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490,696 | 33,913 | 352,565 | 8 | You go , girl . | Martha Inc . is actually worth watching to see Cybill Shepherd's take on the character . She really delves into the role and begins to show a sympathetic and vulnerable side to her . Sure , she's pretty and definitely intelligent , perhaps a genius . She worked Wall Street and modeled her way through College . She got ... |
490,390 | 33,913 | 115,326 | 8 | Just one of the best shows ! | I loved this show in the second season . I awoke in the middle of a Sunday night . My first episode was about the identical twins ! Unlike other shows , this show spoke to me about the paranormal in our world . While I have had paranormal experiences , it is nice to have a show of our own for a change . Thanks and I wi... |
490,197 | 33,913 | 209,037 | 8 | Everybody's A Star in This Dutch Film Classic ! | I don't know much about the Dutch language but the film is based on a young girl who aspires to become a singer much like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera or others . I don't know . Today's young singers are tomorrow's Tiffanys . I could tell you that it's modern and the story is done beautifully with great acting... |
490,251 | 33,913 | 71,350 | 8 | They could have had a better title ! | To start with , I always forget the episode with Anne Baxter who I believe is one of America's greatest actresses . Also , I can't forget Kevin McCarthy who is equally prolific and long overlooked as one of America's most talented and versatile actors . Anyway , the story of Anne Baxter playing a movie star who lives o... |
490,589 | 33,913 | 71,348 | 8 | An entertaining Columbo ! | I like this Columbo episode . It features American legend , Dick Van Dyke , as the prime suspect in his wife's abduction and kidnapping . His character is an accomplished photographer . He is fed up with his wife and sets up another man who is a paroled criminal to take the fall . Of course , this is Columbo and he wil... |
490,588 | 33,913 | 71,346 | 8 | An improved Columbo ! | Columbo's wife is away in Bakersfield while he investigates this case involving the founder's heir exploded during a cannon misfire at the founders ' day events . I love Madeleine Sherwood's performance as the devoted and loyal secretary . Patrick Goohan who is a veteran of Columbo episodes plays a devoted military man... |
490,076 | 33,913 | 112,093 | 8 | Better than Will & Grace ! | I loved Thomas Hayden Church here as Ned and I prefer Debra Messing here as Stacey than Grace . I think this show could have been a bigger hit if the network allowed it to grow . The premise was silly but somehow Church and Messing made it work even if only for two seasons . Church left his beloved role on Wings to pur... |
489,985 | 33,913 | 112,095 | 8 | One of the better sitcoms ! | I really miss Newsradio because it was a great cast of eccentric characters and writers who knew how to write . The cast included Phil Hartman who was better known for his roles on Saturday Night Live during this tenure . He was a comic genius and sorely missed by his fans . The other cast members included Canada's Dav... |
489,854 | 33,913 | 90,418 | 8 | It should have been these four women ! | One of things that bothered me about Designing Women was the loss of Delta Burke and Jean Smart leaving the show . Saturday Night Live's Jan Hooks and Newhart's Julia Duffy joined the cast but the show was never the same again . Alice Ghostley and Meshach Taylor were regulars in supporting roles . I remember watching t... |
489,941 | 33,913 | 112,090 | 8 | They never gave this show a chance ! | Tea Leoni plays Nora Wilde , a serious photographer , who is going through a bad divorce . She wants her freedom but it comes at a cost . She wants to legitimate photography but is hired to work for the tabloids as a paparazzi . Her boss is played by the wonderful and divine Holland Taylor . The show was well-written m... |
490,029 | 33,913 | 112,086 | 8 | It had so much promise ! | Murder One only came to my attention because my professor mentioned it in class . It was quite a smart series but I think it lost my interest after the first season . It was based solely on one case . I thought Mary McCormack was brilliant as Justine Appleton , the young promising lawyer . Daniel Benzali was magnificen... |
490,524 | 33,913 | 13,626 | 8 | Dulac's memorable classic ! | I studied Women and Film with author , Dr . Sandy Flitterman-Lewis at Rutgers University and this is one of the many films that we watched in the viewing . Germaine Dulac provided us a glimpse into the life of women in France during Pre-World War II era and Post World War I world . Paris was a city who loved the arts a... |
