Week of September 18: The Good, The Sad and the Emmys

Real life intruded on my ability to update the blog last week, so here's two weeks in one:

*Did anyone happen to catch the vintage episodes of "Jeopardy" and the vintage clips of "Wheel of Fortune" last week? Here's a happy silver anniversary to both shows, still going strong.

*Sorry to report a trio of deaths:

-Singer Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary; the group, of course, appeared on countless television variety shows throughout the 1960s. Go to YouTube for a great video of the trio singing "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" with Andy Williams on his show.

-Henry Gibson, who made his mark during the 1960s and early 70s on "Laugh-In."

-And Larry Gelbart, whose television writing career began with Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows" in the early 1950s and reached its apex with the first four seasons of "M*A*S*H," a show for which he also directed.
On the latter, Gelbart saved his best writing for last: "The Interview," a black-and-white representation of a journalist's newsreel interview of the crew of the 4077th. It closed the fourth season. Shockingly, it wasn't nominated for any Emmys, though Gelbart was nominated for a writing Emmy that year for two other episodes, "The More I See You" and "Hawkeye."

*Incidentally, the Emmys.com website does have a list of all past winners and nominees. Annoyingly, though, individual episodes aren't listed for writing and other awards. That's something to correct, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Enjoy the Emmy Awards this Sunday. See you next week. Until then, Happy Viewing!