BRBTV News Blog

An indulgence of great classic television by journalist and author Billie Rae Bates.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Spotted: Carmen Zapata

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Boy ... we tell our friends that when we're watching the classic '70s "Wonder Woman" episodes on DVD we're as happy a...
Friday, September 24, 2010

TGIF Toys: Candy not included! At least not anymore!

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Whitman's did such a fine thing when they laid out these "surprise tins" in 1997, celebrating the success of "Batman: The...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Catch the sights and sounds of Hair Dare Dukes Days 2010 at BRBTV's YouTube channel

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You know, we really should've started doing this whole video thing years ago -- it's so much easier! In events past, we've broug...
Friday, September 17, 2010

TGIF Toys: We see why you have to look away, Batsy ...

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We're quite sure the folks who are making all these Mego repros are trying to kill us. It was bad enough we had to brave the sheer ter...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Wear your love for Sue Ellen on your chest

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J.R. loved Sue Ellen. At least for a little while. And then again, and then not again. And then there was Cliff Barnes and Dusty Farlow, fo...
Monday, September 13, 2010

Spotted: Henry Darrow

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Subtract a decade or so from Cruz Castillo's father, and you have a much younger man. Indeed, Henry Darrow is dashing and handsome as a...
Friday, September 10, 2010

TGIF Toys: Get your shark repellant ready!

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Oh, those boys and their toys ... And sometimes big boys have some pretty big toys! Two particular big boys that BRBTV knows jointly owned...
Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Hollywood Show serves up the delectable classic TV stars again

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Last year we reported on the bevy of BRBTV-related stars appearing at the Hollywood Show in Burbank, California. Get ready for the next roun...
Monday, September 06, 2010

Knight Rider Fest videos now posted on BRBTV's YouTube channel

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At last year's Knight Rider Festival in Las Vegas -- the first ever -- you heard Dennis Braid talk about first building the KITT car wit...
Friday, September 03, 2010

TGIF Toys: Canine cutie

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In June, we showed you a 1980 stuffed Scoob. Well, this little sweetie was produced by Applause in the late ‘90s to hop onto the bean-bag to...
Wednesday, September 01, 2010

BRBTV birthdays for September

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- Leonard Katzman, the mastermind behind the Ewings of "Dallas," was born on September 2, 1927 and died on September 5, 1996. - A...
Monday, August 30, 2010

CMT welcomes back "The Dukes of Hazzard"

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Oh, it's a very good sign, indeed, because us original fans of "The Dukes of Hazzard" -- you know, all of us who watched the s...
Sunday, August 29, 2010

Catherine Bach, Ben Jones help "Rally for the Valley"

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Two big "Dukes of Hazzard" stars, Ben (Cooter Davenport) Jones and Catherine (Daisy Duke) Bach, will be greeting fans and signing ...
Friday, August 27, 2010

TGIF Toys: Dominoed Daredoll

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If you caught that reference in the headline, then perhaps you're a hard-core Batgirl fan from decades ago. And we're talking the pu...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Linda Gray is "Expecting Mary"

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Linda Gray, our own Sue Ellen Ewing of "Dallas," has a new movie coming out this fall, " Expecting Mary ." In the film...
Monday, August 23, 2010

Spotted: Nicolas Coster

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"Don't bother me now, Henry," he emits with an aristocratic air as his very first line. No, this is not a '80s episode of ...
Friday, August 20, 2010

TGIF Toys: Count on them Duke boys

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If you've read the BRBTV reference guide "Them Dukes! Them Dukes!", then you know this item -- and yes, it is a toy! -- was a ...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

"Santa Barbara" stars keep sudsing up the small screen

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You can never say our '80s soap faves are all washed up -- they keep cleaning up on the new work right and left! In fact it seems a bit ...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Joan Collins spreads her wings and tweets

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Look out, folks, she's armed with iPhone and she's rarin' to tell you all about hanging out at St. Tropez, rehearsing her one-wo...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Spotted: Ted Shackelford and Joan Van Ark

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When BRBTV interviewed Joan Van Ark for the "Destination: Dallas" reference guide, she mentioned starring with Ted Shackelford in ...
Monday, August 16, 2010

Golf with Bo Duke for a good cause

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More John Schneider news already? Why, yes, as we've stated on this very blog, it's hard to keep up! This time our own Bo Duke of ...
Friday, August 13, 2010

TGIF Toys: Have a bite with Bats

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You don't have to be a kid to eat your cereal out of one of these fab Batbowls from "Batman: The Animated Series"! These Zak D...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Spotted: Lee Bergere and Joel Fabiani

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You wouldn't know him by sight, but you'd surely recognize his voice: Mr. Lee Bergere, our own Joseph Aynders, long-suffering Carrin...
Monday, August 09, 2010

John Schneider in concert fundraiser at the end of this month

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Thanks once again to Phyllis of the John Schneider Unofficial Fan Club on Facebook for the tipoff on this one: On August 28, former first...
Friday, August 06, 2010

TGIF Toys: You light up my ... lunch?

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A craft kit in the ‘90s, purchased by BRBTV through a school fundraiser, produced this Scooby-Doo switchplate, along with a cover for a doub...
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Created in 1998, BRBTV is a series of fun fact books and shorter reference guides on classic television shows: primetime soaps "Dynasty" and "Dallas," the action-adventures "The Dukes of Hazzard," "Wonder Woman," "The Secrets of Isis" and "The Green Hornet," along with a host of fab animated series like "Super Friends" and "Scooby-Doo." Founded with the mission of spreading "peace, love and useless information about television," BRBTV seeks to inform, with a solid journalistic expertise, on these shows and their stars, as well as a sprinkling of the TV world in general. While this news blog takes a journalistic approach, with many posts delivered straight-on, you will see some attitude here. You will see an opinion or three (and unfortunately, you will see us attempt to crack jokes once in a while!). That's why a blog format was chosen. Just sayin'. Learn more at the BRBTV home page: www.brbtv.com. Learn more about BRB and her other work at her own home page: www.billierae.com
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