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The Waltons: The Hiding Place (1977)
Too arrogant...
Once again the character of John Boy ruined an otherwise great episode for his own personal gain.
He berated a visitor from another country and harassed her because he wanted a story for his newspaper.
Everyone else could see that she was in pain. Yet he didn't care about her feelings or her sorrows. Sometimes I wish someone would have punched his lights out. (I would have cheered).
Jason's story about joining the National Guard was another highlight in this episode. His stepping up to join the military in even a small way is commendable. I had many family members in military service over the decades. Seemed like every generation.
Momma's reaction to the uniform mirrors every mother in history. No mother wants to see their child in a uniform with a world on fire in war. My grand dad, and my dad was military, my husband and then our son. It wasn't easy but you pray a lot. I will never fault them or reject them for their choices and their courage. How people treated our soldiers of the Vietnam Era is a shameful blot on America.
The New Price Is Right: Episode #52.27 (2023)
Fun episode
Saw this episode recently. The costumes were quite good. Enjoyed the antics of Drew and company.
The audience was pretty fantastic themselves. They seemed so excited for the ones on stage winning games and spinning the big wheel.
I'm surprised at how the audience reacted to those on stage. Must have a good warm up show before filming begins.
I hadn't watched this show in a while because of poor reception where I live. I think everyone needs a little excitement in the mornings before starting their day and this show is it.
I hope they never replace Drew, he's the perfect replacement for good old Bob Barker!
Young Sheldon: A New Home and a Traditional Texas Torture (2024)
Saddest episode ever
That says it in a nutshell.
What can you say but why? Why end a series on a sad note.
It really throws one for a loop when your favorite character dies so suddenly. I had hoped that they would not put this fact on YS. I had a few other favorites but definitely not Sheldon.
Missy was a thrill to watch each week. Loved Meemaw. She was a riot each week. If only she could have her own series.
I am looking forward to the new show this fall. I only hope that Sheldon never shows up on their doorstep with Mary in tow. My and my family's viewership depends on that fact.
George finally had a future to be proud of. Missy's reaction to the news of her father broke my heart!
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
This show started out so...
Beautifully! I didn't watch it when it was on prime time because I lived so far out in the wild of Alaska at the time and we couldn't get the signal the show was aired on.
Moving to a different location we are now able to enjoy it, or we did.
Again another show that turned all of its attention on one character. The most offensive character of an entitled, whiny little man child. You cringe when commercials for the show are on. Now to make it worse it's a sequel to a show that tells how he becomes the whiny man child and how everyone catered to him.
Love Leonard, Raj and yes even Howard. Penny and Bernadette are fantastic. Amy is almost a female Sheldon.
A would never have a manipulative person in my life.
A more apt naw for the show should have been "Sheldon, Sheldon, Sheldon!!!"
Person, Place or Thing (2022)
I like this show but...
I do know that this show is no longer in production so don't worry about me. I love game shows that are easy to do.
The host is great but her clothes are sometimes not very flattering to her shape. Dresses especially. She tall and very lovely.
One problem is the winners on the show. They should have a length of time they can reappear on the show. A cap of five consecutive shows. Home viewers get bored seeing the same face all the time. Makes the show stale. A good turn over of contestants would be fun.
Contestants who show no pride in their appearance should not be on the show. Slovenly is not what one wants to watch.
TV needs more clean, fun game shows. With hosts that act proper on a show shown during the family hour.
Young Sheldon: Half a Wiener Schnitzel and Underwear in a Tree (2024)
So very wrong
Found money isn't money that should be kept by a preacher. It wasn't in the donation basket. It belongs to the poor woman who lost it. Just because she isn't living a godly life does not justify "stealing' it. You're not exactly living a godly life. You're the preacher, a man of god filled with spartan in your heart.
This show has jumped the shark .... the preacher is the biggest liar, sinner and loser. Not biblical at all.
Wait until Mary finds out her idol has fallen. Oops. Mary has list it too. This show has a few characters that are out standing. I just love Missy. Best of the bunch. Sheldon is his usual obnoxious narcissistic personality.
Young Sheldon: A Tornado, a 10-Hour Flight and a Darn Fine Ring (2023)
An excellent episode...
