You can hear the same kind of racial/homophobic humor at any comedy club in America. Still.

Steve Allen always seemed to have this unhappy energy about him, maybe because his time in the spotlight was so short. Other stars were much better at hiding their egos. Steve wore his on his sleeve.

How about when Gene and Brett used to joke about getting a motel together in Encino? Didn't their spouses watch the show? What did they think of that?

What is sad is there are very few shows out there that are this spontaneous. The late night talk shows are heavily scripted; when there is an unexpected moment on, say, Letterman, it becomes a big sensation. And yet that was what was great about the show, the idea that anything could happen, that not even the people…

I thought he was really interesting on WTF. I gained a new respect for the man.

Chuck Barris. The world's greatest anti-host. Like Gene Rayburn, he didn't just ring-lead the insanity, he was an active part of it.

I enjoyed the first five minutes of the pilot. A phone ringing during a symphony? Where do they get these crazy ideas?

I never understood all the serious, "heavy," modern takes on superheroes. They are stories about guys who run around in costumes solving crimes. They are goofs. They are jokes. They are meant for ten years old boys. It's like trying to do a serious version of the A-Team. The whole point of reading them is for fun.…

I thought it was "stay out of debt."

And Mary Ann still looks good today. Take a look at Ginger in that picture; she has kind of 80s hair.

Ginger was the only castaway with her own theme - the Ginger sexy theme.

She was in her 60s when she did that show, but didn't tell anyone her age. Pretty well-preserved.

Sherwood Schwartz is interesting. He made two shows that didn't do that well as network shows - Gilligan's Island and the Brady Bunch — and they both become massive syndication hits, hypnotizing a generation of children, even though they were both pretty goofy. Did he have a pact with Satan or something?

You guys are totally wrong here. Every newspaper, certainly the big metropolitan dailies, had TV critics. So did Time, Newsweek, etc. The big difference is no recaps. But that's only been in the last five years anyway. Critics would watch the first couple of episodes of a show, make a judgement, and generally that was…

I must have been like ten years old when that aired, and that ending left me massively bummed. Seriously, I remember being near tears.

I liked the one where Gilligan got struck by lightning and turned invisible. I assume GI did not have a scientific advisor of any kind.

A few years back, I read a book by Sherwood Schwartz where he talks about who he conceived Gilligan's Island as a social satire, where all the castaways represented different social groups and the island was a microcosm of society. And he seemed to truly believe it, even though this alleged social satire was one of…

I used to love The Mothers-in-Law as a kid. So much so that I bought the DVDs on Amazon when they came out. (It was less than $20.) And, yeah, I was disappointed to learn, much of the show is pretty bad, and it is not the buried treasure I hoped. Still, there are a few episodes that genuinely made me laugh. And…

The Georgette Story, Not a Christmas Story, Lou's First Date, Lou Douses an Old Flame, Ted and the Kid, Mary Midwife, Sue Ann Gets the Axe, The Seminar, Ted's Change of Heart, and Mary's Insomnia

Those late-night reruns became so popular even the New York TImss noticed: