Brandon Tartikoff & Jackson5

Hello again, fellow 80s Children!  I am sitting here thinking of things to make my blog fantastic for readers.  I sat and pondered. I have wanted to speak on this person for a while.  Today is the day.
   Brandon Tartikoff was an amazing television executive for NBC!  Have you heard of a show called The Cosby Show? Oh no.. Okay what about Family Ties?  or what about Alf, Highway to Heaven or the Golden Girls?  I thought so!   You have heard me mention Punky Brewster,( and you will continue to hear about it because that is a big part of my TV life he he). Well he thought up the show based on a girl named Punky Brewster at his school!  ( I bet she never shut up about that one ha ha!)
    These shows are classic, and some iconic. Lots of them are my favorites. He even came up with the "old folks shows" as I liked to call them: Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Cheers (i watched it) and St. Elsewhere(guilty).
    He passed away in 1997.. If you notice, that is when lots of tv shows kinda went, well downhill in some ways. NOT ALL I still watch tv and I mean seriously, but it just feels like those shows of yesteryear just will never have the same pizazz!  God Bless You, Brandon Tartikoff
  Oh yeah and if you like Knight Rider, 227, Empty Nest and Different Strokes,  bow down.. :)

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 I would also like to take a moment to say how saddened I am by the early death of Michael Jackson. I know people are tired of hearing about it, but I wanna put in my two cents quickly where it's relevant. It's personal for me so I wont bore you with a lot of the high drama.
   I would like to say that my whole life I have known of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5. My mother was a huge J5 fan. SO there was no escaping the love. I am proud for having him in my life and I will always have his music in my home and the love for him I will carry in my heart. I just want to quickly say that my little sister and I came upon the Jackson 5 cartoon in the early 80s when it was run on our local tv station. We thought it was so much fun.  I love anything with music in it and this was it for me. We didn't know they were old or anything. We just enjoyed the music and the fun wit of the cartoon. It goes to show that the material just has to be good to last over time. The Jackson 5 cartoon was something we did not miss. Heck i even had taped a few episodes on my tape recorder.  We learned the songs (even though we knew a lot of them and wonderd why. I guess we didn't match the cartoon with the group like that.) IT WAS THE BEST TIME EVER! My sister and I never agree on much and this cartoon stoped the shouting and fighting long enough for us to enjoy it!  MJ you are very much missed and thank you so much for being a HUGE part of my childhood and then some! much much love to you and your family!

 Until Next time my lovelies! I am gonna jump on the Great Space Coaster right after the Chipmunks finish performing their MJ Tribute!

:)  LOTS OF RAINBOW BRITE LOVE!
 Shala

 * Information on Brandon Tartikoff  courtesy of Wikipedia.com