Something Old, Nothing New

The ultimate logo smackdown: The MTM Kitten vs. Ubu. Does dog eat cat, or does the kitty sit pretty? I personally think the MTM kitten is...

"Mission: Impossible," the complete first season , September 12. This of course is the Steven Hill season; I prefer him to his re...

Some more lyrics by one of my top three favourite lyricists, Carolyn Leigh . This song, "Corduroy Road," is from the musical Wild...

Some enterprising contributor at the IMDb has added a really fantastic collection of quotes from the show "Night Court" , that pre...

According to this , Adam West was at a convention in Detroit and said that the "Batman" TV series will be coming out on DVD soon. ...

This video already went viral last week, but I can't not link to my new favourite in the YouTube-powered "fake movie trailer"...

There are two films by Robert Aldrich coming out in two-DVD special editions, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and The Dirty Dozen. This w...

You know how I said that when it comes to theme songs with lyrics that explain the premise, a good theme song is one that takes a convoluted...

The world probably isn't clamouring for more Les Nessman clips, but hell, I uploaded 'em, I'm going to post 'em. More of th...

Earl Kress is doing a series of posts on "the best Looney Tune You've Never Seen," "Little Go Beep" , about the you...

I've been listening to some opera recordings by the Czech conductor Raphael Kubelik , a very underrated conductor who somehow managed to...

So, okay, what's the best TV theme song ever? My answer to that question is boringly conventional, but really, no matter how many times...

Instead of posting a classic cartoon, I'll post one from the early '90s "silver age" of TV cartoons -- the "Tiny Toon...

In addition to announcing another The Electric Company box set , TV Shows on DVD informs us of the imminent threat of a "Classic Sesam...

A commmenter writes: "I think you overrate Jay Tarses and his maverickness(?)" Point definitely taken. Some of the Jay Tarses sto...

The official "Peanuts" site just reprinted the strip where Charlie Brown's sister Sally is born. One of the great "Pean...

Further to my earlier post about "The Bob Newhart Show," one oddity that I noticed is that every time the writer/producer David Da...

Important, world-shaking question: what's the worst theme song in TV history? I've been going through Retro Junk and Sitcoms Online...

Here are some more examples of the animation and live-action work of Frank Tashlin: - One of my favourites among Tashlin's early black-a...

I have to say, this blog makes a lot more sense when it's properly translated. (This translation brought to you by the good graces of Gi...