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Martin Milner (Tod Stiles) and George Maharis (Buz Murdock) star in this classic television drama about a couple of young guys who set out to see America in a brand new 1961 Corvette drop top. What makes this show truly unique is that it was filmed in a different U.S. city each week, giving us a stark glance at what living in America looked like in 1960. It was a vastly different landscape, people lived a lot closer to the dirt back then. (I'll bet that decrepit New Orleans dock in episode three is a multi-million dollar condo development if it wasn't washed away by the levy failure.) No television show had ever attempted anything on this grand a scale before, the technology necessary to make mobile TV production a practical enterprise had just been made available. Read the
entire review of Route 66 on DVD
The last of the classic variety shows and one of the finest TV programs of all time, The Muppet Show Season 2 is an unrestrained delight from start to finish. This amazing production lit up the screens when it debuted in 1976 and the second season may be the best of the series' run. The sing-alongable theme song. The incredible guest stars. The crazy costumes. Pigs in space. The crabby guys in the balcony. The love / hate relationship between Piggy and Kermit. All here to relive or experience for the first time. If you are encountering The Muppet Show for the first time, what a treat you're in for; if you watched the show as a youngster you may find yourself uncontrollably singing along with the bizarrely choreographed Tin Pan Alley tunes. No question, this is Muppet-mania at its peak, before the many hit movies and Muppets on Ice diluted the product. How wonderful to see the delightful Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy and Miss Piggy trading barbs that could have come right out of radio. (In fact, some of the jokes do harken from Bergen's radio days.) |
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TOP TEN TV SHOWS ON DVD FOR 2007 I selected these sets not so much for the extras or bonus features but based solely on the content of the programs - after all, that's the main reason you buy TV shows on DVD.
This devastating spectacle never fails to send my blood pressure soaring; there are so many moments when you won't believe what you've seen or heard because it feels so real. Wonder if you'll like The Wire? Just watch the first scene of the first episode of season 4 and you'll be along for the ride - but I suggest you start with season 1.
Haven't seen it yet but sure to be a winner: Big Love - The Complete Second Season. Not television but not to be missed: Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 4 (Act of Violence / Mystery Street / Crime Wave / Decoy / Illegal / The Big Steal / They Live By Night / Side Street / Where Danger Lives / Tension).  The
Untouchables Season 1 Volume 2
The Untouchables was and is the quintessential film noir TV series. The blood flows freely, beatings are commonplace, women are tommy-gunned down in dark alleys, the rivers are littered with weighted bodies, gun fights in the streets are frequent as are drive by shootings. All par for the course in prohibition era Chicago ruled by vengeful tough guys, violent hoodlums and crooked officials. Despite this, crusading G-man Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) never loses his cool when confronted with hard-boiled mobsters and smack-talking punks. Ghost Whisperer was a surprise hit of the 2005 season. At times cute as hell, sometimes too conveniently far out, Ghost Whisperer season 2 doesn't quite come up to the creepiness found in Carnivale or the first year of Lost but there is suspense and eerieness galore, a show that wins you over by keeping you guessing at every turn and not cheating you out of a chilling payoff. Happily, not seeing season one didn't lessen my enjoyment of year two at all; funny thing about this show, the more I watched the more I enjoyed it. Hewett is a winning actress, a jewel of an empath for viewers to latch on to. She's clean cut sexy and always in the moment - but with spirits showing up at all hours of the day and night when does her character ever get any sleep?!?
I didn't just watch this thrilling series, I devoured it, watching all 6 episodes at a sitting. It's that good. These compelling documentaries (contained on two discs) are powerfully riveting, a fascinating glimpse into the underworld of gangs and drug thugs that will have you bug eyed and thanking the gods that you didn't live in the vicinity of these modern day street warriors. You'll find the sweeping stories of legendary African-American gangstas, thieves and drug slingers like Stanley "Tookie" Williams, the Chamber Brothers, Lorenzo "Fat Cat" Nichols, Dino & Troy Smith and Leroy "Nicky" Barnes among others, told through interviews with the surviving perps, family members and associates. Many of these interviews take place in prison - for obvious reasons. When I lived in LA I had friends who were in the gangs and they were great guys with loads of heart. They weren't drug dealers or involved in some of the worst activity, at least I suspect they weren't, they didn't talk much about the details, obviously. That's what this show does so well - it doesn't lionize these guys but reveals in rich detail the complexity behind these real people that got caught up in events (largely of their own making) that spiraled out of control. Don't see what you're looking for? Search for it! |
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