Category: US
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Hey! HEY! They’re NOT The Monkees
You know when you’re browsing old copies of American television industry magazines, and you come across something that makes you stop and scratch your head with Simian-like confusion? New Monkees was a syndicated show, developed from the original by Matthew Fassberg and Victor Fresco. It lasted 13 episodes, and was jointly produced by Coca Cola…
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Nineteen 90s Shows
I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…
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Spin Back To The Future
Here’s one of those little snippets you often stumble across in old magazines. I suppose it was inevitable that Spin City would make some references to Back To The Future, but this was a great way to do it – using the time change element. Unfortunately, this is the best quality version of the promo…
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Shaping Up
Just watch these opening titles, and see if you do a double take, like I did, at the tonal shift once the actors’ credits begin to appear. Shaping Up was an ABC sitcom, which aired in 1984, and had quite the pedigree. It was created by Emmy-award winners Sam Simon and Ken Estin, who wrote…
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Bruce Forsyth’s Hot Streak
There are some incongruous things to be found in the annals of TV history. Like the time when Rod Hull sat down next to Richard Pryor on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, or when Bruce Forsyth appeared on Magnum P.I. Wait, what? (Many thanks to the Cheapshow podcast for the heads up) This marked…
