TV Shows Review

The Fall Guy

Classic 1980's Action TV series, The Fall Guy was well known for it's some crazy out of this world action (jumping from plane without parachute or jumping from tall bridges into deep water) and with crazier characters (many beautiful women and famous stars). The viewers love the shows mediocre acting, although sometimes with cheesy plot but with morality factor and with much appealing, scantily dressed women.

The story is about a Hollywood stunt man in movies, Colt Seavers, and doing heroic missions when out of screen. And when the moonlight comes, Colt picking up extra money as a bounty hunter by tracking down and capturing bail jumpers, using is amazing daredevil stunt knowledge and skills. Colt, teamed up with young eager cousin Howie and with sexy stunning Jody, they are taking not so simple assignments from Big Jack, Terri Shannon and later from Pearl to capture fugitives & criminals and bring them back to justice.

Lee Major played as Colt Seaver in 1981-1986 tv series The Fall Guy, which completed 5 seasons with 113 episodes aired by ABC.

The Father Dowling Mystery TV Series

Based on books written by Ralph McInery, The Father Dowling Mystery TV series is a mystery crime drama in late 1980's. The story is about a Catholic Parish Priest, Father Frank Dowling, who has a knack in solving crimes, love danger-filled police works and stumbles over high crimes, abductions and murders happening around his home town Chicago, Illonois. Father Frank assisted by his street-wise Nun, Sister Stephanie "Steve" Oskowski and a dour housekeeper, Marie Murkin, they solve crime mysteries in spite the FBI Detectives wishes them away from their investigation. Father Frank still feel responsible, with the aide oh Sister Steve who grew up in a rough street houses and knows street language (she could even hot wire a car), they take a closer investigation and find out the suspects behind.

The final episode of the series, Father Frank have to solve the deadly rival battles for political power as the death of Local District Attorney was accused to an innocent boy, they have to expose the real killer to prevent the political rally that could possibly turn into blood bath.

Debuted the Pilot TV Movie on November 1987, The Father Dowling Mystery TV Series was continued its airing on 1989-1991 (1988 has a writer's strike), completed 2 seasons and total of 43 episodes.

- Maverick -

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.

- The Secret of Isis -

Classic adventure, action Sci-Fi TV Series Isis is a popular 1970's Saturday morning TV show and teach moral lessons to viewers. The story about when an archaeologist and high school science teacher Andrea Thomas found the 3000 years lost magical amulet which was belong to ancient Egyptian Queen Goddess Hatchupset given by an Egyptian Royal Wizard.

"O my Queen, with this amulet you and your descendants are endowed by the goddess Isis. With the powers of animals and the elements you will soar as the falcon soars, run with the speed of gazelles and command the elements of the sky and the earth."

Andrea research the history and purpose of the mystical amulet, she heir and learn it's powers by lifting the amulet on air and cast the chant spell "Oh Mighty Isis". Andrea gain great strength, ability to animate and control objects such as animals, fire, water, etc. with her incantation, she can run at super speed and when she cast the spell "Oh zephyr winds which blow on high, lift me now so I can fly" the air assist her in taking flight. Andrea dedicated herself to fight evils, defend the weak, be the champion of truth & justice and teach moral lessons to young people she saved as well as to televiewers at the end of each episodes.

Marked as preachy TV series of 1970's, The Secret of Isis, aired from 1975-1976 and completed 2 seasons with total of 22 episodes.

- Land of the Giants -

One Irvin Allen's science fiction/fantasy TV Series, Land of the Giants was his fourth and last produced sci-fi show (others are Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Time Tunnel), which was marked as high budget episodes record for the series (about $ 250,000) and highest rated show.

The Land of the Giants' story was started when the Spindrift spaceship take the commercial sub-orbital flight in 1983 from New York City to London, boarding three crews and four passengers. Accidentally, Spindrift crash when they hit a strange turbulence and enter a mystical cloud space warp (later learned as "dimensional lock"😉 and land into a Earth like planet, inhabited with very large creatures compare to than the Earth's normal size. The never named planet is evolved in different turn, humans are about 12 times the natural size of Spindrift's passengers, the animals huge like cats that roars and as large as a lion. The castaways' missions are: to survive and hunt for their food, to escape from totalitarian government who rules the planet, to run from animals hunting them for meal & giant children wanted them as toys, and opportunist & giant scientist hunting them to use their advance technology. The castaways managed to survive with the help of good giants but find hard to repair the damaged Spindrift with about 50 years less technology of giants.

