tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post8745354437539783797..comments2024-03-28T18:32:38.243-04:00Comments on Poseidon's Underworld: A "Howling" We Will Go!Poseidon3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-84334026061562405222021-02-03T11:27:55.581-05:002021-02-03T11:27:55.581-05:00Joel, not to try to sound young (I know I ain'...Joel, not to try to sound young (I know I ain't!), but since I was only four when this first aired, I didn't get to see it... and it probably would have been to scary for me anyway, mild as it is. Likewise, I completely missed out on "My World and Welcome to It" and "The Farmer's Daughter" (that was NEVER rerun in my vicinity to my recollection! Weird!) While I began to think of networks as "cancel happy," every once in a while I'll see an ad that says something like, "fifth season begins tonight!" or "_____ has been on _______ for seven seasons" and I've never even HEARD of the show in question! LOLOL Oh well... there's plenty to watch now elsewhere in any case. Thanks!!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-41981860132046988212021-02-01T20:54:23.234-05:002021-02-01T20:54:23.234-05:00Oh I LOVED A Howling in the Woods when I was a tee...Oh I LOVED A Howling in the Woods when I was a teen and it was on TV all the time. Sad how TV movies are all but abandoned now. I should really give it another look but I'm hesitant that I'll be disappointed by it now. Ha! I don't even remember Tyne Daly being in it, but she was just starting out then and there were so many familiar faces to draw my attention away from her. <br /><br />I watched it so many times I can't remember if I figured out the mystery when I first watched it but I'm pretty sure it was the place where I became familiar with Vera Miles for the first time. Psycho was off limits until I was older, which was okay by me since I'm not much of a horror guy anyway. I wish Vera was a bit more open to reflecting on her Hollywood career since she was involved in so many classics and worked with so many greats but she's entitled to do with her retirement as she wishes.<br /><br />I am also glad to see the mention of My World...., loved that show as did my Dad and we would watch it every week during its short run. I was already familiar with William Windom being as I was slavishly devoted to the Inger Stevens series The Farmer's Daughter which was in reruns pretty much from the moment it went off the air until years later. My sister and I wanted the electric chair Cathleen Nesbitt rode to go up and down the stairs so bad we could taste it! <br /><br />Lisa Gerritsen is 63?!?! Oh how that makes my bones ache! <br /><br />Also nice to see the mention of Larry Hagman's The Good Life another brief series that the whole family loved and would watch every week. Like you I've pretty much given up on weekly series since I seem to be the kiss of death for them! I watch precisely one now, Nathan Fillion's The Rookie and am simply amazed that it has just started its third season! Late of course because of covid but at least it's still on. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-58655906883501219852021-02-01T19:19:27.192-05:002021-02-01T19:19:27.192-05:00Rick, you're so right! I think growing up with...Rick, you're so right! I think growing up with these types of TV-movies made me fearful of stopping for gas in little burgs along the road! Remember Cloris Leachman in "Dying Room Only?" So many others, too. Hilarious about the "Hollywood Squares Thriller Theater!" Glad you like the capsule career recaps. :-)<br /><br />Al in PDX, that's great extra info about Windom and his show. I remember in the late-80s/early-19s it seemed like SO MANY Emmy winners would go up to collect the statuette for work on a show that had already been canceled! The mid-90s were really bad for cancelling shows. When one too many bit the dust after I was fully invested in it, I gave up scripted network TV for good. I can count on my hands how many shows I've watched since then and there were only two that I gave in and watched regularly; "Lost" (for a year or so) and "Modern Family (all of it.) Figuring they aren't going to be dumped mid-stream, I've checked out several limited series on FX (all seemingly produced by Ryan Murphy, like it or not!) Glad you enjoyed the obscure-ish "Hee Haw" reference. Thanks!!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-4682548617845664412021-01-28T21:14:15.943-05:002021-01-28T21:14:15.943-05:00I'm glad you mentioned "My World and Welc...I'm glad you mentioned "My World and Welcome To It," one of those quality TV programs that was unfortunately canceled before it had a chance to catch on. William Windom's speech when he won an Emmy for his performance was classic, as well as a plea for a job. “What can I say? I’m not drunk, got a tux and can travel.” <br />The William Windom Tribute Site has some very interesting facts about Windom, who apparently led quite an interesting life.<br />Loved your aside about the bloodhound and the reference to Hee Haw.Al in PDXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08835073077514498840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-57217076538583048342021-01-28T17:52:29.073-05:002021-01-28T17:52:29.073-05:00Poseidon, I forgot how many of those '70s &quo...Poseidon, I forgot how many of those '70s "Movie of the Week" flicks were thrillers. And how many TV movies and series episodes revolved around the star stopping by a mean, unfriendly little town with a secret?!<br /><br />Barbara Eden looks like a Vegas showgirl compared to Tyne Daly, and even naturalistic beauty Vera Miles. I found myself scrutinizing both Eden's and Hagman's hair!<br /><br />What a cast! Like "Hollywood Squares Thriller Theater!"