WTF! CHCH

Soap starts next week at 3:30, year 1 and 2 was ridiculously funny...it's bye-bye to Family Ties which didn't seem to be as good as it was in the 80s.

The first episode of Green Acres was on yesterday so they've started their episode rotation over.
 
I was too young to know who Laurence Olivier was when Arnold Ziffel was said to be his superior. Spartacus was still half a decade away at that time.
You mean the Green Acres writers named our favorite pig after a real guy? Warped sense of humor...
 
I notice that on Get Smart they haven't shown a single episode with the 'Craw', even with a disclaimer before the show. Too racist I assume?
You don't see Jack Benny and Mel Blanc performing the Cy, Si routine. Absolutely classic imho. I think most Mexicans would still laugh, or sue (si)...
 
And i agree w you jtk. Ginger overrated, Mary Ann underrated. Like Bailey on WKRP...underrated vs Loni Anderson (although only slightly overrated lol). Wondering if Mannix or Dragnet ever get on their playlist
Bob Denver and Alan Hale were always the ones that were under rated. How about Have Gun, Will Travel and the original Twilight Zone on that playlist?.
 
Soap starts next week at 3:30, year 1 and 2 was ridiculously funny...it's bye-bye to Family Ties which didn't seem to be as good as it was in the 80s.

The first episode of Green Acres was on yesterday so they've started their episode rotation over.

Soap was one of my all-time favorite sitcoms. I love the scene from season one where Jodie hides Bob in the refrigerator, and Chuck starts to 'jones'

 
This gets me peeved.

If TCM is still able to air The Guns of Navarone, why can't CHCH air Hogan's Heroes? The Germans are nothing more than meat puppets in that film. TCM aired another European classic, Federico Fellini's tragicomedy La Strada. Anthony Quinn plays a thick headed circus strongman who can't comprehend how lucky he has it until it's too late. Giulietta Masina breaks hearts as the ill-fated Gelsomina with a close resemblance to Chaplin's Little Tramp. The film could not be made today, it showcases the wretched poverty that rural Italians endured post WW II.

Anthony Quinn was almost as fierce as Sergeant Schultz!

 
La Strada was Fellini's breakthrough film which also supercharged Anthony Quinn's career. He is a self-centered brute throughout, until the final eight minutes where he forced to confront the error of his ways - Quinn was exceptional.

The soundtrack is written by Nino Rota (The Godfather).

 
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Bob Denver and Alan Hale were always the ones that were under rated. How about Have Gun, Will Travel and the original Twilight Zone on that playlist?.
I agree, all they would have to do is "wire Paladin, San Francisco."
 
This gets me peeved.

If TCM is still able to air The Guns of Navarone, why can't CHCH air Hogan's Heroes?
They can, and have. They've run the whole series a couple of times now I think. Stay tuned and they'll probably show it again some time.
 
Odd Couple is done next week and is being replaced with Who's the Boss...there's a downgrade.

Looking forward to watching a few episodes of Soap!
 
Next week the back to back episodes of Bewitched are gone and are being replaced with Gilligan's Island and The Flying Nun...CHCH needs to upgrade their daytime Retro programming.
 
They need to get some new/old shows! I'm still waiting on Petticoat Junction. After the Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres I was expecting it soon!
 
Still enjoying Hawaii 5-oh.
Actually good stories and a fun pop-culture 70’s vibe.