Thursday, November 6, 2008
Yma Sumac 1922- 2008
Another giant has fallen. Maybe I've just been hyper aware, but more significant deaths have happened in the past ninety days than I can ever recall.
All in the Family with special guest star Burt Mustin (1973) - Footage Offline - 5/30/09
Burt Mustin is one of my favorite old television character actors, as he seems to pop up in every other thing I watch. From Leave it to Beaver to Dragnet to Bewitched. He died in 1977 and four All in the Family appearances were among the final things he did.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
CBC Television Audition Tape of Alex Trebek (1969)
Looks like Peter Gzowski sitting on the left too.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
The Twilight Zone with special guest stars Cliff Robertson and Frank Sutton (1962)
The tormented ventriloquist is one of my favorite formulas in showbiz history. From The Great Gabbo to Dead of Night to The Devil Doll to Magic - it's always enjoyable. And this time with the heel from Gomer Pyle no less.
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
What Can I Do - George Kirby (1965)
Comedian/impressionist George Kirby had a beautiful voice - you'd have to in order to be able to imitate Ella Fitzgerald's singing voice perfectly. In 1965 he recorded a straight soul tune for Chicago's Chess Records. Here it is - and please ignore the dumb visuals the YouTuber has accompanying the fine tune.
Friday, October 31, 2008
The House on Haunted Hill starring Vincent Price (1959)
Probably the best movie available in the public domain for Halloween viewing.
Studio One: The Night America Trembled (1957)
Edward R. Murrow revisits the bedlam that ensued the evening The Mercury Theater's War of the Worlds aired. See if you can spot the youthful but familiar faces of Ed Asner, Warren Beatty, Warren Oates and John Astin.
The Mercury Theatre: Dracula starring Orson Welles (1938)
Radio stations around the world tonight will be re-running the perennial classic War of the Worlds, but we prefer to break with the tradition and play an episode of the same program that is probably even more appropriate for Halloween.
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