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You guys are goading me into finishing my episode reviews for the season two Mr. Novak episodes that I do have in my collection. As I previously stated (scroll back about ten pages), I believe there are serious music rights complications in season two that go way beyond the infamous "let's put...

I've been featuring some of the other TV work done by the regular and continuing cast of Mr. Novak. As much to examine the contemporary television age that was Mr. Novak, and to examine the acting careers of James Franciscus, Dean Jagger and the supporting cast. I'll continue in the future to...

When we first got word from Warner Archive via author Chuck Harter that Mr. Novak season one was actually being prepared for a DVD release, it was initially stated that they would be transfers derived from new scans of the original 35 mm camera negatives...over the course of the intervening 18...

Mr. Novak S1E30, Senior Prom (April 14, 1964) W: John Ryan. D: Michael O'Herlihy. Guest starring Marta Kristen. Another of the previously missing episodes. The series closes out it's inaugural season with the fitting depiction of the Senior Prom, and an effective, inspiring and melancholy...

Mr. Novak S1E2, To Lodge and Dislodge (Oct. 1, 1963) W: E. Jack Neuman. D: Boris Sagal. Inroducing Kim Darby. With Tony Dow and David Kent. This is one of three first season episodes that I was only able to view with the release of the Warner Archive S1 set. There is some question as to whether...

Glad to hear that Doug! So glad you enjoyed season one of Mr. Novak, one of my favorite early '60s shows...I think we all owe a debt of gratitude to author Chuck Harter, his phenomenal illustrated history of the series, Mr. Novak - An Acclaimed Television series really kick started the release...

Marian Collier was, of course, cast as Miss Scott, the home ec teacher and sometimes romantic interest for the title character of Mr. Novak. Unfortunately, as with most of the extended cast, she was most often seen on the periphery of a show that was story driven primarily with a heavy emphasis...

Heather Angel was an effective comedy player also, as seen in her many golden age films...a few years after her brilliant performance on Mr. Novak (The Tower , see previous page), she guest starred in a very funny episode of The Guns of Will Sonnett, A Fool and his Money (Mar. 8...

Glad to hear everyone's thoughts on all things Novak, MGM-TV, Franciscus, Jagger, the cast and guest stars of Novak, and other B+W TV filmed dramas of that great era...as I'm now feeling better, I thought I'd take a closer look at the 3 MIA episodes from season one that I have only been able to...

Rodney, glad to hear your thoughts on viewing the series thus far...I'll have to check out that episode of Leave it to Beaver...something else that makes watching Mr. Novak's Death of a Teacher especially poignant...the episode originally aired on February 4, 1964, and Frank Albertson himself...

Thank you Bert for those kind words. I really appreciate that. And I agree completely with you about the nature of Mr. Novak being representative of a kind of sweet spot in television history, where it could advocate for a liberal issue with reason and sensible sense of proportion, restraint and...

Thank you Doug! You and I are almost exactly the same age, I believe. Glad that you are on the mend too, and we greatly appreciate your wonderful reviews...I often find myself saying to myself, "Doug sure has a great line up there!" I find myself in envy and driven to revisit some of the same...

Thank you Jeff, very much appreciated! As an apparently now fragile old man, I felt it was my duty to warn all others (even a young'un like yourself) about "Cellulitis" infections and the antibiotic resistant bugs that can cause it to rot your leg off...I'm using a walker and now have a...

Thank you for posting your excellent and thorough episode reviews Doug and Bert! Doug, I haven't heard anything about a season two Mr. Novak release as yet...I sure hope we don't have to wait as long as the yet to happen season two of Eleventh Hour, or God forbid, the never end 'em of Mayberry...

Thanks, Jeff! I must admit that after all these years of waiting, when I popped in the first disc, I was a little choked up. And not just because this series is a drama rife with authentic and affecting sentimentality. Precious Americana from another age. I was only in grade two as an almost 8...

Doug, thank you for your concern my friend! I did indeed receive my set on Friday, along with everything else I was waiting for, including the new season two of High Chaparral. I know you are a fan of that show, and you might be delighted to see Mark Slade ('Blue') in the Novak episode Day in...

