TV Reviews
Television show: Masters of Horror: Chocolate
Television show: Masters of Horror: Chocolate
The Masters of Horror series was a series of one hour-long horror specials which originally aired on Showtime. In the episode entitled Chocolate, a young man with an unusual gift is ensnared by a dangerous woman. The main character develops the ability …
The Fugitive: Ballad for a Ghost
Richard Kimball comes face to face with a woman who resembles his late wife in The Fugitive: Ballad for a Ghost. It’s a haunting tale and one that makes you feel a little melancholy. I always liked that he remembered so much of the good. Kimball …
The Andy Griffith Show: Andy and the Gentleman Crook TV Show
The idea behind The Andy Griffith Show: Andy and the Gentleman Crook is that the Mayberry jail is going to hold a famous outlaw for a night. This is something that puts Deputy Barney Fife in a state of utter exhilaration. He is overjoyed that Gentleman Dan …
Have Gun - Will Travel: Charley Red Dog
Have Gun - Will Travel: Charley Red Dog is from the third season of this half-hour western starring Richard Boone as the worldly Paladin. Once again, we begin in San Francisco where Paladin is in his finest. It’s a whole other life from when he’s dressed all …
Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer: 9-15-10 TV Show
Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer from September 15, 2010 was another waste of time for me. This was just their third show, but again, I have to ask what the point is in watching two immature females trying to control the airwaves?
Alexis is this tall blonde who appears …
The X-Files: Season 2, Episode 13: Irresistible
With this episode, the agents face a horror unlike anything they’ve ever seen. Interestingly enough, there is no real X-file, on the contrary, they are pit against what they refer to as a “death fetishist”, someone who collects trophies (such as hair or fingernails) from dead bodies. …
The Carol Burnett Show: Steve Lawrence and Paul Sand TV Show
From its seventh season on the air, The Carol Burnett Show featured Steve Lawrence and Paul Sand, along with Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner. I’ve always liked Lawrence and his wife, Eydie Gorme. I remember watching this variety series when it aired and wishing the …
Private Eye: Blue Hotel Part 1
Private Eye: Blue Hotel Part 1 is a remarkably engaging episode of this series, which is set back in the mid-to-late fifties. It stars Michael Woods as Jack Cleary, a one-time cop who is now a private eye. Working with him is Jack Betts, a young man …
Bad Day at Black Rock - Episode 3, Season 3, Supernatural
This is one of the funniest episodes of Season 3.
It opens rather ominously with Gordon (happily in prison) telling a fellow hunter Kubrick that ‘Sam Winchester must die’ and the hunter agreeing to help track Sam down.
Sam & Dead get a call to tell them that someone has broken …
That Girl: It’s a Mod, Mod World - Part 1
That Girl: It’s a Mod, Mod World is the first part of a two-part story, though both parts have the same title. The main plot in this show from the second season is that Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas) gets a job as a model for a hotshot British …
Anselm Gets His Chance by P.G. Wodehouse
“Anselm Gets His Chance” is an episode of “Wodehouse Playhouse” (see my review of the series) British television series that features John Alderton and Pauline Collins. Aldterton plays the title role of Reverend Anselm Mulliner in “Anselm Gets His Chance” while his real life wife, the ever-cute-as-a-bug, Pauline …
CSI Season 6 Episode 22- Time of Your Death
This was an interesting episode. It wasn’t very exciting, and there was not too much tension going on, but it was still enjoyable due to the chosen subject. In this episode, the team investigates the death of a young man, whose body was found on the premises of the …
M*A*S*H: Blood Brothers
M*A*S*H: Blood Brothers is a critically acclaimed episode from season nine of this series. Harry Morgan directed the show which guest stars Patrick Swayze as Private Gary Sturges, who shows up at the 4077th with a broken arm and a severely wounded friend. Sturges is determined to …
Highway Patrol: : Prospector TV Show
Overall, I rather liked Highway Patrol: : Prospector. In this half hour police drama, a prospector thinks he has struck it rich when he ends up with a lot of money, only he didn’t come upon it properly. No, he didn’t steal it, but he finds it …
How to Look Good Naked
How to Look Good Naked is an hour long show on Channel 4 currently showing every Thursday at 8.00 pm. The show is presented by the fantastic Gok Wan who has the philosophy that women can make themselves look fantastic by making the best of what they have …
Human Target: Action Thriller TV Series
The promos and ads for Fox TV’s action/adventure series, “Human Target”, piqued my interest, but somehow I missed it when it debuted. I’m glad that I stumbled upon it when I was on Hulu.com and was able to watch the pilot episode, among others, before it was no longer …
Louis and the Brothel
Louis Theroux travels to Nevada and enjoys a stay at The Wild Horse Ranch, a legal brothel. As he spends several weeks interviewing those who work and frequent the establishment, he also chips in and manages the phones, working alongside his subjects.
