The Phil Silvers Show 2.17

Love That Guardhouse

MSgt Ritzik wins over $1500 dollars playing roulette in Las Vegas. He returns to Fort Baxter eager to use most of the money he won to play cards with MSgt Bilko.

Thoughts

Tom Poston played the Guard House Lieutenant. This is the second of two appearances that he made on the show. He previous appearance was in 2.05 (The Face on the Recruiting Poster).

The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)

The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)

starring Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah

directed by Stuart Rosenberg

Charlie (Mickey Rourke) and Paulie (Eric Roberts) are cousins. Paulie is a hot head. He has a tendency to do things without thinking through the consequences. Charlie is more level headed. He has trouble keeping Paulie from doing stupid things.

Charlie and Paulie pull a heist after they get fired from their jobs working at a restaurant run by the mob. The heist is Paulie's idea. Charlie has his doubts but ultimately decides to go ahead with it. They team up with Barney, a clock repairman who specializes in breaking into safes, to get the job done. The heist does not go off with out a hitch. Things go very wrong.

Doctor Who (1963) 15.01.X

Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction (2005)

36 minutes

Script Editor Terrance Dicks and Producer Barry Letts talk about Dicks' career working on Doctor Who. Several other people who have worked on Doctor Who or with Terrance Dicks in some other capacity are also in this documentary. They are

• Louis Marks, Writer
• Peter Darvill-Evabs, Publisher (Virgin Books)
• Brenda Gardner, Publisher (Pidadilly Press)
• Paul Cornell, Writer
• Christopher Barry, Director
• Eric Saward, Script Editor

Orange Is the New Black 5.12

Tattoo You

A video of Piscatella assaulting Vause gets released on YouTube. The governor agrees to the inmates demands, with one exception. The governor will not guarantee that Bailey will get prosecuted. Taystee refuses the offer and sends Figueroa and Caputo out to negotiate with the governor and MCC.

Bailey goes to see Poussey's father. Bailey apologizes but Poussey's father refuses to give him the absolution he seeks. He refuses to help Bailey feel better about himself.

Chapman and Vause experience some rockiness in their relationship. They also get the backstory flashback. Piper gets a tattoo of a dolphin on the back of her neck. Vause gets a tattoo on her arm which reads "love is pain". They break up. Vause betrays Chapman. They don't get back together again until they are behind bars.

Rick and Morty 5.07

Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion

Rick, Morty, and Summer are on their way to Boob World when Rick spots a giant robot. Jerry has been looking for this robot for years. It is the last of the five robots of Gotron. The trip to Boob World is canceled, despite Morty's arguments. Summer is all in favor of Rick's new plan and quickly supersedes Morty as Rick's favorite grandchild.

Cobra Kai 1.02

Strike First

Johnny starts to train Miguel. Johnny has Miguel help him clean up the dojo. They get a visit from the health inspector who makes it abundantly clear that Johnny can't open the dojo until he meets some minimum requirements.

Daniel meets some of his Samantha's friends. He isn't impressed with them. Amanda, Daniel's wife, talks him into rethinking the approach he is taking towards their daughter's friends. He convinces Samantha to invite over Kyler, a guy she likes.

Miguel sees Samantha in school. He starts to walk over to talk to her when Kyler shows up sits down next to her. Miguel backs off.

Johnny gets a call from one of the guidance counselor's at his son's school. Bobby, his son, was caught with drugs.

Kyler has dinner with the Samantha and her parents. Daniel asks about the bruises. Kyler tells him about how they were beat up by a homeless looking guy. Daniel confronts Johnny later that night about what he did to Kyler. No blows are exchanged.

UFO Robo Grendizer 2.19

Burn, Drill Spazer

or Fire Up! The Drill Spazer

or Des fourmis et des hommes (Of ants and men)

Goro builds a telescope and declares that he is going to stay up all night watching the skies for invaders from Vega. The others laugh at him. Goro sees something in the night sky and tries to tell the others about what he saw. No one believes him until he tries again. This time Professor Umon decides to check the previous night's recordings and sees what Goro was trying to warn them about.

