Topic: DSig's Short List of what I'm Watching

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I have been working hard on a project for the last month and although have been watching a lot (to quote Chauncey Gardiner "I like to watch" .. name that movie I have had no time to do any proper reviews.  So i decided to at least give a short list of what i watch during the day when I can't give reviews.  I love to see what others are watching so here we go ..

Weekend of 7/28
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Wagon Train A group of post Civil War settlers make their way through the American landscape towards California, finding peril, heartbreak and redemption in the untamed frontier. Beginning in 1957, "Wagon Train" aired for eight seasons, with each episode focusing on a particular character. The three episodes on this disc are taken from the fifth and sixth seasons. Wagon Train - S05E17 - The Malachi Hobart Story Wagon Train - S05E18 - The Dr Denker Story Wagon Train - S06E34 - Alias Bill Hawks The Twilight Zone For the first time ever, find all 156 complete episodes of Rod Serling's groundbreaking series in one box set, packed with exciting extras. Travel to another dimension of sight and sound again and again through these stunning re-mastered high-definition film transfers using the original camera negatives and magnetic soundtracks. 001 Twilight Zone - S01E01 - Where Is Everybody 002 Twilight Zone - S01E02 - One for the Angels 003 Twilight Zone - S01E03 - Mr. Denton on Doomsday 004 Twilight Zone - S01E04 - Sixteen Millimeter Shrine 005 Twilight Zone - S01E05 - Walking Distance Films - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt High profile lawyer, Mark Hunter (Academy Award® winner Michael Douglas) has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars. But when ambitious rookie journalist, C.J. Nicholas (Jesse Metcalfe) begins investigating Hunter for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney's perfect record is up for scrutiny. Commencing a risky game of cat and mouse with Hunter, C.J. frames himself as a murder suspect to catch the corrupt D.A. in the act. Romantically involved with C.J., but unaware of his assignment, Assistant D.A. Ella Crystal (Amber Tamblyn) becomes caught between her boss's political ambitions and C.J.'s dangerous exposé. As mounting evidence stacks up against both men, Ella's own life, becomes threatened when she discovers incriminating proof that puts the fate of both C.J.'s innocence and Hunter's reputation in her hands. My Name is Nobody Sergio Leone's ultimate spaghetti western is lavished with changing landscapes and beautifully choreographed action scenes, including one of the most incredible shootouts in screen history. Henry Fonda, in the last of his 15 western films, plays Jack Beauregard, the fastest gun still alive.  The year is 1899 and the rugged Old West frontier is dying.  Beauregard knows it.  He decides to make his way to Europe and let his American legend fade quietly into the past. As he journeys to the docks of New Orleans, however, he meets a mysterious stranger named Nobody.  The young gunslinger has been hired to kill the retired outlaw, but his admiration for the old man is too great.  He lets Beauregard live. As they travel together, a strange relationship evolves.  At times, Nobody seems to revel in his ridicule of Beauregard.  At other times, he talks sincerely about helping the aged knight become a hero for the history books. Finally, Nobody manipulates Beauregard into a blaze-of-glory swan song, convincing the old man to take on the entire 150 member Wild Bunch single-handedly.  This spectacular action sequence is unequaled in film history, with Fonda ass a one-man dynamo, gunning down the bad guys and exploding his plans for a quiet retirement in glorious fashion! American Pie Here's the uncensored version of America's #1 comedy hit, re-edited to include the scenes you couldn't see in theaters. You'll never look at warm apple pie the same way again! American Pie takes a hysterical look at the goal of four "unlucky in love" high school friends who make the ultimate pact: lose their virginity by prom night. As they try to manipulate their way into the...hearts of some of their classmates, their plans often backfire with hilarity. Follow the raging hormones of four teenage boys and their girls as they gear up for the most important night of their lives...the prom? 48 HRS. Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy make one of the most unusual and entertaining teams ever in Walter Hill's roller-coaster thriller, 48 HRS. Nolte is a rough-edged cop after two vicious cop-killers. He can't do it without the help of smooth and dapper Murphy, who is serving time for a half-million dollar robbery. This unlikely partnersip trades laughs as often as punches as both pursue their separate goals: Nolte wants the villains; Murphy wants his money and some much-needed female companionship. Watch for Murphy's hilarious scene in a redneck country-western bar — you'll want to see it again and again. Evolution The maker of Ghostbusters and Road Trip gives you a hilarious look at life on Earth and joins forces with the biggest stars in the universe. David Duchovny (The X-Files), Orlando Jones (The Replacements), Seann William Scott (American Pie) and Academy Award®-nominee* Julianne Moore (Hannibal) make a discovery of alien lifeforms that could change the world. But, when the aliens try to take over the planet, our four stellar heroes rocket into action to save us. The laughter hits you at the speed of light in the comedy about heavenly bodies, mutual attraction and close encounters. *Best Supporting Actress, Boogie Nights, 1997. Best Actress, The End of the Affair, 1999. The Rescuers Down Under Hold on tight for thrilling, fast-paced adventure in the heart of Australia in Disney's animated classic The Rescuers Down Under! Deep within Australia's vast and unpredictable Outback, a young boy named Cody forges an incredible friendship with a great golden eagle. But when a ruthless poacher sets out to capture the eagle, Cody steps in to protect him. Knowing he can't do it alone, a call for help goes out that's answered by the world's bravest mice, Bernard and Bianca. Flying in on the wings of their hilarious albatross friend Wilbur, these top mouse agents are ready to tackle their biggest, most dangerous mission yet! Say "G'Day" to a classic Disney adventure full of unforgettable characters, heartwarming friendship and incredible animation — a down-under delight your family will love! A History of Violence In this thrill-packed actioner, small-town diner owner, Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) finds himself a local hero after he successfully takes down two thugs during an attempted robbery. But his sudden celebrity draws unwanted attention from the outside world, including mobsters Carl Fogarty (Academy Award® nominee Ed Harris, A Beautiful Mind)* and Richie Cusack (Academy Award® winner William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman),** who insist that Tom is intricately tied to their past. Fogarty begins stalking Tom's wife (Maria Bello, The Cooler) and children, resulting in a bloody standoff in which Tom must protect his family from what is either a case of mistaken identity or a violent past that's finally caught up with him. *Best Supporting Actor, The Hours (2002) **Best Actor, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery It's a smashing shagadelic party as Mike Myers (Wayne's World 1 & 2, So I Married an Axe Murderer) and Elizabeth Hurley (Dangerous Ground ) star in this non-stop, hilarious comedy-adventure. Frozen in the 60's, secret agent Austin Powers (Myers) is thawed back into action once again to battle his arch-enemy Dr. Evil.  With his sexy sidekick Ms. Kensington (Hurley), Austin must stop Dr. Evil's outrageous plot to control the world.  But first, this time-warped swinger must get hip quick and discover that there's no free love in the 90's! Body of Lies The CIA's hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency's man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky - a satellite link - watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA's Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival. Leonardo DiCaprio (as Ferris) and Russell Crowe (as Hoffman) star in Body of Lies, adapted by William Monahan (The Departed) from the David Ignatius novel. Ridley Scott (American Gangster, Black Hawk Down) directs this impactful tale, orchestrating exciting action sequences and plunging viewers into a bold spy thriller for our time.

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7/30
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The Twilight Zone For the first time ever, find all 156 complete episodes of Rod Serling's groundbreaking series in one box set, packed with exciting extras. Travel to another dimension of sight and sound again and again through these stunning re-mastered high-definition film transfers using the original camera negatives and magnetic soundtracks. 006 Twilight Zone - S01E06 - Escape Clause 007 Twilight Zone - S01E07 - The Lonely 008 Twilight Zone - S01E08 - Time Enough at Last 009 Twilight Zone - S01E09 - Perchance to Dream 010 Twilight Zone - S01E10 - Judgement Night 011 Twilight Zone - S01E11 - And When the Sky Was Opened

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	Abbott and Costello Go to Mars/Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Abbot and Costello - Go To Mars
	Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein Universal Pictures made a great deal of money from its monster movies in the 1930s. In the early '40s, the burlesque team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello kept the studio's coffers full. When the two franchises were combined in 1948, the result was another windfall--despite the apparent oil-and-water mix of subject matter. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein was the first of these summit meetings, although the title is a misnomer. Actually, Bud and Lou bump into most of the Universal heavy-hitters, including Count Dracula (played by Béla Lugosi himself), the Wolfman (Lon Chaney Jr.), and the Frankenstein monster (veteran monster Glenn Strange). There's even a token appearance by the Invisible Man, whose disembodied voice is recognizable as that of Vincent Price. Sure enough, the film is funny, especially since it gives the portly Costello multiple opportunities to do his wide-eyed, quivering scaredy-cat routine. Audiences ate it up, and in future installments Bud and Lou would run into Boris Karloff, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man, and the Mummy. But the first was the best.
	XIII: The Conspiracy The first female U.S. President is shot dead by a sniper during her Independence Day speech. Three months later, a wounded man is found hanging from a tree with no memory of his identiry. The only clue is a tattoo on his neck, 'XIII.' Submerged in a far-reaching conspiracy which threatens to overthrow the entire government, XIII's identity becomes the key to unraveling a complex and dangerous truth. Clinging to one desperate clue after another, XIII discovers that the only way to get his life back is to play the bait in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

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7/31

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	The Number 23 Jim Carrey and Virginia Madsen star in the year's most "mind-bending" (Pete Hammond, Maxim) psychological thriller directed by Joel Schumacher. The nightmare begins when Walter Sparrow (Carrey), a mild-mannered dogcatcher, begins reading a tattered, used book called The Number 23. Obsessed by the countless similarities between the degenerate main character and himself, Walter plunges headlong into the same dark, seductive world. When the book's main character commits an unspeakable act, Walter is terrified that he's destined to follow the same twisted path.
	Meet Bill 'MEET BILL' ('Aaron Eckhart'). By all appearances his life is perfect - a perfect mess, that is. His wife ('Elizabeth Banks') is having an affair with the local news anchor ('Timothy Olyphant') and he is stuck in a dead-end job at his father-in-law's bank. Bill sees no escape from his miserable life until he becomes a mentor to a self-assured teen ('Logan Lerman') who is determined to help Bill reinvent his life by setting him up with a sexy lingerie saleswoman ('Jessica Alba') who promises to spice things up. Together, the trio confronts Bill's hapless life with humor and energy while forcing him to capture his dream of becoming his own man. 'MEET BILL' is a film about what it means to let go of your inhibitions and find the path you're destined for.
	The Flintstones 1994's The Flintstones  brought the modern Stone Age family - immortalized in the first animated series to prime-time history to the live-action big screen. After an aptitude test mix-up, Fred Flintstone (John Goodman) trades his job as Slate & Company Bronto-crane operator for a vice presidency. But theres's trouble brewing in Bedrock. An evil executive (Kyle MacLachlan) and his sinister secretary (Halle Berry) are now plotting to use Fred as the fall guy in an embezzlement scheme. Rick Moranis (Barney Rubble), Rosie O'Donnell (Betty Rubble), Elizabeth Perkins (Wilma Flintstone) and Elizabeth Taylor co-star in a Steven Spielrock production filled with classic sight gags, dino-sized production values and sensational special effects.

