TV Shows Review

- Jake and the Fatman -

Jake and The Fatman was 80's television crime drama mixed with action, humor and chemistry of main characters and a tv series which seems everybody in the show was solving the crime. Although the show in just typical (which was first set in Los Angeles), later attract viewers when the setting moved to Honolulu, Hawaii.

The story line about an overweight with rumbling voice Los Angeles District Attorney Jason Lochinvar “Fatman” McCabe (played by William Conrad, well-known as Marchall Matt Dillon of 'Gunsmoke'😉, a former HPD officer turned as prosecutor (the character based on aging prosecutor in two-part episode entitled “The Don” of TV show Matlock). Fatty was partnered with a young handsome, happy-go-lucky and hunky energetic special investigator Jake Styles (played by Joe Penny) in finding evidence, witnesses, provide footworks and of course, sort of romantic interests, and also with District Attorney assistant Derek Mitchnell, together they find everything Fatty needs to solve and prosecute his cases. In shows most cases, they usually get help from the people around or those initially involved in crime, to provide they are innocent they became also crime solver (doctors, lawyers, shoe salesmen, etc.). Considered the best years of the show was when the locale was switched from L.A. To Honolulu (after the demise of TV Show Magnum P.I.), this seemed something added to the shows and boost it's rating.

The crime drama comedy adventures of Jake and the Fatman, broadcast by CBS from September 1987 to May 1992, completed 5 seasons with 106 episodes.

50's GunFighter Lawyer – Black Saddle -

Black Saddle TV series, a hugely popular Old Western Cowboy genre TV show combined with well-meaning lawyer profession. A story of the fast-drawer gunslinger Clay Culhane (played by Peter Breck, later to be Nick on Big Valley), a popular gun man belongs to the famous family of gunfighters. When Clay and his two brothers encountered a shootout, Clay almost got killed but his two brothers unlucky died in the encounter.

After losing his brothers, Culhane decided to settle the cases not in old fashioned way anymore, to dispute cases in less violent way, he chose to a more peaceful path and practice law. His adventures as a ex-gunfighter-turned circuit lawyer, he travel in Latigo, New Mexico territory in post Civil War years, carrying his law book with a black saddle bag and trying to help people who are in need of legal assistance. Most of his clients want to hire his fast gun drawing skills rather than his lawyering skills, many people and US officials couldn't believed in his new profession and given up the gun for good. US Marshal Gib Scott constantly followed him, tries to trigger Clay's gunfighter blood, but Clay Culhane eagerly uphold & settle cases using the law rather than disputing it with a pistol criminal ways.

The Black Saddle, a popular classic TV series was aired from January 1959 and lasted until May 1960, completed 2 seasons with 44 episodes.

- Hercule Poirot -

“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).

- Scrubs –

Scrubs is one of a kind sitcom tv show with different approach to the medical television genre and reality, a brilliantly written, fresh and enjoyable tv series that successfully became a cult hit by amazingly combined funny & humorous scenes with deep thoughts of learnings.

The series story and experience of a wacky fresh-faced medical intern Dr. John “J.D.” Dorian, a new doctor in the fictional Sacred Hearts Hospital (a teaching hospital), as he narrates his everyday personal life and hilarious experiences where humor and tragedy meets, and how he bravely embarks his healing career and medical profession in a surreal hospital crammed full of unpredictable staffs and patients. Together with his friends and colleagues; a highly competitive, surgical intern Dr. Chris Turk (J.D's long-time best friend & college buddy), a beautiful neurotic co-intern Dr. Elliot Reid, a tough caring slightly jaded Latina nurse Carla Espinosa (always help and advise JD and Turk's girlfriend), they face their professions and love interests with the abrasive, worldy cruel mentor and supervisor Dr. Percival “Perry” Cox, a kind fatherly and Medicine Chief Dr. Robert Bob Kelso, and a predatory hospital Janitor (who often takes offense to J.D.). Their drama comedic adventures in Scrubs (filmed at North Hollywood Medical Center) filled with verbal wits, slapsticks, fantasy sequences, dealing with death, tragedy, reality (authority, complex, race) but not preachy, they get good & better physicians and learns a lot about the covered side of the medical profession.

