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Night Flight on USA
Every Friday and Saturday night, USA Network played Night Flight. Night Flight was a late night variety show...music videos
Mtv wouldn't touch, amateur animation (remember Bambi vs. Godzilla?), there were animated skits based on Heavy Metal. There
were a lot of outrageous live action skits you would never see anywhere else. Night Flight was more than a show...it was
an attitude.
Hostess Chocodiles
Chocodiles...Hostess Twinkies that were chocolate covered...what a great combination!! For whatever reason, Hostess has opted
to make these in the Northeastern U.S. for many years!! Interestingly enough, you can get them on the West Coast! Jim, next
time you come out...you will need to bring something here with you!!
Weaver Chicken Roll
Weaver Chicken Roll...a definite food guilty pleasure...nobody makes chicken roll anymore...Weaver was the last to make it.
I remember spending weekends with my grandparents in Bristol...my grandfather always kept some around. We'd make chicken
roll sandwiches with mayo and wheat bread. And, he'd cut the crust...back then, I didn't care for it. Great stuff...absolutely
bad for you, and it would go bad only in a couple of days after it was sliced. I think as people became more health conscious,
chicken roll was no longer a popular seller. Now, it's just plain gone.
The Morton Downey, Jr. Show
Morton Downey, Jr., A.K.A. "Mort the Mouth". Mort started off with a career as a DJ and singer, and then worked
his way into politics, becoming an aide to many powerful senators in the seventies. He was a favorite guest in talk shows
due to his candor and honest in-your-face approach. In the late 80's WOR channel 9 in NY decided to tap him for what would
be one of the most controversial talk shows of all time. It could be said that his show would be the blueprint for the talk
shows of the 90s and today. However, his topics were not about sleazeball trailer trash looking for their five minutes of
fame, but would be about politics and major topics of the day...most of which are still relevant. Plus, he was a verbally
abusive in-your-face take no prisoners host. Always with a cigarette in his mouth, a habit which, sadly did him on March
of 2001. Regular guests included the Rev. Al Sharpton (whose feud with Rep. Roy Innes came to a head on the show when Innes
knocked Sharpton flat on his ass!! A great moment), feminist lawyer Gloria Allred, and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.
He truly believed in the greatness of this country, and the melting pot. He was well known for telling guests to 'Zip It!',
and dealing with libs by referring to them as 'Pablum Puking Liberals'. He was disgraced after he was supposedly attacked
by skinheads in San Francisco in 1994. His show was canceled, and he seemed to disappear after that. He is missed.
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