Retrogram #7001: Welcome To The 1970s

December 28, 2019

The week of December 28th, 1969: The last days of the 1960s. The first days of the 1970s. It’s been fifty years since these shows premiered. Did our sci-fi and our spy-fi predict the future? Was any of it actually ahead of its time, or was it still just amazing that all three of these shows were being broadcast in color? Let’s rewind half a century and find out. (47:30)

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No Comments 1970, 3rd Doctor: Jon Pertwee, Doctor Who, Land Of The Giants, Mission: Impossible (1960s/70s), Series, Years 20th Century Fox, Alan Bergmann, Alan Hale Jr., Altamont Speedway Free Festival, Anthony Zerbe, Arkansas Razorbacks, ARPANET, Barbara Bain, Barry Letts, Charles Manson, Derrick Sherwin, Frosty The Snowman, Gilligan's Island, Glen Campbell Good Time Hour, Irish stereotypes, Irwin Allen, Jefferson Airplane, Jon Pertwee, Julie Gregg, Ken Pettus, Leonard Nimoy, Martin Landau, Nuclear weapons, Patrick Troughton, Peter Graves, Prentis Hancock, Richard Nixon, Robert Malcolm Young, Rolling Stones, Santana, Sharon Tate, Star Trek, Steve Ihnat, Texas Longhorns, The Godfather, The Navy Lark, The Quatermass Experiment, Vietnam, Whodunnit, Worzel Gummidge

Retrogram #8644: Halloween LXXXVI

October 29, 2019

The week of October 26th, 1986: 1986 A.T. (after “Thriller”) is upon us again, with spooky foes and even spookier friends, unearthly threats and the unexplained, and so many shows no one could complain. Join us now to watch aliens on the run, a shrinking family, Ewoks not having fun, travel through time, though time’s standing still, it might be Halloween forever, so feel the chill! (65:18)

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No Comments 1986, 6th Doctor: Colin Baker, Doctor Who, Real Ghostbusters, Series, Star Wars: Ewoks, Starman, Tales From The Darkside, Years A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Airplane!, All Creatures Great And Small, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Amazon Women On The Moon, Arsenio Hall, Babylon 5, Big Finish Productions, Billie Piper, Bob Carrau, Bonnie Langford, Bugsy Malone, Care Bears, Changeling, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Colin Baker, Coming To America, Craig Wasson, Dragon Tales, Eric Saward, Frederic Brown, Goldfinger, Gotham, Halloween specials, Homestar Runner, Honor Blackman, House Of Cards, It’s A Good Life, J. Michael Straczynski, Jake and the Fatman, James Henerson, James Hirsch, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, John Mason, John Nathan-Turner, Just William, Larry Pine, Lorenzo Music, Lucasfilm, Lynda Bellingham, Maniac Mansion, Maurice LeMarche, Michael Grade, Michael Jayston, Mike Gray, Murder She Wrote, Nash Bridges, Nelvana Animation Studios, November sweeps, Pinky and the Brain, Pip & Jane Baker, Robert Hays, Robert Holmes, Rome, Sense8, Star Trek, Stephen King, Succession, Tandy Cronyn, The Avengers, The Burning Zone, The China Syndrome, The Fugitive, The Wizard Of Oz, Thor, Tiny Toon Adventures, Ursula K. LeGuin, Walker Texas Ranger, World War Z

Retrogram #7436: Canyon Jumping

September 7, 2019

The week of September 1st, 1974: A man prepares to fire himself across a quarter-mile-wide canyon in a rocket-powered motorcycle. A man and his children dodge dinosaurs. A man lies dying in sick bay, his only chance for survival hijacked by space pirates. A young man out joy-riding with friends in a stolen car could be driven to his death. One of these stories is true. The rest…are the stuff of Saturday morning TV legends. (46:00)

