Just how is it that a young Texas boy, missing for three years, suddenly turns up in Spain? Seemingly reunited with his family, the tale turns out to be odder and more complex than anyone could have imagined. Through interviews…
The Clinton administration was the major administration in my formative years, as dominant as the Reagan administration was when I was born. I remember hearing about Kosovo, and a little bit about Bosnia, the Democrats losing control of Congress, and,…
Look at all the meat dumplings, shrimp dumplings, shrimp itself; pig’s liver, vegetarian dishes with yams, spinach, ginger, and other ingredients that together become culinary art. All this in Taiwan, making it tempting to hum Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful…
Currently in its twenty-fourth season, The Simpsons is the longest-running American sitcom, the longest-running American animated program, and the longest-running American primetime, scripted television series. At the height of its popularity, every episode was a quotable feast. While the show…
By the early 1970’s, Looney Tunes cartoons were regularly seen on television. Gone were the days of showing them in theaters. Unfortunately, at the time, it didn’t occur to anyone to preserve the original negative. Filmmaker Larry Jackson decided that…
Now available from the Warner Archive Collection, Shazam! The Complete Live-Action Series collects all 28 episodes of the Filmation program, which initially aired from 1974 to1976. After airing under its own title for the first season, Shazam! was paired with…
You should always keep childish things and childhood memories close by as a barometer of who are you as you get older. I’ll give you an example inspired by one of the year’s best DVD sets, the massive, comprehensive Mighty…
One of the most recognized and beloved movie stars of all time, James Stewart made a couple of forays into television with mixed results. His first series, The Jimmy Stewart Show, debuted amid lots of fanfare but failed to catch…
I was quite young at the time, but I remember watching Eight Is Enough as a kid. The show centered on the Bradford’s, a family in Sacramento, California with eight children: David (Grant Goodeve), Mary (Lani O’Grady), Joanie (Laurie Walters),…
Lili is no Gigi, but it’s a pleasant enough film that showcases Leslie Caron quite well. Based on the story by Paul Gallico, Caron plays the title character, a lonely 16-year old orphan from the country. She travels to the…