Scrubs TV Series (with many award nominations and winnings) was premiered on October 2001 and continuously running seasons (season 6 on 2007 with episodes most entitled with “My ____”) of funny, great casts performance and classy scripts series.

– Rawhide -

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.

70's - The Battle of the Planets -

Adapted from 1972 original Japanese cartoon animated TV series “Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman” (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman), Battle of the Planets become one of the most cult favorite and interesting cartoon tv series that hooked most international viewers and fans in 70s & 80s. Battle of the Planets' great appeal for western audience were; Gatchaman was edited to make the story simplified & more mature, professional voices (dub) and superb new music made the show fun to watch, some episodes were dissected/substituted to reduce amount of violence and objectionable language, remove profanity and transgerderism (from Gatchamn 105 episodes to Battle of the Planet 85 episodes), making scenes environmentally-themed (other planets look like Earth) so that even young viewers able to see through certain kidvid cop-outs.

The main story, the Earth and its space colonies were threatened by some world criminal organization and from the minion forces of dying Planet Spectra ruthless ruler Great Spirit and the evil Zoltar, they attempt to conquer the Earth to enslave people and plunder natural resources. The Intergalactic Federation bring out five orphans augmented with cerebrionic implants and trained in ninja ways, costumed with bird garb, armed with remarkable science weaponry, and ride with warship “The Phoenix” (supplied with rockets and flaunted with solar-powered energy blaster transform into flaming bird-shape spaceship like phoenix), they are called the “G-Force”. Compose of heroic leader Mark, grumpy hot-headed Jason, pointless space burger-scarfing Tiny, stuttering kid-cloned Keyop and beautiful Princess, with their incredible enhanced capabilities they watch from Centre Neptune and fight alien Spectrans and depend Earth's entire galaxy with the help of computerized coordinator 7-Zark-7 and supervision of Security Chief Anderson, Colonel Cronos, President Kane, Susan and robotic dog 1-Rover-1.

Children favorite Battle of the Planets Animated TV series was aired from September 1978 and lasted until August 1985, with total of 4 seasons and 85 episodes.

- 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 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.

– Coach –

The Coach TV series was one of the most underrated and best sports comedy show of it's time. With it's tight comic scenes, good writings, strong & talented actings in every episodes, a lively theme songs, all bring success to the series; being on top 20 in Nielsen ratings for it's seasons, many awards and nominations from ASCAP, Emmy and Golden Globe and the delightful fun they bring to their viewers of all ages. Beside from being very funny & energetic TV series, Coach also has a great on-screen chemistry, a family-friendly show with touching storylines with balance discussion on its theme: winnings, losings, academic performances, campus politics, relationships and also, dreams.

Story revolves on an old-fashioned college football team head coach Hayden Fox of the fictional Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles (creator modeled Hayden after actual University of Iowa football coach Hayden Frye). Coach Fox loves to eat, sleep but a no-nonsense man with great passion on football while his television reporter fiancé Christine Armstrong who doesn't share sports passion at all leading their relationship in friction, and he deal with his daughter Kelly emerging in her womanhood. But Coach was able to balance his attention and sincere care for the women of his life with his football sports program trying his best make things work out. Coach Fox was aided by his two loyal assistant coaches, the stuttering kind-hearted Fox best friend Luther Van Dam and a perpetual dim-witted student Dauber Dybinski, together their sketchy logic and kind-heart towards their job bring comic humors as they deal with annoying and nagging athletic director Howard Burleigh and ladies basketball coach Judy Watkins. In the final episodes, Coach Fox fulfilled his ultimate dream, he become head coach of a professional NFL team (fictional expansion team of Orlando Breakers) and reminisce their college coaching years.

Award winning performances of Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox and Jerry Van Dyke as Luther Van Dam in this sports comedic Coach TV series, aired from February 1989 and lasted until May 1997, with the total of 9 seasons with 200 episodes.