490,030 | 33,913 | 389,790 | 8 | Terrific Animation but weak storyline ! | Jerry Seinfeld had one of the most successful television programs in history . Now , he returns as the voice of Barry Benson , a young bee , who graduates from Bee School with all Bees . All the bees in the hive work after they graduate from Bee School but in the same job for the rest of their lives with little time of... |
490,014 | 33,913 | 115,082 | 8 | Sad to Say Goodbye ! | I was ready to cry last night when I watched the cast of aliens leave forever . I never cry . I'll miss them so much . I was hoping for a happier ending . Dick and Mary get married and she is pregnant . Don and Sally also get married and Sally is also pregnant . Vicki leaves the Big Giant head for Harry . All in all , ... |
490,032 | 33,913 | 118,949 | 8 | An Entertaining if flawed adventure film ! | Jon Krakauer's story of climbing Mount Everest earned him his first best seller . Climbing Mount Everest was something that I would have never thought about before until now . It seems exciting even though there have been many casualties of people achieving the difficult climb of almost 40 , 000 feet . This movie has a... |
490,488 | 33,913 | 118,946 | 8 | Pretty good for a television movie ! | I like this movie for some strange reason . I think Peter Horton is believable as a Louisville attorney who goes from corporate to a criminal case with a possible psychopath female serial killer played wonderfully by Carrie Snodgress . I found Horton's character of Steven Keeney to be believable . He grows conscious ov... |
490,328 | 33,913 | 120,888 | 8 | A great fun film to watch for the whole family ! | I was just watching the Wedding Singer last night on television . I still love this film for all its quirks . I love the fact that it was set in the eighties . Contemporary music and MTV with all its real world shows are not the same as in the eighties . I become very nostalgic watching this film . I remember all the s... |
490,702 | 33,913 | 161,200 | 8 | Take a note , this show's hysterical ! | The show only lasted a few episodes but John Inman ( a man deserving of his own British honor where it is an M . B . E . , O . B . E , C . B . E , or even Knighthood ) is worth it playing the role of Mr . Jones , a secretary to an professional executive woman played by Rula Lenska . One of the joys is Miriam Margolyes ... |
490,391 | 33,913 | 240,628 | 8 | One of Hollywood's legends ! | To be honest , I never really cared much about James Dean . I never saw any of his films but I saw this one about his life . I became fascinated by it . In his short life , he became the rebel with a cause . Watching this film , I became very interested in him . It's too bad that we lost him so young and too soon . muc... |
489,732 | 33,913 | 103,515 | 8 | It could have ran on for years ! | The network powers don't know a good thing if it came and bit them in the behind . Anyway , the main character is played by the wonderful John Forsythe who is a Washington Politician . He is married to the equally wonderful Holland Taylor who is so brilliant as his wife . David Hyde Pierce was here before his life chan... |
490,784 | 33,913 | 117,043 | 8 | Delightfully Surprised ! | The little boy in the movie has read William Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream . Like the title , he has a dream where he goes to different worlds and sees them act out the comedy . While it can get confusing , I prefer this film version because the little boy can be the audience . Not everybody who is going to s... |
490,239 | 33,913 | 95,227 | 8 | An Unforgettable Drama as Tragic and Common as Life today ! | Mare Winningham plays the role of a single mother who must struggle without a job and a home with a young child . The film is memorable because she must make the most difficult choice that any parent can make of whether her only child should remain with her on the streets , in rat-infested apartments , in shelters , af... |
490,727 | 33,913 | 70,992 | 8 | A Lot of Happy Days ! | Growing up in the 1980s where seeing shows in reruns or syndication was the norm , I remember Happy Days as a silly , conventional family comedy with Marion Ross as the mother and Tom Bosley as the father with children , Ron Howard and Erin Moran as Richie and Joanie Cunningham . Who could forget Henry Winkler as the F... |
490,823 | 33,913 | 81,872 | 8 | A Show that was too good to get canceled ! | I remember this show vaguely but I remember it fondly because I liked it not just because of the hit song or the film because I never really saw the film itself . I remember the series as funny and wickedly charming with Barbara Eden in the leading role . I remember Fannie Flagg too as her best friend . It was about a ... |
490,269 | 33,913 | 172,348 | 8 | Introducing Halle Berry ! | Halle Berry deserved recognition for the recreation of a Hollywood legend . It was interesting to watch her character's relationship with her agent played beautifully by Brent Spiner who is known for his role as an android in Star Trek , the Next Generation . I liked watching him so much that I have a crush on him now ... |
