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Tim Walz: "You you claim to love freedom but want to restrict certain groups, you don’t love freedom. You love privilege." 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #MomSky

Major league teams playing in minor league parks. #MLB #Rays

Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.

Exclusive: Over the years, Elon Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.

This is the most detailed tracker I’ve seen thus far regarding Project 2025 initiatives. It is beyond alarming.
www.project2025.observer

This is when L&S jumped the shark. Never understood the appeal of the western theme in both L&S (Cowboy Bill’s) and Happy Days (new Arnold’s). Both debuted in 1980 and felt completely out of place for the characters.

Is the “roro” somebody’s initials or a reference to Scooby Doo’s “ruh roh”?

a baby is making a fist in the air while sitting in a crowd . ALT: a baby is making a fist in the air while sitting in a crowd .

My kids have now witnessed two Eagles championships. They think this is normal for Philadelphia. #SuperBowl

Stumbled upon this JFK soundbite in a Will Schoder video that suddenly feels apropos for what's happening in Washington right now.

"Congress would rightly wonder whether the desire for speed had replaced the duty of responsibility."

I believe this is either The Headmaster or the New Andy Griffith Show. Not sure which.

YouTube video by Shatner Method January 1, 1971: The Last Cigarette Ads Appear on TV - ABC News

Today in 1971 — a ban on cigarette commercials went into effect on American TV.

ABC News marked the occasion with a <checks notes> montage of vintage cigarette ads.

Nostalgia, like nicotine, is a hell of a drug.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUY0... #TVSky

YouTube video by Kindofblue12 Lenny Randle & Ballplayers – Kingdome

"The Most Interesting Man in Baseball" has died - Lenny Randle was 75. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

So many stories to recount about Randle's time in baseball, but I'm going with his 1982 Mariners song "Kingdome"
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Season Finale!

Andrew Salvati @asalvati.bsky.social returns as we wrap up our 10th year of Inside the Box: The TV History Podcast. Thank you to everyone who joined us this season, particularly our listeners!

www.tvhistorypod.com?p=2241

Thank you for listening! I like your suggestion about daytime soaps, particularly with Beyond the Gates premiering this year. Long overdue topic!

Will pass along all of your suggestions to my partners as we begin planning for next season.

Vicki Lawrence and a contestant in the Winner’s Circle on The 100, 000 Pyramid. The clue category card reads: THINGS THAT GIVE SHADE

Feel free to use this the next time someone posts something snarky and you approve.

She’s only in 5 episodes, but left an impression on audiences.

Surrounded by a cast of male actors, Linda Lavin commanded attention as Det. Wentworth on Barney Miller. She would carry that over to Alice and other projects. Such a strong stage presence. She was 87. #RIP

January 25, 1998: On the heels of the Broncos’ first Super Bowl win, NBC makes the live transition into 3rd Rock from the Sun with Dick Solomon stealing the microphone from Greg Gumbel.

Charles Dolan, HBO Founder and Pioneering Cable TV Mogul, Dies at 98 He also had holdings including AMC Networks, Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks.

Charles Dolan created the concept for “the Green Channel” in 1971 as a way to incentivize new subscribers for his struggling cable TV business by offering exclusive movies and sports. It would be renamed Home Box Office by its launch in 1972.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

Greg Gumbel, CBS Sports broadcasting legend, dies at 78 Greg Gumbel, the renowned CBS Sports anchor and commentator, has died of cancer at the age of 78.

Sports broadcasting has lost a legend

www.cbsnews.com/news/greg-gu...

Before Diff’rent Strokes, Todd Bridges was a regular on Fish.

YouTube video by MLB 1993 WS Gm4: Henderson comes through for two

Rickey Henderson altered the course of the 1993 World Series (greatly disappointing 14-yr-old me) with this clutch 2-out, 2-run hit in the now-infamous 6-run 8th inning in Gm4. He would come around to score the eventual winning run.
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Rick Hunter’s 80s catchphrase “Works for me” was designed to capture the TV cop’s laid-back confident style. But as we discuss on the pod this week, this type of police representation was likely a source of concern for anyone who wasn’t a straight white male.

www.tvhistorypod.com?p=2227

This is on Fox, not Brady. They copied CBS and threw an analyst with little to no experience into their A-team. Any person in that situation takes the money. But somehow everyone is shocked that Brady isn’t producing immediate results.

Greatest leadoff hitter, ever. #RIP

Indiana is getting a do-over

By acquiring Rodgers and Adams, it’s clear that Douglas plays Madden ‘18.

New episode! We are revisiting the renegade 80s cop series Hunter.

The TV incarnation of Dirty Harry provides an interesting (and often zany) glimpse into the country's conservative stance on crime at the height of the Reagan era. #tvhistory #podcast
www.tvhistorypod.com?p=2227

Tomorrow on the podcast: Hunter as the quintessential 1980s television program reflective of Reagan era policies.

YouTube video by Coldplay Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut)

Dick Van Dyke dancing at 99 is as incredible as one would imagine.
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New episode! In part II of our conversation with Joe Gannon @jmgannon.bsky.social we cover a wide range of topics including his work on In the Heat of the Night, status of TV residuals with streaming, and the impact of AI on the industry. www.tvhistorypod.com?p=2218