tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post2828677100360532427..comments2024-03-29T07:00:46.755-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Forgotten TV: I LED THREE LIVESpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-5422004393117869262013-10-04T23:55:30.737-04:002013-10-04T23:55:30.737-04:00The clip sounds like every bad corporate boss ever...The clip sounds like every bad corporate boss ever...So, you Don't want the promotion? Well, we thought you were a comer...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-26571975925214979032013-10-04T23:51:36.098-04:002013-10-04T23:51:36.098-04:00Recall Bob Newhart's joke...paraphrase: "...Recall Bob Newhart's joke...paraphrase: "Hey, has anyone else noted that whenever anyone tells Philbrick anything, we all get arrested?" <br /><br />I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI was similarly insane on the radio side...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65749599324379298872013-10-02T13:03:52.863-04:002013-10-02T13:03:52.863-04:00I watched it. The only episode that stuck with me ...I watched it. The only episode that stuck with me is one in which Philbrick gets into an auto accident and is judged to be dead. He's fully awake and aware but can't move. Just as he's about to be loaded into the meat wagon someone notices a tear running down his face.<br /><br />I also remember a MAD magazine title parody called I Fled Three Mice. Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-42368016849313836982013-10-01T18:46:26.807-04:002013-10-01T18:46:26.807-04:00We have been manipulated in so many ways, I fear. ...We have been manipulated in so many ways, I fear. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-23693119691230905582013-10-01T17:50:27.932-04:002013-10-01T17:50:27.932-04:00Later in life Philbrick ran a general store in Rye...Later in life Philbrick ran a general store in Rye Beach, New Hampshire. The main thing I remember being on sale there were copies of his book on which the television show was based. I never met him and never saw him, but seeing all those books on display gave me an overwhelming feeling of sadness, a feeling that here was a small man holding desperately onto a small, misguided, and eventually meaningless past. I still get that feeling of sadness when I think about the Fifties paranoia being transformed in somewhat different clothing to today's Washington.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-42055805227668664882013-10-01T14:16:33.884-04:002013-10-01T14:16:33.884-04:00I can still hear his voice to this day. Couldn'...I can still hear his voice to this day. Couldn't even play this clip in case he was on there. Boy, did they do a number on us. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-54866570663029478212013-10-01T14:06:24.816-04:002013-10-01T14:06:24.816-04:00One of my favorite shows as a kid. The atmosphere ...One of my favorite shows as a kid. The atmosphere and plots emphasized paranoia and suspense. It's a wonder poor Carlson didn't put a bullet in his head. Many people back then really believed the saying, "Better dead than red".Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65717480666152750012013-10-01T13:07:28.690-04:002013-10-01T13:07:28.690-04:00"The people who bought the house next became ..."The people who bought the house next became friends and it was fun to go down to their basement and see the knotty pine paneling, the bar, the furniture where these blackhearts had conducted their business."<br /><br />--You are such a sweetie, Patti. I can picture you doing that.<br /><br />As for the show...long before I knew he was a fraud and a very bad guy (I still don't believe he was a cross-dresser--that b.s. was to sell sleazy books) I did have an aversion to anything he was involved in. Mention of his name or the appearance of his face guaranteed that what was to follow would be BORING. A solid 10 on the Gorman Snore-O-Meter.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-3052601394333050312013-10-01T12:16:47.344-04:002013-10-01T12:16:47.344-04:00Yes. meant as a reflection of the show's tone,...Yes. meant as a reflection of the show's tone, John. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-55930220848696768492013-10-01T11:26:11.636-04:002013-10-01T11:26:11.636-04:00Same as Bill, the family wayched it every week. I ...Same as Bill, the family wayched it every week. I liked Carlson in it.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-18275725755246293972013-10-01T10:13:58.180-04:002013-10-01T10:13:58.180-04:00"...a nest of Communists" Is that suppos..."...a nest of Communists" Is that supposed to be ironic? I hope so. Or were those nasty Reds really using the paneled basement as a vacuum conversion laboratory? {cue the melodramatic music)J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-19406396516370978362013-10-01T09:25:45.948-04:002013-10-01T09:25:45.948-04:00Patti, you're right about the paranoia of thos...Patti, you're right about the paranoia of those days. Commies were spawns of the Devil. And they seem to lurk under every bed!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-5652954790200347442013-10-01T09:01:30.912-04:002013-10-01T09:01:30.912-04:00I remember this one well. Our family watched it e...I remember this one well. Our family watched it every week.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-6666108708591662472013-10-01T08:28:34.986-04:002013-10-01T08:28:34.986-04:00Ah yes, the good old days, comrade - though frankl...Ah yes, the good old days, comrade - though frankly, doesn't feel all that different now really, does it?Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-44067583459176944102013-10-01T08:11:07.527-04:002013-10-01T08:11:07.527-04:00I'm afraid this was before my time, though I&#...I'm afraid this was before my time, though I've heard of it. If I was watching anything then it was Roy Rogers, Howdy Doody or Romper Room.<br /><br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-30799064933201418592013-10-01T07:43:35.854-04:002013-10-01T07:43:35.854-04:00Patti - I must admit I've never seen this one,...Patti - I must admit I've never seen this one, although I've heard of it. Interesting that it was based on real events. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com