Comments on: Updates to Blondie On Television http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/06/updates-to-blondie-on-television/ Keeping Obscure TV From Fading Away Forever Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:48:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Barry I. Grauman http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/06/updates-to-blondie-on-television/comment-page-1/#comment-9899 Barry I. Grauman Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:45:27 +0000 http://www.tvobscurities.com/?p=3239#comment-9899 Yes, I admire your ability to gather information and create an article for others to enjoy and gain information from, 'RG'. "Close", in this case, is another story. Because one person incorrectly (or didn't dig deep enough to verify the fact) believed that Jackie Gleason's "THE LIFE OF RILEY" aired on DuMont instead of NBC [because his "CAVALCADE OF STARS" series aired just a few months after "RILEY" ended], that bit of information went unchallenged in some books and reference works for years...all the way to Wikipedia- until I finally corrected that in their article on the series a while ago. And that fable about finding the original 1951 "I LOVE LUCY" pilot "under Desi's bed"...do you know how many people accepted that as FACT? Sometimes, "close" isn't enough. But I admire your efforts in research! Yes, I admire your ability to gather information and create an article for others to enjoy and gain information from, ‘RG’. “Close”, in this case, is another story.

Because one person incorrectly (or didn’t dig deep enough to verify the fact) believed that Jackie Gleason’s “THE LIFE OF RILEY” aired on DuMont instead of NBC [because his "CAVALCADE OF STARS" series aired just a few months after "RILEY" ended], that bit of information went unchallenged in some books and reference works for years…all the way to Wikipedia- until I finally corrected that in their article on the series a while ago. And that fable about finding the original 1951 “I LOVE LUCY” pilot “under Desi’s bed”…do you know how many people accepted that as FACT?

Sometimes, “close” isn’t enough. But I admire your efforts in research!

]]> By: RGJ http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/06/updates-to-blondie-on-television/comment-page-1/#comment-9885 RGJ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:49:47 +0000 http://www.tvobscurities.com/?p=3239#comment-9885 Thanks for the correction. At least I was close, right? Thanks for the correction. At least I was close, right?

]]> By: Barry I. Grauman http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/06/updates-to-blondie-on-television/comment-page-1/#comment-9880 Barry I. Grauman Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:26:26 +0000 http://www.tvobscurities.com/?p=3239#comment-9880 Actually, "BLONDIE" lasted as a radio series for 11 years (1939-'50) on three different networks {CBS, NBC, ABC}, 'RGJ'. NBC telecast the first TV version [under the co-sponsorship of Lorillard's "Old Gold" cigarettes and The Toni Company's "Toni Home Permanent" and their other products] on Fridays at 8pm(et), just before "THE LIFE OF RILEY", from January through September 1957, with several episodes repeated on NBC's Saturday morning schedule (11:30am) during the summer of 1958. CBS presented the second version [produced by Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher for King Features TV] from September 1968 through January 1969 on Thursdays at 7:30pm(et). Actually, “BLONDIE” lasted as a radio series for 11 years (1939-’50) on three different networks {CBS, NBC, ABC}, ‘RGJ’. NBC telecast the first TV version [under the co-sponsorship of Lorillard's "Old Gold" cigarettes and The Toni Company's "Toni Home Permanent" and their other products] on Fridays at 8pm(et), just before “THE LIFE OF RILEY”, from January through September 1957, with several episodes repeated on NBC’s Saturday morning schedule (11:30am) during the summer of 1958. CBS presented the second version [produced by Joe Connelly & Bob Mosher for King Features TV] from September 1968 through January 1969 on Thursdays at 7:30pm(et).

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