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Category Archives: Comedy
One Mysterious Night (1944)
Chester Morris is back as Boston Blackie along with George E. Stone as his pal The Runt. Also returning is Richard Lane as Inspector Farraday. Farraday deputizes Blackie to help recover a stolen diamond. A fundraiser is being held at … Continue reading
The Case Of The Lucky Legs (1935)
Perry Mason played for laughs. Warren William is Perry and Genevieve Tobin is a very appealing Della Street. No Paul Drake. No hearings or trials. Allen Jenkins is a comedy investigator named Spudsy. Frank Patton scams small town businesses into … Continue reading
Green Acres (1965-71)
CBS hits the rural trifecta in this show about a city couple that moves to a farm outside of Hooterville. Eddie Albert is Oliver Wendell Douglas and Eva Gabor is his wife Lisa. Opening episode: “September 15,1965: “Oliver Buys a … Continue reading
Petticoat Junction (1963-70)
Thanks to the success of “The Beverly Hillbillies” another rural series is born. Bea Benadert is Kate Bradley owner of the Shady Rest Hotel. It’s midway between Hooterville and Pixley. Her grandfather built it when lumber the train was carrying … Continue reading
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-71)
Wildly successful series that eventually embarrassed the powers that be at CBS. The network wanted to get back to reputation as the Tifffany Network and dumped its rural comedies that kept it on top of the ratings. The series followed … Continue reading
Meet The Mayor (A Fool’s Advice) (1932)
Low key, flat comedy written by and starring Frank Fay, one of the top performers of the era. It features a mayoral election with a popular incumbent running against a crook. It takes a philosophical elevator operator and an invention to … Continue reading
The Patty Duke Show (1963-66)
Lame sitcom but very popular with Patty playing identical cousins Patty and Kathy. Kathy is a refined girl from England while Patty is the typical American teenager. William Schallert plays her father Martin, a newspaper editor and Jean Byron is … Continue reading
The Ghost Train (1941)
If you’re annoyed by comedians who have a frantic vaudeville style don’t bother with this one. British comic Arthur Askey is over the top with frantic antics in a story about passengers stranded at a remote train station and a … Continue reading
Archie Bunker’s Place (1979-83)
Continuation of “All In The Family” as Archie runs his own bar. Danielle Brisebois continues her role as niece Stephanie Mills. Jason Wingreen is back as bartender Harry Snowden. Also behind the bar is Martin Balsam as Murray Klein and … Continue reading
Nothing But The Truth (1929)
Some fun along the way with the story of a man who bets that he can tell the truth for twenty-four hours. It’s always nice to see Helen Kane. She plays one of two sisters looking for a backer for their … Continue reading
