The Wonder Years - Award-Winning Drama Comedy TV Series

The story that depicts the real life; happiness, changes, traumas, problems and enjoyment that everybody experienced. The series goes as Kevin reminisce and narrates his teenager junior high school life who encounters puberty, deal with ups and downs, take adventure and hanging out with his girlfriend Winnie and geeky but cool best friend Paul. Old Kevin narrates how their friendship goes up and down, face many problems such as health issues, break ups, confusion and misunderstanding but they always keep trust for all things they share and honesty to the one they love.

In the final episode, Kevin and Winnie got deep argue about as their relationship got worst due to third parties. The elders who help on that day drop them off the heavy rain for them realize what's happening and discuss how things change and remember the things they've used to share. In the final epilogue, Paul went to Harvard for college while Winnie ends up studying Art History in Paris & writing up with Kevin for the next eight years. Old Kevin narrates when he greet Winnie as she comes back to US, accompanied by his wife and his infant son and tells:

" Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day you're in diapers, the next day you're gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place, a town, a house like a lot of other houses, a yard like a lot of other yards, on a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing is, after all these years, I still look back, with wonder."

The Dramedy story of The Wonder Years was created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens and won multiple awards from Emmy, Golden Globe, Humanitaz Prize and many more. Run six seasons with total 115 episodes aired from 1988 to 1993, a perfect example real life adventure.

Characters:

• Kevin Arnold - An average American teenager student, growing up in the late 1960s/early 1970s.
  
• Gwendolyne "Winnie" Cooper - Kevin's main love interest.
  
• Paul Pfeiffer - Kevin's lifelong best friend, intelligent and an excellent student.
  
• Jack Arnold - Kevin's father.
• Norma Arnold - Kevin's mother.
• Karen Arnold - Kevin's older sister.
  
• Wayne Arnold - Kevin's older brother

Multi-Award Award Winning Dramedy TV Series The Wonder Years

Hart to Hart Action Mystery Series

Murder mystery series Hart to Hart by author/creator Sidney Sheldon which was first entitled “Double Twist”, about very wealthy wife and husband turn out on their free time as amateur detectives teaming up together solving murders, smugglings, theft and other international espionage.

Jonathan Hart was a self-millionaire and the CEO of a global conglomerate company, the Hart Industries, he was a man with strength and determination to see through anything married to beautiful former freelance journalist Jennifer, a woman with a nose for finding clues, they teaming up together finding the killers and law breakers. Their loyal servant, friend and sidekick Max always giving a hand to the rich couple detectives, also their canine dog pet named Freeway was included in this action romantic series.

70s Hart to Hart completed 110 47-minute running time episodes aired from August 1979 to May 1984 for total of 5 seasons on ABC.

Major Casts:

• Robert Wagner as Jonathan Hart
• Stefanie Powers as Jennifer Hart
• Lionel Stander as Max
• Richard B. Shull as Lieutenant Gillis

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The Munsters Family Comedy Series

Casts:

• Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster
• Yvonne DeCarlo as Lily Munster
• Butch Patrick as Edward "Eddie" Wolfgang Munster
• Al Lewis as Grandpa
• Beverley Owen & Pat Priest as Marilyn Munster

The Munsters family sitcom created by Allan Burns and Chris Hayward, comedy show about family of monsters based from horror movies like vampires, werewolves, frankensteins living in their happy life but humors as they interact and not knowing they scare normal people around the society.

The Munsters was headed by Frankensteins Herman Munsters working in a funeral parlor, his wife Lily the family matriarch who love to house cleaning, cooking, mediator on squabbling members and always manage keeping up her appearance, her maiden name was “Dracula”. Their son Edward “Eddie” Wolfgang Munsters was a typical werewolf boy attending elementary school and howls on full moon, while Lily's niece Marilyn who considered the ugly duck in the family was normal blonde attending college and Lily's father Sam “Grandpa” Dracula joined the family was, of course vampire and a mad scientist keeping his laboratory in the cellar of the house. They live and act in their own monster ways and thinking as a normal family but interacting with the society scream people and bring laughter to the viewers.

The Munster sitcom fun and laughter lasted for 2 seasons with 70 black & white episodes aired from September 1964 to September 1966 on CBS.

