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Finish these sentences. (1) “Now, this is a story all about how…” (2) “They’re creepy and they’re kooky, they’re all together…” (3) “Mom and Dad and Vicky always giving him…” (4) “Who’s that girl? It’s…“ (5) “Hey baby, I heard the blues a callin’…”
The best TV theme songs simultaneously stick in our brains and serve as chapter markers for the shows we love, both compelling us to keep knocking back more episodes and subtly organizing our thoughts about the many stories in the series they anchor. Some themes hang with us for the worse; what ’90s parent didn’t have “Elmo’s World” burned into their brain? Some others are memorable for their intensely enjoyable earworm qualities; see “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Green Acres” for details.
Finish these sentences. (1) “Now, this is a story all about how…” (2) “They’re creepy and they’re kooky, they’re all together…” (3) “Mom and Dad and Vicky always giving him…” (4) “Who’s that girl? It’s…“ (5) “Hey baby, I heard the blues a callin’…”
The best TV theme songs simultaneously stick in our brains and serve as chapter markers for the shows we love, both compelling us to keep knocking back more episodes and subtly organizing our thoughts about the many stories in the series they anchor. Some themes hang with us for the worse; what ’90s parent didn’t have “Elmo’s World” burned into their brain? Some others are memorable for their intensely enjoyable earworm qualities; see “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Green Acres” for details.
- 10/15/2023
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
It's been 22 years since Rob Cohen directed a shameless knockoff of Kathryn Bigelow's "Point Break," starring Paul Walker instead of Keanu Reeves, Vin Diesel instead of Patrick Swayze, and street racing instead of surfing and sky diving. And while at the time, the success of the film "The Fast and the Furious" seemed only vaguely remarkable, over the course of the last two decades it has ballooned into a multi-billion dollar franchise, full of epic car stunts, ludicrous storylines, and endless ruminations about the meaning of "family."
Yes, "Fast and Furious" has become a household name, perhaps permanently associated with the blockbuster vehicular nonsense films of Vin Diesel and company. But it was not always this way. The common expression "fast and furious" has been used many times in Hollywood, for films about race car driving, funny murder mysteries, beloved Looney Tunes adventures, and low-budget crime thrillers.
Some of...
Yes, "Fast and Furious" has become a household name, perhaps permanently associated with the blockbuster vehicular nonsense films of Vin Diesel and company. But it was not always this way. The common expression "fast and furious" has been used many times in Hollywood, for films about race car driving, funny murder mysteries, beloved Looney Tunes adventures, and low-budget crime thrillers.
Some of...
- 5/16/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
Quentin Tarantino crowned Sergio Corbucci as the second-best director of Italian westerns, but our vote goes to Sergio Sollima — this is the most satisfying Spaghetti oater outside of the Leone corral. In his first starring role, Lee Van Cleef is lawman Jonathan Corbett, who pursues Tomas Milian’s killer into Mexico for an American millionaire. Political screenwriter Franco Solinas helped cook up the story, which pitches frontier ethics against ‘establishment’ corruption. The two-disc special edition presents the show in 4 versions, if we count a clever English-Italian language hybrid.
The Big Gundown
Region B Blu-ray
Powerhouse Indicator
1967 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 110, 90, 95 min. / La resa dei conti / Street Date February 13, 2023 / available from Powerhouse Films UK / £22.99
Starring: Lee Van Cleef, Tomas Milian, Walter Barnes, Nieves Navarro, Gérard Herter, Manolita Barroso, Robert Camardiel, Ángel del Pozo, Luisa Rivelli, Luis Barboo, Benito Stefanelli.
Cinematography: Carlo Carlini
Set decorators: Carlo Leva, Carlo Simi, Nicola Tamburo
Costumes: Carlo...
The Big Gundown
Region B Blu-ray
Powerhouse Indicator
1967 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 110, 90, 95 min. / La resa dei conti / Street Date February 13, 2023 / available from Powerhouse Films UK / £22.99
Starring: Lee Van Cleef, Tomas Milian, Walter Barnes, Nieves Navarro, Gérard Herter, Manolita Barroso, Robert Camardiel, Ángel del Pozo, Luisa Rivelli, Luis Barboo, Benito Stefanelli.
Cinematography: Carlo Carlini
Set decorators: Carlo Leva, Carlo Simi, Nicola Tamburo
Costumes: Carlo...
- 2/7/2023
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Ralph Carmichael, composer and Emmy Award-winning arranger-conductor for Nat King Cole, Jack Jones, Ella Fitzgerald and Roger Williams, died Oct. 18 in Camarillo, Calif. He was 94.
Carmichael got his big break when Capitol Records producer Lee Gillette was introduced to his arrangement in the 1950s. This led to the prolific collaboration between Carmichael and Cole, starting with Cole arranging the 1960 Christmas album “The Magic of Christmas” which was re-packaged in 1962 as “The Christmas Song.” Carmichael and Cole produced nine full studio projects together including Nat’s final sessions in 1964 for the album “L.O.V.E,” more collaborations with Nat than any other arranger. He was also a primary arranger/conductor for pianist Roger Williams, creating 20 albums together including the 1965 hit “Born Free.”
