Feb 9, 2017
Fall Preview! September 18-24, 1976
In this episode recorded live at Piano Fight in San Francisco during SF Sketchfest Ken welcomes musician and author Frank Portman to the show.
Ken and Frank discuss growing up in the Bay area, being banned from
television, Mike's two Grandmothers Edna and Jean, The Chesterfield
vs. The Davenport, agricultural game shows, The Brady Bunch, The
Partridge Family, being terrified of hippies, the Zodiac Killer,
The Spirit of '76, Ken's odd childhood habit of making political
jokes at his neighbors house, Richard Nixon, Watergate, Streets of
San Francisco, anti-hippies, the literary status of TV Guide's
writing, Holmes and Yoyo, Mr. T and Tina, the secret origins of The
Mr. T Experience, ethnic comedies, tone shifts, All in the Family,
Maude, Norman Lear, beating up the Gooch, Mr. T's angry comic book
years, punk rock scare TV, Quincy M.D., Fantasy Island, being
treated like a monkey only to be replaced by Christopher Hewitt,
Filmmation's Saturday Morning Shows, Kroft, Elektra Woman and
Dynagirl, Speed Racer, having your life saved by the theme from
Spider-Man, Love American Style, Charles in Charge, songwriting
lessons from Gilligan's Island, The Greatest American Hero, Mr.
Smith, trying to figure out the dumbest show ever on TV, the Flying
Nun, Six Million Dollar Chico and the Man, the importance of
correct lunch box decisions, the secrets of Furniture Care, Say Yes
to the Dress, Ellery Queen, Angel Heart, The Muppets, Jan Brady
accent, Baretta, The Love Boat, writing misunderstood Murder
Ballads, and how Bob Newhart is eternal.