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8/1

TV -

The Twilight Zone For the first time ever, find all 156 complete episodes of Rod Serling's groundbreaking series in one box set, packed with exciting extras. Travel to another dimension of sight and sound again and again through these stunning re-mastered high-definition film transfers using the original camera negatives and magnetic soundtracks. 012 Twilight Zone - S01E12 - What you Need Pedott is a sidewalk salesman. He has the ability to give someone just what they need. To Renard he gives a pair of scissors. They save Renard's life when his tie gets caught in an elevator. But Renard wants more, and sensing that Renard will eventually kill him, Pedott gies him a pair of shoes. Suddenly, a car comes speeding around a corner. Renard tries to run, but the new soles are too slippery and he can't get any traction on the wet pavement. He is killed, and Pedott knows he is now safe. 013 Twilight Zone - S01E13 - The Four of Us are Dying Relying on newspaper photos, Hammer impersonates Johnny Foster in order to get Foster's girlfriend to run away with him. He then impersonates Virgil Sterig, a murdered gangster, to squeeze money out of Mr. Penell, the thug who had Sterig killed. Penell sees through his ruse, and sends some thugs after Hammer. To elude them, Hammer assumes the face of a boxer, Andy Marshak, from a fight poster. He then runs into Marshak's father, who is looking for the son that broke his mother's heart, and did wrong by a girl. Hammer pushes the old man aside and returns to his hotel room. Later, trying to elude the police, he again assumes Marshak's face. He runs into Marshak's father again, who this time has a gun. Before he can change back and prove who he is, the old man fires. As he lies dying, his face switches from one face to another, before finally stopping at his real face. 014 Twilight Zone - S01E14 - Third from the Sun Scientist William Sturka, and test pilot Jerry Riden, certain that an all-out nuclear war is imminent, plot to steal an experimantal spaceship and escape with their families to another planet. They overpower a government man, Carling, and escape. In space they wonder what their new home will be like. From radio broadcasts they know it is inhabited by people like themselves, and it is called Earth. 015 Twilight Zone - S01E15 - I shot an Arrow Into the Air The Arrow One disappears from the radar screen and crashes. Three of the eight astronauts survive. They believe they have crashed on an asteroid. They only have five gallons of water between them. Corey intends to kill Pierson and Donlin for their water. Before Pierson dies he climbs to the top of a mountain, looks over it, and draws a symbol in the sand. Corey pays no attention to the drawing and kills Donlin. He then climbs the mountain and sees what the symbols meant: telephone poles. They had been on Earth the whole time, in the Nevada Desert. 016 Twilight Zone - S01E16 - The Hitch-Hiker After a blowout, Nan Adams repeatedly sees the same hitch-hiker. She tries to run over him, only to be told by a sailor to whom she's given a lift that there was no one on the road. She calls home and learns her mother suffered a nervous breakdown after the death of her daughter in a car wreck. Nan returns to her car, where the hitch-hiker - his purpose and identity known - awaits. 017 Twilight Zone - S01E17 - The Fever Franklin Gibbs is not happy about his wife winning a trip to Las Vegas. A drunk gives him a silver dollar and forces him to play a slot machine. His attitude changes when the machine pays off. He starts to hear the machine calling to him, and develops a mania to play it. He plays till his last dollar, which jams when he attempts to play. Believing the machine purposefully jammed he pushes it over. Later, back in his room, believing he sees the machine coming for him, he falls out of his window. The machine rolls up to him on the pavement and spits out his dollar. 018 Twilight Zone - S01E18 - The Last Flight During a World War I mission, Decker deserts his best friend, who is surrounded by enemy planes. He flies through a strange white cloud, and lands at a modern-day American air base in France. Decker discovers that the man he left behind went on to become a hero in World War II, and is due to inspect the base that very day. Decker, realizing he's been given a second chance, overpowers the major, returns to his plane, and takes off. Later, when Decker's friend arrives to inspect the base, he says Decker did return to save him - at the cost of his own life. 019 Twilight Zone - S01E19 - The Purple Testament Lieutenant Fitzgerald can see a light in the faces of the men that are going to die. His friend Captain Riker doesn't believe this, even after Lt. Fitzgerald sees the light on his face. He goes into combat and is killed. Fitzgerald is relieved when he receives news that he is being sent back to division HQ. As he's leaving he glances at a mirror and sees the light on his face. Soon after leaving there is the sound of a distant explosion. 020 Twilight Zone - S01E20 - Elegy Almost out of fuel, three astronauts set down on an asteroid. The place looks like Earth, except no one moves. They see a number of ordinary events: a marching band, a card game and a homely woman winning a beauty contest. They do find someone that moves - Jeremy Wickwire, a caretaker. He explains that the asteroid is an exclusive cemetery, that lets the departed realize their greatest wish. He asks them what their greatest wish is, while serving them wine. They say to be on their ship, returning home. Too late, they realize Wickwire, an android, has poisoned their drinks. Having ensured the continuing tranquility of Happy Glades, Wickwire places the embalmed figures of the three men back in their spaceship.

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	Species II Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross (Justin Lazard) isn't exactly himself. He's slowly becoming a terrifying alien entity with a one-track mind – to procreate with human women! When countless women suffer gruesome deaths after bearing half-alien offspring, scientist Laura Baker (Marg Helgenberger) and hired assassin Press Lennox (Michael Madsen) use Eve (Henstridge), a more tempered alien clone, to find Ross and his virulent brood. But they underestimate Eve's maternal drive, and before long she escapes to mate with Ross in order to create a purer and unstoppable race that could spell doom for mankind. As time is running out, the ultimate battle of human brain over alien brawn takes place in a chilling climax that puts Darwin's theory to the ultimate test…and only the strongest species will survive.
	Species III Mankind's number is up in this thrilling third installment of the Species franchise! Featuring eye-popping special effects, knuckle-whitening suspense and the dazzling performance of sexy newcomer Sunny Mabrey, this riveting film is the most jarring, action-packed chapter in the sci-fi series yet! In the ongoing fight for supremacy between mankind and human-alien hybrids, a fatal hybrid weakness has given humans the advantage. Until now, when Sara (Mabrey), the daughter of Eve (Natasha Henstridge), is born, she develops into the most genetically perfect alien form yet! Seeking to repopulate Earth with her kind, this dangerously beautiful femme fatale heeds an overwhelming drive to mate... while a crack military team trails her in an attempt to end the war between the two species forever!
	Cold Creek Manor Cold Creek Manor is the heart-pounding thriller that will keep you sitting on the edge of your seat in tension-filled suspense. Wanting to escape city life for the saner, safer countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid), his wife Leah (Golden Globe winner* Sharon Stone) and their two children move into a dilatpidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of the previous family. Turning it into their dream house soon becomes a living nightmare when the previous owner (Stephen Dorff) shows up, and a series of terrifying incidents lead them on a spine-tingling search for clues to the estate's dark and lurid past. *Actress In A Leading Role – Drama, Casino, 1995.

