Thursday, November 26, 2009

Looking at Thanksgiving:Thursday November 28,1957...


Two pages of TV Guide Thursday, November 28, 1957...Including ads for Sgt. Preston, Climax! and Zorro


Gloria Brown "Window" ad-KYW.And an ad for "O Henry Playhouse" on WEWS



TV Highlights of Thanksgiving..Thursday, Nov. 28, 1957..

WEWS-Mr. Jingeling-second season for Santa's Chief Elf "Keeper of the Keys"..Sponsored by Halles Deptartment Store-10:10AM, 12:25 and 6:25PM
WEWS, WAKR JL Hudson Parade 10:15AM
WJW, WKBN NFL Football-Green Bay at Detroit Noon (same as 2009)
KYW, WFMJ College Football Texas at Texas A&M 2:15
KYW, WFMJ Ford Show-Tennessee Ernie Ford welcomes Charles Laughton 9:30PM
WEWS, WKST, WAKR Pat Boone-Guest Red Foley (Pat's Father-In-Law), Celeste Holm
9PM
KYW, WFMJ Rosemary Clooney-COLOR-Sisters Gail Stone and Betty Clooney and Brother Nick Clooney are guests-10PM

A bit surprisingly, Macy's Thanksgiving Parade isnt shown on the networks this year apparently..

TV Listings;
Thursday, November 28, 1957

Cleveland

KYW-3 NBC

7AM Today
8:55 News-Jay Miltner
9AM Cash On The Line-Tom Haley
Movie:The Overlanders English-1948
10:25 Window-Gloria Brown
10:30 Treasure Hunt-Jan Murray
11AM The Price Is Right-Cullen
11:30 Truth Or Consequences-Barker
Noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You-Bill Leyden
1PM Movie-The Flame Within-1935
2PM Football Warmup
2:15 College Football-Texas/Texas A&M-Mel Allen, Bill Fleming
5PM Blondie
5:30 Popeye-Barnaby
6PM Six O Clock Adventure-Soldiers of Fortune
6:55 News-Pete French
7PM Death Valley Days
7:30 Tic Tac Dough-COLOR
8PM Groucho Marx
8:30 Dragnet
9PM People's Choice
9:30 Ford Show/Tennessee Ernie Ford
10PM Rosemary Clooney-COLOR
10:30 Sherriff of Cochise
11PM News-Pete French
11:10 Weather-Joe Finan
11:15 Sports-Bob Neal
11:20 Jungle-Cesare
11:30 Movie-Strange Interlude-1932
1:30 News-Pete French

WEWS-5 ABC

8:55 News-Bill Prentice
9AM Fun Farm
9:30 Paige Palmer
10:10 Mr. Jingeling-Max Ellis
10:15 JL Hudson Parade-Jimmie Dodd hosts
11AM Film Drama
11:30 Telecourse-Western Reserve Univ.
Noon News-Court Stanton
12:05 Captain Penny Noon Show-Ron Penfound
12:25 Mr. Jingeling
12:30 Noon Show Continues
1PM One O Clock Club-Dorothy Fuldheim
2PM Stu Erwin Show
2:30 Bamberger's Thanksgiving Parade-SPECIAL
3PM American Bandstand
3:30 Do You Trust Your Wife?
4PM American Bandstand
4:45 Santa's Toyland Party
5PM Woody Woodpecker
5:30 Mickey Mouse Club
6PM Kit Carson
6:25 Mr. Jingeling
6:30 News-Dorothy Fuldheim
6:45 Weather-Bill Prentice
6:50 Sports-Ron Penfound, Paul Wilcox
7PM O'Henry Playhouse
7:30 Circus Boy
8PM Zorro
8:30 Real McCoys
9PM Pat Boone
9:30 O.S.S
10PM Navy Log
10:30 Star Performance
11PM News-John B. Hughes
11:15 Tonight-Jack Paar
1AM News-BillPrentice

WJW-TV 8 CBS
7AM Jimmy Dean
7:45 CBS News-Richard C. Hottelet
8AM Captain Kangaroo
8:45 Good Idea-Variety-Including "Amos and Andy"
10AM Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Strike It Rich-Warren Hull
Noon NFL Football-Green Bay At Detroit-Bob Kelly, Joe Boland
3PM What's New In Fashion?
3:30 The Verdict Is Yours
4PM The Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5PM As The World Turns (delay)
5:30 Beat The Clock-Bud Collyer(delay)
6PM Action At Six
6:40 Cleveland Today
6:45 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
7PM Hawkeye
7:30 Sgt. Preston
8PM Harbourmaster
8:30 Climax!
9:30 Playhouse 90
11PM News-Warren Guthrie
11:10 Sports-John Fitzgerald
11:15 Weather-Ken Armstrong
11:20 Movie-Brigham Young-1940
12:45 Movie-Black Midnight-1949

