TV Shows – Idol Features

Vanessa Bayer in “Josie”

Monday, December 5, 2022 Chris Charles 0

One of the all-time most viewed articles at this site is the Saturday Night Live sketch “Divorce Meeting,” which features one of SNL’s greatest all-time hammers, Vanessa Bayer grooving to “I Don’t Want to Know” by Fleetwood Mac.

Zombie Family from Vermilion Pleasure Night

Saturday, October 1, 2022 Chris Charles 0

To kick off Halloween month, from the same show that brought us “One Point English,” here is the “Zombie Family” from the Japanese late night show Vermilion Pleasure Night.

“One Point English” with Makiko Shinohara POPULAR

Tuesday, November 30, 2021 Chris Charles 1

The 2000 late night Japanese TV show Vermilion Pleasure Night, could be described as a Japanese version of a combination of the US’ Saturday Night Live and Britain’s Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

Singers on Sitcoms

Monday, January 25, 2021 Chris Charles 0

It hasn’t been uncommon for famous singers and musicians to appear on popular sitcoms over the years. Sometimes they appear as themselves, while other times they play characters who are usually struggling to make it in the music industry.

The Original Julie Erskine

Sunday, July 12, 2020 Chris Charles 3

Barbara Colby played the role of Phyllis’ boss, Julie Erskin, for only the first three episodes of the sitcom Phyllis. Barbara didn’t quit or get fired. Tragically, she only lived long enough to film the first three episodes of the show.

The Original Ladies of The Big Bang Theory

Friday, May 29, 2020 Chris Charles 0

Katie didn’t have quite the right chemistry with Sheldon and Leonard, so the character was rewritten and recast with Kaley Cuoco in the role of the much more likable “Penny.”

The Original Gloria Stivic

Monday, May 25, 2020 Chris Charles 0

It’s hard to imagine anyone other than Sally Struthers as Gloria Stivic, but here’s Kelly Jean Peters as Archie and Edith’s daughter in the original pilot for the then-titled sitcom, Justice for All before it became All in the Family.

The Original Ladies of the Munsters

Wednesday, November 21, 2018 Chris Charles 0

We see the original Munsters’ lady of the house, Phoebe, played by Joan Marshall, looks like another then-popular horroresque housewife who was on another then-popular horror-themed sitcom.

The Original Public Defender on Night Court

Monday, November 19, 2018 Chris Charles 1

The public defender in the pilot of the 1980s sitcom Night Court, was played by Gail Strickland, who wasn’t really memorable in her only episode, but she was the original.

The Original Hostess of USA Up All Night

Saturday, November 10, 2018 Chris Charles 0

Even though her successor became the best remembered Friday night hostess of the USA cable network’s 1989-1998 show, USA Up All Night, Caroline Schlitt was the original.

Baker’s Log – Josie and the Pussycats

Sunday, August 20, 2017 Rock Baker 0

Josie and the Pussycats was a comedy/adventure/espionage cartoon based on the Archie comic book of the same name. Cartoonist Dan DeCarlo was in Paris (just after the War?) where he met an adorable French girl named Josie.

Baker’s Log – Electra Woman and Dyna Girl

Sunday, August 6, 2017 Rock Baker 0

The 70s saw an increase in female superheroes on television, including the Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning adventure series Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. Basically a female version of the Adam West Batman series,