Your Black Friday HOLIDAY SOR-BAY: The Jack Benny Program - Christmas Shopping

Here is your BLACK FRIDAY 

"HOLIDAY SOR-BAY"

a little spark of madness that we could use to momentarily forget about those things that leave a bad taste in our mouths.

The Jack Benny Program: Season 8, Episode 7 Christmas Shopping Show (15 Dec. 1957)

Stay Tuned


Tony Figueroa

Your Holiday Sor-Bay: Thanksgiving 2016

Here is a Thanksgiving "HOLIDAY SOR-BAY" tradition.

This is a little brain candy to snack on while dinner is cooking.

May we all be thankful for what we are about to view... 

Station manager Arthur Carlson comes up with a big idea for a unique holiday promotion involving live turkeys and a helicopter. First aired on October 30th 1978 (Season 1, Episode 7) 
In 1997 TV Guide ranked this episode number 40 on its '100 Greatest Episodes of All Time' list. 

Happy Thanksgiving

Tony Figueroa

Your Pre-Thanksgiving Holiday Sorbet PSA: William Shatner & State Farm® present "Eat, Fry, Love," a turkey fryer fire cautionary tale

Here is another "HOLIDAY SOR-BAY"

that we could use to artificially stimulate our Holiday spirit. 

We start with a Pre-Thanksgiving P.S.A.

William Shatner loves deep-fried turkey, but over many Thanksgivings and Christmases he's made mistakes, burned himself, and nearly burned down his house. In this dramatic retelling, Bill shows us how dangerous turkey fryers can be.

Stay Tuned and have a SAFE Thanksgiving

Tony Figueroa

Thanksgiving in The Twilight Zone: Next on TVC

Author Anne Serling, writer/producer Joseph Dougherty and TV historian Dan Farren will join us on an encore presentation of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Nov. 25-28 at the following times and venues:

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Friday 11/25
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Marion, IN
Saturday 11/26
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Sunday 11/27
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KSCO-AM 1080
San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA
KOMY-AM 1340
La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA
Sunday 11/27
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KHMB AM-1710
KHMV-LP 100.9 FM
Half Moon Bay, CA
Sunday 11/27
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Monday 11/28
Midnight ET
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RadioSlot.com
San Francisco, CA
Monday 11/28
10pm ET, 7pm PT
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PWRNetwork
Ann Arbor, MI
Various times throughout the week
on the Entertainment Channel at PWRNetwork.com
and the PWR channel on TuneIn
This week’s program will include an encore presentation of our roundtable discussion on the legacy of Rod Serling, his impact on three generations of television writers, and episodes of Twilight Zone and Night Gallery that continue to stay with us. Joining us will be Anne Serling, Rod’s daughter, and the author of As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling, a poignant memoir of growing up with Serling that also humanizes the man whom many of us think of as an icon; Joseph Dougherty, Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, director of thirtysomething, Saving Grace, and Pretty Little Liars (and one of the biggest Twilight Zone fans that we know); and television scholar Dan Farren (Story Salon, SchmoesKnow.com). Our tribute to Rod Serling will begin near the end of the first hour, and continue throughout the second hour.

Also this week: Phil Gries will play audio highlights of early network TV Thanksgiving specials as part of an encore presentation of the Sounds of Lost Television.

TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television
Fri 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org and CX Radio Brazil
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Sun 9am ET, 6am PT KOMY-AM 1340 (La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA)
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Your Pre-Thanksgiving Holiday Sorbet: Johnny Carson & Doc Severinsen Talk Thanksgiving Plans on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show - 1979

Here is the first "HOLIDAY SOR-BAY" of 2016.

This is a kind of Video Advent Calendar that we could use to artificially stimulate our Holiday spirit. 

Doc Severinsen and Johnny Carson talk about their Thanksgiving plans on "The Tonight Show" in 1979. One of the Carson show's funniest moments. 

Stay Tuned and have a Happy Thanksgiving

Tony Figueroa

This Week in Television History: November 2016 PART IV

As always, the further we go back in Hollywood history,
the more that fact and legend become intertwined.
It's hard to say where the truth really lies.

Today is World Television Day

World Television Day celebrates the daily value of television as a symbol of communication and globalization. Television is one of the single greatest technological advances of the 20th century, serving to educate, inform, entertain and influence our decisions and opinions.  It is estimated that approximately 90% of homes around the world have televisions, however, with the introduction of internet broadcasting, the number is declining in favor of computers. 

World Television Day was proclaimed by the United Nations in 1996. It is celebrated annually on November 21.

November 24, 1981

Simon & Simon first aired. 

