Gary Unmarried is the show that Professor Payne left Ghost Whisper to star in. His new name is Gary, and I can’t remember the last name. I just know that he’s just as cute in jeans and a tee-shirt as he was in a suit and tie.
Now if the …

Criminal Minds is a standing 8pm Wednesday night appointment in my home. I’m not sure why but this show that allows us to see directly into the evils of the human mind is addictive. Maybe it’s the interest I have always had in the art of profiling.
I love …

One of my favorite Simpsons episodes was on television earlier today (or, actually, yesterday since I’m writing this in the wee hours of Saturday morning);Lost our Lisa. It is a cute episode for a variety of reasons.
For one, you have a funny situation where Bart goes to a joke …

Alan Alda co-wrote this episode with a physician and then directed it as well. The show is M*A*S*H: Life Time and as the show progresses, a clock is on the screen the entire time. It’s somewhat of a ‘real time’ story, and that’s the unique angle of …

First in acted in this hit show, then he directed an episode, and now Mike Farrell adds writing to his belt with M*A*S*H: The Yalu Brick Road. Airing a third of the way through the eighth season, the show has a lot of comical elements to it.
Being the …

M*A*S*H: Mr. and Mrs. Who? is pretty funny. From the eighth season of this hit comedy, Major Charles Emerson Winchester III (David Ogden Stiers) returns from spending time in Tokyo. He had such a good time that he doesn’t remember a thing. Thus he’s thrown when …

M*A*S*H: Private Finance deals with a wounded soldier, Private Eddie Hastings, who makes Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) promise to send his money home to his parents, should he die, which he did. The problem is that the man had almost $9,000, which is an incredible amount. After …

M*A*S*H: Nurse Doctor has an interesting plot which is intriguing for a couple of different reasons.
First, Alexandra Stoddart guest starred as Lt. Gail Harris, a nurse stationed at the 4077th for the last part of her Army duty. She’s headstrong and thinks just about everyone is against her …

Early on in M*A*S*H: Period of Adjustment from the eighth season of this masterful dramedy, B.J. Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) gets a letter from his wife, telling him about how they met Radar O’Reilly at the airport as planned. At first, B.J. is happy, until he reads the part …

In contrast to Part 1 where I had qualms and concerns about how the story progressed, M*A*S*H: Good-Bye Radar: Part 2 is stellar as can be. After learning that his Uncle Ed has died, Radar O’Reilly (Gary Burghoff) prepares to go home on a hardship leave. Only …

M*A*S*H: Good-Bye Radar: Part 1 is the beginning of a two-part swan song for Gary Burghoff as Radar O’Reilly. Burghoff was the only member of the television cast who had also been in the theatrical film, so this was a big deal when he decided to leave the …

M*A*S*H: The Price has a cute first few seconds with Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) riding back into camp on his horse, Sophie, and singing a cowboy song. As a lover of the western and cowboy world, I found the entire thing to be really adorable.
A big part …

M*A*S*H: Hot Lips Is Back in Town is another pivotal show for Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) who gets her final divorce decree in the latest mail call. It hits her hard at first, until she decides that her life is the Army. Then she throws herself into …

It’s lecture time in M*A*S*H: The Young and the Restless from season seven, and the lecturer is Captain Simmons (James Canning), a young soldier working out of Tokyo General. Simmons ends up staying over to help in the operating room when Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) has a …

M*A*S*H: C*A*V*E from season seven gives us new information about our chief surgeon. It seems Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) is claustrophobic. I’m not quite sure how we’ve missed this in all of these seasons, considering the various buildings and situations Hawkeye has been in, but apparently we …

Edward Winter returns as Colonel Flagg of the CIA in M*A*S*H: Rally ‘Round the Flagg, Boys. He shows up at the 4077th because an angry soldier complains that Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) operated on a North Korean before the U.S. soldiers. This leads Flagg to believe that Hawkeye …

After two days of non-stop surgery, Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) secedes from the war in M*A*S*H: A Night at Rosie’s. Rosie’s is the bar just outside the camp. While Hawkeye is whining about his fate and being stuck in the middle of the Korean War, a stranger …