Carmichael also wrote charts for TV shows such as “My Mother the Car” and “I Love Lucy” as well as movie scores, including “The Blob,” “4D Man” and “The Cross and the Switchblade.
Carmichael got his big break when Capitol Records producer Lee Gillette was introduced to his arrangement in the 1950s. This led to the prolific collaboration between Carmichael and Cole, starting with Cole arranging the 1960 Christmas album “The Magic of Christmas” which was re-packaged in 1962 as “The Christmas Song.” Carmichael and Cole produced nine full studio projects together including Nat’s final sessions in 1964 for the album “L.O.V.E,” more collaborations with Nat than any other arranger. He was also a primary arranger/conductor for pianist Roger Williams, creating 20 albums together including the 1965 hit “Born Free.”
Carmichael also wrote charts for TV shows such as “My Mother the Car” and “I Love Lucy” as well as movie scores, including “The Blob,” “4D Man” and “The Cross and the Switchblade.
- 10/21/2021
- by Katie Song
- Variety Film + TV
Ralph Carmichael, a prolific composer and arranger of film and TV scores whose writing or arranging credits include I Love Lucy, Bonanza, My Mother the Car, the sci-fi classic The Blob and some of the most beloved and enduring Christmas recordings ever made, died Monday in Camarillo, Calif. He was 94.
His death was announced by family spokesperson Jim Pedersen. A cause was not specified.
A pioneering figure in contemporary Christian music, Carmichael began a long career in television and film in the early 1950s when he headed the music department of his alma mater, the Southern California Bible College, and his school band was featured on the local Los Angeles TV program Campus Christian Hour. The show won an Emmy Award in 1951.
Around the same time, he began writing incidental music charts for I Love Lucy, a role he’d also fill on December Bride, Bonanza and The Frankie Lane Show,...
His death was announced by family spokesperson Jim Pedersen. A cause was not specified.
A pioneering figure in contemporary Christian music, Carmichael began a long career in television and film in the early 1950s when he headed the music department of his alma mater, the Southern California Bible College, and his school band was featured on the local Los Angeles TV program Campus Christian Hour. The show won an Emmy Award in 1951.
Around the same time, he began writing incidental music charts for I Love Lucy, a role he’d also fill on December Bride, Bonanza and The Frankie Lane Show,...
- 10/20/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Bernie Kahn, a sitcom writer who contributed to episodes of such shows as Bewitched, Get Smart, Maude and Three’s Company, has died. He was 90.
Kahn died Wednesday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his family announced.
Kahn wrote more than 100 episodes of television during his career; his credits included My Favorite Martian, My Mother the Car, Petticoat Junction, My World and Welcome to It, Honey West, The Addams Family, Love, American Style, The Brady Bunch, Room 222, The Partridge Family, Chico and the Man and The Love Boat.
A two-time WGA Award nominee, Kahn penned 15 episodes of ABC’s Bewitched, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, from 1967-72 and ...
Kahn died Wednesday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his family announced.
Kahn wrote more than 100 episodes of television during his career; his credits included My Favorite Martian, My Mother the Car, Petticoat Junction, My World and Welcome to It, Honey West, The Addams Family, Love, American Style, The Brady Bunch, Room 222, The Partridge Family, Chico and the Man and The Love Boat.
A two-time WGA Award nominee, Kahn penned 15 episodes of ABC’s Bewitched, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, from 1967-72 and ...
- 4/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bernie Kahn, a sitcom writer who contributed to episodes of such shows as Bewitched, Get Smart, Maude and Three’s Company, has died. He was 90.
Kahn died Wednesday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his family announced.
Kahn wrote more than 100 episodes of television during his career; his credits included My Favorite Martian, My Mother the Car, Petticoat Junction, My World and Welcome to It, Honey West, The Addams Family, Love, American Style, The Brady Bunch, Room 222, The Partridge Family, Chico and the Man and The Love Boat.
A two-time WGA Award nominee, Kahn penned 15 episodes of ABC’s Bewitched, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, from 1967-72 and ...
Kahn died Wednesday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his family announced.
Kahn wrote more than 100 episodes of television during his career; his credits included My Favorite Martian, My Mother the Car, Petticoat Junction, My World and Welcome to It, Honey West, The Addams Family, Love, American Style, The Brady Bunch, Room 222, The Partridge Family, Chico and the Man and The Love Boat.
A two-time WGA Award nominee, Kahn penned 15 episodes of ABC’s Bewitched, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, from 1967-72 and ...
- 4/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Dark Intruder
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1965 / 1.85:1 / 59 min.