In the final episodes, they manage to return to the time during the Spindrift flight using an alien device "space time manipulator" and relive the original trip again. The interesting classic sci-fi story of "Land of the Giants" by Irvin Allen, the series completed 2 seasons with 51 episodes, aired from 1968 to 1970.

The Classic Comedy - Dennis the Menace -

Do you remember "Hey Mr. Wilson!"? This is a very popular line for the followers of Dennis the Menace series, created by Hank Ketcham, which idea actually came from his real life son, Dennis Lloyd Ketcham, who always refuse to take a nap and messes up his whole room. Hank drew Dennis character with some pencil sketches and at a sudden, his wife exclaimed to him, "Your son is a menace". Dennis the Menace born and comes first in comic book in 1953 and produced 155 original issue series until 1978, and special issues come out such as Dennis the Menace Winter Special, Summer Special, Spring, Christmas, Travel Special and many more.

In 1959, a live-action situation comedy (sitcom) "Dennis the Menace" was produced, with the story and misadventures of Dennis Mitchell, a lovable young but mischievous boy who is complete with a cowlick, dressed in overalls and carrying a slingshot in his pocket. Dennis is just a red-blooded American boy with his 'wide-eyed' curiosity, innocent and well-meaning attempts to help others anywhere he goes but always lead to trouble causing damage to thousand of dollars. The sitcom revolves as Dennis encounter their neighbor, Mr. & Mrs. Wilson, an old couple living in perfect harmony but with no child that's why Mrs. Wilson loves Dennis. But Mr. Wilson, a retired postal carrier, annoyed to Dennis who disturb his serenity and messes things as Dennis try to help Mr. Wilson. One Funny episode, Mr. Wilson was caught by the police accused him selling Valentine Cards (Dennis actually did) and yells in anger.

Dennis the Menace come out in many other medium such as comic strip, movies and cartoon tv series. Viewers confess they roll with laughter in many Dennis the Menace episodes. The 1959-1963 Dennis TV Series completed 4 seasons with 146 episodes of fun and laughter with this comedy strip.

Adventurous Dramedy - Due South -

Due South TV police dramedy created by Paul Haggins, was a Canadian-made series (also award-winning in Canada), succeed with high rating series both in US, UK and Canada, one of a kind show being canceled too early (only 3 seasons in US and 4 seasons in Canada).

Due South is a story line of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Mountie) Benton Fraser moved to Chicago to investigate and solve the murder of his father. Fraser was accompanied by a white deaf Inuit half wolf named Deifenbaker, who lost his hearing when icy water burst his eardrum but have ability to read lips, and Fraser adopted him after saving his life. Fraser after solving his father's case, he uncovered a plot of a company who builds dam but slowly killing the environment and soon the company was shut down. Fraser decided to stay in Chicago, worked for Canadian consulate, made friends local police and partnered with a tough, streetwise and cynical cop, Detective Ray Vecchio, together they fight crimes but entirely confused on each other's way of doing things. Fraser with his supernormal detective abilities, being a polite country boy, morally centered,trusting introvert characteristics confused Vecchio's extrovert, sharp dresser, street-wise and city boy attitude, but the two got along famously; they've derive comedy in outrageous plots and their incredible on-screen chemistry.

Due South was premiered on September 1994 and it's last episode on season 2 aired May 1996 titled "Flashback" where Fraser lost his memory on his after being thrown from the speeding van of diamond thieves. Ray race to get Fraser's memory back and to solve the case (Fraser to remember the van's license plate), Ray recounting to Fraser the times and friendships they have together.

1970's - The Dukes of Hazzard - TV Series

Based on 1975 Film “Moonrunners”, The Dukes of Hazzard was a hit Action/Adventure and a consistent top-rated television series in late 70's and in 80's, in it's hour long Friday Night (8:00 pm) airings on CBS. It's story about the adventure of cousins Bo and Luke Dukes which known as "The Good Ol'Boys", assisted with their uncle Jesse and sexy cousin Daisy, in their quest to help their friends and neighbors in distress and encounters with corrupt Country Commissioner Boss Hogg in the fictional unincorporated place called Hazzard Country.

