Wow, what a cool idea. What life was like before the multiplex.

Best news I’ve heard all day. :)

I *LOVED* this show when I was growing up! I watched it every Sunday and I still tell people about it. Between this and the TV Ontario weekday evening show Magic Shadows, I got my fill of feature films, as well as serials, cartoons and musical numbers.

God, I remember watching MATINEE AT THE BIJOU on PBS in the early 80s when I was a kid! So it’s not dead after all. Thanks for sharing this, Jerry!

Boy, what a day of retro goodness for me! KTLA happens to be running a marathon of past tv gems, so this morning brought Uncle Waldo’s Cartoon Show, Underdog, Popeye, & Our Gang/Little Rascals. This seems further proof that with each passing decade, quality entertainment is becoming more of a rarity.

Hey thanks for the info!

Haha, my mom is Debbie Reynolds, not that one though.

“Boy, what a day of retro goodness for me! KTLA happens to be running a marathon of past tv gems, so this morning brought Uncle Waldo’s Cartoon Show, Underdog, Popeye, & Our Gang/Little Rascals. This seems further proof that with each passing decade, quality entertainment is becoming more of a rarity.”

I heard about it too late! Dang it!!

I loved this show as a kid…I’m glad it’s back.

Cool- I saw a great many magnificent movies on this show…

…not to mention a crapload of the Black and White Looney Tunes as I was growing up….

This is really exciting!! I loved this show on PBS in the early 80’s on Saturday mornings! I remember the features being cut to about 45 minutes….but the shorts were so amazing!!! It was because of this show I started collecting 16mm films….and I was able to get quite a few of the shorts that were shown on Matinee at the Bijou. My collection needs a zip code of it’s own now, but I can’t wait for these new episoded to air. Debbie Reynolds is the perfect hostess for this too. Yippee Aye O!!