Matinee at the Bijou Blog
Hey Gang, my first regular column is up at the site for the upcoming PBS program "Matinee at the Bijou" (a revival of the 1980s fave). It's a review of some cherce DVDs of the past year, mainly...
View ArticleRe: Matinee at the Bijou Blog
So I tell the Matinee at the Bijou guy that it's my dream to someday write something for Debbie Reynolds (hostess of the upcoming revival of the program) to say. He quips, "Why not just write...
View ArticleRe: Matinee at the Bijou Blog
Now Playing: the second part of the Laughing Gravy Chronicles, starring the Green Archer, the Giant Claw, and Santa Claus: http://matineeatthebijou.blogspot.com/
View ArticleRe: Matinee at the Bijou Blog
When's this start up again and what stations it gonna be on?
View ArticleRe: Matinee at the Bijou Blog
The PBS network in the summer or early fall of 2008. Stay tuned for more details.
View ArticleRe: Matinee at the Bijou Blog
I loved the original version of this show from the Eighties! A handful of volumes were eventually released to VHS, and I kick myself I never got them. (At the time our PBS station was running them, I...
View ArticleRe: Matinee at the Bijou Blog
Always enjoyed the original (and still have the original series program guide!) and I'm looking forward to the revival later this year.
View ArticleRe: Matinee at the Bijou Blog
As I remember the original, it tried to squeeze a feature film, a serial chapter, a short or cartoon, and a newsreel into 90 minutes, about 5 or more minutes of which were devoted to opening footage...
View ArticleRe: Matinee at the Bijou Blog
It was something of a trade-off, trying to fit everything in that time slot, in order to at least sample the experience of what an old-fashioned matinee might be like. They even dedicated a few...
View Article
