Back in the 1960’s, Patrick McGoohan masterminded a very strange and peculiar show for British television that aired for one crazy season. It was an intellectual show that could easily stagger and boggle the mind of the average person. In 2009, AMC aired an updated version of …

When The Beast aired originally, I reviewed most of the shows right away, but I missed a couple for one reason or another. Going back, this is now the last show to be aired. Mercy was show number 8 of this crime drama that starred Patrick Swayze …

The Virginian: A Bride for Lars had a lot of good things going for this western outing, but it as fun as some moments were, there was a lot of just plain stupid, mainly in how the character of Trampas (Doug McClure) acted.
The basic setup for the 90 minutes …

Season two was winding down for The Virginian when the episode Dark Destiny aired. One interesting thing that I’ve noticed about these second season episodes. Once Randy Boone joined the cast, I like them better. I noted in many of my first season reviews that I …

Season three of The Virginian began with a brand new opening theme, which was overdue. While still making use of parts of the original, all of the stars had two shots in the opening, a first and then one with their name attached. At long last, Roberta …

A Man Called Kane is the last episode of the second season of the 90-minute western, The Virginian. I wasn’t really crazy about, which surprised me a little. I’ve said before that growing up I didn’t like this show at all. I found The Virginian to …

The Equalizer: The Day of the Covenant was a fourth season episode. In fact, it was the fifth show to air that year. Edward Woodward starred as Robert McCall, a New York city detective who always looked so refined in his suit. I’m not a fan, …

Fred Dryer starred in Hunter, a show I watched occasionally when it was first run on television. This episode, No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished, was from season 5 and guest starred Louise Latham and John Anderson.
It begins with Dee Dee McCall (Stephanie Kramer) showing up late for …

China Beach: Lost & Found Part 2 was the tail end of the first outing for this dramatic series as it entered its second season. As was always the case for this groundbreaking series, there was a lot going on throughout the hour.
The show revolves around the nurses …

Having been the Man of the Hour back in the mid-seventies, Michael Landon became the Man of the Year in this edition of The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. This was the final season of roasts, and only a few celebrities received the ‘of the Year’ honor. In …

Michael Landon had the honor of being roasted as the Man of the Hour in this mid-seventie edition of The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. He also was honored again during the last season of roasts, making him one of only four performers to receive tribute twice with the …

From Las Vegas, it was Suzanne Somers being honored as the Woman of the Hour on this edition of The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. On the dais from Three’s Company were Norman Fell, who was moderately funny in his presentation, and Audra Lindley.
Lorne Greene, Lee Meriwether, Norm Crosby, …

The robust man who starred as private eye Cannon and who had the wonderful voice, William Conrad, was the honoree for this issue of The Dean Martin Comedy Hour. He was the Man of the Week, the one who took the heat delivered by the various roasters of …

Kojak himself, Telly Savalas, was roasted by a dais of entertainers on this outing of The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, which was filmed in Las Vegas. The Man of the Hour took his seat while being honored, zinger style, by those on the dais. Now those on …

From April 2004, Scott Bryce returns as Stan the Republican in Whoopi: Strange Bedfellows. This is Bryce’s second appearance on the half hour, NBC comedy that stars Whoopi Goldberg as Mavis Rae, the owner of Hotel Lamont. The half-hour show centers around two different plots.
First, there is …

Whoopi: Identity Crisis is pretty much about what the title says, an identity crisis, but not of the emotional kind. It’s the identity theft type of crisis that Mavis Rae (Whoopi Goldberg) has to deal with. When she goes to pay for lunch for her family and …

From March 2004, NBC aired Whoopi: The Squatters. Whoopi stars comedian Whoopi Goldberg as Mavis Rae, owner of the Hotel Lamont. Guest starring in this episode is the wonderful Celeste Holm. She’s a resident at the Hotel Lamont who is suffering a bit of senility. …

In the course of her 2003-2004 situation comedy TV series, Whoopi Goldberg tackled so many topics of the day. It’s amazing what she managed to work into the humorous plot of the week. What I’ve noticed is that the political shows actually have the most laughing out …

Whoopi: What Child Is This? is a combination of political and family humor. It’s better than some other recent shows and part of that might be that it is a political show and that actor Scott Bryce guest stars as a Republican hot shot who works with the …

Whoopi Goldberg developed and starred in the NBC situation comedy series, Whoopi, that aired during the 2003-2004 season. She plays a former singer named Mavis Rae who now runs a boutique hotel and is the setting for the series. Probably 80 percent of the scenes in the …

In Whoopi: The Last Dance, Whoopi Goldberg’s Mavis Rae character acts super nice and sweet all of a sudden and that alarms her brother and hired help. She reveals her attitude is because her friend, Tony, is in town. She’s getting all gussied up as a result.
Tony, …

The focus of Whoopi: Is Rita Pregnant? from February 2004 was on Courtney’s girlfriend, Rita (Elizabeth Regen), and the possibility that she might be pregnant, something that makes Courtney’s sister cringe. She’s not really fond of Rita, at least not while her brother is unemployed and living with …

It’s the fear of flying, and yes, actual flying, that is at the core of Whoopi: Airplane! from 2004. The ladies are playing their usual weekly poker game and the topic of their yearly getaway game came up. It had already been decided that they’d go to …

Airing originally in January 2004, Whoopi: American Woman features the usually very funny Rue McClanahan as a guest of the Hotel Lamont, the place owned by Mavis Rae (Whoopi Goldberg). The big surprise for me about this show is that there really weren’t any laughing out loud moments. …

Whoopi: The Fat and the Frivolous is not a favorite outing of this series which stars the very colorful Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi also developed this NBC series which aired during the 2003-2004 TV season. In the show, her character of Mavis Rae is a one time singer …

