http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:32:17 -0700 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:56:42 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d29-Get-Smart-Anatomy-of-a-Lover?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner Dick Gautier has been one of those multi-talented actors who always seemed to be on the verge of stardom, but never quite achieved it. He certainly had the prerequisites for leading man stature: good looks, nice physique, deep, commanding voice an... Television DVDs Comedy Action Science-Fiction Espionage Satire Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:56:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d29-Get-Smart-Anatomy-of-a-Lover?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d28-The-ABC-Suspense-Movie-Double-Indemnity?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner When Richard Crenna first read the script of Body Heat (1981), Lawrence Kasdan’s unauthorized remake of Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity (1944), he must have had an overwhelming sense of déjà vu. Less than a decade earlier... Television DVDs Books Thrillers Film Noir Anthology Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:02:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d28-The-ABC-Suspense-Movie-Double-Indemnity?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d27-Tales-from-the-Crypt-Top-Billing?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner Leo: You can’t kill the actors! Actors are not animals! They're human beings! Max: They are? Have you ever eaten with one? – Mel Brooks, “The Producers” No profession has ever taken so much sadistic glee... theater Television DVDs Comic Books Thrillers Horror Anthology Black Comedy Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:24:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d27-Tales-from-the-Crypt-Top-Billing?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d26-Movie-of-the-Week-The-Wizard-of-Oz?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner This is the first of a weekly series of articles about classic movies that gained a second life on television and still turn up on the tube regularly. It’s only appropriate that we begin with a now revered movie that didn’t start to ma... Movies Television DVDs Books Musicals Fantasy Fairy Tales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:49:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d26-Movie-of-the-Week-The-Wizard-of-Oz?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d25-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner 25. Xena, Warrior Princess (Solstice Carol) 24. Sherlock Holmes (The Case of the Christmas Pudding) 23. The Dick Van Dyke Show (The Alan Brady Show Presents) 22. Married With Children (It’s a Bundyful Life) 21. Batman (Ch... TV's Best Xmas Episodes Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:12:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d25-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d24-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--1--How-the-Grinch-Stole-Christmas?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner “You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch/You really are an eel/You're as cuddly as a cactus/you're as charming as an eel/Mr. Grinch/You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel” – “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,... Television DVDs Books Cartoon Fantasy TV's Best Xmas Episodes Animation Fairy Tales Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:09:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d24-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--1--How-the-Grinch-Stole-Christmas?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d23-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--2--The-Twilight-Zone-The-Night-of-the-Meek?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner From the 1950s through the mid-70s, the great comic actor Art Carney was on a well-deserved roll. His best known role was playing Ed Norton as a Brooklyn version of Stan Laurel opposite Jackie Gleason’s Oliver Hardyesque Ralph Kramden on the... Television DVDs Comedy Fantasy Anthology TV's Best Xmas Episodes Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:44:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d23-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--2--The-Twilight-Zone-The-Night-of-the-Meek?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d23-RIP-Arnold-Stang?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner It is with some sadness that we learned of the demise of hilarious comic actor Arnold Stang at age 91. After spending almost a decade doing radio voice work and occasional bit parts in movies during the 1940s, Stang came on to his own with the adv... Movies Television Appreciation Obituary Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:03:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d23-RIP-Arnold-Stang?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d22-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--3--A-Christmas-Carol?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner Charles Dickens’ 1843 novel A Christmas Carol has been adapted hundreds of times for stage, radio, movies and television. (Of course, the fact that it’s been in public domain for well over a century didn’t hurt.) Of all of these ... Television DVDs Books Horror Fantasy TV's Best Xmas Episodes Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:01:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d22-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--3--A-Christmas-Carol?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d21-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--4--SCTV-Christmas?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner in-joke [in-johk] –noun. A joke that can be understood or appreciated only by the members of a limited group of people. (Also known as “Dennis Miller Syndrome.”) Above is the definition of the term “in-joke.” Mor... Television DVDs Comedy Satire TV's Best Xmas Episodes Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:15:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d21-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--4--SCTV-Christmas?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d20-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--5--SCTV-Staff-Christmas-Party?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner The late, great comedian John Candy was one of those prodigiously talented individuals who was taken from us way, way too soon. (He was only 44 when he died in 1994.) If one were to select a DVD to place in a time capsule to show future generation... Television DVDs Comedy Satire TV's Best Xmas Episodes Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:36:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d20-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--5--SCTV-Staff-Christmas-Party?