Happy New Year from Franklin Avenue!

Above, Johnny Carson ushers in 1977 with Ed McMahon, Doc Severinson... and Robert Blake. Watch it all the way to the very end -- kinda bizarre, given what we now know about Blake!

One more for ya:



Here's how your TV viewing might have looked like 31 years ago, on the morning of New Year's Day, 1977 -- including USC facing off against Michigan in the Rose Bowl... and Michael Landon and Kelly Lange giving the play-by-play for the Tournament of Roses parade.

Hope everyone has a great 2009...