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wheeeone · 09-04-2002, 11:10 AM

Did anyone tape the 40th Anniversary of the Improv that aired on NBC last night? They had advertised that there would be a clip of Freddie and I missed the first 20 minutes where They must have shown him.
Was anyone able to catch the show or by chance tape it?

Luckymama58 · 09-04-2002, 03:41 PM

See, I spend WAAAAAAAAAY to much time on the computer!! LOL I don't even know what is on TV anymore. I need a life! If anyone taped this, I would love a copy!!!! POR FAVOR!!!!

Cheryl Harrell · 09-04-2002, 06:23 PM

Arrgh! I need a copy too! We are desperate! I had no idea this was on. On Tues we go meet Hubby Mikes cousin & her hubby to eat & then go to the mall & get groceries. Even if it was advertised I wouldn't have been able to see it cuz I just looked it up in our TV GUIDE & they showed Billy Graham the preacher instead of it. I love Billy Graham too but they should've waited & showed him after this was over. I could've tried to see if I could get Ch. 10 the NBC channel from Norfolk but alot of times we can't get them & it would've been my luck they wouldn't have come in. Sometimes we can get the satellite feeds from NBC on our big satellite dish but it'd be my luck they wouldn't come in.

Man I wish I had known. My folks have gone to Nags Head this week to their condo there they go to a few times a yr & when they aren't staying in it it gets rented out to tourists. They get Ch. 10 down there & if I had known, I could've gotten my Mom to have taped it. The Ch. 10 listings for it don't mention Freddie in it tho. Man I am upset about missing this!!!!

I bet that's why ya'll missed it. Billy Graham.

I need him to pray for me now LOL! Cuz I am so upset over missing this. Sure Hope NBC shows this again... Sigh...

I searched for info on this on the net & everywhere I go that is supposed to have info on it, it is not there cuz it has todays shows instead of yesterdays shows. Yuck!

Danisel331 · 10-02-2002, 10:36 PM

Set up your VCRS!!!!!
Saturday this show is coming on again!

Saturday October 5, 2002 @ 7:00pmcdt on NBC
40th Anniversary of The Improv
60 min.
Some stand-up folks salute the celebrated nightclub with the brick-wall backdrop.
At the Hollywood venue, Jay Leno opens with a story about an early-days Big Apple appearance (where the Improv franchise began) that nearly cost him $27,000. He's followed on stage by Arsenio Hall, D.L. Hughley, Jay Mohr, Kevin Pollak and Ray Romano. There are also vintage clips that include Leno (wearing what Improv founder Budd Friedman calls “a little straw hat and steel-rimmed glasses, [and it's] hilarious”), Woody Allen, Jerry Seinfeld, Richard Pryor and Freddie Prinze; and reminiscences from Rosie O'Donnell, Richard Lewis, Jon Lovitz, Adam Sandler, Fred Willard and Robert Wuhl.

Rating: TV-14
Category: Specialty & Other
Release Year: 2002

Check your local listings for certain! Enjoy!

bella66 · 10-03-2002, 01:00 AM

Hi everyone!! It's been so looooong since I posted here that ya's probably forgot!! lol!! I always stopped by to read the posts though. I must say it's great how everyone is doing such a great job. Lots more people have joined too!! Thanks Danisel for the info on the improv. I will be looking forward to it! I didn't even know it was on. Hope to keep posting...

hue_mee · 10-03-2002, 01:09 AM

Thank you Dani! for the information on it reairing again! I will definately watch it!!!!!!!

Cheryl Harrell · 10-03-2002, 02:23 AM

Woo-Hoo! I am definately gonna watch & tape this. I wish I had known about it the first time. I remember I didn't know about this untill I read about it on here after it was over with & later found out our NBC local channel pre-empted this for a Billy Graham special. I was so scared they would never show this again. It lists Freddie in the TV GUIDE...

