Spotted out 'n' about: Some "Trek," always something Batty, and even "The Lone Ranger"

This author loves spotting TV-related toys while out and about, and today and last Sunday, there was some awesome stuff around the neighborhood. A lot of these items are on store shelves near you right now, but a couple things were snapped at garage sales.

Photos by Billie Rae Bates / BRBTV, except photo of Lynda Carter Wonder Woman ornament by Motor City Reel Rides

Another season of new "Dynasty," another update to the Kindle edition of "Dynasty High"

This author is not terribly keen on updating books once they're published -- when it's done it's done, is the ideal paradigm. But sometimes it's warranted, such as when a new version of the TV show in question continues to charge on through the seasons. It was true for "Dallas," and now the past couple years it's been true for "Dynasty." And the CW's new version of the "Dynasty" series has really been rockin' it, even if this third season was cut short in production due to the coronavirus quarantines.

A sixth edition of BRBTV's "Dynasty High" has just been released on Kindle (not in print, however) to incorporate the third season, 2019-2020, of the CW's show. I hope you'll enjoy reading about the continuing trials and tribulations of the Carringtons and Colbys in their modern setting, and I always welcome feedback at brb@brbtv.com.

Six Feet Under Blog: Florida in Florida

In the February 24, 2016 post of this blog, you read the sad story of the condition of the burial place of a beloved TV star, Esther Rolle, who portrayed Florida Evans on "Good Times." Now the blog post's author, Brian, expands on the story of this longtime, successful actress and her career in the latest post on the Six Feet Under blog ...

Six Feet Under: Florida in Florida:  Esther Rolle (pronounced Roll) was born to Bahamian immigrants on November 8, 1920 in Pompano Beach, Florida. She was the tenth of 18 children in her family, which included two sisters who were also actresses and ...

Super Friends figure extravaganza -- Part 2, the villains!

It's the second part of our two-day action figure extravaganza celebrating the "Super Friends" series and the amazing collection of author Will Rodgers! This time, we take a dastardly turn to the villains you saw on the Saturday-morning cartoon, the Legion of Doom and various friends, in all their nasty, villainy ways ...

Didya guess 'em all? Do you know which hero each of these villains (primarily) pesters???

Check out the Terrific TV Toys Facebook page for more action figure fun like this!

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Photos courtesy of Will Rodgers

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Super Friends figure extravaganza -- Part 1, the heroes!

Will Rodgers, author of "The Ultimate Super Friends Companion" books in the BRBTV reference guide series, has accumulated an eye-popping collection of action figures of the heroes and villains of the "Super Friends" series. He's been sharing those on the Terrific TV Toys Facebook page, and now we're going to share some here. These are a mix of Mego, Figures Toy Company and others, vintage and new, and they're posed in front of Will's Hall of Justice backdrop. It's such a big collection, it's going to take us two days! Can you name them all? We'll start with the easiest and work to the tad more obscure ...

Check out the Terrific TV Toys Facebook page for more action figure fun like this!

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Photos courtesy of Will Rodgers

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Six Feet Under Blog: Boss Hogg aka Sorrell Booke

Crazy like a fox? Forget the Boss Hogg demeanor, actor Sorrell Booke was actually a very intelligent and accomplished man. The latest post on the Six Feet Under Hollywood blog talks about that and other interesting aspects of the life of this amazing "Dukes of Hazzard" star. (And thanks for the mention of the BRBTV "Dukes" book, Brian!) ...

Six Feet Under: Boss Hogg: Sorrell Booke was born on January 4, 1930 in Buffalo, New York - a far cry from fictitious Hazzard County. He was extraordinarily bright ...

BRBTV interview of Brian Tochi pops up on "TMNT" retrospective

Thanks so much to BRBTV's roving reporter Jason for passing this along. This newly released video taking a look at where "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" stars are now includes a glimpse at an interview this author did with Brian Tochi, former child star of the likes of original "Star Trek" who went on to "Turtles" movies and more. I talked to Brian at the Motor City Comic Con a few years back. Check it at around 4:20 ...