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The Monkees TV Series

The Monkees DVD

The Monkees was an award-winning musical comedy series about misadventures of quartet pop rock band finding their way and success in music industry. Meeting various tv and movie stars, the band have to adapt their knowledge and talents along with them as well as in performances and off-camera matters.

Robert Michael “Mike” Nesmith, David Thomas “Davy” Jones, George Michael“Micky” Dolenz, Jr. and Peter Halsten “Peter Tork” Thorkelson were The Monkees, their extreme talents and performances are featured in music comedy show making people laugh. They encounter interesting events and tying-up their country-folk-rock songs in these fast-moving comedy series. The Monkees tv series original ran was from September 1966 to March 1968 in two seasons with 58 episodes.

Casts:

• David Thomas Jones on vocals, percussion, guitar and drums on live
• George Michael Dolenz Jr. on vocals, drums, keyboards and guitar
• Robert Michael Nesmith on guitars and vocals
• Peter Halsten Thorkelson on bass, keyboards, banjo, guitar, trombone and vocals

It Takes A Thief

It Takes A Thief Action Series

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Casts:

• Robert Wagner as Alexander Mundy
• Fred Astaire as Alistair Mundy
• Malachi Throne as Noah Blain
• Ed Binns as Wally Powers
• Joseph Cotten as Mr. Jack
• Susan Saint James as Charlene 'Charlie' Brown
• John Russell as William Dover
• Than Wyenn as Hans Schiller
• James McEachin as Earl Danton
• Fernando Lamas as Francisco Arascan
• Jill Donohue as Gabriella
  

It Takes a Thief was an award-winning action spy tv series about one of the world's greatest cat burglar and professional thief but the time come he made one mistake – getting caught. Serving on prison, he was offered by special government agency to use his special talents for the government in exchange of his freedom.

Smooth, suave, sophisticated and professional thief Alexander Mundy who got the c;l learned all his skills from his also retired professional thief father, Alister. After years of pilfering, he got arrested and sentenced to serve in San Jobel Prison. SIA, a secret government agency, learned and contacted Alex for a special offer, to use his burglary skills and undetected entry on premises on target missions in exchange of his full pardon and he easily agreed. Alex travels around the world performing his daring act of thievery for US government, after gaining his freedom, he continued working with SIA and usually teamed with his father, Alister.

It Takes A Thief completed 66 black and white episodes in total of 3 seasons aired from January 1968 to March 1970 on ABC.

Dinosaurs TV Series

The Dinosaurs Family

Casts:

• Kevin Clash as Baby Sinclair
• Jessica Walter as Fran Sinclair
• Sally Struthers as Charlene Sinclair
• Christopher Meloni as Spike
• Pons Maar as Roy Hess
• Jason Willinger as Robbie Sinclair
• Leif Tilden as Robbie Sinclair
• Stuart Pankin as Earl Sinclair
• Sam McMurray as the Voice of Roy Hess
• Suzie Plakson as Monica DiVertibrae
• Florence Stanley as Grandma Ethel
• Sherman Hemsley as B.P. Richfield
• Gary Owens as the Narrator

Dinosaurs children show created by muppet master Jim Henson was a sitcom-style series about talking dinosaurs living in modern world act like human – wear dress, go shopping, watching television, held down 8 hours job, etc.

Like mixed elements of families The Flinstones and The Simpsons living in average working-class life, Sinclair dinosaur family living in 60, 000, 003 BC headed by father Earl Snead Sinclair job to push over trees which are used for petroleum and other organic matter in WeSaySo Development Corporation with his co-worker and girl timid best friend Roy Hess. Earl was married to Fran and they trying hard to support and raise their three children 15-year old Robert “Robbie” Mark attending La Brea High School, very materialistic 12-year old daughter Charlene and house true master, Baby Sinclair. The family joined by cranky widowed grandma Ethel, they live in happy life with their friends, neighbors and Earl's Boss B.P. Richfield.

Dinosaurs children tv series originally ran from April 26, 1991 to July 20, 1994 completed four seasons with 65 episodes.

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The Untouchables

The Untouchables TV Series

The Untouchables crime drama tv series was based from real life effort and experience of US Justice Department Agent Eliot Ness as he enforce prohibition in Chicago in 1930s. A show about the elite group of law enforcement officers headed by tough and incorruptible Special Agent Eliot Ness, they are called “The Untouchables”, they engaged themselves in a battle against big organized crime groups and gang lords around Chicago, Illinois.

