Michael J. Hayde's BETTER LIVING THROUGH TELEVISION

A celebration of the history of Television - its highs, its lows - as perceived by myself.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Video On Demand a'la 1965

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I marvel at technology, and sometimes cower from it. Does anybody really believe that instant gratification 24/7 is good for the human psyc...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Martin vs. Lewis, T.K.O. (June-July 1956)

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November 13, 1955: The day after Jerry Lewis unexpectedly played a benefit performance as a solo – one specially requested of the team by P...
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Sunday, March 07, 2010

Martin vs. Lewis, Round Two (June-August 1955)

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June of 1955 was shaping up as a banner month for the money-making juggernaut that was Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis. On the...
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Friday, February 26, 2010

Martin vs. Lewis, Round One (March 1954)

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Some 25 years ago, I was reading Phil Rosenthal, then the TV columnist for the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner . He mentioned ca...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Yabba-Dabba-Dad! Happy Birthday, Pebbles Flintstone!

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One of my favorite blogs is "Yowp," described by its owner as "stuff about early Hanna-Barbera cartoons." Today’s entry ...
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Michael J. Hayde
Author of "SIDE BY SIDE: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis on TV & Radio;" "CHAPLIN'S VINTAGE YEAR: The History of the Mutual-Chaplin Specials;" FLIGHTS OF FANTASY: The Unauthorized but True Story of Radio & TV's ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN;" and "MY NAME'S FRIDAY: The Unauthorized but True Story of DRAGNET and the Films of JACK WEBB."
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