While his more recent efforts have been …
MASH: Hey Look Me Over
I thought I had seen all the MASH episodes that were ever made (they show it in re-runs enough) but came across one that was new to me; “Hey Look Me Over.”
This one was actually a bit interesting because you had two interesting stories going on at once. First, …
That Girl: The Homewrecker and the Window Washer
From season three of That Girl, we get The Homewrecker and the Window Washer. It’s the first episode that aired in 1969, and it was okay. It’s not a huge favorite of mine personally. However, the color of the show comes from Jules Munshin, who is …
Sea Hunt: Superman TV Show
From August 1961, Sea Hunt: Superman is a fourth season episode that focuses on just three characters. The first is the series mainstay of deep sea diver Mike Nelson as played by Lloyd Bridges. The second is Liz, played by Sue Randall. Liz is an old …
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Bad Eggs
I don’t know what it was about the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “Bad Eggs” but it really made me want to check the eggs in my refrigerator because I had the willies after watching it.
This episode once again has some sort of monster living under the high school. …
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Fatal Memory TV Show
The second episode of the western series Wanted: Dead or Alive had bounty hunter Josh Randall responding to a telegram that asked for his help. In Fatal Memory, Randall travels to Fort Considine, a deserted post to see how he can assist his old friend, who had been …
The Twilight Zone: A Quality of Mercy TV Show
For whatever reason, war stories in this science fiction series just don’t work for me. I enjoy war dramas as a rule, but the stories are too unpleasant for me, I think. The topic of discussion here is The Twilight Zone: A Quality of Mercy, a show …
Stargate SG1: Origin
This episode starts off where Avalon left off. Daniel and Vala follow the Ori prior to Selestis and the City of the Gods. When Daniel questions the Prior he merely says, “In due time. All in good time.” As they enter a room in the …
The Munsters - My Fair Munster
The Munsters - My Fair Munster is a hilarious episode of The Munsters that I always laugh at no matter my mood. Part of what makes this episode so hilarious is the technique that those responsible for the show employ and the technique I am referring to is when …
Project Runway: A Rough Day on the Runway TV Show
Project Runway: A Rough Day on the Runway had the competitors focused on American sportswear with Jackie Kennedy as the inspiration or muse. The twist came on what was to be runway day when the designers are told that they have to add a piece of outerwear. …
CSI New York Season 2 Episode 13 - Risk
CSI New York Season 2 Episode 13 - Risk
Yet another great episode of the show. In this episode the team must find the killers in two very different cases. In the first case, Danny sees a body on a the subway tracks while taking a ride home. The …
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Enemies TV Show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Enemies, episode 29, starts out with a very dramatic teaser featuring a submarine called the Angler. It starts out innocently enough with an order for a course being given by Richardson (Tom Skerritt). Sub captain Williams (Robert Sampson) objects, …
Curb Your Enthusiasm 7×10
Curb’s latest season concludes with this 40 minute special as the Seinfeld reunion show storyline finally comes to a close. As the final rehearsals begin, Larry is desperate to get Cheryl back once and for all, but an irate coffee maker, a damaged antique table and a blossoming romance …
The Real Ghostbusters: Season 1, Episode 36: Hanging by a Thread
I mentioned before how I liked that this show incorporated various mythologies into their story lines. This takes that idea and kicks it up to eleven. It centers around a horde of demons trying to steal the shears of the Fates to try and take over the world. …
That 70s Show: It’s a Wonderful Life
You know, it’s been years since I’ve seen the actual movie It’s a Wonderful Life. But, I haven’t had any desire to watch it again because of all the shows that feel the need to do their own take on that film.
I ended up watching another one yesterday afternoon …
The Equalizer: Bump and Run TV show
I’m not a particular fan of The Equalizer. I tried watching it a few times when it was on originally, but it didn’t capture my fancy and neither did its star, Edward Woodward. He does have the look, very polished and whatnot, but he didn’t get my …
Ghost Hunters TV Episode: Hotel Haunts Unleashed
Synopsis: The TAPS team investigates a hotel in South Dakota that reportedly had a bride leap to her death on her wedding night.
