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Land of the Lost - TV Shows
This one's easy. It boned when Dad fell into the Pylon going no one knows where- and the kids reacted to the loss of their sole surviving parent (with them still stuck in this weird dimension) as though they'd dropped their fries in the lunch line. Yeah, Uncle Jack came along right afterwards and they all acted as though Dad was totally expendable as long they had Uncle Jack to beat back Scarface. About the only episode after that that was any good was when they met Medusa who turned an entire dino into stone before they did her in (guess how). -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 28, 2010, 5:41 pm

Hard Time on Planet Earth - TV Shows
MCS, As a public service, I'm about to do for you(as well as the other Regulars+ all the 'Net trolls) what I've done for very few folks in my offline life- admit I actually watched this show. Yeah, I'm enough to remember it and was even legal age so I can't use the folly of youth as an excuse for having seen it! Back then, I was somewhat into sci-fi stuff and thought the idea of an alien trying to find out the customs of our planet intriguing enough to watch this. Not a bad premise in itself, right? Well,here goes what this was about, this alien warrior who rebelled against authority gets 'imprisoned' on Earth in a human body. Well, because he happened to steal some mechanic's coveralls for his first clothing and the coveralls were tagged with the name of 'Jesse', this would be the only name he'd be known as. With only the advantage of superhuman strength to help him survive, he was supposed to infiltrate our world observing customs as quietly and inobtrusively as possible. Of course, Jesse being somewhat of a warrior hothead couldn't do anything quietly and often would get into trouble by taking everything quite literally the humans would say to him. Oh, he had a combination nag/companion in the person. .er machine. .thing of this big, talking floating eyeball known as Control who at first was his marked advesary but once Jesse threatened to inform the alien bigwigs of Control's incompetence and offtask behavior, they truced it over to become kinda friends. Of course, this meant that Jesse had to constantly disguise, hide this eyeball to keep his cover from being an alien blown. After a few episodes, Jesse actually seemed to prefer staying here instead of going back where he came from and a great deal of his warrior angst got defused. Okay, if you've read this far, you get the idea that this seemed somewhat a lame show that didn't last long for good reason but I stuck it out as long as I could (what else was there to watch in 1989?). However; the show boned entirely when they had an episode in which Jesse became a Disney theme park employee but of course got into all kind of Disney scrapes. The floating eyeball somehow got drunk and wound up singing 'It's a Small World After All'. That was IT for me. I hope this helps. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 28, 2010, 5:30 pm

All Creatures Great and Small - TV Shows
Thanks for commenting on this one,Nyssa and Mythigator. It's one of my fave Brit shows of all time!I used to look forward to watching this every Sunday morning when it came on my local PBS station with its great mixture of drama, humor and just the dynamics between the leads themselves, the patient animals they treated (and the patients' owners they had to deal with re paying the bills,etc.) There's so much to like and be intrigued with this, it's hard to know where to start. I liked how they did a great deal of location filming all over the Dales including in REAL stone barns in miserable, rainy days where foggy breath was the norm- just as many vets have had to put up with . James was a good nebbishy straight man here who could be easily intimidated by animal's owners, his fiancee/wife Helen and his co-workers when they'd try to put stuff over on him. However; he'd become a virtual unstoppable superhero if there was a possibility of one of his animal patients' needlessly suffering with no one and nothing would get him to back down! It's a good thing he cared for and liked animals so much because he had no escape from them- even when he lived in Skeldale House with his vet partners the Farnon Brothers(the sons of an unseen mother who was a Wagner fan), the bombastic elder brother Siegfried always had large numbers of big dogs following him. Tristan was more of a laidback goof who was often trying to scam James to do more of his work but he often provided the necessary comic relief when the drama got too serious. Totally devoted to the group and not the least bit daunted by all these men and dogs was their sturdy housekeeper Mrs. Hall whom even Siegfried deferred to. Of course, James had more in his life than dogs and Farnons when, to his unexpected delight, this gorgeous, sweet local girl named Helen actually took an interest in him and was even willing to marry him despite their having to live in a house with all these other men and dogs! Helen, it turned out also had his passion for making things right with the animals in their corner of the world. James and the Farnon Brothers treated a wide range of animals everything from plowhorses,calving cows to pampered pooches and cats. Of course, while the world may have seemed timeless to their patients, it wasn't for the humans who were struggling with the Great Depression and then the start of World War II and soon the War would scatter the Herriots and Farnons to the wind and the show would end for the time being. Three years later, they revived the show in a postwar setting back in the Dales but it wasn't nearly as fun or interesting (Callum did his best but he was no Tristan). What seemed to be the most abrupt substitution was the replacement of the stunning and kindly Carol Drinkwater who'd played Helen with the decidedly more matronly and less sympathetic Lynda Bellingham. Think of it had Suzanne Pleshette left "Bob Newhart" and they brought in Rose Marie to play Emily Hartley! James just didn't seem to think of himself as lucky-he-got-her with Lynda as he did with Carol. Also, their kids seemed a bit cardboard. Still, even the latter years are worth watching if one has the chance! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 22, 2010, 10:10 am

Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - TV Shows
Anyone else remember (or have seen replayed) the famous Tomahawk Incident? Johnny threw a tomahawk at the painted outline of an opponent- and it landed at a VERY vulnerable spot! What was REALLY hilarious about this is that the audience could see that there were a zillion wisecracks going through Johnny's head at that moment but he could say NONE of them on the air [back then] and they were struggling to try to keep this clever but tasteful as possible. Ah, can anyone imagine TV going to that kind of effort nowadays? -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 20, 2010, 9:50 am

Obesity - Random Topics
Yeah, it's quite a connumdrum, Exploding Console, re how one should react to the morbidly obese. One the one hand taunting and dissing them for something they are [often painfully] aware of every moment of the day doesn't help matters but saying and doing nothing isn't effective either. Good point about how extreme overeating is often like alcohol or drugs to the morbidly obese. Unfortunately, unlike alcohol or drugs, everyone MUST keep consuming nourishment to survive so it's not as though one can ask someone to stop eating altogether . Then, too, as one gastric bypass operation survivor who then became addicted to illegal drugs put it, the surgery takes off the weight but it doesn't take away the underlying demons for the obesity. There are friends and family in my life who are slowly killing themselves this way and I wish I could think of a definitive answer as to how to help. I guess the best way is to show encouraging examples and to seek out less destructive means to deal with the underlying demons. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 20, 2010, 9:44 am

Obesity - Random Topics
Yeah, I agree that unhealthy eating's a bad thing but, put it this way, anyone who's morbidly obese with more than 50 extra pounds has far more serious issues than a love of cheeseburgers and fries! No one gets to be 400 pounds overnight and no stable person would choose to barricade themselves in a [barely] portable prison with seemingly the entire world gawking and dissing them. Considering the many debilitatingly serious health problems (e.g. diabetes, early onset arthritis, heart disease,etc.)that often result from it, this is rather serious for the morbidly obese themselves as well as all their friends, families and co-workers. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 16, 2010, 12:05 pm

Grace Jones - Music Groups
DolFan, If memory serves me correctly, I believe she recorded them sometime in the 1980's but don't ask me to name any of them. Sorry, no can do even with half a Wikipedia tied behind my back! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 16, 2010, 11:52 am

Frank's Place - TV Shows
I seemed to be one of the few folks who found this show about a group of quirky restaraunteurs and their customers in pre-Katrina New Orleans. I think it captured many of the charming nuances of the city well (without dwelling on the serious issues)- and I liked the idea of there being a 'Waitress Emeritus' an elderly semi-retired server who was would hang out at the restaurant ready to serve her favorite longtime customers. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 15, 2010, 12:11 pm

Baywatch - TV Shows
I thought it was hilarious how David Hasselhoff would get offended if anyone thought the show was about 'T and A'- as if this was watched due to family values and there were NO slow-mo shots of lifeguards running and bouncing! LOL -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 15, 2010, 12:06 pm

Grace Jones - Music Groups
Everyone knows what she looks like and who she is but how many folks can remember the title or even the melody any song she performed? That's what I thought. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 15, 2010, 12:01 pm

According to Jim - TV Shows
Yeah, DolFan, it did. Jim choked on some snack and died and then went to Purgatory where they had Kimberly Williams-Paisley come back (after having left the show for a year or so to bear her and Brad Paisley's firstborn son) to play Dana. ..as the Devil who battled over Jim's soul with Andy as Jim's Advocate (never mind that both these sibs-in-law were supposed to be alive)- and then Jim woke up and the last thing seen was a shot of a snack getting caught in his windpipe. The end. As you say, it seems like it's been on for 20 years so why bother with something so stupid as that finale. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 15, 2010, 11:57 am

