tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post2866112163183252..comments2023-11-11T06:44:14.098-08:00Comments on Living In The Bonus Round: Black & White TV Shows Are A Window Into The Past.Steve Schalchlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08151100118640317860noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-34308091380621598522008-03-30T06:20:00.000-07:002008-03-30T06:20:00.000-07:00Daniel, thank you for those really insightful post...Daniel, thank you for those really insightful posts.Steve Schalchlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151100118640317860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-5381488247493943872008-03-29T13:00:00.000-07:002008-03-29T13:00:00.000-07:00It's my belief that Hal Bloch was finally removed ...It's my belief that Hal Bloch was finally removed from WML? because he had at last embarrassed himself and the show with his continuously lewd and crude remarks. This man didn't play the game well, was often seen as not having a handle on what was progressing, and again, his remarks were for the most part very much out of place, as if he were at an all-male roast instead of on a LIVE televison Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610849794344185411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-84858954962585997532008-03-29T12:52:00.000-07:002008-03-29T12:52:00.000-07:00It's my belief that Hal Bloch was finally removed ...It's my belief that Hal Bloch was finally removed from WML? because he had at last embarrassed himself and the show with his continuously lewd and crude remarks. This man didn't play the game well, was often seen as not having a handle on what was progressing, and again, his remarks were for the most part very much out of place, as if he were at an all-male roast instead of on a LIVE televison Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610849794344185411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-26444628892339639362008-03-27T22:56:00.000-07:002008-03-27T22:56:00.000-07:00I just wAnted to add... I have searched the web an...I just wAnted to add... I have searched the web and yours is the only reference I was able to find on Hal Bloch. What ever he did, banished him to complete obsurity. I get more hits when I google myself!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-37241402416692945262008-03-27T22:41:00.000-07:002008-03-27T22:41:00.000-07:00I too, very much enjoy these old shows for the his...I too, very much enjoy these old shows for the historical references, classic sense of style, and a connection to what seems a simpler time. I have watched most of the 'Whats My Line' episodes the last time they ran through Including the one that aired on the day I was born in 1961.<BR/>Often I have 'GOogled' guests as the panel queries them, which is how I came across your blog. I've been Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-80977575747155438732008-03-24T08:07:00.000-07:002008-03-24T08:07:00.000-07:00I think that's why the shows eventually died, and ...I think that's why the shows eventually died, and why they can't be revived. Who alive today has that kind of class and sophistication? And what 20 year old programmer would know them or find them even if they did exist?<BR/><BR/>Now you get Paula Poundstone, some inarticulate pop artist, a bad sitcom actor and a bimbo. Who wants to sit through that?Steve Schalchlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151100118640317860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-31730311853432432512008-03-24T08:02:00.000-07:002008-03-24T08:02:00.000-07:00I, too, am a pushover for these old shows (which I...I, too, am a pushover for these old shows (which I grew up watching).<BR/><BR/>"I've Got a Secret" was my favorite, mostly for two of the panelists and the fact that every contestant got a free carton of Winston cigarettes as they were leaving. <BR/><BR/>The panelists I loved were Henry Morgan, who was an acid-tongued wit, and Faye Emerson, a bleach-blond glamor-puss who always dripped diamonds JoyZeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17045681895558115673noreply@blogger.com