The story line, Uncle Jesse is the patriarch of the rich Duke clan farm, parenting his niece Daisy and nephews Luke and Bo (their parents said died in accidents), producing their old-fashioned, big business of moonshine (well-known as whisky which is illegal) where boss Jefferson Davis Hogg or Boss Hogg, in spite of his huge wealth & property, have interest in Dukes farm in his nefarious reasons. Bo and Luke were caught transporting moonshines by Boss Hogg's right hand and brother-in-law Country Sheriff Rosco Coltrane, the Dukes were given a probation on the condition of giving up moonshining and not permitted to carry firearms and they did. The Dukes learned the Boss Hogg's scheme, Bo (dark-haired, ex-marine, more mature & rational and typically the one who thought plans to get rid of troubles) and Luke (blond, wilder, ex-stock car test driver and "shoot first, ask question later" type) together with super sexy (in her short-cutted denim) honest and kind cousin Daisy and the former Ridge-Runner Uncle Jesse, they stop the threatening of fat (in his all white suit) and greedy town leader J.D. Boss Hogg and his dimwitted flunky and incompetent Sheriff Rosco (sometimes misspelled "Roscoe"😉.

Bo and Luke, in their fundamentally good natures, they serve as "Robinhood" who foil criminals (usually hired by Boss Hogg to frame up the Dukes and other people), riding in their orange 1969 Dodge Charger "The General Lee" (refers to the American-Civil War Confederate, General Robert E. Lee) with number “01” on each door, doing jump from car (landing without a scratch) & "hood slide" stunts and use bow and arrow to fight corruptions in Hazzard, rescue their adversaries and defeat the bad guys.

Adventures of The Dukes of Hazzard was aired from 1979-1985, completed 7 seasons with 147 episodes by CBS, and was created by Gy Windron.

- The Courtship of Eddie's Father -

A remarkable TV series of 70's showing the family values in finding happiness, completeness and fulfillment with every member's need. The Courtship of Eddie's Father developed deep relation showing not only looking for someone to be new member of their family but also relation between father and son.

Every boy needs a mother...even if Dad has to marry her!

Based on 1963's Film and book written by Mark Toby with the same title, The Courtship of Eddie's Father TV series also gained popularity and respect in small screen and theater. A drama comedy story about a thirtyish widowed father Tom Corbett took responsibilities in raising his young son, Eddie, and pursue a normal life and with help of their housekeeper , Mrs. Livingston. Tom, a magazine photographer, try to date women around him but his freckled-faced, six-year-old son Eddie attempts to reinvigorate his father's love life and disapprove with the women his father interested in; showing Eddie's special penchant for his father to get romantically involved with prospective brides which led the series to many warm and comic moments. Tom with patience and understanding, guides his small son through the difficult life lessons of growing up while Eddie taught his father the memorable lessons they've together, turning the series into courtship of father-son and their love affair. Mrs. Livingston, on the other hand served as mother figure to Eddie and has important role as a very diplomatic and dependable with full of sage advice to Tom.

A funny TV show, including the characters Tina Rickes, their company secretary) and Norman Tinker, a radical photographer. Glenn Ford as Tom and Ron Howard as Eddie, showed good chemistry in father-son relationship and bonding in The Courtship of Eddie's Father TV Series, aired from September 1969 - June 1972, completed 3 seasons with total of 72 episodes on ABC.

The - Remington Steele - TV Series

1980's Remington Steele TV Series was a remarkable approach of TV Shows in Detective genre by plotting the elements of romance and comedy, and successfully becoming the 'cult favorite', casting the beautiful and talented Stephanie Zimbalist as Laura Holt with the handsome, enigmatic Irishman and future 'James Bond', Pierce Brosman as Remington Steele.

A story starts when the beautiful young but highly skilled & well-trained private investigator, Laura Holt started her own Detective Investigation Agency but her potential customers find out the agency was led by a woman, they refuse and unwilling to hire a female detective (era's chauvinistic attitude towards women). In her attempts to attract clients, Laura imagined and invented her fictional with masculine superior, a mythical boss named Remington Steele and renaming her agency into "Remington Steele Investigations" ( she took Remington from 'typewriter brand' and Steele from 'Pittsburgh Steelers'😉. Successfully, her business boomed with many clients knocking her door wanting to meet the brilliant, charismatic boss Remington Steele, and she alibis Remington is always busy on other cases. In one case Laura was working, she encountered a handsome, mysterious and loving thief (Brosman) escaping murderous thugs (hearing Remington Steele is fictional), he impulsively assumes the Steele's identity & persona and later he choose to use the alias and became Laura's partner.

At first, Laura's associates think the mysterious man can't be trusted, new Remington proved his skills are useful, his extreme charms and suave manner impressed clients, Laura & Remington became a great pair of sleuths while showing at the same time a relationship with romantic charisma and played great comic timing the audience love.