The Josie And The PussyCats in Outer Space Adventures

A Saturday morning animated series, continuation and spin off from the popular cartoon TV show, Josie And The PussyCats, a more exciting and new story series as the gang accidentally gets launched into the outer space. The Josie and The Pussycats characters was came from 1968 popular comic book series, Archie and His Friends (Josie McCoy first introduced), Josie formed all-girl pop music band with Melody Valentine and Valerie Brown (wears leopard printed leotard shirt with long tails and cat ears hat), band's roadie and Josie boyfriend Alan M. Mayberry, rich cowardly manager Alexander Cabot III with his twin snobbish sneaky and mean sister Alexandra (have serious crush with Alan) with a black white cat pet Sebastian (reincarnation of a witchcraft ancestor of Cabot).

In Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space series, the band was invited to play at the launch of new NASA spaceship, soon they ride the top gantry of the ship for photo pose but the bumbling Alexandra attempts to knock Josie out of spotlight with body slam bump Josie causing them all go tumbling inside the Rocketship X-M through it's open hatch. Alexandra pulls the launch lever, taking off the ship good thing smart Valerie managed to operate the ship, they face trouble and adventures in outer space chasing with some alien race dictators capture them, perform couple of musical number (alien comatose as they starts to play) and they able to escape return to Earth but Alexandra trying to win Alan always messing things up turning the ship off-course and land to another planet. Cuddly blob-like alien Bleep join and help their adventures.

Josie and The Pussycats in Outer Space cartoon tv series was debuted from 1972 lasted until 1974, created and produced by William Hanna-Joseph Barbera production.

Pioneer Animated Crime Fighting TV Series – M.A.S.K. –

M.A.S.K. animated TV series was one of the awesome cartoon tv show in the 80s (being in top 5), enjoy success and popularity not only in the small screen but also in comics and in toy merchandise. Mobile Armored Strike Kommand (M.A.S.K.), with the tagline “Illusion is the ultimate weapon”, was considered to be a hybrid from recent popular cartoons G.I. Joe and The Transformers, with the shows transforming vehicles and good characters fighting criminal organization. A 30 minutes cartoon show with simple storylines and plots (plus not the same characters in every episodes), very entertaining and fun to watch.

Multi-millionaire Matt Trakker investigates and uncovers the mysterious disappearance of his beloved wife, he discovered the activities of a criminal organization called VENOM (Vicious Evil Network Of Mayhem) of the maniacal leader General Miles Mayhem. Matt formed a group of Special Ops heroes with, just like him, possesses extraordinary talents and skills: Matt's adopted son with a great mechanical skills Scott, mechanical engineer/design specialist Bruce Sato, computer/communication expert & zoologist Alex Sector, auto/marine stunt driver & demolition expert Dusty Hayes, champion racer & kung fu black-belter Gloria Baker, helicopter/motorcycle & hill climber expert Brad Turner, weapon specialist and tactic strategist Hondo MacLean, master of disguise & intelligence expert Buddie “Clutch” Hawks, construction & demolition specialist Calhoun Burns, a language cryptography expert, etc., they all wear masks, operate super hot tricked, state-of-the-art transforming battle vehicles and primary mission to destroy evil VENOM forces.

M.A.S.K. animated tv series was aired from September 1985 lasted until November 1986 with total of 2 seasons and 75 episodes.

The - Quack Pack - Adventures

Quack Pack, a Walt Disney's animated TV series, follows the adventures of triplet nephews Huey, Dewey & Louie with their Uncle Donald Duck. The triplets from being young innocent, tow-headed tykes & more serious characters especially in 1987 “Duck Tales”, they are now grown denser, hot blooded & hormonal teenagers (portraying like human in adolescence) attracted & love to chase girls while their “Uncle D” in his middle-age, frantic less-compelling guardian & very loving “parent” to the three, as well as Daisy in her modern 90's women. The great revolution of character personalities plus humor--biting, sarcastic, witty and intelligent story lines give mark of success to the series.

In Quack Pack, nephews tormenting under the parenting concern of their Uncle Donald who was working as cameraman of his love interest, career-driven reporter, Daisy in a television news show called “What in the World”. The triplets with their new individual personalities and hip lingo attire, the leader Huey in his red collared shirt with sleeves rolled up over a matching T, the smart Dewey in his sports something mop-top/mushroom haircut & blue-toned pinstripe baseball jersey with blue T-shirt underneath, and the a bit clueless but sweet Louie now entails backwards green baseball cap & tank top sando. The boys in their saccharine cuteness, wacky hysterical teenage hood adventures, attractions with human ladies, their silly slapstick heavy comedy & playing practical jokes with their hapless Uncle D, they always get in trouble.

