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Star Trek’s “Balance of Terror,” Starring William Shatner Original airdate: December 15th, 1966 I was two years old when this episode first aired, and although my Mom later told me that one of my babysitters dressed me up as Mr. Spock for Halloween in 1969, I didn’t become a regular viewer of...

Dick Van Dyke Birthday Tribute (December 13th, 1925) The Dick Van Dyke Show episode “It May Look Like a Walnut,” which was first broadcast on February 6th of 1963, is a good example of Dick Van Dyke’s comedy genius. Like all good television, however, it was the creation of a team, including not...

Anne Francis in The Virginian Episode “All Nice and Legal” from 1964 (In honor of her birthday today.) Like some of you, perhaps, I was introduced to Anne Francis through her role in the 1956 science fiction movie Forbidden Planet. I watched Forbidden Planet on TV as a kid in the mid-1970s, a...

Mike Connors is Mannix Mike Connors was most known for playing the title role in 194 episodes of the hit private eye show Mannix, from 1967 to 1975. Born Krekor Ohanian in Fresno, California, on August 15th of 1925, the Armenian-American served in World War II before graduating from UCLA. At...

Thanks for all of these photo essays, which are like "seeing these shows again for the first time." Since I've been a big Star Trek fan since I was a kid, I really enjoyed @ScottRE's captures for Assignment Earth. Fun to see those stills of everyone in that episode, including Robert Lansing and...

Just wanted to post a brief but sincere thanks for the wonderful photo essays we've been enjoying. This is great work that I'm sure involves many hours of thought and care. Jeff: Having experienced Batgirl on Batman as a little kid back in the late 1960s, I thought your tribute to Yvonne Craig...

Thanks, Doug, for your insightful illustrated essay on Raymond Burr's career. It's obviously different in many ways, but have you seen the new HBO Perry Mason prequel series? I like it, although sometimes I wish it were somewhat more like the original show.