My hubby won't be too thrilled tho cuz see. We had made plans to eat out & go to this one mall (In another nearby town) on Sat like we do on most Sats. Well we had also decided we'd go to a 2nd mall in this town & a bookstore too. (He wanted to go to the record store & Redskins ball team store). We can't do all that & get home by 8 PM unless I got up super early in the AM & rushed half to death so now I gotta tell him we can only go to eat & Cloverleaf mall & have to skip Chesterfield Mall & the bookstore cuz I gotta be back by 8 pm to see it. He will squawk well why can't ya tape it & watch it later. Well I have to watch it live when I tape it or I will be worrying sick as to what was on it & if the vcr got it or not. Besides I will bring it up to him there have been nites he had to hurry home soon & cut things short cuz of a ball game...

Thanks for the heads up!

Danisel331 · 10-03-2002, 02:44 AM

Glad to be of service!

Luckymama58 · 10-03-2002, 06:45 AM

Thanks, Dani. I will be DEFINITELY taping this. OMG to see Freddie doing his standup, even if it is only a short clip of it. MMMM Can't get enough of that man!!!

Cheryl Harrell · 10-03-2002, 04:57 PM

Hubby has been warned! We are gonna be home at 8 pm no matter what Sat nite whether we get it all done or not!

SitcomsAreTheWay · 10-04-2002, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wheeeone
Did anyone tape the 40th Anniversary of the Improv that aired on NBC last night? They had advertised that there would be a clip of Freddie and I missed the first 20 minutes where They must have shown him.
Was anyone able to catch the show or by chance tape it?

I'll be sure to watch and tape it.

Cheryl Harrell · 10-05-2002, 12:37 PM

Don't forget tonite 8 pm EST NBC!

I am all ready for this. I have on one of the Freddie t-shirts I made up & a pair of pants with flared legs like they had in the 60's & 70's. Just had to support & promote him & dress like the CATM days. I'll be going to town soon & to eat out Mexican (Yum!) & then back to watch the Hot Hungarican! Woo-Hoo!

8 PM EST NBC Freddie on TV!!!!

Luckymama58 · 10-05-2002, 09:26 PM

Well I taped the whole show and NO FREDDIE WE WERE ROBBED!!!!! I did notice that Jay Leno did have something nice to say about Freddie, but I am not happy that they could show a clip from Freddie's HBO special, but not of the star of that show, FREDDIE!!!!
I got on the IM with Mariposa and we were mad together. Then I had a brain storm, as I was listening to my copy of Loooking Goood! (I needed my Freddie comedy fix). I looked up HBO's web site and found a place to write to them. Both Mariposa and I wrote seperate letters requesting that HBO release "Freddie Prinze and Friends" on home video. I think all of Freddie's fans should write them. The URL is http://www.hbo.com/corpinfo/talktohbo.shtml
Please, everyone, WRITE, and get all of your friends to write requesting this show!!!
Muchas Gracias amigas!!!!

Cheryl Harrell · 10-05-2002, 10:16 PM

Then I wasn't going nuts after all. I watched this & no Freddie & wondered if I was going nuts or what? We went to town today & ate out at a Mexican restuarant (Lotsa Freddie fantasies there LOL!). The off to 2 malls to enjoy the day. I had to rush like crazy to get home in time for this. I get in the house just in time, turn on the tv & it immediately comes on & I start taping it live. I had the timer set up to tape it by timer just in case something happened & I got delayed. I had to go to the bathroom really bad cuz the only time I had been since I left home was just after we finished eating lunch at the Mexican restuarant. I needed to go later but it would've made me late getting home for the show. So shopping or bathroom which one will it be LOL! So after getting home & turning on the tv, I run to the bathroom for a sec real quick while Jay is coming on. When I am walking back to the tv & hear him getting ready to mention Freddie & run as fast as I can to hear it.

Anyway I was so excited to see this & then NO FREDDIE!

I can't figure out why they didn't show any clips of him in it when he was mentioned on it & the TV GUIDE listed him as being in it.

Talk about deceptive advertising LOL! But this was sooo upsetting!

I just know Freddie is up there in heaven very upset over this. I have a nice B&W pic of Chico & Ed that I bought off of E-Bay the other year & put on the wall behind my puter to the left of it inside of a picture frame. I looked at it & could just sense that he is very upset over this. He is mad that they have forgotten him. A small mention is not enough. Andy Kaufman (Latka of TAXI) is dead too & they showed clips of him on there so why not with Freddie. Jay Leno was the only one who remembered our beloved Prinze.