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No Comments 1974, Land Of The Lost, Series, Shazam!, Star Trek (Animated), Years 2010: The Year We Make Contact, Adam West, Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin, Allan Foshko, Atlantis: The Lost Continent, Avalanche, Babylon 5, Bambi, Barbara Mandrell, Bay City Rollers Show, Bigfoot & Wildboy, Black Sunday, Blade Runner, Bosom Buddies, Brady Bunch Variety Hour, Brothers, Bugaloos, Capricorn One, Captain Marvel, Cat Women Of The Moon, CBS, Charlie's Angels, Cheers, Cleopatra, D.C. Follies, David Gerrold, Days Of Our Lives, Dean Martin Show, Devlin, Dinosaurus, Donny & Marie Show, Dr. Shrinker, Ed Sullivan, Elizabeth Taylor, Evel Knievel, Excelsior! Animated Moving Pictures, Fantasia, First Blood, First episode of the series, Forbidden Planet, Gene Warren, George Hamilton, Gerald Ford, H.R. Pufnstuf, Happy Days, Hart To Hart, Herman Zimmerman, Highway To Heaven, Jackson Bostwick, Joanie Loves Chachi, Jonny Quest, Journey To Babel, Jumping the shark, Kronos, Les Tremayne, Lidsville, Lou Scheimer, MacGyver, Magic Mongo, Marcus Welby M.D., Marty Krofft, Mask, McHale’s Navy, Merv Griffin Show, Meteor, Michael Gray, Michael Westmore, My Science Project, NBC, Paramount Pictures, Pink Lady and Jeff, Pinocchio, Project X, Richard Nixon, Rocky, Room 222, Sid Krofft, Sigmund And The Sea Monsters, Skycycle X-2, Sliders, Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Smurfs, Snake River Canyon, Space Academy, Spartacus, Star Trek, Star Trek V, Star Trek VI, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek: Nemesis, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Stop motion animation, Tarantula, The Biskitts, The Brady Bunch, The Brian Keith Show, The Day After, The Flying Nun, The King And I, The Monster From Green Hell, The Munsters, The New Odd Couple, The Pirates Of Dark Water, The Time Machine, The Trouble With Tribbles, Tron, Ty Henderson, Valley Of The Dinosaurs, Wah Chang, Walt Disney, Webster, Wonderbug

Retrogram 7250: Would The Last Man On The Moon Please Turn Out The Lights?

July 29, 2019

The week of December 10th, 1974: As the moon hangs over the horizon, and the crew of Apollo 17 hangs out at the moon – the last time humans would go there in the 20th century – gather around the TV campfire for three terrifying tales of levitating furniture, vicious dogs, and petrifying premonitions of things yet to come. As the final Apollo crew walked on the surface of the moon…this is what our imaginations fixated on. (53:10)

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No Comments 1972, Ghost Story, Night Gallery, Series, Sixth Sense, Years Alan Crosland, Alan Napier, Alfred Pennyworth, Angie Dickinson, Anthony Lawrence, Anti-intellectualism, Apollo 17, Atari, Barbara Anderson, Batman, Big Mouth Billy Bass, Big Trouble In Little China, Blacklisted, Cagney & Lacey, Clairvoyance, Dangerous dog breeds, Del Reisman, Diminuendo, Domestic abuse, Don Ingalls, E.S.P., Ellen Corby, Gary Collins, Gene Roddenberry, HBO, HUAC, Hurricane, Isaac Asimov, Jack Laird, Jeff Corey, John Ireland, Kung Fu, Kurt van Elting, M*A*S*H, Madlyn Rhue, Magnavox Odyssey, Mansfield House, Maude, Meg Foster, Millennium, Mr. Sardonicus, NBC, Occult, Orson Welles, Peyton Place, Pong, Prelude To Axanar, Premonitions, Professional Actors’ Workshop, R.G. Armstrong, Richard Hatch, Richard Matheson, Robert Malcolm Young, Rod Serling, Rosemary's Baby, Sebastian Cabot, Shanks, Somewhere In Time, Star Trek, Stuart Whitman, The Bob Newhart Show, The Devil Rides Out, The Girl from UNCLE, The House On Haunted Hill, The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Lieutenant, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tingler, The Waltons, Tom's Diner, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Walter Doniger, William Castle, Winston Essex

