TV Reviews
Family Guy TV Episode: It’s a Trap
Synopsis: This hour-long episode is a sequel to Blue Harvest and Something, Something, Something Dark Side. Much like the two episodes before it, it spoofs the Star Wars trilogy by poking fun at the film Return of the Jedi.
What I liked about this episode: A lot of Star Wars …
Fireball XL5: Flying Zodiac
I absolutely love the concept behind Fireball XL5: Flying Zodiac. The puppets celebrate Colonel Steve Zodiac’s ancestry in this episode, which is one of 39 black and white ones that aired back in the early sixties. Gerry Anderson created this futuristic view of space and space travel, …
Larry King Live
If there is a great newsbreaking story that catches everyones curiosity such as the OJ latest arrest you can be certain that no matter what happens Larry King will have an influential guest to the news story that very same night. For some reason perhaps its Larry’s King …
The today show
For years I have been an avid fan of the Today Show, with Matt Lauer, An Curry, Kathy Courice and Al Roker. I was saddened to see Kathy Couric leave to anchor channel 2 news. However with the new edition of Meredith Viera who I never like on the …
Wagon Train: The Old Man Charvanaugh Story
Escorting a family to a settlement, Flint is joined by a concertina playing wanderer who is really a ruthless bandit. McCullough and the family are left to wander without proper clothing or supplies.
Wagon Train was one of the longest running and most successful television westerns. Originally, it focused …
Trigun Episode 1
Trigun is a Japanese Anime space western that takes place on a distant planet called Gunsmoke. It involves bounty hunters trying to collect the bounty on Vash the Stampede, who has a $$60,000,000,000 bounty on his head. He’s known as the “Humanoid Typhoon” because he causes a …
Jeepers Creepers 2
When the movie Jeepers Creepers came out a few years ago, I thought it was one of the better horror movies I’ve seen. In fact, I haven’t seen the movie in quite some time but can still remember pretty much the entire thing; a sign of a good movie.
I …
That Girl - Season Two DVD set
Again, my problem with the Shout Factory DVD release of this show, and others that they’ve done, is how inconvenient the layout is. Since this is only a four-disk set, it’s not as bad as others, but what they tend to do is put two DVDs on the …
The Maury Show
I watch the Maury show occasionally from time to time when I am home and there is nothing on television. It is filled with drama and almost every episode is about a DNA test. The women usually brings the potential father of the baby on the show most of …
Snapple Anti-Oxidant Water (television commercial)
First and foremost let me say that I am really tired of seeing different types of waters that are supposed to do something more impressive than water alone. The newest craze in waters is Snapple’s Anti-Oxidant water. The motto for the commercial is “It’s All …
Gilligan’s Island: Two on a Raft
I’ve been a bit bored at home lately so I’ve been watching all the episodes of the long-time re-running show Gilligan’s Island from start to finish (not including the various movies after the last episode aired). This included the first aired episode Two on a Raft.
This is a cute …
Best Of America By Horseback
You should watch Best of America by Horseback even if you aren’t a serious trail rider. You should watch Best of America by Horseback even if you don’t own a horse. Best of America by Horseback is such a cool program that features the best places to go to …
Simpsons - Elementary School Musical
As Seasons of the Simpsons go, Season 22 has been not even hit and miss episodes. They have just been disappointing episodes with very few humor points involved in them. And this episode was no different than the others. It was …
Trading Spaces TV Show
Trading Spaces is a show on TLC that in vites families or individuals to trade houses for the day or several days depending on the challenge, and then decorate a room in their friends home. Each team is given a budget of $1000 and they have to redecorate …
Coffee Break Spanish
Coffee Break Spanish is a series of podcast by Radio Lingua International. Coffee Break Spanish is usually shorted CBS. There usually is a new podcast every week. But some weeks it is updated every 2 weeks. In general the podcast has great sound and features the host …
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Menfish TV Show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Menfish is the 24th show to air in the second season of this successful science fiction program. This is a nice, high caliber guest cast, too, beginning with Gary Merrill as Admiral Roy Park and including John Dehner as Borgman. …
Batman: The Brave and the Bold: When OMAC attacks!