I remember a preacher in church once saying that the dead folks look down from heaven & can see us & if they see something that displeases them they are very upset & look down with disapproval. Freddie is looking down with disapproval & is very angry. I just told my hubby I wouldn't be surprised if a thunderstorm comes up somewhere in the US courtesy of a very angry Freddie...

Yes we have been robbed courtesy of NBC Freddies very own network he worked so hard for...

FREDDIE PRINZE IS NOT FORGOTTEN . HE IS THE WORLDS GREATEST COMIC!!!!

Danisel331 · 10-06-2002, 04:08 AM

I feel sooooooooooooooooooo bad about this because I'm the one that made a deal about it being back on! Ladies I promise that if I had known what was gong to happened I would never have gotten all your hopes up so high. I know I had nothing to do with the show itself, but I really feel so bad about the way it turned out.
I made this little wallpaper to try in some small way to make up to you and again I'm so very sorry!

09-04-2002, 11:10 AM	#1
wheeeone Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 11, 2001 Location: Woodland Hills, Ca Posts: 138	Improv's 40th Anniversary Special Did anyone tape the 40th Anniversary of the Improv that aired on NBC last night? They had advertised that there would be a clip of Freddie and I missed the first 20 minutes where They must have shown him. Was anyone able to catch the show or by chance tape it?
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09-04-2002, 03:41 PM	#2
Luckymama58 Math Geeks Unite! Senior Member Join Date: Mar 18, 2001 Location: In my rock and roll fantasy Posts: 2,553	OMG See, I spend WAAAAAAAAAY to much time on the computer!! LOL I don't even know what is on TV anymore. I need a life! If anyone taped this, I would love a copy!!!! POR FAVOR!!!!
	__________________ We All Use Math Every Day! Everything is Numb3rs! Capt. Jack: Drink up, me hardies, Yo Ho! I reject your reality and substitute my own!-Adam Savage, Mythbuster A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds... With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. -Ralph Waldo Emerson RIP Freddie Prinze 1954-1977 You have your star now.

09-04-2002, 06:23 PM	#3
Cheryl Harrell I Love You Mike 4-Ever Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Location: Pixley!!!! Actually VA--USA LOL! Posts: 6,192	Arrgh! I need a copy too! We are desperate! I had no idea this was on. On Tues we go meet Hubby Mikes cousin & her hubby to eat & then go to the mall & get groceries. Even if it was advertised I wouldn't have been able to see it cuz I just looked it up in our TV GUIDE & they showed Billy Graham the preacher instead of it. I love Billy Graham too but they should've waited & showed him after this was over. I could've tried to see if I could get Ch. 10 the NBC channel from Norfolk but alot of times we can't get them & it would've been my luck they wouldn't have come in. Sometimes we can get the satellite feeds from NBC on our big satellite dish but it'd be my luck they wouldn't come in. Man I wish I had known. My folks have gone to Nags Head this week to their condo there they go to a few times a yr & when they aren't staying in it it gets rented out to tourists. They get Ch. 10 down there & if I had known, I could've gotten my Mom to have taped it. The Ch. 10 listings for it don't mention Freddie in it tho. Man I am upset about missing this!!!! I bet that's why ya'll missed it. Billy Graham. I need him to pray for me now LOL! Cuz I am so upset over missing this. Sure Hope NBC shows this again... Sigh... I searched for info on this on the net & everywhere I go that is supposed to have info on it, it is not there cuz it has todays shows instead of yesterdays shows. Yuck!
	__________________ RIP darling Mike. I love you forever... You are with Freddie Prinze & Jesus now. 1951-2009 "Make it your way, who can beat the Lord, the Son of God. Dear Lord, help me be strong where I am weak, if it be your will"-- The Late Freddie Prinze Sr Last edited by Cheryl Harrell; 09-04-2002 at 06:30 PM.

10-03-2002, 01:09 AM	#6
hue_mee Remembering Freddie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 28, 2001 Location: Grateful for a voice from our angel's friend Posts: 2,266	Woohoo Thank you Dani! for the information on it reairing again! I will definately watch it!!!!!!! Attached Images
	__________________ Freddie Prinze Sr Thank you David Brenner! "...and when he shall die, take him and cut him into little stars, and he shall make the face of heaven so fine that all the earth will be in love with night..."

