- L.A.’s Possum Dixon remember Ric Ocasek, who produced their “New Sheets” album in 1998
- Becoming Peter Ivers: A new collection from the “New Wave Theatre” host arrives later this year
- Birdie in the hand for life’s rich demand: Robert Dean Lurie’s “Begin the Begin” covers R.E.M.’s early formative years in Athens, Georgia
- “Other Side with Zabrecky”: A new séance series puts celebrities in contact with the spirit world
- Jane Wiedlin felt weird in Japan in this exclusive excerpt from Drew Fortune’s book “No Encore!”
- A Night Flight Exclusive: “How to Be a New Wave Video Slut,” starring Ann Magnuson as “Fallopia”
- Night Flight’s Stuart S. Shapiro’s inspiring book “Identifi Yourself: A Journey in Fuck You Creative Courage” is a humorous and poetic journey
- Night Flight partners up with Severin Films for more cult, horror, mondo & exploitation films
- Attention “cord cutters” and streaming fanatics: Night Flight Plus has been just been updated!
- “J-Men Forever”: Rock ‘n’ Roll battles Muzak in Proctor & Bergman’s Night Flight cult classic
All posts tagged "canceled TV shows"
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“What are we going to do now?”: Notes on Spike Milligan’s “Q” series
WHO?!? No, not Spike Jones. That was the bandleader who did a peppy version of “Der Fuehrer’s Face.” Aside from possibly brief appearances arguing over parking with Peter Sellers in Terry Southern’s gloriously mad The Magic Christian,...
- Posted April 28, 2017
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“Bizarre”: Showtime’s 1980s variety show featured Super Dave stunts & bare-breasted babes
In 1980, the Showtime cable network began airing a groundbreaking off-center comedy variety show called “Bizarre,” which featured lots of unpardonable puns in comedic vignettes and blackout sketches lampooning various aspects of every day life. The “uncensored”...
- Posted April 12, 2017
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Too Much Monkey Business: “Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp” & the Evolution Revolution
“Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp,” the short-lived early ’70s live-action Saturday morning comedy series, was, as far as we know, the only TV show with a cast of chimpanzees (and one orangutan named Henry) with “dialogue” overdubbed by...
- Posted March 22, 2017
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“Exo-Man”: This failed 1977 TV pilot featured a wobbly superhero who only used “psychological terror”
On June 18, 1977, the NBC network aired a two-hour TV pilot called Exo-Man which its creators had hoped would be picked up for a weekly series for the 1977-’78 fall season. Alas, audiences weren’t keen on...
- Posted August 25, 2016
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“The Elvira Show”: The Mistress of the Dark’s failed 1993 CBS sitcom promised big tit schtick and a few magic tricks
In the early 90s, actress Cassandra Peterson — better known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark — was approached by CBS Television execs who wanted her to develop a weekly sitcom, “The Elvira Show,” based on the...
- Posted March 17, 2016
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“Turn-On”: The irreverent 1969 comedy skit show that was canceled after just one episode
Legendary TV producer George Schlatter was so successful with TV shows like “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” that you would think he’d have success with any show of his that got on the air, but on Wednesday, February...
- Posted August 28, 2015