Folks tuning in to The Super Bowl to watch the Giants beat The Patriots got an added bonus: the one minute commercial for the upcoming Marvel Studios film, The Avengers!  And the studio decided to add a few more seconds for the fans that looked it up on Facebook!

It looked fantastic, and The Avengers is probably the most anticipated movie of the year for comic fans!  Take that, Chris Nolan!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGt-saFvkNk

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Ric Flair returned to WCW after his first run in the WWF and TBS programming executives gave him a talk show, A Flair For The Gold.  This show even featured The Nature Boy’s maid, Fifi!  Flair was reassembling his NWA faction of troublemakers, The Four Horsemen, and used the forum to introduce the newest member to join him , Arn Anderson, and Ole Anderson on the team.

Unfortunately, he chose former WWF mid-carder, Paul Roma.  The audience reacts in a predictable fashion.  This is just one of those things that never should have happened.

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Vince McMahon’s WWF ran into a bit of a bump when allegations of gay sexual harassment, rampant drug use, and more converged in 1992.  Watch Vince and friends visit Donahue for a hard-hitting episode, brother!

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Probably one of the funniest bits to ever air on television, Zoo Animals On Wheels is central to an episode of Chris Elliott’s wonderful series Get A Life.  Enjoy!

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Veteran actor Harry Morgan, most famous to modern audiences as Colonel Potter from the MASH  and After MASH TV series, has passed away.  Here at The Silver State Chronicles, we fondly remember him as Bill Gannon, partner of Sgt Joe Friday in the 1960′s incarnation of Dragnet.

He shall be missed.

A nice article at The Muskegon Chronicle…

Actor Harry Morgan went from Muskegon High School performer to Emmy winner
By Megan Hart

Harry Morgan came a long way from the young man who acted in Muskegon High School productions.

Morgan, who was best known for the role of Col. Sherman T. Potter on the TV series “M*A*S*H,” died Wednesday at age 96.

He was born Harry Bratsburg and graduated from Muskegon High School in 1933. He later attended Muskegon Junior College (now Muskegon Community College), where he was also active in drama.

Morgan left Michigan for good to perform in New York and on the East Coast in the late 1930s. He broke into film and moved to California shortly before Pearl Harbor was attacked in December 1941, which was the subject of a feature in Monday’s Chronicle.

Morgan performed in more than 100 films and TV shows, spanning more than six decades. His last appearance was in the “M*A*S*H 30th Anniversary Reunion” in 2002. Some of his notable roles were in the 1960 film “Inherit the Wind,” and in the TV series and film “Dragnet.” He won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series for his role as Col. Potter in 1980.

He returned to Muskegon only once, to film a Lifesavers commercial in 1978 with two Muskegon High School students.

“I don’t think I ever enjoyed myself more than going to high school, here,” Morgan told The Chronicle in 1978. “I was very enthusiastic about coming back, and it’s regretful that it’s too short a time to visit. There really was no reason to come back before. Most of my close friends and relatives have gone elsewhere. I’ve been invited to the class reunions, but the arrangements were too complicated.”

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Here’s the first segment for the American Wrestling Association’s All-Star Wrestling program on January 1, 1984.  The show opens with a squash match featuring Jumping Jim Brunzel, but the best part is the promo before the episode starts hosted by Gene Okerlund.

Gene starts by interviewing Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura, and segues to an astonishing feat of martial arts by Mr Saito. This is exactly the type of raw interview and spontaneous atmosphere that modern wrestling is missing.  Then Gene closes out with some comments by promoter Vere Gagne, where he tries to explain why his promotion is losing a lot of talent during this difficult time.

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The concluding scene from Dexter, Season One, Episode Twelve.  Probably my favorite ending to a tv season, ever.

We do love Dexter!  Keep up the good work!  After all, an avenging angel’s job is never done.

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OK, well he’s not exactly speaking directly to the OWS vermin, as this was filmed and broadcast years before many of the protesters were born.  But the message still fits!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDPayWN9elk

Great stuff from a great TV show!  The only downside is that The Rockford Files isn’t a Quinn Martin Production!

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From the venerable New York Post…

Adam West gives ‘crime-fighter’ Coffey AG nod
By Brendan Scott

Holy endorsement, Batman!

The star of the campy 1960s “Batman” TV series swooped into Gotham yesterday to boost a Democratic contender for state attorney general ahead of tonight’s cliffhanger ending to the primary race.

Adam West, now 81 and living in Idaho, lent his sonorous voice to automated phone calls boosting prosecutor-turned-trial-attorney Sean Coffey for the Democratic Party’s nod to succeed Andrew Cuomo as the state’s top lawyer.

The actor famous for his cheesy, melodramatic delivery and lumpy physique channeled his classic role as the Dark Knight to assure Democrats that Coffey is the “best crime fighter” in the crowded five-way race.

“I know a thing or two about keeping Gotham City safe,” West told voters on a 45-second recorded message. “Sean is an independent voice who wants to fight those villains in Albany.”