10-03-2002, 02:23 AM	#7
Cheryl Harrell I Love You Mike 4-Ever Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Location: Pixley!!!! Actually VA--USA LOL! Posts: 6,192	Woo-Hoo! I am definately gonna watch & tape this. I wish I had known about it the first time. I remember I didn't know about this untill I read about it on here after it was over with & later found out our NBC local channel pre-empted this for a Billy Graham special. I was so scared they would never show this again. It lists Freddie in the TV GUIDE... My hubby won't be too thrilled tho cuz see. We had made plans to eat out & go to this one mall (In another nearby town) on Sat like we do on most Sats. Well we had also decided we'd go to a 2nd mall in this town & a bookstore too. (He wanted to go to the record store & Redskins ball team store). We can't do all that & get home by 8 PM unless I got up super early in the AM & rushed half to death so now I gotta tell him we can only go to eat & Cloverleaf mall & have to skip Chesterfield Mall & the bookstore cuz I gotta be back by 8 pm to see it. He will squawk well why can't ya tape it & watch it later. Well I have to watch it live when I tape it or I will be worrying sick as to what was on it & if the vcr got it or not. Besides I will bring it up to him there have been nites he had to hurry home soon & cut things short cuz of a ball game... Thanks for the heads up!
	Last edited by Cheryl Harrell; 10-03-2002 at 02:29 AM.

10-02-2002, 10:36 PM	#4
Danisel331 Kisses for my fans! Senior Member Join Date: Jan 11, 2002 Posts: 1,475	Set up your VCRS!!!!! Saturday this show is coming on again! Saturday October 5, 2002 @ 7:00pmcdt on NBC 40th Anniversary of The Improv 60 min. Some stand-up folks salute the celebrated nightclub with the brick-wall backdrop. At the Hollywood venue, Jay Leno opens with a story about an early-days Big Apple appearance (where the Improv franchise began) that nearly cost him $27,000. He's followed on stage by Arsenio Hall, D.L. Hughley, Jay Mohr, Kevin Pollak and Ray Romano. There are also vintage clips that include Leno (wearing what Improv founder Budd Friedman calls “a little straw hat and steel-rimmed glasses, [and it's] hilarious”), Woody Allen, Jerry Seinfeld, Richard Pryor and Freddie Prinze; and reminiscences from Rosie O'Donnell, Richard Lewis, Jon Lovitz, Adam Sandler, Fred Willard and Robert Wuhl. Rating: TV-14 Category: Specialty & Other Release Year: 2002 Check your local listings for certain! Enjoy!

10-03-2002, 01:00 AM	#5
bella66 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 03, 2001 Location: Illinois U.S. Posts: 227	Hi everyone!! It's been so looooong since I posted here that ya's probably forgot!! lol!! I always stopped by to read the posts though. I must say it's great how everyone is doing such a great job. Lots more people have joined too!! Thanks Danisel for the info on the improv. I will be looking forward to it! I didn't even know it was on. Hope to keep posting...

10-03-2002, 02:44 AM	#8
Danisel331 Kisses for my fans! Senior Member Join Date: Jan 11, 2002 Posts: 1,475	Glad to be of service!

10-03-2002, 06:45 AM	#9
Luckymama58 Math Geeks Unite! Senior Member Join Date: Mar 18, 2001 Location: In my rock and roll fantasy Posts: 2,553	OMG!!! Thanks, Dani. I will be DEFINITELY taping this. OMG to see Freddie doing his standup, even if it is only a short clip of it. MMMM Can't get enough of that man!!!

10-03-2002, 04:57 PM	#10
Cheryl Harrell I Love You Mike 4-Ever Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Location: Pixley!!!! Actually VA--USA LOL! Posts: 6,192	Hubby has been warned! We are gonna be home at 8 pm no matter what Sat nite whether we get it all done or not!