The detective television series originally ran to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two brothers who run a private detective agency together. The show revolves around the decisively, polar opposite Simon brothers, Rick (McRaney) and Andrew Jackson/"A.J." (Parker). Rick is the less-refined, but still pleasant, United States Marine Corps Vietnam veteran with a penchant for cowboy boots, denim and four-wheel drive pickups, visually much akin to the Marlboro Man, popular of that day. However, A.J. Simon, a college graduate, with a Wall Street look, is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. A.J. was a practicing Catholic; Rick was not. Rick lived on a boat in A.J.'s water-front property. A.J. preferred to follow the rules, while Rick was much more of a free spirit, using a classic P.I. type of approach. Even their guns are different: Rick has a .45 revolver, and A.J. has a .357 Magnumrevolver, yet both are stainless steel/grey-anodized. Rick's Dodge Power Wagon is notable for its dull paint and conspicuously-large metal bumper/ramming device, used in one episode to crush the engine of a car). A.J. could afford to be more fashionable in his 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible, and later, a customized Chevrolet Camaro Z28 or 1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS convertible in the two-part episode, "Pirate's Key".

Together, they run a private detective service in San Diego, CA during the 1980s; the contrasting ways in which the brothers went about their investigations and the subsequent personality conflicts between them, provided much of the dramatic dialectic each week.

Although Rick is a few years older, in fact McRaney and Parker were both born in 1947 with only a three-month age difference

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade presented by the U.S.-based department store chain Macy's. The tradition started in 1924, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit (with both parades being four years younger than the 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia). The three-hour Macy's event is held in New York City starting at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thanksgiving Day, and has been televised nationally on NBC since 1952.
The parade was suspended from 1942 to 1944 as a result of World War II, owing to the need for rubber and helium in the war effort. The parade resumed in 1945 using the route that it followed until 2008. The parade became known nationwide after being prominently featured in the 1947 film, Miracle on 34th Street, which included footage of the 1946 festivities. The event was first broadcast on network television in 1948 (see below). By this point the event, and Macy's sponsorship of it, were sufficiently well-known to give rise to the colloquialism "Macy's Day Parade". Since 1984, the balloons have been made by Raven Aerostar (a division of Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Raven Industries).

November 25, 1971

Christina Applegate is born. 

Since then, she has established a film and television career, winning a Primetime Emmy and earning Tony and Golden Globe nominations. She has had major roles in several films including Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, The Big Hit, The Sweetest Thing, Anchorman, Farce of the Penguins, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and Hall Pass. She has also starred in numerous Broadway theatre productions such as the 2005 revival of the musical Sweet Charity. As of September 2011, she is starring in NBC's comedy, Up All Night.

November 26^, 1956

The Price Is Right first aired. 

The television game show franchise originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, and created by Bob Stewart, and is currently produced and owned by FremantleMedia. The franchise centers on television game shows, but also includes merchandise such as video games, printed media and board games. The franchise began in 1956 as a television game show hosted by Bill Cullen and was revamped in 1972. This version was originally hosted by Bob Barker. Since 2007,Drew Carey has hosted the program.

The Hollywood Christmas Parade (formerly the Hollywood Santa Parade or Santa Claus Lane Parade) is an annual parade that takes place on the Sunday after Thanksgiving in the Hollywood community in Los Angeles, California, United States. The parade follows a 3.5-mile route along Hollywood Boulevard, then back along Sunset Boulevard and features various celebrities among its participants.
The Parade was suspended from 1942 to 1944 due to World War II, but reopened in 1945 with record attendance.

To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".

Stay Tuned

Tony Figueroa

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Your Mental Sorbet: RESOUND - TV Show Medley

Here is another "Mental Sorbet" 

A little spark of madness

that we could use to momentarily forget about those

things that leave a bad taste in our mouths.

RESOUND is a Three Member Group based out of from Richmond, VA. They believe their Gift has been given only to them from GOD. They want to touch lives with their music and ministry. Resound has made accomplishments such as Background Vocalists for Troy Sneed's Latest Project with Top Gospel Billboard Chart Single "Lay it Down" and Local Artist in the Richmond, Va area. They have also ministered on stage and/or sung background for artist such as Tye Tribbet, Johnathan Nelson, Byron Cage, Kurt Carr, Vernon Gordon, and many more. They are humble individuals who are learning and growing in God.