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8/2/2012 - TV Shows

The Twilight Zone For the first time ever, find all 156 complete episodes of Rod Serling's groundbreaking series in one box set, packed with exciting extras. Travel to another dimension of sight and sound again and again through these stunning re-mastered high-definition film transfers using the original camera negatives and magnetic soundtracks. 021 Twilight Zone - S01E21 - Mirror Image Millicent Barnes is confused by the actions of various employees at the bus station. The ticket taker tells her that she has repeatedly asked when the bus is going to arrive, and that her suitcase has already been checked. The washroom attendant claims she was there a few seconds earlier. Yet she hasn't done any of these things. While in the washroom, she sees herself sitting on a bench out in the bus station. She runs out, but the room is empty. Paul Grinstead, a businessman, becomes concerned for Millicent. They go to board the bus, but Millicent runs back in after seeing her other self already on the bus. Paul stays to comfort Millicent, who now says she knows what is happenning: a mirror image of herself from another world has entered this world, and must take her place to survive. Paul, certain she's mentally ill, calls the police. After the police take Millicent away, Paul chases a man who he believes has stolen his case. As the man turns around, Paul realizes that the man is a duplicate of himself. 022 Twilight Zone - S01E22 - The Monsters are Due on Maple Street After what is believed to be a meteor flies overhead, Maple Street experiences a total power failure. Pete Van Horn leaves to find what is going on. Tommy, a reader of sci-fi, says human- looking aliens have infiltrated Maple Street. No one takes this seriously until Mr. Goodman's car cranks for a few seconds. Suspicion falls on him, made stronger by a neighbor's memory of seeing him looking up at the stars at night. Everyone begins to panic as the evening approaches. When a mysterious figure walks towards them in the dark, Charlie Farnsworth takes a neighbor's rifle and fires. The mysterious figure turns out to be the returning Pete Van Horn. Charlie is then accused of being the alien, then Tommy, then total madness breaks out. As various house lights flash on and off, rioting breaks out. Two nearby aliens watch these events. One tells the other that by manipulating electricity, it is easy to turn neighbor against neighbor. Maple Street is only the beginning. 023 Twilight Zone - S01E23 - A World of Difference Businessman Arthur Curtis finds his phone dead. He is then surprised to hear a voice yell, "Cut!" and see that his office is just a set on a soundstage. Everyone tells him that he is Jerry Raigan, a drunken movie star on the decline, and "Arthur Curtis" is a character Raigan is playing. Curtis drives to where his home should be, but finds no evidence of his life. Raigan's agent, thinking his client is having a nervous breakdown, tells Curtis not to worry about returning to the set, the picture has been cancelled and the sets are being dismantled. Curtis, realizing the last link to his world is about to be destroyed, rushes to the set. Just in time, he arrives on the set and pleads not to be left in this uncaring place. Curtis finds himself back in his office, while the agent arrives on the set and finds Raigan has vanished. 024 Twilight Zone - S01E24 - Long Live Walter Jameson In class, Jameson, Kittridge's colleague for twelve years and future son-in-law, reads from a Civil War journal of officer Hugh Skelton. Later, at his house, Kittridge tells Jameson he looked Skelton's photo up and found him to be a dead ringer for Jameson, down to a mole and ring. Jameson admits he is Skelton. More than two thousand years before, he paid an alchemist for the gift of immortality. Kittridge forbids Jameson to marry his daughter. Jameson convinces her to elope with him that night. He goes home to pack, and discovers a very old woman in his study. She is a wife he long since abandoned. She grabs a revolver off of his desk and shoots him. Kittridge hears the shot and rushes in, just in time to see Jameson turn to dust. 025 Twilight Zone - S01E25 - People are Alike All Over Marcusson, the optimist that believes people are alike all over, is killed when their ship crashes on Mars. Conrad is terrified when he hears someone banging on the outside of the ship. He is relieved when he sees that the martians are human looking, but telepathic. The next day, the Martians give Conrad a home of his own. Left alone, he quickly realizes there are no windows and all the doors are locked. Suddenly, a wall slides up, revealing bars through which a crowd of Martians stand. Conrad then realizes he is in a zoo. He cries out, "Marcusson, you were right - people are alike everywhere." 026 Twilight Zone - S01E26 - Execution As Joe Caswell is being hanged for shooting a man in the back, he suddenly disappears. He reappears in the modern laboratory of Professor Manion, who invented the time machine that saved his life. Seeing the rope burns, Manion tries to send Caswell back, and is knocked unconscious in the ensuing struggle. Caswell leaves the laboratory, but soon returns after being confused by the lights and noise. He finds that he has killed the scientist. Paul Johnson, a petty thief, enters the lab. Johnson strangles Caswell and accidentally activates the time machine. He is sent back to 1880, and into the noose meant for Caswell. 027 Twilight Zone - S01E27 - The Big Tall Wish Even though Jackson breaks his hand prior to the fight, he wins because Henry - a boy who adores the fighter and believes in magic - made the "big, tall wish." After the fight the boxer refuses to believe in magic. Henry tells him if he doesn't believe, it won't be true. Jackson just can't believe. Suddenly, Jackson is back in the ring, and counted out. 028 Twilight Zone - S01E28 - A Nice Place to Visit After being shot to death by a policeman, Rocky revives to find himself unhurt. He is in the company of a seemingly good-natured man named Pip, who says he is Rocky's guide and has been instructed to give him anything he wants. At first this is great, Rocky assumes he must be in Heaven, with Pip being his guardian angel. But he soon grows tired of always winning, always getting any girl he wants. He begs Pip to send him to "the Other Place." Pip replies, "This is the Other Place!" 029 Twilight Zone - S01E29 - Nightmare as a Child Schoolteacher Helen Foley finds a strange and very serious little girl on the stairs outside her apartment. The little girl seems to know her, and tries to jog her memory about a man she saw earlier that day. The man arrives at Helen's door and Markie runs out the back way. The man is Peter Selden, who worked for Helen's mother when Helen was a child, and claimed to be the first to find her mother after she was murdered. Helen witnessed the murder but has blocked it out. She mentions Markie, and Selden tells her that was her nickname as a child, and shows her an old photo of herself. She then realizes that she and Markie are one and the same. Selden leaves, and Markie reappears. She tells Helen she is Helen, and that she is there to force her to remember her mother's murder. Selden returns and confesses to the murder, and say he has tracked down the only witness to his crime. She manages to run into the hallway and push Selden down the stairs to his death. Markie was a part of Helen that did remember the murder, and was trying to remind her conscious self of it. 030 Twilight Zone - S01E30 - A Stop at Willoughby Gart Williams is a very unhappy man. He has a terrible boss and a shrewish wife. Riding home on the train one day he falls asleep, and dreams it is 1880, and he is entering a small town called Willoughby. The conductor tells him Willoughby is a town where "a man can slow down to a walk and live his life full measure." Williams realizes this is the place for him, but he receives only ridicule from his wife. The pressure of his job being too great, he finally cracks. He calls his wife to tell her he is quitting, but she hangs up on him. On the train home, he suddenly finds himself back in Willoughby. The townsfolk all greet him by name. He's there for good this time. Meanwhile, the train has stopped. A Mr. Williams has jumped from the train yelling something about "Willoughby." The body is loaded in a hearse that bears the name "Willoughby Funeral Home."

Due South: Season One Due South is a lightning-paced action/comedy in which a quintessential , polite, by-the-book Canadian Mountie from the frozen North is teamed-up with a wise-cracking Armani-clad Chicago cop with a flexible sense of morality. Brought together in the Windy City by a mysterious murder which has personal ramifications for both men, these unlikely buddies must find a common ground amidst overwhelming differences. Canadian actor Paul Gross (Buried on Sunday, Aspen Extreme) stars as RCMP Constable Benton Frasor, with David Marciano (Civil Wars, Harlem Nights) as his reluctant partner, Ray Vecchio. Due South - S01E00 - Pilot Part 1 and 2 When a veteran Canadian Mountie is killed in what appears to be a hunting accident, his son travels to Chicago in search of the killer. Little does he know that he will discover a vast cover-up, but will he be able to finish the investigation that his father started? Due South - S01E01 - Free Willie Fraser begins his new life in Chicago by moving into an apartment, and immediately apprehends a young purse snatcher who is in possession of a gun used in a robbery

Films

A Fistful of Dollars Clint Eastwood's legendary "Man With No Name" makes his powerful debut in this thrilling, action-packed "new breed of western" (Motion Picture Herald) from the acclaimed director of The Good, The Bad And The Ugly and For A Few Dollars More. Exploding with blistering shoot-outs, dynamic performances and atmospheric cinematography, it's an undisputed classic of the genre. A mysterious gunman (Eastwood) has just arrived in San Miguel, a grim, dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers are terrorizing the impoverished citizens. A master of the "quick-draw", the stranger soon receives offers of employment from each gang. But his loyalty cannot be bought; he accepts both jobs...and sets in motion a plan to destroy both groups of criminals, pitting one against the other in a series of brilliantly orchestrated setups, showdowns and deadly confrontations.

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8/3/2012 - TV Shows

The Twilight Zone For the first time ever, find all 156 complete episodes of Rod Serling's groundbreaking series in one box set, packed with exciting extras. Travel to another dimension of sight and sound again and again through these stunning re-mastered high-definition film transfers using the original camera negatives and magnetic soundtracks. 031 Twilight Zone - S01E31 - The Chaser Roger buys a love potion from a Prof. A. Daemon to win Leila's affections. Soon he realizes it worked too well; he is sick of her never-ending adoration towards him. Roger returns to the Professor, and buys a second potion, a "glove cleaner." He slips some in her champagne, but drops the glass when she tells him she is pregnant. On the patio, Prof. Daemon, smoking a cigar, blows a heart-shaped smoke ring and disappears. 032 Twilight Zone - S01E32 - A Passage for Trumpet Joey, convinced he'll never amount to anything, throws himself in front of a truck. He wakes up to find himself all alone on the street at night. Visiting several of his regular haunts, he cannot find anyone he knows. And the people that are there can't see or hear him. Failing to see his own reflection in a mirror, Joey believes he must be a ghost. Looking back on his life, Joey realizes it wasn't as bad as he thought. He meets a tall man in a white tuxedo, who explains that it is the other people that are dead, he is simply in limbo between life and death, and which way to go is his choice. Joey chooses life, and is suddenly back on the pavement, just after being hit by the truck, alive and well. That night while playing his trumpet on a rooftop, he meets Nan, a new girl in town, who asks if Joey would show her the sights. He accepts the offer. 033 Twilight Zone - S01E33 - Mr. Bevis Mr. Bevis loses his job, wrecks his car and gets evicted from his apartment, all in one day. Bevis then meets his guardian angel J. Hardy Hempstead, who assists him. Bevis starts the day over, except now he is a success at work, his rent is paid, and his car is now a sportscar, instead of a jalopy. However, in order to have his new life, Bevis must make some changes: No loud clothes, no zither music, no longer can he be the well-liked neighborhood goofball. Realizing all these things is what makes him happy, Bevis asks that things be returned to the way they were. Hempstead changes things back, but arranges for Bevis to get his old jalopy back. He is still his guardian angel. 034 Twilight Zone - S01E34 - The After Hours Marsha buys a gold thimble from a rude saleslady on the ninth floor. When she goes to complain, she is informed there is no ninth floor. She points out the saleslady, but is shocked to find it is just a store mannequin. She is helped to a store office where she falls asleep. When she wakes up, she finds she is locked in the closed store. She hears voices coming from the mannequins as she wanders through the empty store. She backs into the elevator which takes her to the ninth floor. There the mannequins all come to life one by one, including the saleslady and elevator operator. They explain that she too is a mannequin, and that each of them is allowed a one month journey among humans. She forgot her true identity and didn't return on time. She apologizes, then turns back into a mannequin. 035 Twilight Zone - S01E35 - The Mighty Casey Dr. Stillman arranges to have his human-looking robot signed up as the star pitcher of the Hoboken Zephyrs. The team zooms to fourth place thanks to Casey. After he's beaned by a ball, a doctor discovers Casey has no heart. The rules say nine men make up a team, and without a heart Casey is not a man. Dr. Stillman gives Casey a heart, but he becomes too compassionate to strike out other players. The Zephyrs lose the pennant, and Casey is washed up in baseball. Dr. Stillman gives the coach, Mouth McGarry, Casey's blueprints as a momento. Looking at them, Mcgarry gets a sudden inspiration, and chases after the doctor. 036 Twilight Zone - S01E36 - A World of His Own Victoria West sees her husband and a blonde through a window, sharing drinks. But when she barges into his office, he is alone. Gregory tells her that by describing something into his dictation machine, he can bring anything into being. To make it disappear all he needs to do is throw the tape in the fireplace. He demonstrates by describing an elephant in the hall. Victoria ignores the evidence and informs Gregory she is going to have him committed. Gregory removes an envelope from a wall safe, and tells her it contains the tape that describes her. Victoria grabs the envelope and throws it into the fireplace, and promptly disappears. Gregory quickly begins to redescribe Victoria, then reconsiders and begins to describe Mrs. Mary West. A loving Mary appears mixing her husband a drink. Due South: Season One Due South is a lightning-paced action/comedy in which a quintessential , polite, by-the-book Canadian Mountie from the frozen North is teamed-up with a wise-cracking Armani-clad Chicago cop with a flexible sense of morality. Brought together in the Windy City by a mysterious murder which has personal ramifications for both men, these unlikely buddies must find a common ground amidst overwhelming differences. Canadian actor Paul Gross (Buried on Sunday, Aspen Extreme) stars as RCMP Constable Benton Frasor, with David Marciano (Civil Wars, Harlem Nights) as his reluctant partner, Ray Vecchio. Due South - S01E02 - Diefenbaker's Day Off A little girl in Fraser's building asks him if he can help her father who has a habit of 'hurting' himself. It turns out the the girl's father may be part of an insurance scam that is being investigated by a gung ho reporter Due South - S01E03 - Manhunt Mountie Buck Frobisher, an old friend of the Fraser family, disappears and turns up in Chicago on the run from an escaped felon who is bent on killing him, and anyone who gets in his way. Due South - S01E04 - They Eat Horses, Don't They A trip to the supermarket and a sick child lead Fraser to believe that the ground beef may contain more than just cows. Could the meat be causing a rash of food poisonings in the Chicago area? Films - Total Recall (2012) Just saw first showing today and wanted to post a brief note.  I am not one for remakes, usually, and I am not a Colin Farrell fan.  But of course any movie with Jessica Biel and Kate Beckinsale can't be all bad .. But as for the movie .. IT WAS GREAT.  I liked the reinterpretation of the story.  The changes though big fit together well and was played well.  I almost liked Colin Farrell in this (until i heard a kid say as we were walking you " .. you know Colin Farrell .. he is Will Farrell's son .. " oh my Other than that everything about the film was great.  I really liked Kate Beckinsale's job of playing the wife.  Much more active than Sharon Stone did. Visually it was great.  I think this is a winning remake of a very good movie.

