On this week’s Funshine Friday we feature – Saturday! That’s right, this time around we take a look at The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie which launched in September, 1972. The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie was a rare bird as it … Continue reading
Category Archives: 70s TV
This week’s Show Toppers features What’s Happening!!, which ran on ABC from summer 1976 to spring 1979. The sitcom was loosely based on the film Cooley High (1975) and followed three Watts-based L.A. teens along with their their family and … Continue reading
In our second installment of Partridge Pop we feature The Partridge Family singing the Phil Spector-Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil classic, “Walking in the Rain.” This short and sweet tune comes from season three of The Partridge Family and the episode entitled, … Continue reading
Hanna-Barbera’s Jeannie cartoon was an animated re-imagining of the live-action hit, I Dream of Jeannie. The series originally ran on CBS from September through December, 1973. Later, in 1977, the show was re-packaged and included in episodes of Fred Flintstone … Continue reading
Busting Loose, a comedy starring Adam Arkin, ran on CBS over a 10-month period in 1977. The show debuted in January and ran through May, Monday evenings at 8:30 PM. From July to November, 1977 the show switched to Wednesdays … Continue reading
“Yeah, anytime there’s a rumble out West. Who do you call? You call the best! ‘Cause everyone knows it’s as simple as that. The best in the West is a Houndcat.” DePatie-Freleng produced 13 episodes of The Houndcats and they … Continue reading