Remington Steele, a successful TV series caught wide audience and win awards, was aired from October 1982 and lasted until March 1985, completed 5 seasons with 94 episodes.

Sci-Fi TV Series - Babylon 5 -

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.

1950's - The Range Rider - TV Series

The Range Rider, won the Western Action fanatics and lovers, is an excellent TV series and truly admirable. The actions are more realistic with awesome skills in projections, both by good guys and bad guys cast of the show, their mastery in stunts and cowboy styles are clearly showed.

The Range Rider story centered on the dynamic duo of Range Rider and his sidekick Dick West, as they take west ride adventures, doing good deeds and bring justice to the American frontier. Range Rider (starred by famous stunt man Jock Mahoney, a 6'4" legendary stunt man with his athletic skills) characterized as the honest, principled and good-natured man wearing a fringed buckskin shirt, white stetson and moccasins (no boots) and riding his horse named Rawhide. While his youngster sidekick Dick Jones (starred by Dick West, a notable prodigious horseman with a mark as "World's Youngest Trick Rider and Trick Roper" in age of four and well-known in voice role of Pinocchio in Walt Disney's animated film), wearing sporting a dark, military-style shirt and a black hat, rode a steed called Lucky. Some of their missions and adventures are: they straightens out unscrupulous businessmen downing a rival freight out of business, they stop heinous Wells Gang who terrorizing voters, they uncovers the saboteurs of rankings in US Telegraph Office, etc.

The remarkable actions and adventures of Range Rider, in Western TV series was aired from 1951-1953 and completed 3 seasons and with total of 77 episodes.

- The Petticoat Junction -

A 60's classic comedy of a family living in rural town Hooterville, trying to get rich quick, running the
Shady Rest Hotel, living within rural lifestyle escaping from hectic urban life and although nothing much ever happens, the their living situation gives comic humors and a wholesome family life situation. The series happenings followed on The Shady Hotel, owned by a cook expert and hospitable but widow Kate Bradley with her three beautiful daughters Billie Jo(the eldest, blond and boy-crazy), Bobbie Jo (the brunette, astute and literate) and Betty Jo (the redheaded, a tomboy), with her Uncle Joe (a genial old gentleman but lazy, "General Manager" always finding any way of getting out of the hotel once the work is done).

The Shady Hotel, located directly between the farming valley of Hooterville and its only slightly more
"evolved" neighbor of Pixley can only be reached by the Hooterville Cannonball, an ancient steam-driven train (town's chief public transportation) taking regular stops in order to go fishing or pick fruit for Kate Bradley's menu. The title "Petticoat Junction", the "petticoat" implied that Kate's three daughters swam nude in a water tower and their petticoats hung over in the side while the "junction" refers to the hotel situated on a train line. The shows "villain" was J, Homer Bedloe who attempted to shutdown the Cannonball, but never succeeding.

The Petticoat Junction, created by Paul Henning, shared success and considered as The Beverly Hillbillies "sister series". The show completed 7 seasons with total of 222 episodes and was aired from September 1963 lasted until April 1970.

70's Sci-Fi Comedy TV Series - Mork and Mindy -

The 70's Sci-Fi sitcom TV Series Mork and Mindy, a spin off of Happy Days ("Mork and Mindy" was the second spin off, "Laverne and Shirley" was the first), was Robin Williams' first major acting break which also brings the show into high popularity with high Nielsen Ratings being #3 on its first season. As Robin's springboard on his brilliant career and zoom to his stardom, he showed the audience his simply loving silly slapstick humor, his manic improvisational comedic talent and give him specific gasps where he can perform freely while his partner Pam Dawber, had to bite her lip to avoid laughing and ruin the filming.

The Mork and Mindy story about Mork (played by Robin Williams), an alien came to Earth from planet Ork riding a giant egg-shaped spacecraft, bumbling alien hatched, sent for the mission: investigate the Earth, study the inhabitants, observe the bizarre customes and cultures of the Earthlings, study the human emotions since the Orkans (Ork species) don't have any and report all of them to the Ork leader and Orkan supervisor, Orson. At Mork's arrival, he met Mindy McConnell(Pam Dawber) who been on argue with her boyfriend, she saw Mork (initially believing Mork as priest) they walk to Mindy's apartment and she learned Mork's mission, Mindy have to hide Mork from University of Colorado students, let him stay on the attic and promise him to keep his identity. Mindy's father, Fred, blame her living with a man so she told about Mork, and the story lines adventures started out on Morks attempts to understand human behavior, feel the emotions, adjust to Earth life and sums up humorously the social norms on Earth. Remarkable Mork's comic on the show were: he innocently wears clothes backwards (buttons at the back), sit on the chair upside down (Orkons sit on their head), handshakes in different style (hands contact with middle and ring fingers separated) and do many things which are opposite to the Earthlings. The final seasons of the show, Mork and Mindy get married, they honeymooned of the Ork, got pregnant and Mork gave birth to a healthy elderly man (Male Orkons have offspring's born old and age backward to babyhood).

