Recent content by Rustifer

Very well done, Randall!

Episode Commentary The Gene Autry Show "Guns Below The Border" (S5E6) When I was a kid growing up in Indiana in the 50's (yep, I'm that old), there were few horses around and even less cowboys. So my idea of a real cowboy was shaped by Gene Autry--who sang while playing a guitar on his horse...

Episode Commentary The Andy Griffith Show "Andy And Barney In The Big City" (S2E25) The "big city" referenced in the episode title is Raleigh, N.C. which, with today's population of nearly 500,000, I guess qualifies as a "big" city--at least in North Carolina. However, in 1962 when this episode...

Episode Commentary The Invaders "The Pursued" (S2E25) There are aliens among us. Unfortunately before David Vincent (Roy Thinnes) can capture any of the buggers as proof, they burst like road flares into nothingness. These interlopers are not here to foster plutonic relationships, but rather...

Episode Commentary Star Trek "Amok Time" (S2E1) There came a time in my early teen years of a pressing need for female companionship. I'm not talking about finding a girlfriend willing to share things with me like riding our bikes to the mall, playing pinochle or working together on the high...

I can attest to the fact, Doug, that kidney stones suck. Hope your scope goes well. In my experience, the one thing more irritating than stones: Urologists. They use tools no human should ever contemplate much less endure.

Episode Commentary Quincy, M.E. "The Pride of Elkwood" (S6E5) There are two types of individuals of which this country needs more: An apoplectic medical examiner who screams so consistently as to cause reversal in male pattern baldness; and a college athletic coach who overworks his athletes...

Glad to see you are a real stickler for maintaining continuity, Howie. The U.S. Congress must be a quite a teeth gnasher for you.

Thanks, Jeff. I feel kinda funny coming back with such a vanilla pudding commentary. Much more comfortable embracing my acerbic side.

Episode Commentary Father Knows Best "Proud Father" (S1E23) Jim Anderson (Robert Young) runs into his friend Roger and incurs a blithering dialog from him regarding the sparkling achievements of his three kids. Poor Jim is hardly able to wedge in one complimentary statement of his own children...

One of my favorite episodes, Jeff! You really can't go wrong with an episode written by Roger Smith himself, directed by Montgomery Pittman and starring Sue Ane Langdon.

Episode Commentary Fantasy Island The Over-The-Hill Caper / Poof, You're A Movie Star (S1E10) Were we so jaded in the 70's that a show like this could find a reasonable foothold in TV viewership? I guess so, since we already bought whole-heartedly into preposterous premises like Bewitched and I...

A Birthday Tribute Jan Clayton August 26, 1917-August 28, 1983 In the quiet desperation of stress and strife in my childhood, I don't think there was any sound more comforting than hearing the opening theme of Jeff's Collie airing each week on CBS. I identified--to a certain extent--the vague...

Fear not--if you ever read any of my commentaries, you'll find no "technical" nitpicking on my part that seems to be a big part of many discussions on this forum. My knowledge of that sh*t wouldn't even halfway fill a gnat's toenail. This is apparent since I couldn't even correctly utilize the...