Thank you for posting that. I barely remember that sitcom, but I always remembered that particular episode. And it’s kind of funny how the episode lampoons how dated and 70's the Brady Bunch was when the (real) show’s intro is the most 80's looking thing I’ve seen in a long, long while. 

[H]aving more and more outlandish plots (good lord how many shoot outs and explosion can one hospital endure?)

About Jones a CBS executive once said, “You couldn’t kill that thing with a stick.” Apparently, there’s just something about an old fogey solving mysteries that translates into ratings longevity. Hence the extended runs of Matlock and Murder She Wrote.

Really the aughts to the early teens were the high watermark of “brilliant detective on the autism spectrum/phobia/social disease” trend, which you could also probably include House in. What sort of hurt the later half of C.I for me was that they had to lean into the House and Sherlock trends of turning the lead…

This show takes me back to the era before a TV show’s lifespan was planned to the last minute. You know, back in the “good old days,” when TV shows would start out rather strong, but there would be no real plan, accept for a season or so. Cast members would leave, old story lines would fizzle out, new characters and…

Of all the L&O’s, Criminal Intent is the only one I really miss. It was basically just a traditional 70's style whodunnit? in the mold of Columbo, McCloud, Barnaby Jones, etc. - which is why I loved it. Like most fans, I found the episodes without Goren and Eames less entertaining, though even those were still pretty…

Indeed, none of the other major producers of animated shorts - MGM, Walter Lantz, etc. “parlayed” their success into features. Disney itself had a hard time with animated features. Many of them, though now beloved by many generations of fans, were money losers in their original runs, only showing profits after…

Never got into it either. And I realize it was HUGE. It made more money than Star Wars at one point! But to me it’s always felt like the ultimate expression of Spielberg’s worst tendency - the whole, “Childhood is a time of awe and wonder” schmaltz, a sentiment I didn’t share as a kid and still don’t as an adult.

The ironic thing about this is the National Review critic in the clip is actually discussing The Empire Strikes Back. Ironic, because if there is a movie in all of Star Wars and its progeny that most contemporary critics agree deserves to be appreciated solely on its basis as a film, that’s probably it. But if you…

Predictably, the comments have sorted into the familiar camps of, “Everything used to be better than it is now,” vs. “Newer is all ways better; get with the times Old Man!” As always, the truth is somewhere in between.

[I]t’s because with a glut of everything, it has added to diminish artistic value...

This film is of course part of the canon, one of those movies anyone who is really serious about cinema ought to see. It was remade in America in 1951 (not directed by Lang but by Joseph Losey). That remake is obviously overshadowed by the original’s reputation. But it’s a worthy film noir in its own right, and…

I love watching these old dealer training videos on Youtube. Some thoughts about the Escort:

When they made it they were hoping it would be the start of a franchise - I think there’s at least a dozen books in the series it’s based on. It did well, but not enough to justify the cost of sequels (movies set on water are notoriously expensive and difficult shoots).

Which brings up a good point: I don’t think enough attention gets paid to how people who worked with Spector and suffered his abuse get sort of double-victimized by his disgrace.

Yeah, you know as a youngster watching the Best of Both Worlds, parts I and II, in the back of my mind I kept thinking, “Or maybe they could just go back to that planet where they left that guy and ask him very nicely to do that trick one more time for them.” Or how the Genesis device could basically take a Borg cube…

I could see Kevin Bacon’s character in Animal House reading that one.

And he’d be on track to beat William Henry Harrison’s record for shortest presidency ever from the moment he was sworn in. I wonder if his parents ever imagined he was destined for such great things?

Trump’s name in that sentence is an insult to corners.