Youngstown

WFMJ-TV 21 NBC

7AM Today
9AM Adelaide Snyder
10AM Arlene Francis
10:30 Treasure Hunt-Jan Murray
11AM The Price Is Right-Cullen
11:30 Truth Or Consequences-Barker
Noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You-Bill Leyden
1PM To Be Announced
1:15 Kitchen Corner-Marjorie Mariner
2PM Football Warmup
2:15 College Football-Texas/Texas A&M-Mel Allen, Bill Fleming
5PM Fun House Gang
5:45 Popeye
6:30 News
6:45 Huntley/Brinkley
7PM Hawkeye
7:30 Tic Tac Dough-COLOR
8PM Groucho Marx
8:30 Dragnet
9PM People's Choice
9:30 Ford Show/Tennessee Ernie Ford
10PM Rosemary Clooney-COLOR
10:30 Jane Wyman
11PM News
11:20 Living Word
11:30 Tonight-Jack Paar

WKBN-TV 27 CBS

7AM Jimmy Dean
7:45 CBS News-Richard C. Hottelet
8AM Captain Kangaroo
8:45 Cartoon Classics
9AM Captain Kangaroo (listed twice-don't know why)
10AM Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Strike It Rich-Warren Hull
Noon NFL Football-Green Bay At Detroit-Bob Kelly, Joe Boland
3PM Big Payoff-Randy Merriman, Bess Myerson
3:30 The Verdict Is Yours
4PM The Brighter Day
4:15 Cartoon Classics
4:30 Grizzly Pete
6PM My Little Margie
6:30 News
6:45 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
7PM Dr. Hudson
7:30 Sgt. Preston
8PM Harbourmaster
8:30 Climax!
9:30 Playhouse 90
11PM News-Warren Guthrie
11:10 To Be Announced
11:15 Movie-The Missing Juror-1944

New Castle, Pa.

WKST-45 ABC

3PM American Bandstand
3:30 Do You Trust Your Wife?
4PM American Bandstand
5PM Woody Woodpecker
5:30 Mickey Mouse Club
6PM News
6:45 Kingdom Of The Sea
7:15 ABC News-John Daly
7:30 Circus Boy
8PM Zorro
8:30 Real McCoys
9PM Pat Boone
9:30 Janet Dean
10PM Navy Log
10:30 News
11PM Sherlock Holmes
11:30 Film Drama

Akron
WAKR-TV 49 ABC (No titles for Ch. 49 Movies)

10:15 JL Hudson Parade
11AM Movie
1PM Movie
2:30 Movie
4PM Operation Blackboard
4:30 American Bandstand
5PM Movie-Western
6PM Looney Tunes
6:40 Sports/Weather/News
7:15 ABC News-John Daly
7:30 Movie
8:50 Ohio Story
9PM Pat Boone
9:30 Movie
11PM Movie

I hope everybody is having a good and safe Thanksgiving..

Monday, November 23, 2009

TV Guide-First Local Edition..May 23-29, 1953

Editor's note:For some reason, this post, Originally from July 19, 2008, went back into "draft" status on Blogger after being "published" for over a year..I have no idea why..So here's an encore:The first official TV Guide "Lake Erie Edition"



TV Guide proclaimed May 22-29, 1953 as "TV Baseball Appreciation Week"..Here local celebrities tell TV Guide readers what Baseball means to them..Some of the sentiments may come across as a bit corny when looking at Baseball today, but it was a much different time..


Ad for Tom Field News on WNBK/4 and WTAM/1100..Just 5 minutes Monday-Saturday..


Ad for WXEL-9 Cleveland Indians Telecasts..


First Edition of "Channel Chatter" News of local and national TV personalites. Of particular Interest is John Kinsella leaving WXEL to go to Kansas City KCTY-This station was DuMont Affiliated on channel 25 and as the article said, owned by Herbert Mayer. At the time there was only WDAF-4 on the air in Kansas City..KCTY-25 signed on June 9, 1953..By the end of the year Channels 5 qnd 9 popped up in KC..Not able to weather the new competition, Mayer sold channel 25 in December 1953 to DuMont Itself which only ran it for 2 months before shutting it down in February 1954..


WFMJ-TV 73-On the air about 6 weeks at this point..Exclusive for NBC in Youngstown..


