Doctor Who and James Bond: 50 Years of Fantastic Adventures
This year, the James Bond movie franchise celebrates its 50th anniversary. Its success is unprecedented and well-deserved, and would be wholly unique in pop culture were it not for another British...
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With Halloween approaching it seemed an appropriate time to revive an age-old pop culture debate – one that rivals “Ginger or Mary Ann?”, “McDonald’s or Burger King?” or, if you’re really old school,...
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Classic Comfort TV Moments: "The Littlest Lamb"
When I coined the expression ‘Comfort TV’ for this blog, and for the book proposal where it was first conceived a few years ago, I had no idea whether it was an original phrase. Now, if you Google...
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Still a Wonder – Lynda Carter
For comic book fans, this is a golden age – not related to the comics themselves, which face the same awkward transition to digital media that have cost newspapers and magazines countless subscribers –...
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Sibling Envy: Eight is Enough
As an only child, I’ve always found myself drawn to shows about large families. Watching them was a way to vicariously experience what it may have been like to have a childhood surrounded by loving,...
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The Classic TV Christmas Blues
Is Christmas everything it used to be? That question has been a frequent topic of discussion over the past few years. From ministers and cable TV pundits to retail employees receiving edicts on what...
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Happy Fake Jan Day
Television has created catchphrases, fashion trends and classic theme songs, but it hasn’t tried adding many holidays to the calendar. The only one that caught on is Festivus, introduced on Seinfeld....
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Friends: TV's Last Classic Sitcom
There was a time when everyone watched Friends. Then a backlash began during the latter seasons, which often happens with any television series, or movie, or song that achieves a particularly...
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The Comfort TV Library
Reading is a more highly regarded pastime than watching an old TV show. But what if that show was based on a book? Does that make it more respectable?A surprising number of classic TV shows carry a...
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Just Let Go...Fly High: Make a Wish
Make a Wish (1971-1976) is the kind of show they don’t make anymore. Not only that, it’s the kind of show they wouldn’t even try to make anymore. With 500 channels you’d think any good idea would be...
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The Benefits – and Sadness – of Hindsight
When you watch a television show that is 20, 30 or 40 years old, you cannot help but think about the fates that would befall some of the actors and personalities who had no idea then what their...
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The Kids Are All Right: Jonny Quest
Jonny Quest (1964-1965) was the only Hanna-Barbera cartoon with a body count. There were no fatalities on The Flintstones, no one drowned at an underwater concert on Jabberjaw, and even Wacky Racesgot...
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Comfort TV and Political Correctness
As we advance as a society we like to think we are becoming more enlightened, and perhaps that is the case. There seems to be an expanding movement toward tolerance, and respecting the heritage and...
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