tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post7270417967983128791..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Weekend PostBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-88896332027687741372021-08-11T21:32:47.831-07:002021-08-11T21:32:47.831-07:00*is*isAAllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04994241172130699272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24173259068961703592021-08-11T21:32:33.127-07:002021-08-11T21:32:33.127-07:00The Palouse is where Washington State University i...The Palouse is where Washington State University it. Tom Tuttle of Tacoma, Washington would approve.AAllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04994241172130699272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-42307294071213528832021-08-10T15:38:21.773-07:002021-08-10T15:38:21.773-07:00The woman who's pole-dancing and ironing at th...The woman who's pole-dancing and ironing at the same time? Obviously it's her Miss America talent!Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361592930703627190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65006396410028055922021-08-10T06:19:32.433-07:002021-08-10T06:19:32.433-07:00The Best Western sign can also be read as a show o...The Best Western sign can also be read as a show of solidarity: Imaginary Friends! Stay Free!<br /><br />Brian Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485075283223444305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78037119974867140072021-08-09T10:27:58.599-07:002021-08-09T10:27:58.599-07:00There are three Colonel Sanders holiday albums: Ch...There are three Colonel Sanders holiday albums: Christmas with CS, Christmas Day with CS, and Christmas Eve with CS. Day and Eve are marked Kentucky Fried Chicken Special Collector's Edition.thirteennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72221993252490938742021-08-08T17:35:49.508-07:002021-08-08T17:35:49.508-07:00At one store, I saw a table of remaindered genre b...At one store, I saw a table of remaindered genre books (romance, procedural/detective, SF, etc.), with a sign that read "Fictional Clearance." My reaction was, "So they're not <i>really</i> on sale?"Curt Alliaumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875046706746482871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39418136595060439422021-08-08T13:12:35.798-07:002021-08-08T13:12:35.798-07:00Fun fact:
Before starting KFC, Colonel Sanders us...Fun fact:<br /><br />Before starting KFC, Colonel Sanders used to do pole dancing, and his signature routine was one he called "biscuits and gravy". Don't ask me how I know.Ere I Saw Elbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36088446881347953752021-08-08T10:27:30.972-07:002021-08-08T10:27:30.972-07:00About that Studio City plaque:
This was the headqu...About that Studio City plaque:<br />This was the headquarters of Republic pictures, home studio to Saturday afternoon cliffhangers, B westerns, second-feature thrillers, and loads of early TV shows, backed up by the most well-used supply of stock footage and miniature effects shots in the business.<br />Here in Chicago, Channel 7, the ABC-owned station in town, had much (if not all) of Republic's inventory in-house, and filled many off-hours with this stuff.<br />I'm wondering - what other shows were commemorated on the other Ventura Blvd. plaques?<br /><i>Commando Cody - Sky Marshal Of The Universe?<br />Radar Men From The Moon?<br />The Adventures Of Dr. Fu Manchu?<br />Stories Of The Century?</i> (Western version of <i>Gangbusters</i> with a pre-<i>Dallas</i> Jim Davis)<br /><i>Frontier Doctor?</i> (Rex Allen's TV series)<br />Any B-western cowboy series of your choice?<br />Just askin', is all ...Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41642367673947049692021-08-08T10:04:52.035-07:002021-08-08T10:04:52.035-07:00No one likes a typo nag but I think you meant to s...No one likes a typo nag but I think you meant to say the movie was "filmed" there, not "filled"Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04552947897995643289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25196224507105679052021-08-08T01:08:38.837-07:002021-08-08T01:08:38.837-07:00The Palouse Brewing Company--that was in my neck o...The Palouse Brewing Company--that was in my neck of the woods (or wheat fields in this case). The brewery lasted until 1910 when the city in which it was based voted itself dry (the rest of the state followed in 1913). Here are some related links that include other ads for their product.<br /><br />https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cycleblaze-resized/gmo4f52xdrlerqsi2nwh4iothyr_2000.jpeg<br /><br />https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cycleblaze-resized/e9ptogn3f35kw4jmw3xkht26ksv_2000.jpegLawman592https://www.blogger.com/profile/05592066534913945982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-84592743639919814932021-08-07T20:34:24.226-07:002021-08-07T20:34:24.226-07:00FQ: You've mentioned RHODA in your blog many ...FQ: You've mentioned RHODA in your blog many times and that Charlotte Brown, the executive producer is a neighbor. Here is a question regarding RHODA that I think only she can answer if you wouldn't mind asking her. There is a 4th season script that exists, written by David Lloyd and the title is YOUR OLD FRIEND PHYLLIS. The script was never produced and obviously Cloris Leachman would have guest starred. The question is why was it not filmed? This would have been 1977 and right after both MTM and PHYLLIS ended. I've always assumed it was either a scheduling conflict with Cloris Leachman or perhaps she wanted to put the Phyllis character behind her at that stage. Does Charlotte know the actual reason?Matt in Westwood, CAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89739954035449037842021-08-07T11:41:55.801-07:002021-08-07T11:41:55.801-07:00The only one of the above I've seen before is ...The only one of the above I've seen before is the Palouse Beer ad. I found that while researching something else, of course.<br /><br />M.B.Mike Bloodworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04755626259169126800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33782209503951059252021-08-07T09:33:39.423-07:002021-08-07T09:33:39.423-07:00"Zombies of the Stratosphere" was a cool..."Zombies of the Stratosphere" was a cool old serial with Leonard Nimoy in it. If they made it today it would be about air travel.Earl Boeberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300222007927549893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87913153448546711072021-08-07T07:42:15.902-07:002021-08-07T07:42:15.902-07:00I have 2 of those Colonel Sanders Christmas albums...I have 2 of those Colonel Sanders Christmas albums. I think they did that for 3 years in the 70s, my dad got them, not sure if they were free when you get a bucket, or if you bought them at Kentucky Fried Chicken (it was way before it was called KFC). <br />Funny enough, they don't smell like chicken.Mitchnoreply@blogger.com