Ness' special team agents fight crimes, corruptions, alcoholism and dirty game of sex by known Mafia big bosses like Al Capone, Frank "the Enforcer" Nitti, Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik, Joe "the Teacher" Kulak and others. The series centered mainly on Ness' attempt to bust up mobster Al Capone who rule around Chicago with absolute power and business supplying poor quality of liquor at high prices with a back up hired gunners terrorizing stores who refuse to buy his alcohol, but Ness' small dedicated team swore to bring them down. The series completed four seasons aired from October 1959 to May 1963 with total of 118 sixty-minute episodes.

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The Untouchables Casts:

• Robert Stack as Eliot Ness
• Walter Winchell as Narrator
• Nicholas Georgiade as Agent Enrico Rossi
• Abel Fernández as Agent William Youngfellow
• Paul Picerni as Agent Lee Hobson
• Steve London as Agent Jack Rossman

Roseanne Family Sitcom

Roseanne Comedy Series

Roseanne was one of the most successful high rating and award-winning sitcom series of the late '80s and the '90s. Won awards from Emmy, Golden Globe and American Comedy and enjoy top 5 from Nielsen ratings for most of it's seasons (first 6) by incredibly tackling poverty, alcoholism, narcotics, sex, obesity, feminism, domestic violence, homosexuality, etc. in a different honest way unlike other shows. Roseanne Barr's breakthrough performance as an overweight, dominant yet smart woman with her stand-up comedic and very encouraging persona make reference for women to speak their minds, while her working class family was considered the closest to reality, showing life don't have to be rich, blond, thin or whatever to be funny and make people laugh.

Despite of being bossy, loud and dominant, Roseanne Harris-Conner was a wise-cracking, loving and hardworking mother for their three kids and lovable wife to her tough husband Dan Conner and living in Lanford, Illinois. Raising the oldest rebellious boys lover but bright Rebecca, middle tomboy child in her sarcastic wit Darlene and the youngest adventurous David Jacob, Roseanne balanced enough her time for everything especially for her family and even dealing with hardships of poverty and troubles, they face it with humors. Roseanne's underachiever but warm intelligent sister Jackie join their family, the series ends Becky and Darlene married and having babies while Roseanne and Dan have their baby in their forties, named Jerry.

Roseanne Comedy Show original run from October 18, 1988 – May 20, 1997 for total of 222 episodes in it's 9 seasons, now available on DVD.

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Roseanne Comedy Series Casts:

• Lecy Goranson ....... as Rebecca "Becky" Conner-Healy
• Michael Fishman ....... as David Jacob "D.J." Conner
• Sarah Chalke ....... as Rebecca "Becky" Conner Healy
• Roseanne Barr ....... as Roseanne Harris-Conner
• Laurie Metcalf ....... as Jackie Harris
• John Goodman ....... as Dan Conner
• Sara Gilbert ....... as Darlene Conner Healy

Two of a Kind Comedy Series

Two of A Kind TV Series

ABC's Two of A Kind under Miller-Boyett Production was a another situational comedy series about relationships and misadventures of a father raising his twin daughters. Good, funny, romantic and often witty writings of the show plus perfect acting and dialogs of Olsen twins and other casts made the series even genuinely funnier and become crowd favorite.

The story line about a single father science professor Kevin Burke raising his 12-year old twin daughters Mary-Kate and Ashley. Kevin always taking things with scientific explanations except figuring out how to control his perfectly opposite twins. Tomboyish Mary Kate spends his time playing sports, hanging with guys and trying to perfect her curve ball while prim proper girlie girl Ashley is a straight-A and love dating with boys. College professor Kevin hires one of his student Carrie as part-time nanny for the twin, a 26-year old beautiful quick to speak her mind girl who late at college after exploring the world. As twin thinks Carrie was their dream-sitter, they join force and set aside their differences to make chemistry between their by-the-book father Kevin and beautiful Carrie.

Comedy series Two of A Kind completed 22 episodes aired from September 25, 1998 till July 9, 1999 on ABC, now available on DVD.