The cold open features Batman teaming up with Hawk and Dove to settle an interplanetary war. The two heroes, of course, butt heads over which way is more effective. Hawk wants to fight while Dove wants to talk. Batman eventually comes in and comes up with …
MTV’s Punk’d
MTV’s Punk’d is a high risk prank related candid camera reality tv show hosted by the ever funny and over eccentric Ashton Kutcher. He and his crew of mischief making friends go around and punk celebrities. The series first aired in 2003 and based on the reaction it got …
Star Trek: The Deadly Years TV Show
Star Trek: The Deadly Years is another one of my favorite shows. The reason is that I love those dramatic moments of loyalty and belief. There is nothing quite like seeing the reaction of the bridge crew when James T. Kirk sets foot on the bridge. …
Bam’s Unholy Union
Last night I watched Bam’s Unholy Union on MTV, they were running a marathon of this show starring Bam Margera and his fiance( then) now Wife Melissa Rothchild, I think thats her name anyhow.
I have been a fan of Bam for quite sometime now. I have every season of …
The Universe: The Inner Planets
It’s time for the spotlight to fall on Mercury and Venus in this DVD instalment of The Universe, one of the History Channel’s finest series’.
All the usual experts on hand to offer illuminating information and engage the audience with things we never knew, bringing their enthusiasm to the everyman …
The Twilight Zone: Kick the Can TV Show
The Twilight Zone: Kick the Can is definitely one of my favorite episodes of this series. I consider it to be one of the classics, in the top 15 of all the shows. What I really love about this show is the spirit, the message of …
Psych: Forget Me Not
During my Psych mini-marathon before bed last night, I came across an episode I hadn’t seen before; Forget Me Not. This one turned out to be an interesting case for Shawn and Gus.
The two are hired by his dad’s former captain, who believes he has solved a murder. However, …
M*A*S*H: Exorcism
M*A*S*H: Exorcism begins with a telling bit when a Korean salesman sets up shop to get rid of his wares. He’s also put up a spirit post to keep all the bad spirits away. When Colonel Potter (Harry Morgan) tells the company clerk to get rid of …
Clifford:Mac’s Secret Dog Club
I recently rented a DVD of episodes from the show Clifford the Big Red Dog for my daughter. And, even though I wasn’t watching it with her very closely, some of the episodes managed to stick out in my head. One of those was “Mac’s Secret Dog Club.”
I liked …
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: No Way Back TV Show
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 …
Spongebob Squarepants Season Four - Krusty Towers
Mr. Krabs has always been looking for a way to make extra money, so he decides that he is going to construct a hotel building to make more money. Squidward thinks it is a terrible idea, and he is really upset because he has to wait on the guests …
Highway Patrol: Missing Witness TV Show
Highway Patrol: Missing Witness was one of the better episodes I’ve seen of this old time TV classic. The series revolves around the California Highway Patrol and the man in charge, Chief Dan Mathews, as played by Broderick Crawford. The show can be hard to watch sometimes …
Max Headroom: Academy TV show
The second season of Max Headroom began with a show called Academy. It begins with William Morgan Sheppard’s Blank Reg character being arrested and ultimately put on trial for broadcasting his signal which interferes with Network 23’s signal. That’s a big no no, but the kicker is …
Everybody Loves Raymond
This show is, in my opinion, not as hilarious as many people seem to think. It is no longer airing new episodes, but you can often catch Everybody Loves Raymond reruns, and the dvds are available for purchase, so it’s easy to watch this show even though it ended …
All My Children: Episode Aired January 5, 2010
The soap opera All My Children aired an episode on January 5, 2000 to celebrate its fortieth year on television. They did this by bringing back Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos as the Santos family. As Haley, Ripa then produces a TV special because Pine Valley as …
Law & Order SVU TV Episodes: Counterfeit
Synopsis: The SVU detectives have to prove a cop is responsible for a rape/murder of a pharmaceutical lab assistant.
What I liked about this episode: I think one of the cool things about this episode is how it manages to jerk you in a number of different directions with a …
Friends - The one where Monica sings
Phoebe convinces Monica to come to Mike’s piano bar to listen to him play and to make fun of people singing karaoke. Monica has always wanted to go, but she knows that as soon as she gets there Phoebe is going to try and convince her to sing, …
House TV Episode: Fall from Grace
Synopsis: House and his team must figure out what is killing their latest patient; a homeless man who refuses to tell them anything about himself. House also reveals he plans on marrying a prostitute so she can get her green card.
