Saturday, June 29, 2024

Magnum, P.I. - Forty

 


Season 7, episode 16. First aired Feb. 11, 1987. James Hong guest stars. Magnum's 40th birthday is rapidly approaching and might be his last chance to beat Kiki Kahuna in a surf ski race, the teenage girl who beat him in every single race previously.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639653/

https://magnum-mania.com/Episodes/Season7/Forty.html

Magnum eats Fig Newtons for the tenth and final time in the series

C.W. Post Cereal Commercial (1978)

 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.W._Post_(cereal)

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=1309

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Easy Street

 


1986-87 NBC. Jack Elam, Loni Anderson. 22 episodes.

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



The Best Times

 


1985 NBC. Jim Metzler, Tammy Lauren. 6 episodes.

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

Oh Madeline

 


1983-84 ABC. Madeline Kahn. 18 episodes.

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


Wings - Murder, She Roast

 


Season Two, ep. 21. First aired March 21, 1991. The highest rated episode on IMDb and one of the best. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0749286/

https://wings.fandom.com/wiki/Murder_She_Roast

https://www.reddit.com/r/wingstvshow/comments/1b6uvsq/murder_she_roast/

Schlitz Beer 'Sea Rescue' Commercial (1974)

 


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

Hotel Seminole

 


Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Dreams

 


1984 CBS. John Stamos, Jami Gertz. Rock band. 12 episodes. Seven unaired.

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

Empire

 


1984 CBS. Dennis Dugan, Patrick Macnee. 6 episodes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(1984_TV_series)

Cutter to Houston

 


1983 CBS. Jim Metzler, Shelley Hack, Alec Baldwin. 9 episodes. Two unaired.

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


Jump to 1:41

The Mississippi

 


1983-84 CBS. Ralph Waite. Two seasons. 23 episodes.

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



Amanda's

 


1983 ABC. Bea Arthur Fawlty Towers remake. 13 episodes. Three unaired.


The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour

 


1983 ABC. Thom Sharp, Arsenio Hall. July-August, unknown number episodes. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084966/

Reggie

 


1983 ABC. Richard Mulligan, Barbara Barrie, Timothy Busfield. 6 episodes.

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

The Six O'Clock Follies

 


1980 NBC. Randall Carver, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Laurence Fishburne. 6 episodes. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143065/

Brown Bobby

 


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

Brown Bobby is a triangular doughnut. It is baked in a Brown Bobby machine, which resembles and is operated similarly to a waffle iron. These machines were created by the Food Display Machine Corporation in ChicagoIllinois, U.S., around the 1920s and possibly later.

Vintage photography post below has a Brown Bobby display.

F.W. GRAND STORE

 


Sunday, June 23, 2024

Since That Time, Norm, I've Never Feared Death

 



Cheers season 3, ep. 15, "King of the Hill." We hear this one snippet of conversation between Cliff and Norm at the bar as Sam and Diane have a ping pong marathon in the back room. We never do find out why Cliff never feared death.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0539788/

Arby's 'Break The Hamburger Habit' Commercial (1976)

 

Sunday, June 9, 2024

Hothouse

 


1988 ABC. Josef Sommer, Michael Learned, Michael Jeter. 7 episodes.

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

HeartBeat

 


1988-89 ABC. Kate Mulgrew, Gail Strickland. 18 episodes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeartBeat_(1988_TV_series)




The Thorns

 


1988 ABC. Tony Roberts, Kelly Bishop. 12 episodes. Five unaired. 

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



Coming of Age

 


1988-89 CBS. Paul Dooley, Alan Young, Kevin Pollak. 15 episodes. Four unaired. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_(1988_TV_series)

Trial and Error

 


1988 CBS. Paul Rodriguez. 8 episodes. Five unaired. 

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

Hooperman

 


1987-89 ABC. John Ritter. 42 episodes. 

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




Dolly


1987-88 ABC. One of the last of the variety shows. 22 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(1987_TV_series)


Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, Mich.

 


Friday, June 7, 2024

The Way of the Gun (2000)

 


Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Next on Tubi. Ryan Phillippe, Benicio del Toro, Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs, Nicky Katt, Scott Wilson, James Caan. 




https://www.avclub.com/the-way-of-the-gun-1798192468

Carroll Hotel, Vicksburg, Miss.

 


High Sierra (1940)

 


Directed by Raoul Walsh. Next on Tubi. Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart. 







https://www.avclub.com/high-sierra-dvd-1798199144

[Hotel Bienville, Mobile, Alabama]

 


One of the Boys

 


1989 NBC. Maria Conchita Alonso. 6 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_of_the_Boys_(1989_TV_series)

Dream Street

 


1989 NBC. 6 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Street_(American_TV_series)


A Fine Romance

 


1989 ABC. 12 episodes. Five unaired.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fine_Romance_(1989_TV_series)

13 East

 


1989-90 NBC. 16 episodes. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096526/

Something is Out There

 


1988 NBC. Miniseries and then a series. 9 episodes.

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


Almost Grown

 


1988-89 CBS. Eve Gordon, Tim Daly. David Chase. 13 episodes. Four unaired.

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



Heartland

 


1989 CBS. Brian Keith. 10 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartland_(1989_TV_series)




Live-In


1989 CBS. 9 episodes.




True Blue

 


1989-90 NBC. 12 episodes. One unaired.

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

Gideon Oliver

 


1989 ABC. Louis Gossett Jr. One of the last wheel series on the ABC Mystery Movie with B.L. Stryker, Columbo, and Kojak. 5 episodes. 

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

Booker

 

 

1989-90 Fox. Spinoff of 21 Jump Street. Richard Grieco. Private detective. 22 episodes. 

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




Open House

 


1989-90 Fox. Spinoff of Duet. Alison LaPlaca, Philip Charles MacKenzie. 24 episodes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_House_(1989_TV_series)

Sister Kate

 


1989-90 NBC. 19 episodes. 

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

The Century magazine for June

 


Narragansett Beer - Our Own New England Beer

 


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