Things you remember seeing on TV in the past BUT............

[wbhist]

*Everyone remembers Benny Hill of course, but does anyone remember "After Benny...Thames Presents..What's Up Next". This was back in the late 70's. The show would open up with a very brief scene featuring Benny then the rest of the show, Benny Hill was nowhere to be found. The main reason I remember this show was the scene where a British couple was watching TV only to have the set blow up and out comes this totally nude woman on a bike. I actually saw this on Washington DC's WDCA channel 20 and yes.WDCA only showed a few seconds of that nude woman but still....LOL

That was one of five rotating shows aired under that umbrella. There were a few others I could think of that also aired under the ABTP banner, namely The Howerd Confessions (hosted by Frankie Howerd); Cribbins (hosted by Bernard Cribbins); and The Tommy Cooper Hour.

One thread that runs through these shows is that a few supporting players from TBHS appeared on the other programmes (per British spelling) in question.

 

[bpatrick]

...the imdb link on Whitman Mayo. In the "Trivia" column, they note that Mr. Mayo died
at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital. I find that mildly creepy...

In the even more obscure trivia section of things you remember seeing on TV...

During the run of Sanford And Son, "Grady" was doing a week-long stint on
Hollywood Squares. On a day I happened to be watching, a contestant chose
him, but referred to him as "Mayo Whitman."

Peter Marshall quickly and matter-of-factly jumped in to correct her, and the
show went on unscathed (no retake, obviously--this was daytime).

There is no truth to the rumor that in the next break, the first spot was for
Hellman's mayonnaise (known as, and cut-ins run for, Best Foods west of the
Rockies). I just threw that one in...you can also insert your Peter Graves on
the white courtesy phone in Airplane joke here. ;D

Peter would do that; I remember a contestant calling on "Celeste Holmes,"
and he gently corrected her; the actress's name is Celeste Holm.

 

[mleach]

Its good to see one of my old threads again.

Does anyone remember seeing a TV PSA from the early 70's where OJ Simpson was speaking out against violence towards women? My wife SWEARS she had seen this but online..nothing !! Then again I am not surprised. Archive.org for a time had featured an old radio PSA from the late 60's with Phil & Ronnie Spector talking about "mental health". However soon after the Lana Clarkson murder, the website yanked it and I have never heard it again..anywhere.

 

[nightfly61]

I believe it was an Ohio Bell ad where 2 vikings are sitting there & one says "It's Tuuuuesday-I've got to call my mudder", then he yells across the sea "Hello MAAAAAAAAAAA".
Also was there ever an Archie Bunker cartoon "Archie Bunker In Outer Space" with the ship named the Dingbat II?
p.s...Hey! Good to see the smileys back!!! ;D ;D 8)

 

[Corky Marlowe]

Also was there ever an Archie Bunker cartoon "Archie Bunker In Outer Space" with the ship named the Dingbat II?

Despite the fact that the 70's gave us cartoons like "Fonzie And The Happy Days Gang", "Emergency +4", and others I can't remember, that HAD to be a bit on some sketch comedy show. Funny idea, though, especially the "Dingbat II". I can just picture George Jefferson saying, "D&*#it, Archie, I'm a dry cleaner, not an engineer!"

 

[nightfly61]

Also was there ever an Archie Bunker cartoon "Archie Bunker In Outer Space" with the ship named the Dingbat II?

Despite the fact that the 70's gave us cartoons like "Fonzie And The Happy Days Gang", "Emergency +4", and others I can't remember, that HAD to be a bit on some sketch comedy show. Funny idea, though, especially the "Dingbat II". I can just picture George Jefferson saying, "D&*#it, Archie, I'm a dry cleaner, not an engineer!"

With the Great Big Giant MEAT Head for guidance...
really though, I thought it aired at some early, early hour on Saturday mornings(even before Rat Patrol came on!). May have been a spoof.

 

[bpatrick]

I hope you're joking because there never was an
Archie Bunker cartoon. You had to settle for
"Josie And The Pussycats In Outer Space" or
"Partridge Family: 2200 A.D."

 

[gr8oldies]

There was a cartoon take on All in the Family with a dog family headed by "Arnie Barkley"

 

[azumanga]

I hope you're joking because there never was an
Archie Bunker cartoon. You had to settle for
"Josie And The Pussycats In Outer Space" or
"Partridge Family: 2200 A.D."

Practically, everyone was doing it in the late 1970s and early 1980s -- putting on an animated version of a popular sitcom (particularly set in space or the future); "Happy Days" did it, as did "Laverne & Shirley" (though they were never in space) and "The Dukes of Hazzard" (ditto, save for one episode). "Gilligan's Island" had two animated series -- one on earth, the other in space.

As far as I know, there was never an "authorised" animated version of "All In The Family" (or any Norman Lear sitcom, for that matter).

 

[Kurt Toy]

There was a cartoon take on All in the Family with a dog family headed by "Arnie Barkley"

It was called "The Barkleys". It was on NBC in 1972-73.

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

There was a cartoon take on All in the Family with a dog family headed by "Arnie Barkley"

IIRC I remember (around 2000 or so) seeing on Cartoon Network (probably just as a promo or part of an existing cartoon) a cartoon takeoff of the "The Jeffersons" in the Jetsons' futuresque setting ("The Jetfersons"). Of course, I may be wrong.

 

[Tim L]

I remember seeing, probably about 1973-74, A Sports TV show on WUAB-43 in Cleveland by Iconic Sports Talk Radio host Pete Franklin, then at WWWE-1100AM (Now WTAM)..But I've not seen a thing about it online..