Star spottin': "CHiPs"

Glory, glory, hallelujah -- this author finally got the chance to watch those "CHiPs" DVDs that her good pal Tracy got her several years ago. They had been squirreled away in my DVD cabinet in the Batcave downstairs for so long, but I kept thinking about 'em ... waiting for that rainy day when I could get 'em out and finally rewatch that beloved series of childhood I actually had not seen since it originally aired in the 1970s. Well, what better time than a pandemic quarantine, when the TV season was cut short for the new shows I currently watch. What a great idea for summertime viewing -- good ole Erik Estrada, such a a huge crush of this former little girl (and whom I met in real life: see it in the May 21 and May 23, 2008 posts), and Larry Wilcox as the duty-bound but fun-loving California Highway Patrol officers.

And I was soooooo looking forward to the star-spottin' aspect of this rewatching. I am only in the second season right now, but I just had to blog about who I've seen so far:

• Jed Allan, who I know as C.C. Capwell on "Santa Barbara," in a younger role (with darker hair) as a dad whose infant child gets lost (misplaced, perhaps) after a mixup.
• A young, thin Edward James Olmos, who I have been loving on the modern "Mayans," and who I honestly didn't recognize and later had one of those "Doh!!!" moments over, since he had looked so heckin' familiar to me.
• And speaking of familiar features that I can't quite place ... Joe Penny! So suave and fresh-faced,  playing a cocky, privileged young guy fresh out of motor school who joins the CHPs. I sat there and looked at him and looked at him, thinking, I know that guy! I really do! But this is the 1970s, and everybody looks so, so young.
• Regis Philbin as a news anchor on a TV broadcast.
• Linda Dano of various soaps, totally unrecognizable to this chick, again. Come to find out, she did the rounds back in the day -- "Charlie's Angels," "Starsky and Hutch" and many others.
• Jenilee Harrison of “Three’s Company” and “Dallas” as an L.A. Rams cheerleader in a brief scene.
• And in a mini-tribute to kid stars, Christopher Knight of "The Brady Bunch" and Danny Bonaduce of "The Partridge Family" as bratty teens who hot-wire cars for joy rides. I just knew that beautiful young blonde riding along was Shell Kepler of "General Hospital," and this time I was right on the money,

If you think BRBTV likes Scooby, wait 'til you see Wendy's collection

This author's online pal Wendy loves Scooby-Doo and has evidently been collecting our favorite cartoon canine for a very long time. Wendy has her own blog, and her recent blog post talks about an interview she did on YouTube showcasing her sort of collection-in-a-closet. It looks like a big closet, though!!! And frankly, that Scooby phone is amazing.

Six Feet Under blog: Natalie Wood

Well, thanks to fellow author Brian for sharing a fun photo he shot of me and Robert Wagner at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Con in his Six Feet Under blog. Read his post on Wagner's wife-who-died-under-mysterious-circumstances, Natalie Wood, here:
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Six Feet Under: Natalie Wood: Six Feet Under: Natalie Wood was born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko on July 20, 1938.  As you might have guessed, she was the daughter of Russian immigra...

An original "00" Mustang from the "Dukes of Hazzard" TV movie comes up for sale on eBay

Wow, a chance to own real "Dukes of Hazzard" history. One of the two screen-used "00" Mustangs from the 1997 "Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!" TV movie can now be yours. It just hit the auction listings of eBay, and it has a "buy it now" option, actually, so you don't even have to wait to own this beauty, provided you want to slap down that $42K. Worth every penny? We think so. This author is even thinking about it.

Image from eBay listing.

Fernando Ruiz talks about "Archie's Weird Mysteries"

Special thanks to my friend Paul Castiglia for the heads-up on this one. Writer of the Archie's Weird Mysteries comics series, Paul was interviewed for the Archie's Weird Mysteries BRBTV Report and also featured on this very blog. His teammate on the AWM comics, artist Fernando Ruiz, has a cool little video out right now that gives more insight into the beloved characters of Riverdale as portrayed in this animated TV series of 1999 as well as the accompanying comic book. How tall was Mr. Weatherbee? What did Archie's ink pen look like for the series? All kinds of crazy questions are answered in this video ...