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Only six episodes made and first broadcast in 1982 (1983 in the UK). A number of running gags, including the special guest star every week being killed off during the introduction. Forerunner to the Naked Gun series of films.
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tv
police
comedy
zucker
nielsen
Added: 16th August 2007
Views: 621
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Posted By: Bamber |
 
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Several anthologies were rotated every week for NBC's Mystery Movie. Some of them were only on for a few seasons, but a couple were long runners, Columbo with Peter Falk, and McCloud, with Dennis Weaver. The theme will immediately take you back in time.
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mystery
movie
columbo
mccloud
television
anthologies
Added: 7th September 2007
Views: 491
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Posted By: Naomi |
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It was September 16, 1952, and American audiences were sitting in their seats at the neighborhood theaters, watching these two for the very first time. Anything with the brand name Acme would never be thought of in the same way again.
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road
runner
wiley
coyote
cartoons
Added: 16th September 2007
Views: 489
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Posted By: Naomi |
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Probably my favorite sports story is the day a midget, Eddie Gaedel, batted in a major league game. The date was August 19, 1951. The lacklustre St. Louis Browns were hosting the Detroit Tigers in a Sunday doubleheader. Browns' owner Bill Veeck promised that anyone who bought a ticket would see a memorable sight. He was right. Gaedel, all 3'7" of him, took part in a brewery promotion between games. Gaedel, clad it a batboy's uniform bearing the number 1/8 and carrying a toy bat, made baseball history in the first inning of the second game when he batted for outfielder Frank Saucier. Jim Cain, the Detroit pitcher, nearly doubled over in laughter at the sight of Gaedel and walked him on four pitches--all of them high. Once Gaedel trotted down to first base he was replaced by pinch runner Jim Delsing. Gaedel's picture appeared in virtually every newspaper in North America the next day. That same day American League president Will Harridge banned midgets from baseball. Most of the players involved in the stunt relished their connection to it. Jim Delsing said, 'A lot of guys have hit 50 home runs in a season, but I'm the only guy who ever ran for a midget.'
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Eddie
Gaedel
baseball
Added: 22nd November 2007
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Here's a promotional spot for ABC's Saturday morning lineup beginning in September 1971: Roadrunner cartoons, Lidsville, The Funky Phantom, Curiosity Shop, and The Jackson Five. The latter four would all be off the air in two years.
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network
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Saturday
Added: 28th November 2007
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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On April 21, 1980 unheralded Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line in the prestigious Boston Marathon. Her apparent victory in record time was immediately suspicious. First, everyone assumed Jacqueline Gareau was the leading female. Nobody saw Gareau lose the lead in the race at anytime after the eighth mile. Furthermore, Ruiz's running shoes were barely scuffed and she was hardly perspiring in the unseasonably warm weather. Two Harvard University students signed affidavits stating they saw Ruiz illegally enter the course just a few hundred yards from the finish line. Ruiz denied the accusations and maintained she had run unnoticed among a pack of male runners. Few people believed her story and she was subsequently disqualified after an investigation. To this day Ruiz has stubbornly refused to return her winner's medal, so Gareau was given a larger medal. Twenty five years later Gareau was ceremoniously allowed to break the tape--a thrill that Ruiz deprived her from experiencing in 1980. Ruiz had qualified to run in Boston by finishing the 1979 New York City Marathon with a decent time, but investigators discovered she had cheated there too. (She left the course after a few hundred yards, took a subway train to an area near the finish line, illegally re-entered the race and finished 26th.) Ruiz promised to prove her innocence by winning the 1980 New York City Marathon. She never showed up.
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Rosie
Ruiz
cheater
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Marathon
Added: 30th November 2007
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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A 1959 classic, with all the famous Warner Bros. Cartoon characters: Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Sylvester Cat, Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzalez, Pepe Lepew, Road Runner and Wile Coyote. . .
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lunch
box
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Added: 11th December 2007
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Posted By: Teresa |
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From a minor league game in Memphis, one of baseball's rarest feats: A triple play! (Batter strikes out, runner caught stealing at second base, runner caught stealing at the plate.)
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Added: 23rd December 2007
Views: 385
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