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Something’s Awfully Familiar About This…

Posted: 21st March 2012 by J. Marcus in Television
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Anyone check out the new Verizon 4G LTE commercial?  It’s actually kind of clever:

How Not To Make Television

Posted: 11th March 2012 by J. Marcus in Television
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I just finished watching this week’s episode of The Finder on my DVR.  I like the show a lot.  It’s about a guy who feels an obsessive need to find things for people.  So, every week, he helps someone find something or someone that has gone missing.  As with most shows, he has his friends that […]

I Wanna Be Free…

Posted: 4th March 2012 by Tiberius in Celebrities, History, Music, News, Obituaries, Television
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The death of Davy Jones on February 29th, 2012 really hit me hard…

“Do It Like This”

Posted: 4th March 2012 by Tiberius in Celebrities, Film, History, News, Obituaries, Science Fiction, Television, Toys
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So many of the images I love were born out of an artist whose work is known by so many, but whose name is not. Ralph McQuarrie created many of the worlds movie and television fans dream of visiting. Our first impressions of the STAR WARS films are thanks to him!

A Lost STAR TREK Episode Surfaces… [UPDATED]

Posted: 24th February 2012 by J. Marcus in Books, Science Fiction, Television
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In my opinion, one of the all-time greatest episodes of the original Star Trek was called “The Doomsday Machine.”  Written by Norman Spinrad, it stands as one of the most ambitious entries in the program’s 79-episode run.  A new take on Moby Dick (a running theme in the franchise’s history), the episode set the bar very high when it came to […]

Charmed, I’m Sure

Posted: 22nd February 2012 by J. Marcus in Television
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One of the things I’ve truly come to appreciate about having a Netflix account is the ability to go back and watch shows that I didn’t have time for when they were on the air.  One such example is Charmed. The show follows three witches (played by Shannen Doherty, Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs and […]

Station 51…KMG 365!

Posted: 15th January 2012 by Tiberius in History, Television
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On January 15, 1972, a new NBC television drama premiered that changed many lives, and may have even saved a few, too! This show, EMERGENCY!, featured two Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics manning Squad 51, supported by doctors at Rampart General Hospital, with Engine 51 as their firefighting equivalent. Paramedics were relatively new in most places […]

Hi Def Data… and Picard and the Rest of Them

Posted: 7th January 2012 by J. Marcus in News, Science Fiction, Television
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Last year CBS Home Entertainment announced the upcoming release of Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray.  Much like it’s predecessor, TNG is getting the 5-star treatment.  But while the producers of The Original Series Remastered created brand new computer-generated visual effects, the folks at CBS Home Entertainment have taken a decidedly different tack with TNG.

What No Man Has Seen Before…

Posted: 31st December 2011 by J. Marcus in Science Fiction, Television
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Everyone knows the story.  Gene Roddenberry shot “The Cage” as the pilot for a new show called Star Trek.  It starred Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike and was deemed “too cerebral” by the network.  In a rather unheard-of move at the time, Roddenberry was given the chance to try again.  This time, “Where No […]

More Muppets!…Can It Be?

Posted: 25th December 2011 by Tiberius in Christmas, History, Music, Television, The Muppets
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The Muppet love is endless at The Podwits this Christmas! We have uncovered many forgotten Muppet-centric holiday heart-warmers! My final Muppet post is this fantastic rendition of an Emmet Otter song, originally sung by Emmet’s Ma, and later covered in 1979 by the late John Denver and Robin the Frog on the “John Denver and the […]

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