If only Sheldon was lost in the tornado. The show would have survived without him.
He's the most annoying little snot who's not as smart as he makes himself out to be.
Missy is my favorite. I think I identify with her because my mother put my siblings before me too. I was number three on the totem pole out of six children. I learned to accept it. Missy will too someday, at least that's my hope for her character.
George and Mary would have weathered most anything if Mary didn't put herself and Sheldon first.
I did find it funny/weird that Annie Potts is on another show weathering a tornado and again losing her home.
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within (2001)
Sadly...
Sadly as with all reunion type movies they left out some pretty important people who helped make the show what it was. Namely the people of Colorado Springs.
Just a mere mention at the end of who had passed on.
Would have been nice if they focused more on what was going on there than about Boston. It felt wooden and flat. The charms of the era were not there. Except we get the harsh reality of corruption and deceit of the politics of Boston.
Sully's hair left a lot to be desired, almost laughable.
One of the other movies was the same. No Colorado Springs.
Why don't these movies take up to where they left off? Why do they change things around? How did Andrew's parents come back from the dead?
At least De Quinn: Morphine Woman was more truthful to the original show.
Gunsmoke: The Tycoon (1971)
What it is worth in 2023
$500 in 1870 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $11,482.44 today, an increase of $10,982.44 over 153 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.07% per year between 1870 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 2,196.49%.
This means that today's prices are 22.96 times as high as average prices since 1870, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 4.354% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 1870 was -3.68%. The current inflation rate compared to last year is now 6.04%. If this number holds, $500 today will be equivalent in buying power to $530.18 next year. The current inflation rate page gives more detail on the latest inflation rates.
Gunsmoke: Robin Hood (1956)
Another western had this theme
On Laramie, season 2 episode 15, they had almost the exact episode. Jesse from the show was saved by a man who later robs stage coaches. He too robbed the banker. In that episode he gave some money to the elderly couple. Banker swore he did the robbery and elderly couple said it wasn't him. Later they also had a friend, a deputy, gamble with him. He died in the episode as did the elderly couple when the robber ran out of money.
I find some themes in TV westerns do get repeated. I checked and each episode was written by the same author. The one on Gunsmoke 1956 Laramie's in 1961. Someone thought we'd never figure this one out. But otherwise good episodes.
The Waltons: The Calling (1978)
Wonderful episode
I grew up as a Catholic, my mother's choice, not mine. Like our visitor to Walton's Mountain some choices in life have to be made. They are not easy when it means it's for life. Mary Francis has to make one. To be a nun or not.
Ben has to make some choices also. His is to choose a good worker to help out in the mill. It's his time to learn how to be a man and a boss working along side his father. It's not an easy time for him.
Jim Bob has made a friend in Mary Francis. He won't understand her choice for her life at first. With each person we meet in life we grow a little. We always hope for the good. Jim Bob will learn a little about life through heart ache.
Again seeing Grandma getting stronger is such a sweet blessing. Just love this show.
The American Woodshop (1991)
Love this show on PBS
Thank you PBS for shows like this
Scott and Suzy Phillips are the wonderful hosts of this tremendous series. Love their ideas of woodworking and recycling or repurposing wood to make unique items for the home.
Scott takes the time to show woodshop safety to woodworkers. The attention to details is a must.
I have a fondness of watching DIY shows since watching TOH way back in the 80s.
Makes me wish I could do woodworking but not rich enough to buy what I need so I settle to making crafts instead.
They are a fun couple to watch and learn from.
BTW Scott Phillips is married to Suzy Phillips and not Suzy Phillips January.
The Waltons: The Celebration (1977)
I only gave this an eight..
I only gave this episode an eight because of Ike and Cora Beth.
Why is it that these two stuck up individuals always look to someone else to bail them out of their troubles? Trying to live high off the hog when they cannot afford it. Then blaming John Walton when they end up the crick without a paddle. Why was it John's fault when their greed got the best of them? Why must John with a big family to support give up his financial freedom to help after the nastiness Ike gave him. The "we are family" only happens when they get in trouble. Livy is right when she said that if the shoe was on the other foot that Ike and Cora Beth would not help them out.
