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Can't see this one.... How about this version . .

or if you prefer . . .

TV sitcoms just went wild in the 1960's. Sitcoms of the 1950's were basically shows brought over from radio: Father Knows Best, Burns & Allen, Our Miss Brooks, Amos & Andy, Jack Benny Show, Ozzie & Harriet, even I Love Lucy was just a reworking of Ms. Ball's radio series, My Favorite Husband. Domestic sitcoms were the norm on TV for a while, things like Make Room For Daddy and Leave It To Beaver. Then in the 1960's there were suddenly all these sitcoms that were basically cartoons for grownups (as well as kids) -- shows like Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, My Favorite Martian, F Troop, Gilligan's Island, Get Smart, Batman, and yes, the likes of The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Hogan's Heroes and McHale's Navy. Each of these shows was pretty successful, so there must have been a sizable audience for escapist fare like that at the time.

Do they have a full stage set or something? They had a semi truck parked next to the theater for a couple of days. Not so much this time. The first time I saw them do a broadcast in SF (maybe 4 years ago) they did have a background flat that looked like a two story farm house with lights in some of the windows. This time they had a few signs for their "sponsors" (Powdermilk Biscuits, the Ketchup Advisory Board, etc.), but I guess they must carry around their own mics & sound gear since they can't rely on the house gear wherever they may be to be up to broadcast standards, and it is probably easier/safer to transport the musicians' instruments that way than by commercial airliner.

What album is this from and what musician(s) is the illustrations supposed to depict?

Marty Grosz has done the cover illustration for a few of his albums:

I'll be attending the live broadcast of "A Prairie Home Companion" from the Nourse Theater in San Francisco today. Among the musical guests will be the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band.

Hogan's Heroes -- now that to me was a juvenile show. Yeah, I'm sure life in a German POW camp must have been a nonstop wacky chucklefest for all concerned. I'm surprised the WWII veterans who actually survived such experiences did not organize to protest the show. But that was then, back before every one felt entitled to express their "outrage" over every public issue imaginable