>From what I remember reading back in the day, the MTM writers said Baxter was >based on both Putnam and Dunphy.
> On Feb 26, 2022, at 2:43 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Of course Jerry Dunphy said it on KABC--and I thought *he* was the model for > Ted Baxter. > > Mark Jeffries > spotligh...@gmail.com > > >> On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 1:10 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I forgot about Elvira on KHJ, we watched that too (I older than you, and >> watching for more prurient interests no doubt). I know Dunphy moved around >> too, but for me he is always associated with KNXT (“from the mountains to >> the sea…” did he say that at KABC too?) >> >> My go to local newscasters were Tom Brokaw and Jess Marlow, and then of >> course Tom Snyder. >> >>> On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 8:13 AM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> My childhood memories of the local station were mostly cartoon related. >>> KTLA had the worst of the cartoons (looking at you, Popeye) as well as Tom >>> Hatten hosting the Family Film Festival, which were the films that either >>> didn’t have copyright because they were poorly dubbed international films, >>> i. e. Pippi Longstocking or old and unrestored so copyright had expired, >>> which meant they were free to air. They also had Knight Rider in daytime >>> syndication. KCOP and KTTV had either a Cartoon Carnival or Cartoon Circus, >>> which fluctuated between the Warner cartoons or the Tom & Jerry (and >>> friends). But it was during my childhood that first run syndicated cartoons >>> thrived, which included Transformers and GI Joe. KTTV had Robotech, which >>> was to me a game changer. KTLA burned off Three Stooges. KHJ had Elvira, >>> Mistress of the Dark. >>> >>> When we watched the news, it was usually KABC with Jerry Dunphy and Dr >>> George. I know I watched the Challenger explode on KTLA because I was in >>> Catholic school in West Covina at the time, and for some reason they could >>> only pick up channel 5 at school. The article referenced the Rose Parade, >>> which was only worth watching with Bob and Stephanie doing commentary. >>> >>> Honorable mention to KCET for everything from Huell Howser to Monty Python >>> to Square One (and Mathnet) to Simon & Garfunkel’s Concert in Central Park >>> to This Old House to the Frugal Gourmet. Because man cannot live by >>> cartoons alone. >>> >>>> On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 7:09 AM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> So, this sent me to Wikipedia, which was oddly non specific about the >>>> stations Putnam worked at. They do say that he anchored the news for all 4 >>>> LA independent stations (KTLA, KHJ, KTTV and KCOP), but they don’t give >>>> the years for each station. They do say that he was replaced by Hal >>>> Fishman in 1975, without giving the station, but that has to be KTLA, >>>> which comes close to my memory. >>>> >>>> For my sister and I, as kids, KHJ was for the Million Dollar movie (I >>>> remember seeing “The Blob” for the first time, and also “Goldfinger”). >>>> KTTV and KCOP were for cartoons and kid shows (I think Wonderama and Jerry >>>> Mahoney were on KTTV), and also re-runs (Star Trek I think was on KTTV >>>> when I was rushing home to watch it in syndication in the 70s). Also I >>>> think Vince and the Dodgers were on KTTV when I was a kid, and Lakers in >>>> KHJ. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 1:41 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV >>>>> <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>> I remember Putnam at KTTV and KCOP, but not at KTLA, though I'll happily >>>>> admit I'm wrong. >>>>> >>>>> L.A.'s independent stations were a mixed bag, at best. KTTV probably had >>>>> the best film library, but also had Ben Hunter (he who inspired Carson's >>>>> Tea-Time Movie*) constantly selling you-finish A-frame homes. KHJ took >>>>> occasional risks (I remember one week they devoted to 50s programming, >>>>> complete with commercials, playing it straight-faced), and had the >>>>> Million Dollar Movie and Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, and monster >>>>> movies on the weekend. KCOP was hopeless, with seemingly no budgets for >>>>> anything and the worst house-made local commercials. KTLA was somewhere >>>>> in the middle, with reruns, a good film library (mainly Goldwyn and what >>>>> movies Paramount hadn't sold to Universal), Tom Hatten, and great news >>>>> broadcast (I thought Hal Fishman and Stan Chambers were immortal), all >>>>> subject to the whims of Gene Autry. >>>>> >>>>> (*Watching "Whew!" on Buzzr last week, they're finally up to the >>>>> "celebrity" episodes and Carol Wayne was one of the guests. I was kind of >>>>> surprised to see she really was that dim.) >>>>> >>>>> --Dave Sikula >>>>> >>>>>> On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:59:40 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote: >>>>>> The article skips from 1964 to 1979, which is most of the interval of my >>>>>> experience with KTLA (I left LA in 1987, and my memory begins around >>>>>> 1967). For me they were the home of Dick Enberg and the Angels, and old >>>>>> movies to watch occasionally when the three prime time networks failed. >>>>>> >>>>>> But I can’t believe any history of KTLA, no matter how cursory, can skip >>>>>> over George Putnam (Ted Baxter). I know he worked at most of the LA >>>>>> independent stations, but for most of my childhood he was Channel 5. We >>>>>> watched a lot of local news in my house, and LA had some pretty high >>>>>> profile anchors in those days. We would never watch Putnam for news, but >>>>>> my mother liked to hate-watch (she never knew that phrase but would have >>>>>> loved it) him for 5-10 minutes a couples of days a week, and we always >>>>>> thought he was a joke. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/cf8ea36f-3ed9-4147-8765-b81716550d39n%40googlegroups.com. >>>> -- >>>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJ9g%2BnEUsVqpuPk5R65%2BFWE%3DumEkrAKNZN3F2PXyxX%2BPw%40mail.gmail.com. >>> -- >>> Kevin M. 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