Starring Leslie Nielsen, Peter Mark Richman, Judi Meredith
Cinematography by John F. Warren
Directed by Harvey Hart
Produced in 1965, Universal Pictures intended Dark Intruder for television but when NBC executives screened the film they took a pass—set in the goth-friendly year of 1890, Barré Lyndon’s story, with overtones of Lovecraft and demonic possession, was deemed “too scary” for the living room audience. That same audience would weather an entire season of My Mother the Car so perhaps Hollywood was underestimating America’s ability to deal with adversity. Universal was undeterred—now officially a “feature”, Harvey Hart’s film opened that summer in Los Angeles alongside Torn Curtain and in New York on the bottom half of a bill with I Saw What You Did (Manhattanites were treated to a personal appearance from Joan Crawford).
With the advent of roadshow attractions like Lawrence of Arabia,...
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1965 / 1.85:1 / 59 min.
Starring Leslie Nielsen, Peter Mark Richman, Judi Meredith
Cinematography by John F. Warren
Directed by Harvey Hart
Produced in 1965, Universal Pictures intended Dark Intruder for television but when NBC executives screened the film they took a pass—set in the goth-friendly year of 1890, Barré Lyndon’s story, with overtones of Lovecraft and demonic possession, was deemed “too scary” for the living room audience. That same audience would weather an entire season of My Mother the Car so perhaps Hollywood was underestimating America’s ability to deal with adversity. Universal was undeterred—now officially a “feature”, Harvey Hart’s film opened that summer in Los Angeles alongside Torn Curtain and in New York on the bottom half of a bill with I Saw What You Did (Manhattanites were treated to a personal appearance from Joan Crawford).
With the advent of roadshow attractions like Lawrence of Arabia,...
- 2/9/2021
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Allan Burns, the Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated screenwriter and producer who co-wrote and co-created “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died on Jan. 30, his son, Matt Burns, confirmed to Variety. He was 85.
His “Mary Tyler Moore Show” co-creator and longtime creative partner, James L. Brooks, announced Burns’ death on Twitter Sunday. “Alan Burns, my writing partner during the Mary Tyler Moore days, died yesterday. His singular writing career brought him every conceivable recognition,” Brooks wrote. “But, you had to know him to appreciate his full rarity. He was simply the finest man I have ever known. A beauty of a human.”
Alan Burns, my writing partner during the Mary Tyler Moore days, died yesterday. His singular writing career brought him every conceivable recognition. But, you had to know him to appreciate his full rarity. He was simply the finest man I have every known. A beauty of a human
— james l. brooks...
His “Mary Tyler Moore Show” co-creator and longtime creative partner, James L. Brooks, announced Burns’ death on Twitter Sunday. “Alan Burns, my writing partner during the Mary Tyler Moore days, died yesterday. His singular writing career brought him every conceivable recognition,” Brooks wrote. “But, you had to know him to appreciate his full rarity. He was simply the finest man I have ever known. A beauty of a human.”
Alan Burns, my writing partner during the Mary Tyler Moore days, died yesterday. His singular writing career brought him every conceivable recognition. But, you had to know him to appreciate his full rarity. He was simply the finest man I have every known. A beauty of a human
— james l. brooks...
- 1/31/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Allan Burns, a television producer and screenwriter best known for cocreating and cowriting for the television sitcoms The Munsters, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Rhoda, died Saturday at home. He was 85 and no details were immediately available on the cause of death.
Dan Pasternack, a producer and programming executive and longtime friend of the family, said Burns was a mentor to many. “As much of a legend as he was, and as diverse of a career as he enjoyed, the most remarkable thing about Allan Burns was how kind he was to so many people.”
Burns was born May 18, 1935 in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended the University of Oregon from 1953 to 1957 before heading to Los Angeles and breaking into show business.
His first venture included working in animation for Jay Ward on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Dudley Do-Right, and George of the Jungle. He also is credited with cowriting...
Dan Pasternack, a producer and programming executive and longtime friend of the family, said Burns was a mentor to many. “As much of a legend as he was, and as diverse of a career as he enjoyed, the most remarkable thing about Allan Burns was how kind he was to so many people.”
Burns was born May 18, 1935 in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended the University of Oregon from 1953 to 1957 before heading to Los Angeles and breaking into show business.
His first venture included working in animation for Jay Ward on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Dudley Do-Right, and George of the Jungle. He also is credited with cowriting...
- 1/31/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Allan Burns, the six-time Emmy winner who partnered to create one of the best sitcoms of all time, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and one of the worst, My Mother the Car, has died. He was 85.
Burns died Saturday, his frequent writer partner, James L. Brooks, reported on Twitter.
“His singular writing career brought him every conceivable recognition.” he wrote. “But, you had to know him to appreciate his full rarity. He was simply the finest man I have every known. A beauty of a human.”
No other details of his death were immediately available.
Burns, who got ...
Burns died Saturday, his frequent writer partner, James L. Brooks, reported on Twitter.
“His singular writing career brought him every conceivable recognition.” he wrote. “But, you had to know him to appreciate his full rarity. He was simply the finest man I have every known. A beauty of a human.”
No other details of his death were immediately available.
Burns, who got ...
