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Shark Tank: Episode #6.5 (2014)
The Caddy Girls (laughable)
I have to say being a resident in Myrtle Beach South Carolina we transplanted locals know all about the Caddy Girls service. It is a glorified T&A operation created to pander to golfers who come down here every year to get away from family hit strip clubs and get young twenty something's in tight shirts with cleavage and short mini skirts to be their caddy.. Their fee is $150.00 an hour per girl plus tip. The owner Meghan Jade is a spoiled little rich girl with a bad attitude with a horrible sense of entitlement... When they advertise on local Craigslist looking for girls it is emphasized they have to be skinny and hot, the only requisite, you don't even have to know the game. When she appeared on Shark Tank you could look at the Shark panel and see them rolling their eyes not taking this girl serious seeing what her business for what it is. Though one of them did offer to go into business with her for majority ownership she declined... I have nothing against the series, just some of the people who appear to get backing.. The Myrtle Beach Caddy girls is laughable and they advertise as being a "Christian Business.. They released a calendar which was nothing but bikini and lingerie photos which looked like something from a porn site the way they posed and pseudo lesbian situations.. I could not see what this had to do with golf of being a Christian...
Bonanza: The Bottle Fighter (1968)
A classic episode from Season 9 one of their best..
This in my opinion was one of their very best written and directed episodes. The entire cast is top shelf.. Albert Dekker who portrayed the alcoholic attorney hired because no other lawyer in town would take the case was SUPERB... Why he wasn't nominated and won an EMMY for his guest appearance was a classic example why Bonanza never won a major acting trophy in it's 14 year run... Leon Benson one of the better directors of the time added an extra dimension of depth to the teleplay which was excellent..
Season 9 was a major transition in the series with the addition of a new character (Candy), a new producer, new writers and directors which gave Bonanza a fresh transfusion and vitalized the series... Bonanza was always an underrated series in the quality of it's later scripts and direction... The 67-68 season was one of their best, Season 10 was also one of the very best..
Sadly Albert Dekker passed away a week before this episode aired from auto erotic asphyxiation.. A brilliant eccentric actor whose talent was unparrelled.
The Big Valley: Miranda (1968)
Why was Linda Evans in only half the episodes for season 3?
Anyone online know why she only did 13 shows for the 3rd season? After the January 1st 1968 episode she was gone for the rest of the season? I would be curious to find out why. Any information would be appreciated. I am being forced to write ten lines to get published so please excuse me if this seems like a run on question. Did Linda Evans have issues with the cast or crew? I know everyone in Hollywood hated her then husband John Derek but I've never read or heard a bad word for Linda Evans. Anyone out there beside myself think she and Barbara Eden were the two best looking women on 1960's series television? I felt the series was lacking something when she was gone for half a season.
St. Elsewhere: Weigh In, Way Out (1987)
The end will leave you in tears...
I remember watching this episode during their 6th and final season... The end still stands out today.. Veteran character actor Charles Lane whom I'm sure the name doesn't ring a bell but you would know him on sight like a lot of great character actors portrays an elderly patient in the hospital... He is alone dying with mental detoriation regressing to his childhood.. One night an orderly "Warren Coolidge" same character from the "White Shadow" series comes in to check on Mr.Lane's condition.. He is a mental state that of a toddler who wants to be held by a parent... It is very sad to watch... Warren shows great sympathy/humanity lifts him into his arms to cradle him like a toddler with tears running down his eyes as the credits roll... If you ever come across this episode it is worth viewing... I saw it 25 years ago still remember vividly to this day.
Bonanza: Forever (1972)
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I finally saw "FOREVER" in 1988 on Family Channel.. It was too bad that DICKWAD Pat Robertson who owned the network ordered cuts because he found the show offensive... I thought it was a major tearjerker and cried each time I have viewed... MICHAEL LANDON could pull tears from a soul better than anyone... Originally the episode was written for Dan Blocker who tragically passed away before the show went into production.. I am attaching a link where you can read in great detail the behind the scenes of "FOREVER" in summary box... It is a sad read.. I was amazed to discover David Canary agreed to return to the series before Blocker's death. I had believed he was asked to return because of. During the second half when everything goes down it will literally tear your heart out. I made friends watch who were not fans of Bonanza nor knew anything about the series during it's final season view. They were all brought to tears (seriously)... Larry Golden who played the HEAVY was outstanding.. He had to be in my opinion the most unrepentant evil character in the history of Bonanza. Roy Jenson (Mr. Hanley) was quite good as the "enforcer" of the bad guy who shot John Harper (Andrew Robinson)the brother of Alice (Bonnie Bedilia)in the back before he raped and beat her to death and set the house ablaze to cover their crime. You will cry watching this episode if you don't you have no heart.
