DVD Review: Get Smart – Season 1
Created by legendary funnyman Mel Brooks and fellow comedic actor Buck Henry, Get Smart debuted on September 18, 1965 on NBC. During the series five year run, the show won seven Emmy awards and was nominated for an additional fourteen, as well as two Golden Globe Awards. Oddly enough, Get Smart was never a huge […]
DVD Review: Phineas and Ferb – The Fast and the Phineas
Created by Dan Povenmire (The Family Guy) and Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, Phineas and Ferb is about two step-brothers and their incredible adventures in the family’s backyard during their summer vacation. The two step-brothers, Phineas Flynn (Vincent Martella) and Ferb Fletcher (Thomas Sangster), live with their older sister Candace Flynn (Ashley Tisdale), and their parents Linda […]
DVD Review: Reno 911! – The Complete Fifth Season
Created by members of the cult comedy troupe “The State,” Reno 911! is a parody of the long running Fox television series Cops. The series features members of the fictitious Reno sheriff’s department, being videotaped on the job. Only the basic plot elements of the show are scripted, with the dialog improvised, enhancing the illusion […]
DVD Review: Californication – The First Season
I’m not quite sure why, but Californication is a series I had never watched before I received a copy of the first season, sometime on early June. I’ve never been a big fan of the series’ star David Duchovny, who has always struck me as a bit snide and ego-centric and X-Files just never caught […]
DVD Review: The Odd Couple – The Fourth Season
The Odd Couple is a kind of rarity in television. Based on the 1968 film that starred Jack Lemmon as Felix and Walter Matthau as Oscar, many feel that the series starring Tony Randall as Felix and Jack Klugman as Oscar equaled or surpassed the quality of the film. Both Tony Randall and Jack Klugman […]
TV Review: Army Wives – “Would You Know My Name”
I didn’t watch Army Wives at all last season. I watched it for the first time about ten days ago, when I received a review copy of Army Wives: The Complete First Season. I was initially intrigued by the show because I had been a big fan of JAG and I thought with Catherine Bell […]
DVD Review: The Bill Engvall Show – The Complete First Season
Bill Engvall is a stand-up comedian probably best known for his participation in the Blue Collar Comedy Tour (BCC).Engvall’s stand up routines mostly concerns his observations about comments he finds stupid and shtick about everyday life. Given the success of BCC, it is no surprise that TBS gave Engvall a shot at his own series. […]
DVD Review: Rawhide – The Third Season, Volume One
Rawhide premiered on January 9, 1959 on CBS and ran until January 4, 1966. The series was produced by Charles Marquis Warren, who also produced several early episodes of Gunsmoke. Warren used his 1958 film Cattle Empire as the basis for the series. Charles had directed the movie, and screenwriter Endre Bohem would become a […]
DVD Review: Tell Me You Love Me – The Complete First Season
Before Tell Me You Love Me debuted on HBO in September of 2008, the show got a lot of press for the amount of explicit sex the series contained. While that is indeed true, Tell Me You Love Me is geared at an adult audience, to call it simply a show about sex, misses the […]
DVD Review: Father Knows Best – Season One
Does father know best? When Father Knows Best debuted as an NBC radio series on August 25, 1949, the question mark was part of the title; only after the series moved to CBS television on October 3, 1954 was the question mark removed. The concept of actor Robert Young and his friend and Eugene Rodney, […]