I remember reading where NBC stopped attempting to save copies of Jack Paar's Tonight Show, because back then, the average reel of videotape of a 90 minute show was about the size of a tractor-trailer tire. (Paar's words.) Sadly, that's why none of Paar's Tonight shows survived. And I also remember reading when the…

I remember reading that CBS has a huge vault underneath the parking lot of Television City. One of the things they have is a complete run of the "Amos & Andy" television series, which both CBS and the A&A heirs have been in a standoff over for years. CBS bought the rights to the show when it went in syndication in…

I loved how Jack Nicholson convinced Groucho to accept the films.

I remember reading on the Nitrateville blog the story of a man who's first job out of film school was to inventory the film collection of Jack Webb, as it was going to be scrapped to recover the silver in the film for sale. The archivist was just sickened, though while Webb didn't have the filming elements of the…

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I would like to see both made into a series, or combined into one, as they were the two films that drug Warner Brothers into the modern film age, marked the essential end of Jack Warner as a studio head, and the rise of the "modern" film.

They could do two more "Feud" series with Stanley Tucci staying on as Jack Warner with "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf" with Warner vs Mike Nichols, Burton & Taylor and "Bonnie & Clyde" with Warner vs Warren Beatty.

I bought the entire series on the cheap a few years ago, but rarely watch those, as MWC is still being run in blocks on TBS in the early morning and Logo as well. The show was at it's best in the first 5 or so seasons, as it evolved from an earlier and jokier version of "Roseanne" to "Al Bundy-Cartoon Character!" I…

If memory serves, a lot of Comedy Central shows got the axe around that time (Drawn Together, The Sarah Silverman Show) due to Dave Chappelle bailing on his show, which pretty much was the network's financial tentpole at the time. So the network had to cancel a lot of their programming, as they couldn't afford to pay…

I loved Andy Kindler's comment about Gotham on his "Good Advice From Andy Kindler" segment on Tosh.O. "I feel sorry for everyone involved with Gotham. Does anyone want to know what Alfred was really like? And, I know, let's make a TV show about Bruce Wayne before he became interesting!"

Is this even a story? I would imagine that both Scorsese and Armani have a copy in their archives.

Also, the writer allegedly boosted material from other comedians, (Kathleen Madigan, Daniel Tosh, Patrice O'Neal) and Schumer incorporated into her act and the script to "Trainwreck."

There is another urinal story featuring Milton and Sammy Davis, Jr. Sammy complimented Milton on the size of his you know what, and Berle replied, "If Kim Novak could see this, you'd be back to sthupping Hattie McDaniel." Ah, a charmer, that Milt.

It was comedian Dick Shawn.

I've said this before on another thread that mentioned the RuPaul/Berle dustup, but I'll repeat it. RuPaul's takedown of Berle was a piece of surgery worthy of Johnny Carson or David Letterman.

Yep, I remember Mike Douglas fondly from my youth, and an appearance by Warren Zevon, who'd I'd never seen before, as I lived in Dullsville,Ohio is one of my first rock performer on TV memories.

I was always curious if the main reason that Crane's kid finally took down the site was either the fact that it didn't do enough business to justify it's existence, or that if he had the rights to his father's image, and was told that it would be easier to market his old man without a website devoted to his indulging…

I think Bob Crane's son wins, if only for the fact that at one point, he had a website featuring photos of Bob's sexploits, which he took during his "swinging" years.

You're probably right. But I do remember his commenting a bit positively about rock music in the RS interview, at least in comparison to late night host and rock music hater Steve Allen. He also said that while he liked the Beach Boys, he didn't think that their song, "Johnny Carson" was their highest moment.

I read a piece by Joe Queenan, on his appearing on Chevy's talk show before it got the axe. He was more impressed with meeting Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe at his Beverly Hills hotel's poolside bar, and his happily chatting with them, and in the words of Nick Tosches, "Drinking the heart out of the afternoon."