McDLT

 

1985 Jason Alexander.

https://www.seriouseats.com/blast-from-the-past-the-mcdlt-mcdonalds-1980s-jason-alexander

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_N%27_Tasty

https://www.mashed.com/293410/heres-why-the-mcdlt-was-canceled/

KTLA station ID & Movies til Dawn bumper 1980

 

Mr. Thrifty

 

Another Louisiana beer.

Sample of playing cards

 

c1936. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2003688411/

CBS Late Movie promo 1984 The Hound of the Baskervilles

 

[Panorama, baseball, Polo Grounds, New York, Oct. 13, 1910]

 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007663712/

Rally

 

1971 candy bar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_(candy_bar)

https://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/holidays/article/discontinued-candy-bars

Diet Rite Cola

 

1978 header. From RC Cola.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Rite

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-07-07-0507070035-story.html

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/76881/tragic-history-rc-cola

https://www.mashed.com/232292/the-untold-truth-of-rc-cola/

Super Bird Sandwich

 

1981 Denny's.

Z Channel

 

1980 promo and bumper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_Channel

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-25-ca-6488-story.html

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/18099

You need only one soap--Ivory soap / the Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York.

 

1898.

https://www.loc.gov/item/00650433/

ABC Jeremiah Johnson Promo Slide 12/76

 

NBC Thursday Night at the Movies Open: "Piranha" - 1980

 

Downtown

 

CBS Late Movie promo Freebie and the Bean 1980

 

August 4, 1990 - Bumpers from 'TTV4 Saturday Matinee'

 

Monkeybone (2001)

 

Directed by Henry Selick. Brendan Fraser. Free With Ads on Youtube. A notorious flop. Bridget Fonda, Dave Foley, Thomas Haden Church, Giancarlo Esposito, Bob Odenkirk, and many many more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeybone

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/monkeybone-2000

https://ew.com/article/2001/03/09/why-monkeybone-flopped-box-office/

https://www.avclub.com/hollywood-s-trash-our-treasure-17-salvageable-flops-f-1798236099

https://www.avclub.com/monkeybone-1798192603

https://www.avclub.com/henry-selick-1798215699

https://www.avclub.com/brendan-fraser-1798214354

https://www.avclub.com/dave-foley-1798218531

WQTV-68 Boston - Your Morning Movie - Matinee 68 - 1988

 

Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics

 

1977-78 ABC. Hanna-Barbera. 24 episodes. Took a break from Saturday cartoons with 71 at the Cartoons tag. On Kinja there was 103-04. I will add a few more here and there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby%27s_All-Star_Laff-A-Lympics

https://www.wired.com/2010/02/laff-a-lympic-fever/

Mariposa Big Tree Grove, Cal. 1908

 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007660468/

Chex Patio Mix Commercial (1976)

 

New.

'Bad News Bears' Vs. 'Bingo Long All-Stars' Commercial (1976)

 

Also new. And great. Kelly Leak. 

McDonald's Filet-O-Fish Commercial (1977)

 

This is new.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-fishy-history-of-the-mcdonalds-filet-o-fish-sandwich-2912/

https://www.mashed.com/149317/what-you-dont-know-about-mcdonalds-famous-filet-o-fish/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/573930/why-mcdonalds-filet-o-fish-sandwich-was-invented

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filet-O-Fish

St. Luke's -- kitchen [man cooking]

 

c1915-20.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014704525/

English Scramble Breakfast

 

1980 Denny's. 

KOMO 4 Saturday Matinee bumper 1980s

 

Busting (1974)

 

Directed by Peter Hyams. Midnight movie. Elliott Gould, Robert Blake. Early buddy cops. Allen Garfield. I love him in this. He's the bad guy. Hyams always has a foot chase, and this is the most famous, in the hallway. Famously, how did he shoot it? No Steadicam at the time. Hyams always did his own cinematography, so that is him with the camera probably. Recommended. A great 70s crime film. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busting

https://www.blu-ray.com/Busting/448002/

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=8387

Chase scene here.

http://craneshot.blogspot.com/2015/10/busting.html

http://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2011/06/busting-1974.html

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/55019/busting/

KWGN Saturday Movie Matinee 1980 Commercial Bumper

 

The Odd Couple (1968)

 

Directed by Gene Saks. Kanopy library streaming version playing now. Schlitz appears on the poker table. Steel cans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-odd-couple-1968

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4740/the-odd-couple/#articles-reviews?articleId=88916

https://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/951-the-odd-couples-odd-couple-has-endured-while-the-d/

CBS Late Night Movie promo October 1985

 

Planet Earth and Rage.

The Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard

 

TV and regular version. Dig that guitar. Pair with the Get Smart episode with The Sacred Cows. Burtonian Institute on Kinja was the one who challenged me to find all the hippie-themed TV episodes I could after posting the Warning: Live Blueberries scene from Mannix with The Buffalo Springfield. There is also a Beverly Hillbillies episode with Jethro as a hippie Robin Hood. And a Bewitched with alter-ego Samantha as a hippie guitar player.