A year of the triplets adventures in Quack Pack TV series from September 1996 until September 1997, completed 1 season with 35 episodes.

ReBoot – First Computer Animated TV Series

ReBoot, ABC's 1994 half-hour Saturday morning tv show, was credited to be the first full length, completely computer animated TV series produced by Mainframe Entertainment. The show features great computer generated characters, background, mouth-watering animation, intelligent use of computer references with stories based on the computer industry where children audience learn computer terms and when the show went on, it got more complex; actions & sceneries increased, jokes were funnier, characters changed and it attracted older audiences.

ReBoot is about the extraordinary adventures of life within a computer world, a city/system called Mainframe where thousands of friendly binomes (little creatures represent values 1s & 0s) and Sprites (humanoid creatures) who lives and work to make the computer system run smoothly, and a guardian named Bob (sent from the net) protects them and the city against Megabyte and Hexadecimal who plague viruses and malicious codes to infect and control the system. Guardian Bob, assisted by Dot Matrix and her hyper brother Enzo, he tries his best using his versatile key-tool “Glitch” as his weapon against enemies. Another Mainframe threat is the game called GameCube loaded by the User who turn a part of a city into a 'gamescape', on “Reboots”, Bob become a game character and fight the User's character to prevent Sprites and Binomes residing gamescape location turn into energy-draining, worm-like parasite called Nulls. More adventures as they encountered super virus Gigabyte and the Web tries to infect the city but Bob and his team always there to fight and keep the citizens safe.

ReBoot Animated TV series completed 4 seasons with 47 episodes, premiered on September 1994 and lasted until November 2001.

- 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.

- Silverhawks -

Silverhawks, a weekdays space-bound animated TV series like Thundercats (with voice actors also from Thundercats), was another great cartoon show in the 80s that features good fictional/fantasy stories, very educational theme (about outer space), nice and very cool looks of the characters (viewers noted especially the villains).

The series story line was set on 29th century, when an alien mob boss & diabolic villain Mon*Star with his gang of thugs escaped their cell at Penal Planet 10, they goes to Limbo's Moonstar and transform themselves into armored beasts. Mon*Star villain henchmen were; a snake-like space goon Yess-Man as all-purpose lackey thrall/sycophant, a dangerous inventor of devilish machines Hardware, a musical mistress Melodia with her killer guitar of evil shattering notes, robot Buzz-saw with his razor sharp cutting blades, weather master Windjammer with his huge tuning fork manipulates weather, master of disguise Molecular(Mo-Lec-U-Lar), steroids minotaur Mumbo Jumbo, etc, they cause chaos whenever wherever possible. Since no human can survive in journey to Limbo Galaxy, bionic cop Cmdr. Stargazer formed a team of heroes called Silverhawks, they let voluntarily transform themselves into cyborg (partly metal, partly real); former Interplanetary Force H head Jonathan Quick as Quicksilver as team leader (with his cyborg bird Tally Hawk), cowboy & country singer Bluegrass as pilot of transport vehicle The Maraj ('mirage'😉 with his weapon Hot Licks a sonic blasting guitar, twins Emily & Will Heart as Steelheart & Steelwill (with their implanted stainless steel hearts) as technicians/designers and strongmen, a mathematical genius/acrobat from Planet of the Mimes Copperkid (spoke through whistles & complex system of tones), etc. They fight and stop Mon*Star's team and protect the universe and the galaxy.

Silverhawks Animated TV series completed 65 episodes in one season of sci-fi adventures aired from September to December 1986.

- The Beatles' Cartoon Series -

From the creation and production of King Features Productions, come out the successful Beatles cartoon series, featuring a half-hour long episodes consisted of two adventure stories about the sond and a sing a longs or animated music videos of The Beatles, around 5-7 minutes length each song with lyrics on the screen. Production of the series came from a hectic schedule, only 6 months to go before the series premiere, Al Brodax (head of King Features motion picture television department) hadn't found a studio to produce, anyone to write the scripts and artists who will portray John, Paul, George and Ringo voices.

