I’ll be honest, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, available now from Orbit Books hit me like a sucker punch. I didn’t know what I expected from this whimsical, playful tale, but what I did not expect was a genre mash-up that at its heart (or Hart) riffed on the classic tale told in Shop…
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M*A*S*H (1980) – Letters, Cementing Relationships, and Father’s Day
Dennis Koenig pens Letters, which is a bit of a vignette show, that first aired on 24 November, 1980. In the midst of a huge rainstorm that is bringing down camp spirits, Hawkeye (Alan Alda) gets a slew of letters from his hometown of Crabapple Cove, Maine. One of the schoolteachers there has had her…
M*A*S*H (1975/1976) – The Price of Tomato Juice, Dear Ma, and Der Tag
Gene Reynolds and series developer Larry Gelbart penned The Price of Tomato Juice that first aired on 16 Decemember, 1975. When Radar (Gary Burghoff) shares his tomato juice with Colonel Potter (Harry Morgan), the colonel recalls how much he enjoys it, but its actually a rarity at the front, so Radar decides they should get…
M*A*S*H (1975) – Soldier of the Month, The Gun, and Mail Call, Again
Radar (Gary Burghoff) ties one on for the first time, and Frank (Larry Linville) falls ill while trying to rid the camp of a rat infestation on Soldier of the Month. Written by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason this episode first debuted on 28 November, 1975. Word comes down that there is going to be a Soldier of…
Pump Up the Volume (1990) – Allan Moyle
There are moments, movies, books, and shows that stay with you, and some undeniably influence you. I remember where I was, and who I was (or at least on my way to becoming) when I was first introduced to Mark Hunter (Christian Slater) better known to his listening audience as Happy Harry Hard-on. With a…
M*A*S*H (1974) – George, Mail Call, and A Smattering of Intelligence
This week brings is the conclusion of season two of M*A*S*H, and we get started with George. Written by John W. Regier and Gary Markowitz this episode first aired on 16 February, 1974. In a groundbreaking episode, for the time, the story took on the subject of gays in the military. Hawkeye (Alan Alda) learns…
A Fool There Was (1915) – Frank Powell
The new big book I’m working my way through, simply called Movies, overseen and edited by Phillip Kemp is going to bring me a whole bunch of films I’ve never seen, and probably a whole bunch I’ve already reviewed. So I’m back in the era of the silent film, and A Fool There Was is…
Star Trek: Enterprise (2002) – Dear Doctor, and Sleeping Dogs
Captain’s log: date unknown Maria and Andre Jacquemetton penned this Phlox (John Billingsley) episode that first aired on 23 January, 2002. Taking a cue from Next Generation’s Data’s Day, there are letters sent back and forth while the Enterprise is in orbit around a planet that is suffering from a plague. We get to see…
It: Chapter Two (2019) – Blu-Ray Review
Let’s get this out of the way first. No matter what Andy Muschietti had done for the second chapter of the It story there would have been no way to top the first instalment that was the perfect blend of creepy and nostalgia. And of course, there’s the plague of a Stephen King ending, something…
Moonlighting (1986) – Yours, Very Deadly, and All Creatures Great… and Not So Great
Roger Director pens Maddie (Cybill SHepherd) and David’s (Brice Willis) first case this week, Yours, Very Deadly. It first aired on 28 October, 1986. Gail Woodley (Brooke Bundy), a fairly unhappily married woman, comes to the Blue Moon Detective Agency for help. Over the past few years she has been trading letters with an admirer….
The Mind Reels 