Coffey first teamed up with West a few years back while fly fishing in Idaho’s Silver Creek, and the duo has since forged a dynamic friendship.

“I came to the conclusion Sean Coffey’s not only a good guy, but a clear thinker,” West told The Post. “I’ve been a pretend crime-fighter for years. Now, we’ve got a potential real one with him.”

The heroic assist came as voters prepared to narrow the field in key statewide races and numerous congressional and state Legislature posts.

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QUESTION: And to President Obama, you are a proponent of a nuclear-free world, and you’ve stated, first of all, you would like to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki while in office. Do you have this desire? And what is your understanding of the historical meaning of the A-bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Do you think that it was the right decision?

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On November 13th, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. That request came from his wife.

Deep down, he knew she was right. But he also knew that someday, he would return to her.

With nowhere else to go, he appeared at the home of his friend, Oscar Madison. Several years earlier, Madison’s wife had thrown him out, requesting that he never return.

Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?

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As if liberal elite sycophants can’t make themselves appear more absurd, along comes CNN, performing a pointed fact check of a Saturday Night Live skit that spoofed President Obama.

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Probably the only memorable thing about the 1967 film Dr Dolittle is this song, Talk To The Animals.  In the film, it’s performed by Rex Harrison with a slow placed, almost conversational delivery.  I prefer the faster paced renditions, like those performed by Sammy Davis Jr. and in this video, Vanda King.

The song is a personal favorite of mine and has been since childhood.  I find the lyrics quite clever and the melody infectious.  The only problem I have with the song is the same problem I have with the film – both are way too long.  Dr Dolittle clocks in at almost three hours when the intermission is included – a brutal exercise, punctuated by the fact that the film is primarily for children.  Expecting kids to sit there for 3 hours is just too much, I think.

For years, I have felt that the narrative should have been tweaked and Dr Dolittle should have been presented as two 90 minute films, released a year or so apart.  That’s much easier for children to digest, and a lot easier for the adults in the audience, too.

As it stands, the film was enormously expensive and, sadly, a commercial failure, and caused financial mayhem with 20th Century Fox, which continued to feel the pain until almost a decade later when they released Star Wars in May, 1977.  Dr Dolittle also marks the beginning of the end of major leading roles for Rex Harrison.  20th Century Fox also launched an all-out marketing blitz for the film, further compromising the bottom line.

In the end, Dr Dolittle has earned a warm spot in the hearts of many fans over the decades.  Perhaps its most enduring legacy is that it marked the end of this type of film: a musical children’s adventure that’s nonetheless good for fans of all ages.  These days, that niche is dominated by animated films featuring the voices of established stars, a genre that’s grown tedious and tiresome.  I’d like to see this type of film make a comeback – I think if it were done well, it could be huge.

So, what courageous filmmaker has the guts to try it?

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httpvp://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7CF400ECD74C190A

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Kanye West rushes the stage and interrupts Taylor Swift’s accepting a Video Music award, and the slow-witted Swift just stands there speechless – I suppose if the words aren’t on the teleprompter for her, she is lost and doesn’t know what to do.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4r6YCUtxfs

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43 years ago today, NBC aired the first episode of Star Trek, The Man Trap.

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Call me Curly, but I think this is a much better song than most of what passes for popular music in 2009.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXCiS2FpmIc

Special Thanks to my pal, Broadway Joe, for passing along the video!

I Ain’t Gunna’ Be Your Fool

I ain’t going to be your fool no more
Cried and cried until my eyes are sore
Gave you all the love I had
Still you tried to treat me bad
I loves you but I ain’t gonna be your fool

I’m sick and tired of all your cheatin’ and lyin’
I’m gonna find myself a boy to keep my heart from cryin’
Then you will be so blue
A weepin’ and a moanin’ and a cryin’ too
I loves you but I ain’t gonna be your fool

Last night I thought about you
About things that we used to do
About the things that we used to say
But that was yesterday
I’m a gonna change my ways
Now it’s my turn to play
Gonna find me somebody new
A-take-a-place-a-you now

I ain’t going to be your fool no more
Cried and cried until my eyes are sore
I gave you all the love I had
Still you tried to treat me bad
I loves you but I ain’t going to be your fool

You’re going to find out just what you’re done wrong
You’re going to wake up in the morning baby I’ll be gone
Each and every day of the week
I can’t eat my dinner and I can’t sleep
I loves you but I ain’t going to be your fool
I loves you but I ain’t gonna be your fool
I loves you but I ain’t gonna be your fool

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Sung by the man who turned a personal affliction into a recording career, Don ‘No Soul’ Simmons.

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David Alan Grier manages to steal the excellent Amazon Women on the Moon from the rest of the cast.  I am a huge fan of Don ‘No Soul’ Simmons.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFQkMAPVoIo

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfaU52bV9x8

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This one really freaks me out, man.

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Featuring guest accordionist Joey Schmidt at the accordion!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRG68N4l9nE

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Bob Lido sings a popular hit of the day and is accompanied by Henry Cuesta on clarinet, Bob Havens on trombone and Johnny Zell on trumpet.

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