Doctor Who (1963) 11.01.X

Beginning the End: Making the Time Warrior (2007)

30 minutes

This making of documentary includes interviews with people who worked on the show behind the camera and in in front of it. These people are 

Barry Letts - Producer

Terrance Dicks - Script Editor

Keith Cheetham - Designer

Elizabeth Sladen - Sarah Jane Smith

Donald Pelmear - Professor Rubeish

Jeremy Bulloch - Hal the Archer

This was the first Doctor Who story in quite some time that was set in the past. The "historical" stories didn't draw big audiences. Writer Robert Holmes included an alien to help make the story more appealing.

Laggies (2014)

Laggies (2014)

starring Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell

directed by Lynn Shelton

Megan (Keira Knightley) and Anthony have been dating since they graduated from high school, ten years before. She has a post graduate degree but has yet to figure out what she wants to do with her life. She still works as a sign twirler for her father's accounting business.

Anthony tries proposing to Megan at the reception after one of their friends gets married. Megan freaks out and won't let him go through with it. She goes outside to get some fresh air and spots her dad fooling around with a woman other than her mom. She freaks out again and leaves the reception. She runs into a group of teens outside of a grocery store. Annika (Chloë Grace Moretz), one of the teens, asks Megan to buy them some alcohol. Megan winds up hanging out with the teens for a while.

Vampira and Me (2012)

Vampira and Me (2012)

starring Maila Nurmi, Gloria Pall, Ray Greene

written and directed by Ray Greene

This documentary is about the life of Maila Nurmi who was also known as Vampira. She was the host of a late night show on a couple Los Angeles television stations in the mid-1950s. She was extremely popular and became very well known nationwide during her moment of fame, which lasted for roughly a year. Most of her appearances on her show were broadcast live and never recorded. There are a only a few minutes of her from her show that are known to exist. She made appearances on a handful of other shows, some of which were broadcast nationally.

Rick and Morty 5.06

Rick and Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular

Rick and Morty attempt to steal the Constitution of the United States of America. Morty makes a colossal mistake which alerts the President to what's going on. The President orders a strike on Jerry and Beth's house. Rick comes up with a scheme to get a presidential pardon. He disguises himself (and Morty) as turkeys which the President will pardon on Thanksgiving.

Cobra Kai 1.01

Ace Degenerate

Johnny Lawrence's life isn't going great. His job sucks. He sees reminders all around town of his big loss to Daniel LaRusso in the All-Valley Karate Tournament, when they were in high school. LaRusso owns a successful car dealership and his face is on billboards all around town.

Johnny gets arrested for helping his teenage neighbor fight off a bunch of bullies. His car gets hit by a group of teenage girls. His car is taken to LaRusso's body shop for repairs. Johnny runs into Danny when he goes to pick it up. Danny is delighted to see him but the feeling is not mutual.

The episode ends with Johnny deciding to use a check he received from his step-father to open a karate school.

UFO Robo Grendizer 2.18

The Night of the Celebration with the Saucer Beast

or Festival Night! Here Comes The Disc-Robot

or Quand les chiens sont lâchés (When the dogs are released)

Daisuke meets a couple of orphans at a festival, Midori and her brother. Her brother is concinvced that there is ancient evidence of aliens in the cave near the village where the festival is taking place. He gets kicked out of the cave by the locals. Daisuke invites Midori to hang out with him and his friends, Hikaru and Goro. Midori enjoys the time she spends with Daisuke and his friends but at the end of the day she goes home.

Doctor Who (1963) 11.01.04

The Time Warrior - Part Four

The Doctor collapses after being shot by Linx. Sarah interferes preventing the Sontaran from dealing the killing blow. Professor Rubeish hits Linx from behind in his weak spot, knocking him out. The Doctor ties up Linx. The Doctor and Sarah split up to continue with their original plan.

