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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

‘Obsolete’? Not at all. Necessary TV rarities, now on a great YouTube channel

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The "Husbands" host a telethon: Gazzara and Cassavetes standing, Falk in wheelchair (left). At this point it is truly impossible...

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Turning Japanese (for a paycheck): Celebs in '80s TV commercials

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For almost four decades now, the Japanese have been luring American and European celebrities to do their ads with big paychecks and the prom...

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Friday, July 3, 2009

Master and Student: Sammy and Michael

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Pal Jay had written to remind me that Michael Jackson had delivered a heartfelt tribute to Sammy Davis Jr. at the "goodbye" tribut...

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Class leaves the airwaves: GSN drops b&w programs

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I often lament on the program how it is IMPOSSIBLE to find black and white television and movies anywhere on cable these days, aside from th...

Friday, January 30, 2009

You need this record (so take it)

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Sammy Davis was one of the most ubiquitous performers in show business from the Fifties to the Eighties. He particularly had a strong tie w...

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Friday, February 1, 2008

Sam is a lineman for the county

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Media Funhouse viewers are treated to all kinds of rarities that just aren't being shown anyplace else on television. They aren't ne...

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