- 1/31/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Allan Burns, the six-time Emmy winner who partnered to create one of the best sitcoms of all time, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and one of the worst, My Mother the Car, has died. He was 85.
Burns died Saturday, his frequent writer partner, James L. Brooks, reported on Twitter.
“His singular writing career brought him every conceivable recognition.” he wrote. “But, you had to know him to appreciate his full rarity. He was simply the finest man I have every known. A beauty of a human.”
No other details of his death were immediately available.
Burns, who got ...
Burns died Saturday, his frequent writer partner, James L. Brooks, reported on Twitter.
“His singular writing career brought him every conceivable recognition.” he wrote. “But, you had to know him to appreciate his full rarity. He was simply the finest man I have every known. A beauty of a human.”
No other details of his death were immediately available.
Burns, who got ...
- 1/31/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Even with the hundreds of scripted series currently airing on TV, you’d be hard-pressed to find one more ridiculous than the shows on this list.
From iconic trainwrecks like Cop Rock and My Mother the Car to more recent fails like Cavemen and BH90210, Team TVLine has assembled 20 ludicrous programs that span more than five decades. And while it shouldn’t shock you that Pamela Anderson starred in two of the series on our list, you might be surprised to hear that neither show is Baywatch.
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From iconic trainwrecks like Cop Rock and My Mother the Car to more recent fails like Cavemen and BH90210, Team TVLine has assembled 20 ludicrous programs that span more than five decades. And while it shouldn’t shock you that Pamela Anderson starred in two of the series on our list, you might be surprised to hear that neither show is Baywatch.
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- 5/10/2020
- TVLine.com
As a child, I played with childish things; as an adult, I write about them. The ‘70s sure had its share of maniacal machinery, starting with the early Spielberg TV movie Duel (1971). Looking to recreate that success, ABC adapted Theodore Sturgeon’s novella Killdozer (1974) into its own attempt at motorized madness. It is certainly no Duel, but fun is had, and that’s all that matters.
Airing Saturday, February 2nd as an ABC Suspense Movie, Killdozer was trying to plow through the other network’s heavy hitters: CBS had M*A*S*H/The Mary Tyler Moore Show/The Bob Newhart Show, while NBC had their own Saturday Night at the Movies. I’ll go out on a limb and say that CBS crushed anyone in their path. Regardless, if you wanted to see people crushed by heavy, sentient machinery, you had to tune into ABC.
Let’s open up...
Airing Saturday, February 2nd as an ABC Suspense Movie, Killdozer was trying to plow through the other network’s heavy hitters: CBS had M*A*S*H/The Mary Tyler Moore Show/The Bob Newhart Show, while NBC had their own Saturday Night at the Movies. I’ll go out on a limb and say that CBS crushed anyone in their path. Regardless, if you wanted to see people crushed by heavy, sentient machinery, you had to tune into ABC.
Let’s open up...
- 7/14/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
It used to be that sitcoms in the ‘60s had all sorts of nutty “what-if” premises that required a chasm-sized suspension of disbelief from viewers. What if an astronaut kept an attractive female genie in a lamp (“I Dream of Jeannie”)? What if a witch tried to pass herself off as an average suburban housewife (“Bewitched”)? What if you mother was car (“My Mother the Car”)?
“Younger,” the brainchild of Darren Star that is based on a 2005 novel by Pamela Redmond Satran, is by no means that outlandish. The premise only slightly strains credibility as Liza Miller, a 40-year-old divorcee and mother of a teen daughter, who is desperately struggling to find a job at a book publishing house after her ex gambled away their savings and house.
Alas, most recruiters think this oldster isn’t hip enough to deal with the latest trends in social media and wouldn’t...
“Younger,” the brainchild of Darren Star that is based on a 2005 novel by Pamela Redmond Satran, is by no means that outlandish. The premise only slightly strains credibility as Liza Miller, a 40-year-old divorcee and mother of a teen daughter, who is desperately struggling to find a job at a book publishing house after her ex gambled away their savings and house.
Alas, most recruiters think this oldster isn’t hip enough to deal with the latest trends in social media and wouldn’t...
- 6/7/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Chicago – He was America’s sidekick in TV’s golden decades of the 1960s and ‘70s, and was a proud Chicago-born-and-bred performer. Bill Daily, better known as Major Roger Healey (“I Dream of Jeannie”) and the wacky neighbor Howard Borden (“The Bob Newhart Show”) died at his New Mexico home at the age of 91 on September 4th, 2018.
Bill Daily’s family moved here in the late 1930’s, and he attended Lane Tech High School in the city. He worked his way up the show business ladder by doing stand-up comedy and music for clubs in the area, as well as attending the Goodman Theatre School and working as a floor manager for Wmaq, a local TV station. It was through those connections that he met his future co-star Bob Newhart, who was beginning his stand-up career as well.
Bill Daily at the “Hollywood Show Chicago” in 2013
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.