490,093 | 33,913 | 23,369 | 8 | Joan Crawford steals the show ! | Before she was Mildred Pierce , Joan Crawford played the role of Sadie Thompson based on Somerset Maugham's story entitled Rain . She is a prostitute or too loose with the men especially the sailors . When she and others are stranded on Pago Pago in the Samoa , they have to stay there before they can go anywhere else .... |
490,367 | 33,913 | 57,733 | 8 | Bewitched , Bewildered , Bedazzled ! | I have to say that I got a lot of Bewitched in reruns on local public stations usual during my school summer breaks . The great Elizabeth Montgomery played the witch , Tabitha , married to a mortal played first by Dick York and later by Dick Sargent for health reasons only . Of course , the wonderful Dr . Agnes Moorhea... |
490,539 | 33,913 | 81,856 | 8 | The Show of the 1980s ! | Dynasty was the show of the decade . What a cast that included the wonderful John Forsythe playing the attractive , mature , wealthy and lovable billionaire Blake Carrington . His first wife was played deliciously by Joan Collins ( Make her Dame please ) . His second wife was played by Linda Evans who played Krystle . ... |
489,907 | 33,913 | 186,045 | 8 | Mona's dead , let's celebrate ! | Mona Dearly of upstate New York was a housewife and mother of a son played by none other than Bette Midler . She was married to Phil ( played by the wonderful William Fichtner ) Mona was abusive , mean , and probably the most disliked person in the small town . Her husband claimed to have been battered man . Watching M... |
489,994 | 33,913 | 377,253 | 8 | Please more of Rosemary & Thyme ! ! | I was saddened to hear that last night's episode of this show was the last of the series . I found the platonic chemistry between Felicity Kendal CBE and Pam Ferris to be very entertaining . Felicity's Rosemary Boxer is more down to earth , sensible , and smart while Pam's Laura Thyme is quite charming to watch as well... |
490,750 | 33,913 | 97,083 | 8 | A Welcome return for an old friend ! | I think of Peter Falk's Lieutenant Columbo as an old friend . I love watching him in action . Peter Falk is so good at playing him and he obviously enjoys it as well because he keeps coming back to him as well . I know that he kept the trademark raincoat from the series . Columbo Goes to the Guillotine was the first of... |
489,725 | 33,913 | 105,604 | 8 | Dennehy makes this role his ! | I'm sure Brian Dennehy must have hated doing this role portraying sadistic , cruel serial killer , John Wayne Gacy . In this film version of the events that led to his capture and the revelations of the thirty plus lives that he tortured and murdered and kept as souvenirs to remember . Dennehy gives a performance that ... |
490,748 | 33,913 | 97,085 | 8 | Weird even for Columbo episode ! | An artist with a wife and two female lovers . First , he's straight or too heterosexual if you ask me . Of course , Shera Danese who plays his wife is the real-life wife of COlumbo himself , Peter Falk . I like Fionnula Flanagan who has a supporting role . Yes , it's the same formula for Columbo . I am always amused by... |
490,810 | 33,913 | 178,364 | 8 | displaced person | Displaced Person is the story of a post World War II black German boy orphan who seeks his father . Until now , he has never met or seen another black person in his life . When he reaches American soldiers , he attaches himself to the African American Seargent in charge . Instead , the boy calls him " Papa " and he bec... |
490,621 | 33,913 | 795,833 | 8 | Clever Twist and Insights of Naomi , Ellen , and Eunice ! | In this episode , Mama Harper is in the kitchen making gooseberry jam with her loved ones , not her family , only kidding . Naomi and Ellen are already there but they are awaiting Eunice's arrival with the jars . For each of Naomi , Ellen and Eunice's versions , we get a better sense of how they see each other and them... |
490,719 | 33,913 | 103,437 | 8 | Our Hearts Were Afire ! | I think I preferred the show best when it was set in Washington D . C . over Arkansas . Anyway , the relationship between Markie Post and John Ritter sizzled on screen . They had a terrific supporting cast like Billy Bob Thornton , Conchata Farrell , Beth Broderick , Wendie Jo Sperber , etc . The show was created by Bi... |
489,809 | 33,913 | 1,090,665 | 8 | I thought it was really a documentary | I do remember the re-enactment of the events that led up to the Jonestown Massacre but I also remembered thinking that the re-enactments were additional with the documentary interviews with the real characters like survivor and defector , Vernon Gosney , concerned relative Sherwin Harris , and the real Stephan Gandhi J... |
