Topic: Birthday Episode Marathon

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Birthday Episode Marathon

As I said in the other thread... A week from Monday (May 31st) is my 41st birthday. Like last year... I plan on taking the week watching birthday episodes to celebrate. My plans are to watch Birthday episodes from Monday through Thursday. Then on Friday I will start a Birthday Weekend Movie Marathon where I watch movies dealing one way or another with Birthdays and in between... more Birthday episodes from TV Series. Then on the following Monday I may try to watch more Birthday episodes in this marathon thread... but if I am lucky and get some DVDs for my Birthday I may want to watch them instead.

Obviously since I am doing so many Birthday episodes... I have many in my collection (I use tags in DVDP for this) Below is a list of series that I have Birthday episodes for. For each series I have at least one Birthday episode for...  several of the series more then one.

Series with Birthday Episodes:

- The Addam's Family - The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. - ALF - Alias - All in the Family - Angel - Batman Beyond - The Bill Engvall Show - The Bob Newhart Show - The Brady Bunch - Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Charmed - Commander in Chief - The Cosby Show - Dead Like Me - Dharma & Greg - The Dick Van Dyke Show - A Different World - Diff'rent Strokes - Doogie Howser, M.D. - The Drew Carey Show - The Dukes of Hazzard - The Ellen Show - ER - Everybody Loves Raymond - The Facts of Life - Forever Knight - The Fresh Prince of Bel Air - Friends - Good Morning World - A Haunting - Home Improvement

- I Love Lucy - Joan of Arcadia - King of Queens - Knight Rider - M*A*S*H - Macgyver - Medium - Mork & Mindy - My Hero - Numb3rs - Party of Five - Police Squad! - Reba - Roseanne - Sabrina the Teenage Witch - Seinfeld - Sex and the City - The Simpsons - Smallville - Spin City - Sports Night - Stacked - Tales from the Darkside - Three's Company - Titus - Too Close for Comfort - Tru Calling - Twilight Zone - Veronica Mars - Without a Trace - Xena: The Warrior Princess

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2
Surprise & Innocence
Drusilla reassembles the Judge, an unstoppable demon; Buffy and Angel consummate their relationship.

My Thoughts:
The first Birthday episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 2-part episode. And I think it is safe to say my favorite of the Buffy's Birthday episodes. What with it happening in season 2 (one of my favorite seasons of the series)... at the very beginning of what is probably my favorite Buffy storyline (Evil Angel). Naturally since it is a 2-part episode... there was no way I could only watch the first half.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

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Charmed: Season 1
Dead Man Dating
Prue tries to avoid a birthday celebration as Piper befriends and saves the restless soul of a ghost who was murdered by a gang leader. The sisters save his soul and learn a valuable life lesson.

My Thoughts:
This one was another really good episode. One that deals with ghosts. I especially liked it since it was a big Piper episode. I also liked the way they put some Chinese folk lore into the story line for this one. This episode remains one of my favorites. Not only do we have Pru's birthday in this episode... but also the ghost's birthday is talked of in the beginning of the episode.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

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My Hero: Season 1
The Party's Over
It's Janet's birthday but an earth girl turning the big 3-0 means nothing to an Ultron male. Janet doesn't want to discuss it, so George turns to his cousin for advice.

My Thoughts:
This is a sitcom from the UK. One I get a kick out of what with being a fan of sitcoms as well as superhero shows. This episode had a few laughs for me. Though I must admit that not being used to watching shows from the UK there is still some slang and words that we don't use here in the US that I didn't get. So I probably would have had a couple more laughs if I understood it all completely. I also wish there was more episodes to a season/series. I guess I am spoiled by having between 13 and 24 episodes here. A season/series with only 6... that continued for years... just seems a little strange to me. Here in the US we only have the first two seasons... sure would like to see more released over here.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

[samuelrichardscott]

A season/series with only 6... that continued for years... just seems a little strange to me.

Quality over quantity

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  Maybe so... but I tend to think there is many series over here where we have both quality and quantity! 

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3
Helpless
Buffy feels weak and is unable to carry out her duties as a slayer. When she goes to Giles for help he seems distracted. This is because he is, on the orders of the Watcher's Council, preparing her for the Cruciamentum, a test the Watchers put each slayer through on her eighteenth birthday. She must be weakened and left alone to beat a vampire, to test her resourcefulness.

My Thoughts:
This is another great episode of Buffy. One I have enjoyed quite a bit every time I seen it. Though I must say it doesn't live up to the season 2 birthday episode... though it is close. I thought the test they put Buffy through was an entertaining idea. I must admit the first time I watched this episode I was pretty pissed at Giles myself.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

[samuelrichardscott]

Maybe so... but I tend to think there is many series over here where we have both quality and quantity! 

Oh I would agree for dramas, action shows etc etc, but for comedy, the quality can be hard to find IMO. Don't get me wrong though as there are many US comedies I love such as Frasier and Scrubs.

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Friends is another comedy that hasn't let me down personally.

[samuelrichardscott]

Friends is another comedy that hasn't let me down personally.

Friends is a strange one for me. I don't find it really funny but I do enjoy watching it (I rate it 3/5)

If you like My Hero you might enjoy My Family. Critics hate it but it's a very popular show. Also Phoenix Nights is a must.

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Thanks for the Heads up.

Not comedy... but I was wanting to check out Hex. But I had a couple people tell me it may not really be worth it.

[samuelrichardscott]

I haven't seen it although nearly picked it up at www.cex.co.uk a couple of times seen as it's cheap.

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I usually like most things that are supernatural / horror related. 

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Adventures of Superman: Season 1
The Birthday Letter
Superman is implicated in the abduction of a young girl who is thought to have information concerning hidden counterfeit plates.

My Thoughts:
I always enjoyed this episode. I especially enjoyed the ending where Superman is flying the crippled little girl around the city. But how times have changed! The idea of a cripple child staying home by herself during the day is unheard of now! That would be a good way to get into some serious trouble. And here when this show was made ('50s) they acted like it was no big deal at all. I also got a kick out of when Superman shows up at the girl's home... she is sitting there reading a Superman comic book.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

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I Love Lucy: Season 6
Lucy and Superman
Lucy promises Little Ricky that Superman (George Reeves) will be at his birthda party, but when it looks like he can't make it, she tries to fill the bill herself.

My Thoughts:
I Normally like to watch my DVD sets in order... but I decided to make an exception to this one since I have already seen every episode of I Love Lucy ever made. This has always been one of my favorite episodes of I Love Lucy. I guess this is because I also always been a fan of Adventures of Superman. It really is a hilarious episode. My favorite line in this episode is the very last in the episode...

Ricky: In all the 15 years we been married this is the craziest stunt you ever pulled!
Superman: Wait a minute, you been married to her for 15 years?
Ricky: Yeah, 15 years!
Superman: And they call me Superman!

 

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5