Comments on: TV Urban Legends Revealed #23

By: Royal Lundeby

Royal Lundeby — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:30:13 +0000

I know this is not precisely on subject, however i have a blog using the same program as well and i’m having errors with the comments displaying. is there a setting i’m missing? possibly you may help me out? thanks.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:57:08 +0000

Boy, OM, you’re totally correct. I was watching it now. Thanks for the head’s up – it’s fascinating stuff.

By: OM

OM — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 08:57:50 +0000

…If you want to see one of the few surviving examples of just how shoddy ABC’s news department was, go over to YouTube and watch a few of David Von Pein’s clips from ABC’s “coverage” of the JFK Assassination. The irony is that while ABC beat See-BS and NBC to the announcement that JFK was dead by two full minutes, this came from a feed directly from the ABC affilliate in Dallas, WFAA. And WFAA provided a more professional presentation than ABC could; in fact, due to phone problems on the set, the ABC anchor had to take calls from the field on a phone located off the set and clearly revealing the back side of another set! It’s no wonder that very few people who watched any of the four days of assassination coverage remember watching any of ABC’s coverage. It’s actually embarrassing to watch!

By: OM

OM — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:31:58 +0000

…If you *really* want to see what a total clusterfrack ABC’s news department was in the early 60′s, there’s about four hours of coverage of the JFK assassination on YouTube that shows clearly that they were a totally lost cause. Possibly the most camera-unfriendly news reporters in TV News history trying to coordinate a live breaking news event, and finding that their affiliate in Dallas was superior to their efforts in both presentation and sets. Many TV critics who wrote of the three networks’ efforts to keep the nation apprised of the developments in Dallas praised both See-BS and NBC for their work, but almost unanimously denounced ABC’s network debacle, stating that ABC would have been far better off letting the Dallas ABC – WFAA – affiliate anchor the show.

By: Music Legends Revealed #26

Music Legends Revealed #26 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:30:15 +0000

[...] common way for a legend to begin is from people misunderstanding a joke. For instance, awhile back, I did a bit on how a joke by Alice Cooper during an interview led to a legend that he played Eddie Haskell on [...]

By: TV Legends History

TV Legends History — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:46:07 +0000

[...] #23 – Lawrence Welk played “One Toke Over the Line” on his TV show. [...]

By: Music Legends Revealed #24

Music Legends Revealed #24 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:06:38 +0000

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By: Eldric IV

Eldric IV — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:09:39 +0000

In 1958, NBC and CBS delivered nearly TWICE the amount of news coverage than ABC! Roughly 96 hours compared to 49!!!

Perhaps add “each delivered”. Otherwise, two networks delivering twice the amount of news as one network is expected.

By: Daniel O'Dreams

Daniel O'Dreams — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:30:49 +0000

Yikes Sorry Kamino. How did I miss your post?

By: Daniel O'Dreams

Daniel O'Dreams — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:29:40 +0000

Brian has said he doesn’t want to cover legends already covered on Snopes.com. I guess he doesn’t want to step on the toes of his inspiration. Here’s a link to the Marilyn/Paul story. http://snopes.com/music/artists/marilyn.asp