490,218 | 33,913 | 790,193 | 8 | It's only the beginning ! ! | Mama Thelma Crowley Harper played by the under-rated Vicki Lawrence is one of television's most memorable characters . She is ideal grandmother and widow living with her old maid sister , Frances Crowley , played by the wonderful Rue McClanahan before Golden Girls . Betty White appears regularly in the first two season... |
489,748 | 33,913 | 46,247 | 8 | Still Fresh & Alive 50 years later ! | I got this movie from Blockbuster for $5 . 00 and it's worth it . It is a classic film with great performances by Richard Burton , Victor Mature , and the always fabulous Jean Simmons . If you're really interested in Christian movies , this is a fabulous film with wonderful scenery and acting . It will make you a belie... |
490,422 | 33,913 | 279,111 | 8 | A Worthy but disappointing effort on the Civil War | I applaud their efforts about America's darkest hour which was the American Civil War from 1860 to 1865 . The drama is that it was brother and brother , north against south . America lost more men on it's own battlefields in this war than any foreign wars combined . While Europe remembers two World Wars , America must ... |
490,291 | 33,913 | 120,520 | 9 | A great movie | It is truly an entertaining movie based on the Henry James novel . Although the ending was the most troubling part of the film . It did not follow the novel's ending . I enjoyed it with Helena Bonham Carter as the leading role . I felt the movie could have been better though but still it was an entertaining movie for a... |
490,159 | 33,913 | 72,582 | 9 | Something for today's classroom ! | As an aspiring school teacher in an urban public school , my local Warner Brothers station affiliate WPIX Channel 11 airs Welcome Back , Kotter followed by other seventies ' sitcoms , The Jeffersons , The Odd Couple , and Taxi ( all shows set in New York City ) but what a night to watch television - - Saturdays from 8-... |
490,762 | 33,913 | 429,455 | 9 | Puzzled over a the Cancellation of a Quality Program ! | Okay , I wasn't much of a fan as I should have been . I think it's because dramas on television today have become more actor / actress driven than the writing etc . Anyway , this show should have been an easy slam dunk for the network who was known to making interesting decisions . First , Oscar Winner Geena Davis as a... |
490,082 | 33,913 | 80,339 | 9 | One Problem ! It was too short ! | Airplane has to be one of the funniest spoofs on the disaster genre ever made . It was a spoof off all those Airport movies with star studded cast members and melodrama beneath the surface . This film has everything except it's just too short in my opinion . I love Julie Hagerty and Robert Hays as the star crossed love... |
489,891 | 33,913 | 284,033 | 9 | too short just like Dusty's life | I hesitated to watch this program before about Dusty Springfield's life . I thought it would spend too much time on personal life , sexuality , and addictions . But it was rather very pleasant and informative to watch people recall Dusty . For any Dusty fan , they would find this documentary as a short tribute . Unfort... |
490,374 | 33,913 | 198,253 | 9 | Today's Special is comedy and fun with friends ! | I remember this half-hour show about a department store set in Toronto , Ontario Canada where another world comes to light after the store closes . With a friendly night female Black Canadian manager and the mannequin who comes to life after the stores closes . She teaches him about life and of course there are the stu... |
489,974 | 33,913 | 1,040,752 | 9 | A Terrible Tragedy ! | Minute by Minute was an Arts & Entertainment series that didn't last very long . One of the episodes that they could have focused enough was on Pan AM 103 about the explosion of a large commercial airline , a 747 , which blew out of the sky . There were plenty of witnesses in the Scottish area near Lockerbie . Of cours... |
490,288 | 33,913 | 118,564 | 9 | A Tragic story | The author , Russell Banks , must relish in personal agony and complicated estranged family relationships . Nick Nolte certainly deserved his Oscar nomination for the playing the tragic hero . His father played by James Coburn deserved his Academy Award for playing such a pathetic abusive alcoholic . Maybe many people ... |
489,822 | 33,913 | 99,148 | 9 | A Sad Tragedy South of Me ! | This mini-series is one of my personal favorites . It was one of the first to show New Jersey not as gang-related or as urban but suburban Ocean County in Toms River , New Jersey . Joanna Kerns does a beautiful job playing the mother and the late Robert Urich does an equally superb job playing the father . The boys wer... |
489,866 | 33,913 | 361,217 | 9 | The Best Drama on Television or Anywhere Else Period . | When I read that Dame Vanessa Redgrave . She refused Damehood in 1999 was going to play Joely Richardson's mother , Erica , on the show . I decided to give it a chance . When Erica wanted to look younger for an upcoming book on child psychology . Her character is a well-respected child psychologist in the Miami area . ... |