The wild and wacky adventures Mork & Mindy, in this popular science-fiction/fantasy-based comedy series was aired from September 1978 and lasted until May 1982, completed 4 seasons with 95 episodes on ABC.

- 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.

- The Rockford Files -

As one of the most notable tv series for it's quality writings, The Rockford Files certainly was the best private eye series which gained grace and success in television screen, and ranked at or near the top in polls of viewers, critics, and mystery writers. A multi-award winning TV series for it's casts and episodes, The Rockford Files enjoyed high ratings until it's final season, it's reruns and syndications constant followed by it's loyal cult. The series credited with superbly-plotted mysteries and brilliant writing of Stephen J. Cannell (a professed aficionado of the hard-boiled detective genre) with producer Roy Huggins, and ensemble with easy charm & charisma, a no-nonsense approach and wisecraking wit performance of James Garner (with his remarkable performance and persona in Maverick, 1957-1962) as Jim Rockford, the "America's favorite private eye".

The Rockford Files is the story of an ex-convicted (imprisoned for five years for an armed robbery he didn't commit and was later pardoned), Jim Rockford who turned into a Private Investigator who specialized in handling closed cases and those police given up (to avoid conflict with police and investigators), as a cool, calm detective who loves to mouth off and talk to make way out of trouble instead of using his fists, the one who takes time but always solves the crime. Jim was assisted by his true pal Sgt. Dennis Becker (later became Lieutenant in following season)helps him get important information about cases, Jim's attorney and girlfriend Elizabeth Davenport who always bail him out of jail, Jim's former cell mate Evelyn "Angel" Martin who involved in illegal things and constant source of aggravation but loyal pal to Jim, and his adviser was his father Rocky, (semi-retired truck driver and fisherman) who always worry to him advises to get another job. Jim live in a house trailer on the beach at Pacific Coast Highway in LA and later in Cove Road in Malibu, drives gold Pontiac Firebird with just a press in the backseat printing instant business card, and rarely bring a gun which he always used only to point and not shoot.

Viewers like the show as they see Jim Rockford was James Garner and vice versa in this award winning TV series, premiered from March 1974 and lasted until January 1980 on NBC, for the total of 7 seasons with 131 episodes.

- Buck Rogers : In the 25th Century -

The Award-Winning Sci-fi TV Series Buck Rogers: In the 25th Century, was based on the 1928 fictional character of two novellas "Armageddon 2419 AD" created by Philip Francis Nowlan, which also first published and seen on "Amazing Stories" magazine. Buck Rogers adventures became an important part of American pop culture which widely seen and heard in many mediums from 1920's until 1990's, showed in comic strips, movie series (1939), television series (ABC 1950-51 and NBC 1979-81), on computer games and heard on radio for 15 years (1932-1947).

In the 1979 Buck Rogers TV Series, the story was set in 1987 with the space mission of US Airforce pilot Capt. William Anthony "Buck" Rogers of the space shuttle Ranger III, of the NASA's five months manned probe trip around the solar system. But along the way something goes awry, a leaking gas (formed cryogenic suspension) fumed the ship and the life support system freeze taking Buck Rogers into cryogenic sleep, the Ranger 3 malfunctioned and blown out in trajectory into an orbit 1,000 times more vast and takes 500 years to return in orbit, the fresh air entered woken him up. It was year 2491 (25th Century) when Buck Roger returned to Earth, the planet was recovering from 20th Century nuclear holocust and under hostile attack of the Draconian Empire, a space borne armies from the planet Draconia, who are planning invasion and conquer the Earth. With Buck Rogers' incredible fighter pilot skills, he became a valuable member of Earth's Defense Directorate, headed by Dr. Elias Huer, and he joined the squadron headed by beautiful Colonel Wilma Deering and Buck assisted by his compatriots; Twiki (a comical robot) and a mechanical brain of "Dr. Theopolis" (one of Earth's Computer Council) in a box carried by Twiki. The first season of the show focused on Buck Rogers mission to defend the Earth against Draconian, while second season story as Buck and Wilma mission to track down the deep-space vessel "Searcher" boarding human colonies.

