Hot on the trail of last week’s clip show comes an episode that was produced in 1983 for the second season. For some reason it sat on the shelf until 1987. Written by Alan Uger, this episode was finally broadcast on 16 December, 1987. It’s Steven (Michael Gross) and Elyse’s (Meredith Baxter) 20th Anniversary. While…
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Family Ties (1984) – Diary of a Young Girl, Working at It, and The Gambler
Jennifer (Tina Yothers) is in the hospital to have her tonsils removed, and she’s a little stressed and worried about what will happen in Diary of a Young Girl. The penultimate episode of season two of Family Ties was written by Ruth Bennett and it aired on 3 May, 1984. Jennifer hasn’t been super lucky…
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918) – Willis O’Brien
It’s more dinosaurs as I journey through the Dragons & Dinosaurs in DK Canada’s Monsters in the Movies. This time I have a look at the early silent short, The Ghost of Slumber Mountain. Clocking in at eighteen minutes, this little title must have been made to show off the special effects of the time,…
Magnum, p.i. (1984) Echoes of the Mind Part 1 & 2
It’s time for milk, fig newtons and beautiful sunsets as Season 5 (!) gets underway with this two-parter that aired on 27 September and 4 October, 1984. The season opener was penned by Bellisario himself, and sees both Thomas (Tom Selleck) and Higgins (John Hillerman) dealing with love in their own way. It also uses the New American…
Sergeant York (1941) – Howard Hawks
The next film in my viewing line-up following my screening of All Quiet on the Western Front for the chapter on war films for the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film is this biopic based on the diary of Alvin York, himself. This may seem like an odd statement, but this film does…
The Mind Reels 