Bill Daily’s family moved here in the late 1930’s, and he attended Lane Tech High School in the city. He worked his way up the show business ladder by doing stand-up comedy and music for clubs in the area, as well as attending the Goodman Theatre School and working as a floor manager for Wmaq, a local TV station. It was through those connections that he met his future co-star Bob Newhart, who was beginning his stand-up career as well.
Bill Daily at the “Hollywood Show Chicago” in 2013
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.
- 9/18/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Bill Daily, best known to TV audiences for his role as Major Roger Healey in I Dream of Jeannie, has died at the age of 91, Variety reports.
Daily passed away on Sept. 4 in Santa Fe, N.M. He is survived by his son, J. Patrick Daily. A cause of death has not been disclosed.
The actor, whose earliest credits include episodes of Bewitched and My Mother the Car, was cast as Jeannie‘s Major Healey in 1965 and appeared in all five seasons, as well as follow-up TV-movies I Dream of Jeannie… Fifteen Years Later (1985) and I Still Dream of Jeannie...
Daily passed away on Sept. 4 in Santa Fe, N.M. He is survived by his son, J. Patrick Daily. A cause of death has not been disclosed.
The actor, whose earliest credits include episodes of Bewitched and My Mother the Car, was cast as Jeannie‘s Major Healey in 1965 and appeared in all five seasons, as well as follow-up TV-movies I Dream of Jeannie… Fifteen Years Later (1985) and I Still Dream of Jeannie...
- 9/8/2018
- TVLine.com
Bill Daily, the comic actor best known for his roles in the long-running sitcoms “I Dream of Jeannie” and “The Bob Newhart Show,” died Tuesday in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at age 91, according to his official Facebook page.
The Iowa native served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War when he was transferred to the entertainment unit.
He then worked in a local Chicago television, where he collaborated on comedy bits with a young Bob Newhart — later his co-star in the 1970s sitcom “The Bob Newhart Show.”
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After landing a series of one-episode roles on 1960s shows like “Bewitched” and “My Mother the Car,” Daily was cast as Major Roger Healy, the girl-crazy best friend of Larry Hagman’s Army major, in “I Dream of Jeannie.”
The sitcom, which also starred Barbara Eden as a female genie discovered by Hagman’s character,...
The Iowa native served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War when he was transferred to the entertainment unit.
He then worked in a local Chicago television, where he collaborated on comedy bits with a young Bob Newhart — later his co-star in the 1970s sitcom “The Bob Newhart Show.”
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After landing a series of one-episode roles on 1960s shows like “Bewitched” and “My Mother the Car,” Daily was cast as Major Roger Healy, the girl-crazy best friend of Larry Hagman’s Army major, in “I Dream of Jeannie.”
The sitcom, which also starred Barbara Eden as a female genie discovered by Hagman’s character,...
- 9/8/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
It’s tough to make a TV show about a car. Oh, sure there have been some really cool cars featured in TV shows like Batman (the Batmobile), Green Hornet (the Black Beauty), Starsky & Hutch (their ‘75 Ford Gran Torino), or My Mother the Car, but they were never front and center. That all changed with Knight Rider, the David Hasselhoff series that originally ran on NBC from 1982-1986. In the show, undercover Lapd officer Michael Arthur Long is shot in the face during an assignment and left for dead. Instead, he’s saved by self-made billionaire Wilton Knight (Richard Basehart). Following plastic surgery, Michael is given the last name Knight and made the lead field agent in Flag (Foundation for Law and Government), a public justice organization and, armed with Kitt (Knight Industries Two Thousand), a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am equipped with artificial intelligence among other high-tech features, he fights for justice.
- 6/26/2018
- by Ed Gross
- Closer Weekly
A good situation comedy — or sitcom — can make viewers forget their troubles for 22 minutes. Or it can be “2 Broke Girls.”
Long before that lame CBS series somehow made it six seasons, there was “Mama’s Family,” “Joanie Loves Chachi,” “The Ropers” and even something called “Homeboys in Outer Space.”
TheWrap dumpster-dove deep to find these, the 31 worst sitcoms of all time.
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Here are some examples:
“Harry & the Hendersons”
Let’s just say this one was a little before the “War for the Planet of the Apes” technology.
“Ferris Bueller”
“Ferris Bueller” the movie covered one awesome day. “Ferris Bueller” the TV show wasn’t even good for that long.
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And:
“My Mother the Car”
One has to wonder...
Long before that lame CBS series somehow made it six seasons, there was “Mama’s Family,” “Joanie Loves Chachi,” “The Ropers” and even something called “Homeboys in Outer Space.”
TheWrap dumpster-dove deep to find these, the 31 worst sitcoms of all time.
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Here are some examples:
“Harry & the Hendersons”
Let’s just say this one was a little before the “War for the Planet of the Apes” technology.
“Ferris Bueller”
“Ferris Bueller” the movie covered one awesome day. “Ferris Bueller” the TV show wasn’t even good for that long.
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And:
“My Mother the Car”
One has to wonder...
