This is it, the last trio of episodes of Don Adams’ Get Smart. Will we get some kind of series round up, or will it just end? Let’s find out. The first episode this week is Hello, Columbus, Goodbye, America. Written by Pat McCormick, this episode was first broadcast on 1 May, 1970. Gino Columbus…
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) – Charles Lamont
We’re now moving into the later years of the Universal Monsters and that means they tried to revitalize it and inject some new life into the series by leaning into the addition of the comedy team Bud Abbott and Lou Costello to the series. This time out, the classic comedians are a pair of newly…
Doctor Who (Tom Baker) – The Masque of Mandragora
Here we are 14 (!) Seasons in, and things get a little historical for the first time in a long time as the Doctor (Baker) and Sarah-Jane (Elisabeth Sladen) find themselves back in 15th century Italy! The Masque of the Mandragora was a four part story that aired from 4 September to 25 September,…
Airwolf (1985) – Horn of Plenty and Airwolf II
The third and final season of Airwolf gets underway with this pair of episodes. (To clarify, no one counts the abominable spinoff fourth season). Up first is Horn of Plenty written by Sutton Roley and airing on 28 September, 1985. An elaborate plan is concocted to kidnap Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) with the plant to hypnotize/brainwash him…
Doctor Who (Jon Pertwee) – Terror of the Autons
The Autons and the Nestene are back in the season 8 opening story for Pertwee’s Doctor, which sees a new companion at his side in the form of Jo Grant (Katy Manning). The four episode story was written by Robert Holmes and ran from 2 January to 23 January, 1973. And minutes into the story…
The Mind Reels 