Production came out a very simple format with caricatures and scripts of their individual personalities, Beatles placed in two situations: the typical one where they were chased by girl fans & media trying to cash in on their success while the second untypical situation, they were fleeing from ghosts, vampires or a lovesick octopus that all were, Beatles fans. American experienced voice artist Paul Frees voiced John Lennon and George Harrison while British familiar Englishman Lance Percival voiced Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Amazingly, the series captured 52 percent of the audience, an extraordinary profit and success at first season (Saturday morning 10:30 am), with an international flavour of adventures (sets featured different countries & locations), stories loosely based on lyrics of Beatles song which also title of the story and they sing with lyrics appeared on the bottom of the screen. Plus, the caricatures with Beatles' individual traits, John Lennon as leader always chin up, looking down his nose with his jerky movements & almost aggressive, Paul McCartney the most posed and stylish of the band with his hands express whatever he says, George Harrison in his frowning impression was wry with loose limbed and Ringo Starr as Groucho Marx type with clothes always looked too big, the series was very entertaining.

George Harrison noted, “I always king of liked them. They were so bad or silly they were good, if you know what I mean...”

and from John Lennon, “You know I still get a blast out of watching the Beatles cartoons on TV...”

The Beatles Cartoon series became an international hit & on it's syndication, it completed 3 seasons with 39 episodes (total of 78 stories) aired from September 1965 until September 1969.

"There's no need to fear! Underdog is here!" - Underdog

A one of a kind cartoon show of the 60s, Underdog was the funny animal superhero, a parody of Superman (his capabilities, super strength, invulnerability to weapons and his secret identities), where his powers came from “super energy pill” he transforms into a powerhouse canine superhero. Underdog always speak in rhythm by talent voice of Wally Cox, the show was very funny with cool music theme song and even story lines always pretty much the same, it is very educative with great stuff of moral lessons for viewers, a good family show.

Humble, lovable and mild-mannered puppy named Shoeshine Boy who when someone need help especially his TV reporter girlfriend Sweet Polly Purebred says in singing rhythm “Oh where, oh where has my Underdog gone?", he slip and duck in a telephone booth, taking his 'Underdog Super Energy Vitamin Pill' he keep in his special ring, hurriedly dresses a cape hero custom, destroy the booth (as his power activated). Underdog mention 'When Polly's in trouble, I am not slow, So it's hip! hip! hip! and away I go...” while crowd look in the sky and some say "Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a frog...a frog?", Underdog reply “Not bird, nor plane, nor even frog, it's just little 'old me, Underdog !". His villain were notorious wolf gangster & underworld boss Riff Raff & Cad lead by evil scientist Simon Bar Sinister (other were Electric (slippery) Eel, Battyman, Overcat. Superman loss his power on a Kryptonite, Underdog power fades so he had to take another pill to fight every criminal in the city, save the day and keep Polly safe.

Underdog was premiered back in October 1964 and lasted until January 1967 completed 3 seasons with 124 episodes.

My Secret Identity was written by Wilson Coneybeare and Fred Fox Jr. The said series was directed by George Bloomfield and Timothy Bond, starring Jerry O Connell as Andrew Clements who is an ordinary teen ager. Everything change in his life when one day while searching for his scientist friend, Benjamin, he was hit by a giant radiation beam and due to this he developed a steel body. Now, he is not an ordinary teen ager anymore for he can fly and run as fast as superman. He uses this special skills to fight crime and save the people who are in need.

80s Animated TV Series - The Snorks -

The Snorks, the little cutie fictional underwater creatures adapted from characters of 1974 Belgium comic-book created by Freddy Monnickendam with the same title. Hanna-Barbera Production produced these Belgian comic characters into animated tv series of the tiny playful, colorful and harmless creatures with a large genital like tube or pipe thing on their heads called 'snorkels' they use to breath & propel swiftly in water and when Snorks get excited, their tube makes a 'snork' sound. They are living in an under sea community called Snorkland with adapted modern cultures, technology and habits of humans; they wear dress, eat similar foods, live in houses & go to school, have money, ride vehicles, watch tv, etc. The story elements of the series are helpful to children; not all government officials are evil/money-hungry or looking down on people but taking care of their fellow citizens, to love and care for animal pets, to give respect to others as well as their own self and also to be responsible & stand up against bullies, all in these cute and colorful cartoon series.