Early Ad for WKBN-Heralding 3 "Big Networks" for Youngstown's TV Viewers

Today We'll look at TV Guide's Debut in Cleveland..Triangle Publications of Philadelphia had acquired a number of local TV magazines all over the US with the idea of unifying them into a single national magazine with locally produced daily listings..TV Guide's New York Edition debuted April 3, 1953..Over the next several weeks, more editions would roll out in different parts of the country. Cleveland's TV Guide premiered May 23, 1953..Known as the Lake Erie Edition. For the first year or so, TV Guide would hold to a Friday-Thursday Publication schedule.. On July 17, 1954 they would go the long familiar Saturday-Friday Schedule.. October 6, 2005 Thet went with Sunday-Saturday till the end of the small digest TV Guide..

Also by this time (Late 1954) they became known as the "Cleveland" Edition

The first week there would only be 5 stations listed..4, 5, and 9 in Cleveland..27 and 73 in Youngstown..A far cry from the eventual 17 stations they woulld carry by the mid seventies..In places like Toledo, Erie and Akron/Canton..TV Guide would eventually split off into "Cleveland Metro" and "Youngstown/Erie" editions by 1978..

In this first TV Guide, aside from the ads, etc. mentioned above, there are local articles about "Captain Glenn" Rowell of WNBK-4, who had earlier teamed with Gene Carroll on the radio in the 30's and 40's..now both in Cleveland as TV stars..and an article by Miss Paige Palmer.."Don't be a Parking Poop" advising Young Girls how to act around Boys when dating..

Schedule:

Cleveland
4 WNBK NBC
5 WEWS CBS
9 WXEL DuMont/ABC/CBS

Youngstown
27 WKBN CBS/DuMont/ABC
73 WFMJ NBC

Saturday. May 23, 1953

8:55
5 News

9AM
5 Western Reserve Univ.

9:30
4 Nature Of Things
5 Western Film

9:45
4 Cartoon Time

10AM
4 Buckskin Billy:Movie:Vigilantes of Boomtown
5 Green Thumbs-Arnold Davis
9 Film Shorts

10:15
5 Film Shorts
9 Lash of The West-Lash LaRue

10:30
9 By Jupiter-Joe Berg

11AM
4 Red Wagon-Captain Glenn Rowell
5 Space Patrol
9 Summer Show Walt "Kousin" Kay

11:30
4 Youth Wants to Know
5-27 Rod Brown Rocket Rangers-CBS

Noon
4 Panorama
5-27 Big Top-CBS
9 Sky King

12:30
4 American Inventory
9 Movie-Marked For Murder

1PM
4 Movie-Prison Nurse
5-27 Meet Me At The Zoo-CBS

1:30
5 Movies-TBA (3 hrs. 30 min.)
9 News Bulletin
27 Movies-TBA (2 Hrs. 30 min)

1:35
9 Baseball Preview

1:45
9 Dugout Interviews

2PM
9 Baseball-St. Louis Browns at Cleveland Indians-Bob Neal. Red Jones
(Cleveland won 5-1)

2:30
4 Movie-1Hour-TBA
73 Movie-Dear Murderer

3:30
4 Anywhere USA-Film
27 Boxing Film Gil Turner/Johnny Lombardo-Welterweight

4PM
4-73 Horse Racing-Metopolitan Handicap

4:20
9 Baseball Scoreboard

4:30
4 Danny Landau-Sports
9 Movie-Hollywood and Vine
27 Western Theater
73 Movie-Western Feature

4:45
4 Industry On Parade

5PM
4 Movie-Thunder In The Desert
5 Steps to Stardom-Bruce Charles

5:30
5-27 The Preakness
73 This Is America-Film

6PM
4 Cisco Kid
5 What One Person Can Do-Religious Film
9 Your Home and Garden-Harry Pree
27 Don Gardner Sports
73 Week In Review-Film

6:10
27 Norm Berger-Weather

6:15
5 Inside Catholic Schools
27 Gene Starn News

6:30
4 Billy The Kid-Western
5 Polka 'N' Fun-Court Stanton
9-27 What In The World
73 Laurel and Hardy

7PM
4 Lone Ranger
5 Stork Club-Robert Q. Lewis-CBS
9-27 Music From Meadowbrook-ABC-DEBUT
73 Mr. Wizard-NBC

7:30
4-73 Ethel And Albert
5 Twenty Fingers-Crandall Hendershott/Wayne Mack
9-27 Beat The Clock-CBS-Bud Collyer

7:45
5 Periscope-News/Sports

8PM
4-73 My Hero-Bob Cummings
5-27 Jackie Gleason
9 Movie-Tomorrow at Seven

8:30
4-73 Ted Mack Amateur Hour

9PM
4-73 Your Show Of Shows
5-27 This Is Show Business-Clifton Fadiman
9 Boxing-Bill Stern-ABC

