tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467807781586384838.post5775642879432633243..comments2024-02-29T06:11:26.267-08:00Comments on Cool Ass Cinema: Vintage TV Guide Ads: Halloween Horrors, Blazing Saddles, Farrah Sizzles & More!venoms5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467807781586384838.post-20337945616551872412011-08-29T16:14:43.435-07:002011-08-29T16:14:43.435-07:00Thanks, Maynard! Glad you are enjoying them!Thanks, Maynard! Glad you are enjoying them!venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467807781586384838.post-78331307986888256962011-08-27T13:42:36.784-07:002011-08-27T13:42:36.784-07:00definitely looking forward to more 'Vintage TV...definitely looking forward to more 'Vintage TV Ad' posts :)Maynard Morrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484689288762406307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467807781586384838.post-83285324672521971372011-04-07T21:06:03.821-07:002011-04-07T21:06:03.821-07:00@ Fang: I only saw it the one time, and I mainly r...@ Fang: I only saw it the one time, and I mainly recall her costume that was noticeably different from the comic and Lynda Carter's interpretation.<br /><br />@ Fazeo: Thanks, man, I got a bunch more coming! It brought a lot back to me, too, perusing through them all.<br /><br />@ Skeme: I know, right? The memory floodgates were opened for me, too, going through various issues. I notice towards the end of the 80s the ads got less extravagant and just less period. Yeah, sometimes you had a wait a year or more to see a movie again unless you recorded it in one of those then state of the art pop top VCR's. Thanks, Skeme, I hope you enjoy the other ones I got coming up, too!venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467807781586384838.post-74752284002499174082011-04-07T16:39:49.504-07:002011-04-07T16:39:49.504-07:00Man you just brought back tons of memories! I miss...Man you just brought back tons of memories! I miss looking in the guides and checking off what I needed to see, the ads alone and the way they were displayed made you watch stuff that you never heard of. The best was the "First time on network television", you had to catch it because there was not repeat showings later that night like on cable now!<br /><br />Great read as always!Skeme Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316004879223718224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467807781586384838.post-52837300569522981232011-04-07T13:22:19.235-07:002011-04-07T13:22:19.235-07:00Fantastic post venom! More memories than I can eve...Fantastic post venom! More memories than I can even handle. <br /><br />Had to laugh at the Paul Lynde Halloween special ad. That is truly scary.Fazeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120431679290048715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467807781586384838.post-78395520059414711402011-04-06T21:29:16.661-07:002011-04-06T21:29:16.661-07:00I recall seeing Cathy Lee Crosby's WW pilot as...I recall seeing <b>Cathy Lee Crosby's</b> <i><b>WW</b></i> pilot as a rerun many years after its premiere. As the account goes, it reflected the comic book stories being published at the time (right down to her radical costume), which is why it's such a <i>"foreign"</i> movie in more ways than one! The <i>worst</i> <b>Lynda Carter</b> episodes are better than that pilot, even though it's got <b>Ricardo Montalban</b> as the bad guy!<br /><br />Despite the fact Crosby had the right body type for the part, I don't think coloring her hair black and putting her in the more familiar costume would've made her Wonder Woman!<br /><br />Today, <b>Paul Lynde's</b> more remembered for being <i>"Uncle Arthur"</i> on <i><b>Bewitched</b></i> and his scripted <i>"ad libs"</i> on <i><b>Hollywood Squares</b>.</i> Generally speaking, I'd say he was one of those <i>"proven"</i> character actors who made the mistake of trying to be a <i>"top banana"!</i> Often, he wasn't so much a <i>funny man</i> as he was a <i>man who said things funny!</i> (The guy had great comic timing.)R.A.M.'67https://www.blogger.com/profile/12817535165296807817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467807781586384838.post-79464288753937765612011-04-06T20:17:31.786-07:002011-04-06T20:17:31.786-07:00There's a lot more where this came from, Fang,...There's a lot more where this came from, Fang, and I hoped/thought you at least would get a kick out of seeing these. The trouble was figuring out which ones to scan first. I still have a few dozen more to go through. <br /><br />And yes, I did make it home in time to catch the repeat. The year prior on the premiere, I missed the first 15 minutes.<br /><br />I remember watching lots of Sid and Marty Krofft stuff, but Paul Lynde escapes me.<br /><br />Did you ever see the first WONDER WOMAN pilot movie with Kathy Lee Crosby as Wonder Woman? I remember seeing it around this time.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467807781586384838.post-62830352088050906732011-04-06T19:47:03.534-07:002011-04-06T19:47:03.534-07:00Great first installment of old TV Guide ads, venom...Great first installment of old <b>TV Guide</b> ads, <b>venoms5</b>! The reproductions look to be in good shape, and it's cool to look at them in a size <i>bigger</i> than the original pages!<br /><br />Love the <i><b>Dark Night of the Scarecrow</b></i> ad; <b>Larry Drake</b> looks like a demented <i>"Dennis the Menace"!</i> Did you make it back home to see the repeat? :o)<br /><br />Seen today, the two formats of <i><b>Wonder Woman</b></i> are pretty cool, but I always preferred the <i>"WWII"</i> version, including the pilot movie where <b>Lynda Carter</b> beat the snot out of <b>Stella Stevens</b>!<br /><br />It's been several years since I've seen that <i><b>Afterschool Special</b>!</i> Many of them have actually made it to DVD, and several have been posted on <b>YouTube</b>. (If you want to watch another special with <b>Lance Kerwin</b>, look up <i><b>"The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon"</b>;</i> that one is a <i>riot!</i>)<br /><br /><b>David Copperfield</b> was OK, back in the day. I liked the late <b>Doug Henning</b>, another magician that did a lot of TV before Copperfield; he was a <i>"hippie"</i> type whose slight-of-hand was smooth as silk!<br /><br />Beyond the appearances of <b>KISS</b> and <b>Margaret Hamilton</b>, the <b>Paul Lynde</b> Halloween special was pretty wretched stuff! Why? Because it was produced by <b>Sid</b> and <b>Marty Kroft</b>!<br /><br />What a flood of memories these old, slightly browned pages bring back! I await more postings of these!R.A.M.'67https://www.blogger.com/profile/12817535165296807817noreply@blogger.com