Category Archives: Late Night TV
A Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
In October 1963, a month before the Kennedy assassination in Dallas, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson, delivered a speech in the city to promote the controversial organization. Eyes were watching. Long before the shooting in Dealey … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Ben Gazzara, Britt Ekland, Christmas, Christmas Carol, Drama, Eva Marie Saint, Henry Mancini, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Made-For-TV Movie, Pat Hingle, Peter Sellers, Post Apocalyptic, Robert Shaw, Rod Serling, Sterling Hayden, Steve Lawrence
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The Flight of Dragons (1982)
There’s a good chance that if you grew up in the 80’s and you loved fantasy, you remember The Flight of Dragons (1982). For years, my memory was extremely selective – I recalled an early scene set in a bookstore … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Animation, Dragon, fairies, Fantasy, Harry Morgan, James Earl Jones, John Ritter, Made-For-TV Movie, Magician, Rankin-Bass, Sword and Sorcery
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Stephen King’s “It” (1990)
Monday, November 19th, 1990, all anyone could talk about in my high school cafeteria was Part I of Stephen King’s “It” (1990), which had aired the night before: the wounds in our psyche were fresh. A well-publicized two-part “Television Event” … Continue reading