Stay Tuned

Tony Figueroa

Class, Status and Classic TV: Next on TVC

Author Ray Starman will join us on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Nov. 18-21 at the following times and venues:

Share-a-Vision Radio
San Francisco Bay Area
Friday 11/18
7pm ET, 4pm PT
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Click on the Listen Live button at KSAV.org
Use the TuneIn app on your smartphone and type in KSAV
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Hear us on your cell phone or landline number by dialing 712-432-4235

Indiana Talks
Marion, IN
Saturday 11/19
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Sunday 11/20
6pm ET, 3pm PT
Click on the player at IndianaTalks.com
or use the TuneIn app on your smartphone and type in Indiana Talks

KSCO-AM 1080
San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA
KOMY-AM 1340
La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA
Sunday 11/20
9am ET, 6am PT
Also streaming at KSCO.com

KHMB AM-1710
KHMV-LP 100.9 FM
Half Moon Bay, CA
Sunday 11/20
9pm PT
Monday 11/21
Midnight ET
Click on the Listen Live button at KHMBRadio.com

RadioSlot.com
San Francisco, CA
Monday 11/21
10pm ET, 7pm PT
with replays Tuesday thru Friday at 10pm ET, 7pm PT
Click on the Talk Slot button at RadioSlot.com

PWRNetwork
Ann Arbor, MI
Various times throughout the week
on the Entertainment Channel at PWRNetwork.com
and the PWR channel on TuneIn

This week’s show will include a return appearance by Ray Starman, author, film and TV noir expert, and cultural historian. Ray’s latest book, Sitcom Class Wars: The 20^th Century, examines the portrayals of class and status in sixty popular sitcoms from the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s, including The Honeymooners, The Goldbergs, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, All in the Family, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Addams Family, The Odd Couple, Seinfeld and The King of Queens, with a particular focus on the various status anxieties reflected in each show—and how those portrayals changed as the medium of television changed. Ray Starman will join us in our second hour.

Also this week: Phil Gries will join us for an encore presentation of our look at early network TV coverage of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Plus: Greg Ehrbar with a brand new DVD report.

TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television
Fri 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org and CX Radio Brazil
Sat 8pm ET, 5pm PT and Sun 6pm ET, 3pm PT on Indiana Talks
Sun 9am ET, 6am PT KSCO-AM 1080 (San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA)
Sun 9am ET, 6am PT KOMY-AM 1340 (La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA)
Sun 9pm PT, Mon Mid ET on KHMB-AM and FM (Half Moon Bay, CA)
Mon 10pm ET, 7pm PT on The Radio Slot Network
Replays various times throughout the week on the Entertainment Channel at PWRNetwork
Tape us now, listen to us later, using DAR.fm/tvconfidential
Also available as a podcast via iTunes, FeedBurner
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If you listen to TV CONFIDENTIAL, and like what you’ve heard, please consider supporting our efforts by becoming a patron of our show through Patreon. It’s easy to do, it does not cost much, plus you can receive some cool rewards (such as coupons that will allow you to download up to six free programs every month from the TV CONFIDENTIAL Archives store). For more information, please visit www.Patreon.com/tvconfidential... and thanks!

Gwen Ifill

I'm a preacher's kid, and we were always told, Act right all the time, because someone's always watching.

- Gwen Ifill

Gwendolyn L. "Gwen" Ifill September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016

PBS devoted yesterdays NewsHour, to Gwen Ifill, who died Monday morning after a battle with cancer.

Good Night Ms. Ifill 

Stay Tuned

Tony Figueroa

This Week in Television History: November 2016 PART III

As always, the further we go back in Hollywood history,
the more that fact and legend become intertwined.
It's hard to say where the truth really lies.

November 15, 1926

NBC radio network's grand opening. The NBC Red Network debuts, celebrating its launch with one of the earliest remote musical broadcasts. The debut program featured nationally known bands playing at several different locations.

November 16, 1916

Daws Butler is born.

Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler (November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was an American voice actor who specialized in voicing animated films and television series. 

He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company where he originated the voices of many familiar characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound.

November 16, 1946

Television Screen Magazine launches. The show, one of NBC's first network series, included a collection of features on news, lifestyles, fashion, and other topics. The show ran until 1949. In 1968, CBS revived the TV magazine concept with 60 Minutes, which became one of the country's Top 10 shows in 1977 and stayed in the Top 20 for more than 20 years.

November 16, 1981

Luke and Laura got married on General Hospital. 

One of television’s most famous wedding celebrations took place, with General Hospital‘s Luke and Laura saying “I do” in front of 30 million viewers.

The two-day event remains one of the most iconic moments in daytime television history, and brought stars Anthony Geary and Genie Francis instant mainstream celebrity. The rocky relationship of Luke and Laura also helped to create a template for other soap “supercouples,” combining adventure, tragedy and romance.

November 19, 1941

Dan Haggerty is born. 

He is best known as Grizzly Adams in the title role of the 1974 Sunn Classic Pictures feature, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams. From this feature film evolved the NBC television series which ran from 1977 to 1978, and Haggerty became known to movie-goers for his portrayal of nature-loving John “Grizzly” Adams.

To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".

Stay Tuned

Tony Figueroa

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