- 6/8/2018
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Gerry Woolery, an animator and graphic designer who received an Emmy Award for his work on the Allan Burns comedy The Duck Factory, starring Jim Carrey in his first series gig, has died. He was 73.
Woolery died May 10 at his home in Coupeville, Washington, after a long battle with cancer, his friend Bob Condor told The Hollywood Reporter.
Woolery won his Emmy for outstanding achievement for graphic design and title sequences for NBC's The Duck Factory, which lasted just 13 episodes in 1984. Created by Burns (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, My Mother the Car) and Herbert Klynn for Mtm ...
Woolery died May 10 at his home in Coupeville, Washington, after a long battle with cancer, his friend Bob Condor told The Hollywood Reporter.
Woolery won his Emmy for outstanding achievement for graphic design and title sequences for NBC's The Duck Factory, which lasted just 13 episodes in 1984. Created by Burns (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, My Mother the Car) and Herbert Klynn for Mtm ...
- 5/25/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Gerry Woolery, an animator and graphic designer who received an Emmy Award for his work on the Allan Burns comedy The Duck Factory, starring Jim Carrey in his first series gig, has died. He was 73.
Woolery died May 10 at his home in Coupeville, Washington, after a long battle with cancer, his friend Bob Condor told The Hollywood Reporter.
Woolery won his Emmy for outstanding achievement for graphic design and title sequences for NBC's The Duck Factory, which lasted just 13 episodes in 1984. Created by Burns (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, My Mother the Car) and Herbert Klynn for Mtm ...
Woolery died May 10 at his home in Coupeville, Washington, after a long battle with cancer, his friend Bob Condor told The Hollywood Reporter.
Woolery won his Emmy for outstanding achievement for graphic design and title sequences for NBC's The Duck Factory, which lasted just 13 episodes in 1984. Created by Burns (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, My Mother the Car) and Herbert Klynn for Mtm ...
- 5/25/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
High-concept TV was the name of the game back on television in the 1960s. Classic TV was filled with talking horses (Mr. Ed), witches, genies, and martians living among us (Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, My Favorite Martian), nuns who could take flight thanks to their unique habit (The Flying Nun), and an annoying mom reincarnated as her son's car (My Mother the Car). And then there were two unique horror-themed sitcoms in the form of The Addams Family and The Munsters. What's interesting about those two shows is that neither ripped off the other, as they ended up repremiering the same year (1964) and being cancelled two years later. And while they were similar on surface levels, they each took a unique approach to the material. The Addams Family was based on the cartoons of Charles Addams that appeared in The New Yorker, while The Munsters took its inspiration from...
- 4/9/2018
- by Ed Gross
- Closer Weekly
Jerry Van Dyke, best known for his role as Asst. Coach Luther Van Dam on the ABC sitcom Coach, has died at the age of 86.
According to TMZ, Van Dyke died on Friday afternoon at his Arkansas ranch. Though an exact cause of death is unknown, the actor is said to have been involved in a car accident two years ago from which he never truly recovered.
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Van Dyke first became known to audiences in 1962 when he began a recurring role as Stacey Petrie in his brother Dick Van Dyke’s eponymous CBS sitcom.
According to TMZ, Van Dyke died on Friday afternoon at his Arkansas ranch. Though an exact cause of death is unknown, the actor is said to have been involved in a car accident two years ago from which he never truly recovered.
RELATEDRose Marie, The Dick Van Dyke Show Star, Dead at 94
Van Dyke first became known to audiences in 1962 when he began a recurring role as Stacey Petrie in his brother Dick Van Dyke’s eponymous CBS sitcom.
- 1/6/2018
- TVLine.com
Jerry Van Dyke, the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke and longtime sitcom actor who starred on Coach and The Middle, died Friday at the age of 86.
Van Dyke's wife Shirley told TMZ that the comedian died Friday at their Hot Springs, Arkansas ranch, adding that his health had steadily deteriorated following a car accident two years ago. The Van Dyke family also confirmed the actor's death to Wcai, a CBS affiliate in Illinois; Jerry and Dick Van Dyke were both natives of Danville, Illinois.
After starting his career as...
Van Dyke's wife Shirley told TMZ that the comedian died Friday at their Hot Springs, Arkansas ranch, adding that his health had steadily deteriorated following a car accident two years ago. The Van Dyke family also confirmed the actor's death to Wcai, a CBS affiliate in Illinois; Jerry and Dick Van Dyke were both natives of Danville, Illinois.
After starting his career as...
- 1/6/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Look, I know there are fans of The Big Bang Theory, and that's fine - it's one of the most popular shows on the air right now, so that makes sense - but regardless, despite my own misgivings of Tbbt, I think we can all agree Young Sheldon looks worse. Much worse. I mean, this might be one of the worst ideas for a TV show ever, up there with My Mother The Car, Cop Rock, and The Bradys, that shitty gritty Brady Bunch... Read More...
- 9/1/2017
- by Damion Damaske
- JoBlo.com
Jerry Van Dyke, the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke who earned four Emmy nominations for playing the befuddled defensive coordinator Luther Van Dam on the ABC comedy Coach, has died, a source close to his family confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 86.
