In 1960, television shows set in the 1920s roared across the small screen. One of them featured teenagers as the main attraction, depicting the life of a lively high school girl named Margie. It was adapted from a 1946 movie starring Jeanne Crain. Like the later Patty Duke Show, Margie featured the main character’s family,… Continue reading #RoaringTwenties Margie #1960
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Vintage Friday: Margie 1960
In 1960 television shows set in the Roaring Twenties enlivened the small screen. One of them featured teenagers as the main attraction, depicting the life of an exuberant high school girl named Margie. It was adapted from a 1946 movie starring Jeanne Crain. Like the later Patty Duke Show, Margie featured the main character’s family,… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Margie 1960
Vintage Friday: Actress Doran Clark
Recently I discovered vintage mysteries on one of the Hallmark channels and am enjoying delving into such shows as Columbo, Diagnosis Murder, Matlock, Hart to Hart, and especially Murder She Wrote. While watching these series from the 1980s and 90s, a fascinating talent named Doran Clark caught my attention. There is something magical and enigmatic… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Actress Doran Clark
Vintage Friday: 7 Dynamite Avengers
I loved the stylish espionage series, The Avengers, in all its incarnations, including the seasons with Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson, and even the New Avengers with Joanna Lumley. The show was a thrill to watch – in large part due to Patrick Macnee as the dapper, unflappable John Steed. Sadly, he passed away yesterday, June… Continue reading Vintage Friday: 7 Dynamite Avengers
Vintage Friday: Sunrise Semester 1968 by Flossie Benton Rogers
While recently viewing the 2013 final episode of Poirot, which I found as emotionally devastating as the final Agatha Christie Poirot book, PBS presented a promo that triggered a most pleasant memory. In the promo a woman with an impoverished childhood told how PBS had expanded her horizons toward education and success. This reminded me… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Sunrise Semester 1968 by Flossie Benton Rogers
Vintage Friday: Starsky and Hutch – Familiar Faces 1975
Starsky and Hutch from the mid 1970s was always one of my favorite tv shows. It starred the awesome talents of David Soul as Hutch, Michael Paul Glaser as Starsky, Bernie Hamilton as Captain Dobey, and Antonio Fargas as Huggy Bear. Until Direct TV recently started carrying the El Rey channel, there were no reruns… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Starsky and Hutch – Familiar Faces 1975
Vintage Friday: Actor Musician Med Flory
Recently while relaxing and watching the vintage tv show Starsky and Hutch, with David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser, a familiar face struck my eye. I had seen him numerous times in lots of different old shows but had never learned his identity. His appearance was soothing and pleasing, his grin infectious, and his good… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Actor Musician Med Flory
Vintage Friday: P.I. Paradise
As a kid some of my favorite television shows featured suave private eyes adorned with glib sidekicks, torchy singers, and saltwater heaven. Not to mention urbane, shifty villains. Sun, sand, surf, and savvy proved to be the code of the day. Although we couldn’t see the aquamarine waters on a black and white tv set,… Continue reading Vintage Friday: P.I. Paradise
Vintage Friday: Get Rowdy 1959
Television in 1959 thrummed with exciting cowboys and private eyes, as well as comedic bumblers and the unfortunates trapped in the dim recesses of The Twilight Zone. In honor of my husband’s birthday on January 15, let’s look back at one of his favorite television shows from when he was a kid in 1959. Long… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Get Rowdy 1959