Little House on the Prairie: Home Again: Part 2 (1983)
LANDON could be Ballsy!!!!
I must say this episode still has the same power it had in 1983... I am mostly going to comment about when Landon did the Tonight Show w/Johnny Carson... Landon was a very popular guest who guested at my count 24 times over the years before he passed.. It is hard to get an accurate count I am recalling from memory.. He came on did his charming funny schtick before he got deadly serious... He was furious at the NBC censors for not showing any clips from this episode which was graphic in great detail.... He blasted the network for showing no guts for fear of offending viewers.. Funny thing was Lil House came on Monday Night at 8 p.m. which was family hour on prime time and broadcast with no problem... Carson in all his (true) class said on air he respected Landon's pov and had every right to feel the way he did.. The power these two men had at the time w/NBC they were their two real money makers for the network still couldn't get aired showed they were both slowly losing clout. Landon got on his soap box about pot smoking and how it leads to stronger drugs which is true... This is where Landon could be such a hypocrite.. During his Bonanza days by his own admission he was addicted to uppers and downers drank too much and was a 4 pack a day smoker of unfiltered cigarettes could judge others without looking at himself first... During Little House Melissa Gilbert said Landon drank a bottle of vodka a day on set to get through production...
Bonanza: The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother (1972)
This was the worst show Landon wrote,
This was a painfully bad episode. I can't begin to say how bad. No one tried to be good. The shamless mugging Landon did on screen when he appeared showed he was bored playing Little Joe. Lorne Greene at least tried to put some effort into the episode. Strother Martin was always one of my favorite character actors and feel he was under used and only there for a paycheck. It was one of the last shows of the 13th season and was produced to just have an episode in the can. Michael Landon was capable of better work than this. I always loved Dan Blocker and thought he was a great under rated actor. A true natural on the screen it was sad this was the last show featuring him in the lead role for an episode.
Bonanza: He Was Only Seven (1972)
One of landons best.
I remember seeing this when it first appeared on network. The scene where Roscoe Lee Brownes grandchild dies in his arms dropping coins to the ground he raised to buy him a present stood out in my mind. It was such a heartfelt scene I remember crying over. No one could write a tearjerker better than Michael Landon. If you doubt this watch other shows he scripted including Forever, Don't Cry my Son, The Wish, The Sound of Sadness. Mitch Vogel did an excellent job as well he was growing into a good actor. I remember as a kid seeing some things on the screen and to this day remembered. Sunday night at 9 pm I had the TV in my room. I think Landon had an unofficial position as story editor the last 5 or 6 years on the show and you could see his writing on stories that were written by others.
Bonanza: The Customs of the Country (1972)
A charming episode.
This was the FINAL episode where Hoss & Little Joe get into trouble on their own which was a yearly traditional storyline showcasing the comedic skills and chemistry/rapport between Dan Blocker and Michael Landon. Without giving away too much I can say it was one of the better written episodes toward the end of the series. I liked immensely and Landon didn't look as bored as he normally did towards the end of the series where he just mugged and grinned in his scenes. If you ever catch in syndication check out. You will remember why Dan Blocker is so missed and see why the series was without it's heart without him. This was I believe the 7th to last episode he appeared before his untimely death in May of 1972.
Bonanza: Caution: Easter Bunny Crossing (1970)
Genuinely funny episode.
Remember seeing this episode 1st time in 1982 when I was 18. I thought it was a little silly then. I saw again in 1990 and laughed my ass off. I admit seeing Dan Blocker in an Easter Bunny outfit was funny. Later in the episode fighting off the bad guys with Easter eggs. Art Metrano stood out as the most dull witted brother of the gang. Telling his non believing siblings he just saw a "pole bear". Earlier in episode in his introduction (Metrano) goes to livery stable asking for info interrupting "Little Joe" bragging to blacksmith about his latest conquest and accidentally burns his hand (Metrano) picking up a hot (red) poker. It looked improvised because Landon and other actor playing Blacksmith looked like their laughter at the schmucks misery was real. A good enjoyable albeit sweet episode you could watch with the younguns and not feel insulted by.
The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Headless Woman (1968)
Theo Marcuse's final performance.
A sad piece of trivia. Theo Marcuse was killed in a car wreck during production of this episode on 11-29-67. It is obvious it a different actor in several scenes as a stand in Mr. Marcuse did not complete. A talented versatile actor. Everyone involved in episode does admirable job in their roles. Amazing to see similar sets used on several different westerns at the time. Gunsmoke, Big Valley, even Gilligans Island were all filmed on same lot. Dawn Wells proved she looked hot in anything she wore in any period piece. Could see the development of Conrad's talent during run of the series. He continued to improve as an actor. Ross Martin along with Martin Landau from MISSION IMPOSSIBLE were in my opinion the two best actors on television at the time.