9:30
5-27 Meet Millie

9:45
9 Fight Talk-Bob Cooke

10PM
5 The Web-CBS
9 Orient Express-Film
27 Wrestling-Chicago-DuMont

10:30
4-73 Your Hit Parade
5 It's News To Me-CBS-John Daly
9 Movie-Interrupted Journey (English)

11PM
4 Tom Field News
5 Movie-You Only Live Once
73 Movie-TBA

11:05
4 Movie-Tornado
27 Sports

11:20
27 Wrestling-Chicago

Midnight
9 Wrestling-Hollywood
27-73 News

12:15
4 Movie-TBA

12:30
5 Sports

12:35
5 Movie-TBA

1:15
4 News

Sunday, May 24, 1953

9:45
9 Faith For Today

9:55
5 News

10AM
4 Living Bible
5 TV Sunday School

10:15
9 Christophers

10:30
4 Norman Vincent Peale
5 Religious Film
9 Movie-Navajo Kid

10:45
4 Mr. Wizard

11AM
5 Western Film

11:15
4 Magic Clown

11:30
4 Flash Gordon
5 Polka Varieties-Danny Landau

11:45
9 Star Babes-Kids

Noon
4 Park Synagogue
5 Gene Carroll
9-27 Tootsie Hippodrome-CBS

12:30
4 Frontiers of Faith
9 Candy Carnival
27 In The Park-Puppets

1PM
4 Movie-TBA
5 Polka Parade-Johnny Vadnal
9 Sport Reports
27 Seminar-Education
73 Youth Wants to Know

1:05
9 Baseball Preview

1:15
9 Dogout Interviews Jimmy Dudley

1:30
5 Both Sides-Panel
9 Baseball St. Louis at Cleveland Doubleheader
Cleveland won 5-1 and 9-8
27 This Is The Life
73 Polka Hour-Steve Garcher

2PM
5 Film Shorts
27 Junior Press Conference
73 Norman Vincent Peale

2:15
5 Your Own Home
73 Industry On Parade

2:30
4-73 American Forum
5 Fun With Charades-Hal Morgan
27 Polka Party-Johnny Butchko

3PM
4 Techniscience
5-27 Following The Frontiers
73 That We May See

3:15
73 Film Fare

3:30
4 To Be Announced
5 Ohio Sesquiecentennial-Ohio's 150th anniversary
27 Movie Miniature
73 Frank Lloyd Wright-Hugh Downs

4PM
4 Kukla Fran and Ollie
5 Crusade in the Pacific
9 News Bulletins
27 Lamp Unto My Feet

4:15
9 Baseball St. Louis/Cleveland Game 2

4:30
4-73 Zoo Parade
5 Meet the Consulates
27 Man Of The Week-CBS

5PM
4-73 Hallmark Hall of Fame-Proudly I Love
5-27 Adventure

5:30
4-73 Sightseeing with Swayze-Canada

5:45
4-73 NBC News-Bill Henry

6PM
4 Meet The Press
5 Range Rider
27 You Are There-Walter Cronkite
73 Serial Theater

6:15
9 Baseball Scoreboard

6:30
4-73 Roy Rogers
5 See It Now-Edward R. Murrow
9 Walter Winchell-ABC
27 New York Times Youth Forum-DuMont

6:45
9 Orchid Room-ABC-DEBUT

7PM
4-73 Red Skelton
5 Gene Autry
9 You Asked For It-ABC
27 Georgetown Forum-DuMont

7:30
4-73 Mr. Peepers
5 Private Secretary
9-27 Plymouth Playhouse-ABC

8PM
4-73 Colgate Comedy Hour-Bob Hope
5-27 Toast Of The Town-Ed Sullivan
9 All Star News-ABC


9PM
4-73 Philco/Goodyear TV Playhouse
5 Fred Waring
9-27 Rocky King-DuMont

9:30
5-27 Alan Young
9 Plainclothesman-DuMont

10PM
4-73 The Doctor
5 Foreign Intrigue
9 What's Your Bid?-DuMont
27 The Web-CBS (Saturday 10PM)

10:30
4 Dangerous Assignment
5 What's My Line?
9-27 Movie-TBA (To sign-off)
73 Movie There Goes My Heart

11PM
4 Movie-TBA
5 CBS News-Don Hollenbeck

11:15
5 Movie-C-Man

Midnight
73 News

12:15
4 News

12:30
5 News

Wednesday, May 27, 1953

7AM
4 Today

8:30
5 News

8:35
5 On Wings of Song-Randy Culver Soloist, Crandall Hendershott At the Organ

9AM
4 Movie-Lady From Chunking

5 Western Resersve-TV Courses

9:30
5 Beauty For You-Paige Palmer


9:55
4 Tom Haley-News
5 News

10AM
4 Ding Dong School
5 Arthur Godrey-Robert Q. Lewis subs as Godfrey is in the Hospital


