http://popdoctor.com Just another WorldBlogosphere.com blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:05:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://popdoctor.com/230/television/who-is-the-worlds-coolest-cat/ http://popdoctor.com/230/television/who-is-the-worlds-coolest-cat/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:08:07 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=230 Can 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 its way onto the tube. Without thinking – Felix’s hypnotic presence was enough to plant me in my seat for the next 10 mins – [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/230/television/who-is-the-worlds-coolest-cat/feed/ 2 http://popdoctor.com/211/television/heeyyyyyyy/ http://popdoctor.com/211/television/heeyyyyyyy/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:44:34 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=211 What 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 had little going for it. Imagine going to television executives (in an era when Mannix, The Streets of San Francisco, Kojak and Kung Fu were [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/211/television/heeyyyyyyy/feed/ 1 http://popdoctor.com/204/television/nerd-and-geek-hall-of-famers/ http://popdoctor.com/204/television/nerd-and-geek-hall-of-famers/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:25:36 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=204 Nerds! 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 your favourite nerds? While in real life – Bill Gates would probably rank right up there – on the small screen at least I’ve compiled [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/204/television/nerd-and-geek-hall-of-famers/feed/ 1 http://popdoctor.com/201/television/its-culture-jim-but-not-as-we-know-it/ http://popdoctor.com/201/television/its-culture-jim-but-not-as-we-know-it/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:10:45 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=201 60’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 – or Lost in Space. How in today’s currency could you even contemplate running series after series of The Brady Bunch or put up with the [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/201/television/its-culture-jim-but-not-as-we-know-it/feed/ 0 http://popdoctor.com/173/television/classic-tv/favourite-tv-families/ http://popdoctor.com/173/television/classic-tv/favourite-tv-families/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:05:12 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=173 Remember 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 Days. Just about all of us had a favourite TV Family – that we longed to be a part of – for whatever reason. Ok, [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/173/television/classic-tv/favourite-tv-families/feed/ 0 http://popdoctor.com/154/television/tv-homes-i-would-choose-to-live-in/ http://popdoctor.com/154/television/tv-homes-i-would-choose-to-live-in/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:10:45 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=154 From 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, Ralph Malph, Potsie and the gang – just to lighten the mood around the palatial Pop Doctor estate. The sugary sweet, ‘twee’ nature of the [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/154/television/tv-homes-i-would-choose-to-live-in/feed/ 4 http://popdoctor.com/145/movies/whos-your-favourite-character-from-the-future/ http://popdoctor.com/145/movies/whos-your-favourite-character-from-the-future/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 01:56:50 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=145 Meet 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, Mork from Ork, Buck Rogers, The Great Kazoo – the list goes on and on and well, on . . . Throw in your pseudo [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/145/movies/whos-your-favourite-character-from-the-future/feed/ 0 http://popdoctor.com/114/television/classic-tv/pay-peanuts-get-snoopy/ http://popdoctor.com/114/television/classic-tv/pay-peanuts-get-snoopy/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 00:31:11 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=114 With 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 legendary comic strip’s most famous and beloved. The ubiquitous beagle – who despite being able to walk on two legs can only communicate his thoughts [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/114/television/classic-tv/pay-peanuts-get-snoopy/feed/ 3 http://popdoctor.com/100/movies/calling-all-trekkies/ http://popdoctor.com/100/movies/calling-all-trekkies/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:59:18 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=100 “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 boldly go where no man has gone before.” This is where it all began. The Original Star Trek Series running roughly from 1966 through 1969, [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/100/movies/calling-all-trekkies/feed/ 6 http://popdoctor.com/97/television/tvs-favourite-dads/ http://popdoctor.com/97/television/tvs-favourite-dads/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:26:16 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=97   Last 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 despite his bumbling nature – Homer was right up there with other TV dads as far as affording us advice about life. From Mike Brady [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/97/television/tvs-favourite-dads/feed/ 3 http://popdoctor.com/91/television/80s-kids-tv/ http://popdoctor.com/91/television/80s-kids-tv/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:03:16 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=91 Go on – face it – the 80s was a scary place to be, especially as far as kids TV was concerned. It probably didn’t occur to you then – but sit back now and check it out and the cringeworthiness of what was on offer is Oscar winning. From ALF to Greatest American Hero, [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/91/television/80s-kids-tv/feed/ 5 http://popdoctor.com/73/television/classic-tv/70s-sitcoms/ http://popdoctor.com/73/television/classic-tv/70s-sitcoms/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:12:09 +0000 popdoctor http://popdoctor.com/?p=73 While the 50′s and 60′s saw the birth of sitcoms such as I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners and Mr Ed – the 70′s certainly took television comedy to new highs (and lows). From programmes as diverse as Laugh-In and Love American Style right through to more traditional shows such as Laverne and Shirley, The Odd [...]]]> http://popdoctor.com/73/television/classic-tv/70s-sitcoms/feed/ 1