Great reviews, Doug! I particularly like your insights and perspective as a former teacher in what you see in Mr. Novak. To Lodge and Dislodge is an episode I have yet to see for myself...well, at least since 1963 when it first aired. Kim Darby would have only been 16 when this was filmed. At...

Thanks Jobla! I'm hoping that I get it this week. In an effort to clear up the backlog of mail from the rotating strikes, it was reported in our news that the Post Office in Canada have hired 4000 new seasonal workers and will deliver the mail 7 days a week up to Christmas. It's just some kind...

Great to hear, Doug! I think you will enjoy season one of Mr. Novak, based on what I know of your tastes in classic TV, as seen in your fine and insightful reviews in the 'What did you watch this week' thread...I believe your tastes are very much in accordance with my own. Mr. Novak is such a...

Bert, I agree completely, Black is a somewhat unheralded TV writer, but considering just these few examples, which for classic TV fans like ourselves, sparks an instantaneous and enthusiastic recognition, he should be better known...it's too bad that his work on Mr. Novak isn't as well known as...

Mr. Novak S2E2, With a Hammer in His Hand, Lord, Lord! (Sept. 29, 1964) W: John D.F. Black D: Allen Reisner. Guest starring Simon Oakland, with Walter Koenig, Tim McIntire and Arthur Franz. The great Simon Oakland plays Carl Green, Jefferson High's caustic, tough, and demanding Metal and Wood...

Thanks Jeff! I just couldn't resist the Dan August tie-in to Mr. Novak...I'm still waiting for my Mr. Novak set, but I think that the package is now on my side of the border at least...tracking is rather cryptic and vague for my shipment from Oldies...in addition to Dan August, I did receive...

Dan August investigates a homicide at Mr. Novak's Jefferson High! Well, kind of...5 years after Mr. Novak left the airwaves, QM productions filmed an episode at John Marshall High School (3939 Tracy St., Los Feliz, Los Angeles), the real life counterpart of the fabled Jefferson High of John...

You know, when I take my dog out for a walk, she always insists on taking a good piss on the same old pile of coal...every time out...some mighty fine lumps of coal in there...they would make fine stocking stuffers for a few folks I have in mind...hardee har, har... Santa can bring me that...

Another Mr. Novak season two episode with possible music complications...And Then I Wrote (April 20, 1965) W: Joseph Calvelli, Mel Goldberg. D: Abner Biberman. Guest Starring Tommy Sands, Mike Kellin, Norman Fell, Louise Latham. Tommy Sands returns for his second episode of season two, playing...

Thank you Bert for this wonderful and heartening post, I really appreciate it, my friend! I really appreciate the support, and your uniquely fascinating and informative insights! Thanks Bob, for your continuing support and contributions here my friend! Much appreciated! I don't think I would...

Thanks Jeff, for your very kind compliments. I really appreciate that. I'm still waiting for my season one Mr. Novak set (along with Eleventh Hour, Sugarfoot S3, Lawman S3) which I can't track, and because of our recent Postal strike actions, will be delayed until whenever...also have Outer...

The songs performed by guest star Eddie Albert in Visions of Sugar Plums are all traditional folk songs of the Great American songbook...Jimmy Crack Corn/Blue Tail Fly, Skip to My Lou, My Darlin' and Shenadoah/Across the Wide Missouri...so, none of the songs themselves have copyright, and are in...

There is another season two episode of Mr. Novak, Visions of Sugar Plums (Oct. 6, 1964) W: Joseph Calvelli. D: Paul Wendkos. Guest starring Eddie Albert, which might present further music clearance issues, although far less challenging than the Jazz themed Let's Dig a Little Grammar...my screen...

I like the Mountie postscript...it started as a reminder that you don't always get what you paid for with Warner Archive releases...in my case, mistakenly labeled episodes from another season entirely in a FBI half season volume...and as Bob Gu verified, his problem was with his Kirby Grant and...