60 Years Ago, The Flintstones Took TV Back Thousands Of Years Ago

Today's the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of that landmark cartoon show from the town of Bedrock, which aired in the 1960s, stayed on in reruns for decades, and continues to sell cereal and vitamins to this day.

By |2024-12-12T21:22:08-05:00September 30, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie

The most prominent civil rights leader in US history was a Trekkie, and a big reason why was the character of Lieutenant Uhura, played by NIchelle Nichols. Here's the story of how Dr. King convinced Nichols to stay on the show when she had plans to leave.

They Built A Real-Life Simpsons House In Nevada

Today marks 30 years since the first episode of “The Simpsons” aired, and so we pay tribute to the house Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie call home - not to mention a real-life, 3D version of the place in Nevada.

By |2024-12-07T19:33:57-05:00December 17, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

It’s The Birthday Of Fawlty Towers, Don’t Mention The War!

“Fawlty Towers” was - amazingly - received about as poorly by TV executive and the public as Basil Fawlty’s appalling attitude was received by guests at his hotel. How did it finally get its due?

By |2024-12-10T08:41:00-05:00September 19, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Zoinks, Scooby, it’s Some Things For Friday, September 13, 2019

Hi! Lots of TV news on today's roundup.

Scooby-Doo And Those Meddling Kids Started Solving Groovy Mysteries 50 Years Ago

Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby have been setting traps, being danger prone, dropping glasses, making gigantic sandwiches and solving mysteries for a half-century. But originally the show was going to be very different.

By |2024-12-12T21:18:25-05:00September 13, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |
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