In Memoriam

[Phoenixx9]

Speaking of something different, one of Silverman's most notable failures occurred in 1980 while at NBC when he greenlighted Pink Lady & Jeff, a six episode series that was voted one TV Guide's 50 all-time worse TV shows (in the magazine's 50th year, it placed 34th) and was said to have killed the long running variety show format. Pink Lady were Mitsuyo Nemoto and Keiko Masuda, an uber popular Japanese pop music duo who barely spoke passable English and Jeff Altman, a then (and now) little known stand-up comic, the show was a train wreck with dopey comedy skits, Pink Lady warbling songs and D-list guest stars like Greg Evigan, Red Buttons and Sherman Hemsley. Short and sweet, the show was a mess that's still talked about, and reviled to this day. And it was on Silverman's watch.

I know of Pink Lady. Jeff Altman had a great look and he could act as well as being funny.

Silverman also nixed shows such as "The 7-Million Dollar Man", "The Bionic Boy" and "The Bionic Dog" just to name a few.............

[SquirrelMan]

Speaking of something different, one of Silverman's most notable failures occurred in 1980 while at NBC when he greenlighted Pink Lady & Jeff, a six episode series that was voted one TV Guide's 50 all-time worse TV shows (in the magazine's 50th year, it placed 34th) and was said to have killed the long running variety show format. Pink Lady were Mitsuyo Nemoto and Keiko Masuda, an uber popular Japanese pop music duo who barely spoke passable English and Jeff Altman, a then (and now) little known stand-up comic, the show was a train wreck with dopey comedy skits, Pink Lady warbling songs and D-list guest stars like Greg Evigan, Red Buttons and Sherman Hemsley. Short and sweet, the show was a mess that's still talked about, and reviled to this day. And it was on Silverman's watch.

Those were truly different times.

So glad they are over.

[jetengine]

Those were truly different times.

So glad they are over.

That was creepy, surreal and a tad misogynistic.

Par the course I suppose

[The Darknight Detective]

That was creepy, surreal and a tad misogynistic.

Par the course I suppose

Silverman made ABC #1 with what they called backed then jiggle or T&A television. so I guess he thought it was going to work with this train wreck (no, not Super Train - that was another train wreck ). Well (though dated themselves), Three's Company and Charlie's Angels it wasn't (I thought the ladies of Pink Lady were cuties, however).

Having said that, the guy left a considerable mark on television and deserves kudos just for bringing Lynda Carter to television for the boys of my generation.

RIP

[The Darknight Detective]

Two notable passings:

Mary Higgins Clark, the "Queen of Suspense" at 92

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation...dead-at-age-92

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One of the greats, no doubt, and belongs on the All-Time Mystery Writers shortlist.

RIP

[Gryphon]

Kirk Douglas RIP

https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/05/kirk-...mpression=true

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Kirk Douglas RIP

https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/05/kirk-...mpression=true

Just heard about it. To generations of moviegoers, he’ll always be....Spartacus!

[Phoenixx9]

One of the greats, no doubt, and belongs on the All-Time Mystery Writers shortlist.

RIP

Definitely!

Kirk Douglas RIP

https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/05/kirk-...mpression=true

I know he was 103, but still hard to say good-bye!

[The Darknight Detective]

Just heard about it. To generations of moviegoers, he’ll always be....Spartacus!

The first time I ever heard his name was a commercial for that terrific film, but Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea was my first Kirk film. Been a fan now for almost 50 years.

RIP

[babyblob]

My favorite western of all time The Posse was a movie I watched with my dad every week it seemed. he and I still watch it about once a month. It is the best Kirk Douglas movie in the world to me.

[Scott Taylor]

One of my favorite movie scenes:

Where is Sparticus?

-all of them stand up and claim to be Sparticus-

A single tear rolls down Sparticus' cheek ...



Must see movie. RIP Kirk Douglas!

[The Darknight Detective]

So many great movies to choose from by the late Mr. Douglas, but I think I like Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole the best. One of the most cynical films all-time. he plays the proverbial guy you love to hate.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

As a Navy man (retired), one of my favorite Kirk Douglas roles was from The Final Countdown, a rather hokey sci-fi flick (and guilty pleasure) from 1980 where he's the captain of the aircraft carrier Nimitz which gets sucked into a time warp and winds up in the Pacific in 1941 just before the Pearl Harbor attack (Spoiler alert: Nimitz doesn't intervene in the attack).

[Zauriel]

Rest in peace Kirk Douglas. He lived a good life to the fullest. His film Spartacus (1960) was a very great film that I have liked.

[Kieran_Frost]

The first time I ever heard his name was a commercial for that terrific film, but Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea was my first Kirk film. Been a fan now for almost 50 years.

That was my first Kirk Douglas film too, such a good film. I think his performance in Paths of Glory (while not one of his three nominations for Best Actor) is his best performance on screen.
#WeAreALLspartacus