewish prisioner.

You could never do updated versions of these shows without addressing those galring holes.

Which gets us right back to "Bewitched" as being so unique among the pre-Norman Lear shows in being able to delve into various social commentary and social satire....albeit under the guise of witchcraft and fantasy.

 

[BD Sullivan]

One of the criticisms of Gomer Pyle was that it was a show about life on a Marine base from for five seasons from 1964-69 and never once mentioned Vietnam.

By the same token, "Hogan's Heroes"'s "Stalag 13"...supposedly a concentration camp during Hitler's Third Reich....in all the years the show ran....NEVER had so much as ONE Jewish prisioner.

Prior to the first episode of "Hogan's Heroes," some critics were trashing CBS for putting it on, saying that there would be Holocaust jokes, etc. Of course, that was before even seeing the show...

 

[dhett]

One of the criticisms of Gomer Pyle was that it was a show about life on a Marine base from for five seasons from 1964-69 and never once mentioned Vietnam.

By the same token, "Hogan's Heroes"'s "Stalag 13"...supposedly a concentration camp during Hitler's Third Reich....in all the years the show ran....NEVER had so much as ONE Jewish prisioner.

Actually, Stalag 13 wasn't a concentration camp. It was a POW camp.

 

[therealjm12]

There was a BIG difference between a German POW camp and a Nazi concentration camp.

 

[Jimme]

How frequently do they change the lineup? One page on their web site said "Barbaby Jones" was coming soon. That could mean weeks or months.

 

[searadiofreak]

Me TV seems to be less likely to change their schedule than Antenna or RTV, despite their recent minor changes. If I'm not mistaken their MTM/Newhart block has been in place for atleast a few years now. I still like it. I like Antenna, but they seem to be somewhat lost with their scheduling. Their back to backs are fine, but tend to burn out series quicker.

 

[carolinaradio]

I personally prefer Antenna TV's scheduling methods more. They keep it fresher and the schedule is more organized. They focus on a smaller amount of shows but rotate them in and out often.

Me-TV seems to update their schedule several times a year.

 

[Markxxx]

There was a BIG difference between a German POW camp and a Nazi concentration camp.

As a WWII buff I can say you are basically spot on. The big BUT is if you're talking WESTERN POW camps. The Germans treated the POWs of France, the UK, America and the West basically within Geneva Convention standard. Not so on the Eastern Front, where Russian, Polish, and other Slavic POWs were treated pretty much the same as in the concentration camps.

 

[umfan]

A great, and accurate, point.