#vintagetv — Public Fediverse posts

We were surprised to find the guest star Wednesday night on "The Patty Duke Show" was Frank Sinatra Jr. Romantic contretemps ensued. I just discovered contretemps is pronounced "KAHN-truh-tahn." Who'd'a thunk it? #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #vintagesitcom #vintagesitcoms #sitcom #sitcoms #oldsitcom #oldsitcoms #pattyduke #cousins #identicalcousins #alltheway #onepairofmatchingbookends #differentasnightandday #classictv #classictelevision #classicentertainment #entertainment #actress

Nearly five decades after its premiere, Welcome Back, Kotter is still one of TV’s most beloved sitcoms.

The Sweathogs, John Travolta’s breakout as Vinnie Barbarino, Gabe Kaplan’s sharp wit, and John Sebastian’s chart-topping theme song all helped cement its place in pop culture history.

#WelcomeBackKotter #JohnTravolta #ClassicTV #1970sTV #RetroTelevision #SitcomHistory #TVAnniversary #PopCultureHistory #VintageTV #TelevisionNostalgia #ClassicSitcoms

https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2025/09/08/john-travolta-forever-barbarino-welcome-back-kotter-turns-50/

Some episode reviews from season 2 of Perry Mason, a series that raised the bar in terms of complex plotting in 1950s U.S. TV and demonstrated the potential of the hour-long episodic TV drama. And that terrific cast! Always fun to revisit.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/01/perry-mason-season-2-part-2.html

#culttv #culttelevision #vintagetv #vintage television #PerryMason #RaymondBurr #ErleStanleyGardner #50stv #1950stv #50stelevision #1950stelevision

Johnny Staccato (1959) a stylish gritty jazz-fuelled film noir-inflected PI TV series with John Cassavetes as a piano player/private eye. Similar to Peter Gunn but better - more neurotic, edgy and noirish.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2019/07/johnny-staccato-1959-revisited.html

#Noirvember #filmnoir #culttv #JohnCassavetes #PeterGunn #50stv #1950stv #retrotv #privateeyes #classictelevision #vintagetv #classictv

Hi-Jack, an episode of the 1950-51 Dick Tracy TV series. I'm a bit of a Dick Tracy fan and the series did star Ralph Byrd, the definitive screen Dick Tracy. Alas the plot is too conventional and it all looks a bit stodgy. A curiosity more than anything else.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2023/09/dick-tracy-tv-series-1950-51.html

#culttv #retrotv #vintagetv #1950stv #50stv #DickTracy

A little throwback to Northridge Mall in its heyday

#Milwaukee #Wisconsin #Northridge #NorthridgeMall #VintageTV #RetroTV

At the time Brian Clemens' tough gritty violent British TV spy series The Professionals attracted a lot of attention and some outrage. The 1979 3rd season is pretty strong with just one dud episode. Stylish and action-packed.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-professionals-season-3-1979.html

#culttv #retrotv #vintagetv #spies #spytv #1970stv #70stv #BrianClemens

A look at three episodes, all originally aired in 1973, from Brian Clemens’ horror anthology series Thriller, one of the finest ever TV series of its type. The Colour of Blood is excellent while Murder in Mind and A Place to Die are very good.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2023/04/thriller-three-1973-epidodes.html

#retrotv #vintagetv #60stv #1960stv #BrianClemens #horrortv #britishtv

Rod Serling's The Sixteen-Millimetre Shrine, one of my favourite Twilight Zone episodes (1959). A faded movie star (played superbly by Ida Lupino) lives in the past, the past when she was a star.

A wonderful bitter-sweet story. With a terrific twist ending which was copied by a certain well-known film director some years later.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-twilight-zone-sixteen-millimetre.html

#RodSerling #TwilightZone #IdaLupino #retrotv #culttv #vintagetv #scifitv #scifi #sciencefiction #50stv #horrortv