[samuelrichardscott]

I watched Total Recall at comic-con and completely agree with you. Also attended Q&A with Biel, Beckinsale, Wiseman. (thank you press pass).

[DSig]

Wow .. that must have been a blast

[DSig]

8/6 - TV Shows

The Twilight Zone For the first time ever, find all 156 complete episodes of Rod Serling's groundbreaking series in one box set, packed with exciting extras. Travel to another dimension of sight and sound again and again through these stunning re-mastered high-definition film transfers using the original camera negatives and magnetic soundtracks. Just on a personal note .. it is funny that while watching these episodes, now working on season 2, looking up each actor of the episodes etc it really hits home how many great character actors were on Twilight Zone.  These actors were standards in film and television from the 30s through the 60s.  Great character actors that I don't really believe we have the likes of now.  Now everyone is a star .. or thinks they are. 037 Twilight Zone - S02E01 - King Nine Will Not Return Captain James Embry wakes up next to the wreckage of King Nine. He remembers crashing with the rest of the crew, but nothing else. He sets off to find the other crew members. He finds the grave of one, mirages of all of them, and jet aircraft flying over. He collapses and awakens in a hospital room. Seventeen years earlier, Embry had missed the flight of King Nine, and ever since has felt guilty. He saw a newspaper headline about the wreckage of King Nine being found in the desert. He had went into a state of shock and hallucinated being in the desert, but later someone finds sand in his shoes. 4.0 Great acting job by Bob Cummings (a much underrated actor to my mind).  The story is tight and very enjoyable. 038 Twilight Zone - S02E02 - The Man in the Bottle After buying a bottle from an old lady, Arthur Castle is surprised to see a genie appear in modern dress. The genie informs him he has four wishes. Not believing, Arthur wishes for a cracked glass display case to be repaired. Instantly it is fixed. His next wish is somewhat larger - a million dollars. But after giving money to the needy in his neighborhood, the IRS takes all but five dollars. He thinks his third wish is foolproof - to be the ruler of a foreign country in the twentieth century, one that can't be voted out of office. His wish comes true, but not as he expected; he is in Germany, at the end of WW II, and he is Adolf Hitler. He uses his fourth wish to make everything like it was. He's back where he started, but somewhat happier with things. 3.5 Don't know the work of Luther Adler, Vivi Janiss or Joseph Ruskin but all do a very good job in this story.  Love the story line and the ending. 039 Twilight Zone - S02E03 - Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room Jackie is ordered by George, a gangster, to kill the owner of a bar, at two a.m. Jackie doesn't have the backbone to refuse George, but if he kills the bar owner he'll definitely get caught. Looking for a match, he sees his reflection in the mirror is already smoking a lit cigarette. The reflection is a different Jackie, intelligent, self-assured and strong. It's the man Jackie could have been. And it wants out, to take over before it's too late. Jackie runs out the door, but is confronted by the image in all the mirrors. Later, George arrives to take care of Jackie, who didn't do the job. But Jackie tells him he's resigning and beats him up. The old Jackie is in the mirror, and Mr. John Rhoades is checking out. 3.5 Joe Mantell always played a 'lacky' type and William D. Gordon a hoodlum.  Good acting and a very good story.  Tight and suprising. 040 Twilight Zone - S02E04 - A Thing About Machines Bartlett Finchley hates machines. He doesn't realize that the feeling is mutual. For several months, strange things have been happening. His TV, radio and clock have all awakened him in the middle of the night. When his secretary quits, her typewriter types, "GET OUT OF HERE, FINCHLEY." The TV shows the same message, as does the phone. His electric razor slithers down the stairs after him. Finchley runs from the house and is pursued by his car. He falls into his swimming pool and drowns. 3.5 Richard Haydn was a great character actor, being in many many movies including early on "And Then There Were None" 1945 and later in "Young Frankenstein" 1974.  This is a great story and very good acting.  I love this one.  There have been several stories of this type but this is one of the better. 041 Twilight Zone - S02E05 - The Howling Man David Ellington is on a walking trip of Europe following WWI when he gets caught in a storm. He finds a remote hermitage, but is turned away. After he passes out, the monks are forced to take him in. After reviving, he hears a howling that the brothers say they do not hear. Following the sound, he comes upon a cell with an old man locked inside. The old man says he is being held captive by Brother Jerome, who is insane. After confronting Brother Jerome, he confesses that he is holding the old man prisoner, but the old man is actually the Devil! Ellington promises to keep this secret, but as soon as he gets a chance, he returns to the cell and releases the old man - who proceeds to transform into the devil and disappears. Shortly after, WWII breaks out. Ellington devotes his life to recapturing the Devil. He finally does recapture the Devil. As he prepares to leave to make arrangements to ship him back to the hermitage, he tells his housekeeper to pay no mind to the howling. But, as soon as he leaves, she lifts the bar on the door, and the door swings open. 3.5 H.M. Wynant, another great character actor in another great episode.  Along with the wonderful John Carradine this episode hits all the right spots. 042 Twilight Zone - S02E06 - Eye of the Beholder Janet Tyler anxiously awaits the outcome of her latest surgery. Janet, who's abnormal face has made her an outcast, has had her eleventh hospital visit - the maximum allowed by the State. If it didn't succeed, she will be sent to live in a village where others of her kind are segregated. As her bandages are removed, she is revealed to be very beautiful. The doctor draws back in horror. As the lights come on we see the others, their faces are misshapen and deformed. As Janet runs from her room crying, she runs into another of her kind, a handsome man named Walter Smith. He is in charge of an outcast village, and he assures her that she will eventually feel she belongs. He tells her to remember the old saying: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." 4.0 This was one of those Great scripts.  Maxine Stuart (the patient under bandages), Donna Douglas (Yep .. Elle May Clampet) the patient revealed after surgery and William D. Gordon. 043 Twilight Zone - S02E07 - Nick of Time While waiting for their car to be repaired, Don and Pat grab a quick meal at a local diner. A table top fortune-telling machine catches Don's eye. Although the answers are extremely general, Don soon believes the machine has accurately predicted two events - his promotion, and a near-accident he and Pat have while crossing the street. Don panics and begins feeding pennies into the machine. Pat convinces him that they must make their own future, without the machine. Don comes to his senses, and the couple leaves. Soon after they leave, another couple hurry into the diner and begin putting pennies in the machine. They ask when they might be allowed to leave town. 4.0 Another great episode with William Shatner acting over the top as only he can.  Also with Patricia Breslin and Guy Wilkerson, TV and movie character actors.  Great writing and great suspense. 044 Twilight Zone - S02E08 - The Lateness of the Hour Dr. Loren lives in a house staffed by human-looking robot servants. His daughter Jana believes that her parents' reliance on the robots is turning them into vegetables. She gives her father an ultimatum: dismantle the robots or she leaves. He complies with her wishes. When she tells her parents that she will soon meet a young man and have children of her own, their expressions frighten her. She looks through old photo albums for a picture of herself as a child. She realizes that she is a robot and collapses. Dr. Loren knows things will never be the same, so he reprograms her - as a maid. 4.0Great story staring the beautiful/beguiling Inger Stevens along with the great character actor John Hoyt.  Great script and great acting brings this one home. 045 Twilight Zone - S02E09 - The Trouble with Templeton Templeton longs for the years when his beloved wife Laura was still alive. After a young director dresses him down for being late, Templeton rushes from the theater and finds himself back in 1927. He locates Laura in a speakeasy. She is not the Laura he remembered - she is vulgar, self-centered and flirtatious. His memories shattered, he returns to the theater. He looks at several sheets of paper Laura was fanning herself with, and that he accidentally brought back with him. They are pages to a script entitled "What To Do When Booth Comes Back." Booth realizes the whole thing was staged so he would stop living in the past, he returns to the stage, filled with a new self-confidence and ready to start living in the present. Brian Aherne great actor of the 40s and 50s, Pippa Scott, Charles S. Carlson and Sydney Pollack (a good director/producer and a very good actor) 046 Twilight Zone - S02E10 - A Most Unusual Camera Chester Diedrich and his wife Paula, after burglarizing a curio shop, end up with a camera that takes pictures of events five minutes into the future. Paula's brother Woodward arrives, as predicted by the camera. He and Chester decide to go to the race track with the camera. They make a killing, but back at the hotel a waiter tells them that an inscription on the camera says, "ten to an owner." Chester and Woodward fight over how to use the remaining pictures, and they both fall out the window. Paula takes a picture of them, and gathers her stuff to leave. Suddenly, the waiter comes back. He has figured out they are crooks and he wants the money. He looks at the picture and notices there are more than two bodies, Paula rushes to look out the window, trips and falls to her death. Then the waiter notices there are four bodies instead of three. With a scream, he falls from the window, too. 3.5 Fred Clark, a great film and TV character actor with Jean Carson and Adam Williams (both long running character actors) star in the fun little story about greed and the results of such.  Lots of fun. 047 Twilight Zone - S02E11 - Night of the Meek Corwin is fired on Christmas Eve by Dundee, the store manager, after arriving drunk for work. He walks around, still in his Santa suit, until he finds a bag. It gives out any item that's asked of it. Corwin proceeds to pass gifts out to everyone. Officer Flaherty suspects the merchandise is stolen, and takes him to the police station. Mr. Dundee is there, and tries to find the "stolen merchandise" in the bag, but all he finds is a stray cat and some garbage. Corwin passes out gifts the rest of the night, until the bag is empty. Burt, a friendly bum, points out that Corwin has taken no gift for himself. Corwin replies that his only wish is to do this every year. His wish is granted: In an alley he finds an elf, sleigh and reindeer waiting to take him to the North Pole. 4.5A great Christmas episode staring Art Carney, best known for his role as Ed Norton on "The Honeymooners", with John Fiedler, possibly best known for his roles in "12 Angry Men" and "Star Trek", Burt Mustin and Robert Lieb (both with a great number of TV and film credits) bring forth a wonderful story about a man who has reached his limit at seeing the hopelessness of children and adults poor and out of work. 048 Twilight Zone - S02E12 - Dust After selling rope to the hangman, Sykes, a conscienceless peddler, tries to sell the condemned man's father a bag of "magic dust" that can turn hate into love. It is nothing but dirt, but the condemned man's father pays 100 pesos for it. He sprinkles the "dust" around the gallows, and on the crowd, but it has no effect. When the gallows trap door is opened, the rope breaks. Luis Gallegos, the condemned man, is pardoned, and leaves with his father. Sykes, moved by what he has seen, gives the hundred pesos to Luis's young siblings. 3.5 Thomas Gomez, another of the great character actors of the 40's and 50's, John Larch, Vladimir Sokoloff and Douglas Heyes, Jr. in this morality play about revenge and what it does to people. 049 Twilight Zone - S02E13 - Back There It's April 14, 1961. Peter Corrigan and friends are discussing time travel at their men's club. Corrigan suddenly becomes dizzy. When his head clears, he has moved back to April 14, 1865 - the date of Lincoln's assassination. He tries to warn everyone at Ford's Theater, but ends up being arrested. Mr. Wellington asks that Corrigan be remanded to his custody. Wellington is actually John Wilkes Booth, and he wants no interference. He drugs Corrigan, and when he wakes up it's too late. He returns to the present, ready to tell his friends that the past really can't be changed. But he is shocked to find that William, formerly the attendant, is now rich. His great-grandfather was the only person to believe Corrigan, and made a name for himself trying to stop the assassination. Russell Johnson, yes the professor on "Gilligan's Island", Bartlett Robinson, Paul Hartman, John Lasell and Pat O'Malley deals with time travel and whether things can be changed or not. Due South: Season One Due South is a lightning-paced action/comedy in which a quintessential , polite, by-the-book Canadian Mountie from the frozen North is teamed-up with a wise-cracking Armani-clad Chicago cop with a flexible sense of morality. Brought together in the Windy City by a mysterious murder which has personal ramifications for both men, these unlikely buddies must find a common ground amidst overwhelming differences. Canadian actor Paul Gross (Buried on Sunday, Aspen Extreme) stars as RCMP Constable Benton Frasor, with David Marciano (Civil Wars, Harlem Nights) as his reluctant partner, Ray Vecchio. Due South - S01E05 - Pizzas and Promises 3.5Ray wants the perfect pizza for the perfect price, but when the juvenile hall recent parolee delivery boy's car is stolen, Ray and Fraser go undercover as used car salesmen.