490,796 | 33,913 | 405,159 | 9 | Reminds us of what is missing in films today ! | One of the reasons that I don't like going to the movies now is the violence and profanity that fills films rather than great meaningful dialogue . I knew the ending which is why I didn't want to see it . I didn't agree with it which is the only reason that I am giving it a 9 . I found the relationship between Clint Ea... |
490,183 | 33,913 | 68,128 | 9 | A Great Sitcom ! | Redd Foxx made a lasting impression and impact on audiences in America when they took a British comedy , Steptoe & Son , which was more darker and depressing than Sanford and Son . They brought to America with Redd Foxx as the father Fred Sanford and his son , Demond Wilson , playing Lamont . Fred always cries that he'... |
490,074 | 33,913 | 118,760 | 9 | The Boxer pulls some surprising punches ! | I never thought much about the situation in Northern Ireland before . This film opened my eyes to the British occupation and the division between the Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants . I don't understand why there are problems and I probably never will . It's a desperate situation with no winners on either side . ... |
490,666 | 33,913 | 200,276 | 9 | Excellent Show but Not For Me ! | The West Wing is Hollywood's version of life in Washington D . C . with a beautiful cast of accomplished actors and actresses but it's nowhere near the behind the scenes version of the White House's Presidential Wing . Granted , the great Martin Sheen can play President Josiah Bartlett as he did playing John F . Kenned... |
490,198 | 33,913 | 1,017,622 | 9 | What if he is ? | Matt Roth plays a divorced homosexual who befriends Alan Harper at a parents without partners meeting . Even though , Alan knows he's gay . He brings him home and they become good friends and so their kids , his daughter and his son , Jake . When Jake is asked , " how did you know that your father is gay ? " Jake sprea... |
490,038 | 33,913 | 279,600 | 9 | For even those who love good drama ! | I won't lie to you . I don't normally watch television dramas today but I caught Smallville a couple of time and I was really impressed with the acting and storytelling . Of course , I grew thinking only that Christopher Reeve can play Superman . Sorry Dean Cain ! To me , Reeve was both Clark Kent and Superman on scree... |
490,483 | 33,913 | 73,955 | 9 | You can kiss my grits ! | I have avoided seeing Ellen Burstyn who won an Academy Award in the movie version because I grew up watching Alice on television whether in reruns or on network television . It was a lively show and it had a terrific cast . Linda Lavin will always be Alice to me regardless of her wonderful acting career . Linda Lavin h... |
489,805 | 33,913 | 765,425 | 9 | Sometimes Unfair ! Sometimes Brilliant ! | The chefs who compete in this series are all seasoned and professional and work in top rated restaurants around the country . Until now , I was watching it because I found it interesting that the group of chefs in this series and season were compelling and real to watch . If I was teaching culinary arts , this show wou... |
490,660 | 33,913 | 935,979 | 9 | Come Back , Rose , Come Back ! | I hoped it was not the last time that we see Melanie Lynskey on this show as Rose , Charlie's longtime stalker . It was heartbreaking to think that she was actually leaving . I still don't believe it . Like Charlie , I'm in denial about it . Maybe because Melanie is leaving for better or more things , but even those fe... |
490,346 | 33,913 | 47,673 | 9 | Still a Christmas Tradition ! | I remember when the Christmas season came after Thanksgiving and the networks all began showing Christmas films especially White Christmas and It's A Wonderful Life . Anyway , I liked White Christmas but only for the ending . It was kind heartwarming and sentimental at times but still you can't beat this cast featuring... |
490,411 | 33,913 | 870,111 | 9 | It Should Be Frank's Oscar ! | If I was a voting member of the academy , I would vote for Frank Langella as Best Actor for his performance as the disgraced president Richard Nixon . I also think Michael Sheen OBE should have been nominated as well but he would easily won in the supporting actor category playing Sir David Frost OBE . Both Frost and h... |
490,765 | 33,913 | 72,559 | 9 | It was one of the best of the soaps ! ' | This show never caught on and I'll never know why . The writing was crisp and witty . THe cast was excellent and it was only 30 minutes long . Their half hour has been replaced by news which to me shows the lack of interest in keeping daytime television especially dramas like Ryan's Hope on the air . Claire Labine who ... |
490,564 | 33,913 | 106,589 | 9 | One of the better newer ones ! | I have to say that this episode of Columbo is a lot better than the newer ones that started coming back in 1990 with new episodes . It's still the same Columbo though and I would have him anyway to watch . Lieutenant Columbo is one of the best characters on television today or ever . He has charisma , charm , and class... |