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Two Of A Kind Casts:

• Christopher Sieber ........... as Kevin Burke
• Mary-Kate Olsen ........... as Mary-Kate Burke
• Ashley Olsen ........... as Ashley Burke
• Sally Wheeler ........... as Carrie Moore
• David Valcin ........... as Eddie Fairbanks
• Ernie Grunwald ........... as Paul
• Samantha Smith ........... as Nancy Carlson
• David Lascher ........... as Matt Burke

Even Stevens Comedy TV Series

Even Stevens TV Series

A popular and critically-acclaimed family program on Disney Channel (in 'Zoog Weekendz' lineup), Even Stevens Comedy TV Series considered the most successful and most delightful show from the network. The show focuses on the two youngest siblings of an upper-class family, who characterized extremely different from each other, one who almost perfect daughter while the other one who's trying find his place in an over-achiever family but he done it in comedic manner, that's how he score to make himself 'even' with other members of his family, making the show funny and entertaining all the way. Even the series got a quite popularity, good ratings and won awards, Disney applied their 65 episode policy.

The youngest Louis Anthony Stevens belongs to an upper-class family living in Sacramento, California; his mother Eileen was a successful state senator, his father Steve was previously athlete and now a high-powered lawyer, his brother Donald 'Donnie' excel in sports while his sister Ren was a perfectionist, intelligent, class President and a cheerleader, and Louis can't find his place among his successful family. He usually involved in practical jokes and very funny sense, he always distract and annoy her sister Ren, and he do a get-rich-quick schemes where he always take in trouble. Good thing Louis got his girlfriend Tawny Dean, his best friend Alan Twitty and some of his friends like Thomas “Tom” Gribalski and Bearnard “Beans” Aranguren on his side helping him out of situations. Even Louis is so hilarious and always in trouble, he has a huge heart and a wannabe comedian to make his family proud.

Disney's Even Steven was premiered June 17, 2007 and lasted until June 2, 2003, completed 3 seasons with 65 episodes, now available on DVD.

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Even Stevens Casts:

• Shia LaBeouf .............. Louis Stevens
• Christy Carlson Romano ............. Ren Stevens
• Nick Spano .............. Donnie Stevens
• Tom Virtue ............. Steve Stevens
• Donna Pescow ............. Eileen Stevens
• A.J. Trauth .............. Alan Twitty
• Margo Harshman .............. Tawny Dean
• Fred Meyers ............. Tom Gribalski

The Simpsons Animated TV Series

The Simpsons

From being a 1 minute filler from 'The Tracy Ullman Show' on April 1987 into a spin-off, The Simpsons Animated TV Series became Fox Network's most successful series and the longest-running primetime animated sitcom show on TV up today (19^th season coming on 2007-2008). This cartoon series even enjoying not only worldwide success but also amazingly won several major awards (almost 89 in over 90 nominations) from Emmy, Peabody, ASCAP, Environmental Media, Kids' & People's Choice Awards, etc., plus from Time Magazine as “The Century's Best Television Series”. The characters created by Matt Groening (named after members of his own family & his hurried sketches of characters traced over by animators & used as basics), a dysfunctional/politically incorrect family in their wacky, entertaining & hilarious Middle American lifestyle which become influential in popular culture with their catchphrases used in real life.

Living in fictional Springfield city, Homer as unintelligent, beer-drinking but lovable dufus father working as safety inspector in local nuclear power plant, his hardworking wife Marge as supermom for three kids; a 10-yr old 4^th grade proud to be 'underachiever' Bart as rebellious troublemaker son but a helpful one, 8-yr old gifted & responsible Lisa as genius daughter and the youngest Maggie often forgotten baby in her pacifier, together they are The Simpsons. The family pets dog Santa's Little Helper and cat Snowball II, they live and deal with co-workers, teachers, some wealthy/evil friends & neighbors in their wacky, humorous brilliant life and adventures that delivered huge variety of different things to viewers.

The Simpsons Animated TV Series was premiered on December 1989 enjoying 400^th episodes at the end of 18^th Seasons (19^th season to be aired in 2007-2008) celebrating it's 20^th anniversary, now seasons 9-16 avilable on DVD.