[samuelrichardscott]

Great character actors that I don't really believe we have the likes of now.  Now everyone is a star .. or thinks they are.

Whilst I agree character actors were more prevalent back in the day, there are still some truly brilliant character actors out there.
- William Fichtner
- Danny Trejo (bar Machete, he's a bit part character actor)
- Paul Gleason
- David Morse
- William H. Macy
- Steve Buscemi
- Paul Giamatti
- Joe Pantoliano
- Stanley Tucci
- Phillip Seymour Hoffman
- John Turturro
- Brian Cox
Sure, some of these have had starring roles and all have very good careers, but they are, IMO, some great character actors.

[DSig]

Of course you are right and I didn't really mean to suggest there weren't any.  It just seems in this world where every kid is told they are a winner ... that there are too many trying to be stars and sometimes not enough playing the bits that make the movies.

And you are right on calling me on this.  The ones you put out are great.  I should have been more complete in my statement.

Thanks for keeping me honest 

[DSig]

8/7 - TV Shows

The Twilight Zone For the first time ever, find all 156 complete episodes of Rod Serling's groundbreaking series in one box set, packed with exciting extras. Travel to another dimension of sight and sound again and again through these stunning re-mastered high-definition film transfers using the original camera negatives and magnetic soundtracks. 050 Twilight Zone - S02E14 - The Whole Truth After buying a Model A car, Hunnicut, a used-car salesman, finds that he is forced to tell the truth. After failing to sell it to a local alderman, the alderman names some of his colleagues he would like to hear tell the truth. Hunnicut manages to unload the car on someone he thinks would be much embarrassed by the truth - Nikita Krushchev. 3.5 Jack Carson (a great wise cracking soft guy), Loring Smith, Arte Johnson ("Verrrry interesting .. but stupid!") and Nan Peterson play in this fun episode about a wisecracking junk car salesman who happens to get a car that makes him tell the truth. 051 Twilight Zone - S02E15 - The Invaders The woman goes up to her roof to investigate a noise, and finds a flying saucer with two tiny, robot-like creatures emerging from it. The creatures torment the woman, until finally she grabs and batters one of the creatures into lifelessness. With an ax she destroys the saucer. Before the final creature is killed he sends a message to his home planet not to send any more ships to this planet. The lettering on the side of the saucer reads "U.S. Air Force." 4.5 Agnes Moorehead stars in this brilliant 1 person play (there is the voice of Douglas Heyes) about an old woman who hears noises in her roof.  The tension build from the filming and acting (Ms Moorehead does not talk during the episode) is brilliant. 052 Twilight Zone - S02E16 - A Penny for Your Thoughts Hector pays for a morning paper with a coin that stands on edge. He then finds he has telepathic powers. He informs his boss, Mr. Bagby, that Sykes, a businessman trying to get a large loan is actually going to bet it at the racetrack to try and repay embezzled funds. Sykes leaves in a rage, and Bagby is greatly displeased. Smithers, an old, trusted employee, is thinking of stealing some money, and escaping to Bermuda. A search of his briefcase reveals that Smithers was just daydreaming, and Poole is fired. Later, Mr. Bagby informs him that he was right about Sykes, and offers him his job back. Using information he has about Bagby's weekend plans with his mistress, he is made an office manager. Leaving from work he buys a paper, and knocks the coin he stood on end earlier down, and his psychic abilities disappear. 3.5 Dick York (the one and only Darrin Stevens), June Dayton and Dan Tobin do a good job in this episode about a guy who gets the ability to 'hear' peoples thoughts.  Have always like Dick York.  Good episode and good acting. 053 Twilight Zone - S02E17 - Twenty-Two Miss Powell has a recurring nightmare about room 22 - a morgue, where a nurse opens the door and says, "Room for one more, honey." Her agent and doctor believe it's just a bad dream, and show her that the morgue nurse is not the same woman in her dreams. After being discharged she arrives at the airport, and finds that her flight number is 22. When she starts to board, a stewardess, the same woman in her dreams, says, "Room for one more, honey." She runs from the plane, back into the airport. The planes leaves, and explodes on take-off. 3.5 This is another great episode with Barbara Nichols (I did not recognize her in this episode but from searching it appears she was in many movies I had seen), the GREAT Jonathan Harris and Arline Sax (another one I was not 'familiar' with but must have seen). This episode deals with bad dreams and their aftermath effects.  And the possibility of saving ones life by paying attention.  At the very end I saw a familiar face to those that watched "Perry Mason", it was Wesley Lau who played Lt Anderson on "Perry Mason" for some 82 episode. 054 Twilight Zone - S02E18 - The Odyssey of Flight 33 After accelerating past three thousand knots, the crew are unable to raise anyone on the radio. Descending below the clouds they see dinosaurs; somehow they have went back in time. They try to catch the tail wind again to return to the present. They succeed, but are confused when the control tower claims to have never heard of radar or jet aircraft. In the distance the crew sees the 1939 World's Fair. They did not come far enough back. Running low on fuel, they attempt to find the tail wind for one last attempt at returning to their time. 3.5 John Anderson another great "known" face staring in lots of Western movies and many TV shows, Paul Comi (again many movie and TV appearances) and Harp McGuire.  Another study in suspense on a plane brought on by high rate of speed (3000 mph) and a complete loss of communications.  This is all complicated by a little bit of time travel.  Great trip that would have been. 055 Twilight Zone - S02E19 - Mr. Dingle, the Strong Martians (two heads - one body) give Dingle the strength of three hundred men. Dingle is able to lift statues, tear boulders in half and other acts of strength. He attracts newspapers and TV cameras. As he prepares to lift the bar, the Martians, tired of his foolish behavior, remove his strength. Unable to prove his claims, Dingle is made a laughing stock. As the Martians leave they encounter two Venusians searching for an Earthling to perform an intelligence experiment. The Martians recommend Dingle. The Venusians boost his intelligence three-hundred fold. 3.5 This is a great fun episode staring the wonderful Burgess Meredith (he must of had stock in TZ), the irrepressible Don Rickles and James Westerfield. 056 Twilight Zone - S02E20 - Static Ed Lindsay hates television, so he gets his old radio out of the basement of the boardinghouse where he lives. He soon finds he can receive programs from the past when he's alone. Vinnie Broun, an old maid he was once engaged to, believes he is imagining the whole thing. Vinnie gives the radio away to a junk dealer. Lindsay retrieves it, hoping it will still work. It does, and when he calls Vinnie into the room, it is a younger Vinnie that appears. It is 1940, and Lindsay, young again, has been given a second chance. 3.5Dean Jagger (great in "Bad Day at Black Rock" and others), Carmen Mathews, Bob Crane (primarily a TV actor and most famous for "Hogan's Heros") and Pat O'Malley star in this great story about a man wants to go to the past of his younger days. 057 Twilight Zone - S02E21 - The Prime Mover Jimbo Cobb is forced to reveal his psychokinetic abilities to save survivors of a car wreck. His partner Ace decides they could make some quick money in Vegas with Jimbo's powers. Jimbo, Ace and his girlfriend take off for Las Vegas. They win $200,000, but Ace wants more. His girlfriend, Kitty, gets mad and goes home. Ace takes up with Sheila, a cigarette girl. Ace and Jimbo get into a high-stakes craps game in a gangster's hotel room. They win at first, with the help of Jimbo's powers. But as soon as Sheila arrives, Ace bets it all - and loses. Jimbo says he must have blown a fuse. Ace comes to his senses, and returns home and proposes to Kitty, who accepts. Surprised by this, Jimbo drops his broom. Making sure no one is looking, he uses his powers, which he never lost, to pick up the broom. 3.5 Buddy Ebsen (first saw him in Walt Disney's Davy Crockett TV in the early 50's), Dane Clark and Christine White star in the this morality play about greed and the finer things in life.

