In October a year ago, I posted a video here of an episode of the wonderful series, Frank's Place, considered one of the best series canceled much too early. (And that's not only my opinion, and that of my fellow-admirer, the inveterate Chris Dunn, president of our Frank’s Place Appreciation Society, West Los Angeles division, but in 2013 TV Guide ranked 60 shows that were “Cancelled Too Soon” – and Frank’s Place was ranked #3. Also, Rolling Stone put together their own list of the best sitcoms of all time, and Frank’s Place was #99.) Unfortunately, it not only was cancelled too soon, but it largely unseen since there with no DVDs or TV reruns. (That's largely because it used a lot of source music, largely New Orleans Dixieland jazz, whose rights would be expensive to clear for reruns, especially for a show that was only on the air for one season. There have been reports that they may "re-score" the show so that it can have a future life, but...we'll see.) That said, because of its emphasis on music, that's one reason I letting it qualify for the Holiday Music Fest. Of course, even if it didn't, I've have found some other reason to grant it a special exemption... As I noted before, I've been able to find two episodes online, though only two. (Hopefully more will show up eventually.) I posted that one , but said I'd hold the second for Hanukkah, since that's a subplot of the story. And since we're nearing the last night of Hanukkah, here is that second episode, before the holiday ends. The video quality is on fuzzy and only fair. But the quality of the show comes through. For some odd reason, this video starts about five minutes in, although only in one of my browsers. It's fine in the other (I suspect it's caught in my cache for that one browser, and it will revert to normal when I next clear its cache.) It will probably be fine when other people click and watch it. But if not, just drag the slider back to the beginning.
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AuthorRobert J. Elisberg is a political commentator, screenwriter, novelist, tech writer and also some other things that I just tend to keep forgetting. Feedspot Badge of Honor
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