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George Slv 23rd Mar 2024		TV Toast Of The Town (1948 - 1971)	Tv.com was a site with invaluable information about TV episodes. It closed recently. Here are archived copies of all Sullivan episode descriptions, in the form of webpages: https://app.box.com/s/icm9cvp8frapc18yrywepvjjckhrg6du
George Slv 7th Dec 2023		TV The Big Beat (1957 - 1959)	Documentary report: [YouTube Video] Dance scene: [YouTube Video] One episode can be bought at The Video Beat.
George Slv 13th Dec 2021		TV The Statler Brothers Show (1991 - 1998)	moax429, did TNN fold first, or did Viacom just buy them out? CBS was biased against Country and screwed it up. But now the country folks started a new network called RFD.
George Slv 25th Dec 2020		TV Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry (1955 - 1956)	I only know that the TV series was named the Country Show. Gannaway may have used Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry for theatrical showings and later for video. They might have tried to use it at the start of the TV series. The Grand Ole Opry disputed his use of the name. I've added an image from the closing of one show on video showing Al Gannaway. Images of him were not easy to find.
George Slv 4th May 2020		TV Circus Time (1956 - 1957)	I can't think of a more overlooked series that was so significant. Like Sullivan it had all kinds of acts including musical stars of the day like The Diamonds. It rated in the top ten for young viewers. IMDB did not have it listed until yesterday. There is one collector DVD on Amazon.com that sold out long ago. Only a clip of a Buster Keaton skit can be found online. Start searching, collectors. Paul Winchell was a ventriloquist who hosted and also did routines with his wooden dummies.
George Slv 26th Sep 2018		TV Grand Ole Opry (1955)	With all the variations of TV series and film and video releases this subject is prone to confusion.
George Slv 26th Sep 2018		TV Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry (1955 - 1956)	[YouTube Video] complete TV show [YouTube Video] June Carter sings “Music, Music, Music”
George Slv 11th Sep 2018		TV Roy Orbison And Friends: A Black And White Night (1988)	Emmy-Lou Harris was not in the cast. The show is not continuing, it was a Special. There should be a category like that here. I submitted these corrections but they are not made.
George Slv 27th Aug 2018		TV Roy Orbison: Black And White Night 30 (2017)	I can't tell from IMDB that it was shown on TV in US. How long was it, how much of the DVD content was on?
George Slv 27th Aug 2018		TV Roy Orbison And Friends: A Black And White Night (1988)	Review Barbara Orbison's gift to her husband to create a definitive stage performance. It collects several major musical stars to accompany Roy, although they do not do any solo performances. For example J.D. Souther recorded his "You're Only Lonely" inspired by "Only The Lonely", but he is only in the background with others as backup singers. Bruce Springsteen is in the foreground doing harmony vocals next to Roy and playing guitar. During some guitar breaks he and James Burton have an extended lead guitar duel. With so much star power together, everyone is having a whale of a time in this dynamic show. Barbara filmed it in black and white for the sake of the nostalgic effect. Aired on the Cinemax premium network, and released on video shortly. In 2017 Roy's sons created an extended reedited release with many extras on disc. It is cropped to 16:9, which is fine for distant shots but loses image in closeups. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 27th Aug 2018		TV Roy Orbison: Black And White Night 30 (2017)	This should be under disc releases. The TV special was1988, did not have 30 in the title, and was ~55 min. It was not a TV Series either.
George Slv 15th Jul 2018		TV The Life And Times (1995 - 1997)	I'm not sure of the end date but don't know of any episodes past 1997. Here's a sample of the Conway Twitty biography [YouTube Video] Youtube from lindalovesal.
George Slv 10th Jul 2018		TV The Yellow Rose (1983 - 1984)	This was Cybill Shepherd's break-through role in television.
George Slv 8th Jul 2018		TV Linehan (1998 - 1999)	I'm not sure of end date but only know of episodes in 1998 and 1999. Linehan previously had a talk show named City Lights.
George Slv 27th Feb 2018		TV Don't Knock The Rock (1977)	I see comments on the web that seem to say that this compilation was first shown on September 30, 1964 titled Whole Lotta Shakin. Such as a comment 5 years ago on YouTube. This would mean the Lewis and Richard shows from early 1964 were recompiled already that year and Lewis's title was reused, and then it was rebroadcast in 1977 with new title. I don't have confirmation of this. See a discussion at missingepisodes.com.
George Slv 6th Feb 2018		TV Country Hoedown (1956 - 1965)	A staple of early Canadian TV, broadcast live from Toronto. There was a separate US show of that name at the time in Nashville. Gordie Tapp was from London Ontario. He later starred in Hee Haw in US. See article at tvarchive.ca
George Slv 10th Jan 2018		TV The Jimmy Dean Show (1963 - 1966)	Confirmed that the featured title, #828818, corresponds to the restored shows now available. Notice that they are being broadcast on the RFD network in US, but streaming is also available to any nation.
