Tag: situation comedy

• Monkees vs. Macheen: “Monkee Mayor”

  “Nevermind the furthermore, the plea is self-defense” “Monkee Mayor” aired October 2, 1967, and though that was a mighty long time ago, the story doesn’t feel dated to me. The ideas are still relevant today. It’s also one of those stories where the Monkees are working to help the underdog, instead of working for their…

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  May 17, 2017

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  1967, 1968, Alex Singer, Davy Jones, drama, Election, Marx Brothers, mayor, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Monkee Mayor, Monkees Vs. Macheen, parking lots, Peter Tork, Plesant Valley Sunday, Politics, second season, situation comedy, social commentary, television, Zechenbush

• Monkees Vs. Macheen: “Monkees in the Ring”

  “’Round and ’Round We Go!” “Monkees in the Ring” was directed by James Frawley and written by Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso. This is a combination of director/writers that frequently worked on these Monkees episodes, yet somehow this episode for me, doesn’t feel like a Monkees episode. This could be because the story is very…

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  August 4, 2016

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  “I’ll Be Back Upon My Feet”, “Laugh”, blacklist, boxing, D’Urville Martin, Davy Jones, Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso, James Frawley, Joseph V. Perry, Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Monkees in the Ring, Muhammad Ali, Ned Glass, Peter Tork, situation comedy, Sonny Liston, the Champ

• Vintage Cable Box: “Young Doctors In Love, 1982”

  “A romance at this point would be ludicrous and counterproductive to our studies.” Young Doctors In Love, 1982 (Dabney Coleman), ABC Motion Pictures Young Doctor Simon August (Michael McKean), defeated and sullen, shuffles down an alleyway hanging his head in shame because he can’t operate on the woman he loves (the result of a childhood…

  lawlerd

  July 20, 2016

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  1982, comedy, Dabney Coleman, Garry Marshall, General Hospital, Happy Days, Hector Elizondo, Laverne & Shirley, Michael McKean, Michael Richards, Rick Overton, Sean Young, situation comedy, soap opera, spoof, Taylor Negron, Ted McGinley, The Odd Couple, Young Doctors In Love

• Monkees Vs. Macheen: “Son Of A Gypsy”

  “Everybody Wants to be in Showbiz!” “Son of a Gypsy” was written by the team of Gerald Gardner & Dee Caruso and Treva Silverman. I really do enjoy the ones that Silverman wrote. The story is about a gig gone wrong, but it is also a wildly improbable, high adventure territory as their opponents in…

  lawlerd

  June 9, 2016

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  1966, 1967, Alice, Bronwyn Knox, Cassius Clay, cultural appropriation, David Jones, Dee Caruso, Elizabeth Camp, Gene Dynarski, Gerald Gardner, Good Times, gypsy, James Arnold, James Frawley, Mario Roccuzzo, Me and Magdalena, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, modern humor, Monkees Vs. Macheen, Muhammad Ali, NBC, new album, Peter Tork, phrenology, Ralph Roberts, Romani, situation comedy, Son of a Gypsy, Star Trek, The Monkees, Tony Regan, Treva Silverman, Vic Tayback

• NEW PODCAST: “Save The Texas Prairie Chicken”

  This is BlissVille, Misadventures In BlissVille, an American variety podcast presentation that premiered December 5th of the year 2014 featuring host David Lawler and guests including Colin Hall, Bronwyn Knox, Andrew La Ganke, Nicole Phelps, Sarah La Puerta, Alex Saltz, Mark Jeacoma, and Denny Spangler, who is with us tonight to discuss all-things-Monkees.  I’ve got…

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  December 22, 2015

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  1967, Auntie Grizelda, Bert Schneider, Bob Rafelson, Bronwyn Knox, comedy, counterculture, David Jones, Daydream Believer, Denny Spangler, Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix, Last Train To Clarksville, Legalize Frodis, Liberace, Marx Brothers, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolez, Monkees, Peter Tork, Prairie Chicken, Randy Scouse Git, Royal Flush, Save The Texas Prairie Chicken, situation comedy, television, The Frodis Caper, The Monkees