Sarah goes to the kitchen where she gets pulled into helping out. She sprinkles a sedative in the food that is being prepared for Irongron and his men.

The Doctor dresses himself up as the robot knight which Linx created for Irongron and goes to see the him. Irongron wants to fight with the robot to see how good it is and they do. The Doctor is found out. Irongron goes looking for Linx. He finds him tied up. He frees the Sontaran.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.16

The Blue Blood of the Bilkos

Bilko steps into to help SSgt Bentonhurst, a friend whose son is about to get married to Jenny Wingate. Jenny's family is an extremely old one. They can't stand the the thought of a sergeant in the army being a part of their daughter's wedding. Bilko flies to Philadelphia, the home of the Wingates, He questions Mrs. Wingate, Mr. Wingate, Commodore Wingate, and their servants all under the pretense that he is with Army Intelligence. He asks lots of intrusive questions and accuses them of all sorts of things in the hopes of convincing them to let Biff's father come to the wedding.

Orange Is the New Black 5.11

Breaking the Fiberboard Ceiling

The inmates in the bunker argue about it before finally deciding that something has to be done with Piscatella before he wakes up. They carry him to another room and tie him up. They also tie up Red when she starts to talk about torturing him.

Taystee continues to negotiate with Figueroa. Caputo is the only other one present. 

The inmates guarding the hostages change up their tactics to stay awake. They start slapping each other and snorting coffee grinds. 

Suzanne loses her cool when she realizes that Humphries is dead. Cindy pulls Taystee aside and tries to talk to her about Suzanne. Taystee listens but then tells Cindy she's just going to have to deal with it because she, Taystee, is too busy with negotiations.

Morello tells all the inmates who come for meds for psychiatric reasons that they are free and no longer need them. Cindy goes to the pharmacy to get meds for Suzanne. Morello refuses to give her what she needs so Cindy takes a bottle of Lithium and goes to find Suzanne. Morello reaches for a pregnancy test after Cindy leaves. She takes the test and it comes up positive.

Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

starring Dean Martin, Kim Novak, Ray Walston, Felicia Farr, Cliff Osmond

directed Billy Wilder

Dean Martin's car breaks down while he is driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. He gets stuck in Climax, NV. Orville (Ray Walston) and Barney (Cliff Osmond), two song writers, try desperately to sell their music to Deano. The situation is complicated by a few factors. Orville and Zelda (Felicia Farr), his wife, are about to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. Orville instigates a fight with Zelda to get her out of the house. Barney brings over Polly (Kim Novak), a waitress whom he just met, to pretend to be Orville's wife.

Deano hits on Polly, thinking she is Zelda. Orville tries to sell his music to Deano but Deano is more interested in Polly, who isn't interested in him. She enjoys pretending to be Orville's wife but she is willing to do what is necessary to sell Deano on Orville's music. Orville ultimately decides that he isn't okay with selling out.

Party Down 1.10

Stennheiser-Pong Wedding Reception

Ron is still reeling from his experience at the high school reunion in the previous episode. He loses his cool when he finds out that a team from Valhalla Catering is also working the wedding reception. The Valhalla team is led by Uda, a former employee of Party Down. Ron's crew is confined to the prep area.

Bobbie took some shrooms and is high as a kite. Casey has a job offer and doesn't know how to tell Henry. Ron falls to pieces. Henry tries to keep the crew working together as best he can. Roman annoys George Takei, one of the guests at the wedding.

Everything seems to go to pieces towards the end of the episode.

Atlanta 3.10

Tarrare

Candice is in Paris with Shanice and Xosha, two of her friends. She paid for their trip over. Candice pees on men for money, good money. They are having lunch in a café when Candice spots Van. She goes up to her. Van doesn't seem to recognize Candice at first and she is talking with a French accent.