Due South: Season One Due South is a lightning-paced action/comedy in which a quintessential , polite, by-the-book Canadian Mountie from the frozen North is teamed-up with a wise-cracking Armani-clad Chicago cop with a flexible sense of morality. Brought together in the Windy City by a mysterious murder which has personal ramifications for both men, these unlikely buddies must find a common ground amidst overwhelming differences. Canadian actor Paul Gross (Buried on Sunday, Aspen Extreme) stars as RCMP Constable Benton Frasor, with David Marciano (Civil Wars, Harlem Nights) as his reluctant partner, Ray Vecchio. Due South - S01E06 - Chinatown A quiet dinner in Chinatown turns interesting when the restaurant owner's son is kidnapped by a local ganglord. The whole situation gets worse when the FBI steps in to take over the case. 3.0 Fun episode.  Good writing with lots of jokes/puns

[DSig]

8/9 - TV Shows

The Twilight Zone For the first time ever, find all 156 complete episodes of Rod Serling's groundbreaking series in one box set, packed with exciting extras. Travel to another dimension of sight and sound again and again through these stunning re-mastered high-definition film transfers using the original camera negatives and magnetic soundtracks. 067 Twilight Zone - S03E02 - The Arrival Flight 107 out of Buffalo lands with no passengers, crew, or luggage. Sheckly, an FAA investigator with a record of no unsolved cases investigates. He is accompanied by Malloy and Bengston, executives with the airline. Each of the men see the seats as a different color, and its serial number differently. Sheckly believes the plane is an illusion, and he sticks his hand in the spinning propeller to prove it. The plane disappears, as well as the two men. He finds the men in the operations room, neither has any memory of the mystery. Flight 107 arrived on schedule. One of the men remembers that there was a Flight 107 that did disappear, seventeen years earlier. It was the one case that Sheckly never solved. 3.5 Harold J. Stone, Noah Keen, Fredd Wayne, Bing Russell star in this thriller about a flight with missing crew and passengers.  It is great when the imagination gets away from you 068 Twilight Zone - S03E03 - The Shelter During a party for Dr. Stockton, the radio announces that UFOs are headed southeast and that everyone should head for their shelters. The Doc, his wife and son barricade themselves in their shelter, but their neighbors are unprepared and beg to be let in. Doc refuses saying there is only food and air for three. The neighbors find a pipe and beat the door down. Just then, the radio announces that the UFOs were really just satellites. The neighbors apologize but Doc knows that the experience has destroyed them all. 4.5 Larry Gates, Jack Albertson, Sandy Kenyon, Peggy Stewart, Michael Burns and Joseph Bernard star in this trilling tale. Coming on the heels of the 'Second Red Scare' 1947-1957 and the continuing fear of Russia this tale describes the breakdown of friendships in critical times.  If you grew up with "Duck and Cover" as was practiced by children throughout the US in the 1950s you will understand the fear that this episode could generate. 069 Twilight Zone - S03E04 - The Passersby Lavinia Godwin is certain her husband Jud, a Confederate officer, is dead. Her loss has spawned a hatred within her. When a blind Union soldier stops for a drink, she shoots him - to no effect. A confederate sergeant who stopped to rest, begins to believe that everyone on the road, including Lavinia and himself, are dead. Jud arrives and confirms that they are dead. Lavinia refuses to believe. She decides to stay as Jud heads off down the road, promising to meet her at the end of the road. As he leaves, the last man on the road approaches. It's Abraham Lincoln. He convinces Lavinia of the truth, and she runs down the road to catch up with Jud. 4.0 This is another great episode staring Joanne Linville, James Gregory the great American character actor, Austin Green and Rex Holman.  I think that Joanne Linville did an excellent job in this episode.  I am really surprised she didn't do a lot more than she did.  This episode had the great TZ twist at the end.  We might be able to guess these now (of course having seen it) but at the time it was surprising and spooky. 070 Twilight Zone - S03E05 - A Game of Pool Alone in a pool hall, Jesse Cardiff wishes he could play the late Fats Brown and prove that he, not Fats, is the greatest pool player. Fats appears and challenges him, with Jesse's life at stake. It's a close game, and just as Jesse is about to sink the winning ball, Fats warns him that winning has its own hazards. Jesse ignores him and wins. After he dies he understands Fats warning, he now has to rise to every challenge from ambitious players on Earth. 4.0 Jack Klugman (tied with Burgess Meredith for most number of appearances on TZ) and Jonathan Winters (true genious) stars in this great episode.  Sometimes you get what you want .. but then it is too late. 071 Twilight Zone - S03E06 - The Mirror Clemente is told by General DeCruz, the deposed tyrant, that the mirror in his office will reveal the faces of one's assassins. Clemente sees his compatriots coming at him with guns, knives and poisons. He kills them all, but he still feels threatened. He tells a priest of this, and the priest replies that tyrants have only one enemy, one they never recognize. Looking in the mirror after the priest leaves, Clemente sees his own reflection. He shatters the mirror, then shoots himself. The priest rushes in. "The last assassin," he says. "And they never learn. They never seem to learn!" 3.5 Peter Falk early in his career, Tony Carbone and Vladmir Sokoloff star in this episode.  Falk does an excellent job of portraying a freedom fighter turning despot and the loss of his senses.  "Paranoia strikes deep .." or so sings Buffalo Springfield. 072 Twilight Zone - S03E07 - The Grave Sykes is gunned down by a group of townsfolk. Conny Miller, a hired-gun who never caught up with Sykes, learns that before Sykes died, he vowed to reach up and grab Miller if he ever got close to his grave. After accepting a bet that he won't go near the grave, Miller goes to the grave and sticks his knife into the ground, proving he was there. As he stands something grabs him and pulls him down. The next morning a group of people find Miller dead next to Sykes' grave. It appears that the wind had blown Miller's coat over the grave, and he had stuck his knife through it. Sykes's sister mentions that the wind was blowing away from the grave the night before. 4.0 Lee Marvin around the time of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", Strother Martin "What we've got here is...failure to communicate.", James Best 3 times on TZ, Lee Van Cleef.  Great story with a FUN ending.  Good story line and good acting.  And not a bad list of actors. 073 Twilight Zone - S03E08 - It's a Good Life Dan Hollis receives a Perry Como record during a surprise party at the Fremont house. Unable to play it in front of Anthony, he begins to drink heavily. Suddenly he bursts into song. Hollis pleads with the other adults to kill Anthony while he's distracted. None of them move to help, and Anthony turns Dan into a giant jack-in-the-box, and sends him to the cornfield. Anthony then makes it snow outside, which will kill off half of their crops. His father, half-hysterically, tells him it's good that he made it snow. 4.5 Billy Mumy (in his second excellent episode), John Larch 3 episodes of TZ and Cloris Leachman.  This is one of those episodes that stick with me.  I can remember watching it as a kid with my folks.  Boy did i wish for those powers  This was revised for the film "Twilight Zone: The Movie" and written by Richard Matheson 074 Twilight Zone - S03E09 - Deaths-Head Revisited Walking in the old concentration camp, Lutze meets Becker, whom he mistakes for a caretaker. Becker is actually a ghost, and he and the other ghostly inhabitants of the camp have returned to put Lutze on trial. After a trial, Lutze is made to suffer like his victims from years ago. The torture drives him insane. A doctor later wonders what drove Lutze crazy. He then looks around the camp and says, "Dachau, why do we keep it standing?" 4.5 Joseph Schildkraut, Oscar Beregi and Karen Verne.  Another excellent episode dealing with the horrors during WWII in Germany in the prison camps.  Oscar Beregi, Jr is BRILLIANT in this episode.  His journey to insanity is very well don. 075 Twilight Zone - S03E10 - The Midnight Sun Norma and Mrs. Bronson remain in their apartments, even after most people have left town. A man breaks into Norma's apartment and drinks the last of her water. He then apologizes and leaves. Later, as the temperature increases, Mrs. Bronson dies. The paintings melt and a thermometer bursts. Norma screams and collapses. When she awakens it's dark and snowing. She was just dreaming - The Earth is actually heading away from the sun. 3.5 Lois Nettleton (she had a Joanne Woodward way about her), Betty Garde with Tom Reese star in this twister episode.  It is funny but while I am watching this episode it dawns on me that most of the episodes show people who live in apartments .. more east coast (NY) living.  Not the burbs like I grew up in the west where everyone had a house with a yard etc.  