 

[TexasTom]

Practically, everyone was doing it in the late 1970s and early 1980s -- putting on an animated version of a popular sitcom (particularly set in space or the future); "Happy Days" did it, as did "Laverne & Shirley" (though they were never in space) and "The Dukes of Hazzard" (ditto, save for one episode). "Gilligan's Island" had two animated series -- one on earth, the other in space.

Several years back, a friend made a joke about doing a version of "MASH" done with dogs, that would be called "MUSH".

He was surprised when both myself and another friend told him that it had actually been done on a Saturday morning cartoon in the mid-seventies. As I recall, it wasn't a standalone series, but was part of a larger umbrella series, the name of which now eludes me.

 

[azumanga]

Several years back, a friend made a joke about doing a version of "MASH" done with dogs, that would be called "MUSH".

He was surprised when both myself and another friend told him that it had actually been done on a Saturday morning cartoon in the mid-seventies. As I recall, it wasn't a standalone series, but was part of a larger umbrella series, the name of which now eludes me.

"MUSH" was part of a 1975 ABC Saturday Morning series, "Uncle Croc's Block", which starred Charles Nelson Reilly in a live-action spoof of a desperate kiddie-show host, introing various animated segments. Debuting that Fall, it did not live to see New Year's.

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

Practically, everyone was doing it in the late 1970s and early 1980s -- putting on an animated version of a popular sitcom (particularly set in space or the future); "Happy Days" did it, as did "Laverne & Shirley" (though they were never in space) and "The Dukes of Hazzard" (ditto, save for one episode). "Gilligan's Island" had two animated series -- one on earth, the other in space.

Several years back, a friend made a joke about doing a version of "MASH" done with dogs, that would be called "MUSH".

He was surprised when both myself and another friend told him that it had actually been done on a Saturday morning cartoon in the mid-seventies. As I recall, it wasn't a standalone series, but was part of a larger umbrella series, the name of which now eludes me.

I remember a "Muppet Show" Season 5 (1980-81) episode with guest Loretta Swit (then of M*A*S*H) in a "Veterinarian's Hospital" skit, where Rowlf makes a joke that a relative of his "was on a show called 'MUSH.'" I found this clip on YouTube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f5IK4mpLqE

 

[Bob1370]

On the sub-thread concerning SNL sending up PBS (and PBS allegedly having a thin skin about it), some people were wondering how the folks at PBS regarded Eddie Murphy's salty take on MisterRogers' Neighborhood. Some thought they were unhappy with it. Another previous post said, "I am pretty sure it was Pittsburgh's WQED and/or Fred Rogers himself who owned the show and not PBS not too mention that like Julia Child, I have heard over the years that Fred Rogers actually had a great sense of humor so who knows. Maybe he actually enjoyed Murphy's skit based on his own show. We may never know."

Actually Fred Rogers DID think Murphy's skits were funny, and we DO know, first hand. I heard it from Fred Rogers himself while he was still around and active.

I had a chance to interview Fred Rogers about 10 years ago when our local children's museum was opening an exhibit with his program as the theme, and asked him about Eddie Murphy's "Mr. Robinson" bits. He confirmed a story I'd heard before--that he not only liked the skits, he'd decided while he was in New York one Saturday night to meet Murphy and let him know he enjoyed his work. He came to the SNL studio at 30 Rock specifically to surprise Murphy during a broadcast. He walked on stage, and they hugged right on the air. Stunned Murphy...but they had a good laugh over the whole thing, Rogers told him he'd gotten a kick out of it, and they remained friends to the end of Rogers' life.

 

[Corky Marlowe]

Now that I think about it, I wonder if the "Archie Bunker In Space" thing was perhaps on "Robot Chicken", or maybe a mini-bit on "Family Guy"?

 

[nightfly61]

This had to have been around 1980-81, on the Archie Bunker cartoon. I think it involved little kids & a dog too. ???
Speaking of WUAB Channel 43, they also had the Prize Movie with John Lanigan every weekday afternoon where he played a nearly impossible movie clip & if you got it right you got to spin the wheel of prizes. Sometimes Fig Newton or Marty Sullivan (SuperHost) filled in for JL.

 

[Tim L]

Speaking of WUAB Channel 43, they also had the Prize Movie with John Lanigan every weekday afternoon where he played a nearly impossible movie clip & if you got it right you got to spin the wheel of prizes. Sometimes Fig Newton or Marty Sullivan (SuperHost) filled in for JL.

Actually, you sent in postcards, and if your card was picked, they had a prize wheel with pictures of various WUAB personalities and you had to guess who they were.. If you got that right, they had a set of letters..W U A B T V under which there were small prizes..THEN the movie clip which if you got that right you won the jackpot prize..I think it started at like $5.43 cents and got progressvely higher every day as the clip wasant guessed..

Here's a Prize Movie Clip..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQLr3Rrhk6g&feature=player_embedded

 

[drbob932]

I had a chance to interview Fred Rogers about 10 years ago when our local children's museum was opening an exhibit with his program as the theme, and asked him about Eddie Murphy's "Mr. Robinson" bits. He confirmed a story I'd heard before--that he not only liked the skits, he'd decided while he was in New York one Saturday night to meet Murphy and let him know he enjoyed his work. He came to the SNL studio at 30 Rock specifically to surprise Murphy during a broadcast. He walked on stage, and they hugged right on the air. Stunned Murphy...but they had a good laugh over the whole thing, Rogers told him he'd gotten a kick out of it, and they remained friends to the end of Rogers' life.

Thank you! I'm pretty sure I remember Eddie Murphy telling this story (maybe on an Entertainment Tonight/PM Magazine sort of show?), but hadn't heard anything about it since...and of course in time I thought I had just imagined it.