Now poor John's dreams of an easier life and fun times with his family went up in smoke just like the mortgage did!
Family Affair: Too Late, Too Soon (1971)
Sissy...mature, not!
Sissy is, what we called in my generation as flighty. She flits from guy to guy. Getting engaged, unengaged at a drop of a hat. I wish they found other ways to utilize her character. Sure she grew up on the show but her maturity didn't. Some of her more intense scenes with an older man were comical or downright ridiculous to disturbing. So happy that they tried to have reunion shows. She'd probably be divorced a few times. Buffy and Jody are always a treat to watch. Their antics are perfect for their ages. Uncle Bill and Mr French are spot on!
In my opinion having an older sister Cissy's age compared to the twins the span is too wide.
I Dream of Jeannie: The Blood of Jeannie (1969)
This episode always bugged me
There are so many goofs in this episode. If Jeannie needed human blood why didn't they just blink in a switch from another person who had given blood?
How is it that Dr Bellows takes blood from Jeannie and is qualified to do so? Dr Bellows seems to be able to do all kinds of medical things but seldom has anyone on his couch doing the job he was trained for.
Dr Bellows even does things to Jeannie's eyes even though he is not an optometrist. Getting married only meant blood tests. I married a soldier and we didn't need anything else to get our marriage license.
Sorry but this episode really ruined "I Dream of Jeannie" for me. It had gotten totally ridiculous in the final season with the wedding all of us fans had long awaited for.
The Waltons' Homecoming (2021)
Not a good remake
First thing you notice is the lack of family unity the original had.
Second is the foul language that seems rampant in the movie.
Thirdly was the charm of three generations living under one roof.
I missed my favorite characters as they were portrayed in the original movie.
Fourth is the apparel of the movie. Too polished and modern sewing features.
Fifth. No sadness of the times they we're living through. Hence the sense of family unity being missing.
I don't think I knew of no anyone in the movie. Not even Richard Thomas' narrative pieces could save this movie. Too intrusive in the movie. The house was not an old house of the times.
Touched by an Angel: For All the Tea in China (2002)
Heartwarming episode
One of the best episodes of the whole series. I'm a big fan of Angela Lansbury, a beautiful woman. Below are not my words but an excellent review. Enjoy!
Sarah and James Berrington are unable to conceive a child. They have tried everything, including in-vetro fertilization. Nothing works. When their final pregnancy test comes out negative, Sarah weeps, devastated. On the other side of the world, a Chinese woman staggers down a dark road with a small bundle in her arms. Finally she comes to the gate of a building and lays her bundled baby against it. As snow starts to fall, and the woman walks away from her child, she cries out in anguish. Back at the gate, Gloria cuddles the baby in her arms, waiting for morning. In New York, at the home they share with his grandmother, Lady Penelope Berrington, James and his wife consider adoption. Though they that Penelope will react poorly to decision, they decide to visit an adoption counselor. Everything seems to be in order, but they will need to be evaluated in home by a case worker. They take a series of pamphlets about adopting from various corners of the globe and return home to look them over. Penelope is not thrilled about ending her noble bloodline with an adoption, but she realizes that this may be the only way for Sarah and James to have a child. She gives her consent, and after they are gone she looks at the pamphlets. She freezes on the pamphlet about adopting from China, and tosses it into the fire. When Tess, the adoption case worker, arrives, Penelope gets stand-offish and makes a scene which may hamper their chances of being approved. James confronts her about it, but she holds her ground. Back in China, Gloria watches over the baby, Rose, as she is admitted into the orphanage by a kind matron. Gloria tells Rose of the parents that are waiting for her in America. But the adoption may never happen. Tess returns to tell Penelope that the adoption was not approved, and that she is to blame. She gives Penelope the opportunity to tell James and Sarah. She admits to them that she has been lying about her identity all these years, that she is not a noblewoman, that she started her tea coompany with a stolen name and when it became a success, she used it. She tells them about her upbringing in China, where she lived with her missionary parents. She tells how she and a friend, Li Na, were seperated from her parents during an evacuation, and how she never saw them again, returning to England on her own. When the truth is out and accepted, Tess clears the adoption and they head to China to meet Rose, and allow Penelope to come to terms with her past. At the orphanage, the family is finally formed, and another miracle takes place. Though Penelope will never be reunited with her parents, she discovers that the Matron that runs the orphanage is actually her childhood friend Li Na.
