I do love The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bee the Warden, an episode that aired originally back in March 1962, which was the second year that this series aired on TV. It actually opens with a bit of exposition. In real life, Andy Griffith had hurt his …

The Andy Griffith Show: The Merchant of Mayberry is what I call a quiet episode simply because the story is a rather low key, sweet one with a character who is unassuming and just a real down to earth type of guy. This second season show guest stars …

From season two, The Andy Griffith Show: Barney and the Choir is a hoot. It has story problems in terms of continuity, but you just can’t beat this for entertainment.
This is a theme that was repeated multiple times over the course of this series while Don Knotts was …

The Andy Griffith Show: A Medal for Opie, a season two entry, has never been a favorite of mine, and I’m really not totally sure why. The half hour outing is a very nice story about good sportsmanship, and it’s a prime father and son tale which I …

The Andy Griffith Show: The Jinx, from January 1962 which was part of this comedy show’s second season on the air, was a solid half hour of entertainment, though to be honest, it’s not one I really like all that much. I’ve watched it numerous times. I …

From its second season, The Andy Griffith Show: The Manicurist is memorable mainly for its guest star, Barbara Eden. Best known for starring in I Dream of Jeannie, Eden was an eye popper for the men, and that is exactly what this show put in full focus when …

Airing in March 1960, Sea Hunt: The Fearmakers was the 12th episode to air in the underwater adventure series’ third season. This is another show where diver Mike Nelson, nicely acted by Lloyd Bridges, is working with the United States Coast Guard for which he’s a member of …

The 12th outing for Highway Patrol in its third year of televising was called Chain Store and was a pretty decent episode. The show starred Broderick Crawford as Chief Dan Mathews, the head of the California Highway Patrol. Also starring was William Boyett in his recurring role …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is one of my all time favorite TV series. As a young child, I was hooked. I watched the show religiously every week, and I absolutely adored David Hedison, who played Captain Lee Crane. I didn’t really care about …

A few shows back, Julie Adams guest starred on The Andy Griffith Show: Three’s a Crowd as County Nurse Mary Simpson. I stated in my review that she was a strong woman, and thus, the romance didn’t last. The producers apparently attempted to fluff up Mary and …

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 …

I am no fan of cartoons, really. I thought that cartoons are all for kids and that I won’t learn anything out of it. It was simply slapstick made to make the kids laugh. I wanted to watch informational shows or any other shows that can show not only …

Mister Ed: Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed was a wonderful piece of entertainment from 1962. As the title states, at the heart of this half hour comedy was a guest appearance by a young Clint Eastwood, who at this point in time was co-starring in the western series, …

I have to admit that this episode of Cupcake Wars called Vintage Cupcakes was the first one where I wasn’t captivated off the bat by at least one of the contestants during the first round. This was the taste test repackaging traditional flavors with modern ingredients. The …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea’s 16th show for its fourth and last year on television was called The Lobster Man and aired in January 1968. Starring Richard Basehart as Admiral Harriman Nelson and David Hedison, my favorite of the series, as Captain Lee Crane, this show …

The 15th episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea’s fourth season was called Terrible Leprechaun and aired in January 1968. The main guest star was Walter Burke, portraying a duo role as Mickey Moore O’Shaunessy and Patrick Moore O’Shaunessy. These two are, as the title …

From January 1962, Bill Bixby shines as the main guest star in The Andy Griffith Show: Bailey’s Bad Boy, a show from season two. Bixby plays Ronald Bailey, the son of a wealthy and powerful man. He’s spoiled and used to getting his way. He has …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Nightmare was the 17th show of the series’ last season to air on television. From January 1968, it begins as a huge mystery. It actually reminds of an earlier show where Richard Basehart’s Admiral Nelson was pretty much on his …

From December 1957, the 9th episode of Highway Patrol’s third season was called Witness Wife. Basically, the title comes from a woman who ends up giving potentially harmful information to the killer, unaware of who he is. In fact, she pretty much points him towards her husband’s …

In March 1960, Sea Hunt was in the early part of its third year on television. The episode shown on this night was the ninth one and was called Jade Cavern. It begins with expert diver Mike Nelson on his boat working on an assignment when he …

The 21st episode of Sea Hunt’s fourth and final year on television was caused Quicksand. It opens with Mike Nelson diving with a hard hat diver who suddenly disappears. Nelson looks everywhere, but can’t find him. All he can find is a broken air hose.
Lloyd Bridges …

Masterchef’s second episode concluded the auditions where amateur cooks have one hour to prepare food to please the three judges, including Gordon Ramsey. I was again surprise at how much I enjoyed the hour of cooking and drama. As I’ve contemplated that, I believe the reason this …

We had another performance show for America’s Got Talent on August 3rd where several acts did their thing in the hopes of moving forward to the next levels of the finals. Below are a few impressions on some of the acts from the evening.
Da Maniacs. They began …

In this hour of So You Think You Can Dance, the top four became the top three finalists. It began, as always, with the introduction of host, Cat Deeley. Unlike last night, she looked fantastic. She had a clean and simple line in this show. …

So You Think You Can Dance: Top Four Perform was a wonderful evening of entertainment. I really like these top four dancers. They have talent, personality, and heart. I don’t sense anything but support and desire to do their best from any of them. All …

Chasing Mummies: Discovered opens with a man being injured, though that’s about the only mention of this. It’s like instant drama with no follow through.
However, there was something exciting about this hour and that was seeing the 123rd pyramid being discovered. Apparently, it had been found under …