The adventures of Buck Rogers : In the 25th Century TV series was aired from September 1979 and lasted until April 1981 on NBC, completed 2 seasons with 37 episodes.

- The Phil Silvers Show -

Marked as one of the best in 50's and the all-time great sitcom, The Phil Silvers Show won three consecutive Emmy Awards for the Best Comedy Series and marked number one comedy show in US for amazingly very short time - in shows just first two episodes, even every episodes were cherished and discussed today. The shows long-lasting success believed comes from two essential factors: first, the Phil Silvers' performance and strengths as a comic actor (fast-talking, quick-witted, razor-sharp, a gambler, a leader of men), he was blessed with great sharpness as he deliver lines with speed & guile and marvelously ad-libbing when the situation required; while the second reason is the show creator Nat Hiken, a writer who could bring a show into it's finest, his economical script writings (sentences in just few words) he has the ability to maintain story lines within an episode, he can introduce denouements in scripts and thinks improbable solution to which he must find an even more absurd premise for a job.

The Phil Silvers Show (also entitled “You'll Never Get Rich” and “Sergeant Bilko”), a situational comedy TV series of Phil Silvers as US Army Master Sergeant Ernest “Ernie” Bilko, the head of a hidden small motor pool camp and army station of Fort Baxter in Roseville, Kansas. In Bilko's motor-pool, privates were scruffy, lazy, unattractive slobs, do as little work as possible, they never paraded and were almost fearful of weaponry. The humor boost as he attempts to manipulate those around using selective flattery, false naïveté, pulling rank, etc. With his system (by conniving, bluffing, bribing, cheating, gambling, lying, finagling, etc.), he leech his fellow man (even top brass), and wheedle money he smell through various get-rich-quick scams and con games (poker games, tank rides and other elaborate rackets). Sergeant Bilko's ultimate skill – audience watches as he unwittingly makes matters worse for himself and realize his error, he employ his quick thinking in order to make amends by predicting thoughts of others and how long people will think them. However, Sergeant Bilko's has a good moral quality with a heart of gold, he never benefits at the expense of others, faced with innocent victims, his conscience kicks in and use his mental resource to resolve problem.

The Phil Silvers Show completed 4 great seasons with total of 142 episodes of humors and laughs for it's airing from September 1955 until September 1959.

– 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.

– Alias Smith and Jones -

Alias Smith and Jones Memorable opening narration:

"Into the west came many men. Some were good men and some were bad men. Some were good men that had some bad in them, and some were bad men that had some good in them. This is the story of two pretty good bad men."

This is the story of duo cousins, the most successful and most wanted outlaws in the Old West history who decided to go straight to lead an upstanding lives. They grant the government's amnesty by staying out of trouble for a year, thought it was that simple but the true journey - there is something beyond the conditions, they have to prove that they deserve it. The series stormed the viewer's attention, garnered enormous audiences and leaved bunch of memories that are remarkable things like - 'five pat-hand' poker trick, soap selling dodges, poker escapades, safe-cracking attempts and many more which are based upon fact, the documented historical incidents.

The storyline adventures of cousin outlaws Hannibal Hayes, a silvery-tongued card shark, the optimist safecracker poker player and the thinker of the duo while his partner Jed 'Kid' Curry, the master marksman and brawn quick-drawing dead-eye gunslinger, together the two are the non-violent expert bank and train robbers but never shot or hurt anyone (the two are members of 'Hole-in-the-Wall Gang'😉. The two realized the Old West was coming to an end (maybe they'll got killed), they grant the Governor's free pardon amnesty with conditions; live as model citizens, stay out of trouble for a whole year not allowing anyone to know the deal/arrangement. The duo used the new identities (Hayes alias Joshua Smith and Curry alias Thaddeus Jones), take the adventures of narrow sticky path, still their 'Wanted Posters' displayed everywhere making them the target of Sheriffs, Deputy, Lawmen, Bannerman Detectives and Bounty Hunters, they've keep their noses clean with their awesome silver-tongue and fast draw skills and always figure out to make money and get out of trouble.

The great adventures and misadventures of Alias Smith and Jones in this successful Western Cowboy Action TV series was aired from January 1971 until January 1973, completed 3 seasons with total of 50 episodes.