Major Crimes: Internal Affairs (2015)
Julio
Oh man. Julio is my favorite character on the show. Loved him on "The Closer" first. One day last week each show, back to back, had an episode where Julio got shot! I get his anger and am happy for him at the end of the series.
My major pet peeve comes when anyone hassles him. This episode was Daniel Roebeck. Yup! He was up to form for being a major jerk on this show. He must be listed somewhere for when any show needs a jerk to play on an episode. So glad it's only a bit part in tonight's episode.
I loved the ending of the show. A comical moment for Julio. Loved it!!!I suppose most guys are like that around their moms one time or another. It was classical Julio for sure!
The Andy Griffith Show: Citizen's Arrest (1963)
I have many favorite episodes...
But this isn't one of them. Barney is his usual self righteous over the top idiot.
Talks down to people by trying to act superior to them.
Only saving grace to the whole episode is Otis Campbell. His "Barney's in jail! ""Barney's in jail!" I love it! They even have that in a few advertisements of the show. I stop what I'm doing and watch it. It cracks me up.
"Barney's an idiot!" "Barney's an idiot!" Is more like it.
As one can tell I don't like Don Knotts or Barney Fife. He is not a good actor and shows it by over acting the scenes he's in.
My favorites are Andy, Opie and Aunt Bee. I think Otis is a doll. Deep down he's a real nice guy.
Family Affair: The Other Cheek (1967)
School bully
Isn't a child bullying anyone during school a matter for the school to handle? Plus I cannot figure out how child services weren't involved. Jody shows up to school with bruises on his face numerous times. Didn't the teachers ever notice? Why wasn't the authorities knocking at the Davis' door and hauling Uncle Bill away?
Plot holes ruined an otherwise good episode. Children watch the show and imitate what they watch. I wonder if a bully saw this and became more aggressive at school seeing as the school did nothing to help Jody.
This was a wonderful show. One that can never be done today because a family like this only existed on TV.
That Girl: The Elevated Woman (1971)
Last show...
Just a bunch of junk showing again that wasn't funny the first time around. What gives?!!! Pure trash.
Seriously they couldn't at least give us something more romantic ?!! There were episodes that were.
How about a funny romantic mishap on the way to their wedding? Nope! Dry and boring.
Guess after watching all these years they don't even make us fans happy one last time.
The episodes where Marlo Thomas' father starred were the best.
Well with Ted's passing there will never be a reunion show, and heavens to Betsy don't reboot this show! Those are worse than rehashed episodes to save a little money.
The Closer: The Last Word (2012)
I wish....
I wish Stroh killed off Rusty Beck. The most annoying character on this show. Worse yet he is a major character in the sequel to this show. "Major Crimes". The "Major crime" on that show is Rusty Beck!!!
When Calls the Heart (2014)
Renewal
Hallmark must be desperate to renew this train wreck!!!
Over the years this show became so unbelievable. Most fans think it is a glorified soap opera of the worse kind. I am one of them.
It started out as a wholesome family show one was proud to recommend to others. Then after season three it was all downhill from there. Shame!
When Calls the Heart: Rock, A Bye, Baby (2022)
Should be "Bye Baby Bye!"
Fans are up in arms at how badly this show became.
Could it be that this is the last we will ever see of Elizabeth and her man? We can only hope. Seriously if we get rid of these two you'd have a very good show. Fans loved the residents of Hope Valley. I had my favorites.
This train wreck veered off the track after Elizabeth lost her Mountie! Time to move on.
Rizzoli & Isles: Phoenix Rising (2014)
Every show I like...
Every show I like has at least one character that drives me up a wall. Jane's mother!!! She not a mother she's a smother. A woman trying to control her grown children. It's a wonder that they don't get into hot water with their bosses. Plus how in the world can she come into the police station without a visitor's badge or an escort to where her "babies" are working. Not a ver secure work place.
Now about Maura... what a stuck up snob. Just because she's brainy why does she use she snobby ways to make everyone around her feel stupid? Enough already!