In 1643, ancient Snorks witnessed a ship attacked by pirates, they rescued the wounded captain thrown overboard from ship, the captain made friends with happy little aquatic animals and shared stories things about humans soon adapted by the Snorks. In modern days, teenage Snorks AllStar Seaworthy with his red-headed girlfriend Casey Kelp and their friends, the cute mute Tooter Shelby speaks only with 'toots', pretty Snork Daffney Gilphin and her boyfriend Dimmy Finster, they take adventures in human like life under water and deal against infamous Snorkland governor Wetworth with his snobbish arrogant son Junior Wetworth who taking down and manipulate other Snorks. Other villains Bigweed with sidekick Lil Seaweed also try to bully Allstar's groups but they managed to keep themselves safe. Brave and friendly Allstar adapted Junior's abandoned octopus pet Occy, and also make friends with the bad guys & work together when they all get in trouble.

Children entertaining cartoon show The Snorks was premiered on September 1984 and lasted on January 1989, total of 3 seasons with 108 episodes.

Addams Family

The Addams Family is one of the most successful comedy series created by Charles Addams. Based on different horror figures, the Addams are categorized by their weird looks and scary antics. Gomez Alonso Addams is the patriarch of the family, a charming, handsome, and successful man. Morticia Addams, the wife of Gomez, with a pale skin and gothic performance. Pugsley and Wednesday are the two children of Gomez and Morticia.

Pugsley is designed as a diabolical, malevolent child next door, while Wednesday, as described in the Monday's Child nursery rhyme, somewhat pathetic child, full of woe.

Uncle Fester is a bald, fat, barrel-shaped man with dark, sunken eyes and a devilish grin. Grandmama, or sometimes Granny, is a witch that deals with different hexes and spells. Lurch is a Frankenstein's-monster like butler who serves to the Addams family. Thing is the disembodied hand that crawls around and sometimes playing with the Addams. Cousin Itt is Gomez hairy cousin.

The Addams family TV series ran from September 18, 1964 to April 8, 1966 on ABC network.

70s Sci-Fi TV Series - Arkk II -

Ark II was one of 70s Saturday morning CBS line-up, a live-action sci-fi tv series aimed for children - show the effects of mankind's environmental carelessness resulting to Earth devastation and few good guys & scientists try to help and educate survivors & rebuild civilization. Remarkable things in this series were the futuristic six-wheeled rover vehicle Ark II, size of a tractor-trailer with hi-tech lab, scientific equipments and gadgetry on board such as 4-wheeled all-terrain Ark Roamer (built on a Volkswagen van chassis) and a flying jetpack Jet Jumper use for aerial scouting (all vehicles built by Brukaber Group for the show). Also the characters named with Biblical inspiration including a well-trained speaking (dubbed) chimpanzee, they bring morality, lesson and educative fantasy for young viewers.

Set in the post-apocalyptic 25th century, in year 2476 where the Earth was devastated, the collapse of human civilization now comparable to the level of Dark Ages, effects of environmental abuse, heavy pollution & waste plus nuclear war. Remained scientists pooled all their knowledge and resources, they built Ark II, a mobile storehouse of scientific knowledge, manned with highly trained crew led by captain Jonah, two young scientists Ruth and Sam who provide support and finally, Adam, a talking chimp with intelligence like a human. They travel around the country, encounter dangers from hostile areas and unknown attackers, but using a device to blind and disable the opponents they avoid violence. They must accomplish their primary missions; to search & bring aid to the remnants of scattered community, educate them and give understanding, promote peace to humanity and bring hope of a new future to mankind.

Ark II was debuted on September 1976, lasted until December 1976 and re-runs until 1979 a total of 15 episodes in a season.