10-05-2002, 12:37 PM	#12
Cheryl Harrell I Love You Mike 4-Ever Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Location: Pixley!!!! Actually VA--USA LOL! Posts: 6,192	Don't forget tonite 8 pm EST NBC! I am all ready for this. I have on one of the Freddie t-shirts I made up & a pair of pants with flared legs like they had in the 60's & 70's. Just had to support & promote him & dress like the CATM days. I'll be going to town soon & to eat out Mexican (Yum!) & then back to watch the Hot Hungarican! Woo-Hoo! 8 PM EST NBC Freddie on TV!!!!

10-05-2002, 09:26 PM	#13
Luckymama58 Math Geeks Unite! Senior Member Join Date: Mar 18, 2001 Location: In my rock and roll fantasy Posts: 2,553	The REAL million dollar ripoff!!!! Well I taped the whole show and NO FREDDIE WE WERE ROBBED!!!!! I did notice that Jay Leno did have something nice to say about Freddie, but I am not happy that they could show a clip from Freddie's HBO special, but not of the star of that show, FREDDIE!!!! I got on the IM with Mariposa and we were mad together. Then I had a brain storm, as I was listening to my copy of Loooking Goood! (I needed my Freddie comedy fix). I looked up HBO's web site and found a place to write to them. Both Mariposa and I wrote seperate letters requesting that HBO release "Freddie Prinze and Friends" on home video. I think all of Freddie's fans should write them. The URL is http://www.hbo.com/corpinfo/talktohbo.shtml Please, everyone, WRITE, and get all of your friends to write requesting this show!!! Muchas Gracias amigas!!!!

10-05-2002, 10:16 PM	#14
Cheryl Harrell I Love You Mike 4-Ever Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Location: Pixley!!!! Actually VA--USA LOL! Posts: 6,192	Then I wasn't going nuts after all. I watched this & no Freddie & wondered if I was going nuts or what? We went to town today & ate out at a Mexican restuarant (Lotsa Freddie fantasies there LOL!). The off to 2 malls to enjoy the day. I had to rush like crazy to get home in time for this. I get in the house just in time, turn on the tv & it immediately comes on & I start taping it live. I had the timer set up to tape it by timer just in case something happened & I got delayed. I had to go to the bathroom really bad cuz the only time I had been since I left home was just after we finished eating lunch at the Mexican restuarant. I needed to go later but it would've made me late getting home for the show. So shopping or bathroom which one will it be LOL! So after getting home & turning on the tv, I run to the bathroom for a sec real quick while Jay is coming on. When I am walking back to the tv & hear him getting ready to mention Freddie & run as fast as I can to hear it. Anyway I was so excited to see this & then NO FREDDIE! I can't figure out why they didn't show any clips of him in it when he was mentioned on it & the TV GUIDE listed him as being in it. Talk about deceptive advertising LOL! But this was sooo upsetting! I just know Freddie is up there in heaven very upset over this. I have a nice B&W pic of Chico & Ed that I bought off of E-Bay the other year & put on the wall behind my puter to the left of it inside of a picture frame. I looked at it & could just sense that he is very upset over this. He is mad that they have forgotten him. A small mention is not enough. Andy Kaufman (Latka of TAXI) is dead too & they showed clips of him on there so why not with Freddie. Jay Leno was the only one who remembered our beloved Prinze. I remember a preacher in church once saying that the dead folks look down from heaven & can see us & if they see something that displeases them they are very upset & look down with disapproval. Freddie is looking down with disapproval & is very angry. I just told my hubby I wouldn't be surprised if a thunderstorm comes up somewhere in the US courtesy of a very angry Freddie... Yes we have been robbed courtesy of NBC Freddies very own network he worked so hard for... FREDDIE PRINZE IS NOT FORGOTTEN . HE IS THE WORLDS GREATEST COMIC!!!!
	Last edited by Cheryl Harrell; 10-05-2002 at 10:26 PM.

10-06-2002, 04:08 AM	#15
Danisel331 Kisses for my fans! Senior Member Join Date: Jan 11, 2002 Posts: 1,475	I'm so sorry! I feel sooooooooooooooooooo bad about this because I'm the one that made a deal about it being back on! Ladies I promise that if I had known what was gong to happened I would never have gotten all your hopes up so high. I know I had nothing to do with the show itself, but I really feel so bad about the way it turned out. I made this little wallpaper to try in some small way to make up to you and again I'm so very sorry! Attached Images