Whoopi: Mother’s Little Helper was an interesting show because it dealt with the pills taken by people that alter their personalities. The setup was that Mavis’ parents arrive for a visit. Mom Viveca is as happy as a lamb. However, after her bag of pills …

Whoopi: Sticky Fingers, from November 2003, features Whoopi Goldberg’s character of Mavis Rae being arrested for shoplifting. What led into the tale was Mavis shopping with Nasim (Omid Djalili) and talking about how she was being watched for shoplifting because of her race and that it superceded Nasim’s …

It’s women’s poker night on Whoopi: Rita Plays Poker, starring Whoopi Goldberg as singer turned hotel owner, Mavis Rae. It’s a little different in having the ladies playing poker. In the beginning, though, one of the women, Diane (Leah Hocking), has to leave because she’s having contractions. …

Sheryl Lee Ralph guest stars as Mavis Rae’s former singing partner, Florence, in Whoopi: She Ain’t Heavy, She’s My Partner. Whoopi Goldberg developed this show for airing on NBC in 2003 and plays Mavis, the one time singer who now owns a hotel. The two are reunited …

Whoopi: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy is a politically rich half hour dealing with black Democrat Mavis Rae (Whoopi Goldberg) claiming to speak her mind no matter what and then finding herself in the midst of a situation with the President of the United States.
What happens is that President …

Whoopi: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes has Mavis Rae (Whoopi Goldberg) eager to get some hockey tickets for a couple of New York Rangers games. One of the early funny bits that I had to laugh at was how her handyman, Nasim (Omid Djalili), tried to get her …

In the Shout episode of the 2003 comedy series, Whoopi, Courtney Rae (Wren T. Brown) is upset because an ATM ‘ate’ some of his money. He spends much of the show dealing with something many of us can truly understand — computerized answering systems. It’s a comical …

Jack Benny did a couple of appearances on The Danny Thomas Show (later known as Make Room for Daddy). This one, Jack Benny Takes Danny’s Job, was from the sixth season in 1958.
I adore the opening segment, which is an adorable scene of father and daughter playing. …

I am not a fan of Seinfeld. To me, it’s one of the most boring comedies ever on TV. The only reason I watched The Comeback is because the IMDB lists one of my favorite actors as being on the show. He is on it, or …

I loved the Mission: Impossible series when it first aired, though I admit that when some of the originals left the show, I stopped watching with regularity. The episode, My Friend, My Enemy, is from the fifth season when Leonard Nimoy was a regular, playing the role of …

At the beginning of the show, host Tom Bergeron mentioned that had their been an elimination last week, it would have been an upset, which means that Buzz Aldrin would have been saved. He was the lowest last week, and he is this week, too. He’s 80: …

The Dean Martin Show Classics: Volume 4 has more fun from the classic The Dean Martin Show. I love going back in time to enjoy this musical variety show. One of my favorite moments is a singing segment with Dean and Petula Clark. They start out …

The Dean Martin Show Classics: Volume 3 went right into a show without any commentary, which I liked. This was the first show from the 1967 seasons and included appearances by Orson Welles and Juliet Prowse, with whom Dean sings.
Dean began with jokes about his wife, Jeanne. …

The Dean Martin Show Classics: Volume 2 continues showing excerpts from various episodes of The Dean Martin Show. I love the same thing about this volume that I do the first one, and that is that it shows whole segments and portions of the show without talking over …

The Dean Martin Show Classics: Volume 1 is a look back at the wonderful musical variety hour that was The Dean Martin Show. It’s produced by Greg Garrison, who was the producer of the show. After a brief introduction by Orson Welles, we get an entrance from …

This episode of Undercover Boss featured the CEO of Herschend Family Entertainnment, a Christian operation that runs theme parks around the country. This whole hour was a feel good hour. It focused on people with amazing stories, and not a bad apple in the bunch.
CEO Joel Manby …

The Whoopi show’s last episode was Sins of the Sister, which aired on April 20, 2004. The show started out strong, but it had some mistakes in its makeup that made it more of an average comedy, and it just didn’t work in the long run. I …

I admit that I am not a big fan of any reality show, and I rarely watch any of the shows on the Women’s Network or Slice in my area, which includes programs such as wedding, weight loss, parenting and fashion reality shows. I am not ashamed to admit, …

Castle is one of those shows where the main characters always have a witty or pithy statement as the last word. The conversations between the characters are quick and engaging; the actors do have good chemistry together. The great thing is that while the show is very focused on …

I think this show is pretty funny, because in the beginning of the episode Phoebe finds a thumb that is floating in her soda, and to show their sorrow about what she found, she is given a lot of money in return so that she doesn’t sue. This is …

This episode really shows off the characters and the different personalities of all of the Friends characters. It features Ross, who recently broke up with his wife, found out that his wife is pregnant with his child. He is frustrated on how the situation was going because he just …

I had intended on being in bed last night by 9. But, I ended up watching a re-run of Law & Order SVU; Raw. I have to tell you, it was one of the most intense episodes I’ve seen.
I missed the first few minutes of it but apparently they …

Stargate SG1 is checking out a dome on a planet when they find a lot of people trapped inside of what appears to be chairs with arms holding them in place and things attached to their heads. Curious, they wander through the dome, noticing that the people are …

While this episode is Daniel-centric, I cannot make up my mind whether I really love it, hate it or am stuck in between. I think it’s the latter. Even though I am a huge fan of the character Daniel Jackson and his portrayer, Michael Shanks, there are …

This episode starts with SG1 and Hammond discussing the next planet to visit. While talking, the Stargate activates while no teams are off planet. They hear something hit the iris and when they investigate, Sam finds that there is a signature mark of iridium.
Daniel remembers leaving a …