10:30
4 Charming Children-TV Kindergarten
9 Movie-Louisiana

11AM
4 Home Cooking-Marion Reich
5 One In Every Family-Dean Miller

11:30
4 Captain Glenn-Glenn Rowell
5 Strike It Rich-Warren Hull

Noon
4 Ed Wallace-News
5 Bride And Groom

12:10
4 Noontime Comics-Joe Bova

12:15
5 Love Of Life
9 All For You-Alice Weston

12:30
4 Maggi Byrne-Fashions
5 Search For Tomorrow
9 Rena and Bob-Variety

12:45
5 Guiding Light
73 Movie-Twin Husbands


1PM
4 Movie-Wrecking Crew
5 Women's Window-Ethel Jackson
9 Movie-Roosevelt Story

1:30
5 Garry Moore-Bill Cullen Subs for Garry-With Durward Kirby-Garry returns Monday

2PM
5 Double or Nothing-Bert Parks
27 Movie-TBA
73 In Our Schools

2:15
4 Joe Portaro-Beauty

2:30
4 Nancy Dixon-Shopping
5 Linkletter (House Party)
73 Kitchen Corner-Marjorie Mariner
A form of this program was hosted by Ms Mariner on 73 (Later 21) At least until the end of 1966..generally daily between 1-3PM

2:55
9 Weather

3PM
4 73 Break The Bank-Bud Collyer
5 Big Payoff-Randy Merriman, Bess Myerson
9 Alice Weston
27 Paul Dixon-DuMont

3:30
4 73 Welcome Travelers
5 Mixing Bowl
9 Paul Dixon-DuMont

4PM
4 73 Kate Smith
5 Movie-TBA
9 News
27 Club 27

4:05
9 Write You Are-Handwriting Analysis-Helen Huthinson/Sidney Andorn

4:30
9 King Jack's Toybox-Boyd Heath/Pat Ryan-Story Lady
27 This Life Of Ours-Charm/Beauty


4:45
27 News

5PM
4 Hawkins Falls
5 Uncle Jake's House-Gene Carroll
27 Western Theater
73 Buckaroo Time

5:15
4 Gabby Hayes

5:30
4 Howdy Doody
5 Time For Beany-Puppets
9 Desert Deputy-Westerns
27 Adventure Time

5:45
5 Dinner Platter-Bob Dale Spins records

6PM
4 Wild Bill Hickock
27 Don Gardner Sports
73 News/Weather Bill Crooks, John Fritz

6:10
27 Stu Wilson Sports

6:15
9 Bob Neal Sports
27 Gene Starn News
73 Viz Quiz-Film

6:20
73 Eddie Lane-Sports

6:25
5 Bill Prentice-Sports

6:30
4 Tom Manning-Sports
5 Dorothy Fuldheim
9 Celebrity Corner-Andorn
27 Guide Right-DuMont
73 Kit Carson

6:40
4 Weather Station-Glenn Rowell
9 Bob Rowley-News

6:45
4 Tom Field News
5 Diamond Lock Show-Music

6:50
9 Around Home-Ken Ward-Home Inprovement

6:55
5 Johnny Price Weather

7PM
4 Johnny Andrews Show
5 Gray Drug News Bob Lang, Jimmy Dudley
9 Captain Video-DuMont
27 It Takes All Kinds-Ted Niemi
73 Pantomime Party-Local Game

7:15
4 Yard And Garden-Herb Meyer
5 Big Playback-Bill Stern
27 Stu Wilson Chats

7:30
4 73 Eddie Fisher
5 27 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
9 A Date With Judy-ABC


7:45
4 73 NBC News John Cameron Swayze
5 Perry Como
27 Week In Sports

8PM
4-73 I Married Joan
5-27 Arthur Godfrey and Friends
9 Johns Hopkins Science Review-DuMont

8:30
4-73 Cavalcade of America
9 Talent Rehearsal
27 Golf Clubs

9PM
4-73 Kraft Television Theater
5 Crusade In Europe
9-27 Strike It Rich-Warren Hull-CBS

9:30
5 Man Against Crime-CBS
9 Big Picture
27 Chance Of A Lifetime-ABC

10PM
4-73 This Is Your Life-Ralph Edwards
5 The Unexpected
9-27 Blue Ribbon Bouts-CBS

10:30
4 Harness Racing-Painesville
5 Boston Blackie
73 Movie-TBA

10:45
9 Sports Spot
27 Don Gardner Sports

11PM
4 News-Tom Field
5 Movie-Turnabout
9-27 News-Warren Guthrie

11:05
4 Sports-Ken Coleman

11:10
4 Joe Finan-Weather
9 Ted Malone
27 News

11:15
4 Movie-The Duke Comes Back
9 Sports-John Fitzgeald
27 Sports

11:20
9 Movie-Where are the Children?
27 Wrestling Matches

Midnight
27-73 News

12:15
4 News

12:30
5 Sports, News

Thanks to Cleveland Public Library-Main Downtown branch for their kind assistance..

