Viva La Bam: Season 1
May 4, 2005
No matter how bad your parents thought you were as a kid, they should thank their lucky stars that they aren’t Phil and April Margera. Professional skateboarder and all-around pain in the ass, Bam Margera is the Dennis the Menace for the new millennium....
Black Books: Season 3
April 30, 2005
Channel 4 is home to many of the greatest comedies on British terrestrial television, and although most are American, one British made funny-fest shines above all others. After the sad demise of ‘Father Ted’ Channel 4’s comeback was ‘Black Books’....
Angel: Season 5
February 21, 2005
The cruel irony of the fifth season of Angel is that not only was it the best season, it was also the last. After Buffy the Vampire Slayer went off the air, several of its writers started working on episodes for Angel. The difference was apparent right...
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1
February 20, 2005
In 1966, Sci-Fi was still a developing genre and the world had not yet seen the spectacular imagery of ‘Star Wars’. Drawing on the likes of Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Lost In Space and The Twilight Zone, Gene Roddenberry created one of the...
Angel: Season 4
January 29, 2005
Spin-off shows from other, more successful TV programs almost never succeed. For every Frasier there are many more Watching Ellies or After MASH. Angel is one of those rare examples of a success: five seasons of high quality episodes with a world and...
The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler
December 14, 2004
Before there was The X-Files there was Carl Kolchak (McGavin), an investigative reporter who covered a distinctly different beat—a supernatural one. Kolchak was a short-lived TV series that ran from 1974 to 1975. Before that he was introduced to the...
Da Ali G Show: Season 1
December 8, 2004
Ali G is the creation of British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. He’s a clueless hip hop fan turned journalist. Ali G became quite the sensation in his home country, making a movie and even appearing in a Madonna music video. His own TV show was inevitable....
Spider-Man: The ’67 Collection
July 7, 2004
A viewer’s appreciation of this collection will be based on nostalgia. Personally, it was one of the cartoons that I watched and loved as a child; I collected comic books and was a tremendous fan of Spider-Man. Those that fondly remember this animated...
South Park: Season 4
February 21, 2004
The boys from South Park are back for another taboo smashing season (their fourth) that has the kids entering the fourth grade and welcoming a new addition to their group—Timmy, a strange, physically handicapped boy. As always, no sacred cows are spared...
The Simpsons Gone Wild
December 22, 2003
Fox continue to knock out the odd volumes of the Simpsons, when what we truly want is each season in box set format. Why do they do this? Money of course; and the incredulous amount of time between box sets ensures that fans of the show will end up buying...
