Tom Holmberg

Rather weak. Didn't hate it, but didn't much like it, either. I can't see watching Audrey being an ass week after week. The brother served no purpose. Liked the relationship of Georgie and Jim, and the reference to George Sr. Needed more tire whispering. I pretty much tune out the laughter so that didn't bother me any more than the laughter on TBBT. Montana's acting seemed very stagey. Was that the same train from "My Cousin Vinny"?

Tonight (Thurs. Oct. 17) on BINGE TV channel's "Route 66" binge (at 7 pm CT) they'll be showing a "Route 66" Halloween episode starring old-time monster movie stars Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff scaring the heck out of an executive secretary convention in a Chicago motel. One of the more popular episodes of the show. Among the frightened secretaries is Jeannine Riley, AKA Billie Jo, of "Petticoat Junction". https://www.spookyisles.com/lizards-leg-owlets-wing-route-66/

Variety Review: https://variety.com/2024/tv/tv-reviews/georgie-and-mandys-first-marriage-review-young-sheldon-chuck-lorre-1236179096/

I liked "Adam's Ribs" because of its Chicago connection. Chicago got mentioned a lot on MASH.

Also "True Romance" which he wrote but didn't direct, is still very much a Tarantino film. "Jackie Brown" was the last Tarantino film I really, really liked. The later ones are watchable, but much less likeable, IMHO.

First Review: https://tvline.com/reviews/georgie-and-mandys-first-marriage-review-young-sheldon-spinoff-cbs-1235347655/

Thurs. Oct. 17 TCM has a nice selection of hard-boiled films: Le Samourai (1967) Bullitt (1968) Point Blank (1967) Get Carter (1971)

I started watching Will Smith's "Wild Wild West" to see if it was as bad as I remember. Basically, it was. If you're going to make a movie version of a TV classic, don't trash it.

I don't get the Robert Conrad thinking Carroll O'Connor upstaging him bit. All the villains "upstaged" him - they were always larger than life. That was his character, Mr. Cool. Ross Martin "upstaged" him every week.

The good old days of Nick at Nite!

I as thinking today, that back in the day I'd eagerly wait for TV Guide's Fall Preview issue to see all the new programs coming up in the new season. Today Sept. has passed with only a handful of new shows (most of which probably will be gone after 13 episodes) on network TV. Damn you streaming!

Halloween programming. Did they ever respond about the Season 1 B&W episodes?

I've noticed a sudden rash of men's cologne ads. Usually these only show up just before Father's Day and Christmas. Am I missing something?

On Sunday TCM shows one of my guilty pleasures, "Slap Shot" (1977). This movie was mostly panned when it was released (Rex Reed said it was "revolting"), but later found an audience on video. Famously, Gene Siskel, admitted to regretting giving it a mediocre review, saying this was his worst mistake in a review and made it a runner-up in his top 10 for the year of release..

Today TCM is running "Invaders from Mars", one of my favorite movies as a kid. Who didn't suspect their parents' minds were taken over by aliens?

I can't argue with that!

R.I.P., John Amos https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-amos-dead-good-times-roots-1236019054/

R.I.P., John Amos. A sad loss. “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, "Roots", "Good Times", and more. https://variety.com/2024/tv/obituaries-people-news/john-amos-dead-good-times-roots-1236161810/

It predates the Mel Brooks movie parodies, but is definitely a precursor.

Memorial Tribute - James Earl Jones - Oct. 27th And now for something completely different: Oct. 2 - Donald Sutherland and Gene Wilder in "Start the Revolution Without Me" "And I shall be Queen..."

Hell's Toddlers!

Or gang member. 😉

Dr Loveless returns this Sat. (Sept. 28), in "The Night Of The Green Terror," with Loveless playing Robin Hood. Also the last appearance of Antoinette.

Don't know if this has come up before, but Eddie Muller has a magazine he helps edits, "Noir City". NOIR CITY, the acclaimed magazine of the Film Noir Foundation, now available in print! Issue #41 takes a look at noir films with complicated and controversial productions. The cover story, “Queen of the Cutters,” sees Mary Mallory discuss the career of editor Viola Lawrence, and the role that she played in shaping Orson Welles’ confounding masterpiece The Lady from Shanghai. Also in this issue: Carsten Andresen reexamines the legacy of William Friedkin’s 1980 release Cruising; Jason A. Ney digs into the history of the criminally underseen film Finger Man; Drew Smith charts the brief yet vibrant history of lesbian noir through films like Bound and Love Lies Bleeding; Kenny Reid shines a light on the Spanish thriller Marshland; Dan Akira places a recent D.O.A. remake in the context of its varied predecessors; Steve Kronenberg makes a case for the compelling sci-fi noir The Hidden; and Stefen Styrsky unpacks the fascinating subsect of crime films that revolve around plastic surgery. Plus book reviews, film reviews, and more. Available through Amazon

The Rockford Files (TV Milestones) Amanda Keeler ISBN: ‎ 9780814351000 No info yet, but this series has nice books on TV series. This is definitely a buy.