Showing posts with label Peter Lawford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peter Lawford. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
The Bob Cummings Show featuring Nancy Kulp and Peter Lawford (1958)
This show features several of the first ladies of sitcomhood: Nancy Kulp, Ann B. Davis and even Rose Marie (The Beverly Hillbillies, The Brady Bunch, The Dick Van Dyke Show).
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
The Thin Man with guest Robby the Robot (1958)
If Robby the Robot wasn't the most famous robot in Hollywood history, he was at least the most prolific. After his smash debut in Forbidden Planet (1953), Robby had memorable turns in The Invisible Boy (1958) and, of course, Lost in Space. This might be one of his most obscure appearances. The TV version of the popular film series The Thin Man had Peter Lawford well cast in the William Powell roll and Phyllis Kirk replacing Myrna Loy. Robby the Robot also appeared on episodes of the marginal sitcoms Hazel and The Gale Storm Show, and popped up at varying times on The Twilight Zone, The Addams Family, The Man From U.N.C.L.E, The Banana Splits and Mork & Mindy.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Password with guests Carol Burnett and Peter Lawford (1963)
The interesting film Johnny Cool featuring Joey Bishop, Mort Sahl and a cast of other interesting characters is referenced several times in this entertaining episode of Password.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday, May 21, 2007
The Buick Berle Show (1955) - Footage Offline 2/26/08
An hour's worth of The Buick -Berle Show, obviously with Milton Berle but also guest stars Peter Lawford and Carol Channing -posted by Ira Gallen of TVDays.com. This was the seventh season of The Milton Berle Show, now with a new sponsor. Like most early television shows, and the radio programs that came before them, a show's name was at the mercy of a sponsor. Formerly The Texaco Star Theatre we see it now as The Buick Berle Show. I'm sure most people just called it The Milton Berle Show ... much to the shagrin of network suits. And to Milton's consternation the show changed from a weekly Milton showcase to just twice a month, The Martha Raye Show co-starring Wally Cox picking up the timeslot for the other two weeks. Goodman Ace and the number one female television and radio comedy writer for over forty years, Selma Diamond, were writers on this incarnation of the Berle show. You can listen to a nice chunk of the Selma Diamond Talks LP, pictured above, on this episode of The Generation Exploitation Podcast. It is a collection of audio from Selma's appearances on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.
Like most episodes, this one opens with a ridiculously elaborate opening number of chorus dancers and soft shoe. Berle makes reference to 1986 in his opening monologue. At the six minute and forty second mark the hilarious bird faced Arnold Stang makes his appearance. Stang started with Berle on radio and constantly upstaged the famous cigar chomper (not an easy feat!). Stang was piss-your-pants funny and the highlight of most Milton Berle shows. He of course went on to be the voice of Hanna-Barbera's Top Cat. Wally Cox played a like-minded wimp on The Martha Raye Show, although Stang's meek self was likely to blow his top at Berle each week, where Cox was more likely to be pushed around, leaving his glasses crooked.
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