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Hot Child in the City: “The Seven Year Itch” (1955)
Season 2 Episode 17
We’re having a heat wave this week on "Going Hollywood" as we tackle one of the most iconic--and controversial--films in Hollywood history, starring …
1 year, 2 months ago
Viva Desi! with special guest Todd S. Purdum
Season 2 Episode 16
Boy, do we have some ‘splainin to do!
In this very special episode we dive into the revolutionary legacy of a television pioneer whose contributions …
1 year, 2 months ago
Dial H for Higgins: “Foul Play” (1978)
Season 2 Episode 15
Macguffins, albinos and dwarves, oh my!
There is that and so much more in our film for today, 1978's "Foul Play". This perfect summer escape film star…
1 year, 3 months ago
4 Moore for Mary: “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” II
Season 2 Episode 14
Why return to Minneapolis in the summertime? Because some television landmarks deserve multiple visits. After our first "Mary Tyler Moore" episode la…
1 year, 3 months ago
Bottom’s Up! “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972)
Season 2 Episode 13
Movie Stars, ahoy! And “The Love Boat” it ain’t— it’s the granddaddy of all disaster films: Irwin Allen’s 1972 classic, “The Poseidon Adventure”.
A …
1 year, 3 months ago
Coffee, Tea or Cheese? "Airport" (1970)
Season 2 Episode 12
Now boarding TGA Flight #2 non-stop to Rome! We've got elderly stow-aways (and Oscar-winners), surly mechanics, a French New-wave muse, and oh yes, …
1 year, 3 months ago
Derailed: “Midnight Express” (1978)
Season 2 Episode 11
In "Midnight Express" (Columbia, 1978) Brad Davis delivers a gut-wrenching performance as a young man whose brief moment of stupidity in a foreign co…
1 year, 3 months ago
“The Judy Garland Show” Part Two: Rainbow’s End
Season 2 Episode 11
Three producers. Four formats. One television season. “The Judy Garland Show” stands as a fascinating television tragedy that should have been a triu…
1 year, 4 months ago
Rainbow High: “The Judy Garland Show”, Part One
Season 2 Episode 10
In the fall of 1963, television audiences witnessed something extraordinary – the legendary Judy Garland starring in her very own weekly variety sho…
1 year, 4 months ago
Every Inch a Stephen King: "Misery" (1990)
Season 2 Episode 9
Listen, mister man! We don’t want to get all “oogly” about it, but Kathy Bates went from a relatively unknown, but respected, stage actress to an Aca…
1 year, 4 months ago