But of course when TZ did show that kind of living, "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" it didn't turn out so well 076 Twilight Zone - S03E11 - Still Valley Paradine wanders into a town full of Union soldiers. They are all frozen in time by a old man with a black book. Knowing he will die soon, the old man gives the book to Paradine, telling him to use it to win the war. He takes the book back to camp and convinces his commanding officer to allow him to try to freeze the entire Union army. When he starts to read the book aloud he realizes he will have to call on the Devil, and renounce God to cast the spell. He throws the book on the fire and decides to allow the war to end in its own way. 3.5 Gary Merrill, Vaughn Taylor (actually in 5 episodes of TZ, more than anyone including Jack Klugman and Burgess Meredith .. but did not STAR) and Ben Cooper.  What would you do for everything you believe in ... would you make a pact with the devil?  Would you even renounce God? 077 Twilight Zone - S03E12 - The Jungle Alan Richards plans to build a dam in Africa on a tribe's ancestral land. The tribe's voodoo doctor puts a lion curse on him. He doesn't believe in that sort of thing, but he is shocked when he finds a dead goat on his doorstep. Leaving a bar late at night he begins to hear jungle sounds. He hops in a taxi, but then at a stoplight finds the driver dead. He gets out and runs home. When he gets there however, he discovers his wife dead - killed by a lion who sees Alan and pounces. 3.0 John Dehner great actor and really good bad guy and 3 episodes of TZ, Emily McLaughlin and Walter Brooke.  Interesting but not really on my list for great TZ episodes.  Fun ending but ... 078 Twilight Zone - S03E13 - Once Upon a Time Disillusioned by 1890, Woodrow Mulligan, a janitor, uses a time helmet invented by his boss to travel ahead to 1962. After deciding 1962 is no better than 1890, he attempts to return but realizes the helmet has been damaged. Rollo, an electronic scientist, offers to help by taking the helmet to a repair shop. After it's fixed, Woodrow realizes that Rollo wants to use the helmet himself. They both grab the helmet and appear in 1890. Rollo doesn't like 1890, so Woodrow puts the helmet on him and sends him back to 1962. 4.0 Another great watch what you wish for/grass is greener episode staring Buster Keaton who was only on TZ once . it would have been great to see more of him  He died just 4 short years after this episode, Stanley Adams great and well remembered as Cyrano Jones in the original series of "Star Trek" and Jesse White .. yes the "Maytag Man".  I really like this episode.  It brings back the fun of silents and merges with the "current" (1960s).  Always a hoot to watch Buster Keaton. 079 Twilight Zone - S03E14 - Five Characters in Search of an Exit The five characters are trapped in a cylinder with no memory of how they arrived there. The Major hits on the idea of forming a human ladder to reach the top. After reaching the rim, the Major loses his balance and falls into the snow below. The mystery is solved - they are dolls in a Christmas toy donation barrel. A child picks the Major up and returns him to the barrel. 3.5 William Windom, Murray Matheson, Susan Harrison really like her in this but according to bio she quit the profession in 1963 for family matters, Kelton Garwood, Clark Allen and Mona Houghton all trapped in a 60's version of "The Cube" without the death . 080 Twilight Zone - S03E15 - A Quality of Mercy Lieutenant Katell orders his men to make a near-suicidal attack on a group of Japanese soldiers in a cave. Sgt. Causarano tries to dissuade him from attacking the cave, but to no avail. Suddenly, Katell is Lt. Yamuri, a Japanese officer on Corregidor on May 4, 1942. His captain is about to order an attack on a group of wounded American soldiers in a cave. He pleads with his captain to not attack, but it's in vain. Suddenly, he is back in the Philippines. The U.S. has dropped an A-bomb on Japan, and his platoon has been ordered to fall back and not attack the cave. Having seen both sides, Katell is relieved. 4.0 Dean Stockwell what a great early bit for him, Albert Salmi, Jerry Fujikawa, Leonard Nimoy early one for Leonard also.  I think that the ending talk by Rod Serling says it best ... "'The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.' Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, but applicable to any moment in time, to any group of soldiery, to any nation on the face of the Earth - or, in this case, to the Twilight Zone."  Bravo 081 Twilight Zone - S03E16 - Nothing in the Dark Wanda Dunn is so scared that "Mr. Death" will kill her with his touch, she has barricaded herself in her apartment for years. When a policeman is shot outside her door, she overcomes her fear and drags him inside. A man breaks into her apartment, and Wanda thinking it's Mr. Death, faints. When she comes to, he explains he is a building contractor and that he is to demolish the building the next day. After he leaves Wanda realizes that he couldn't see the policeman - he is Mr. Death. But rather than being a monster, she sees him as a gentle deliverer. She takes his hand and he leads her outside into the sunlight. 3.5 Gladys Cooper with her first of 3 appearances on TZ, Robert Redford his first credit in 1960 "Maverick" and R.G. Armstrong another great and popular character actor.  This is a great episode.  Not great twists and turns but the story, acting and development are very well done. 082 Twilight Zone - S03E17 - One More Pallbearer Paul Radin has invited three people to view his bomb shelter: Mrs. Langford, a teacher who flunked him; Colonel Hawthorne, who court-martialed him; and Reverend Hughes, who made public a scandal involving a girl who committed suicide over him. Using fake sound and news reports, he convinces them that nuclear war is minutes away. He offers them a deal: If they apologize to him, they may remain in the shelter. They all three refuse and leave. Suddenly, Paul hears a tremendous explosion, and returns to the surface to find everything destroyed - nuclear war did happen. In reality, everything is fine; Paul has lost his mind. 3.5 Joseph Wiseman best known for his portrayal of Dr. No, Gage Clark and Katherine Squire.  Good story and acting.  Just not one of my favorites .. don't know why 083 Twilight Zone - S03E18 - Dead Man's Shoes Bledsoe puts on a pair of expensive shoes he took off of a dead gangster and is suddenly possessed by the ghost of the gangster. The ghost is seeking revenge and soon locates his killer. He attempts to gun the man down, but is instead gunned down himself. Before Bledsoe dies, the spirit vows to keep returning until he succeeds in killing his murderer. A tramp comes along, and thinking Bledsoe is asleep, takes his shoes. 3.5 Warren Stevens .. yep Doc from "Forbidden Planet", Ben Wright and Joan Marshall.  Though not one of my favorites it is still a good episode with good writing and acting. 084 Twilight Zone - S03E19 - The Hunt Hyder Simpson and his dog Rip dive into a lake after a raccoon. Only the raccoon emerges. He and Rip awaken the next morning next to the lake. When he gets home he finds that no one can see or hear him, not even his wife - they all think he's dead. He finds a fence beside the graveyard and follows it to a gate. The man at the gate tells him it is the gate to Heaven, but dogs aren't allowed. Hyder takes Rip and leaves. Further down the road he meets an angel. The angel explains that the gate was actually the gate to Hell, and Rip wasn't allowed in because he could have smelled the brimstone. 4.0 This was another monster episode staring Arthur Hunnicut the original Jed Clampett, Jeanette Nolan and Titus Moede.  Some might say his love for his dog was too much .. but not me.  I would rather fight that coon than let it take my dog.  And beware who you might meet along the last journey. 085 Twilight Zone - S03E20 - Showdown with Rance McGrew Rance McGrew is shooting a scene where "Jesse James" shoots him in the back. He is suddenly transported to a real Old West saloon, and the real Jesse James enters. He tells Rance that he and the other desperadoes of old are tired of the way they are being portrayed. He challenges Rance to a gun fight. Rance, having never shot a gun, falls to his knees and says he'll do anything to spare his life. Jesse agrees, and Rance is suddenly back on the studio lot. Then Rance's agent, Jesse James, arrives. He plans on staying and insuring that the outlaws always win. He begins with the TV Jesse James throwing Rance through a window. 3.0 Larry Blyden, Arch Johnson great fun actor, Robert Cornthwaite .. yep from "The Thing from Another World" and Richard Kline.  This is a fun episode making fun of TV westerns (probably all genres).  Nothing special but it is entertaining. 086 Twilight Zone - S03E21 - Kick the Can Charles Whitley, a resident of Sunnyvale, decides that the secret to youth is acting young. His friend Ben Conroy thinks he is crazy. One night Charles tries to wake everyone up to play a game of kick-the-can. Everyone agrees except Ben, who goes to tell the home's superintendent, Mr. Cox. When Ben and Mr. Cox go outside all they find are a group of children playing kick-the-can - they are all young again. Ben begs his old friend for a second chance, but Charles, now a boy, tells him it's too late. The children all run off into the bushes, leaving Ben behind. 4.0Ernest Truex, Russell Collins and John Marley.  Once again one of the preeminent episodes.  Longing for the past when the present is simply waiting for death.  Don't ever forget how to "kick the can"

