TV Tidbit: When Game Shows Were Golden

TV Tidbit: When Game Shows Were Golden

Mark Robinson
Tube Tied

There used to be a time (particularly the 1970s and 1980s) when game shows ruled the airwaves from about 9 AM to Noon. When the morning news concluded, you could turn the dial and find 10,000 Dollar Pyramid, Password, Family Feud, Joker’s Wild, Sale of the Century, Wheel of Fortune, Press Your Luck, Blockheads, Let’s Make a Deal, Name that Tune, The Newlywed Game, The Dating Game, Tic-Tac-Dough, Love Connection, Hollywood Squares, The Match Game, The Gong Show and myriad others that came and went.

Movie Morsel: High, Wide and Handsome

Movie Morsel: High, Wide and Handsome

Mark Robinson
Cinematters

An early movie musical (in black and white-gasp!) that is worth a look (if you can find it) is Paramount Pictures’ High, Wide, and Handsome. The epic tale features a score by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, II who also worked together to write one of Broadway’s most prolific scores, Show Boat. Made in 1937 (ten years after Show Boat), High, Wide, and Handsome was directed by Rouben Mamoulian, who would go on to direct the original Broadway productions of Oklahoma! and Carousel.

Broadway Blip: George M. Cohan

Broadway Blip: George M. Cohan

Mark Robinson
Music That Makes Me Dance

Have you ever been at the TKTS Booth in New York City’s Duffy Square and looked up to see a statue looming over the area? Have you inspected said statue more closely and saw the name “George M. Cohan” etched across the front. I’m sure many of you know who Cohan was, but I am guessing there are a lot of people out there who do not.

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