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-sacred-cows.html

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/04/warning-live-blueberries.html

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-chocolate-watchband-dont-need-your.html

WNYB Buffalo 49 Weekend Matinee intro 1987

 

Spanish Town Gate

 

Regal

 

New Orleans beer.

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/home_garden/article_5aaf1c0c-4461-11ea-9c3e-0fb0c407b9b6.html

https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/hnoc-clf:1258

Charles Willeford

 

Hoke Moseley. Willeford is very collectible. His early paperbacks fetch some of the highest prices in the field. Also look for the Fred Ward/Alec Baldwin movie, Miami Blues. Vinegar pie.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/05/the-unlikely-father-of-miami-crime-fiction/305143/

https://ethaniverson.com/newgate-callendar/charles-willeford/

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/vinegar-pie-by-charles-willeford.html

https://donherron.com/some-essays/collecting-charles-willeford/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Willeford

Movie tie-in is relatively valuable.

The Strange Death of Thomas Ince

In 1924, film producer Thomas H. Ince died during or after a trip aboard the yacht of William Randolph Hearst. Also aboard were Marion Davies, Charlie Chaplin, and critic Louella Parsons. The rumor is that Hearst shot Ince by accident, and the bullet was meant for Chaplin. Orson Welles claimed to know the real story.

http://hollywoodlandforever.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-shroud-of-mystery-behind-thomas.html

 https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mysterious-death-newport-movie-mogul-thomas-ince/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H._Ince

Film scholar Jonathan Rosenbaum, editor of the 1992 book This is Orson Welles — a record of interviews Peter Bogdanovich conducted with Orson Welles — began his April 2002 review of The Cat’s Meow with this exchange about Citizen Kane (1941):

OW: In the original script we had a scene based on a notorious thing Hearst had done, which I still cannot repeat for publication. And I cut it out because I thought it hurt the film and wasn’t in keeping with Kane’s character. If I’d kept it in, I would have had no trouble with Hearst. He wouldn’t have dared admit it was him.
PB: Did you shoot the scene?
OW: No, I didn’t. I decided against it. If I’d kept it in, I would have bought silence for myself forever.

“The incident Welles alluded to in this exchange is the subject of The Cat’s Meow, directed by Bogdanovich and adapted by Steven Peros from his own play,” Rosenbaum wrote. “Bogdanovich may see Welles as the inspiration for his film, but I have no idea where Peros got his facts.”

Rosenbaum did find a similar story in the 1979 edition of The Film Encyclopedia by Ephraim Katz, in the entry on Thomas Ince; and in the1971 essay on Citizen Kane by Pauline Kael:

Her principal source was John Houseman, script supervisor for cowriter Herman Mankiewicz, and it seems safe to conclude, even without her prodding, that some version of the story must have cropped up in Mankiewicz’s first draft of the script, which Welles subsequently edited and added to. According to Kael, the only trace of the subplot left in the script is a speech made by Susan Alexander, who was loosely based on Davies, to the reporter Thompson about Kane: “Look, if you’re smart, you’ll get in touch with Raymond. He’s the butler. You’ll learn a lot from him. He knows where all the bodies are buried.” Kael writes, “It’s an odd, cryptic speech. In the first draft, Raymond literally knew where the bodies were buried: Mankiewicz had dished up a nasty version of the scandal sometimes referred to as the Strange Death of Thomas Ince.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat%27s_Meow

1972 NBC - The Thomas Crown Affair

 

In Color.

Burger Chef

 

1974 header hamburgers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burger_Chef

https://www.metv.com/stories/what-ever-happened-to-the-burger-chef-chain

https://www.mashed.com/238779/the-untold-truth-of-burger-chef/

[Line cooks in restaurant cooking in kitchen over stove]

 

1957.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2020636477/

Bizarre

 

1980-86. Canadian sketch show with John Byner and Bob Einstein that aired on Showtime and syndicated. I watched a couple of these last night that I had bookmarked. It had boobs. The rarely seen uncensored versions that occasionally showed up on regular late night TV in a few markets. The original pilot was with Richard Dawson on ABC in 1979 and is available at the Museum of Classic Chicago Television (Youtube.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarre_(TV_series)

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2015/12/09/rewind-bizarre-was-funny-in-the-80s.html

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975)

Directed by Dean Hargrove. Found on Youtube (again.) I found this a few years ago after watching Little Murders (1971) with Vincent Gardenia, where he was hilarious. I looked up his credits on IMDb and saw this title. A Maltese Falcon parody. Chicken farmer who wants to be a private eye. That old story. Every movie nerd has experienced watching a movie and 10-15 minutes in you know exactly how it is going to turn out. Well, this is the exact opposite. 10-15 minutes into this movie and you are saying this is the strangest goddamn detective movie I've ever seen. Gabriel Dell, Huntz Hall, Will Geer, Joyce Van Patten, Dick Gautier, Barbara Harris, Sorrell Booke, Jackie Coogan, Nicholas Colasanto, Nita Talbot, Howard Storm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manchu_Eagle_Murder_Caper_Mystery

http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=25334

 

KING News promo & Nightwatch Theater bumper 1982

 

Lost Films

 

From the Kinja archive (9/14/16):

Who wants to see the legendary nine hour cut of Greed (1924)? Gone. Most of the silent era of movie history is missing. Some lost films have now been found. Sometimes still photographs, publicity materials, and contemporary reviews exist but the movie does not.