The main focus of M*A*S*H: Preventative Medicine is Colonel Lacy, portrayed by James Wainwright. It’s probably easy to convey Lacy’s attitude by pointing out his answer to a question asked of him by Major Margaret Houlihan. Hearing about Lacy’s plan to try and take a hill in …

M*A*S*H: Guerilla My Dreams is a pretty intense episode which is also somewhat controversial in how it is played out. Alan Alda, who stars as Hawkeye Pierce, directed this intense episode. The show does include another cameo from Gary Burghoff as Radar O’Reilly. Burghoff has special …

McCarthy-ism strikes in M*A*S*H: Are You Now, Margaret? when Congressional Aide R. Theodore Williamson, played by Lawrence Pressman shows up at the 4077th and eventually confides that he and the congressman he works for believes that there is a communist working in the unit. Naturally, no one believes …

Season 8 begins with M*A*S*H: Too Many Cooks, guest starring a very young Ed Begley Jr. as Private Paul Conway. Conway is a bit of a klutz, but he’s also a terrific cook. This enthuses the camp tremendously. Unfortunately, the troops can’t convince Colonel Sherman Potter …

M*A*S*H: The Party is actually a very fun episode. It has a completely new plot that is exciting and touching. After a mail call where it’s suggested that B.J.’s wife write to Radar’s mom and Colonel Potter’s wife about jam and preserves, B.J. gets this idea to …

Actor Mike Farrell, who plays B.J. Hunnicutt, finally gets to direct an episode of this great comedy series. M*A*S*H: Ain’t Love Grand has a few different elements going on, including Major Charles Emerson Winchester III (David Ogden Stiers) getting involved with a lady of the evening over at …

Every day at one in the afternoon As the World Turns is on my television. It’s a habit of mine to watch this show, has been for years. It hasn’t had any of the dramatic story lines that border on Science fiction like some of the other shows on …

OK, the Ghost Hunters episode “The Red Room” turned out to be a big disappointment. I don’t mind watching the show and seeing them debunk various ghosts but it is pretty sad when they don’t even have anything they can debunk.
This one involved them making a trip to Louisiana …

Wow, who would have thought the Ghost Hunters Episode “Mordecai House” would turn out to be a big waste of time? After all, you have a house that is supposedly very haunted and a second investigation on a world war II battleship. But, that’s exactly what happened.
The first investigation …

I’m starting to wonder why I bothered renting the second season of the show Ghost Hunters. I say this because I’m two disks into the season now and have yet to see anything convincing. The sixth (or seventh) episode of the show “The Ledge Lighthouse” once again proves to …

Well, another Ghost Hunters episode and another feeling like I wasted an hour of my life.
The Playhouse and the Firehouse seemed to have potential. But, once again, we have two investigations that turn up absolutely nothing.
The only thing that came from the Playhouse investigation is everyone finally had enough …

I haven’t seen any episodes of the old television show Emergency in some time now. But, we had dinner at my parents’ last night and my dad was watching it so I ended up watching one with him; “Zero.”
This episode turned out to be halfway interesting. You have a …

I saw a Spongebob Squarepants episode yesterday I haven’t seen in a while “The Strangler” and found it to be as funny as I remembered it being.
If you haven’t seen this show and wonder why it is so popular, I suggest watching this episode. Spongebob turns in an infamous …

I like the television series Bones but have not been a fan of more recent episodes because the cases are a bit boring. The episode “The Man in the Bear” is one that should serve as an example of what this show used to give us for entertainment compared …

I was watching Bones yesterday afternoon and came across a good episode “A Boy in a Tree.”
The reason I liked this episode is you have a big mystery that needs to be solved. Was the son of a diplomat murdered, or did he simply kill himself by hanging himself …

In M*A*S*H: Post Op, the 4077th unit is deluged with casualties. It’s not unusual really, but it reaches a critical point when they run out of blood. This means that each of the personnel has to donate blood every 48 hours. It actually gets so bad …