Van takes them home with her. They aren't there very long before Van realizes she has places to go. She takes Candice and her friends along with her. Candice has a baguette sticking out of her little backpack. They ride around on scooters. They stop places and Van does things. They almost get attacked by a gang of men. Van beats up a man in a museum. He was supposed to deliver something, possibly drugs. She beats him with the baguette which is very stale and very hard.

Rick and Morty 5.05

Amortyican Grickfitti

Rick and Jerry go for a guy's night out. They hang out with some demons from Hell. Jerry sings karaoke. Beth finds them and joins the demons in making fun of Jerry. Everything is going great until Jerry overhears a couple of the demons talking about him.

Morty invites Bruce Chutback, the new kid in school, over to watch TV. Morty and Summer want to impress him. They talk Rick's car into taking them out for a spin around the universe. They wind up in Space Tahoe. The car wants to lose its virginity. It changes its look but that backfires.

Doctor Who (1963) 11.01.03

The Time Warrior - Part Three

Sarah, Hal, and a group Sir Edward's men rescue the Doctor from death at the hands of Irongron. They take him back to Sir Edward's castle. Sarah and the Doctor talk. She finally starts to see that he isn't working for Irongron. The Doctor agrees to help Sir Edward defend his castle against an attack by Irongron.

The Doctor and Sarah make preparations to repel Irongron and his men. The villain shows up as expected and attempts to storm Sir Edward's castle. Linx is with him. He encourages Irongron to use the weapons he provided but Irongron isn't proficient enough to make good use of the muskets that Linx gave him.

The Doctor and Sarah hurl stink bombs and firecrackers at Irongron's men. It isn't long before Irongron and his men retreat to his castle.

The Doctor and Sarah sneak into Irongron's castle disguised as friars. They find Professor Rubeish in Linx's workshop and the Doctor gets starts to try and un-hypnotize the scientists that Linx stole from the 20th century.

Irongron decides he's had enough of Linx. The feeling is mutual. Linx starts to pack his gear. He returns to his workshop. The Doctor confronts the Sontaran and offers to help him but Linx pulls out his power stick and starts to use it on the Doctor.

Orange Is the New Black 5.10

The Reverse Midas Touch

One of the Dominican inmates chases Linda. Linda loses her outside and hides in one of the porta-johns. Doggett is in the next porta-john. They talk for a while. They seem to be getting along. Linda suggests that they use the backhor and make a break for it. Doggett is interested until Linda lets her out and Doggett sees with whom she has been talking. She slugs Linda in the face and then runs off. 

Piscatella ties up Red and starts to mess with her in front of the others he has assembled. He cuts off a fair amount of her hair, leaving the top of her head bald. 

Piscatella gets the backstory spotlight. It is all about his time as a CO at a men's maximum security prison. He develops a relationship with one of the inmates. The inmate gets beaten up and raped by other prisoners. Piscatella gets revenge on one of them.

Berlin's friends in the bunker start to get on her nerves. They don't seem to enjoy it as much as she does. The entrance to the bunker is in the room where Piscatella is torturing Red and has the other tied up. They hear screams and investigate.

UFO Robo Grendizer 2.17

A Deserted Island's Meteor

or Meteor At The Lonely Isle!

or La victoire des Aigles (The Victory of the Eagles)

The Vegans send Commander Gasca to build a base on a recently formed volanic island southeast of Honshu. He is determined to succeed. He and the troops sent with him travel in what looks like a meteor to Earth.

Kouji goes to investigate the meteor by himself in Double Spazer. He gets too close to the meteor and is injured. He recovers once he is back at the space science center. Professor Umon admonishes Kouji and insists that he has to work as a team with Daisuke and Hikaru. Kouji accepts what Professor Umon tells him. Together the three friends go back to investigate.