Chevy Chase - Celebrities
I've seen recently seen him reprise his Clark Griswold role on commercials for an alternative to hotels. One may think he's getting desperate to have agreed to do that but consider that at least he gets to SPEAK while Beverly D'Angelo reprising her role as his wife spends the whole time silently cringing. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 15, 2010, 11:50 am

Parallel Parking - Random Topics
Agreed, Robert. Of course, what's especially aggravating about it is that most spots actually CHARGE for the 'priviledge'. Parking METERS actually may be a good topic to consider re boning. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 15, 2010, 11:46 am

BEATLES, The - Music Groups
Charles Kim, Sorry for not spelling 'cacophony' correctly. I've heard that tag quite a few times on manual records and CD's before and after I was 12 and I think I do 'get it'(and am thankful to those radio stations that actually cut that part out when playing 'Day in the Life' .If you think that tag was brilliant, that's your deal. Speaking strictly for myself, I think it was a pretentious and pompous act towards their fans in which the Beatles believed the fans would buy any and ALL sounds out of their mouths/instruments and consider them genius. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 15, 2010, 11:44 am

Parallel Parking - Random Topics
Not in my city, Robert. I have to do it at least three times a week and it's a pain! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 14, 2010, 7:04 am

Remington Steele - TV Shows
Like "Moonlighting", it worked best when they actually INVESTIGATED cases with some good sexual tension in the mix instead of having their . . .relationship get the full focus. It went on for too long and, of course, the suits trying forcing Pierce Brosnan's hand by making him come back after he'd already accepted the James Bond role made for some unpleasant shows because his hatred of being there was pouring out of every pore- and then they threw in some new guy no one ever heard of before. They should have just let the thing go when he got James Bond. Where are Stefanie Powers and that new guy anyway? Oh, and Doris Roberts seemed MUCH happier being on "Raymond" than having to deal with all this flak. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 13, 2010, 9:37 am

Lawrence Welk Show, The - TV Shows
Even my rock-hating parents born in the 20's considered this show a total bore! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 13, 2010, 9:25 am

LOGAN'S RUN - TV Shows
It seemed a somewhat tame version of the original sci-fi movie. I knew it was cheesy and all but what made it bone for me was when there was an episode when their arch-enemy Francis actually gave them a 'ten minute head start'! Since when do arch-enemies play fair or by the rules? -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 13, 2010, 9:17 am

Thanksgiving - Random Topics
Not only do I agree that 'Turkey Day' somewhat disrespectful, but I also think it's somewhat inaccuate- as there are some folks out there who eat HAM instead. Does this mean that the ham-eaters should say 'Happy Ham Hour' while they're eating? At least I've never heard any vegetarians say 'Happy Tofurkey Day'! Oh, well as long as I get my thoroughly cooked but still moist breast meat, some crisp skin, cranberry gell with the can's imprint still on it and the yummy green bean casserole, I won't let these annoyances ruin the day for me! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 13, 2010, 9:05 am

According to Jim - TV Shows
Although I admit it has its share of lame (and even nasty) moments, I actually liked this show until the awful finale. I guess because even the somewhat snooty sister-in-law Dana and sidekick dorky bro-in-law Andy were shown to be multi-dimensional who could each step out of their 'normal' roles and either save or ruin the day unexpectedly. Yeah, Jim usually was the couch-potato schmuck who got shown up by his smart hotty wife but sometimes he'd show some insight and sometimes Cheryl would do zany stuff -and that helped keep the sitcom from getting stuck in a rut. Oh, and I had to love the [unstated Albanian] Jim having an altar ego of the Irish Green Man who was the bane of Chicago on St. Paddy's Day! LOL One thing, though that bugged me was the show's refusal to EVER allow Jim, Cheryl or even his siblings-in-law to be referred to by a surname- even in situations where the other person would normally have used surnames when addressing them (e.g. police, teachers, ministers,etc.). Even if they didn't want to go the route of considering Jim's or Cheryl's differing ethnicities, why not at least give them some generic surnames? Still, I thought it was overall a fun show (and sometimes it was fun to consider how many ways Cheryl could pronounce 'Jim' LOL). -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on April 3, 2010, 4:55 pm