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The Simpsons Voice Actors:

• Dan Castellaneta .............. voices of Homer Simpson, Abraham Simpson, Krusty the Klown, Barney, Willy, Sideshow Mel, Mayor Quimby, Hans Moleman, Gil, Itchy
  
• Julie Kavner .............. voices of Marjorie "Marge" Bouvier Simpson, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Jacqueline Ingrid Bouvier
  
• Nancy Cartwright .............. voices of Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney
  
• Yeardley Smith .............. voice of Lisa Simpson

"The Muppet Babies" - Imaginative Adventures

Jim Henson's The Muppet Babies, even basically featured the famous Muppets as babies, (inspired from 1984 TV film, “The Muppets Take Manhattan”), was a successful cartoon TV series on it's own (combined humors with childhood innocence) and an instant favorite for viewers appealing not only for children but also for teen & adult, a sensational children's program. Unlike most cartoon tv series done for toys, clothing or gimmick, The Muppet Babies was considered an outstanding & iconic cartoon show providing a pure educational, imagination rich adventures with cool music & comic reliefs of the cute, entertaining and lovable Muppets in their childhood. A group babies who love to sing about everything & thought many wonderful things will come true through dreaming and power & magic of imaginations.

The show centered on infants living together in a nursery but through their wild, over-active imaginations they turn the room into exciting world of adventures. The group of babies led by Kermit with wannabe comedian best friend Fozzie with his jokes, shy but friendly Rowlf the musician, bossy and dominant Miss Piggy, the “whatever” weirdo Gonzo who have huge crush on Piggy, the computer nerd Scooter with his gymnast twin sister Skeeter, and the loud speaking rambunctious Animal, they gone in many wild wonderful places & take crazy adventures like playing as Star Wars characters or being caught on giant squid tentacles but in reality, only in curtain tails. The babies are under supervision of human woman called Nanny only seen on her white-green striped socks & stockings, her face never seen but she give tough-love & caress and teach lessons to the babies.

The Muppet Babies also an award winning TV series from Humanitaz Prize, Daytime Emmy & Young Artists Awards, the series was aired from September 1984 until December 1990, completed 7 seasons with 106 episodes.

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Muppet Babies Voice Casts:

• Frank Welker ............. Baby Kermit, Baby Skeeter (1985–1991), Baby Beaker
• Greg Berg ............. Baby Fozzie and Baby Scooter
• Barbara Billingsley ............. Nanny
• Dave Coulier ............. Baby Animal, Baby Bunsen, Baby Bean Bunny, Uncle Statler and Uncle Waldorf
• Katie Leigh .............. Baby Rowlf
• Howie Mandel ............... Baby Animal, Baby Bunsen and Baby Skeeter (1984-1985)
• Laurie O'Brien ............... Baby Piggy
• Russi Taylor .............. Baby Gonzo

"McHale's Navy" - 60's Navy Comedy TV Series

The Funny Crews of - McHale's Navy -

The McHales Navy was a hilarious military situational comedy TV show of the 60s, a group of lively light-hearted and resourceful men stranded in a South West Pacific Island controlled by Japanese Navy, they've found a paradise and their misadventures, leisure, humor and patriotic responsibilities began in this funny tv series, the viewers loved it for many decades.

At the start of World War II, experienced gentleman but naive Lieutenant Commander Quinton 'Skipper' McHale commissioned in US Navy Reserved stationed in the island of Taratupa but Japanese heavily bombed & destroyed the base with heavy patrols in the region, only 18 out of 150 Navy aviators and marines survived, including McHale and his six free-spirited, good-hearted swabbies, they've forced to survive, befriend & live leisurely with native tribes in the island of paradise; make moonshine(whisky), gambling, go surfing, dance with girls etc. McHale received a command to support a Marine battalion rescuer that will be attacked by enemy cruiser, McHale and his men managed to capture a Japanese PT-73 Boat (Torpedo Patrol #73) and use to sunk Japanese cruiser, and again live in fun and luxury. Taratupa Base commander Captain Wallace Burton “Old Leadbottom” Binghamton, aided by sycophantic Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter, they find ways to get rid and want to end the get-rich-quick happy living schemes of McHale's fun-loving, rule-bending “8 Balls”, but McHale and his 'pirates' always have ways to escape from their evil nemesis, and when duty calls they do their job very well.

The classic finest, funniest and outrageous crew assembled, the McHale's Navy, aired from September 1962 and lasted until April 1966 completed 4 seasons with 138 episodes of comic fun and misadventures. Now full 4 seasons of McHale's Navy available on DVD.