Commander Gasca starts to set up a base but it isn't long before Grendizer shows up with Double Spazer and Marine Spazer. The Vegan troops lose their cool when they learn that Grendizer is nearby. Commander Gasca takes the a saucer beast to deal with Grendizer.

Atlanta 3.09

Rich Wigga, Poor Wigga

This episode is in black and white. The main character, Aaron, has a black father and a white mother. He is a senior at Stonewall Jackson High School. He wants to go to Atlanta State University. He passes for white. All his friends are White. Kate, his girlfriend, who got into ASU, is White.

Robert Shay Lee, donates a bunch of money to the Stonewall Jackson. He renames the school after himself and announces he will bankroll the college education of all seniors, who are Black. Aaron's friends are angry. He tries to get a scholarship from Robert S. Lee but Lee and his friends aren't buying his act and he gets turned down.

Kate breaks up with Aaron. He gets angry, builds a flamethrower, and decides to burn down the high school but he runs into someone else, who has the same idea. They get into a fight. Things don't work out in Aaron's favor. The story flashes forward one year. Aaron has changed he has a job, he is no longer trying to pass as White.

Rick and Morty 5.04

Rickdependence Spray

Morty volunteers to work at his mother's veterinary hospital after he sees the device they use to collect horse semen. Rick is planning some revenge against the CHUDs (Cannibalistic Horse Underground Dwellers). He takes a barrel of horse semen from Beth's hospital with the plans of using it against the CHUDs. Something goes horribly wrong with Rick's plan and the world is beset by giant sperm. No one except Morty knows where they come from and he is too ashamed to reveal the truth.

Doctor Who (1963) 11.01.02

The Time Warrior - Part Two

Sarah is taken to Irongron. He interrogates her but she doesn't tell him much. Hal, the archer who tried to kill Irongron in the previous episode, is brought in. Irongron interrogates him and then sends him off to be executed.

Linx comes in to show Irongron his latest invention, a mechanical armored warrior. Linx is curious about Sarah and uses a hypnotic ray to force her to tell him who she is and where she came from. She tells him about the Doctor. Linx and Irongron turn to focus on the mechanical man. Sarah regains consciousness and escapes while they are talking about the mechanical man. Sarah runs into the Doctor. He tries to talk to her but she runs away.

Irongron has Hal fight the mechanical man. The mechanical man is winning the fight when the Doctor interferes by shooting the control device with a bolt from a crossbow. Hal escapes with Sarah and they flee to the castle of his employer, Edward of Wessex.

Orange Is the New Black 5.09

The Tightening

Piscatella stalks the halls of Litchfield. He encounters Flores. She fights him but he overcomes her.

Red gets premonitions that Piscatella is in Litchfield. She tries to tell Nichols but she doesn't believe Red. Nichols goes to get some ice for Red and gets abducted by Piscatella.

Red gets the backstory spotlight. The flashbacks are to a few decades before when she was a factory worker in Russia. She was dating a guard at the factory but pretty soon she leaves him and started dating a guy who sold blue jeans which were illegal in Russia.

Mendoza uses Caputo's phone and presses the button he told her to press. It speed dials the head of MCC. She talks to him and tells him about her son. He says he can't do anything for her unless she frees the hostages. She can't agree to that and hangs up on him abruptly.

Party Down 1.09

James Rolf High School Twentieth Reunion

Ron has the Party Down crew work his high school reunion. Henry is thinking of moving back home with his parents while he tries to figure out what to do next. Casey talks him out of it. Ron tries to woo Melinda, who is oranizing the reunion and whom he had a crush on in high school. Ron runs into Donnie, his best friend from high school who hasn't changed much in 20 years.

Thoughts

Constance is not in this episode. She has been replaced by Bobbie (Jennifer Coolidge) for the last two episodes of the season. Constance won't be back until the final episode of season 2.

Molly Parker plays the part of Melinda. I know her best from Deadwood although I couldn't figure out why she looked familiar until I looked her up. Its been over 10 years since I watched Deadwood.