Retrogram 7409: Houston, We Have Quite A Large Number Of Problems

July 19, 2019

The week of February 24th, 1974: Daleks, telekinesis, nukes, O. Henry, and overwrought mission controllers, oh my! There wasn’t a mission to the moon in progress during this week in 1974…but there were a lot of shows…and a few of them were good. There was also the first-ever attempt to dramatize the Apollo 13 mission for television…which was less good. Warning: listeners will be subjected to double doses of Gary Collins and Harve Bennett in this Retrogram. (83:02)

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No Comments 1974, 3rd Doctor: Jon Pertwee, Doctor Who, Orson Welles' Great Mysteries, Series, Six Million Dollar Man, The, Tomorrow People, Years Airport '77, Alan Gibson, Alan Parsons Project, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Amityville 3D, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, Anglia Television, Apollo 13, Apollo-Soyuz, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Arnold Yarrow, Babylon 5, Big Finish Productions, Blazing Saddles, Clarence Williams III, Clu Gulager, Cold War, D.A.R.Y.L., Daleks, David Ambrose, Dick Nelson, Dracula A.D. 1972, Duncan Lamont, Ed Nelson, Eli Wallach, Elisabeth Sladen, Fred Haise, Gary Collins, Hammer Studios, Harve Bennett, I'm Gonna Git U Sucka, Independent Television Authority, Irene Worth, Jack Swigert, Jane Merrow, Jerry Jameson, Jim Lovell, Jim Sangster, John Abineri, Jon Pertwee, Larry Brody, Lawrence Doheny, MKultra, Nicholas Young, Nickelodeon, Nigel Pegram, Orson Welles, Purple Rain, Race relations, Raise The Titanic, Reindeer Games, Remember WENN, Richard Nixon, Robert Culp, Robert T. White, Rockwell International, Roger Price, Ron Howard, Sandra Dee, Skylab, Star Trek, Sugar Hill, Tales From The Hood, Terry Nation, The Final Countdown, The Mod Squad, The Satanic Rites of Dracula, The Singing Detective, The Third Eye, Thomas Stafford, William Smithers, You Can’t Do That On Television

Retrogram #7129: Apollo 15

July 12, 2019

The week of July 18th, 1971: As the crew of Apollo 15 prepared to go to the moon, it was a dead week for American genre TV…but still a lively one across the pond. Meet a magician named Tarot, and an alien-fighter named Colonel Ed Straker. One will face a new foe whose magic may be even stronger than his…and the other will face “you-foes” who have already made a backup copy of him. Oh, and one of these shows can’t be seen anymore, anywhere – it might as well be on the moon. (48:13)

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No Comments 1971, Ace Of Wands, Series, UFO, Years 2001: a space odyssey, 26th Amendment, ABC Weekend Television, Andrew Bown, Apollo 15, Barry Gray, Borehamwood Studios, Braveheart, David Tomblin, Derek Meddings, Donald Layne-Smith, Douglas Englebart, Dramarama, Ed Bishop, Empire Of The Sun, Fantastic Four, Fred Owl, Game Of Thrones, Gerry Anderson, Ghandi, Highlander, Ian Trigger, Independent Television Authority, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, Invasion UFO, ITV, James Cosmo, Joe 90, Judy Loe, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Billington, Michael McKenzie, Missing episode, Monty Python, Mother Of All Demos, Network DVD, Nixie tubes, Off-air audio recording, Pamela Lonsdale, Pentagon Papers, Peter Frampton, Pinewood Studios, Pink Floyd, psychedelia, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Reg Hill, Return Of The Jedi, Roger Corman, Roger Waters, Russell Hunter, Shadows, Sons Of Anarchy, Southwest Airlines, Space Island One, Stanley Kubrick, Star Trek, Stingray, Straker Faker, Superman: The Movie, Supermarionation, Sylvia Anderson, Thames Television, The Empire Strikes Back, The Omen, The Prisoner, The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, Thunderbirds, Tony Selby, Trevor Preston, truth serum, User interface, Warwick Davis, Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, World Trade Center, Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

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