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Casts:

• Ernest Borgnine - Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale
• Billy Sands - Harrison "Tinker" Bell (Engineman)
• Gary Vinson - George "Christy" Christopher (Quartermaster)
• Edson Stroll - Virgil Edwards (Gunner's Mate)
• Carl Ballantine - Lester Gruber (Torpedoman 1st Class Lester Gruber)
• Gavin MacLeod - Joseph "Happy" Haynes (Torpedoman's Mate)
• John Wright - Willy Moss (Radioman)
• Yoshio Yoda - Takeo Fujiwara(Fuji) - Cook, Seaman 3C (Imperial Japanese Navy)
• Tim Conway - Ensign Charles Parker
• Bob Hastings - Lt. Elroy Carpenter
• Joe Flynn - Capt. Wallace Burton Binghamton
• Roy Roberts - Admiral Bruce Rogers
• Bill Quinn - Admiral Benson

"Rawhide" - Old Wild Western TV Adventure

Rawhide was a fine 50s TV show packed with romantic interests, never-ending adventures, always changing sceneries and an interesting show as the fourth longest western tv series (beyond Gunsmoke, Bonanza and The Virginian). Rawhide made top 20 in Nielsen Ratings for it's premiere episode and one of America's top 10 shows.

The Rawhide's storyline about the adventures a North Texans trail boss Gil Favor of a continuous cattle drive (about 3000 head herd cattle) headed to the Sedalia, Kansas market. Gil (starred by Eric Fleming) was assisted crews; a young ranch ramrod scout Rowdy Yates (starred by Clint Eastwood, his first major role), the trail whiskered cook Harkness “Mushy” Mushgrove, scout Wishbone (Paul Brinegar, the one who provides comic relief with “mother” element for Rowdy), old hands scout experts Pete Nolan and Jim Quince, they take adventures and meet people and trouble on the trail. They encounter inconveniences and confronts, they get drawn solving problems and situations in towns, they rescue cattle in dangers in Old West (diseases, injuries, stampedes and lack of water, etc.), but they proved it as a true cowboys in gunfights, brawls and journey on the way. The series made it very realistic and convincing, packed with romance and comic plus a movie-like quality (music in full studio orchestra and scenes view as expansive as West).

The fascinating Rawhide TV series was premiered on January 1959 and end on December 1965 with 8 seasons and 217 episodes, now full 8 seasons available on DVD.

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Casts:

• Gil Favor, Trail Boss ....... Eric Fleming
• Rowdy Yates ....... Clint Eastwood
• Simon Blake, Scout ....... Raymond St. Jacques
• G. W. Wishbone, Cook ....... Paul Brinegar
• Jed Colby, Scout ....... John Ireland
• Clay Forrester, Scout ....... Charles Gray

- Hercule "Poirot" - TV Series

“I admit freely and without hypocrisy that I am a great man.” - Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot, a fictional, brilliant Belgian Detective who had a long glorious career, who finished every case with a dramatic dénouement, confirming he has “the greatest mind in Europe”. Poirot's first published appearance was in Agatha Christie's novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles (published 1920), with many influence from other two fictional detectives (Marie Lowndes' “Hercule Popeau” and Frank Evans' “Monsieur Poiret”). A 5 feet 4 inches green eyed man, with egg-shaped head (which he perches to one side), has the blackest of hair (he use dye), his black waxed moustache is perfection (very stiff and military) and always wear patent leather shoes, neatly dressed with finest clothings and love finer things of life.

1989 Poirot TV series, short episodes based on Christie's short stories and long episodes on Christie's novels as a monumentally fastidious and arrogant detective in 1930s, he was the famous sleuth, using his mind as greatest tool in solving crimes the “little grey cells”, believing all crimes are psychological and evidence cannot solve it alone, he is a clue-based detective and depends on logic “order and method”. He focuses on traditional trail on clues; fingerprints, footprints, cigar ash, he was able to establish a thinking and enquiring into the nature of the victim and active pursuit of the psychology of the murderer, noting tiny details and freudian slips by asking a series of seemingly pointless questions. Poirot (David Suchet) was assisted by his life-long partner Captain Arthur Hastings (Hugh Fraser), a man with plenty of imagination but not a great deal of brains, and Poirot's terrifyingly efficient secretary Miss Felicity Lemon(Pauline Moran), together they solve complex crimes ranges around the world. Hastings first describe Poirot in The Mysterious Affair at Style:

"He was hardly more than five feet four inches but carried himself with great dignity. His head was exactly the shape of an egg, and he always perched it a little on one side. His moustache was very stiff and military. The neatness of his attire was almost incredible; I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound."

