The Ed Sullivan Show – The Beatles Episodes (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Ed Sullivan Show – The Beatles Episodes (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

The Ed Sullivan Show Four Complete Historic Episodes featuring the Beatles (SOFA Entertainment-2003) Ironically, the Beatles’ impact on modern popular culture has been diluted and diminished thanks to the very thing they themselves hath wrought: their successors, wanna-be’s and imitators, wearing us down with forty years of excessive noise.  These trashy new neighbors have brought … Continue reading

Candid Camera – Five Decades of Smiles (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Candid Camera – Five Decades of Smiles (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Candid Camera Five Decades of Smiles (Rhino Video-2005) Candid Camera – the original reality show – began life on radio as Candid Microphone in 1947, at the dawn of the television age. Its creator, Allen Funt, would spend the rest of his life championing this can’t-miss concept, making it the longest-running entertainment program in history – with good reason. … Continue reading

George Clooney, David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson and Grant Heslov – Patriotic Acts
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George Clooney, David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson and Grant Heslov – Patriotic Acts

George Clooney, David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson and Grant Heslov Patriotic Acts by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2005 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: October 1, 2005. The word legendary is tossed about way too cavalierly, however Edward R. Murrow is legitimately a legend of television broadcasting.  The newsman took his radio fame (from his current affairs show … Continue reading

Richard Lewis is No Longer in Pain … Well Sort of …
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Richard Lewis is No Longer in Pain … Well Sort of …

Richard Lewis is No Longer in Pain … Well Sort of … by Ronald Sklar “It wasn’t a very romantic proposal,” Richard Lewis tells me about how he offered to tie the knot with his wife. “It wasn’t in front of the Eiffel Tower. In fact, it was in the bedroom — I had tall … Continue reading

Las Vegas – Season One Uncut & Uncensored (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Las Vegas – Season One Uncut & Uncensored (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Las Vegas Season One – Uncut & Uncensored (Universal/NBC-2004) As glittery, fast-paced, fun and frantic as the city that inspires it, the series Las Vegas is an overwhelming triumph of style over substance. Full of greed, action, jackpots, neon lights and beautiful women and men, the show is as good an advertisement for the gambling capital as … Continue reading

Peter Falk Reveals a Few Things
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Peter Falk Reveals a Few Things

PETER FALK REVEALS A FEW THINGS by Brad Balfour Though by now veteran actor Peter Falk may always be playing a bit of Peter Falk in every role he does, that archetype works perfectly well when he plays the oh-so-Jewish father in Paul Reiser’s feature, The Thing About My Folks. If any movie does a classic riff on the … Continue reading

Perry King – A Different Story
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Perry King – A Different Story

Perry King A Different Story by Ronald Sklar “I did a [Family Channel] movie with Sean Young called The Cowboy and the Movie Star,” underrated actor Perry King tells me recently. “I was playing a guy who has a cattle ranch who is getting divorced and about to lose the property. And just after that movie, the same … Continue reading

Good Night, And Good Luck (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Good Night, And Good Luck (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (2005) Starring David Strathairn, Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Ray Wise, Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels, George Clooney, Tate Donovan, Tom McCarthy, Matt Ross, Reed Diamond, Robert John Burke, Grant Heslov, Alex Borstein, Rose Abdoo, Glenn Morshower, Don Creech, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Robert Knepper, JD Cullum, Simon Helberg, Peter Jacobson and Dianne … Continue reading

The Nanny – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Nanny – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

The Nanny The Complete First Season – 1993-1994 (Sony-2005) The Nanny is a series that is sure to turn off a large portion of the population immediately. How unfortunate. It’s so much better than the initial impression it makes. For a show that celebrates life on the shallow surface, it should not be dismissed as such. … Continue reading

Davey and Goliath – Volume 1 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Davey and Goliath – Volume 1 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Davey and Goliath Volume 1 (Starlight Home Entertainment-2005) OH DAVEY!… Beloved pop culture icons Davey and Goliath first broke into the public consciousness in the late 50’s, a perfect time for their emergence against the “safe as milk” backdrop of that era. Produced by Clokey Productions Inc., under the direction of Art and Ruth Clokey (who also brought you another … Continue reading