What I liked about this episode: I honestly didn’t …
InSecurity: A TV comedy show
I loved the new Canadian action-comedy show of CBC. The story revolves around spies of a fictional government office called National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA). It stars Natalie Lisinka as Alex Cranston, Canada’s version of Alias. She’s suppose to be a kick-ass spy who gets into all …
Survivor Season 20 Episode 4
This episode of Survivor gave me exactly what i wanted. More Villains air time. Now as someone who is rooting for the Villains I don’t wnat them to go to tribal council however if they do it means more screen time for them so it’s a catch …
Channel News Asia
Channel News Asia is a good TV station program. Actually this local channel in my country is called Channel News Asia, and this is one of my hot favorite TV channels of all time. I think across the continents, perhaps people might be able to access this, though …
X-Men TAS: Episode 3.13: The Phoenix Saga part 2: The Inner Circle
The Inner Circle/Hellfire club has the X-Men hostage and have equipped them with those collars that negate the X-gene, leaving them powerless.
The club is fairly amusing as they really are just a bunch of pretentious fops, Leland especially. It turns out the group isn’t as tightly …
Gargoyles Episode 2.3 Legion
This episode marks the return of Coldstone, once again voiced by Michael Dorn. Anything that has the voicework of Dorn and Keith David can’t be bad.
This show has been of stellar quality from the get go and this episode is no different. The buildup to Coldstone’s schizophrenic breakdown …
Sea Hunt: Killer Rock TV Show
Sea Hunt: Killer Rock opens with deep sea diving expert Mike Nelson in a business suit headed for a meeting with a woman named Evelyn Hodges. She owns a company that wants to take on a dangerous ocean job that is, at the least, explosive.
Lloyd Bridges stars as …
Emergency!: Brushfire
One of my all time favorite episodes of Emergency! is Brushfire from season one. It’s John Gage’s first brush fire, and it brings with it some neat entertainment.
My favorite sub-plot is the one concerning a young boy who breaks his arm in the fire, but he’s …
The Ray Bradbury Theater: The Anthem Sprinters TV Show
The Ray Bradbury Theater: The Anthem Sprinters begins with the finding of a first edition of a James Joyce book by an American writer named Raymond Douglas. He’s played by Len Cariou, who I know as Bruno’s dad in the TV series, Fame. Here, he no sooner …
Stargate SG-1: Grace
Stargate SG-1: Grace could have been the show that changed Sam Carter for the better, bringing her out of her school girl crush days and returning her to the strength and glory she had in the vintage years. Instead, it’s just a show that was pivotal for a …
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Episode 4 (Anime)
Ghost In the Shell Stand Alone Complex Episode 4 begins with a man named Yamaguchi, who is a friend of Togusa’s calling him and telling him that he needs to meet with him and tell him something, on the way to their meeting place, Yamaguchi is killed by interceptors …
The Twilight Zone: It’s a Good Life TV Show
The Twilight Zone: It’s a Good Life is considered a classic episode of this great science fiction series. It is indeed very good. It’s a powerful tale, but it’s really an evil and frightening story, and it’s not one I like to watch. Maybe it’s because …
Doctor Who: Season 3, Episode 8: 42
The TARDIS arrives on a vessel that is badly damaged and drifting towards a nearby sun. They have only 42 minutes to get everything up and running if they want to survive.
Now, at first glance, this seems like a simple solution, just load everyone into the …
Grown Your Own Drugs episode 2 flowers
Grow Your Own Drugs is the most radical title for a TV show I think I have ever seen. I just had to watch it because my curiosity was just killing me. I like gardening and herbs are one of my latest kicks I have gotten into learning about. …
Legends of the Wild Wild West
I am always up for a good western (leftover from a father who loved a decent cowboy movie). Being a woman, not only do I appreciate a good western, I appreciate a good cowboy with bad boy appeal, you know the kind that romance novels are written around.
“Legends …
Home Improvement An Older Woman
I’m a huge fan of the show Psych so when I saw Maggie Lawson starring on a re-run of Home Improvement at lunch today, I had to take a few minutes to watch it.
Overall, the episode, entitled “An Older Woman” was pretty decent. Most of the episodes from that …
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