Television – Chuck the Blogger Guy

Where do you get all those Ping Pong balls?

The Captain’s curse. Not sure if you notice these things but the CBS Morning Show has almost always rated last for early morning news and interview shows. The Today Show and Good Morning America has flipped back and forth in the number one and two spots. CBS has been a distant third with lowContinue reading “Where do you get all those Ping Pong balls?”

My Book Report.

Book Report When I first heard his voice on some late-night talk show, I thought he was some prissy sissy guy but somewhat cultured. Possibly maybe a voice affectation in order to separate his Happy Days character from his real self. Henry Winkler. Known to most as “the Fonz.” None the less, WhatContinue reading “My Book Report.”

Where is sleeping beauty’s castle?

Disneyland is my place. I grew up with Disneyland going back to the old Disneyland TV show hosted by Disney himself. I visited Disneyland the first week it was opened. I witnessed Disneyland changing and becoming bigger and better after numerous visits I know the place. I love the place. I have not visited DisneyworldContinue reading “Where is sleeping beauty’s castle?”

You mean I have to read the thing?

Newspaper shrinkage. As you have noticed newspapers are becoming smaller. Fewer pages. Fewer articles. Reduced sections. Some papers have eliminated two days of the week. Some stopped printing the Monday and Tuesday issues. Some papers resemble my smaller old “Weekly Reader” from grade school. Some newspapers are so small these days they could easily beContinue reading “You mean I have to read the thing?”

Winning is not my game.

I am one of those guys who often says, I have never won anything. And to demonstrate this sorrowful fact, and having seen many a Saturday noon matinee way back when as a grade schooler, dropping my theater ticket stub into a drawing basket and never ever won anything. Zip. Zero. Then later I filledContinue reading “Winning is not my game.”

Mr. Disney, we need you back here on Earth.

My happy place. It was clean and well-kept and certainly a happy place for me to be. I had looked forward to being in this place ever since Walt Disney talked about it on his Wednesday night Disneyland TV show. Finally in 1955 the theme park opened to the general public. But what was noticedContinue reading “Mr. Disney, we need you back here on Earth.”

Write me a contract like that.

Beverly Hills 1971. I was working the credit department of a fashionable department store at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax. A professional appearing gentleman wearing a nice tailored suit came to me at the credit desk and said he was turned down for a store credit card. So, I asked him to fill inContinue reading “Write me a contract like that.”

My Dad and I watched Saturday night TV in L A.

Saturday night TV. I miss real Saturday night TV. Starting back in 1952 my dad and I and maybe along with my mom would watch on KTLA Los Angeles channel 5 the Spade Cooley show. Live from the Santa Monica pier. Spade was a west coast version of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. Remember?Continue reading “My Dad and I watched Saturday night TV in L A.”

Ron’s grandma, Ron, and me.

Intergenerational laughs. I would often go home after school with my friend Ron. Ron lived with his grandmother in an apartment near our high school where Ron and I attended. I knew her as Mrs. Powell, a savvy senior woman and an up-to-date on current pop culture. And for certain a good cook. I wasContinue reading “Ron’s grandma, Ron, and me.”