Mister Peepers, the Wally Cox sitcom that ran 1952-55 on NBC, co-starring Tony Randall. It was done live in the same studio as SNL now. Good character humor; first show to do a 'will they or won't they' romance (Peepers & the school nurse); first wedding ratings event in sitcom history, and both of those last two…

Why no mention of the father of them all, Mayberry County Deputy Barney Fife?  Sure, Andy usually helped him behind the scenes and let him take the credit.  But on at least two occasions, Barney caught his man, both times without Andy's help and once without even trying!  And I think we all know his reliability to be…

You mentioned the episode where Martin Sheen played a gang leader…that was actually his TV debut, in fact.  But you didn't mention the guy who played the "reformed" gang member who came back to confront Sheen's character.  That was none other than a young James Caan.

Lot sof trucks on the show and a few racists, but I don't recall a racist truck on Route 66.  That would've been interesting though, as much as they visited the south…repeat visits to Georgia, Mississippi and Florida but avoided Alabama like the plague.

Perhaps the reason the Shout! release went by without comment was that it was actually mostly a re-release.  The first three seasons were released some time ago.  At one point parts of the first two seasons were released in wide-screen format, which was met with anger from fans.  Besides offering a full box set for…

"It's a running gag, folks!"  That would've been perfect.

And no "You're next!" from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"?  That would've been epic.

"Ray Jay" was the man who killed variety shows.  I saw him on "The Redd Foxx Show," Bill Cosby's show, and I think even once on "The Donny and Marie Comedy Hour."  He also starred in a beer commercial, but I'm blanking on the brand (Miller Lite?).

…but Jack looked more at home in that one than he did in Mayberry (where he popped up twice, actually).

Remember the "Route 66" episode in which James Caan is a former gang member, and goes back to the old neighborhood to confront current gang leader Martin Sheen (Sheen's TV debut)?

Speaking of anthology shows yielding a lot of Oscar nominees…what about Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton, both on "Love, American Style"?  Ford is surprising funny in his particular role.