I've died and gone to Boomer TV heaven.
Tomorrow, WPIX will air nine hours of shows to mark its 60th birthday. It's like seeing my TV life flash before my eyes.
From noon to 9 on that Saturday, Ch. 11 will feature nine hours of vintage programs including: The Little Rascals, Abbott & Costello, The Three Stooges, The Adventures Of Superman, Get Smart, My Favorite Martian, I Dream Of Jeannie, The Odd Couple and The Honeymooners.
The only thing better would be for WPIX to announce that they will be unthawing Officer Joe Bolton on air, years after he was cryogenically frozen..
Here's the sked:
The Little Rascals
12-1230pm: Teacher’s Pet
1230p-1pm: Hearts Are Thumps/ Feed ‘Em and Weep
Abbott & Costello
1pm Getting a Job
130pm The Actor’s Home
The Three Stooges
2pm Gents without Cents
230pm A Plumbing We Will Go
The Adventures of Superman
3pm Crime Wave
330pm The Perils of Superman
Get Smart
4pm Mr. Big
430pm A Spy for A Spy
My Favorite Martian
5pm My Favorite Martian
530pm A Loaf of Bread, A Jug of Wine and Peaches
I Dream Of Jeannie
6pm The Lady In The Bottle
630pm Tomorrow Is Not Another Day
The Odd Couple
7pm Password
730pm My Strife in Court
The Honeymooners
8pm Better Living Through TV
830pm The $99,000 Answer
All these episodes will be followed by an anniversary special at 9 p.m. anchored by Jim Watkins and Kaity Tong.
Until then, enjoy this clip of Bud and Lou and one of their classic routines from their TV show:
Comments (2)
Dear Edlestein,
I can only hope and pray that WPIX TV Ch.11
NYC's 60th Anniversary tv tribute will be better than
their 40th anniversary tv tribute.
That disgrace aired 20 years ago and that show
was ruined by creative interference and poor research
by a stupid station exec.
Nevertheless?
I hope that you and your readers and your fellow
collumnists at "Newsday"will enjoy this tribute to
Ch.11's 60 years of brodcasting.
Kevin S.Butler
P.S. The A&C comedy that you're showing from
"You Tube'..is not from"The A&C TV Show"..it's
from one of Bud And Lou's film comedies.."In Society".
And I doubt that the station execs at Ch.11 will
have any rare footage of "Officer Joe"hosting any of
his NYC based kids tv shows.
Dear Mr.Edelstein,
This skit is not from "The A&C TV Show"..it's
from One of Bud And Lou's Film comedies"In Society!".
I hope that WPIX TV Ch.11 NYC's 60th Anniversary
tv tribute..will be better than their 40th anniversary
tv tribute.
Which aired 20 years ago.
Kevin S.Butler
P.S. I doubt that the station execs at Ch.11 have
any footage of"Officer Joe"Bolton hosting any of his
kids tv shows at WPIX TV.