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Writer, producer, digital marketing consultant, old movie and TV weirdo. #TCMParty

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Tonight in 1974 — YELLOW SUBMARINE aired on THE CBS FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES.

This was the second CBS broadcast. The Beatles' 1968 animated film made its primetime TV premiere in 1972.

#FilmSky

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Today in 1954 — Elvis Presley recorded "That's All Right" at Sun Records in Memphis, setting him off on his path to stardom.

But songwriter Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup — who should have earned millions in royalties — made next to nothing on the iconic hit.

apnews.com/article/arth...

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Happy 45th to THE MUPPET MOVIE, which I saw this weekend in 1979 in a theater packed w/ giddy kids just starting summer vacation.

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Tonight in 1977 — FERNWOOD 2 NIGHT w/ Martin Mull and Fred Willard debuted in syndication.

“Only the certifiably embalmed will fail to laugh out loud,” the NY Times said of Norman Lear’s talk show parody spinoff of MARY HARTMAN.

All episodes are on Internet Archive: archive.org/details/ferb...

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“I may have the baby, right here!”
— (very pregnant) Eva Marie Saint winning her Oscar for ON THE WATERFRONT in 1955.

Happy 100th birthday to our 👑

#EvaMarieSaint #FilmSky

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"My dad took my hand and said, ‘Honey, whatever you want to do, just do your best.’"

Oscar winner Eva Marie Saint is 100 today.

📸LIFE Magazine, 1949

#EvaMarieSaint #BornOnThisDay

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Billy Wilder's adorable rom-com DOUBLE INDEMNITY hit theaters today in 1944.

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Judy Garland, James Dean, Burt Reynolds and Laurence Olivier — all deceased — can now read things to you on your phone thanks to A.I.

Yes, it's gross. But what's the business model here?

Most fans will find it ghoulish and non-fans won't recognize them.

variety.com/2024/biz/new...

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Robert Towne got one of his early credits on THE OUTER LIMITS in 1964.

The future Oscar winner wrote “The Chameleon,” a surprisingly moving episode of the sci-fi anthology series

Robert Duvall stars a CIA agent who goes undercover...as an alien.

Watch: therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/b8acad...

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Farewell to screenwriter Robert Towne (1934-2024) — Oscar winner for CHINATOWN and nominee for THE LAST DETAIL, SHAMPOO, and GREYSTOKE.

www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/m...

#RIPRobertTowne #FilmSky

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MR. MOM (1983) was added to Tubi today if you want to see Martin Mull give a master class on how to play a complete asshole.

tubitv.com/movies/30045...

#RIPMartinMull #FilmSky

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THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955) is on Tubi, Pluto TV, and Prime Video if you want to celebrate Charles Laughton's birthday.

"He was the perfect director," star Robert Mitchum said.

#FilmSky

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“Yeah, 220, 221, whatever it takes."

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MR. MOM making the case for hybrid work in 1983.

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I watched three '80s movies today and Amazon Prime gave me the Celine Dion documentary as Next Up every single time. Way to go, algorithm.

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Larry Cohen's GOD TOLD ME TO (1976) is now on Tubi
so you know what to do.

tubitv.com/movies/10002...

#TonyLoBianco

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Casting Martin Mull as Ruth Gordon's son in MY BODYGUARD (1980) was genius.

Both have effortless rapport w/ Chris Makepeace as the bullied high school kid who "hires" the title character.

A great cast (including familiar faces in early roles) + a powerful spin on a familiar trope. On VOD. #FilmSky

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Thanks. Way to lessen the anxiety.

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CLUE (1985) is on Pluto TV and Peacock and I think Martin Mull is the best thing about it. And I'm not just saying that.

He's on the right wavelength throughout and gets laughs that a lesser comic actor would not have gotten.

#RIPMartinMull

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I think I know why. It hit me very close to home too, in a number of ways.

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Just one more day 'til the weekend. Any big plans?

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And it looks like they've done the same thing to Logo and CMT.

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I just watched 3 episodes of THE GAME, a show I had never seen before!

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TIL there's a rerun channel devoted to Black-led sitcoms from the '90s and 2000s.

The Dabl diginet is now operated by MeTV parent Weigel Broadcasting.

It's good to see the nostalgia space expand in creative ways.

www.nexttv.com/news/dabl-de...

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Color TV debuted 73 years ago today — June 25, 1951. Ed Sullivan hosted PREMIERE, the first commercially sponsored color show (on 5 CBS affiliates). Few saw it, because color sets weren’t on sale yet! And CBS’s color broadcasts were incompatible w/ B&W TVs.

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According to my spam folder, I have about 39 subscriptions to Norton.

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Haven’t posted this before on BlueSky, and it’s the sort of artistic greatness that deserves an audience here.

Please enjoy the legendary Playboy Roller Disco and Pajama Party. And yes, this aired on network TV. youtu.be/4DN66iUgiCU?...

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This was not the film's TV debut. It premiered (in two parts) on NBC's BELL SYSTEM FAMILY THEATER on March 14-15, 1972.

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ROCKY & BULLWINKLE is now streaming on @XumoPlay — both on-demand + a 24/7 channel.

It’s free and there are no ads!

I have no idea how long this will last, so watch while you can:

play.xumo.com/networks/the...

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Tonight in 1977 — WEST SIDE STORY (1961) aired on THE CBS FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES.

It was billed as a “special presentation” and took up the entire night’s schedule.

#FilmSky

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I knew them as an old married couple before I knew them as young classic film and TV actors!

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The valedictorian at my niece’s high school graduation quoted Ferris Bueller.

She didn’t explain who he was. She just assumed everyone should know. 👏

#FilmSky

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This week in 1958 — Hume Cronyn starred on ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS as a broker who ingeniously kills a client. Cronyn also played a man obsessed w/ murder methods in Hitchcock's SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943). And he adapted ROPE (1948) — a tale of a "perfect murder" — for Hitchcock from the play!

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Behind the scenes on THE GUNS OF NAVARONE, which premiered this week in 1961. 

As far as I can tell, it's currently the oldest narrative film streaming on Netflix.

#FilmSky

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It's Mummy's Day on the Universal Monsters Channel.

The 1932 Boris Karloff original + the 1940s sequels (sans Karloff) stream from 4:40pm-10:45pm ET

On PlutoTV: pluto.tv/us/live-tv/6...

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