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Sample "Creature Double Feature" that played on Philly Channel 48 on October 1, 1977. Since the "Incredible Two-Headed Transplant" was one of the two I probably was watching that day.
October 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today is the 56 year anniversary of the debut of the "Letters To Laugh-In" game show on September 29, 1969. Did that show come up in the George Schlatter GGACP episode?
September 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
55 years ago today in World History: The Spanish Inquisition.

Also, the Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights.

Monty Python's Flying Circus "The Spanish Inquisition" (S2E2) first aired September 22, 1970 on BBC1.

#otd #onthisday #comedyhistory #MontyPython
September 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show first aired 60 years ago tonight on September 15, 1965.

Green Acres debuted that night too.

#otd #onthisday
September 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Mel Brooks' sitcom "When Things Were Rotten" debuted 50 years ago tonight on September 10, 1975.

Also that day "Starsky and Hutch" become a weekly series (the pilot had aired in April that year.

#otd #onthisday
September 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Examining the "Artanis" in The Dick Van Dyke Show episode "The Masterpiece"
September 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Joker, if for no other reason than the phallic symbol "rocket" he straps Batgirl to in "The Joker's Flying Saucer". Then again it might have been even funnier if it had been Louie the Lilac (Milton Berle) who did that.
July 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Raw Comedy Channel played this today during a "Seth Meyers Takes Over" segment. Seemed like it was a set from 2016 or so given some of the references? Funny stuff.
June 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Which one is he again?
April 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
First thing I thought of when I saw it was National Doctors Day.
March 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
His drunken broadcast of the Eagles-Giants game at Franklin Field in Philly in 1970 which supposedly ended with him throwing up on Dandy Don Meredith's boots. Other than that the pic shows a few other faves especially the "Bananas" cameo "It's over, It's all over for El Presidente..".
March 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Friends debuted that week.
March 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
February 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
That week on Get Smart, GGACP guest Larry Storch as "The Groovy Guru", S3E15, Jan 13, 1968.
January 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
That week on The Odd Couple, fan fave ep "The Flying Felix". "I much fear serious trouble in the fuselage Frederick". S4E16, Jan 18, 1974.
January 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
That week on The Bob Newhart Show, Emily Hartley wanted to be hip with the youth so she updated her wardrobe. "The Modernization of Emily" S2E17, Jan 12, 1974.
January 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The "Lucy Meets Superman" episode first aired that week, S6E13, Jan 14, 1957.
January 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
That week Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In became Rowan and Carson's Laugh-In with Johnny Carson jokingly taking the place of Dick Martin. Laugh-In, S2E15, Jan 13, 1969.
January 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Some say there was a part of Milton Berle that was a living distorted sized Al Hirschfeld caricature. That week on The Danny Thomas Show, Tony Bennett guest starred as Uncle Tonoose's son. "Tony Bennett Gets Danny's Help" S6E15, Jan 12, 1959.
January 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Sanford and Son debuted that week on Friday, January 14. Now that I'll have that theme music stuck in my head all day I think I'll go out trashpicking.
January 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
That week on Barney Miller, Kenneth Tigar made another of his great appearances and Tito Vandis did his usual Greek guy character. "The Ghost" S4E13, Jan 12, 1978.
January 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The Joker went on a zodiac inspired crime spree that week "The Zodiac Crimes/The Joker's Hard Times" Jan 11-12, 1967.
January 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Pretty much any of his interactions with troublemaking Uncle Tonoose (Hans Conreid) on The Danny Thomas Show.
January 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
52 years ago this week, "Your Mama Don't Dance" was at #8 on its way to peaking at #4 for the week ending, January 27, 1973, a song from that time period that instantly takes me back to pre-teen me thumbing thru department store music racks while my parents were shopping for less important stuff.
January 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
That week, a few seasons before the Sam and Diane soap opera broke out, Hawkeye took his shot with her but, to borrow a line from a very funny movie that year, he picked a bad week to quit drinking. "Bottle Fatigue" S8E16, Jan 7, 1980, guest star Shelley Long.
January 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM