Highway Patrol: Nitro is in my mind one of the worst outings for this series, but let me start with a humorous part of it.
The funniest thing about this show was a couple of lines between two men who are transporting nitroglycerin. The one man tells the other …

Sea Hunt: The Sponge Divers was an episode from May 1958 that had some decent moments in its half hour of adventure drama. The story took place in the Gulf of Mexico, near Florida. As always, the show stars Lloyd Bridges as skin diver Mike Nelson. …

From 1958, Sea Hunt: Girl in the Trunk is a bit of a different story, and that’s partly what makes it interesting; that is, interesting to a point. What was a potentially good and different show turned into a murderous soap opera, and that was sad and disappointing.
The …

Sea Hunt: The Poacher takes place in Silver Springs, Florida. This is actually the sight where a lot of the underwater shots for the Sea Hunt series are taken. In the show, Mike Nelson (Lloyd Bridges) is doing a scientific survey about whether or not salt water …

The Marvelous Treasure Machine is an episode of Sea Hunt that has also been referred to as Continental Rift. Unfortunately, shows don’t always show their name titles when they air, and Sea Hunt is one of those. Therefore, I can’t say for sure which episode title is …

Sea Hunt: Hard Hat is an episode I liked overall. In the episode, Gene Roth portrays Prof. Roland Cathcart, an archaeologist. He hires Nelson to retrieve secret documents aboard a submarine. The sub is German and was used in World War II. The curiosity was what …

As respects Sea Hunt: The Shark Cage, I’ve seen this episode referred to as Underwater Prison as well. Since the names of shows aren’t included in the credits anywhere, I can’t say for sure which title is accurate. Regardless, the episode is a little disturbing in a …

Sea Hunt: Midget Submarine brought to mind memories of watching an old favorite show of mine, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Now potentially the idea for the flying submarine could have come from Sea Hunt’s use of this midget submarine since this show predates Voyage. …

Sea Hunt: Killer Whale is not a favorite of mine in that I just don’t like the subject matter. You know going in that what is going to be shown will be disheartening, and there’s bound to be a sorry ending for the whale. It’s the kind …

Sea Hunt: Recovery is one of my favorite episodes for this adventure series that deals with diving expert Mike Nelson, as played by Lloyd Bridges. At the beginning of the show, we get the usual Nelson narration to let us know what’s happening. In this segment, he …

Sea Hunt: Gold Below begins with some underwater shots of Mike Nelson (Lloyd Bridges) working with his new assistant, Billy Riker. The reason why Billy is so fun to watch is that he’s played by Jack Hogan. Hogan has a long history of excellent portrayals, including a …

From 1958, Sea Hunt: Sonar Queen is a neat little episode that I enjoyed. It showed the audience something new for its day, and I tend to like information shows. Essentially, Mike Nelson the well known skin diver is hired to test what is actually a type …

In Sea Hunt: Mr. Guinea Pig, Mike Nelson (Lloyd Bridges), one of the best deep sea divers in the business, is helping with some research. He’s essentially the guinea pig for the project in which he’s experimenting with lung capacity being increased by working out. It was …

Sea Hunt: The Sea Sled is fairly interesting to watch. The tale revolves around our resident deep sea diving expert Mike Nelson (Lloyd Bridges) rescuing a young woman from drowning. It becomes clear that she’s an illegal alien and soon enough the Immigration Department is on the …

Sea Hunt: Mark of the Octopus is told in part as a flashback to 4 years earlier just after Nelson had left the Navy. He was doing underwater resource. I just loved the big sea turtle they showed during this sequence. For me, it’s the views …

Sea Hunt: Rapture of the Deep is a little different than some other shows. Skin diving expert Mike Nelson, played well by Lloyd Bridges, begins his usual opening narration by saying that the job he was about to take was his most dangerous assignment yet. What I …

I love the beginning of Sea Hunt: Flooded Mine because it starts out lightheartedly with diving expert Mike Nelson playing with a sea lion. We see the creature doing somersaults and just being a load of fun. That’s the reason for watching this series in my opinion, …

Sea Hunt: Sixty Feet Below debuted on January 4, 1958, and it was a good outing to start off with for this adventure series. I wasn’t even born when this show took to the air, so this is the first time I’m seeing the underwater themed program which …

From December 1955, Highway Patrol: Phony Insurance is as relevant today as it was back then because it’s all about fraud, specifically insurance fraud, and that is still running rampant. In this case, a man named Masterson (Roy Engel) is trying to sell what he calls a “transportation …

This is the second week of Days of our Lives dealing with the death of long time cast member Frances Reid. The soap opera has taken the unusual and wonderful stance of giving Reid and her much beloved family matriarch Alice Horton a wonderful send off. They …

The Horton family has been the core of the Days of our Lives soap opera for decades. At the heart of the family are Tom and Alice Horton. Tom was played by MacDonald Carey , who passed away in 1994. His pictures and character name have …

I’m not sure what to think about Have Gun - Will Travel: The Campaign of Billy Banjo which just never really captured my attention. It sounded like it should be entertaining, but I wasn’t. I found myself losing interest and drifting and then having to re-watch scenes. …

Popular singer Josh Groban was the featured performer on this rendition of the PBS series Soundstage. It’s a great showcasing of talent in a much more intimate setting than we often get to see. Actually, this is something Groban addresses after his opening song. It’s a …

The reason that Highway Patrol: Girl Bandit is such a success is its primary guest star, Jeanne Cooper. Cooper has a commanding presence, something that is still evident today as she continues to be a major force on the daytime drama, The Young and the Restless. In …

From November 1961, Have Gun - Will Travel: Ben Jalisco features Charles Bronson as the title character of Ben Jalisco, a convicted murderer who escapes from prison. Paladin (Richard Boone) was responsible for bringing Jalisco in, based on information given to him by his wife, Lucy (Coleen Gray).
Before …

