Category Archives: What’s on TV?

Everything is Better Than Star Wars

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Joe

Olivia Newton John in Xanadu (1980)

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Everything is Better than Star Wars

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Joe

This is a scan of an insert from the DVD package of Shock Waves, a movie originally released the same year as Star Wars which also starred Peter Cushing. Star Wars was a huge success and it did change the … Continue reading →

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Movie Matinee – The Burglar

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Joe

I thought I knew every movie shot in my hometown of Philadelphia, but I have to admit I never heard of The Burglar (1957). Strangely enough, I read about it in a comic book which set me off on a … Continue reading →

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Give it a CHANCE

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Joe

I’m writing this post to draw attention to a show of which I was completely unaware on a streaming platform that never held any appeal for me. The show is Chance and it is available on Hulu.

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Because it was on…

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Joe

Back when I attended The Philadelphia College of Art, the city of Philadelphia was not wired for cable television while the surrounding suburbs had enjoyed the benefits of basic cable and perhaps a pay station like HBO or PRISM for … Continue reading →

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The Nadir

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Joe

As far as culture and entertainment, it often feels as if we are living through the worst of times. Old cranks like myself constantly opine that entertainment is not entertaining either through the sheer ineptitude or the callous disregard of … Continue reading →

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Angry Red Planet

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Joe

Watching trash on a tube TV in the studio a while back. I think this is around the time that television broadcasts went digital and I was obsessed with the station ThisTV.

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