One of my favorite Batman episodes is "Death in Slow Motion.......False Notion" It's a nostalgic reminder of the public's rediscovery of silent movies that had been spearheaded by the feature "The Golden age of Comedy" in 1958. Plus it features an authentic silent star(in additio...

The GREENBRIAR PICTURE SHOWS site pointed out that, if you lived in the south, Serials had never left the mainstream movie theatres(neither had 40s films in general). I remember that one of the BATMAN serials played mainstream cinemas after the TV series began, and I think it was the '49 one.(Did th...

Reminds me of "The Phil Silvers Show/Sgt. Bilko"s cancellation. A PBS doc. lamented that "Bilko" was cancelled because it ran counter to "an increasing culture of conformity" and Bilko was "Anti-Authoritarian", never mind that CBS had Silvers play virtually th...