Happy Funshine Friday! Sid and Marty Krofft’s Bigfoot and Wildboy began as 15-minute episodes on The Krofft Supershow in 1977. In 1979, ABC edited various segments together to air 30-minute episodes and also produced a few new shows. This series … Continue reading
Category Archives: 70s TV
First we lose Continental Airlines and now The Love Boat! Time Magazine are reporting that the original Pacific Princess, better known as TV’s The Love Boat, has been sold off for scrap and is headed to the ship junkyard. The … Continue reading
Seeing as how it’s Saturday and this evening you may be in need of some ancient commercials (it could happen!) – here’s a set of spots that ran in August of 1978 during NBC Saturday Night at the Movies. The … Continue reading
Happy Funshine Friday! Cartoon King here, bringing you another animated “classic” from the 1970s. 15 episodes of Filmation’s Lassie’s Rescue Rangers were produced and originally ran from September through December of 1973. Take in the opening below. Interesting facts: Ted … Continue reading
Gather round the TV, it’s time for a commercial break. Here’s a quick spot from 1978 featuring Dick Van Dyke touting Kodak’s “least-expensive instant camera” The Handle. The Handle was an attempt by Kodak to compete with Polaroid for the … Continue reading
Happy Funshine Friday, frisky friends! It’s happy wacky cartoontime here in Bionicland. Hanna-Barbera’s Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space, a re-imagining of the original Josie and the Pussycats, originally ran on CBS from 1972-73. Interesting factoids: The original … Continue reading