TV Reviews
The Simpsons TV Episode: The Frying Game
I finally got a chance to watch the entire Simpsons Episode The Frying Game. And, I have to say it was funny in the beginning but pretty lame by the end.
The first part of this episode was pretty cute. Homer builds Marge a pond in the back yard to …
The Twilight Zone: The Hitch-Hiker TV Show
The Twilight Zone: The Hitch-Hiker is considered one of the series most classic episodes. It’s full of mystery and intrigue, and it is definitely spellbinding. The premise has a young woman driving across the country when she keeps seeing a hitchhiker. No matter what direction she …
Doctor Who: Season 5, Episode 12: The Pandorica Opens
So we come to the first part of the fifth season’s finale, and man, does it manage to cram a lot into the 47 minute run time. The first few minutes jump around to various historical eras. This allows us to see some past characters like Van Gogh, …
Tales of the Gold Monkey: Legends Are Forever
It would be nice if Tales of the Gold Monkey: Legends Are Forever had begun with a bit more clarity. What was a flashback or dream wasn’t made clear. We have this great adventure scene with Jake Cutter (Stephen Collins) and a colorful character, Gandy Dancer (William …
The Andy Griffith Show: The Bookie Barber TV Show
As The Andy Griffith Show: The Bookie Barber opens, young Opie Taylor (Ron Howard) is arguing with Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier) about getting a haircut. He says he can still see out of his eyes, so he doesn’t need one yet. Alas, things don’t go his way …
Full House Season 7
Full House season 7 signaled the beginning of the end, though it doesn’t appear as though any of the cast knew it at the time. As I watched the episodes, I couldn’t help but wonder if the producers were planning on making it the last season, and then changed …
Ghost Hunters: Houses of the Holy
This episode of Ghost Hunters “Houses of the Holy” was somewhat interesting but not because they found anything overly impressive.
I think the best part of this episode, which involves the TAPS team investigating the home of a religious leader, is the discussion of how religious beliefs and the paranormal …
South Park - Crippled Summer
Just this title told me that it had something to do with either Timmy or Jimmy. While I like both characters, having just episodes about them have been hit and miss episodes in general. They haven’t really come up to par with …
Doctor Who Season Three, BBC Series
Doctor Who, the series that follows the nameless Time Lord known simply as “the Doctor” as he travels through time and space, reached a third season during the lifetime of the Doctor’s tenth incarnation (he regenerates into a new body when he dies, this making the tenth body he …
Dr Phil
Dr. Phil is a really cool show. I really enjoy watching this show everyday. I think this show teaches people who to be better people and solve their problems. I think Dr. Phil is a pretty smart man. He has also gained a lot of fame after being in the …
Here Come the Brides: One to a Customer
Here Come the Brides: One to a Customer is an interesting episode from the first season of this ABC series which centers on a newcomer who wants to get married. The twist is that the man is Mormon and he doesn’t want just one wife, but four or …
America’s Got Talent: The You Tube Special TV Show
This edition of America’s Got Talent was dubbed The You Tube Special because for the first time it centered on a You Tube competition where one act would be added to the overall competition.
I have to say that I’m really tired of the current panel of judges for this …
Doctor Who: Season 2, Episode 8: The Idiot’s Lantern
This is probably the most lackluster Doctor Who episode to date. It had promise, but so much of it fell flat for me that it just wasn’t as enjoyable as the other episodes. The plot is similar to “Batman Forever”, but instead of the Riddler, it’s a …
Car 54 Where Are You TV Episode: Get Well Officer Schnauser
Synopsis: While collecting money from the police department’s get well fund (for an injured officer Schnauser) Muldoon is mistaken for a famous bank robber and winds up with $37,000.
