Spenser: For Hire

Spenser: For Hire Mystery Series DVD

Casts:

• Robert Urich as Spenser
• Barbara Stock as Susan
• Avery Brooks as Hawk
• Carolyn McCormick as Rita Fiore
• Richard Jaeckel as Lt. Martin Quirk
• Ron McLarty as Frank Belson
• Jeffrey DeMunn as Jacob Zelesky
  

The suspense detective series Spenser: For Hire created by Robert P. Parker and John Wilder was based on Parker's novel entitled “Spenser”, about a private investigator named Spenser, man with distinct natural talents in observation and reasoning in every mystery leaving cleaned and solved.

Honorable Detective Spenser living in Boston, have been on years of experiences and professionally unveiling many crime mysteries. He's with his psychiatrist girlfriend Susan Silverman and also a professional investigator Hawk who was once on his devil side but become moralistic when worked with Spenser, they take every step, looking in every angle and successfully crack down every cases they handle.

ABC broadcast 66 episodes and 4 TV movies of Spenser: For Hire series from September 1985 to May 1988 in total of 3 seasons.

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

Hart to Hart DVD

"Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

“Are You Afraid of the Dark?” was 1990's popular Saturday night TV series by Nickelodeon, a scary, pretty creepy but very entertaining show that features tales and story themes of paranormal phenomena such as magic, haunted houses, ghosts, curses, aliens, witches, etc. A group of teenagers that do different things, go to different schools and meet different friends in normal days and each week they gather together sitting around a campfire and draws on one thing, the dark. They are called 'The Midnight Society', swapping strange scary stories and tales, a storyteller toss a birch bark powder to heighten the fire and say "Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story... Tales of..." and share things that go bump in the night.

The source of interesting stories from adaptations of public domain fairy tales, urban legends and short stories, some episodes like from the books written by R.L. Stine, the Goosebumps. Memorable recurring characters were Sardo with his magic tricks (Sardo's Magic Mansion selling magical things), and Dr. Vink (a mad scientist, sorcerer and response when his name mispronounced “Vink with a va-va-va, his popular riddle "What is lighter than air, can be seen by the naked eye, and if put in a barrel, will make the barrel lighter? - a Hole). Viewers remember some memorable episodes like Tales of the Laughing in the Dark, Tale of the Twisted Claw, Tale of the Lonely Ghost and many more, the show catch up not only young audience but also appreciated by older, new fresh ideas, variable characters, and multiple unnatural force stories covered the series. Even casts changed every now and then, the same new interesting spooky & scary tales and stories, one of the best shows in the 90s.

Are You Afraid of the Dark TV series was aired August 1992, canceled on April 1996, relaunched on April 1999 and ended on June 2000, completed total of 7 seasons with 91 episodes, now available on DVD.

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Are You Afraid of the Dark Casts:

• Ross Hull ........... Gary (Seasons 1-5)
• Jodie Resther Kiki ........... (Seasons 1-5)
• Raine Pare-Coull ........... Betty Ann (Seasons 1-5)
• Jason Alisharan ........... Frank (Seasons 1-4)
• Rachel Blanchard ........... Kristen (Seasons 1-2)
• Nathaniel Moreau ........... David(Seasons 1-2)
• Jacob Tierney ........... Eric (Season 1)
• Joanna Garcia ........... Samantha (Seasons 3-5)
• Daniel DeSanto ........... Tucker (Season 3-7)
• Codie Wilbee ........... Stig(Season 5)
• Elisha Cuthbert ........... Megan (Season 6-7)
• Vanessa Lengies ........... Evangeline "Vange" (Season 6-7)
• David Deveau ........... Andy(Seasons 6-7)
• Kareem Blackwell ........... Quinn (Season 6-7)

Recurring Roles:

• Aron Tager ........... Doctor Vink (Episodes Phantom Cab, Midnight Madness, Dangerous Soup, Cutter's Treasure 1 & 2)
• Richard Dumont ........... Sardo (Episodes Super Specs, Dark Dragon,Carved Stone, Cutter's Treasure 1 & 2, Door Unlocked, Oblivion & Time Trap)

- 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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"The New Adventures of Charlie Chan"

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan TV series, based from the characters of the novel created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1925, was the sequel of 1930's and 1940's several radio series. The series story, some said were loosely based on real life Honolulu police detective Chang Apana.

A crime drama story of a fictional famous Oriental Detective and Honolulu Police Inspector Charlie Chan (played by J. Carroll Naish, an Irish heritage) and his ventures were across the globe in handling and solving special assignments. Charlie always involved in baffling difficult murder investigations around the world, with the aide of his more modern Number One Son, Barry Chan (played by James Hong, an actual Asian) in solving difficult cases. Charlie taught his son some lessons by quoting pseudo-oriental aphorisms in the manner of Confucius. The show made success from radio movies until 1950's but was not continued in 70's due to no oriental cast to play Charlie Chan.

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan TV Series, aired from August 1957 until 1958, completed 39 monochrome episodes of Charlie's great investigations, available now on DVD.

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"Murder, She Wrote" - A Myrstery TV Series

Murder, She Wrote was a series about the former English teacher Jessica Fletcher, widowed in her fifties with no child, achieved success as professional murder-mystery writer and novelist. Each episode, Jessica become involved in murder investigation by carefully and methodically piercing the clues together, gently but firmly asking questions that no one else had asked and come out to being one person able to make sense of the case and trap the guilty party. Jessica became fame with her very popular novels, but still maintain her links with friends and found new friends in many police departments across US. It seemingly ridiculous how murders follow her around the country and endless collection of nephews, nieces, cousins and in-laws who always needed her help.

The "Murder, She Wrote" was the longest-running TV mystery series for almost 12 years gracing the small screen. It was premiered on September 1984 and lasted until May 1996, completing the total of 12 seasons, about 264 episodes and 5 Tele-Movies (including the September 1984 pilot movie). The main character Jessica Fletcher starred by Angela Lansbury and few major characters flow the series with appearance of special guest stars casts the entire series.

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"Matlock" - 80s Classic TV Series

A drama series about a lawyer who uses his country charm and savvy to tackle headline-making murder trials. An Action/Drama TV Series aired from 1986 to 1992 on NBC and from 1992 to 1995 on ABC. Matlock still aired and re-ran in around US.

The story about criminal defense attorney Benjamin Matlock who charges very expensive $100,000 fee but worths every cent by winning the case and finding the real killer. Andy Griffith plays Ben Matlock with finicky fasion trademark gray suits, as renowned, folsky yet cantankerous defense attorney who secured an acquittal in trial and with humors in solving every mystery of the series. Matlock has a daughter played by three different woman and has four fellow investigators and many notably guest stars appeared in different seasons.

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