The Poirot TV Series, debuted from January 1989 still continuing it's seasons in 2007 (Season 13), all credits from Christie's seventy-two Poirot stories (nearly sixty already produced), now seasons 1-9 with 64 episodes of Piorot available on DVD.

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"Hogan's Heroes" - 60's War Situational Comedy

60's War SitCom – Hogan's Heroes -

The Hogan's Heroes, which was inspired and lightly based on the 1953 film Stalag 17, was a 60's TV situational comedy focused on the exploits of brave Prisoners of War (POW) in World War II, the “under the cover” allies and war participants in sabotaging and espionage of German war effort, they turn and set the Nazi prison camp into comedy ground. As called upon to perform soldier duties, they accomplish missions to their utmost whatever it takes or any means necessary and they perform it with mix humors and laughters even in real war situation.

The series was set in World War II in the fictional POW camp Stalag 13 in Hammelburg (although Stalag 13 really exists), where the captured senior American army Air Force Lt. Colonel Robert E. Hogan (played by charismatic Bob Crane) lead a humorous group as they provide intelligence for allies, help other prisoners escape, aid the underground opposition, disrupt German war effort and foil the easily fooled bumbling overweight camp Nazi leaders Sgt. Schultz and Commandant Klink (who were afraid to reassigned and set in front of war, they want to operate the camp smoothly). Hogan plan strategies (occasionally to got a girl), with his skilled crews; Sgt. Kinch (communication expert), Sgt. Carter (bomb expert), Cpl. LeBeau (photographer, disguiser and cook), and Cpl. Newkirk (pocket picker, marksman and impersonator), together they steal maps, kidnap scientists, bomb bridges, photograph strategic files, get information of tank & battalion movements and make fun out of their missions conducting espionage and sabotage right under warders' noses, they help allied soldiers to get back to England using their secret network tunnels.

The Hogan's Heroes, won Emmy Awards, was a 30-minute comedy shows aired by CBS from September 1965 and lasted until April 1971, completed 6 seasons with 168 episodes, now available on DVD.

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"Babylon 5" - Epic Sci-Fi Novel TV Series

Conceived as a novel for television, Babylon 5 TV series is well mastered and noted for its heavy reliance on pre-planned, arc-driven story telling being prevalent to science fiction and drama tv shows for its five years of run. Its story about a giant five-mile long, 2.5 million ton, cylindrical space station and rotating colony called Babylon 5, built to be a gathering place for fostering peace through diplomacy, trade and cooperation. Babylon 5 is a dream given form- a dream of a galaxy without war, where species from different worlds can live side by side, peace among various alien races, a sanctuary providing grievances and negotiations between councils from different planets and major species; Earth Alliance (Humans), Federation (Minbari), Centuari Republic (Centuari), Narn Regime (Narns) and Vorlon Empire (Vorlons).

Babylon 5 was set in the 23rd century (2258-2262 AD), after the great war by odd friendships between planets resulting sabotage and destruction of first four Babylon Space stations (Babylons 1, 2 and 3 failed to operate while Babylon 4 vanished 24 hours after its full operation). Babylon 5 (which substantially smaller from first 4 Babylons), takes part between interstellar political conflicts, fight fascistic government and promote peace among races. The story was created by J. Michael Straczynski, with Neil Gaiman & Harlan Ellison, packed with groundbreaking special effects as well as in set ups and character customs, great cast English accents and more realistic heart felt sound effects contribute to success of the series.

Babylon 5, a multi-award winning TV series from Emmy, Hugo, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers of America, etc. was debuted from January 1994 and lasted until November 1998, completed 5 seasons with 110 episodes, now available on DVD.

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"Maverick" - 1950's Western TV Series

The classic Award-winning Western TV series Maverick was started as a straight drama but later turn into comedy streak & sense of humor, catch wide audience and made the series soared top ten place in Nielsen Ratings on it's second season. Maverick is a story about a adventurous gambler Bret Maverick roaming around Old West, migrating from town to town and always looking for a good game. Bret Maverick, played by James Garner, was well known in his dressing and personality, wearing screen-cowboy custom fancy black broadcloth gambler's suit, speaking realistically and being courageous in risking his life. In later seasons he was joined with his brother Bart, Brent, and an English-accent cousin Beau. They all famous gambler, pursuing money and easy life, with their favorite games Poker (5 card draw) and odd cards Three-toed Sloth winning a lot of money but getting them in trouble, and together they find way stay out and leave the town.