M*A*S*H: Souvenirs focuses on the issue of wartime souvenirs. In this case, helicopter pilot Willie Stratton, played by Michael Bell, gets locals and kids to scavenger for him, collecting all kinds of trinkets and souvenirs which he then sells and makes a huge profit from. The problem …

From the fifth season, M*A*S*H: Movie Tonight is a really enjoyable outing for this comedy television series. It’s fun and lively, and I’ve always enjoyed it. Most of the episode centers around a long-awaited movie night. The picture is one that Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) …

In M*A*S*H: The General’s Practitioner, General Lowell Korshak (Edward Binns) wants to transfer Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) to his staff to be his personal physician. He learns about Hawkeye from his assistant, Colonel Bidwell, played by Leonard Stone. Both Binns and Stone are strong character actors and …

In M*A*S*H: Hepatitis, Father Mulcahy (William Christopher) comes down with a case of hepatitis, meaning that Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) has to test everyone at the 4077th to see if anyone else has the disease. The episode was written by Alan Alda, which usually means that there’s going …

B.J. Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) becomes one of the masses instead of a lone devoted soul when he cheats on his wife in M*A*S*H: Hanky Panky from season five. While the resolution is okay, I always thought it was a shame that they had this story. It’s just …

M*A*S*H: End Run from the fifth season of the successful Korean War comedy series is another one that I can pass on as an overall story.
Once again, the engaged Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) challenges her ex-amour Frank Burns (Larry Linville) about handling their break up. What I don’t …

M*A*S*H: Ping Pong quite honestly isn’t one of my favorite shows, though it does have a couple of interesting elements to it. Overall, though, it was a little slow for me, even with the dramatic bits that were included in this half-hour episode.
There’s a beautiful Korean wedding that …

Mariette Hartley portrays the title role in M*A*S*H: Inga. Dr. Inga Halvorsen is a Swedish doctor visiting the 4077th, and Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) is immediately fascinated by her. I really love this because it’s not the usual love affair for the chief surgeon. In fact, …

In M*A*S*H: B. J. Papa San, B.J. Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) latches on to a nearby Korean family whose father has taken ill. He ends up doing all kinds of things for them, including giving them supplies and fishing up their home, while cutting himself too thin, time wise. …

Father Mulcahy (William Christopher) writes a letter to his sister, the sister, in M*A*S*H: Dear Sis. This is actually the third straight episode to give a huge focus on Mulcahy. This character began as a minor presence in season one and has slowly built up to being …

I have to admit I really get a kick out of M*A*S*H: An Eye for a Tooth from season seven. It’s a show that focuses on humor via some practical jokes. Unlike some other episodes which have had prankster storylines that were over-the-job and almost boring, this …

This is actually the first of three episodes from December 1978 that gave a strong role to William Christopher as Father Mulcahy. This initial outing is M*A*S*H: Out of Gas, and it comes about because the 4077th has run out of sodium pentathol, meaning they have to use …

I’ve often written that the letter home stories are among the best episodes of this TV series. As the series progressed, the letter home concept branched out. This one, M*A*S*H: Dear Comrade, was the latest way of doing a letter that communicates action and reports on various …

M*A*S*H: Point of View is a really unique and interesting episode of this series. The entire story, from fade in to fade out, is told from the eyes of Private Rich. Every angle and every view is from his perspective. What an ingenious idea someone came …

It’s really cold in Korea during M*A*S*H: Baby, It’s Cold Outside. While the doctors try to save some hypothermic patients, they also try to stay warm. This particular story element is another example of decent comedy mingling with decent drama and making for a decent half-hour of …

David Ogden Stiers gets the lead in M*A*S*H: Major Ego from season seven. His Major Charles Emerson Winchester III, a somewhat snobbish and arrogant physician, lets his ego get even more out of control than ever when a reporter for the Stars and Stripes comes to interview him. …

Though Major Charles Emerson Winchester III (David Ogden Stiers) is eager to get away for his leave, he has to endure some interference from Mother Nature in M*A*S*H: They Call the Wind Korea. With a wind storm on the horizon, flights are being canceled and the 4077th is …