Starsky and Such
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
I never watched Starsky & Hutch when it originally aired during the last half of the 1970s decade. But in the early half of the first decade of the 2000s, I picked up the first couple of seasons on DVD and quite enjoyed it. Part of the charm was the simple ‘time capsule’ effect of capturing the era so well. This wasn’t done on purpose of course, but nonetheless it intensified the show’s charm. I also just plain liked it. But at some point, I decided not to pursue collecting the whole series and eventually sold the DVDs I had after their initial viewing. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve had a tremendous affinity for the classic series The Twilight Zone since I was a young kid. In fact I think I added the definitive book about the series The Twilight Zone Companion to my collection in about 1982, and read it from cover-to-cover, often taking it to church with me to read during the service. During the late 1990′s I was able to assemble nearly a complete collection of TZ episodes on VHS tapes as they ran them on the Sci-Fi channel. Eventually, I replaced them season by season on DVD. As for autographs, I collected them when I can. Unfortunately, I skipped out on the Twilight Zone reunion that was held at the Hollywood Show in October of 2009. 
Of course I’ll try to meet Laverne. And don’t call me Shirley. Frankly, I’m amazed that Penny Marshall – who is best known as playing Laverne DeFazio, one half of the zany gal pal team in Laverne & Shirley – is even appearing at celebrity shows. Surely she’s moved on to bigger and better things. Of course she has. Things like being an acclaimed director of films such as Big, Awakenings, and A League of Their Own. Things like producing the amazing film Cinderella Man. And don’t call me Shirley. 
I’ll be honest when I say that The Munsters was really never one of my favorite sitcoms. It was okay fodder when nothing else was on, but I never really cared for the monster comedies. Perhaps I’ll give it a second look one day, but for now I’m just going to respect it as an iconic 60′s institution. Because of that respect, I’ve never passed up a chance at a good autograph or celebrity encounter opportunity involving cast members of the show.