What I liked about this episode: I thought the addition of Jason’s dog, Maddie was an interesting one; simply because it is something you don’t see on …
The X-Files: Season 3, Episode 3: D.P.O
With the agents back on the X-Files, they dive back into rhythm with a monster of the week case. After the huge three parter that came before it, you might think that this would pale in comparison, but it is actually a very well put together episode that …
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Ted and Mary
After an enjoyable double date with Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, Larry loses his prized campers at the shoe desk and becomes infatuated with Mary. He soon enjoys a day of shopping with Mary (and her mother) to the bemusement of wife of Cheryl and friend Ted.
Later on, he …
Dairy Q Commercials
I have seen several of the Dairy Queen commercials that are airing on television and for me they do NOT make me want to go out and purchase anything they have. Take the woman dressed up as an ice cream and the man as the waffle bowl. She shows …
The Prisoner: The Chimes of Big Ben
There’s yet another Number Two in The Prisoner: The Chimes of Big Ben. This one is played by the blustery Leo McKern, who I remember best from his bumbling crook role in the Disney movie, Candleshoe. Number Two is about to welcome the latest arrival, Number 8. …
That Girl: A Tenor’s Loving Care
Carroll O’Connor guest stars in That Girl: A Tenor’s Loving Care as a blustery and arrogant tenor who Don Hollinger (Ted Bessell) is supposed to interview, or at least try to interview. When Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas) goes with him, Giuseppe Casanetti, the tenor, says he’ll only to …
M.A.N Reality Dating Television Show
Of all the shows that air, weather international or local, the concept behind M.A.N is one that I could have never thought about myself and something so fresh that it became an instant hit with me, before the very first episode even aired, as I had caught glimpses of …
TV show The Office
The Office is my favorite show on network television. The entire case is great! At first, I thought that Steve Carell just dominated the series with his portrayal of the bumbling office manager Michael Scott. Carell’s sense of comic timing is superb. Most all the …
Ghost Whisperer: The Children’s Parade TV Show
Ghost Whisperer: The Children’s Parade is potentially a very nice series ender. It wasn’t filmed that way, or then again, maybe it was. The show has been cancelled by CBS, though there are rumors that ABC might pick it up. All of that just happened, though, …
Laramie: The Long Riders
Laramie: The Long Riders is one of my all time favorite shows from this high quality western series. It’s from season two and guest stars Dan Duryea as Luke Gregg. Robert Crawford Jr. also appears as Andy Sherman, home for a while on break from attending …
House: Living the Dream
Some House episodes have gotten a bit dull. But, occasionally, there is an episode that is funny and entertaining. The one entitled “Living the Dream” is a good example.
The best part of this episode is the intro. You have House’s favorite soap star leaving the studio in a limo …
Rock of Love Bus (VH1)
I never saw any of these Rock of Love with Bret Michaels episodes from the previous seasons. But it is my understanding that this will be the final Rock of Love. My question is, why wouldn’t it be the last one? If he’s planning on …
Cupcake Girls TV Series
One of the hottest food crazes these days are cupcakes. Shops and bakeries have opened up all across the country. It’s probably international, but I’m not sure. I do know that in America, cupcakes are no longer kiddie deserts. Part of the proof of that …
The Boondocks- Cartoon network program
Anyone who is a fan of the Dave Chapelle show will more than likely LOVE “The Boondocks“. This is a cartoon by Aaron McGruder, and is shown on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim hour. The show is based off the comic strip, and centers …
Star Trek: Journey to Babel TV Show
Star Trek: Journey to Babel is one of the legendary shows because it introduces us to Spock’s parents, Sarek and Amanda. Mark Lenard plays Sarek, a role he’d continue to play in the Star Trek movies as well as the spin off series, Star Trek: The Next Generation. …
Stargate SG-1: The Ark of Truth
Stargate SG-1 aired on television for ten years, and it went through some major changes. As someone who prefers the first three seasons, the vintage years as I call them, I wasn’t at all fond of the final two years. Richard Dean Anderson, who played the lead …
Due South: Vault
I have to say that I was disappointed that we didn’t get more of the boys in Canada. Apparently, it was just for the first episode. I really wish we’d been able to see the cabin being rebuilt. It’s a shame that we’re back in Chicago so …
Walking Dead (TV Series)
I am generally not a fan of zombie movies because they’re ususally very low budget and very terrible. Infact I can count on one hand how many zombie movies I’ve actually liked. The “Walking Dead” is different since not only is it the 1st zombie television series I’ve seen, …
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