A NEW PODCAST ABOUT REBOOTS & REMAKES

A new podcast with guest host Jeff & Jamie (and Jamie's sons). They talk pros and cons of reboots, as well as ideas for new reboots of Kidd Video, Ark 2, Scarecrow of the Romney Marsh, Laredo, DC Comics Inferior 5 and even, The Adventures of Hiram Holiday. If you have a suggestion for a topic for Jeff & Jamie, send and e-mail to d4windsbar@yahoo.com or leave a suggestion in the comments section here or on Facebook.

'S.W.A.T.' and 'The Barron' star Steve Forrest dies at 87

'S.W.A.T.' star Steve Forrest dies at 87

Forrest was also in one of my favorite movies of the 80s, Amazon Women on the Moon.

YEP! I FORGOT FOUR MOMS

I knew I would leave out a TV mom or two. Here are four more:

DONNA STONE

ELIZABETH COLLINS STODDARD

MISS ELLIE EWING

VICTORIA BARKLEY

RADIO STATION TV COMMERCIALS FROM THE 80s WITH DEBORAH SHELTON

I've said it many times on this blog and the old blog, but it bares repeating. Somewhere in the last two decades, radio lost its ability to promote itself. Billboards and TV spots died out for awhile in the radio industry (or at least in this area). T-shirts and bumper stickers have gone the way of the dodo bird.

In the 80s, radio promoting on TV was a big deal. Granted, there has been a mind set the last few years that TV is the competition and radio shouldn't be buying time with "the enemy." B-S!!! The truth is the media (TV, radio, print and Internet) should acts as one big family and help each other succeed, because the real enemies of the media will destroy all media, not just one form of media.

Back to TV commercials for radio stations. I recently discovered several commercials on You Tube for radio stations. These are great ads and all have one thing in common: Deborah Shelton. Shelton was Miss USA in 1970 and eventually competed in the Miss Universe pageant. She was in the Brian DePalma film Body Double and appeared on Dallas for three seasons, playing J.R. Ewing's mistress, Mandy Winger.

These ads were produced for KOY-AM in Phoenix, Arizona by legendary Top 40 consultant Chuck Blore. Interesting to see that in 1982, there were still pop music stations AM, even though that would soon be changing. This is a link to an ad for WIOG-FM in Bay City, Michigan (It is on after the Matlock promo). If I could ever launch my revamped adult contemporary format on a radio station, I would definitely have commercials like these.

    

Son Of The Blob (Aka Beware! The Blob)" Movie Trailer (1972)

Directed by the late Larry Hagman, this was rereleased in 1980 with the promotional catch phrase "THE MOVIE J.R. EWING SHOT!"

Actor Larry Hagman dies

Actor Larry Hagman, notorious as 'Dallas' villain J.R. Ewing, dies

This article comes form the Dallas Morning News, which would have to report on the death of J.R. Ewing.