Van Dyke died Friday at his ranch in Hot Spring County in Arkansas, according to the Associated Press. His wife, Shirley Ann Jones, was by his side. No cause was immediately known.
Van Dyke famously passed up the opportunity to star on Gilligan's Island in favor of toplining the short-lived My Mother the Car, considered...
Van Dyke died Friday at his ranch in Hot Spring County in Arkansas, according to the Associated Press. His wife, Shirley Ann Jones, was by his side. No cause was immediately known.
Van Dyke famously passed up the opportunity to star on Gilligan's Island in favor of toplining the short-lived My Mother the Car, considered...
- 2/6/2017
- by Mike Barnes and Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In TV shows and movies like Cars, Herbie: Fully Loaded, My Mother The Car, Wheelie And The Chopper Bunch, and many more, some vehicles become so famous that they can be thought of as movie and TV stars in their own right. The Internet Movie Car Database even indexes pop culture vehicles the same way that the IMDb indexes human actors. And why not? To some viewers, not to mention some directors, the cars are the stars.
But if certain vehicles acquire quasi-human status, that means that they are also subject to the vicissitudes of fame. They, too, must change in order to keep up with the times. What worked in one film, after all, may not work in a sequel or reboot released decades later. While human actors receive plastic surgery to remain youthful and vital in appearance, their automobiles tend to undergo overhauls and redesigns. The auto news...
But if certain vehicles acquire quasi-human status, that means that they are also subject to the vicissitudes of fame. They, too, must change in order to keep up with the times. What worked in one film, after all, may not work in a sequel or reboot released decades later. While human actors receive plastic surgery to remain youthful and vital in appearance, their automobiles tend to undergo overhauls and redesigns. The auto news...
- 8/19/2016
- by Joe Blevins
- avclub.com
Chicago – Mention Bill Daily’s name and you might experience puzzlement. But mention Roger Healey of “I Dream of Jeannie” or Howard Borden of “The Bob Newhart Show” and there will be instant recognition for one of TV’s favorite supporting characters. Bill Daily also grew up and started his career in Chicago.
His family moved here in the late 1930’s, and Daily attended Lane Tech High School in the city. He worked his way up the show business ladder by doing stand-up and music for clubs in the area, attended the Goodman Theatre School and worked as a floor manager for a local TV station, Wmaq. It was through those connections that he met his future co-star Bob Newhart, who was beginning his stand-up career as well.
Bill Daily at the “Hollywood Show Chicago” in 2013
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
He eventually made his way to Hollywood,...
His family moved here in the late 1930’s, and Daily attended Lane Tech High School in the city. He worked his way up the show business ladder by doing stand-up and music for clubs in the area, attended the Goodman Theatre School and worked as a floor manager for a local TV station, Wmaq. It was through those connections that he met his future co-star Bob Newhart, who was beginning his stand-up career as well.
Bill Daily at the “Hollywood Show Chicago” in 2013
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
He eventually made his way to Hollywood,...
- 8/13/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The bottom line of releasing any TV show on DVD, no matter the show, is to make money. At this point in the format’s history, a majority of shows that found any measure of success on the tube, might it be cult classics of massive hits, have already received the lavish treatment of a complete digital overhaul and packaging. Yet some shows that boast the same level of quality if not higher remain overlooked blips on the landscape, televised moments that went by too fast for a proper following to be formed. In other words, no one requests those shows loud enough for studios, networks or distributors to care in any way.
Granted some of them did pop-up on the odd VHS compilations or the bootleg DVD market. Some even did appear on official DVD release but in too limited a fashion to be properly re-discovered. But a proper,...
Granted some of them did pop-up on the odd VHS compilations or the bootleg DVD market. Some even did appear on official DVD release but in too limited a fashion to be properly re-discovered. But a proper,...
- 9/15/2012
- by Tony Lang
- Obsessed with Film
The networks announced their 2012/13 seasons this week. Many years ago, this was a big event. It isn't anymore. But the media still trots out a few column inches on the new shows we can expect to see cancelled next fall. And I always look, hoping to find some vestige of brief, glorious part of America's cultural past.
Most current sitcoms can be traced to one of several family trees. You can still see the spawn of Lucy and Ricky in Mike and Molly, just as you can scratch The Middle hard enough and find Father Knows Best. The Seinfeld/Friends juggernaut is visible in the Fox hit The New Girl, among others. And workplace comedies that sprang from The Dick Van Dyke Show make up most of NBC's current line-up.
The networks' new shows mostly fall into these generic categories. Chances are, one or two will strike a chord, most will flounder.
Most current sitcoms can be traced to one of several family trees. You can still see the spawn of Lucy and Ricky in Mike and Molly, just as you can scratch The Middle hard enough and find Father Knows Best. The Seinfeld/Friends juggernaut is visible in the Fox hit The New Girl, among others. And workplace comedies that sprang from The Dick Van Dyke Show make up most of NBC's current line-up.