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d19-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--6--A-Charlie-Brown-Christmas?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode Passion, Willow Rosenberg confesses to Buffy that her Jewish upbringing is so strict that she has to sneak over to Xander’s house to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas every year. (She adds it’s wor... Television DVDs Comic Books Comedy Cartoon Musicals Satire TV's Best Xmas Episodes Animation Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:32:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d19-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--6--A-Charlie-Brown-Christmas?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d18-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---7--The-Andy-Griffith-Show-Christmas-Story?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner The Andy Griffith Show was television’s equivalent of the old Frank Capra movies with their mixture of warmhearted comedy and sentimentality. It was also the first of CBS’s “rural comedies,” paving the way for The Beverly H... Television DVDs Comedy TV's Best Xmas Episodes Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:11:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d18-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---7--The-Andy-Griffith-Show-Christmas-Story?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d17-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--8--Tales-from-the-Crypt-And-All-Through-the-House?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner OK, boils and ghouls, just one more foray into murder and mayhem before we hunker down to (slightly) more traditional fare for the rest of our holiday countdown. And All Through the House, first published in a 1954 issue of The Vault of Horror was... Television DVDs Comic Books Thrillers Horror Anthology TV's Best Xmas Episodes Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:21:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d17-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes--8--Tales-from-the-Crypt-And-All-Through-the-House?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d16-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---9--The-Office-Christmas-Party?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner “Christmas is awesome. First of all you got to spend time with people you love. Secondly, you can get drunk and no one can say anything. Third, you give presents. What's better than giving presents? And fourth, getting presents. So four ... Television DVDs Comedy Satire TV's Best Xmas Episodes Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:55:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d16-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---9--The-Office-Christmas-Party?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d15-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---10--Alfred-Hitchcock-Presents-Back-for-Christmas?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner John Collier’s 1939 short story Back for Christmas has been adapted many times for both radio and television. The story’s protagonist has been played by Peter Lorre, Herbert Marshall and Orson Welles, among others. It’s safe to s... Television DVDs Thrillers Anthology TV's Best Xmas Episodes Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:33:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d15-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---10--Alfred-Hitchcock-Presents-Back-for-Christmas?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d14-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---11-Sherlock-Holmes-The-Blue-Carbuncle?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle is the only Sherlock Holmes story that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle set during the Christmas season. Although the bulk of the story takes place on the day after Christmas (known as Boxing Day in the UK), it’s un... Television DVDs Books Mystery TV's Best Xmas Episodes Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:16:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d14-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---11-Sherlock-Holmes-The-Blue-Carbuncle?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d13-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---12--Veronica-Mars-An-Echolls-Family-Christmas?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner One of the many reasons that the WB Network is no longer with us is that the suits running the joint seemed determined to outdo the suits at Fox for sheer boneheadedness. First, they let the jewel of its crown Buffy the Vampire Slayer slip away to... Television DVDs Thrillers Mystery TV's Best Xmas Episodes Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:52:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d13-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---12--Veronica-Mars-An-Echolls-Family-Christmas?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d12-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---13--The-Avengers-Too-Many-Christmas-Trees?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner When the seminal British series The Avengers debuted in 1960 as a straight-forward police procedural, no one would have guessed that, in just a few years, it would evolve into the maddest tea party on television. But even after the show started em... Television DVDs Thrillers Horror Mystery Adventure Action Espionage Satire TV's Best Xmas Episodes Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:04:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d12-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---13--The-Avengers-Too-Many-Christmas-Trees?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d11-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---14--Nero-Wolfe-Christmas-Party?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner A lot of people want their holiday entertainment to be all sweetness and light with emphasis on sentimentality, but us mystery aficionados like to have some murder and mayhem mixed in with our traditional fare. The next five television episodes on... Television DVDs Books Mystery TV's Best Xmas Episodes Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:23:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-360-Classic-TV-Examiner~y2009m12d11-TVs-25-Best-Xmas-Episodes---14--Nero-Wolfe-Christmas-Party?cid=exrss-Classic-TV-Examiner