Almost two decades since its cancellation, the CBS-TV series Barnaby Jones suddenly seems to be all over the news. A couple of weeks back, we reported on the coming DVD release of that Buddy Ebsen -led private eye show. Now we hear that Ebsen’s series co-star, former Miss America Lee Meriwether , will be making a special guest appearance this next week on the Internet radio program TV Confidential...
No. 75: Shirley Temple 1928- The daughter of a bank clerk, she was born in Santa Monica, a bus ride from Hollywood, and thrust into the movies at the age of three by a fanatically ambitious mother. In her sixth year, she went from supporting to starring roles, had two hit songs ("Baby Take a Bow", "The Good Ship Lollipop"), and was the eighth biggest box-office attraction in America....
Today's moment of truth, courtesy of Greg Hengler. The cave-in comes at the beginning followed by the public-option ultimatum at 3:15. She hit all the points predicted by Jay Cost, i.e. we need reform but maybe not this kind of reform but let's debate it anyway 'cause I'm ...
Barnaby Jones fans, take note. The Web site TV Shows on DVD announced yesterday that CBS DVD-Paramount will release the opening season of that 1973-1980 detective series to disc on February 16 of next year. The news prompted Ivan G. Shreve Jr. to recount the appeal of that Buddy Ebsen drama: Contrary to people’s memories, Barnaby Jones was not a good-old-fashioned, folksy crime drama--no doubt...
On Newhart , they used to have a running gag involving Tom Poston’s character of George Utley, in that the befuddled Stratford Inn handyman liked to watch reruns of Barnaby Jones in his spare time, and even was a member of good standing in Buddy Ebsen’s fan club (“Any TV schedule without Buddy Ebsen sucks eggs.”). It was a funny bit, to be certain—the Newhart people even...
By David Lambert - Buddy Ebsen plays Barnaby Jones, a retired private detective who had passed his private investigation business to his son, Hal. When Hal was murdered while on a case, Barnaby came out... (more)
The splendid archive.org has an edition of The Grand Ole Opry available to view / download. The link is http://www.archive.org/details/GrandOldOpry-28april1956 and the show features Host: Carl Smith - Guests include: Buddy Ebsen, Chet Atkins, Collins Kids, The Jordanaires, June Carter, Flatt and Scruggs, Minnie Pearl, etc. If you're interested in country, it's well worth a look.
CMA-bound John Daly beaming upon learning he’s guest-listed @ Ronnie Milsap’s legendary after-party at the Murfreesboro Ramada Limited: Can’t blame her. Who can resist a man in his early 40s who already cuts a rugged, pre-Jed, Buddy Ebsenian figure? Share This
It's episode 4 of season 3 of MDL..and as bad as the show has been before, the wheels really come off this week. Was everything scripted? Chad and his dog proposal! Josh goes to a farm! Madison falls into a pool! Total scripted fuckery. Once again, Madison Hildebrand is searching for homes for his wealthy client Camilo the Hut. Madison heads to Calabasas, which he helpfully notes is six miles from...
Watched it the other night, rented from Netflix. Shirley Temple has 2 Daddys! Standardized testing mocked! Buddy Ebsen dances at the Codfish Ball with Shirley Temple! A great film...which no doubt led to making Shirley Temple Black a great diplomat! From Wikipedia The peak of Black's diplomatic career came when she was United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992, and witnessed the...
Late last month, Warner Home Video released the 70th Anniversary 2-Disc Special Edition DVD of The Wizard of Oz (1939) (there's a pretty nice package on Blu-ray as well). It is a wonderful package which includes the newly remastered film, with commentary by historian John Fricke, a featurette on the restoration, a Dolby 5.1 Sing-Along feature, outtakes, deleted scenes, and much more. I have one copy...
Mike Judge: I’m not sure I know what it is except that I know I tend to… I think that part of it might be in the writing. I like comedy that you can kind of meditate on a little bit, with things that get funnier. Oddly enough, stuff that might seem very broad, like BEVERLY HILLBILLIES to me has a shelf life… Its track record is pretty good, but even though that is pretty broad,...
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