What I liked about this episode: I honestly never watched this show until this past weekend, when my wife and I …
Celtic Thunder: It’s Entertainment
First it was Celtic Woman, an awesome singing group of four singers and one violinist, and then came Celtic Thunder. I recall seeing them on a PBS special a couple of years ago. Now they’re back on PBS with Celtic Thunder: It’s Entertainment. The problem is, I …
M*A*S*H: Margaret’s Marriage
The final show of season six is M*A*S*H: Margaret’s Marriage, and wouldn’t you know that it’s all because Major Frank Burns (Larry Linville) practically goads his ex-lover, Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) into confronting her fiance about setting a date. Ultimately, Lieutenant Colonel Donald Penobscott, played by Beeson Carroll, …
Comcast Cable
I have been a customer of Comcast Cable off and on for roughly the last 7 years or so, dependent upon what deals they are currently offering. In the past, I have had no real complaints with the service other than the fact that their rates tended to …
The Beast: Two Choices
In this second episode of this new A&E series, The Beast, the plot thickens in the partnership of Charles Barker and Ellis Dove, as played by Patrick Swayze and Travis Fimmel. The two are FBI agents, but is Barker playing his own game? That’s the question that …
Super Mario World - Born To Ride
Super Mario World - “Born To Ride” is an episode that focuses primarily on Yoshi. The writers have been placing plenty of emphasis on the character, with this being his third episode of heavy focus out of a total of seven, probably because at the time, Yoshi was a …
The Andy Griffith Show: The Darlings Are Coming TV Show
In March 1963, the Darlings didn’t just come, they arrived, and they did it in their own unique style. The show was The Andy Griffith Show: The Darlings Are Coming, and it was the first of several shows that would feature this folk singing family from the hills.
Denver …
The Simpsons TV Episode: Little Girl in the Big Ten
I finally got a chance to watch the entire episode of The Simpsons called “Little Girl in the Big Ten.” This one proved to be pretty darn funny.
Lisa is enrolled in gymnastics and, because she is the same size as the college girls enrolled in class, they naturally assume …
Paris Hilton’s My New BFF - Our Friendship Is Over
So we all know Paris is out to find herself a new bff……oh yes. The last episode on Mtv Wednesday night was entilted Our Friendship is Over. Paris had Ryan Seacrest interview the girls, asking them a few candid questions like “which of the girls in the …
Night Gallery: The Phantom Farmhouse/Silent Snow, Secret Snow TV Show
Though not as wonderful as The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling still presented some intriguing and wonderful shows under the Night Gallery moniker. Unfortunately, this particular episode did hold much excitement for me.
The first bit was called The Phantom Farmhouse and it had some nice star power in it, …
Sesame Street (children’s program)
The television show “Sesame Street” has been on the air for years. I remember watching it when I was younger, and now that I run a day car and have kids here all the time, they love to watch it as well. Sesame Street has changed a …
Highway Patrol: Machine-Napping TV Show
Machine-Napping is the second episode of Highway Patrol, which starred Broderick Crawford as the commanding Chief Dan Mathews. There’s no doubt this man is the leader of the California Highway Patrol.
At issue, and it seems odd for it to be a 1955 show, but it is, is a …
Last Exile TV Show
This anime is absolutely beautiful in every way. Typically I do not like the ‘techie’ type animes, and I thought Last Exile was one of them, so it took me a while to come around to watching it. However promos can be deceiving and this is a …
Spongebob Squarepants Season Four - Wigstruck
One day when Spongebob was taking out the trash at the Krusty Krab he finds an old beat up powdered wig in the garbage. He thinks it is the coolest thing and he decided that he is going to wear it around. He is amazed at all …
The Office: Employee Transfer
“Employee Transfer” is the seventh episode of season five of The Office on NBC. This episode was heavily focused on Holly’s transfer to New Hampshire. Michael decides to take the seven-hour tril with her, and somehow Daryl ends up with the thankless task of driving them both and …
The Twilight Zone: Miniature TV Show
The Twilight Zone: Miniature is what I would call a quiet little story, in part because it’s somewhat fairytale-ish. Robert Duvall plays the role of Charley Parkes, a rather mild man, perhaps timid, reserved, and not getting much out of life. He’s lost in the middle of …
NCIS: Untouchable Season 3, Episode 20
When NCIS goes looking for a mole in the Pentagon, they find a dead Lieutenant instead. All fingers point to the dead Lieutenant and her suicide, however, NCIS is not convinced it was a suicide.
This was a very interesting case and one that I could not figure out. …
Running in Heels
My wife and I were bored yesterday and wound up watching television. After surfing through some channels, we ended up with the show “Running in Heels.” It was OK but nothing special.
The show basically is a behind-the-scenes look at the fashion magazine industry with us getting an introduction to …
The Dean Martin Comedy Hour: Wilt Chamberlain TV Show
Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain was the Man of the Week for this outing of The Dean Martin Comedy Hour, an event that is often sold as The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts.
