# 129. Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister
by Adam Ferenz Political humor can be a dicey proposition. Make it too topical, and it falls apart as soon as it is off the air or printed. That’s the fate that befell Murphy Brown. Make it too...
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128. I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970)
by Lucille Juliano There are so many iconic props from film and television that are a part of pop culture. When you see them, you immediately link them to the movie or television show that they were...
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127. Get Smart (1965-1970)
By Stephen Mullen I love 60s sitcoms. Even now, along with a few British shows, and cartoons (Simpsons or Futurama or Bevis and Butthead) they are the sit coms I am most likely to watch when they come...
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126. The Munsters (1964-1966)
by Lucille Juliano 1313 Mockingbird Lane. The address of one of the most funny “outside the box” families of 60s sitcoms. A product of Universal Studios, the show was masterfully filmed in black...
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Revenge and Allan Fish Online Film Festival on Monday Morning Diary (May 14)
by Sam Juliano The currently-running Greatest Television series countdown will break one more time on May 28th to accommodate the second annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival, which will run a little...
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125. The Adventures of Superman (1952-58)
by Sam Juliano Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. It would be difficult to fathom any baby boomer male identifying any...
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INGMAR BERGMAN’S ‘THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY’“Fortunately, I’m not very complex…”
© 2018 by James Clark As we begin to touch upon the films of Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007), we have to bring to the mix our recent encounters with the puzzles of Kelly Reichardt as struck by that dark...
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124. Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
By Stephen Mullen Gunsmoke was the first and last – the first (or almost the first) western for grownups on TV; and very nearly the last western of any kind of TV. Lasting 20 years will do that –...
View Article# 123. Band of Brothers
by Allan Fish (USA 2001 701m) DVD1/2 We few, we happy few… p Mary Richards, Erik Bork, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg d Mikael Salomon, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, Phil Alden Robinson, David Frankel,...
View Article# 122. The ‘Up’ Series-– 1964/1970/1977/1985/1991/1998/2005/2012
by Allan Fish (UK 1964/1970/1977/1985/1991/1998/2005 715m) DVD1/2 Aka: 7 Up, 7 Plus 7, 21 Up, 28 Up, 35 Up, 42 Up, 49 Up Give me the child for seven years and I shall show you the man p Michael Apted,...
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121. Green Acres
Note: This stop-gap post will be fleshed out tomorrow (Sunday), though Adam Ferenz’s review of “The Paper Chase” will have already published over it as scheduled. I was away several days on a...
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# 120. The Paper Chase
by Adam Ferenz This series, based on the book and film of the same name, concerned the travails of a group of law students at an Ivy-League school, as they labored to prove themselves in their chosen...
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First Reformed and Beast on Monday Morning Diary (May 21)
With friend and colleague Broadway Bob at White House by Sam Juliano The second annual Allan Fish Online Film Festival is one week away, and Jamie Uhler, the project’s founder will again be launching...
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119. Columbo
By Stephen Mullen Somewhere in Los Angeles are two people who hate each other – or at least one of them hates the other one. Maybe we will see them together; maybe we will see them separately; maybe...
View Article# 118. Red Riding Trilogy
By Adam Ferenz A series that is blacker than coal, moody, depressing and yet with an ending that will leave a viewer out of breath while also (slightly) comforted that it is all over. Based on a series...
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117. Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983)
by Lucille Juliano This drama series was based on the classic and beloved “Little House” book series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published HarperCollins. The first publication of the Little...
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# 116. Law & Order
by Adam Ferenz A simple premise, this. In the first half of an episode, the police investigate a crime and in the second, the courts sort out the mess. In Dick Wolf’s legendary series, which is...
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Allan Fish Online Film Festival 2018
Starting Monday, May 28th Wonders in the Dark will be hosting a 12 day Allan Fish Online Film Festival (Allan Fish OFF 2018). The rules are simple; each day will see a new chairman host the...
View Article# 115. South Park
by Aaron White (the brevity of this review perhaps reflects the sketch-like nature of the gags in the series) In March of 2018 Matt Stone and Trey Parker were invited to receive the Freedom of...
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