Bonus Video! The Making of Charlie's Angels, Morticia's Real Life Lover, and More Supertrain
Added 2022-03-28 16:00:09 +0000 UTCWell hello!
The upcoming video about Dynasty is still chugging along, but in the mean time I've got some fun treats to share -- a Dynasty live show (!!!) featuring one actor who played the gay son on the show and another actor who recently came out of the closet, so good for them! Also a story about how Charlie's Angels was saved from a TV executive who just didn't "get" it; and why we have Morticia Addams to thank for Beverly Hills 90210.
A few additional links:
- Backup link in case the video embed doesn't work:
https://youtu.be/chMV7_YErTw - My piece about The Paul Lynde Show for Unstreamable: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2022/03/25/69131246/shadow-of-the-vampire-is-unstreamable
- Supertrain on The Today Show in 1979: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBMVAzIMl5A
Comments
Honestly??? A comedy about life on a ridiculously impractical giant train sounds pretty great.
Matt Baume
2022-04-17 20:48:17 +0000 UTCi'm kinda lowkey loving the spectators of Supertrain. i honestly think, if some one who's out there can do this, bring it back but as a satire. Snowpeircer but funny, it would have to be aired on block programs like adult swim. like one of the plots could be about a whole railtramp guild on it, only for to be revealed that most of those members are rich passengers cosplaying as homeless people.
Jennifer Gilbert
2022-04-17 15:49:53 +0000 UTCTrains are awesome! How could a show set on a train fail?
Dorkvania
2022-03-29 02:35:36 +0000 UTCFun video, Matt! I'd heard the Aaron Spelling newspaper story and figured that he'd snatch people's papers early in the morning, just after they were dropped on people's lawns. Then he'd immediately sell them to newsstands for less than what they could get them from the newspaper company. Nice write up on The Paul Lynde Show. As you probably know, that's prolific child actor Pamelyn Ferdin sitting next to Lynde in the photo. She starred as Fern in Charlotte's Web with Lynde about the same time as the Lynde Show. HB used to record their stuff like a radio play so they likely recorded their parts together. BTW, you mentioned that Jodie Foster nearly worked with Lynde on Tabitha. Lynde was on Bewitched but didn't appear on Tabitha. Smart man! lol
Trevor
2022-03-28 18:06:29 +0000 UTCThanks, as always, Matt for awesome history! I will be checking out your series in The Stranger!
Erica Gamet
2022-03-28 16:56:52 +0000 UTC