490,347 | 33,913 | 307,987 | 9 | This film is one of the dysfunctional family films ! | Alright , Billy Bob Thornton as a crooked Santa Claus or Father Christmas as Kate Winslet would call him is a terrific safe cracker and alcoholic too . He takes a job as a Santa Claus with this dwarf actor who plays his elf . Anyway they go from Milwaukee to Phoenix for another score , there Billy's Willie befriends an... |
490,146 | 33,913 | 332,379 | 9 | Rock and Roll Live Forever ! | I love Jack Black . YOu can have your Leonardo DiCaprio , Orlando Bloom , Sean Bean , Jude Law , and any other hunk but I'll take Jack Black because he is not only funny but he appears normal like the rest of us . He rocks this film playing a guitarist who gets kicked out of his own band . Hard on his luck , he accepts... |
490,000 | 33,913 | 1,046,922 | 9 | Walters makes her real rather than just a caricature ! | Mary Whitehouse played by the divine Julie Walters CBE could have been silly , over-reacting , or just a caricature of a woman who fought and won in her own mind . The film is quite a tribute to a woman who caused a lot of trouble in the 1960s regarding television content . Whitehouse is a schoolteacher , mother , and ... |
490,616 | 33,913 | 640,612 | 9 | Naomi's Dinner Party Disaster ! | When Naomi and Vint come home from a dinner at one of her friends ' home , she is upset because she can't invite her friends to have dinner at her home . Well , she gets Mama to make the dinner and pays for a night out at the movies with Fran and the kids . Of course , Fran wants to see Gandhi while Mama wants to see E... |
490,534 | 33,913 | 85,859 | 9 | They don't make films like this anymore ! | Burt Lancaster may have an important role but he's not the leading role . THat role goes to Peter Riegert who plays Mac , an American businessman , who goes to a small Scottish community to broker a deal . What he finds there is something he never expected to find , a sense of belonging and a home that he never had in ... |
490,818 | 33,913 | 640,599 | 9 | It ' Graduation time ! | When Thelma Harper is named class valevictorian for the upcoming commencement ceremony , she learns that she has to make a speech in front of everybody . Her grandson Bubba is planning to join his parents , Ed and Eunice in Tallahassee , Florida . When he doesn't get into his desired school , the family except Mama sug... |
490,359 | 33,913 | 640,591 | 9 | Mama's Dream Funeral ! | After attending the funeral of a relative , Mama desires to have her dream funeral even if it means giving the money that was saved for a trip to the Grand Canyon with her family over to the funeral home . In this episode , we get the wonderful Dorothy Van as Aunt Effie . While Mama knows why she is being so stingy abo... |
490,688 | 33,913 | 108,785 | 9 | A Memorable Attempt at a Sitcom ! | George Carlin plays if I remember a New York City taxi driver who frequents a bar which is also like his second home . He is surrounded by a group of fellow barflies . A single older New York City blue collar man played by the wonderful George Carlin who also produced the entire season . Maybe the show never got the ri... |
489,884 | 33,913 | 640,586 | 9 | Mama gets on Jeopardy ! | When Jeopardy recruiters are in Raytown , Iola auditions and misses but Thelma is chosen to be the player from Raytown , the pride of the Tri state region . She gets to play alongside college professors and scholars . While she tries to get the hang of the game , she doesn't seem to be do all so well among the contesta... |
489,888 | 33,913 | 118,364 | 9 | The best sitcom on NB | Just Shoot Me is the best sitcom currently on NBC . A show with a terrific ensemble like David Spade , George Segal , Laura San Giacomo , ENrico Colantini , and Wendie Mallick can't get better than this . I worked in a magazine setting with superegos in New York City . IT is nice to have a sitcom without the preachines... |
490,630 | 33,913 | 629,544 | 9 | Stellar Cast and Story ripped from the headlines ! | A school bus load of high school students from Des Moines , Iowa make a trip to New York City probably a graduation trip . Unfortunately , Bethany and her two girlfriends go clubbing in the city two nights before she disappears at a game club like paint ball or laser tag . Bethany disappears without her cell phone whic... |
490,615 | 33,913 | 640,578 | 9 | Drive for yourself , Thelma ! | Everybody is tired of chauffeuring Thelma around . With Sonja going for her license , Thelma gets driving lessons from Vint , Naomi , Ellen , and even Aunt Fran . All end up in disaster but Thelma wants a hat down at Niedermeyer's department store which has been on hold for her for a week . Desperate she takes a chance... |
