tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post1999029490840665059..comments2024-03-22T14:48:09.697-04:00Comments on Dell on Movies: TMP Television Edition: JournalismDellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-69937550447783853732020-10-02T20:29:18.443-04:002020-10-02T20:29:18.443-04:00Superman was amazing. Glad to see it get some more...<i>Superman</i> was amazing. Glad to see it get some more love.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-45790128064467688902020-09-27T11:31:19.097-04:002020-09-27T11:31:19.097-04:00We match with Superman! I always loved watching th...We match with Superman! I always loved watching this show and I loved that Lois Lane was a reporter and not married. I never did u dermatologist d how they could not know Clark was Supermen. I might have seen an episode of Dpiderman but I don’t recall. I wonder if Hammond started to sing Do-Re-Mi. I loved The Incredible Hulk and watched it all the time. Funny, I don’t remember the last episode but I think he was killed off.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-73161711737681693062020-09-25T17:42:26.587-04:002020-09-25T17:42:26.587-04:00To be honest, most of both shows went over my head...To be honest, most of both shows went over my head. I was soooooo young when I saw them, but I had fun with them anyway.<br /><br />Enjoy as much as you want, or as little, of <i>The Adventures of Superman.</i>Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-62169468643524258412020-09-25T14:15:28.283-04:002020-09-25T14:15:28.283-04:00I think the ratio of MTM to Lou Grant would be the...I think the ratio of MTM to Lou Grant would be the same for most people but the latter was a good show and Ed Asner pulled off quite a trick in making sense of the character on two such completely different shows. <br /><br />I don't think that Name of the Game gets rerun much, if at all, which is a real shame. It was sleek and entertaining. It was also a spot the star-past, present or future-show since being a "boutique" show with three big stars headlining it was able to pull in the talent both in front of the camera (everyone from The Rat Pack to Donald Sutherland...hell even Tina Turner was in one episode...passed through) and behind (Steven Spielberg was among the many directors episodes).<br /><br />Coincidentally a marathon of The Adventures of Superman is showing Decades, one of our nostalgia stations, starting tomorrow! I doubt that I'll watch the whole thing but I'm going to dip into one or two for old times sake. :-)joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-91538920002675400972020-09-24T22:05:24.399-04:002020-09-24T22:05:24.399-04:00It's okay. Just tell me I'm old. I can tak...It's okay. Just tell me I'm old. I can take it.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-75407392914858366362020-09-24T22:04:48.093-04:002020-09-24T22:04:48.093-04:00Thanks!Thanks!Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-90838506744085268012020-09-24T22:04:34.503-04:002020-09-24T22:04:34.503-04:00Man, I watched so much Popeye, too! I can't sa...Man, I watched so much <i>Popeye</i>, too! I can't say the same about <i>Tobor the 8th Man.</i> I remember nothing of that show, at all.<br /><br />I'm not familiar with <i>The Name of the Game,</i> but I love your other two picks. Have to admit that I watched lots more <i>Mary Tyler Moore</i> than <i>Lou Grant,</i> though.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-8588025089761686862020-09-24T15:45:18.462-04:002020-09-24T15:45:18.462-04:00I never thought of this though I admit to not havi...I never thought of this though I admit to not having seen any of these shows. Still, this is a great take of a theme within a theme.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-55013313197613669382020-09-24T07:42:33.185-04:002020-09-24T07:42:33.185-04:00I like your theme within a theme! I haven't se...I like your theme within a theme! I haven't seen any of these unfortunately. Familiar with the names, just have never watched.Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-69448947580236151442020-09-24T05:06:19.146-04:002020-09-24T05:06:19.146-04:00Those are all wonderful picks! I love that you wen...Those are all wonderful picks! I love that you went with this comic theme withing the theme.ThePunkTheoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04160758248747313651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-82552355464905192902020-09-24T00:42:31.834-04:002020-09-24T00:42:31.834-04:00LOVE the superhero theme within the theme!! I'...LOVE the superhero theme within the theme!! I've seen all three of these, some more than others. <br /><br />I watched reruns of the George Reeves Superman when I was a kid too. There was a sort of combo block where they would show a Popeye cartoon first, then Superman followed by Tobor the 8th Man which for some inexplicable reason I loved though I can't recall any of it but the theme song now. <br /><br />I really tried with Incredible Hulk because I was a big Bill Bixby fan and had loved both of his previous series, My Favorite Martian and The Courtship of Eddie's Father, but the show never worked that well for me. Even with my liking for him I trailed off after the first season. I remained true to Bill though and when he tried other series, The Magician and Goodnight, Beantown (both terrific but short-lived), I was right there watching!<br /><br />I think I only saw an episode or two of The Amazing Spider-Man. I don't remember much about it and I think it was on at an inconvenient time to catch on a regular basis. <br /><br />Mine all deal with different forms of journalism but the last two are connected in a big way.<br /><br />The Name of the Game (1968-1971)-Publisher Glenn Howard (Gene Barry), “People” magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (Anthony Franciosa) (before that publication existed) and editor of “Crime” Dan Farrell (Robert Stack) all work for magazine giant Howard Publications. Described as a “wheel” show at the time with the three main leads in rotating stories that dealt with everything from industrial espionage to fanatical hippies committing mass suicide to corruption in sports and everything in between. Though the men very occasionally appeared in one of the others episodes they were all tied together by Peggy Maxwell (Susan Saint James) the editorial assistant to each man. In the opening credits each star’s name would appear in small type and multiply until forming a portrait of each. <br /> <br />Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977)-For seven seasons Mary Tyler Moore turned the world on with her smile as the independent and single (a rarity at the time) Mary Richards, associate producer at WJM News in Minneapolis. She works for the gruff but good-hearted Lou Grant (Edward Asner) along with head writer Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod), dim bulb anchorman Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) and two faced “Happy Homemaker” Sue Ann Nivens (Betty White). Outside the newsroom she had a cozy efficiency apartment where best friend Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper) and dizzy landlady Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman) frequently popped in for chats and humor. Similar to the first show the star’s name appears as a single line in the credits before multiplying as the iconic theme song plays. You would need a truck for all the awards the show won. <br /><br />Lou Grant (1977-1982)-After nearly the entire staff is fired from WJM Executive Producer Lou (Edward Asner) relocates to L.A. to become city editor for the Los Angeles Tribune newspaper. Aided by reporters Joe Rossi (Robert Walden) and Billie Newman (Linda Kelsey) and overseen by publisher Margaret Jones Pynchon (Nancy Marchand) they pursue topical stories each week. One of the rare shows where a character from a comedic show transferred to a dramatic one successfully (Asner won Emmys for both Best Dramatic Actor and Best Supporting Actor in a comedy). The show won 13 Emmys in total. The opening credits show the life cycle of a newspaper from a tree being felled through printing, delivery and finally a piece of it being used to line a canary’s cage! joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com