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I agree to a certain extent; but I also think there are too many with a worldview that is nihilistic, post-Christian (note moderators: this is not meant as a political comment!) and relentlessly bleak. It reminds me of something that Roy Huggins said when people complained about the use of...

If I might indulge it a bit of shameless self-promotion, I'd suggest my own book, The Electronic Mirror: What Classic TV Tells Us About Who We Were and Who We Are (and Everything In-Between!), which just came out last week. It's a collection of essays on how classic TV reflects the times in...

If any of you are interested, here's an interview I did with Chuck at my website earlier this week: http://www.itsabouttv.com/2017/11/the-its-about-tv-interview-chuck-harter.html And here's my review of the book: http://www.itsabouttv.com/2017/11/taking-readers-to-school.html TL: DR Very good...

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Frank, I was there as well. Glad you enjoyed it; this was our first time at the event. We didn't schmooze with the celebs (although I did get to talk with Gary Lockwood for a few moments on his way back from the restroom), but we knew some of the vendors so were able to get together with them...

True that, but it may also be that, because of this or other discussions, they're now curious about the show, whereas they might not have been interested in it before, or might not have had a DVR at the time. But now they'd like to check it out, and if they already have the DVDs that were...

Thanks, Jack. I rather liked "Breaking Point" for several reasons, but I definitely agree that its eventual plausibility as a series has a great deal to do with the viewer's opinion regarding neuro-psychological therapy. I agree with you on "Human Jungle" that Lom is terrific - not least because...

Jack, I'd be interested to know how you compare "Eleventh Hour" to two other psychiatrist/psychologist series of the time, if you've seen them: 1) "Breaking Point" with Paul Richards and Eduard Franz, the spinoff from "Ben Casey," and 2) "The Human Jungle," the British series with Herbert Lom, a...

I think the difference between I Spy and Fat Albert that Jack P mentioned is an illustrative one. One must be able to draw a distinction between the artist and his art, so to speak; admirers of the operas of Richard Wagner (me included) have had to do the same thing, to separate the terrible man...

Doctor Who (the new series), Series 8 The FBI, Season 6

Not a stupid question at all, and I think it deserves a serious answer! I don't claim this to be definitive, just a hypothesis, but Ron referred to The Twilight Zone episode "Cavender is Coming" also having a laugh track - likely, this is because it was a pilot for a proposed sitcom. It didn't...

Gents, I wish we would keep personalities out of this. It's almost impossible for anyone to say with certainty how a fictional character, one that they had no part in creating, would react to a given situation. Considering how many times actors and writers disagree over how a character should...

So far I've been enjoying the discussion from a distance, but I thought I'd interject something at this point. Jimmyjet, you talked about the assumption that "because it is different, it is worse." Although I think you've made some astute observations in other posts, I can't agree with you on...