Miracle on 34th Street

Cheers and Merry Christmas

Yes, Maureen O'Hara was one of the most beautiful women of her time and best of all she played in several John Wayne movies.

Not my first viewing but right you are. Actually Macy's has had Santa Claus for many years [multiple in the round, that is, wait for the next available Santa]. It's a walk thru a winter wonderland and is free. There is an elf taking pictures but will also take a pic with your camera of your whole family. It is well done.

Don't remember from last year if Santa is allowed to say Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas

I saw it last night for the first time also. I've seent he ending a number of times, but not the rest.

I enjoyed it also.

If you saw it on AMC, it must have been a hellish ordeal.

If you saw it on AMC, it must have been a hellish ordeal.

I made the mistake of watching "For a Few Dollars More" on AMC a couple of nights ago. 3 hours to watch a 1 1/2 hour movie. Never again.

You mean someone saw a REAL classic movie on AMC. How rare! What they now consider a classic film on that channel has been greatly down graded. It's too bad they used to be a good channel.

I agree. I don't know if you are or were a Nick @ Nite fan but that channel has gone down hill too. I used to love watching The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, Dick Van Dyke, Newhart- shows far better than anything on TV today. But now it is ridiculously stupid, playing shows like Roseanne 4 times a night and Full House 5 times.

I'm only 20 years old and never got to experience the great old shows first hand so I really used to love Nick @ Nite. :O(

Now I have to buy all the old shows on boxed-set DVDs.

I agree. I don't know if you are or were a Nick @ Nite fan but that channel has gone down hill too. I used to love watching The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, Dick Van Dyke, Newhart- shows far better than anything on TV today. But now it is ridiculously stupid, playing shows like Roseanne 4 times a night and Full House 5 times.

I'm only 20 years old and never got to experience the great old shows first hand so I really used to love Nick @ Nite. :O(

Now I have to buy all the old shows on boxed-set DVDs.

I think TV Land is jumping the shark too, showing the same over and over again. Sure, I like Green Acres, Leave it to Beaver, I Dream of Jeannie, and so on, but they run it into the ground. Earlier this year, I loved their late Friday and Saturday night "kitsch" section showing the old Krofft Shows (H.R. Pufenstuf, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Lidsville and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl) along with some of the old Filmation live action series like "Shazam" and "Isis." Shazam was about an older man and a young, late teens/early 20 something man travelling around the country in a Winnebago and when the younger man said, "Shazam," he changed into Captain Marvel. Isis was a school teacher who went to Egypt, found an ancient amulet and she had the ability to change into Isis where she can fly and control the weather. Sometimes Shazam and Isis would team up.

I was born in 1966, I'm 38 so I watched a lot of these old shows growing up. I think the Cartoon Channel was ruined with a lot of the new stuff, although the anime segments are cool, but on the other hand, too much Scooby Doo. I think maybe it has to do with the rights to air the shows, maybe they've expired or something, that would be my guess.

Yeah, exactly. I was so excited when I first heard the prospect of TV Land but I was quickly dissapointed. I believe they show Gunsmoke like, 10 times a day! It is almost impossible to find those great old shows that never, ever jumped the shark unless you buy them on DVD. I know when I have kids someday I'm never letting them watch any of the crap thats on TV now, they can watch moms DVD collection, lol.

The only show I like on cartoon network anymore is Family Guy but I think they only play it late at night. I used to like Space Ghost, I don't know if you remember that show, but I don't think they play it anymore.

Yeah, exactly. I was so excited when I first heard the prospect of TV Land but I was quickly dissapointed. I believe they show Gunsmoke like, 10 times a day! It is almost impossible to find those great old shows that never, ever jumped the shark unless you buy them on DVD. I know when I have kids someday I'm never letting them watch any of the crap thats on TV now, they can watch moms DVD collection, lol.

Yeah, cough.... Nothing against "Gunsmoke," but that's another show they have on too much. Mom is even tired of it, she was tired of it in the 1960's even, she always called it "Gunstroke." B-) I like the Action Channel or whatever it is called, I like watching the old Irwin Allen TV show, "The Time Tunnel" and then go into a double dose of "Combat!" with Vic Morrow about a squad of World War II soldiers from just before the Normandy Landings to their pushes deeper into France. One thing that amazes me is the show was made from 1962 to 1967 with the last season in color, but in actual time, that phase in World War II in Europe lasted a little over 11 months in real life. B-) Great show though.

The only show I like on cartoon network anymore is Family Guy but I think they only play it late at night. I used to like Space Ghost, I don't know if you remember that show, but I don't think they play it anymore.

Family Guy is good and I think South Park is too although I musyt admit they are aimed for adults. "Space Ghost," do you mean the 1960's TV cartoon series or his interview show. I caught the latter from time to time, I remember when "Birdman had to sub for him but since it was at night and there is no sun, he had trouble maintaining power to stay awake. B-) The original 1966 series, I remember first seeing it in color on my aunt's late 1950's or early 1960's vintage RCA "roundie." A "roundie" is an old color TV set with a round oicture tube, usually 21 inch in diameter although there were 19 and 15 inchers made too. The set had a bezel covering the front of the picture tube that is part of the cabinent where you saw straight lines on the top and bottom of the screen but the ends were still round.

The "roundie" pictured above is actually a Zenith but it does bear a slight resemblence to her RCA. Until 1971, we were stuck with a 1959 B&W Philco, no UHF tuner until we got a color Zenith in 1971 which I still have.