Paige Palmer passes away:


Paige Palmer, who was a native of Akron, also did occasional programs on WAKR-TV 49, in addition to the WEWS shows..Here is an ad from the Akron Beacon Journal February 28, 1955.


Paige Palmer, WEWS-TV 5 Pioneer-Image courtesy clevelandseniors.com

Paige Palmer on the air..The woman behind the camera appears to be Betty Cope..Early Channel 5 director and founder of Cleveland Educational station WVIZ-25. Image courtesy clevelandseniors.com


Early talk show hostess and exercise guru Paige Palmer-Ashbaugh,died early Saturday at the age of 93. Her talk/fitness program aired on WEWS-TV 5 from 1948-1973..She may well have been the first person to do regular exercise routines on television..She also taught Women in the arts of diet, grooming, health, fashion and beauty..She was preceeded in death by her husband Caryn Ashworth and is survived by three sons..Condolences to the family at this time..

Newsnet 5 article:

http://www.newsnet5.com/station/21687029/detail.html

Cleveland Plain Dealer:

http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2009/11/paige_palmer_93_fashionable_fi.html


In-depth interview from clevelandseniors.com

http://clevelandseniors.com/people/paige-palmer.htm


WEWS Morning Exchange-December 1997..Interview with Paige Palmer..Fred Griffith and Connie Dieken..Apologies for the video/audio sync problems..

Saturday, November 21, 2009

New Link:OTRCAT.com


The talented Miss Kate Smith, who made her name through numerous Old Time Radio Shows and also had a good career in Television..


Ad for "Fibber McGee and Molly" NBC's long running radio comedy program..From 1935-59


Hello:

As we've gone along, we've written very little about radio..As Ive said in the past, I enjoy Old Time Radio, which was like what TV became..From about 1920-60 Radio developed it's own comedy, variety, musical and dramatic stars, some of which made a successful transition to television and movies..In the next year, I plan to devote more time to classic radio in our area, from the 1930's through the disc jockey era in the 60's and 70's..



For our new link today, I present otrcat.com, also known as The Old Time Radio Show Catalog..This is a collection of Old Time Radio Shows and other rarities from the 20's to the late 1950's..Most of the collection is available on CD's and MP3 disks at reasonable prices..There are also free streaming and MP3 downloads of selected shows, which change daily..I have known of this resource for many years and I highly recommend it..

http://www.otrcat.com/index.php


About the website:
http://www.otrcat.com/aboutus.htm

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Book Review:The Christmas TV Companion



Cover of "The Christmas TV Companion" By Joanna Wilson-Cover Image courtesy 1701 Press



TV Guide Ad for The Infamous "Star Wars Holiday Special" from November 1978-Courtesy Star Wars Collectors' Archive


One of my own favorite Pastimes is the traditional Holiday Christmas TV Special..Since the dawn of TV Broadcasting, the Holidays have been a time for local stations and National TV Networks to bring out "Holiday Chestnuts" Whether they be movies, specials or Holiday episodes of regular series..

Ms. Joanna Wilson has taken her own love of "The Christmas Special" and has produced a very well writen paperback book on the subject..

The full book title is "The Christmas TV Companion..A Guide to Cult Classics, Strange Specials and Outrageous Oddities"..Publisher is startup company 1701 Press of Akron, Ohio..

What is unique about this book is while Ms. Wilson mentions in passing many of our favorites, she dwells here more on the "Strange and Weird" In Christmas Programming, Whether it is about Homicidal Santas, evil elves, shows/movies that seem to be deliberate "downers" or the Grandaddy of all strange Holiday Specials, The 1978 "Star Wars Holiday Special"

Ms. Wilson appears to have a real affection for All Holiday programming, not just the "strange"..And it does come through in her writing..She has seen most, if not all of the shows she writes about...She has really done a lot of good research here..I believe she is planning, if she hasnt done so already, to write a larger encyclopedic-type book on Holiday programming, which I am looking forward to seeing..

The only criticism I might have, and it depends on the reader..That if one reads too much about the perceived "negative" Holiday Specials, one could become a bit depressed..

