Tom Holmberg

Maybe they launder money!

I rewatched the "pilot" episode. Oddly, they made little of the whole computer angle in this episode except to joke how, although company policy is that there should only be one piece of paper on a desk at any given time, Mannix's office is a complete mess. I did like that they shot on location in Palm Springs (my chief criticism of "77 Sunset Strip" is that it totally shot on the studio and backlot, unlike, say, "Naked City") and they sprang for the cost of a helicopter. Basically, it was a typical hard-boiled detective story. New documentary about "Dark Shadows"

When Kookie met Maynard G. Krebs. The world got just a little hipper. https://keener13.com/?p=27201

The fact that, in the trailer, they show a short Waterloo scene, bodes well for them following the book.

I think today most kids don't live in neighborhoods where almost every house had kids their age. When I was a kid I never wanted to do anything in which adults were involved, including sports. They basically wrecked everything and took all the fun of it and made it like work. Plus most of the stuff we did parents wouldn't have approved of. And if parents were around, it usually ended up with a lot of yelling.

But can you tell it to go to hell?

Speaking of "Masterpiece", I'm looking forward to their production of "Les Miserables" due to be on in a couple of weeks.

Of course "Star Trek" only lasted two more seasons than the original "Mannix" concept.

With an Elton John movie due out, his music will soon replace Queen's.

I guess I'm showing my age, but miss a really useful TV Guide. The current version is almost useless.

The late Sixties-early Seventies seemed to be an era in TV writing of "high-concept, low-execution."

I liked the idea of the first season, but I had the feeling they thought it was not of interest to the public and a lot of work coming up with storylines, so why not just do the typical hard-boiled detective plot.

It bugs me when people put their diapered baby on the counters at fast food restaurants. I don't want your kid's butt that close to where my food is going to be.

Maybe urine keeps the baby warm.

The Japanese say the same thing about Lumber Liquidators.

They should be in charge of amusing themselves, if at home, quietly, if outside, not in the street.

The only thing that would be more racist than San Dede would be if Stu went to Samboland. Roger Smith's guitar slapping is just so weird in what was supposed to be a serious (or semi-serious, really) detective show. I can't imagine a similar show today doing this. They used Kookie better in the early seasons, then screwed up when he became "CSI Kookie."

Professor Proton wakes up in bed with Suzanne Pleshette - 6 1/2%

The thing about serving sizes is, what size the package is, is one serving. (But those little bags just whet your appetite for a really BIG bag.)

Max Rose from N.Y. I thought he was impressive.

"...the TV commercial is a playful take on the transition of personal transportation from the Stone Age to the reality of electric vehicles available today." https://www.shootonline.com/video/deutsch-director-matt-piedmont-present-jetstones -electrify-america

He always has to get that in so he can slip back into the Rep. party following Trump's exit.

...including once by your stomach. (Actually, I don't mind non-dairy creamers. As a kid I'd eat a spoonful of it just because it was sweet.)

I always go with the theory that they're not bad if they're your germs.

In a study, which involved teen girls and young women, 11.6 percent of those who had never had sexual intercourse were infected with at least one strain of HPV. https://www.livescience.com/22141-hpv-infection-sexual-intercourse-teens.html