Programming note: X-Files/Millennium is taking the week off so Zack Handlen can spend a weekend in a haunted house with Lily Tomlin and Ed Asner.

Programming note: X-Files/Millennium is taking the week off so Zack Handlen can spend a weekend in a haunted house with Lily Tomlin and Ed Asner.

Yup. It's been corrected.

Yup. It's been corrected.

Correct and corrected.

Correct and corrected.

Brief programming note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Police Squad! will not be reviewed today; reviews will resume next week. That's in line with the way ABC rolled out the final two episodes after a brief hiatus, so chalk it up to my quest to present the most authentic Police Squad! experience possible.

Brief programming note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Police Squad! will not be reviewed today; reviews will resume next week. That's in line with the way ABC rolled out the final two episodes after a brief hiatus, so chalk it up to my quest to present the most authentic Police Squad! experience possible.

Correct and corrected.

Correct and corrected.

I'm considering doing a live-chat with the first one. Would you fine folks be interested?

I'm considering doing a live-chat with the first one. Would you fine folks be interested?

It's, uh, write hear officer. I keep it with my creative-spelling certificate.

It's, uh, write hear officer. I keep it with my creative-spelling certificate.

@avclub-e1e84d33778737c0a16ede94d51f3752:disqus: Here's an interview where Freberg talks about the cameo (though he misremembers the sketches that used his songs as airing on The Ed Sullivan Show).


One Freberg parallel I should've mentioned in the review: His version of "I've Got You Under My Skin"—which was the basis…

@avclub-e1e84d33778737c0a16ede94d51f3752:disqus: Here's an interview where Freberg talks about the cameo (though he misremembers the sketches that used his songs as airing on The Ed Sullivan Show).


One Freberg parallel I should've mentioned in the review: His version of "I've Got You Under My Skin"—which was the basis…

Programming note: Muppet Show reviews are going on hiatus for the summer. Depending on reader interest, they may or may not return.

Programming note: Muppet Show reviews are going on hiatus for the summer. Depending on reader interest, they may or may not return.

I watched the Guys And Dolls/Sweet Charity part of the medley when I was preparing this review and got a definite Animal-Rita Moreno vibe from "Big Spender." Plus it has a signature Muppet ending!

@avclub-e1e84d33778737c0a16ede94d51f3752:disqus : Indeed, I did. And please, no bowing—begrudging respect will do.