In spite of that, Ms. Wilson has the making of an excellent author and I highly recommend this book for the information she presents..She also suggests "Make Your Own Marathons" for watching certain shows throughout the book, which is a nice touch..

Here is the Publishers' Website for more information..

http://1701press.com/Home.html

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Hello Cleveland:Early WKYC Days


Full Page ad in the Cleveland Press Monday,June 21, 1965 just after WKYC arrived in Cleveland. This ad has been featured in TV 3 anniversary programs..Courtesy Cleveland Press Microfilm archive, Cleveland State University


TV Guide WKYC-TV 3"Early Show" ad from February 1968..TV 3 had movies in the early evening time slot as early as 1959..


Hello:
Anyone who has read Cleveland Classic Media from the beginning (March 2007) knows I have written a lot about NBC affiliate WNBK/KYW/WKYC-TV, especially detailing "The Swap" of WNBK to Philadelphia (as WRCV)and WPTZ/KYW-AM Westinghouse to Cleveland (As KYW-AM-FM-TV) in 1956 and the subsequent reversal of the swap in June 1965..The "Hello Cleveland" ad above was featured in local newspapers upon NBC's return to Cleveland. Several months ago, a reader wanted to see the full page ad, which was shown partially in WKYC anniversary specials. I found this at CSU, In their Cleveland Press Microfilm Collection, while in Cleveland Monday for other research..I thought also we would feature three random schedules from the early years of WKYC-TV..

WKYC-TV 3-From TV Guide:

Friday, September 10, 1965

6:20 News
6:25 Farm Fare
6:30 Educational Exchange
7AM Today
9AM Woodrow
9:30 Love That Bob!
10AM Truth Of Consequences-COLOR
10:30 What's This Song?-COLOR "Win" Martindale
Kaye Stevens, Gene Pitney guests

11AM Concentration-Hugh Downs
11:30 Jeopardy-COLOR-Art Fleming
Noon News
12:30 Mike Douglas-Corbett Monica Co Host
2PM Moment Of Truth
2:30 Doctors
3PM Another World
3:30 You Dont Say-COLOR-Tom Kennedy
Ruta Lee, John Gavin guests

4PM Match Game-COLOR Gene Rayburn
Whitey Ford, Joe Garagiola guests

4:25 NBC News-Nancy Dickerson
4:30 Phil Silvers
5PM Movie-Phantom From Space-1953
6:30 Huntley/Brinkley
7PM Seventh Hour News-Carl Stern, Bud Dancy, Wally Kinnan, Jim Graner
7:30 International Showtime-Dom Ameche (Camp Runamuck and Hank take over the time slot the following week)

8:30 Bob Hope Chrysler Theater (Convoy premieres at this time the next week)
9:30 Jack Benny-Last Show after 15 years on TV and 33 years on regular radio and TV-He would do specials after this (Mr. Roberts premieres the next week)

10PM Jack Paar-His last show (replaced by the Man From UNCLE)
11PM News-Pat Murray
11:10 Weather-Wally Kinnan
11:15 Sports-Jim Graner
11:20 Merv Griffin (Johnny Carson's Tonight Show would move here November 1, 1965)
12:50 Movie-California Passage-1950
Thursday, December 15, 1966 BW=Black and White
6:20 Farm Fare-BW
6:25 Education Exchange
6:55 What's Doing?
7AM Today
9AM Mike Douglas-BW
10AM Eye Guess-Bill Cullen
10:25 NBC News-Sander Vanocur
10:30 Concentration
11AM Pat Boone-Guest Dennis Day
11:30 Hollywood Squares-Peter Marshall
Noon Jeopardy-Art Fleming
12:30 Swingin' Country-Roy Clark
12:55 NBC News
1PM Three On The Town
1:30 Let's Make A Deal-Monty Hall
2PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 Doctors
3PM Another World
3:30 You Dont Say-Tom Kennedy
Mel Torme, Keely Smith, guests
4PM Match Game-Gene Rayburn
Vivian Vance, Henry Morgan, guests
4:25 NBC News-Floyd Kalber
4:30 Sea Hunt
5PM Movie-Canyon Passage-1946
6:30 Huntley/Brinkley Report
7PM News-Virgil Dominic,. Wally Kinnan, Jim Graner
7:30 Daniel Boone
8:30 Star Trek
9:30 The Hero
10PM Dean Martin
11PM News-Dominic
11:15 Weather-Kinnan
11:20 Sports-Graner
11:30 Johnny Carson
1AM Star Performance-BW
1:30 What's In it For You?
2AM News-BW
Saturday, September 28, 1968
6:30 Farm Front
7AM Popeye Theater
9AM Super 6
9:30 Top Cat
10AM Flintstones
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Underdog
Noon Birdman
12:30 Super President
1PM Panorama-Jack Hicks
1:30 Between The Lines
2PM Baseball-Houston/St. Louis and Washington/Detroit
5PM Campaign and The Candidates
5:30 College Bowl-RETURN-Robert Earle
6PM Montage
6:30 Frank McGee Report
7PM News
7:30 Adam-12
8PM Get Smart
8:30 Ghost and Mrs. Muir
9PM NBC Movie-The Train (1964)-BW
11:45 News
12:05 Movie-Double Feature
1. Once More, With Feeling! (1960)
2. The Old Man And The Sea (1958)


Brief clip on NBC's return to Cleveland..From WKYC's 50th anniversary special..The above ad (Hello Cleveland) is briefly seen..Dick Goddard relates how he came back to Cleveland within months of joining Westinghouse In Philadelphia..



Some more footage of Channel 3's 50th anniversary in 1998..Including a Tribute to the late Jim Graner, Sports anchor at Channel 3 from 1957-75 and radio voice for the Browns..

Comment:Considering the current state of this year's Cleveland Browns, one hopes that eventually the people put in the place to run the Browns show the class and dignity expressed by Mr. Graner in his lifetime covering the team..

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Ghoulardifest 5 Report


"Big Chuck" Schodowski..Had a nice 75th birthday party for him Saturday Night..another classy individual..really appreciates the fans.


Bob "Hoolihan" Wells..He seems to have a blast coming up here each year..and is a very nice man..


"Lil John" Rinaldi..He IS a bundle of energy..He participated in a talk with the "Midnight Movie" guys about Carmella Gianpollo, one of the fine costars of Hoolihan/Big Chuck/Lil John skits over the years..She was scheduled to attend but unfortunately couldnt make it..



WJW-TV 8 Weather Icon Dick Goddard with yours truly..Promoting his animal causes..

Mark Hale, 2-time "Ghoulardi" Lookalike contest winner


Poster showing the Fest Itinerary



Business Card for bigchuckand liljohn.com..I've been privileged to be part of this website the last 3 years or so...The leading source for all things Big Chuck/Lil John/Hoolihan/Ghoulardi..They have a store, messageboard and Museum/soundboard to keep the Northeast Ohio Movie Host Legacy alive..

Hello:
The Ghoulardifest 5 was very good again this year..The Hotel was a bit smaller, so it seemed to be a bit more crowded ..The Highlights of the Fest were Big Chuck's book in paperback and The preview of the long awaited PBS Ghoulardi Documentary, which I will review in a separate post..Other interesting parts of the Ghoulardifest were Mary Ann Winkowski, whose ghost stories provided the basis of CBS's "Ghost Whisperer" series..Cesare as Elvis was quite good as well..The "Midnight Movie" hosts, Dave Shurmer and Ritch Yarber, hosted DVD showings of skits..One such set featured commentary from "Big Stosh", which was a highlight..Art Lofredo also participated throughout the weekend..

The Highlight of Saturday, October 24 was a 75th birthday bash for Big Chuck...Despite the economy, the fest was a rousing success compared with other similar gatherings..There is talk of Ghoulardifest 6..we'll keep you posted..Thanks to The Cleveland Marriott Airport Hotel for their hospitality..

Monday, November 2, 2009

Cleveland TV January 1973...Blooper Fun from the 1980s..


Plain Dealer TV Week Listings Tuesday, January 30, 1973..This was probably the best time for Local TV as you had two full-power Indys (WKBF-61, WUAB-43)fighting it out for audience..Cavaliers Basketball and Crusaders Hockey were both on Channel 43 with Frank Sweeney and Ted Patterson doing the announcing..Hadnt heard of them before or since..Paul Dixon aired on WKBF weekdays at 1..probably the first time his show aired in Cleveland since the DuMont Days..(1953-54). The note about the "Magician" movie is interesting in that it led to a series (1973-74) with Bill Bixby, as well as a lifelong interest in Magic for Bixby..



Plain Dealer TV Week Highlites Tuesday January 30, 1973..WJW-AM 850 Ed Fisher Ad..As always,Click the picture to read..

Good morning..

From Videoholic 1980's..Just under 10 minutes of TV News Bloopers, mostly from Cleveland but also from other TV markets..This would be from around 1980-81..



Within the next week or two, once I get my pictures developed, I'll give a report on the recent Ghoulardifest. At the same time I will review the "Turn Blue" Documentary..Near the end of November I will do a review on a new Christmas TV book written by a local author..