Retired Gangster, the eleventh episode of Highway Patrol’s premier season, has an interesting plot revolving around a one-time syndicate boss who is supposed to testify before the grand jury. He tells California Highway Patrol Chief Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford) that he won’t testify, no matter what.
Gordon Wynn portrays …

For some odd reason, it’s really intriguing to watch truckers risking their lives as they haul gear over an ice road. That’s what we’ve seen for three plus seasons now on Ice Road Truckers.
This second episode of the fourth year of Ice Road Truckers had some sections that …

From January 1961, Have Gun - Will Travel presented a show called Shadow of a Man which opens by Hey Girl (Lisa Lu) interrupting Paladin’s latest date by giving him a package which contained fake diamonds and the request for him to go to a place called Patchwork Junction. …

Have Gun - Will Travel: Brother’s Keeper, the 33rd show from season 4 of this western program, was written by Jay Simms. I don’t often mention the writers, but I liked the way he constructed this episode. It was dramatic and somewhat whimsical at the same time. …

The 34th episode from the fourth season of Have Gun - Will Travel was called Bearbait. This was an odd entry in some respects as it’s the story of a bunch of young men who haven’t grown up yet but who pretty much get their way in the …

From season 1 of Have Gun - Will Travel, The Hanging Cross was a magnificent holiday show. Written by Gene Roddenberry, this was a very different Christmas experience. In fact, the entire structure of the show was innovative in that it deviated from the standard opening.
The …

Have Gun - Will Travel’s fifth season brought forth an entertaining outing that was called simply, The Kid. The setup is also simple enough. Paladin (Richard Boone) travels 1100 miles to meet with a man who wants to hire him for protection. The problem is that …

After the auditions for the seventh season of So You Think You Can Dance were concluded, this first performance show for the top eleven dancers was held. A few of my impressions follow. Keep in mind that I am not a dance critic. I react totally …

From 1960, Have Gun - Will Travel: Out at the Old Ball Park was an oddly entertaining version of this western series which starred Richard Boone as gunfighter for hire, Paladin. I really liked the opening bit because it caught me off guard. We’re again at the …

Have Gun - Will Travel: Blind Circle is a bit different in ways. The story revolves around a man named Hughes, played by Gerald Gordon who I remember mostly from a stint on General Hospital, hiring Paladin (Richard Boone) to stop a man from killing someone. Gordon …

The Best of the Danny Kaye Show DVD is a really great opportunity to see just a hint of how wonderful Danny Kaye was as a performer. Kaye had a series that lasted for a few seasons in the mid 1960’s. I remember reading some years ago …

Broadway’s Lost Treasures - The Musicals was compiled in 2003 and offered on VHS and DVD 17 wonderful performances that had been included on the Tony Awards over the years. Angela Lansbury does an introduction and then Jerry Orbach does the intros to the first few specific segments. …

The first episode of Top Shot fascinated me enough that I tuned in for this second episode. I love the host, Colby Donaldson of Survivor the Australian Outback fame, who is well suited to this outdoorsy show which strives to find the best shooter of the bunch. …

Invasion was the April 28, 1962 of Have Gun - Will Travel. It is not a favorite episode as it was all about some military fight. Basically, it’s part of the Irish revolution and revolves around the character played by Robert Gist, Gavin O’Shea.
O’Shea wants financial backing …

Marshal of Sweetwater is a sixth season episode of Have Gun - Will Travel, the successful western that starred Richard Boone as the poetic gunfighter, Paladin. Below are a few thoughts on this half hour show.
–I don’t think I’ve ever seen a scene on TV or movies where …

Hobson’s Choice was an episode of Have Gun - Will Travel that aired towards the end of the fifth season, in April 1962. It was oddly entertaining, and I say that it was odd because it uses a very well known real life person and then proceeds to …

On September 14, 1962, the sixth season of a very successful TV western began. Have Gun - Will Travel: Genesis gave fans a real treat. For the first time, viewers learned how Richard Boone’s Paladin become the man he is. It was a fascinating concept for …

Have Gun - Will Travel continued its 1962 efforts with a fifth season outing called One, Two, Three. This show is just full of violence, though we don’t really see that much of it. The catalyst of the murders are more heard than seen as they are …

Coming of the Tiger was from the fifth year of Have Gun - Will Travel, a western series starring Richard Boone as gunfighter for hire, Paladin. Essentially, this is a story of immigration and equality. There’s a new regime in Japan and two people are being taken …

The Black Bull is a name that tells me that I’m probably not going to like this episode; that is, if there’s a bull in it and some bullfighting story. As I began to watch, I just hoped it was metaphorical. The western show stars Richard Boone …

I remember actually watching the premier episode of One Life to Live. It became my favorite soap opera and remained that way for many years. Then the show turned its back on its history, and now I may watch five shows a year, if that. One …

For its 29th episode of season 6, Have Gun - Will Travel presents a very poetic show called The Lady of the Fifth Moon. I have a few thoughts about this episode, and they follow.
–This episode is just strewn with words of whimsy and love’s poems. It …

Over the years, I’ve watched just a few episodes of The Young and the Restless. I tuned in quite a bit when it began, but it failed to ignite my interest. As a result, I’ve only watched a limited number of shows, either when it was the …

From season two of Thriller, viewers were presented an episode entitled, God Grante That She Lye Stille. It doesn’t come as any surprise that this black and white anthology series tale takes place back during the witch hunts of the late 1600’s. In fact, it opens with …

This 1957 episode of Highway Patrol may be called Motorcycle B. That’s how it’s listed on the IMDB. However, the problem with a lot of shows is that they don’t include the episode title in the credits. That’s the case with Highway Patrol. There’s probably …