1970s Cartoons and Tunes

A common thread runs through Saturday morning cartoons of the 1970s. Music. Rankin-Bass produced Kid Power for ABC.  Think Peanuts and Our Gang go through diversity training as songs convey messages of peace, love, and harmony for children.  ABC aired original...

“M*A*S*H” Is Anti-War But Not Antiseptic

On September 17, 1972, CBS introduced television viewers to M*A*S*H, a half-hour comedy filmed with a laugh track and set in an Army hospital situated approximately three miles from the front lines of the Korean War.  The M*A*S*H acronym stands for Mobile Army...

Lionel Trains: On the Right Track

Mandy Patinkin shared his passion for Lionel Trains on an episode of Chicago Hope.  As Dr. Jeffrey Geiger, Patinkin brought his hobby to millions of viewers. In an interview on Late Late Show with Tom Snyder in the late 1990s, Patinkin talks extensively about Lionel...