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I noticed that earlier this evening. It was going great guns for a while and now this! Argh!

I reviewed the DVD when it was released, and I have been hoping ever since for a stateside Blu-ray release.

Yes, I've watched it during its last go-round, but I'll tune in for Eddie's remarks. Even when he recycles his earlier text, he usually adds in some other tidbits.

I guessed right that the ghost sucked off was Stephanie's boy friend. In the remaining episodes, something needs to be done about Pete's wife Carol. She hasn't been around in the last couple of episodes (thankfully: she adds very little to the show), and I'd like to see her gone by season's end...

Of course he did! There were several set in Africa, both in the black and white and color seasons. They also went to Paris, London, and a couple of tropical islands.

Having adored the character through all of her exploits on The Good Wife and The Good Fight, this news which I read earlier this afternoon could haven't made me happier.

I guess that would be the next logical development.

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For years I had known that Sammy Davis, Jr. had starred in a stage version of Stop the World I Want to Get Off and that it had been filmed by Bill Sargent the same way he had filmed Hamlet, Harlow (with Carol Lynley), and the first film version of Stop the World with Tony Tanner and Millicent...

It was certainly nice to see Robert Osborne again, and as I hadn't seen that night of noirs that he and Eddie hosted all those years ago, I was glad to have seen it.

He's also in There's No Business Like Show Business, also from 1954. The Martha Graham takeoff in "Choreography" does lead into a delicious Vera-Ellen tap sequence, so I could never discount the number if for that reason alone.

Tommy Lee Jones? Eddie said in his outro that he'd be sharing hosting duties with Robert Osborne for this week's Noir Alley. I assume they'll be getting some of Robert's vintage intros to the film to mix with Eddie's comments. Should be interesting. I'll probably rewatch it, too, since I'll...

Violence was pretty bad. Lots of tired tropes and fights and conflicts were really poorly staged and shot. Eddie was right: "at least it was brief."

I haven't watched Violence either, but I plan to get to it tonight. A full week of reviewing and other personal things going on.

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