Category Archives: Television

The End of an Era

Well, it’s official, I’m a grown up. I managed to avoid it for 52 years, but somehow it happened. I’m just not sure when. Of course there were subtle signs over the years, getting married, running a small business and … Continue reading

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There are actually five seasons

    When I was growing up I enjoyed the changing of the seasons, but the one season that I looked forward to the most was the new television season. I don’t think I ever anticipated any piece of mail … Continue reading

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▶ Leslie Caron And Mel Ferrer – Hi Lili, Hi Lo – YouTube

The clip below is from the 1953 movie “Lili” starring Leslie Caron. It is a film I remember not so much for its content as for its context in my life. I tend to associate many of the key moments … Continue reading

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Abracadabra

MarkWilsonMagic.com – Home. The first magician I remember seeing on television was Mark Wilson. I remember he had a syndicated  show that I  watched every Sunday morning for a couple of years. A few years later, the big star in … Continue reading

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My New Favorite Commercial

It will be a long time before someone makes a better one. Too bad it isn’t shown in America. Novo Peugeot 208 – Corrida Maluca – YouTube.

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One banana, two banana….

45 years ago this is what I was watching every Saturday morning. the banana splits adventure hour (original intro) – YouTube.

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Not Exactly Sophie’s Choice

I really liked “The Munsters” TV show when I was 4 and 5 years old. At the time, I couldn’t imagine anything more entertaining on television, but one day the unthinkable happened!  ABC began running promos for a new program … Continue reading

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A Lost Family Heirloom

The Flintstones (Welch’s) Grape Jelly Commercial – YouTube. For several years in the 1960’s Welch’s grape Jelly was packaged in jars with art work from The Flintstones cartoon show. In our household we used them as drinking glasses once the … Continue reading

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I want my flying car, but I’ll settle for the talking dog!

  I’m sure most of you are familiar with the cartoon series The Jetsons. Created in 1963 it pretty much takes the opposite approach, timeline wise, that is, to The Flintstones. I thought it was a visually clever cartoon. Unfortunately, … Continue reading

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Disneys Wonderful World of Color 1960s – YouTube

I know an awful lot has been written about Walt Disney, both positive and negative, which is pretty much true for any public figure of that stature. I won’t deny that he was most likely a tough shrewd business man, … Continue reading

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