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RetroblogArchive for the ‘Television’ CategoryTwo FarewellsBy MattPosted Nov 17, 2009 – 1:36 pm | 1 Comment » Part and parcel with celebrating retro pop culture comes the occasional unhappy necessity of saying goodbye. Not long ago, we observed the passing of Soupy Sales. Today, we pay our respects to two personalities from the eighties. Edward Woodward British actor Edward Woodward died on Monday, November 16, 2009. ... More » Happy Birthday Carl Sagan!By MattPosted Nov 9, 2009 – 1:14 pm | 1 Comment » Today would have been astronomer and astrochemist Carl Sagan's seventy fifth birthday. Sagan was perhaps the most influential popularizer of science since Einstein. We're going to take this opportunity to celebrate his life by recognizing the pure retro awesomeness that was his landmark public television series, "Cosmos." "Cosmos: ... More » Happy Anniversary, Sesame Street!By MattPosted Nov 4, 2009 – 12:05 pm | No Comments » "Sesame Street" celebrates forty years of educational fun and wonder when their new season debuts on November 10, 2009! The series, which began as a proposal to the Carnegie Institute by educator Joan Ganz Cooney in 1966, essentially created the children's educational television genre. "Sesame Street" has become a truly ... More » Cube Cartoon Strategy To Lower IQ Of Puzzle Fans?By MattPosted Oct 29, 2009 – 5:21 pm | 3 Comments » We discovered this today -- thanks goes to Bubbledog by way of Pop Culture Junk Mail: Um... what, now? We were sixteen when "Rubik the Amazing Cube" debuted on Saturday mornings -- a couple years north of the target audience. Plus, based on the intro, the target audience was kids who could ... More » The Visitors Are Back!By MattPosted Oct 26, 2009 – 11:30 am | 4 Comments » The Visitors first arrived in 1983 in "V," a two-part mini-series that spawned a second mini-series and then one season of a regular series. Initially, these alien travelers seemed surprisingly like us, and we welcomed their overtures of peace and their gifts of technological advancement. As it turned out, of ... More » Soupy Sales Asks Kids To Now Send Green Paper, Pies To The Pearly GatesBy MattPosted Oct 23, 2009 – 11:00 am | 2 Comments » Soupy Sales (born Milton Supman), the children's television host, game show panelist and comedian, died Thursday at the age of 83. From 1953 to 1966 and then again in the late seventies, Sales presented a children's show like no other. Full of slapstick, ad-libbed comedy often involving ... More » Donny & Marie may return to TVBy jupiterPosted Dec 17, 2007 – 8:24 am | 4 Comments » The Donny & Marie Show may be coming back to television . Donny Osmond's recent appearance, along with sister Marie Osmond, on the hit show 'Dancing With the Stars' has renewed interest in the famous siblings. Talks are underway for a reality series and a day-time talk ... More » The Middle Square is Spooky, or Paul Lynde meets KISSBy Boss RadioPosted Oct 25, 2007 – 3:49 pm | 4 Comments » With Halloween almost upon us, it seems only fitting to recall the great TV specials of Halloween past. Everyone will instantly recall "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and to a lesser extent, the first Fat Albert TV special. But this truly amazing year of 2007 brings us a rarely-seen gem ... More » The Bionic WomanBy Boss RadioPosted Oct 4, 2007 – 5:45 pm | 1 Comment » First of all, there is no “the.” She is now merely Bionic Woman. And she is not the only Bionic Woman, either, because there’s a crazy Bionic Woman Gone Wild running loose in the world, and the new Jaime Summers has already met her more than once. The show is darker ... More » Wilma on the PhoneBy Motorboat CruiserPosted Jun 1, 2007 – 4:33 pm | No Comments » You never know what a day is going to bring, good or bad. Some days, it might be learning that your car is leaking oil. Other days, you might find $20 in your jacket. And on some days, what occurs can be downright magical. Such was a day, almost 10 years ... More » |