BRBTV News Blog

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

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Terrific non-TV Toys: Uncle Sam's 3 Coin Register Bank, Western Stamping Corp., 1970s

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This week on " Terrific non-TV Toys ," a crazy thing this author dug out of storage, an item that was pretty beloved when I was a ...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Terrific TV Toys: Welcome back to my life, Kotter!!

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Welcome back ... your dreams were your ticket out. Welcome back ... to that same old place that you laughed about ... From the first "O...
Wednesday, January 08, 2025

Terrific non-TV Toys: Peanuts 50th anniversary kids' meal toys, Wendy's, 2000

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A spinning top, a jigsaw puzzle and a few other tricks -- none needing batteries, thankfully! In the first episode of the eighth season of T...
Wednesday, January 01, 2025

Happy New Year! Here's the updated episode guide to the two BRBTV collectibles series

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We're off to a new year again, already??? Great -- let's go. And as we look forward to new seasons for both of the BRBTV collectibl...
Thursday, December 26, 2024

Just Beneath the Surface (Episode 14) -- "The Masks" episode of classic "Twilight Zone"

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A new study of one of Rod Serling's magnificent studies of human nature, more specifically the classic "Twilight Zone" episode...
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Terrific TV Toys: "A Charlie Brown Christmas" board game, 2018

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The true meaning of Christmas is something that is front-and-center in the 1960s "Charlie Brown Christmas" TV special, the first i...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Terrific non-TV Toys: "The Peanuts Movie" Happy Meal Toys, McDonald's, 2015

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Didya catch the big-screen "Peanuts Movie" a few years back? Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Sally and all the gang, along with our be...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Those beloved Gloria Vanderbilt jeans show up again -- this time on "Soap"

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If you've ever seen this author's Pinterest account , you know I'm a big fan of Gloria Vanderbilt jeans. Since my very first pai...
Sunday, November 10, 2024

Six Feet Under Hollywood: Arnold Horshack!

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Wow, we had almost forgotten that he illustrated Wesley Eure's children's book, and we didn't really know the details of his dea...
Friday, November 08, 2024

A video tour through the former Eloise Asylum

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In June  on this very blog you saw some photos of this author's historical tour of the former Eloise facility in Westland, Michigan, com...
Friday, November 01, 2024

Catch the newest episode of "Reanimated"

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  The undead are out in full force as a few of our survivors take refuge in a remote cabin for episode 8 of the " Reanimated " web...
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Terrific TV Toys: "Dallas" trading cards, Donruss, 1981

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Trading cards were really a thing back in the 1970s and '80s, and TV shows were popular subjects for them. The latest episode of the T3 ...
Monday, October 28, 2024

ElectraWow and DynaMite: Can you believe Judy Strangis owns her DynaGirl costume?

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It was a reunion of the two gals from classic Saturday-morning TV's "ElectraWoman and DynaGirl" over the weekend, and our budd...
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Six Feet Under Hollywood: Stephanie Zimbalist

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A grave all set up and ready to go -- before death? Yeah, sometimes it happens, and it's part of the story of the very-much-still-living...
Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Terrific non-TV Toys: "DCeased" Batgirl figure, DC Direct, 2022-2023

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Since Halloween is right around the corner, why don't we take a look at something nice and creepy for the latest episode of the Terrific...
Sunday, October 06, 2024

Quick shot of Erica Durance just because

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Our friend Brian is at the “Smallville” con in New Jersey this weekend and shared with BRBTV this shot of the panel discussion with the beau...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Terrific TV Toys: "Star Trek" fleece throw kit by Eugene Textiles, 2016; "Picard" cap, 2019; Vegas con bag, 2021

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You ever jump into something that you think is going to take like five minutes and it ends up taking hours? Well, my buddy Brian gave me a w...
Wednesday, September 04, 2024

An almost-forgotten appearance on the "Fave Five From Fans" podcast

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This author came across it almost accidentally, the YouTube version of a podcast recorded nearly a couple years ago. But this one was a fun ...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Terrific non-TV Toys: Tuesday Taylor, Super Model walking version, Ideal, 1978

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If you're a kid of the 1970s and you've ever heard the names Tuesday Taylor and Tiffany Taylor -- and especially if you've heard...
Monday, August 26, 2024

A view from Marysville Hot Wheels Weekend

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Special thanks to our roving reporter Jason for these shots from this past weekend's car show in Marysville, Michigan, the Marysville Ho...
Friday, August 23, 2024

Sasquatch arrives ... just because it's fun and it's Friday

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TGIF! How about a little Bigfoot to brighten your day? This is somewhere in Michigan, shot a few months ago this year.
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Just Beneath the Surface takes on "Twilight Zone" episode "The Obsolete Man"

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Our friend Brian and his friend Bruce have done it again -- after some time away, they've posted another discussion of a wonderful class...
Thursday, August 08, 2024

Terrific TV Toys: "Dukes of Hazzard" Cooter's tow truck 1:18, Greenlight, 2021

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All those good folks rolling through the dusty backroads of Hazzard County need a tow once in a while, now don't they? And when they nee...
Tuesday, August 06, 2024

New interview is up, and the word is out on the next "Rapture Chronicles" episode

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This author is so thankful to be a part of " The Rapture Chronicles " web series and ministry, and now Season 3 is just around the...
Monday, July 22, 2024

A look at Cooter's 25th anniversary celebration

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BRBTV was not able to make it to Luray, Virginia, this past weekend for the 25th anniversary celebration of  Cooter's Place  -- 25 big y...
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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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