[78-L] For old timey TV fans..slight 78RPM connection

[David Lennick]

There was a "Mr. Peepers" set put out about 5 years ago. I have to confess that 
the audio was so ghastly on the first episode (crude kinescope) I never went 
back to it. There's also a Victor Borge box set of his 1950 programs. You want 
great cult stuff? Look for "At Last the 1948 Show" and "Do Not Adjust Your 
Set", 60s comedy shows featuring (separately) the yet-to-be Monty Python cast 
and the Bonzo Dog Band. And Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's "Not Only But Also" 
which contains the only surviving episodes (6).

I'm still waiting for "The Brothers" (Gale Gordon & Bob Sweeney) but I ain't 
holdin' my breath.

dl

On 10/27/2011 10:11 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>
> One of the most famous examples of a cult short-run series was "The Prisoner," which was only 17 episodes but now has a fan club ("Six of One") and a long-standing fan base. Loved that show.
>
> There's also the 39 episodes of "The Honeymooners."
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:29:27 -0400
>> From: jeffsultanof at gmail.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] For old timey TV fans..slight 78RPM connection
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> You are certainly correct about some series being syndicated even though
>> they didn't have 100 episodes. I've read in one than one place about the 100
>> episode practice for syndication.
>>
>> Did "My Mother the Car" have a life after it was cancelled? I was always
>> told that that show was never run again. I don't pretend to be an expert on
>> TV syndication.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:57 AM, djwein<djwein at earthlink.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Jeff,
>>>
>>> I don't know about shows needing to have 100 episodes to make syndication
>>> viable. I can remember seeing many one and two-season series in syndication
>>> in the 60s and 70s - GIDGET, THE TIME TUNNEL, THE JETSONS, MY MOTHER THE
>>> CAR, CAR 54, THE INVADERS, ROOM FOR ONE MORE, THE MONKEES, and even
>>> DICKENS-FENSTER.
>>>
>>> Dave Weiner
>>>