The one I always heard was "Bill Withers - but so would you if they didn't water you enough."

My favourite story has to be the part about "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" by Bill Withers. I wish I could have heard what they did with it. Hilarious!

RadioActive wrote:

Speaking of shows with a second life, I've heard this story before, but in case you never have, it's almost become legendary. 

Longest-running western TV show was almost canceled for shocking reason

Moving the un-cancelled Gunsmoke to Mondays at 7:30, later 8pm, proved to be a monster ratings move for CBS. For the next six seasons it ranked no lower than 6th place in the Neilsen ratings, once rising to #2 behind Laugh-in. However by the 18th season, the ratings began declining from 9th, to 15th to 25th in season 20. 

splunge wrote:

I just got an email about my Sportsnet plus account. Going up by a staggering $50 per year.

There better be both a world series and stanley cup appearance in the jays/leafs immediate future!!!

no doubt tsn plus will follow suit sometime soon.

You're not alone.

Sports fans share outrage online as Sportsnet jacks up prices: 'An outright middle finger'

Fitz wrote:

I would say:

Green Acres
Leave it to Beaver
Dennis The Menace ( the episodes with the first Mr Wilson)
Beverley Hillbillies
Bewitched
I Dream of Jeanie
My Favorite Martian
Munsters
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Andy Griffiths ( up to the Barney Fife era)
Honorable mention Lost In Space not a sitcom but fun.

Green Acres actually stared to jell a few episodes into the first season. Once the Hank Kimbell character was fully developed. Does anyone remember that an early episode had Alf playing another character without Ralph. Also Ralph was Mrs. Kravitz on Bewitched for at leaset one episode after the first Mrs. K passed.

Also have been going thru the episodes of Rod Serling's Night Gallery and each show featured up to 3 stories and there were quite a few shorts that I would term horror/comedy.
 

Yes. Green Acres. I had forgotten about that. Also, if someone hasn't already mentioned it, - Get Smart
The idea of a shoe phone was so ridiculously funny. Now there probably is such a thing.
 

Speaking of shows with a second life, I've heard this story before, but in case you never have, it's almost become legendary. 

Longest-running western TV show was almost canceled for shocking reason

Gee RA you're search engine was two minutes faster than mine.

Futurama is another one that's been cancelled and revived more than a few times while bouncing around a few networks. The creators never knew if/when renewal was coming so they have a few episodes that serve as open-ended finales.

I suppose it's a lot easier to revive an animated series than a live one. I never gave Scrubs any serious time but the few episodes I did see seemed funny/zany enough.

When I was growing up in Oakville, I used to frequent Lofquist's record store where one could collect the weekly CHUM/CKOC/CKFH/CJJD or was it CHAM charts. It was run by two little old ladies [old to a teenager. They had white hair] The store was located in the basement of a building where they had this old record player with a great set of speakers. They would gladly play the latest debuts to the CHUM Chart. I was amazed at their incredible knowledge of all the current recording artists. I later learned their secret. The store had a subscription to Billboard and these ladies would read the weekly reviews of all the single and album releases. This is where I discovered the Hot 100. I always remember seeing a full page ad in the magazine promoting AT40 shortly after its debut. Sadly, I was disappointed to learn that no Canadian or Western New York radio stations carried the show. Eventually 98.5, or 102.5 ran AT40 at 6AM Sunday mornings and CKOC did so Sunday evenings at 6PM. I was not happy when AT40 abandoned the Hot 100 for their countdown, presumably because there was too many rap records entering the top 40.

Easily Amused wrote:

Shorty Wave wrote:

I’m waiting for the mandatory cavity searches for Congress, it’s coming!

Judging from the quality of appointments made under Agent Orange 47, it will be assholes peering into assholes. 🤔

And that is how easily you can lose a country. Idiots voting for idiots. Idiots appointing idiots. Stay vigilant. We dodged a bullet this time.

Here's praying that America wakes up STAT.

Evuguy wrote:

Tuned 102.5 just gone midnight and K-Love was back.  Oh well, nice while it lasted.

Hallelujah!! Prise the Lord!!! they're back!! Good for them! 
Unlike the 1970's they were still able to say they're not on the air when they're not on the air thanks to still being on the air through that modern day thing called streaming. 
 

It doesn't happen often, but ABC has confirmed it's bringing back the medical comedy "Scrubs," with all three of the main leads returning. It's been off the air for 15 years and you might think that's a record for a show to make a comeback. 

But there's at least one other sitcom that beats it - and it died an ignoble death upon its return. "Murphy Brown" debuted on CBS beginning in 1988, and ran for a decade, winning multiple Emmy Awards. CBS brought it back in 2018 - some 20 years later - with most of the original cast. It limped along across the season, before being quietly dumped a few months later. 

"Family Guy" is another show that made a dramatic comeback. Fox cancelled it in 2002, noticed how well it was doing in video sales and on cable reruns and brought it back with the original voice cast in 2005 - and it's still running today some 20 years later. One of the most remarkably successful comebacks in TV history. 

‘Scrubs’ Reboot Scores ABC Series Order With Donald Faison & Sarah Chalke Joining Zach Braff

How stupid.... CRTC forgot that "broad" from broadcasting means many, not a few. 

Shorty Wave wrote:

I’m waiting for the mandatory cavity searches for Congress, it’s coming!

This is why I dread my dentist appt. on Monday. She always does a cavity search!

RadioActive wrote:

It first aired on July 4th, but I heard it on a replay Thursday night. 

It was on the Night Shift with Shane Hewitt and featured interviews with both music publicist Eric Alper and Canadian hitmaker Andy Kim. 

During the two segment back-and-forth, Kim remembered how incredible he felt hearing Kasem introduce one of his songs on American Top 40, and noted how special it was, especially since both men were of Lebanese origin.

Kim also recalled listening to WABC while growing up in Montreal, noting how Cousin Brucie's reviews of how girls were going crazy over the latest pop group made him decide to get into music. 

It's a rare example of radio looking at itself. And you can hear the entire thing here. 

 
I caught this too last night, nice piece of radio from Hewitt. I had to laugh when Eric Alper mentioned there’s no AmERICa without Eric, or something along those lines! Check it out people, and thanks RA.