Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Saturday Morning, May 13th, 1978

In an attempt to keep somewhat with the original intent of this blog, I present my tv lineup for the morning of May 13th, 1978. I was 10 years old:

6:45 a.m. Channel 5 Ag USA. C'mon, c'mon, C'MON!!! Be over!

7:00 a.m. Channel 5 Hong Kong Phooey (faster than the human eye!) My other option was Superfriends, but I didn't get into the DC cartoons until Challenge of the Superfriends a couple years later.

7:30 Channel 4 Speed Buggy (a rooma zoom zoom!)

8:00 Channel 2 Scooby's Laff-a-Lympics. This show was 2 hours long! I'm sure I flipped over to Bugs Bunny/Road Runner on Channel 2 more than a few times. After all, how much of the Hanna Barbara characters can you take in one sitting?

10:00 Toss up between the Krofft Supershow on Channel 2 and Baggy Pants and the Nit Wits on Channel 5. Baggy Pants was probably a horrible show in retrospect. A cat (Baggy Pants) modeled after Charlie Chaplin.

10:30 Channel 4 Secrets of Isis. Live action show.

11:00 Either Fat Albert on Channel 4 or repeats of Land of the Lost on Channel 5.

11:30 looked to be dead time. Not sure what I would have done.

12:00 Mr. Magoo on Channel 4 or Corky's Colorama on channel 5. Corky, a clown who in reality was local weatherman Clif St. James, hosted a children's show featuring cartoons and puppets. Here's a little information on local St. Louis children's shows of the 70's: http://www.tvparty.com/lostst.html

Saturday afternoon often meant Abbott & Costello, Ma and Pa Kettle, Tarzan (Johhny Weissmuller of course), Elvis movies, Beach Party movies, classic horror movies like Bela Lugosi's Dracula and Lon Chaney Jr's Wolfman, etc.

I don't think I saw the sun on Saturdays.

Will the real Ron Burgundy please stand up?

I don't think I need to explain who Ron Burgundy is or give a summary of the movie Anchorman. If you do, visit imdb.com http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0357413/

I'm sure every city has its rumors on who the character Ron Burgundy was based. In reality, I'm sure it was a conglomerate of a lot of 1970's newscasters. In St. Louis, I've heard it rumored that Patrick Emory was the basis.

So while looking through the May sweeps week issue of 1979 (May 13th), I came across Mr. Emory's picture along with most of St. Louis' newsanchors of the day:


He doesn't strike me as particularly Ron Burgundy-esque.
I came across a picture of Dick Ford and Barbara Danahy from the June 2nd, 1979 issue of TV Guide, and if anyone in St. Louis was the model, I have to believe these two were:
All Dick's missing is the mustache. I really can envision Dick calling Barbara a "smelly pirate hooker" in response to Barbara's accusation that "Jazz flute is for little fairy boys."
For your enjoyment, a few more pictures from that May sweeps issue.

Another example of a phrase taking on a new meaning over the years:

I'm pretty sure Steve and Julius never "got it on," however I do know this guy and he and they GOT IT ON! No they didn't. But you can imagine what it would be like if they did.

Larry is better known these days for being tasered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrxpJCMrMxg

I get the feeling Leah has had it UP TO HERE with these chauvinists. Tim Van Gelder has just called her on the phone pretending to be her physician and told her she was knocked up and needs to quit.


Betsey Bruce trying to psychically will a story as Kevin Slaten looks to the future. Dennis Riggs baffled by the whole thing: