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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Example 6,357: Why variety shows were TV magic

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Of all the Golden Age movie comedians, I think Red Skelton is probably my least favorite. However, he did have a weekly TV variety show in t...

Friday, January 14, 2011

"Old" meets "new" on Sixties TV

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I continually love to return to the late Sixties and early Seventies on the Funhouse TV show, because that was both a most productive and im...

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Schmaltz in "new" show-biz: the "inartful" Stewart-Colbert rally (part two), and the Maddow-Stewart interview

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NOTE: I wrote this piece a week ago, but decided not to post the second half of it since the story was still “developing.” Last Friday Rache...

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Schmaltz in the "new" show-biz: Stewart and Colbert live (part one)

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I think and write a lot about the comedians of yesteryear, and have often talked on the Funhouse TV show and in this blog about watching var...

Friday, March 14, 2008

A variety show no one remembers

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...possibly even the man who starred in it, the great Dick Cavett. But check out the supporting cast: Chuck McCann, Bob Dishy, and Louise La...

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