Before she was Electra Woman’s better half in Electra Woman & Dyna Girl, Judy Strangis had a small role as Cora, the smart-mouthed preteen in the hour-long Twilight Zone episode, “The Bard,” which aired May 23, 1963.
Dyna Girl in the Twilight Zone
The True Story Behind Badfinger’s “Baby Blue”
I stopped watching Breaking Bad two years ago, but by reading the subtle signs of the cultural landscape, I managed to figure out with reasonable certainty that the song “Baby Blue” played a prominent part in the show’s finale tonight.…
The Love Boat
You know what “Love Boat’s” secret is? It’s got that theme song that sucks you right in. First it draws you in with the buildup of the verses (Love, exciting and new/come aboard we’re expecting you), a buildup that swells…
ROCKFORD FILES: “The Countess” S1 E3
“This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message. I’ll get back to you.” “Hey Rockford, very funny. I ain’t laughin’. You’re gonna get yours.” The fun of this message is not in its words, but in…
Reason #1063 Why I Still Love Baseball
Vin Scully is a baseball institution. He’s been announcing Dodger games for 64 years. That’s not a typo. Vin Scully IS baseball. He’s as wholesomely American as apple pie, and he’s had the same clean-cut professional appearance since he started…
Goodbye David Frost. Long Live Richard Nixon.
Journalist and media personality Sir David Frost died this weekend while giving a speech aboard a cruise ship. If you grew up in the Seventies, Frost’s is a name you know, even if you don’t know why you know it,…
ROCKFORD FILES: “The Dark and Bloody Ground” S1 E2
“This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message. I’ll get back to you.” “Hey Jim, this is Louie down at the fish market. You gonna pick up these halibut, or what?” Sirens blare and flash across…
ROCKFORD FILES: “The Kirkoff Case” S1 E1
“This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message. I’ll get back to you.” “Jim, it’s Norma at the market. It bounced. You want us to tear it up, send it back, or put it with the…
Hello, COZI-TV! Muchas Gracias for Bringing Steve and Oscar Back Into My Life
There’s a new channel on my television, and it couldn’t have come sooner. It seems like every time I put on MeTV these days, Raymond Burr is there, interrogating people in black and white or wheeling around in color. A…