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James Garner Birthday Memorial April 7, 1929 – July 19, 2014 James Garner was born James Scott Bumgarner on April 7, 1928 in Denver, Oklahoma to Weldon Warren Bumgarner and Mildred Scott who died five years after his birth. His older brothers were Jack Garner, also an actor, and Charles Warren...

Bob, I hope you realize that my observations are just that, not criticisms. With that being said, those title cards look fantastic coming from analog film…almost too good to be true. As for the sweetened laugh track, I realize thats the way it was done in 1953 it just seemed more noticeable...

Hi all, Received my Abbott and Costello Show, season 2 Blu Ray set yesterday and watched “The Paper Hangers.” Pristine picture quality was noted in this episode and others I just briefly scanned. The commentaries were also informative. I did notice however that the opening and closing credits...

Neal, Great Sunday night memories. Lassie at 7, Ed Sullivan at 8. This series really needs a high definition restoration from 35mm masters. The current prints from 35mm standard definition prints, don’t do this show justice. Also, the beautiful episodic music from this show, which currently...

Jon Provost 74th Birthday Tribute March 12, 1950 Jon Provost was born in on March 12, 1950 in Los Angeles. At the age of four, Provost was cast at the .in the film The Country Girl (1954), starring Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly. He then appeared in Back from Eternity (1956) with Anita Ekberg and...

Flashgear, Skyking was produced by two entities, Jack Chertok Television and McGowan Productions. John

Hi all, Tony Dow and his wife Lauren, took Hugh out for his 70th birthday in 1980. John

Hi all, So nice to see a preserved 2 in. color videotape from 1961. Thankfully Dinah Shore had the insight to save many of her videotaped shows, otherwise NBC would have wiped it to use again and we would have been left with an inferior b/w kinescope of this show. John

“Tennessee” Ernie Ford February 13, 1919- October 17, 1991 Most young people today would have no idea who Tennessee Ernie Ford was or what he did. It is kind of amazing that so many of the stars of yesteryear are nearly forgotten within a generation or two. In his heyday, Ernie Ford was the...

Hi all, Joseph Kearns was the perfect foil for Dennis Mitchell’s antics. IMHO he looked older than his stated age at death of 55 years. I wonder if he adjusted his birth year as many actors of his era did. John

Hi all, I guess it comes down to whether or not the celebrities themselves, wanted ownership of their videotaped shows. I’ve seen shows videotaped in color from the late 50’s early 60’s that look spectacular. Some of which include… Dinah Shore, Milton Berle, Ernie Ford and Red Skelton. These...

Hi all, Jack Paar’s Tonight Show videotaped episodes were also destroyed. Starting in 1960, The Jack Paar Show was videotaped in color and broadcast on NBC from 11:15 P.M. to 1 A.M. Eastern time. Only black-and-white kinescope recordings of some of the shows still exist. Another stupid move by...

Hi all, I’m surprised at the number of early Carson Tonight Shows that have popped up over the years on YouTube. Supposedly lost episodes on videotape are being found with some being restored by DC Video. The quality is surprisingly good. Every time I see an early Carson Tonight Show I can’t...

Phyllis Coates 1927-2023 Phyllis Coates was born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell on January 15, 1927 in Wichita Falls, Texas to William Robert Rush Stell and Lorraine "Luzzie" Teel. After graduating from Odessa High School, she moved to Los Angeles with her mother. Coates attended (as Gypsy Stell) Los...

The Adventures Of Superman Billy Gray 86th Birthday Tribute Original Broadcast Date: October 12, 1953 Writer: David Chantler Director: George Blair George Reeves as Clark Kent/ Superman Noel Neill as Lois Lane Jack Larson as Jimmy Olsen Robert Shayne as Inspector Henderson Vera Marshe as...

Hi all, Talking about misinformation… I love the music rights excuse for not releasing a show to DVD. While some shows have been released to DVD with edited music, CBS/Paramount used that excuse for the longest time with Ben Casey. Guess what ? When the first season of Ben Casey was released on...

smithbrad, You are correct, I used the wrong terminology. Guess my coffee hadn’t kicked in yet. Never the less…I’m happy with my original all season Gomer Pyle DVD set. 👍 John

Hi all, I thought the CBS/Paramount DVD division was no longer. I have the original Gomer Pyle DVD set they issued several years ago and don’t plan on upgrading, especially since its just an upscaled version of the existing set I already have. IMHO its just a lazy reissue with no new extras...

Neal, Cleo the Basset Hound on The People’s Choice was voiced by Mary Jane Croft. Cleo whose real name was Bernadette was trained by famous animal trainer Frank Inn. Bernadette who won a Patsy Award in 1958 also appeared on Ozzie and Harriet, The Bob Cummings Show, The Perry Como Show, The...

Todd_Z, I feel your pain…I’m still waiting for a complete, restored release of Ben Casey. So frustrating to see lesser shows IMHO getting released on DVD while better classic shows languish in The Twilight Zone. John

Hi Bob Sorry for the error there. Dont know how I forgot to give the 3-D Film Archive its proper credit. I’m really enjoying season one of The Abbott and Costello Show and looking forward to season two. 👍 John

cineescape, Don't know where you heard that the 35mm prints were trashed…they weren’t. They just weren’t handled with care as they were passed down from several owners. Unfortunately when Kelloggs began sponsorship of this series, edits were made to the actual 35mm negatives…not copies...

cineescape, The Adventures of Superman was scanned in standard definition, off of 35mm prints then transferred to tape in the 1980s. These taped copies were later used to create the DVD set. The exception to this was The Stolen Costume episode which was taken from a well worn 16mm print. I’d...

Hi all, Nice picture of Frank and Jim. John

Hi all, I still have my Munsters lunchbox and thermos from grade school…around 1965. John

Hi all, According to Richard O. Linke, the Executive Producer of the show and Jim Nabors agent, Jim Nabors was approached by the producers and told that he needed to let Frank Sutton go, that Sutton was dragging the show down. When Jim Nabors refused to "fire" his good friend, he was given the...

Hi all, After leaving acting, Mark Goddard ended up doing what I recently retired from after 38 years, teaching special needs students. A former coworker of mine who had a special needs nephew, told me his nephew benefited greatly from Goddard’s guidance at the Chamberlain School. John

Hi all, A friend of mine who was a close friend of Phyllis said she was a joy to be around and at times, could be just as “spunky” as her Lois Lane character. BTW…my friend got her to sign a personally autographed picture for me. John

Dan, I much prefer this early theme by Richard Wess over the later well known one. I read several years ago that this theme was titled “Jeannie’s Waltz” or something very similar. John

Hi guys, Aside from Maverick, no interest in other titles. John