<br /><br />Cheers and I love your recaps of the cast's careers,<br />Rickhttp://ricksrealreel.blogspot.com/https://www.blogger.com/profile/14243899548141583461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-37174280558011474392021-01-28T15:27:00.039-05:002021-01-28T15:27:00.039-05:00Shawny, I learned a while back that - though I sur...Shawny, I learned a while back that - though I surely do have a target audience within a range of my own era - this site attracts people of all ages and thus I can't take for granted that everyone knows all the basic info about movies and shows as you or I might. I was gobsmacked earlier this week when not one of the three contestants on "Jeopardy" was able to identify James Garner in a photo from his days on "The Rockford Files!" Blew my mind! So sometimes I do go a little further with descriptions than I normally might. :-) I like hearing that maybe I wasn't alone when - in the '70s - I'd visit someone with a curved sectional or a round bed and could arrange the pillows to pretend it was the interior of Jeannie's bottle! Ha ha! And you are onto something with Lady Bunny! Albeit hers are ramped up versions of already sizeable 'dos. Thanks!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-4946335259200148522021-01-27T16:01:18.798-05:002021-01-27T16:01:18.798-05:00I love how you took the time to explain the IDOJ p...I love how you took the time to explain the IDOJ premise. It was my favorite show when I was a kid. I always wanted to be in the bottle with Jeannie and loved the small exotic world it evoked. I even used to love the DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince song based on the show’s theme. Haven’t thought of the show in decades, I had a small aha moment though if you could call it that: Jeannie/Barbara Eden totally has got to be where Lady Bunny got some of her wig inspiration. Shawnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349063352632344096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-81697623658825590572021-01-27T10:47:08.226-05:002021-01-27T10:47:08.226-05:00Skippy, if I went back and watched all 8 seasons (...Skippy, if I went back and watched all 8 seasons (or however many there are!) of "Barnaby Jones" again, I'd probably find that actress and be able to help get her a credit, but she just isn't coming to me. Not quite familiar enough. <br /><br />IndyAdam, I had no clue about Rubenstein revisiting Pippin (or of Barbeau doing it!) How neat. Glad you got to see it (and that he was good.) Pippin has a hilarious place in my heart because my sainted, fundamental Baptist grandmother bought tickets to it once at a local university, perhaps thinking it was another Camelot or something and asked me to come along (I was maybe 19.) They proceeded to the "orgy" sequence and I wanted to die, especially since college students tend to want to push the envelope! Afterwards, she said, "Well that just wasn't what I expected at all... and that KEYHOLE scene!" ha ha ha!!<br /><br />Gingerguy, I actually didn't really find much time... hence the pretty big gap between posts! But I felt like trying to produce an entry that was at least something like my old ones. I thought a TV-movie might be easier/briefer, but you know I do like to go on, once I've started...! LOL I agree with you on the novel covers. I'm not into reading them - at all! - but I love that type of artwork. It's exactly why I included this one. One thing I didn't mention, but nearly did, was that Lisa Gerritsen is the descendant of a highly popular silent movie actor from the 1910s. True Boardman was his name. And he died at age 38 in 1918 from... the Spanish Flu pandemic!!!!!!! He left behind a son by the same name who was a successful movie & TV writer. Lisa was his granddaughter. Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-21517868411066412072021-01-27T08:03:14.058-05:002021-01-27T08:03:14.058-05:00I loved this film when I saw it and made it the sh...I loved this film when I saw it and made it the showcase of a sleepover when it was first on. My best friend and I were all over tv movies that promised a scare, Those book covers from gothic romances are so great, I was always a sucker for looking them over at the drugstorre. This isn't the movie where gorgeous Barbara drinks boiling hot coffee (you know which one I mean) and I remember her doing a few of these and of course "The Stepford Children" in the 80's. I love her and she looks beautiful in this movie, even in Stainesville. You could do a whole study of fashion design people who visit dumpy hick towns, it's a rich subject. That hat is fabulous, and this movie kind of star studded. John Rubenstein as Pippin is so interesting, I always think of the "Great American Hero" guy so they both must have been Broadway stars. I told remember little Gerritson from Phyllis and here, she and Pamela Ferdin were the tv kids I remember best. Love this post and can't believe you found some time. Gingerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989371210392669145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-35482745201612619962021-01-26T22:26:53.557-05:002021-01-26T22:26:53.557-05:00Thanks, Poseidon. Rubenstein did the National tou...Thanks, Poseidon. Rubenstein did the National tour of Pippin in 2016, going from playing the lead (in the 70's Broadway original) to playing Pippin's Father Charlemagne in this latest tour. The Tour included Adrienne Barbeau as his Mother, though she was out when I saw it in Louisville. He was terrific.IndyAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07347920048104883951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-49263590244840812752021-01-26T22:24:42.991-05:002021-01-26T22:24:42.991-05:00Ya know, the housekeeper looks a bit like Betty Th...Ya know, the housekeeper looks a bit like Betty Thomas from "Hill Street Blues". Probably not her, but the woman sure makes me wonder.SkippyDevereauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879814829908784398noreply@blogger.com