Filmation’s Sabrina the Teenage Witch began her animated life as part of The Archie Comedy Hour (1969-70). She was spun off into another series, Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies, for a season on CBS in 1970-71. Thereafter, the ‘Goolies left … Continue reading
Tag Archives: 1970
Herschel Bernardi is ‘Arnie,’ CBS, 1971 Arnie is a lesser-known situation comedy that ran for two seasons on CBS, from September, 1970 to September, 1972. 48 episodes were produced and they starred Herschel Bernardi (d. 1986) as Arnie Nuvo, a … Continue reading
B. J. Thomas released “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” in October of 1969. The reason you are seeing a 60s tune here, written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, is … Continue reading
Happy Boxing Day all. Here’s six minutes of rare footage I found fascinating and hopefully you will too. On Saturday, December 26, 1970, the day after Christmas, Detroit radio DJ Don Schuster can be seen showing off the W4 studio. … Continue reading
Rankin/Bass’ Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town made its TV debut in December of 1970. The “Animagic” Christmas special features the voices of Mickey Rooney (Kris Kringle / Santa Claus), Fred Astaire (Narrator), Keenan Wynn (Winter Warlock) and Paul Frees … Continue reading
Here’s a wild and wonderful performance from early 1970 you’ll want to see. After the demise of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Vivian Stanshall formed biG GRunt. The band didn’t last very long but thankfully a few songs and videos … Continue reading