BOOTLEG FILES 802: “A Bob Hope Comedy Special (15 of My Leading Ladies).”
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: Mostly likely due to rights clearance issues.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Probably not.
On September 28, 1966, Bob Hope hosted his first comedy special of the fall television season with a stellar cast – the ski-nosed funnyman recruited 15 actresses who starred opposite him during his film career.
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BOOTLEG FILES 692: “Uncle Croc’s Block” (1975-76 television series with Charles Nelson Reilly and Jonathan Harris).
LAST SEEN: Bits and pieces are on YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: It was considered a bomb in its time.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Unlikely.
I genuinely feel sorry for today’s children, as their television viewing choices are too safe and too benign for their own good. Back in the 1970s when I was a kid, television aimed at the school-age crowd was delightfully weird and funky. But even by the standards of that excessive era, there was nothing as truly bizarre as a 1975-76 ABC show called “Uncle Croc’s Block.”
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