490,828 | 33,913 | 158,466 | 9 | Almost as Perfect as the First Two ! | Okay , Megan Follows owns the role of Anne Shirley after her fantastic performances in the original 1985 mini-series and it's 1987 sequel . In this film , Anne faces a world war with her beloved husband and soul mate , Gilbert Blythe abroad . She gets a child but not by ordinary means . The cast is still first rate but... |
489,786 | 33,913 | 39,398 | 9 | A Different kind of war film | 1947 was not an easy year . In fact , the British and the world was still recovering from World War II . This film probably raised a lot of eyebrows and concern . Germany was still the enemy and Frieda played beautifully by Swedish newcomer , Mai Zetterling , should have been honored with nominations for her performanc... |
489,760 | 33,913 | 640,564 | 9 | Will it be Naomi or Mama ? | Vinton has just won a dinner for two at the Babylonian Gardens restaurant in Raytown which is one of the town's most popular and expensive restaurants as well . His problem is that it's for Mother's Day and he only has two tickets . Will it be his pregnant wife , Naomi , or his mother , Mama Harper ? He comes up with a... |
489,924 | 33,913 | 640,554 | 9 | Mama Goes Back To School ! | When Bubba has failed an English , Mama has arranged him to take it at night school . Mama is steaming mad because she herself never finished high school . With some encouragement , she goes back to night school with an English teacher played wonderfully by John Ingle who was also an acting teacher but retired and beca... |
490,370 | 33,913 | 460,637 | 9 | One of the Best Shows on Television | Chris Rock revisits his childhood in the tough part of Brooklyn , New York with Tichina Arnold playing mom . Chris Rock narrates each episode with a great cast including the child actor who plays him . The show is set in the 1980s Brooklyn before gentrification took over the borough . Chris Rock has some memorable stor... |
490,623 | 33,913 | 640,552 | 9 | One of My All Time Favorite Episodes Ever ! | Mama Harper has lost Vint's most prized possession and best friend , his bowling ball . Anyway Ellen has come over to borrow a family heirloom to wear for her big night at the country club where she has been elected woman of the year . When Mama informs Vint and Naomi that they were invited for the evening , they decid... |
489,908 | 33,913 | 80,059 | 9 | The Brilliance of Wendy Wasserstein ! | I miss Wendy Wasserstein , the playwright , who wrote feminist related plays . This play is probably my favorite starring Meryl Streep , Swoosie Kurtz , Jill Eikenberry , Ann McDonough , and Ellen Parker long before they were famous . Streep just won an Oscar . In this taped version of the stage play , the women of Mou... |
489,919 | 33,913 | 640,559 | 9 | Oh Raytown ! Oh Raytown ! | Everybody in Raytown even the Harpers is getting ready for Flounders day or Founders day but Mama Harper . It turns out that she was supposed to sing the song , " Oh Raytown , " but the founder's descendant would sing the song even coming on her walker across the stage . When Iola breaks the news that the woman has die... |
490,427 | 33,913 | 640,544 | 9 | Ellen's final appearance ! | Ellen Harper Jackson hasn't been a good daughter since she blew off her Aunt Fran's funeral for a bridge tournament . She tries to make amends in this final appearance of Betty White who was now Rose Nylund on Golden Girls . Ironically , her co-star is Rue McClanahan who played Aunt Fran . Mama is playing scrabble with... |
490,023 | 33,913 | 640,550 | 9 | Mama & Eunice in the Jug ! | One of the far better episodes regarding Mama's family , it's one of the most memorable . Anyway , Vint and Mama are at the Bigger Jigger Bar to surprise birthday girl , Eunice , and Ed . She was convinced that Ed was going to take her to the Babylonian Roof Garden , one of Raytown's top restaurants . He surprises her ... |
489,756 | 33,913 | 640,548 | 9 | Classic Mama's Family ! | Bubba gets a band of girls , a trio including Stacey Q who sang " Two of Hearts " back in her day . In this episode , there is an event like a county fair in town where Bubba gets the band booked for and they stay at Harper house much to the delight of Thelma and the family . The girls are punk rockers and Thelma has a... |
490,479 | 33,913 | 98,897 | 9 | An Otherwise Perfect Union | Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicholson were married for more than 50 years and the parents of Benedict and Nigel Nicholson MBE , OBE , who wrote about his parents ' unusual marriage in a very loving way . Both Vita and Harold had homosexual relationships on the side but it was Vita's relationship with childhood f... |
490,423 | 33,913 | 405,422 | 9 | Gays Came out of the Closet and The Virgins Went In ! | Compared to the fact that anybody who is still a virgin is often ostracized by non-virgins for not getting . YOu wonder if it's all worth it whether it be the wrong or right person . This movie will please a lot of religious conservatives who make the presumption that you are any less because you are still a virgin . T... |