Top Chef: Foreign Affairs began with scenes from last week that shows again how Alex stole another contestant’s pea puree and lied about it. All fingers point to him, and now he’s on my naughty list. Of course, we haven’t seen the full proof that he took …

Big Brother’s August 4, 2010 episode was one that focused on the power of veto meeting. Normally, this show is on Tuesday nights but for some reason, it was shown on Wednesday of this week.
Watching Big Brother is a bit like walking through a mine field. There’s …

The Rachel Zoe Project: Changes in the Zoe Camp was the season 3 premier for this cable reality show that follows the activities of stylist Rachel Zoe. For me, Zoe is too self-involved. She gets orgasmic over fur, Chenille, and almost any fashion designer who will let …

We’re back with the United States Coast Guard Sea Hunt’s 10th show of season three, Expatriate’s Return. From March 1960, the show has our resident diving guru, Mike Nelson, dealing with another crime boss who is trying to get back into the country.
Now here’s my thing. I’m …

Highway Patrol’s third season of police drama surrounding the California Highway Patrol continued with its tenth episode entitled Dead Hunter. This show aired in December 1957, so it’s vintage television for sure. What’s good about it is that it’s both out there on the internet to be …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ended its network run with this 26th episode of this final fourth season with a show called No Way Back. This would be the final time that viewers would see Richard Basehart as Admiral Harriman Nelson and my show favorite, David …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Death Clock was the 25th episode to air in the show’s last season on the air. It begins with a crisis where Captain Lee Crane has to shut down the reactor and takes in a large amount of dangerous rays. …

Airing in March 1968, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Edge of Doom was the 24th show of this fourth season. The show starred Richard Basehart as Admiral Nelson and David Hedison as Captain Crane. This is a bit of a mystery show, and the …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Attack! featured guest stars Skip Homeier as Robek and Kevin Hagen as Komal. This 1968 episode, the 23rd of this science fiction program’s fourth and last season on television, starred Richard Basehart as Admiral Harriman Nelson and David Hedison as Captain …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Flaming Ice, the 22nd show from season four, guest starred Michael Pate as Gelid, along with regulars Richard Basehart and David Hedison as Admiral Nelson and Captain Crane respectively. The Seaview is under the arctic cap and yet the temperature outside …

Strong Box was the 11th episode to air during Sea Hunt’s third season on television. This underwater action adventure series is one of just a few to really provide drama about the ocean and its sea life in a weekly format. It starred Lloyd Bridges as an …

From Highway Patrol’s third season, Convicted Innocent was the 11th show to air and it did so in December 1957. Broderick Crawford starred as Chief Dan Mathews, the head of the California Highway Patrol. In this show, we also were able to see three different patrolmen, all …

The 21st show of the year, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Savage Jungle, starred David Hedison as Captain Lee Crane. When first seen, he’s in the flying sub, looking down at miles of jungle. Meanwhile, Admiral Harriman Nelson (Richard Basehart) is aboard the submarine Seaview, …

From February 1968, the 20th show of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea’s last season (it’s fourth) on television, Man-Beast, aired. It’s a show I have mixed feelings about because of the story’s plot. The primary guest star was Lawrence Montaigne, who played a scientist named …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Secret of the Deep, episode 19 from season 4, aired in February 1968 and guest starred Peter Mark Richman as John Hendrix. He’s supposed to be an intelligence officer this time around (he’s been on the show before in another role). …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Abominable Snowman which aired in February 1968 originally was the 18th outing of this science fiction show to air in its last season. Starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison, the show centers around this white, hairy beast as it rampages …

From April 1967, The Virginian: The Strange Quest of Claire Bingham was the final episode of the fifth season. After an amusing opening scene with James Drury as The Virginian and a couple of odd and end scenes, including an action oriented chase of a Medicine Bow posse, …

Hawthorne: Hidden Truths had quite a bit of drama and intensity to it. It picks up a couple of days after the conclusion of the prior week’s shows, which ended with Nurse Christina Hawthorne (Jada Pinkett Smith) coming home to find her daughter with a man in a …

Last night, I finally got to get my Simpsons fix by watching a re-run on network TV. And, I was glad to see it was an episode I have seen in the past and loved; The Cartridge Family.
The episode starts out making fun of soccer (and how Americans think …

Well, that was a somewhat funny episode of That 70s Show last night, “On with the Show.”
I actually didn’t really intend on watching it. I just had that channel on because the Simpsons were going to be on at 6 and this episode happened to be airing. When I …

My wife wanted to watch Project Runway at 8 but I had the TV last night until then and decided to watch a re-run of Psych I had recorded on our DVR called There’s Something about Mira.
I think I have seen this episode in the past but didn’t remember …

As is usually the case, there was a re-run of Family Guy on last night after my re-run of the Simpsons and it happened to be one I have seen parts of before but have never watched completely; Ready, Willing and Disabled. After watching it, I don’t think it …

I wasn’t overly impressed with the season premiere of Project Runway last week. But, mostly because there really isn’t anything else on Thursday nights, my wife and I ended up watching the second episode of the season called Larger than Life.
And, once again, I was left thinking this show …

Well, after fighting the kids to bed last night, I was able to tune in to watch the new episode of Psych called Chivalry is Not Dead, But Someone Is.
Perhaps I was a bit tired. But, for some reason, I honestly did not enjoy this one as much as …