Tuesday, June 9, 2026

The Twilights Zone (1959) 1.20

Elegy

starring Cecil Kellaway, Jeff Morrow, Don Dubbins, Kevin Hagen
written by Charles Beaumont
directed by Douglas Heyes

Three astronauts Captain James Webber (Kevin Hagen), Kurt Meyers (Jeff Morrow), and Peter Kirby (Don Dubbins) land on an asteroid that looks very much like 20th century Earth. They left Earth in the year 2185. Their spaceship got damaged. They had only just enough fuel to land on the asteroid. There are people on the asteroid but they are all frozen in place. None of them moving.

Webber, Meyers, and Kirby wander around town unsure what to make of what they have found. They meet a man who moves, Jeremy Wickwire (Cecil Kellaway). He tells them a little bit about where they are and then he tricks them. He drinks a toast with them but he is not human and what they drink kills them and preserves them. He puts them back on their spaceship and they become part of the museum piece that is on this asteroid.

Monday, June 8, 2026

The Good Place 1.13

Michael's Gambit

Eleanor, Jason, Tahani, and Chidi argue over who should go to the Bad Place and who should get to stay in the Good Place. The debate goes on until Eleanor finally has a revelation, they are already in the Bad Place. She explains it all to them. Michael's plan in bringing them together was to drive them all nuts. 

Michael isn't happy. He decides to wipe their memories of everything that happened to them since they died and start over again. Eleanor writes something down on a piece of paper and puts it in Janet's mouth. The next thing Eleanor knows she just arrived in the Good Place. She is given a place to live and a soul mate.

Janet shows up and gives Eleanor the piece of paper she found in her mouth. Written on it is two words: Find Chidi. Eleanor doesn't know what to make of it or what a Chidi is.

Thoughts

The flashbacks in this episode belong to Michael.  They didn't spoil the reveal. 

This was an okay episode. I had part of the ending of this season spoiled for me a while back, before I even started watching this season of the show. I'm undecided as to whether I will give the second season a try. It isn't a bad show but I'm not the biggest fan of Kristen Bell. She's kind of bland in my book. So maybe I will give the second season a try, some day, and maybe I won't.

Four Star Playhouse 1.16

Night Ride

starring David Niven
written by Lawrence Marcus, Seeleg Lester, Merwin Gerard
directed by Robert Florey

A man (David Niven) boards a subway train at Roscoe Street in Brooklyn late at night with five other people. Two police men come running up and just miss the train. A couple people were killed near the subway station minutes before. All five passengers start to suspect one another on the long ride to the next station. At one point one of them gets their hands on the axe that is there to be used in case of emergency. A fight breaks out.

Finally the train arrives at its destination. A police man is on the platform waiting to board it. Four of the five passengers are convinced that the fifth passenger is the killer. They try to turn him over to the cop. It is then that they learn that the killer was caught back in Brooklyn, while they were between stations.

Sunday, June 7, 2026

Las luchadoras contra la momia (1964)

Las luchadoras contra la momia (1964)
or The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy

starring Lorena Velázquez, Armando Silvestre, Elizabeth Campbell
written by Guillermo Calderón, Alfredo Salazar
directed by René Cardona

95 minutes

in Spanish with English subtitles

Las Luchadoras, the wrestling team of Gloria Venus (Lorena Velázquez) and Golden Rubi (Elizabeth Campbell), help police officers Armando Rios (Armando Silvestre) and Chucho Gomez battle the forces of the Black Dragon and his gang. The Black Dragon is after the three pieces of the Aztec codex, as are Dr. Luis Trelles and his daughter Chela. 

The Phil Silvers Show 4.35

The Weekend Colonel

Bilko finds a short order cook who looks just like Colonel Hall. He hires Charlie, the short order cook, to impersonate Colonel Hall while the colonel is on vacation in Lake Tahoe. Everything goes great until Colonel Hall unexpectedly returns early from Lake Tahoe.

Thoughts

This was a good episode. I like the twists and turns that the plot took. The final shot shows Bilko behind bars as he signs off saying, "That's all Folks!" 

Adventure Time 5.26

Wizards Only, Fools

Finn, Jake, and Princess Bubblegum illegally enter Wizard City in search of a cure for Starchie who won't accept a scientific cure for his cold. The authorities get wise to them after they anger a magic shop owner. They hide briefly with some help from Abracadaniel but the authorities eventually catch them.

The Grand Master Wizard offers to pardon them if Princess Bubblegum will just say, "Wizards Rule". She refuses to do that so they are sent to Wizard Prison. Eventually they break out of prison, taking Abracadaniel with them.

Steven Universe 1.52

Jail Break

Steven wakes up with a black eye in a jail cell. He escapes from the jail cell and helps Ruby, a gem he doesn't recognize escape from a nearby jail cell. They are aboard a spaceship. Ruby takes off running looking for Sapphire. Steven chases after Ruby. They find Lapis Lazuli. Steven offers to help her escape but she just wants to stay put. 

Steven finds Sapphire and frees her. She is reunited with Ruby and fuses with her to form... Garnet. Steven is stunned. Jasper shows up. Garnet fights with Jasper while Steven finds and frees his Pearl and Amethyst. Pearl redirects the spaceship back towards Earth where it crash lands. 

Jasper merges with Lapis Lazuli but Lapis Lazuli pulls a fast one on Jasper and drags their fused form into the ocean.