The networks' new shows mostly fall into these generic categories. Chances are, one or two will strike a chord, most will flounder.
- 5/20/2012
- by Jon Eig
- Aol TV.
Rochester, NY - Ever wonder why schools today stink compared to decades ago? Every think tank moron has their dubious reasonings that appeases their corporate masters. But the truth is extraordinarily simple: Schools dumped their education films.
Do you remember those days when the gym teacher had to pad out health class by wheeling in the 16mm projector from the Av department? They’d thread up classic tales about your body, narcotics, driving safety and manners. Things which kids nowadays can’t seem to handle.
When the Vcr arrived in schools, the 16mm projector was quickly dumped as teaching tool.
Where did these classic films go? Many arrived at the city dump. However a few lucky tens of thousands found themselves on the racks of the Av Geeks Archive. This repository of cinematic education is overseen by Skip Elsheimer. He started collecting the films after I moved out of the infamous PineHaus.
Do you remember those days when the gym teacher had to pad out health class by wheeling in the 16mm projector from the Av department? They’d thread up classic tales about your body, narcotics, driving safety and manners. Things which kids nowadays can’t seem to handle.
When the Vcr arrived in schools, the 16mm projector was quickly dumped as teaching tool.
Where did these classic films go? Many arrived at the city dump. However a few lucky tens of thousands found themselves on the racks of the Av Geeks Archive. This repository of cinematic education is overseen by Skip Elsheimer. He started collecting the films after I moved out of the infamous PineHaus.
- 3/7/2011
- by UncaScroogeMcD
With the new television season upon us, and with this sensational season of Mad Men so top of mind, we were struck by the following thought: Would Mad Men’s Sally Draper, noted TV afficianado, be interested in previewing the new Fall TV season that’s about to start in her world of 1965? “Sure!” said the cute little couch potato.”But we gotta make it fast, because I got therapy in an hour, and The Witch only lets me have five minutes of phone time a day, and my boyfriend Glen hasn’t called yet to breathe heavily into my ear.
- 9/17/2010
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW.com - PopWatch
Back in the distant past…when the Earth was still cooling and there wasn’t any cable television, the three TV networks could produce series that didn’t have to violently compete for that much attention, confident in the knowledge that their audience had little in the way of alternatives.
Unfortunately for the industry, the current entertainment scene is far more predatory. Shows such as My Mother The Car or The Double Life Of Henry Phyfe would have barely enjoyed even the tenuous hold they managed 40 years ago. Survival these days requires something in the way of an edge.
Eastwick could use a close arrangement with a whetstone—or, as the episode “Fleas and Casserole” demonstrates, writers and directors who are comfortable with a genre project. The series is in danger of becoming a property without an anchor. Rather than being offered a much-needed element of the “Dreaded Unknown,” viewers...
Unfortunately for the industry, the current entertainment scene is far more predatory. Shows such as My Mother The Car or The Double Life Of Henry Phyfe would have barely enjoyed even the tenuous hold they managed 40 years ago. Survival these days requires something in the way of an edge.
Eastwick could use a close arrangement with a whetstone—or, as the episode “Fleas and Casserole” demonstrates, writers and directors who are comfortable with a genre project. The series is in danger of becoming a property without an anchor. Rather than being offered a much-needed element of the “Dreaded Unknown,” viewers...
- 10/15/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (Michael Wolff)
- Starlog
Few shows represent the pinnacle of television's inane possibilities better than Mister Ed. My Mother the Car, perhaps. And yet, considering the truly idiotic fare that takes up so much airtime these days, I can't say that I don't enjoy a bit of the silly fun that was all over the place not that long ago. While there have been a couple of DVD releases along the "Best of" lines, the complete first season is now available for the first time. 26 episodes on 4 discs. The first series ever to debut as a mid-season replacement, Mister Ed also became the first syndicated series ever to be picked up by a network when CBS adopted the show in 1961. Winning the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Show in 1963, the show proved that a crazy premise could be taken seriously and provide entertainment.
- 10/13/2009
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Actress Ann Sothern, Oscar-nominated leading lady and star of her own television series, died of heart failure on Friday, associates said. Sothern, whose career lasted 70 years started in Hollywood as an extra and spent a decade as a B-movie regular, becoming a major star after she got the lead role in 1939's Maisie, an MGM film about the adventures of an energetic showgirl that was originally intended for Jean Harlow. Sothern captured the street-smart, independent title character so well that MGM made nine more Maisie movies, one of the studio's most successful series and one that transformed Sothern into a household name and a feminist icon. Sothern earned five Emmy nominations for her two TV shows, which she produced, and won a Golden Globe Award. The actress then lent her voice to the 1960's sitcom My Mother The Car. Sothern spent much of the 1970s and 80s in semi-retirement, but returned in 1987 to star alongside fellow screen legends Lillian Gish, Bette Davis and Vincent Price in The Whales Of August for which she received her first Academy Award nomination.
- 3/19/2001
- WENN
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