Philosopher must have been thinking tiger. These things happen to the best of us.

My all-time favorite.

Earth Abides is my favorite post-apocalypse novel. Or handbook, depending.

Being in the hospital
Saved the hero in Day of the Triffids, too. That's an apocalypse you don't see every day. Giant poisonous carnivorous plants that walk and a mostly blind human population.
Charming.
This is also a pretty good guide to survival when the worst comes to pass.

If you can find the Gunsmoke episode with Anthony Zerbe as indentical twins, one good and one evil, that might make a good special episode.

If you want drama, history, great acting and a dash of spectacle—well, not much spectacle, but I digress—there's always I Claudius. Seriously in contention for the best tv ever made.

Ah, the original Maverick, though. I used to hide in the room and get really quiet so my parents would forget I was there, just so I could see Maverick. James Garner was my first crush, something I take pride in.

He did something on Broadway, too. I think that's like doing Hamlet if you're a young British actor.

Anybody else remember Vengeance Unlimited? With Michael Madsen?
Started off grim, veered into black comedy and slapstick, then disappeared before it had a chance to get an audience.

SimonArk—thanks for your comments about Westlake. The Ax is a masterpiece, and he wrote damned little that wasn't better than just good.

If it were possible, Gunsmoke. Didn't get it when I was little (all the adults loved it) but then when it was afternoon reruns and I was all grown up, I couldn't believe how good it was. Cowboy noir, a lot of it.

Also an incredibly handsome man. No giant ego, which is nice.

I used to know a guy who spent winters in Montana and summers in East Texas.

There was a good episode with a c. 1960 Caddy or Lincoln that had been partially restored but needed thousands more. At the end of the episode, that car was a thing of beauty, and the old man appropriated it even though his son had been afraid to tell him how much it was costing them.

If it has historical value, you can loan it to a museum and let them pay to protect it. You can still sell it at a later date if you need to, and the conservators at the museum will take better care of it than you probably can.

Sounds like a Lovejoy episode.

My store has a wall of candy. A whole wall.
Yeah, it's a Walmart. Why do you ask?

I liked the Sioux chief's blanket that turned out to be worth half a million or so. One of the few times the appraisers were really excited.

The Horror Classics pack has Carnival of Souls.

Flaubert—of course, trapeze. I loved The Crimson Pirate when I was a little kid and it was on tv.