Television Archive
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TV We’ve Forgotten – Alias Smith and Jones
Posted on January 29, 2012 | No CommentsAnyone who recalls the names Hannibal Heyes and Jedediah ‘Kid’ Curry are most likely children of the 70s. Portrayed as the two most successful outlaws in the history of the... -
Nerds We’ve Loved
Posted on January 28, 2012 | No CommentsAs much as we probably all admit to being way too cool to ever be considered one – we all have a soft side for them. But who are your... -
Classic TV – The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
Posted on January 21, 2012 | No CommentsIt won 2 Golden Globes and the hearts of millions. It helped re-launch a television career for the son of a sales clerk and a department store owner. The Courtship... -
Star Trek
Posted on July 18, 2011 | No Comments“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations — to... -
Schlock We Loved – Lost In Space!
Posted on July 7, 2011 | No CommentsIt gave the impression of having a limited budget, and it showed. The props, makeup, scripts and costumes were almost comedic. Yet Lost In Space continues to enjoy re-run after... -
TV Hottest Actresses
Posted on May 9, 2010 | No CommentsA recent on-line poll of the world’s sexiest female TV stars of the last 40 years turned up some surprising results. Some of them I agree with, some I find... -
What’s Your Favourite Childhood Cartoon?
Posted on May 7, 2010 | No CommentsColour and movement – it’s the whole basis behind our existence really – but brought down to its simpliest form – it has been making millions of kids (and adults)... -
Who Is The World’s Coolest Cat?
Posted on August 31, 2009 | No CommentsCan you believe it – go home the other night to find the Pop Doctor clan transfixed by of all things – Felix The Cat – which somehow managed to find... -
Heeyyyyyyy!!!!!!
Posted on August 11, 2009 | No CommentsWhat was it about the sitcom – Happy Days – that made it sooooo ‘cool’. Let’s face it – when you look at the sum of its parts, the show... -
So just who won the war anyway . . .
Posted on August 3, 2009 | No CommentsThere’s so many things the Japanese have brought to the world’s cultural table. Origami, bonsai and duster slippers for cats. But has there been any more significant gift to the... -
Nerd and Geek Hall Of Famers
Posted on July 30, 2009 | No CommentsNerds! As much as we probably all admit to being way too cool to ever be considered one – we all have a soft side for them. But who are... -
It’s culture Jim – but not as we know it . . .
Posted on July 23, 2009 | No Comments60’s and 70’s television culture – does it get any better? Let’s face it – cheese sells. How else do you account for season after season of The Munsters –... -
Favourite TV Families
Posted on June 21, 2009 | No CommentsRemember the Huxtables from The Cosby show – and how cool they were? Or how about the Brady’s? Perhaps The Taylors from Home Improvement or better still maybe The Cunningham’s from Happy... -
TV Love Crushes!
Posted on June 12, 2009 | No CommentsWhile thumbing through glossy newstand trash – I stumbled on an article about former 90210 star Jennie Garth – mmmmmm as Homer would say – Jennie Garth! Even in the... -
TV Homes I Would Choose to Live In
Posted on June 6, 2009 | No CommentsFrom time to time – as you do – I dragged out a copy of the old Happy Days TV series the other day – complete with Richie, The Fonz,... -
Who’s Your Favourite Character From The Future?
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No CommentsMeet George Jetson! His son Elroy . . . The celluloid and cartoon world is filled with characters from the future. Marvin The Martian, George Jetson, Luke Skywalker, James T.Kirk,... -
Seinfeld
Posted on May 12, 2009 | 4 CommentsWhat do the following have in common? “Just remember it’s not a lie if you believe it.” “He’s a male bimbo, he’s a mimbo!” “I’m disturbed, I’m depressed, I’m inadequate,... -
Pay Peanuts – Get Snoopy . . .
Posted on May 10, 2009 | 2 CommentsWith no offence to his owner – Charlie Brown – it’s a fair bet that amidst the multitude of Peanuts characters created by Charles Schultz – Snoopy is probably the... -
Calling All Trekkies!
Posted on April 23, 2009 | 6 Comments“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations — to... -
TV’s Favourite Dads
Posted on April 23, 2009 | 3 CommentsLast night, while getting my daily dose the Simpson’s – I found my mind wandering at right angles to the rest of the family – before proudly announcing that...
