The Time For A Fish, A Duck and Groucho

The Time For A Fish, A Duck and Groucho was Originally Posted on December 6, 2009 by lavarock

If you have not used the website Hulu.Com, give it a try. Hulu allows you to watch TV and some movies on your computer for free. There are a few commercials, however short. If you have the ability to connect your computer to a large TV screen, all the better.

Tonight I opted for a “Time Tunnel” episode which turned out to be episode #1 (how they got started traveling through time). Afterwards, I decided upon a documentary about the TV series “Amos and Andy”. I used to watch this for years and really enjoyed it; however, the series was abruptly removed from the air. The documentary includes how the series evolved from a caucasion radio series to the ethnic group on TV. It presents both sides of the controversy and shows many people who supported having the series continue.

I remember many of the episodes shown in the documentary and have seen a few from the DVD’s available for purchase at places like Ebay.

I had to laugh because I caught the name of a city in the documentary and remembered a bit of trivia. One of the creators of the radio and TV show lived in Atlanta and decided that the Kingfish should come from that area. Thus Kingfish graduated from Marietta High School, right near where I used to live.

I was up on the Clark Howard website (ClarkHoward.Com) and he had a list of many websites which allow you to watch free TV shows. Another site is Arcive.Org and their archive of commercials and even radio shows. Here is a link to one of the old time radio shows. Here is a Groucho Marx TV show http://www.archive.org/details/You_Bet_Your_Life_Groucho however maybe the radio version of Our Miss Brooks is more your taste!

Then again, if you don’t have problems sleeping, try the original Duck and Cover at http://www.archive.org/details/Duck_and_Cover

Until next time, Aloha!