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/22/The-Greatest-Lost-Films/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_film

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/26045/10-famous-lost-films

The First Men in the Moon (1919).

This film from 1967 is an unlicensed parody that sees the DC Comics hero, Batman face off against Dracula (something the official comics themselves have done a number of time). This Filipino film starring Jing Abalos as the caped crusader is one of the most sought after lost Asian films for vintage movie buffs.

https://listverse.com/2015/09/15/10-lost-films-weve-finally-found/

https://listverse.com/2014/01/15/10-great-lost-films-and-where-they-turned-up/

The Movies on ABC - 1976

 

Ernie Anderson.

Convention City (1933)

 

Lost film. Highly sought after because of its pre-code racy content. I just heard it mentioned by Michael Schlesinger on his Trailers From Hell commentary on Baby Face (1933), which I will add down below in the comments. I saw the star of Convention City, Joan Blondell, the other day on the new Criterion Blu-ray of Nightmare Alley.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_City

http://jazzage1920s.com/conventioncity/conventioncity.php

- Nice write up here.

Blue Nun

 

1979.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Nun

https://wineeconomist.com/2010/02/21/curse-of-the-blue-nun/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/blue-nun-what-happened-to-german-wine-s-famous-export-vbbs2pbh3

Celebrating Six Years of The Golden Horn

 

And there was much rejoicing. I think the transition to blogspot has worked out okay. Covid gave me the opportunity to spend a year archiving as much of Kinja as I could.

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/12/big-eds-and-golden-horn.html

The Return of the Whaler

 

1983 Burger King fish sandwich.

https://www.metv.com/lists/8-discontinued-fast-food-menu-items-that-need-to-come-back

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burger_King_fish_sandwiches

https://retroist.com/burger-kings-whaler-sandwich/

Muir Glacier and floating ice, Alaska

 

1902.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2006676019/

Gabe Kaplan on Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

 

https://soundcloud.com/gilbertgottfried/gabe-kaplan

Actor, writer and comedian Gabe Kaplan (finally) joins Gilbert and Frank for a truly hilarious conversation about working strip clubs and Burlesque houses, meeting (and portraying) Groucho Marx, the clunkiness of the Dean Martin Roasts and the backstage drama of "Welcome Back Kotter." Also, Jack Carter buys a shirt, Buddy Hackett makes an omelet, Pat McCormick passes out on Jerry Lewis' couch and Gabe crosses paths with Jack Ruby and Golda Meir. PLUS: London Lee! The comedy of Buddy Mantia! "Battle of the Network Stars"! Howard Cosell narrates the Bible! Richard Pryor makes a run for it! And Gilbert auditions to play Chico Marx!?

 

Welcome Back, Kotter Promos

 

Listening to Mr. Kotter now talking to Gilbert and Frank on the Amazing Colossal Podcast.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_Back,_Kotter

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67865/12-back-school-facts-about-welcome-back-kotter

https://www.avclub.com/10-episodes-that-show-how-welcome-back-kotter-was-like-1798273861

Dorothy L. Sayers

 

Lord Peter Wimsey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_L._Sayers

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/an-overlooked-novel-from-1935-by-the-godmother-of-feminist-detective-fiction

https://crimereads.com/dorothy-l-sayers-a-crime-readers-guide-to-the-classics/

Mah-Jong at bathing beach, 6/20/[24]

 

I just came across this while looking up plums for Observation Deck.

Caption for this image in an NPC album: Warm weather Mah-Jong, photo snaped (sic) at Wordman Park Pool. Left to right: Jane Eynon, Betty Carey, Helen Plummer, Ruth Nebecker."

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016837879/

Dr. Chauncey's patent air tight cooking stoves

 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2001701462/

What's Wrong With the Way I Eat Pancakes?

 

My Blue Heaven (1990).

Electric Institute of Washington. Electric cooking utensils and displays VI

 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019676226/

Sizzlean

 

1978.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sizzlean

https://culinarylore.com/food-history:what-happened-to-sizzlean-bacon/

Croupier (1998)

 

Directed by Mike Hodges. Clive Owen. Coming up next on the Kanopy library streaming service. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croupier_(film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/croupier-2000

https://trailersfromhell.com/croupier/

https://www.avclub.com/croupier-1798195974

KCPQ 13 late night commercial break 1985

 

King of New York (1990)

 

Directed by Abel Ferrara. Browsing through the Kanopy library streaming service titles. I have not seen this in a long, long time. I may have rented it on VHS. Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, David Caruso, Steve Buscemi, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_New_York

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/king-of-new-york-1990

https://www.avclub.com/king-of-new-york-1798199546

https://thedissolve.com/news/6094-626-282015-king-of-new-york-on-indieplex/