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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: The Man in the Funny Suit (1960)
aired in late 2008 on The Inland Empire's PBS channel
"The Man in the Funny Suit" aired this Fall on Riverside-San Bernadino's PBS channel 24's excellent series "I Remember Television" hosted by Ed Rothhaar. Although this series has aired for over 20 years, I only became aware of it when DirecTV added channel 24 to its Los Angeles local channel coverage.
I knew the story about the Wynn's and Requiem for many years, but had no idea that "The Man in the Funny Suit" existed until I stumbled upon its recent broadcast. I have now added it to my AppleTV collection, along with a recent eBay purchase of the LaserDisc of Requiem from the 1981 Sonny Fox PBS package: "The Golden Age of Television" with its terrific introduction of interview with the principals hosted by Jack Klugman.
POSTSCRIPT: Rod Serling would later "thank" Ed Wynn for the terrific job he did for him in "Requiem." In 1959, CBS viewed the Pilot of "The Twilight Zone" in an episode called Where is Everybody" and when they ordered the first Season, Rod wrote the first episode especially for Ed Wynn: "One for the Angels" co-starring Murray Hamilton, who would later play Mr. Robinson in "The Graduate."
Saturday Night Live: Eric Idle/Kate Bush (1978)
Rebroadcast in its ENTIRETY by NBC "Up All Night" on December 22, 2002
Luckily for us Kate Bush fans, it was Rebroadcast in its ENTIRETY by NBC "Up All Night" on December 22, 2002 (I had inadvertently erased my copy when it was repeated in 1979).
Check out classics2dvdDOTCOM and his blog for information on acquiring this episode in its entirety.
I had forgotten that this episode also has the classic Julia Childs bit performed by Dan Aykroyd. According to Al Franken it was written for Walter Matthau for the previous weeks episode, but Matthau declined to perform it.
Also Gilda is terrific as the punk rocker (was it Candy Slice?)!
Saturday Night Live: Ricky Nelson/Judy Collins (1979)
Ricky Nelson enters The Twilight Zone
The summary is incorrect: Ricky does not go to "My Three Sons." First, he enters "Leave It to Beaver," then he goes to "Father Knows Best" and finally he does hear the call of "is that you Ricky?" But it is from Lucy (Gilda) as he has gone to the Ricardo residence on "I Love Lucy."
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The summary is incorrect: Ricky does not go to "My Three Sons." First, he enters "Leave It to Beaver," then he goes to "Father Knows Best" and finally he does hear the call of "is that you Ricky?" But it is from Lucy (Gilda) as he has gone to the Ricardo residence on "I Love Lucy."
The summary is incorrect: Ricky does not go to "My Three Sons." First, he enters "Leave It to Beaver," then he goes to "Father Knows Best" and finally he does hear the call of "is that you Ricky?" But it is from Lucy (Gilda) as he has gone to the Ricardo residence on "I Love Lucy."