Garner's unique charisma and his subtly comedic facial expressions become a cultural western cowboy icon, but critics noted Maverick to be "arguably the first TV anti-hero" which later became a norm in films. Famous episodes were "According to Hoyle" (appearance of Diane Brewster of Cheyenne), "Gun Shy" (spoof of Gunsmoke) and the pilot episode "War of the Silver Kings" (based on C.B. Glasscock's "War of the Copper King", a real life adventure of a copper mine speculator).

Maverick's comedic and sense of humor carried entirely in the show of adventures and misadventures of Mavericks, the series completed 5 seasons with 124 episodes from 1957 to 1962 on ABC, catch now on DVD.

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"The Odd Couple" - 1970'sTV Series

Based from 1965 Broadway play, The Odd Couple considered one of the finest and successful sitcom dominates in 1970's. An early example of well-written, character-driven and sophisticated sitcom hit film and TV series although not receive the viewer's popular recognition, it's syndication blossomed both in domestic and foreign audiences considering a highly relevant sitcom that deals with issues such as generation gap and sex in an adult fashion.

The Odd Couple is a story about two men divorced with their wives and have to live & share the same apartment, in spite they are mismatched friends and differs in lifestyle. Felix Unger, a neat, tidy, healthy nut and neurotic working as photographer in a portrait studio and as connoisseur of a classical music but being divorced and thrown out of his apartment needed to live with his childhood friend Oscar Madison. Oscar working as sloven Sports Journalist in New York Times, live exactly opposite with Felix, being a slow, casual, sloppy and messy. Felix's hygienic and healthy tips annoys Oscar who live like a pig that upsets Felix. Humor and comedy bring up the show as hey nearly drive each other's crazy, but morally they learn trust, love and friendship are further important living in different world. In the final episode, Felix's wife return to him remarried while Oscar finally gained his longing freedom.

The Odd Couple TV Series aired from 1970 until 1975, completed 5 seasons with total of 114 episodes and Tonny Randall played as Felix Unger won Emmy Award after the show was canceled.

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- "Zorro" - Over 85 Years of Action Adventure

From the term "fox" in Spanish, Zorro is a fictional nobleman, master swordsman, and the romantic defender of justice. The man in black custom with Spanish cape, the flat-bimmed Andalusian-style hat, the black cowl mask covers from eye level up to the head and equipped with a pistol (in the original story), a braided leather single tailed whip "bullwhip" and a sharp pointer sword "rapeir" which he often use to leave a mark "Z" by three quick cuts. Zorro learned his skills like acrobatics from swinging on ship masts, his fencing from Spanish master Manuel Escalante, various tricks from gypsies and a ship's cook and his disguising pattern from swashbuckling pirate. Zorro's two horses, Tornado the black one and Phantom the white horse.

Zorro is the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega, born in the 1790's, son of Asturian Captain Don Alejandro de la Vega and lived in Spanish-ear California. His mission, with the help of his fathers mute and deaf servant Bernardo, they defend the weak and fight the landowning nobility "the Caballeros", the pompous Don Rafael Montero and the corrupt tranny of the Spanish governor.

Zorro was first appeared in the 1919 serialized pulp magazine All-Story Weekly with the title of The Curse of Capistrano | Zorro. Walt Disney produced the 1957 TV Series of Zorro, with the story in 1820's, Don Alejandro requested Don Diego to return in Monterey, California and to help ending the evil reigning of corrupt local military of vicious Spanish commandant, Captain Monastario. The huge fans of this Zorro tv series, tuning every Thursday night at 7:30, recalls the very popular lyrics:

Out of the night, when the full moon is bright, comes a horseman known as Zorro.
This bold renegade carves a Z with his blade, a Z that stands for Zorro.

Zorro, the fox so cunning and free.
Zorro, who makes the sign of the Z.

Riding his black stallion with lightning sky background, the words echoed,

Zorro...Zorro...Zorro...

The Disney's anthology TV series live-action of Zorro was played by Guy Williams, completed 3 seasons with 83 episodes, aired from 1957-1959 on ABC, now available on DVD at TVAddicts.tv