Another basketball player of the day, Happy Hairston, was one of the roasters. He actually had some good …
So You Think You Can Dance: Season 7 Finale TV Show
This was the big show for season seven’s So You Think You Can Dance. After a two hour performance show last night, this was the two hour results show. I’m not really sure why they feel like they have to do a two hour show, except that …
The X-Files: Season 1, Episode 7: Ghost in the Machine
From what I’ve read, this episode got mostly negative reviews. I’m not sure why. I mean, yeah, the opening makes it clear that the machine is responsible (though I’ll take that over teasers that don’t imply anything out of the ordinary) and it was a tad formulaic, …
Doctor Who: Season 1, Episode 3: The Unquiet Dead
Having seen the future, the Doctor decides to take Rose back in time to the mid 1800’s. While he aims for the year 1860, he ends up taking the TARDIS to 1869, and to a different town no less.
They arrive to find the town plagued by …
Have Gun - Will Travel: Heritage of Anger
I can’t say that I’m fond of Have Gun - Will Travel: Heritage of Anger. The main reason this episode of the half-hour western doesn’t work for me is that it all seemed too rush and too easy. A Mexican woman left her son with a couple …
MacGyver: The Coltons
Finally, the entire Colton clan is together in the same episode of MacGyver. Over the last couple of years, all four Coltons have been introduced, but no two have ever been in the same episode. In fact, the only repeat was Frog, their bulldog. The reason …
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Freshman
As far as Season Four of Buffy the Vampire Slayer goes, the first episode “The Freshman” is OK because it provides a lead-in of things to come but isn’t the best season premiere I’ve seen.
This episode starts with Buffy starting her first days as a college freshman and, even …
The Prisoner: Fall Out
The Prisoner: Fall Out is the final episode of this single-season series, and my understanding is that there was all kind of outrage because of how it ended. I’ve read that McGoohan actually left England to get away from the complaints. That’s hard to imagine, so …
Bring ‘Em Back Alive: Bones of Contention
I really wanted to like Bring ‘Em Back Alive: Bones of Contention. First, it started out by indicating it might be a good show about archaeology and anthropology. This happens when Frank Buck (Bruce Boxleitner) and Ali (Clyde Kusatsu) find an archaeologist’s journal. Frank sends it …
Life on Mars Season 1 episode 16 Everyone Knows It’s Windy
In the last episode Chris and Ray got shot but McManus who wanted to revenge for arresting his sister. Sam was working undercover in his gang. The episode starts when the ambulance brought Chris and Ray to the hospital, Ray is conscious but Chris is bad wounded. I must …
Gossip Girl TV Series
I have this friend who kept on insisting that I should watch this TV series entitled Gossip Girl because it has finally ended and now I can binge watch through the entire series non-stop. It took me months before I finally agreed to watch it, and those months are …
Supernatural: Season One
Supernatural is a television series about two brothers who travel around the US killing supernatural entities who attack humans who have no idea of what is really going in the world. That’s the basic idea of Supernatural, but the series itself is so much more.
I wasn’t really grabbed by …
Freaks and Geeks TV show
Since there’s a shortage of TV shows right now, being that it’s summer and all, I decided to look up some DVDs of old series that I haven’t watch and giving them a try. I’m a big fan of the show How I Met Your Mother, especially Jason Segel …
Adam-12: Log 75: Have a Nice Weekend
For me, there isn’t anything terribly exciting about this episode of Adam-12 entitled Log 75: Have a Nice Weekend. The segment I key in on more than the others is one with Norma Connolly as Eva Foster. I met the late Ms. Connolly a few times, and …
Due South: The Deal
Due South: The Deal focuses a bit more on series regular David Marciano as Detective Ray Vecchio. In the episode, he comes across an old friend, who really isn’t a friend per se. The other man is a mobster, and even as a child, he was an …
Friends: The One with the Cop
This is a show that occurs in the fifth season of the popular sitcom, and it is one of my favorities as it has a lot going on throughout the show and it definitely does not leave room for any boring parts.
The show features Joey fantasizng about his friend …
FEAR FACTOR REALITY TV
I still don’t understand why eating disgusting and gut puking concoctions has anything to do with facing your fears. Eating edible food is a sane and natural exercise of every normal human being. Getting into difficult situations set in high places or underwater or in fast moving vehicles are …
Greys Anatomy
Greys Anatomy aired its new fall season premiere for 2009. The 2-hour event was not a let down to Grey fans. True to rumors, one of the beloved characters was indeed killed off the show. I will not spoil and say who but if you follow the show then …
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