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Once again, we start with the mystery Amish message, spoken in Pennsylvania Dutch, about how the Amish church does not acknowledge the existence of the Amish Mafia.  Of course, the way it’s staged, you would think that the show was being set in the Lancaster County, Pa. version of Twin Peaks. Be that as it…

Here we are, back in scenic rainy Lancaster County, Pa., for this week’s episode of the Discovery Channel’s new TV show “Amish Mafia.”  It’s rainy, it’s cold, and for the first time since I started regularly reviewing episodes of “American Dreams” a decade ago, I’m going to provide a television review on the Internet. For…

Revivals of classic television shows have been, for lack of a better description, hit or miss. For every successful resurrection of a classic TV staple (Hawaii Five-O), there have been some seriously smelly stinkers (did you ever see the remake of Fantasy Island? No? Count your blessings…). There’s one successful classic TV series from the…

In the history of broadcast television, there are several iconic names that are associated with some of the greatest children’s programming ever.  William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, for example.  Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass.  Peyo, the creator of the Smurfs.  Norm Prescott and Lou Scheimer, the brains behind Filmation Studios. And then there’s Gerry…

Oh you readers are going to hate me for this one. Too bad. Deal with it. Back in the late 1970’s, and up through the mid-1980’s, there was an amazing dance show / competition program. It featured the top disco dancers in the country, all competing for cash and prizes. And the host of the…

The car had oil leaks.  The transmission had issues.  It couldn’t get past speeds of 40 mph. And this January, it’s being sold at the Barrett-Jackson Auctions with a possible selling price of $2 million. That’s right.  The Batmobile is up for bid.  And not just any Batmobile.  This was the same Batmobile that Adam…

When I heard that the television series Last Resort had been cancelled, I wasn’t surprised.  I usually watch the program on a tape-delayed basis, mostly on Time Warner Cable’s “On Demand” service.  It was a decent enough show, but I felt that the series – in which the crew of a nuclear-powered sub was framed…

Here’s the deal with me and television shows.  If I start watching a show from its debut episode, and I like the show, I’ll keep watching it.  Comes the time when the show starts going sour, the plotlines get out of hand, like the last two seasons of L.A. Law or the last three seasons…

You might know him today as Uncle Vito, the popular radio jock on PYX 106. But as you can see from today’s blog post headline, we’re not talking about his PYX 106 radio duties. No, I’m going to take you back TWENTY YEARS, back when Uncle Vito created a series of Saturday morning intertestial comedy…