490,340 | 33,913 | 412,142 | 9 | A Terrible title but a good show ! | To tell you the truth , I had my hesitations about watching another medical drama but this show surprised me . Hugh Laurie deserves a lot of credit for taking on an American accent and playing it so well . You forget he's British . The casting of Lisa Edelstein is a welcome addition . She carries her character very wel... |
490,252 | 33,913 | 68,396 | 9 | Columbo matches wits with Scotland Yard | In this Columbo episode , it features Honor Blackman ( who denied a C . B . E . ) and Richard Baseheart as an aging acting couple . The wife , Lilian Stanhope , played deliciously by Honor seduces a powerful older British gentleman to produce Macbeth for them to star in so they are not washed up like most actors and ac... |
489,998 | 33,913 | 444,626 | 9 | A Story about Heroism ! | United States Senator and Presidential Candidate John McCain's story about his five and half years in Vietnamese prison camp as a prisoner of war is told here . Most of the cast members are not well-known but they all play very well in this ensemble . The movie does it's best to show the brutality of war and the humani... |
490,322 | 33,913 | 85,970 | 9 | Just a lot of fun to watch for the whole family ! | First , the casting of Teri Garr and Michael Keaton was an excellent choice for the role of yuppie couple . Don't forget Ann Jillian as the seductive neighbor and Miriam Flynn as the friend . First of all , this film is quite entertaining . Martin Mull is great as the boss of Teri's character . Remember when everybody ... |
490,327 | 33,913 | 98,948 | 9 | It's Irrestible | Wings has always been a great show with a wonderful cast of colorful actors like the Hackett brothers , the Chappel sisters , Lowell , Antonio , Fay , & Roy but I am probably leaving somebody out . Unlike most sitcoms , the show is set in Nantucket , far from the Los Angeles or New York City which is another reason to ... |
490,058 | 33,913 | 103,349 | 9 | The Inspiration for Law and Order | American Justice is perhaps one of the finest hours of American television on the arts & entertainment network . It is well-researched and fascinatingly put together to give one of the best hours . It is informative and condensed to one or two hours . There are terrific episodes featured about real criminal cases like ... |
490,400 | 33,913 | 918,784 | 9 | It's Just Grand ! | Vicki Lawrence performs a dual role of Mama Harper and her rich cousin from Atlanta who visits on her way to a cruise . She sends her letter rather late to inform Mama of her impending stay . She is only staying for a night . Her cousin is wealthy , lonely , prominent , and has socialized with the likes of Truman Capot... |
490,523 | 33,913 | 17,775 | 9 | L'Avante-Garde | Germaine Dulac was no ordinary French female film-director . She was Avante-Garde and radical in her film-making which did not include a laugh track or sound . Everything was visual and her silent classics were visuals to be appreciated and understood by all of us . There was a reason that so many people saw the same m... |
490,629 | 33,913 | 275,140 | 9 | The Best Law & Order of Them All ! | One of the reasons that I was turned off by the original Law & Order was because they would spend so little time in the investigation . Now that I know that Dr . Park Dietz inspired this series now I can see why I am drawn to it . The courtroom aspect of the original show was never my favorite part . I was kind of bore... |
490,508 | 33,913 | 63,297 | 9 | A Quality Production but not the costumes ! | THere are three British dames in this film adaptation : Dame Judi Dench , Dame Diana Rigg and Dame Helen Mirren . While the cast is outstandingly directed by Sir Peter Hall , the costumes appear to be weak and cheaply made . When Titania played by Dame Judi Dench kisses a horses ' behind , you can see his eyes . The co... |
490,459 | 33,913 | 264,464 | 9 | A little too long but still a great thrill ride ! | Frank Abernagle Jr . becomes one of the most successful con artists of the last century . He likes to fool people into believing . If he had studied acting , he would have probably gone very far . Frank is played by Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio and Frank Sr . , is play by Oscar winner Christopher Walken . The cast i... |
489,789 | 33,913 | 808,137 | 9 | Let Conan host the Oscars ! | And why not ? He did a wonderful job hosting the Emmy Awards . He made the time fly by and entertained the audience much like Billy Crystal did for the Academy Awards . I love the Bob Newhart segment . I don't think they would have let anything happen to him . I love the memoriam segment but I didn't think they should ... |
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