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Opps .. I can't find my posting for 8/8.  Here it is from my file.  Hope this isn't a duplicate post

8/8 - TV Shows

The Twilight Zone For the first time ever, find all 156 complete episodes of Rod Serling's groundbreaking series in one box set, packed with exciting extras. Travel to another dimension of sight and sound again and again through these stunning re-mastered high-definition film transfers using the original camera negatives and magnetic soundtracks. 058 Twilight Zone - S02E22 - Long Distance Call Grandma Bayles gives her five year-old grandson a toy phone for his birthday. Soon after she dies, and Billy is very upset. He quickly seems better while spending all his time talking into the toy phone. He tells his parents that Grandma is on the phone, and that she is lonely and wants him to come visit. His parent's dismiss this as a child's imagination, until he throws himself in front of a car. Billy tells his parent's that "someone" told him to do it. Late one night, his mother, hearing him talking on the toy phone, rushes in and grabs the phone - and hears breathing on the other end. Billy runs out of the house and tries to drown himself in the fish pond. A fire rescue team has no luck at reviving him. His father goes into his room and picks up the phone, and begins to plead with his mother to let Billy live. He tells her that if she really loves Billy she would allow him to grow up. Suddenly, Billy begins to respond. 4.5 Billy Mumy ("Lost in Space"), Lili Darvas and Philip Abbott.  This is a great episode that really creaped me out as a kid.  When a grandmothers love turns to something more .. something wrong 059 Twilight Zone - S02E23 - A Hundred Yards Over the Rim Scouting over a rim, Christian sees a paved road lined with telephone poles. A huge truck rushes by and scares him. He falls to the ground and his rifle fires into his arm. He makes it to a diner, where Mary Lou, a former nurse's aide, treats his wound and gives him a bottle of penicillin. Christian sees a calendar, and realizes it's 1961. A doctor is summoned, and he finds Christian's story credible, considering his clothes, gun, and old-fashioned fillings in his teeth. The doctor realizing this is above him, calls the sheriff. Christian emerges from the back room. He has read an encyclopedia and learned that his son grew up to be a famous physician. As the sheriff arrives, Christian bolts from the diner. The sheriff and doctor give chase, but Christian tops the rim and is back in 1847, carrying the penicillin for his son. His rifle is all that is left in 1961, looking like it has been rotting in the desert for a hundred years. 3.0 Cliff Robertson, the great Miranda Jones, John Crawford and John Astin star in this tale.  Great little tale about what would happen if someone from the past turned up in 1960's america.  Fear they would be treated worse now. 060 Twilight Zone - S02E24 - The Rip Van Winkle Caper Four thieves rob a bullion train headed to California. They head back to a cave, and use a gas invented by their leader Farwell, and go into suspended animation. One of them is killed by a rock while they're asleep. The rest awake one hundred years later, safe from any police pursuit. DeCruz uses the truck to run over Brooks, but loses control and wrecks it. Farwell and DeCruz must walk through the desert to the nearest town, carrying as much gold as they can. Farwell, the older of the two, quickly tires. He loses his canteen and has to pay DeCruz one gold bar for each sip of water. Then Decruz raises the price to two gold bars, and Farwell kills him with one of the gold bars. Weak and tired, Farwell heads down a highway while carrying the gold he refuses to abandon. Just as he finally collapses, a futuristic car pulls up. He offers his gold in exchange for a ride into town, but it's too late, and he dies - never learning that a way to make gold had been found, making his bullion worthless. 3.0 Oscar Beregi, Simon Oakland (another great tough guy), Lew Gallo and John Mitchum star in this quirky story about greed. 061 Twilight Zone - S02E25 - The Silence Archie Taylor, who wants his men's club quiet, offers Jamie Tennyson half a million dollars to remain silent for one year. To insure his unbroken silence, he will live in the club's basement. In debt, and with a wife that has expensive tastes, Tennyson agrees. During the year, Taylor tries every trick in the book to get Tennyson to talk, however he reamins silent. Finally, the year is up and Tennyson emerges from the basement to collect his money. Taylor then reveals that he lost his fortune ten years before, and never intended to pay off the bet. Tennyson remains silent, but writes a note to Taylor. It says: "I knew I would not be able to keep my part of the bargain, so one year ago I had the nerves to my vocal chords severed!" 3.0 Franchot Tone, Liam Sullivan, Jonathan Harris (yeah .. another Jonathan Harris episode . though small roll), Cyril Delevanti.  The lengths some will go to win a bet. 062 Twilight Zone - S02E26 - Shadow Play Grant is scared that this is all a dream, a recurring nightmare that has him waking up screaming every night. D.A. Ritchie thinks it's a preposterous idea, but his friend Paul Carson, a newspaper editor, isn't so sure. He's worried that when Grant is electrocuted they will all cease to exist. Carson gets Ritchie to visit Garnt in his cell. Ritchie still does not believe Grant, even when Grant lip-synchs every word that Ritchie says. As midnight approaches, Carson convinces Ritchie that Carson is a mental incompetent. As Ritchie picks up the phone to call the governor, the switch is pulled, and Ritchie and Carson disappear. All is blackness, then Grant is back in the courtroom being sentenced. Some of the people are different, but the scenario is the same - and the nightmare is starting over. 3.5 Dennis Weaver (another great dramatic performance given by a great under rated actor), Harry Townes (a great character actor even though he was in "Voyagers!" .. oh my i have the series on disc), Wright King and William Edmondson.  This is a great episode where all of the tension comes from the acting and filming.  Very spooky to a young kid when it comes to dreams. 063 Twilight Zone - S02E27 - The Mind and the Matter Archibald Beechcroft hates people. An office boy, after spilling coffee on him, offers him a book on mind power. After reading it, Beechcroft is convinced that he can will anything to happen. He proves it by making his landlady disappear. The next day he finds his office empty. He decides to repopulate the world with duplicates of himself. He soon finds that they are all unhappy complainers. He finally admits, "A lot of me is just as bad as a lot of them." A little more tolerant of others, he returns the world to that way it was. 3.5 Shelley Berman (great comedic actors of the 50's and 60's), Jack Grinnage, Chet Stratton and Jeane Wood.  This one is all about Shelly Berman .. and be careful about what you wish/want. 064 Twilight Zone - S02E28 - Will the Real Matrian Please Stand Up Troopers follow the tracks from a frozen pond, into a diner. Inside they find a soda jerk, a bus driver and his seven passengers. The bus driver is certain only six people boarded his bus. There's two married couples, a businessman, a dancer and an eccentric old man. The troopers give up the investigation when a call comes through that the bridge is safe now, and the bus may continue on. Later, the businessman returns to the diner. The bridge really wasn't safe, the call was an illusion. He is the Martian, advance scout for an invasion force. He proceeds to drink a cup of coffee and smoke a cigarette, using all three of his arms. The soda jerk tells him that he's a Venusian, and that his invasion force has intercepted the Martian fleet. Grinning, he removes his cap, revealing a third eye. 4.5 Another monster episode from my childhood staring John Hoyt, Barney Phillips, Jack Elam (yea) and Bill Kendis.  I used to watch TZ with my folks.  We would sit in a dark room and see how scared we could get.  This was a great episode for that.  Always fun to watch. 065 Twilight Zone - S02E29 - The Obsolete Man In a future society, all books and religion have been banned. Romney Wordsworth is a God-fearing librarian who has been judged obsolete by a chancellor of the State. He is granted three requests: only his assassin will know his method of death, that he die at midnight the next day, and that he have an audience. Forty-five minutes before his scheduled death, he invites the Chancellor to his room. He then informs the Chancellor that he has chosen to be killed by a bomb set to explode at midnight, he then locks the Chancellor in his room. A TV camera is broadcasting all that happens - and Wordsworth will prove who's will is stronger, his or the State's. The Chancellor is calm at first, but as the minutes tick by he begins to panic. He finally cries out, "In the name of God, let me out!" Wordsworth hands him the key, and the Chancellor runs from the room just as it explodes. When the Chancellor returns to his court, he finds he has been judged obsolete and replaced. Loyal members of the State surround him and tear him to pieces. 4.0 Great story and acting .. Burgess Meredith (yea Penquin), Fritz Weaver (another great character actor), Joseph Elic and Harry Fleer.  A great story about what happens when the "STATE" becomes to encompassing.  Deciding that arts, reading etc are not necessary .. 066 Twilight Zone - S03E01 - Two A woman wearing a uniform encounters a man dressed in the enemy's uniform. She is very distrustful of him. A while later she admires a dress in a shop window. The man removes it and gives it to her. She changes in an old recruiting office. Seeing the posters reminds her of the war, and she rushes out and fires several rounds at the man. The next day he returns in civilian clothes and she is wearing the dress. She joins him and they walk off together. Monster episode with Charles Bronson (what can one say about him), Elizabeth Montgomery (suttely beautiful and extremely talented) and Sharon Lucas (stunt double for Ms Montgomery). This is a haunting tale told many times in many ways.  Just listen to Crosby, Stills and Nash "Wooden Ships".

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8/13 - TV Shows

The Virginian: The Complete First Season Owen Wister's 1902 western novel The Virginian was one of the first great novels of the American West. Set in the semi-mythical town of Medicine Bow, Wyoming in the 189os, it chronicled the lives and relationships of the people who came west and settled the wild land. Starring games Drury in the title role, The Virginian was the first 90 minute television western, airing in prime time on NBC from 1962-1971. The stellar cast included Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Gary Clark and Roberta Shore, and each week brought talented guest stars to The Virginian. Season One's line-up of luminaries reads like a who's who of Hollywood, including George C. Scott, Lee Marvin, Bette Davis, Robert Duvall, Brian Keith, Colleen Dewhurst, Hugh O'Brian, Ricardo Montalban, Eddie Albert, Michael Rennie, Ida Lupino, and many more! Basic Cast:  Doug McClure as Trampas, James Drury as The Virginian, Gary Clarke as Steve Hill, Pippa Scott as Molly Wood, Lee J. Cobb as Judge Henry Garth and Roberta Shore as Betsy Garth (daughter of Judge Garth) 001 The Virginian - The Executioners - Season 1, Episode 1, Aired Sep 19, 1962 Ne'er-do-well Tom Newcombe is publicly hanged for murdering a woman because the local school teacher, Celia Ames (Colleen Dewhurst), refuses to alibi him. A mysterious man, Paul Taylor (Hugh O'Brien), comes to town, signs on to work as a Shiloh Ranch hand and begins romancing Celia. However, his odd behaviour begins to raise the suspicions of Judge Garth and the local Sheriff who wonder about the motives of the stranger. 3.5With Guest star Hugh O'Brian.  Good starting episode.  Introducing the characters and bringing in a good story. 002 The Virginian - Woman from White Wing - Season 1, Episode 2, Aired Sep 26, 1962 Three men, who are prison escapees, come to Shiloh looking for Judge Garth. One of those men (Barry Sullivan) turns out to be Betsy Garth's real father, a fact unknown to Betsy. The man aims to reclaim his daughter and receive compensation, believing the Judge abandoned him purposefully in the wasteland some years before 3.0With Guest star Barry Sullivan, Tom Reese and Robert Sampson. 003 The Virginian - Throw a Long Rope - Season 1, Episode 3, Aired Oct 03, 1962 A homesteader (Jack Warden) accused of rustling narrowly escapes hanging by local ranchers led by Major Cass (John Anderson), an event that is observed by Shiloh hands including the Virginian. However, the homesteader is severely injured, and the Virginian helps him work his farm during off hours. After some investigation into the rash of cattle rustling, the Virginian decides to defend the man against the Major and the other ranchers including Judge Garth. With Guest stars Roger Mobley, Jacqueline Scott and Ted Knight Yep .. that Ted Knight. 004 The Virginian - The Big Deal - Season 1, Episode 4, Aired Oct 10, 1962 Columbian Enrique Cuellar (Ricardo Montalban) has inherited land which was leased and used by Judge Garth. The Judge wants to renew the lease or buy the land outright. He minimizes its importance to his operations even though it contains a pass needed to drive his cattle herd between its seasonal ranges. Enrique discovers this deception and demands a large amount of money for the land. The Judge decides to drive his cattle through the land before Enrique can get a legal restraining order and in turn Enrique begins erecting a barbed wire fence to block the passage. A violent confrontation seems inevitable but is prevented by an unpredictable event involving Betsy Garth. With Guest stars Rcardo Montalban (Star Trek's Kahn), Bill Zuckert and Orville Sherman. 005 The Virginian - The Brazen Bell - Season 1, Episode 5, Aired Oct 17, 1962 A new school teacher, Arthur Lilley (George C. Scott), and his uppity wife (Anne Meacham) come to Medicine Bow. Arthur is a well-educated man and his wife believes the job beneath him but Arthur sees himself as a coward, thinking he was responsible for the deaths of several students in a fire at his former school in Vermont. When two murderers escape from prison and take as hostages the teacher, his wife and the school children including Betsy Garth, Arthur's mettle meets the supreme test. 4.0Great episode with George C. Scott (not much to say about him), John Davis Chandler (great bad guy) and the Great Royal Dano (one of my favorites was his role in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Trouble with Harry" (1955)).