At The Cocoanut Grove

Here's December's schedule and monthly highlights.  Highlights For December: Dick Powell is Star of the Month airing Thursdays.  TCM Spotlight features Songs on Screen airing Friday nights.  John Landis is December's Guest Programmer on December 10th. The five films he picked are: The Monster and the Girl (1941), Towed in a Hotel (1932), Helpmates (1932), Paths of Glory (1958) and It's A Gift (1934).  Christmas Classics airs Saturdays and Sundays.  Treasures From The Disney Vault airs December 19th.  TCM Memorial Tribute to Burt Reynolds airs December 26th.  Films Airing This Month To Check Out: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) airs 12/1 at 12 p.m./11 a.m., 12/16 at 8/7 p.m. and 12/24 at 6/5 p.m. The Graduate (1967) airs 12/7 at 8/7 p.m. O. Henry's Full House (1952) airs 12/9 at 10:15/9:15 p.m. and 12/23 at 11:45/10:45 a.m. Singin' in the Rain (1952) airs 12/11 at 6/5 p.m. In The Good Old Summertime (1949) airs 12/16 at 8/7 a.m. ...

I'm forgoing my usual Original and Remake in favor of a holiday themed post. Thursday is Thanksgiving and I thought I'd make a post on some animated Thanksgiving specials. Last year I make a post that had a couple of these already so I left those out but here's a few to check out if you're feeling nostalgic for cartoons this year.  B.C. The First Thanksgiving (1973) Part 2 // Part 3  This Is America, Charlie Brown The Mayflower Voyagers (1988) *Note: This is a trailer, not the whole episode. Davey and Goliath The Pilgrim Boy (1962) The Mouse on the Mayflower (1968) The Care Bears Family Grams Bear's Thanksgiving Surprise (1986) Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

Keeping with the 80's theme I've decided to continue on with a series I did last year. I posted all my favorite films from the 1920's-1970's and stopped there, well, I've decided to continue on. Here are my favorite films from the 1980's.  The Never Ending Story (1984) Directed By: Wolfgang Peterson Starring: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach Running Time: 94 Minutes Prancer (1989) Directed By: John Hancock Starring: Rebecca Harrell, Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman Running Time: 103 Minutes Baby Boom (1987) Directed By: Charles Shyer Starring: Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Sam Shepard Running Time: 103 Minutes Look Who's Talking (1989) Directed By: Amy Heckerling Starring: John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Olympia Dukakis Running Time: 96 Minutes Irreconcilable Differences (1984) Directed By: Charles Shyer Starring: Drew Barrymore, Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long Running Time: 1...

I've decided to continue on with my favorite TV shows from past decades. This post focuses on mostly sitcoms from the 1980's. I don't consider the 1980's a long time ago but there are several shows I grew up watching or still watch. So here's my list.  The Golden Girls (1985-1992) Created By: Susan Harris Starring: Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty The Facts of Life (1979-1988) Created By: Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon Starring: Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Nancy McKeon, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn Growing Pains  (1985-1992) Created By: Neal Marlens Starring: Alan Thicke, Jonna Kerns, Kirk Cameron, Tracey Gold, Jeremy Miller Reading Rainbow (1983-2006) Created By: Cecily Truett Lancit, Larry Lancit, Twiia Liggett, Lynne Ganek and Tony Buttino Presented By: LeVar Burton Full House (1987-1995) Created By: Jeff Franklin Starring: John Stamos, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Cand...