Both Smart (Don Adams) and the Chief (Edward Platt) are in trouble in this episode! Smart the Assassin first aired on 19 February, 1966 and was written by Budd Grossman. KAOS gets their hands on Smart and hypnotizes him in order to have the agent assassinate the Chief during their nightly chess game. His trigger…
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Caddyshack (1980) – Harold Ramis
Caddyshack remains one of those comedies that just stays with you. And it has stayed with me since I first saw it as a teenager in the 80s, Bill Murray and his nemesis, the gopher puppet delighted me to no end, while Chevy Chase’s zen-like and self-confident (verging on the arrogant) golf player Ty, exuded…
Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973) – More Tribbles, More Troubles, The Survivor, and The Infinite Vulcan
Captain’s log: stardate 5392.4 David Gerrold revisits one of his most popular creations in this week’s animated foray into the Trek universe. Airing on 6 October, 1973, the Enterprise encounters Cyrano Jones (Stanley Adams) again, and this time the tribbles are definitely causing more troubles. It seems the little animals are growing to incredible sizes,…
The Twilight Zone (1959) -The Lonely, Time Enough at Last, and Perchance to Dream
Paramount Pictures takes me deeper into the Twilight Zone this week as I continue my exploration of the dark reaches of the mind and psyche with The Complete Series blu-ray set. The first episode this week was The Lonely. Penned by Rod Serling, and having an original airdate of 13 November, 1959, this story definitely…
The Mind Reels 