BRBTV News Blog

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

Friday, August 29, 2014

Butch Patrick talks "Munsters" a paranormal house (what?) and more with BRBTV

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Buying a paranormal house? Riding around on a Harley? Working on a new book that will initially have only a 100 or so copies? These are the...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Tony DeGuide talks with BRBTV about his movie with Mickey Rooney

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Tony DeGuide is an actor and a filmmaker, and he's done some modeling over the years, too. Based in Chicago, he's got a movie proje...
Monday, August 25, 2014

Diane Franklin tells BRBTV all about her new book

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Diane Franklin was just adorable back in the day, when she was making '80s movies like "Better Off Dead," "Bill and Ted...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Parker Stevenson talks "Hardy Boys" with BRBTV

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Let's get frank, shall we? Because that's what we tend to do here on the BRBTV News Blog. When this author was a little girl, it wa...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

We love TV books!

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Wow, what a nice find! This is a big part of the reason we go to shows like this past weekend's Hollywood Show at the Hilton in Rosemon...
Monday, August 18, 2014

John Amos talks to BRBTV about "Good Times" and "Roots"

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Once in a while you talk to someone you've always really-really-really wanted to meet, and for this journalist that was yesterday, tha...
Monday, August 04, 2014

Terrific TV Toys: The Mego figures of "Star Trek"

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Mego Corp. ruled the action figure world back in the 1970s, and we're not just talking superheroes. Not by any means. They did tons of ...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

We all will miss the sweet Jo McLaney

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It's a sad day when we have to say goodbye to such a sweet friend. And indeed, the rest of "The Dukes of Hazzard" world mourn...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Rest in peace, James Garner, gone at age 86

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You wouldn't think that "The Rockford Files" would appeal to a little girl of the 1970s, but indeed it did, with this author,...
Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Lynda Carter talks "Wonder Woman" on "Katie"

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Classic TV's "Wonder Woman" made an appearance on the "Katie" show this week. Lynda Carter, looking good as always,...
Friday, July 04, 2014

Happy Fourth of July from BRBTV!!!!

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Perhaps you've seen the recent holiday photos on this very blog celebrating the collection of plush Scooby-Doos at BRBTV headquarters. ...
Monday, June 30, 2014

"Dukes" cast members will appear at Indiana event in August

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Catherine ("Daisy Duke") Bach and James ("Rosco P. Coltrane") Best of "The Dukes of Hazzard" are among the gu...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Take a look at the Jersey General

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One of the cool folks that BRBTV got to talk to in Philadelphia last weekend was the owner of a very nice General Lee replica (yea, it'...
Friday, June 20, 2014

From one voice actor to another: Remembering the great legacy of Casey Kasem, by Will Rodgers

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"Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars." That was the famous sign-off for legendary radio personality C...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Rest in peace, Mr. Kasem

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With the news of Casey Kasem's passing this weekend, the Doos that were added to the BRBTV plush Scooby-Doo collection on Saturday -...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

We're wowed by the collection of Hollywood-Diecast.com

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Thanks to Joe Johnson at Hollywood-Diecast.com , BRBTV is now the proud owner of the beautiful vintage Peanuts vehicles below. There'...
Friday, June 13, 2014

New Facebook page documents the "real" General Lees

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Every "Dukes of Hazzard" fan knows there's a big difference between a General Lee replica and a real General Lee. There's...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Bo Hopkins talks to BRBTV at Canadian event

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We're just going to come out and say it ... We had a bit of a crush on Bo Hopkins when he played Matthew Blaisdel on "Dynasty....
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Monday, June 09, 2014

Terrific TV Toys: Farrah Fawcett doll by Mego

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She was a true 1970s icon, a natural beauty with free-flowing charisma. She was at ease in front of the camera, and the small screen certai...
Saturday, June 07, 2014

Terrific TV Toys: Diana Prince / Wonder Woman by Mego

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She could thwart evil with a magic spin (as our BRBTV television spot for the "Superchicks" book says), and every little girl wan...
Thursday, June 05, 2014

Terrific TV Toys: Bionic Beauty Salon by Kenner

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Every Bionic gal needs a place to get a tuneup now and then, do a little diagnostic on the artificial parts, you know, and perhaps get a ma...
Tuesday, June 03, 2014

Terrific TV Toys: Fembot doll by Kenner

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Every good female hero needs a bad female villain, and for Jaime Sommers, "The Bionic Woman," that was the Fembot. On the classic...
Sunday, June 01, 2014

Motor City Comic Con: BRB in costume!!!!

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We had to round out our coverage of this year's Motor City Comic Con, which you've seen on this blog over the past couple weeks, wi...
Friday, May 30, 2014

Motor City Comic Con: Terry Kiser

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Terry Kiser liked BRB's hair. We're talking the hair she wore on Friday of this year's Motor City Comic Con, a look that friend...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Motor City Comic Con: Robert Hays

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We learned one thing about Robert Hays at this year's Motor City Comic Con. Well, perhaps we learned a lot of things (we got to hear hi...
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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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