George Slv 2nd Nov 2017		TV Toast Of The Town (1948 - 1971)	Shows are being aired now on the US Decades channel. They are cut to 30 minutes, favoring music acts. http://www.decades.com/schedule/ Anyone have a mind to record them? And to add this comment, for all the hype about Sullivan being stiff, you should see in the earliest episodes how the opening had him running in from the side hopping down stairs past dancers. See an example at https://archive.org/details/toast-of-the-town-s-02-e-21-divx .
George Slv 8th Oct 2017		TV Fox Mystery Theater (1984 - 1985)	This was firstly a UK series, with a US partner. The last production of Hammer Studio of that era.
George Slv 26th Jun 2017		TV The Jimmy Dean Show - Country Classics (2013)	Aired during August on PBS stations across US. See a program highlights page here with a preview video.
George Slv 19th Jun 2017		TV The Mike Douglas Show (1961 - 1982)	1977 segment with Teresa Brewer interview and performance of I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing. Includes account of her meeting with Elvis Presley. [YouTube Video] From the YT channel of the Teresa Brewer Center.
George Slv 24th Apr 2017		TV Cosmos (1980)	I kept this on VHS, including Turner. I give Sagan credit for mentionning what Velikovsky wrote about a heavenly body interacting with earth to create upheavals. Turner asked him "are you a socialist?" Sagan was an establishment Jew, but answered "I don't know what socialism is". Turner was a conservative with a magic touch, but it was taken from him by Time-Warner, and the "bankers" refused to loan him funds when he was ready to buy the MGM studio. Time-Warner gave him a position without power to "keep him out of trouble", as they would put it. Yer supposed ta know these things before ya start Ted.
George Slv 22nd Apr 2017		TV The Statler Brothers Show (1991 - 1998)	[YouTube Video] A YouTube personal recording of a 1994 show from cheesyvideo, And a performance by Teresa Brewer in 1993, from GSMovieMoments [YouTube Video]
George Slv 22nd Apr 2017		TV The Statler Brothers Show (1991 - 1998)	No complete episodes are available now, or even an episode list. If anyone has their own recordings now is the time to try to provide them. The Brothers are providing videos that only include their own performances, due to licencing.
George Slv 12th Mar 2017		TV The Jimmy Dean Show (1963 - 1966)	I've added a title coming directly from a 16mm film of the first episode. On sale currently at ebay. The history of their titles I don't know.
George Slv 24th Jan 2017		TV S.H.E. (1980)	Review Review Some reviews from old Movie Guide books. Reviews are dropped from later editions for minor films. Leonard Maltin 1993: James Bondish derring-do involving a woman superspy who crosses swords with a suave playboy head of an international crime ring. (SHE stands for security hazards expert.) Script by Bond veteran Richard Maibaum. Average. Steven Scheuer 1990: Slick production values, exotic location shooting, and the beautiful Cornelia Sharpe as a sexy female James Bond-type are the draws here. SHE (Securities Hazards Expert) is hot on the trail of international blackmailers who plan to jeopardize the world's oil supply if their demands aren't met. 2/4 Martin and Porter 2003: This average made-for-TV spy-action thriller has one twist .. a female James Bond. Beautiful Cornelia Sharpe is S.H.E. (Security Hazards Expert). She pursues Robert Lansing, the US syndicate boss, throughout Europe. Omar Sharif makes an appearance as a wine baron. 3/5 Richard Maibaum, James Bond writer, wrote a big-time screenplay but the result was weak. The entire film is available at Youtube at the moment but beware the shape is all wrong. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 11th Dec 2016		TV Tightrope! (1959 - 1960)	This show had a suspenseful atmosphere, and was one of the best. I don't recall it having too much physical violence.
George Slv 8th Dec 2016		TV M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994 - 1995)	Review When Fox TV was young a few people got a chance to see this superhero one-hour series. A variation on the suit that makes you invincible. It was typically well produced, with some weaknesses. In the 1980s media violence was increasing and people were expecting 1990s violence. But the tide turned, and here the producers purposely toned it down. But to the point of eliminating it and killing it. The M.A.N.T.I.S. would not don his suit til the last five minutes, then just walk onto the crime scene and take control. No hitting or fighting or throwing or smashing for Pete's sake. So a waste of time and it did not last the season. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 8th Dec 2016		TV TekWar (1994 - 1996)	At the start Torri Higginson was playing Evigan's assistant. This was an appealing female. I think I made the fatal error of mentionning this to a feminist member of the establishment at the time. Next thing I knew Torri was off the show and then some hard-edged masculine female replaces her - Lexa Doig. Lessons learned too late. Be deathly careful what ya say to whom. or something.
George Slv 28th Nov 2016		TV Misfits Of Science (1985 - 1986)	16 episodes produced. Dean Paul Martin was Dean Martin's son, and was killed in a military plane crash later that decade. One guy had the power to throw electric bolts, another had the power to shrink for a period, Courtney had the power of telekinesis.

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