TVSquad

Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

• B.L. Stryker - Best Of
  
• Banacek - Best Of
• Beany & Cecil - Classic Collection, Volumes 1 and 2
• Charles in Charge - Best Of
• The Crow: Stairway to Heaven - Best Of
• Curious George - Sails with Pirates and Other Curious Capers
• Death Note - Vol. 6
• Dirty Jobs - Collection 3
• Entourage - Season 4
• Everybody Hates Chris - Season 3
• Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Halloween
• The Golden Age of Comedy
• Heroes - Season 2
• The Honeymooners - Color, Collection 4
• NCIS - Season 5 and Seasons 1-5 sets
  
• One Tree Hill - Season 5
• Robson Arms - Season 3
• The Shield - Season 6
• Shockwave - Season 1
• The Untouchables - Season 2, Vol. 2

I was reading Brad's post about bad superhero shows, and the site he linked to picked the Cathy Lee Crosby version of Wonder Woman, which I think is silly. It was much better than the Lynda Carter version and was smart enough to use an instrumental theme song, not one with lyrics. When you try to put lyrics to a superhero show theme song, the results are usually very bad.

Here are my choices for five horrible lyrics from TV theme songs. I'm not saying these are the worst. Maybe this could be a regular feature. There are so many to choose from, but these really stand out. (I did a similar post a couple of years ago, but it was strictly bizarre lyrics, not necessarily "bad" ones. The list needs to be updated, especially since I didn't include the number one choice.)

Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

• 24 - Season 1 (Special Edition)
• The Bill Engvall Show - Season 1
• Charles in Charge - Season 3
• Exes and Ohs - Season 1
• Gomer Pyle, USMC - Season 4
• A Haunting - Season 3
• JAG - Season 6
• The Jeff Corwin Experience - Season 2
• The Muppet Show - Season 3
• Nimrod Nation - Complete Series
• Penn & Teller's Bullshit - Season 5
• Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Hour - Complete Series, Vol. 1
• Square Pegs - Complete Series
• Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles - Season 5
• Tom Selleck Western Collection
• Young Maverick - The New Maverick

Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow:

• The Batman - Season 4
• Bozo's Big Top - Collection 2
• BraveStarr - Vol. 1
• CSI - Season 7
• The Care Bears - 25 Years of Caring
• Chappelle's Show - Series Collection
• Charles in Charge - Season 2
• The Doris Day Show - Season 5 and Doris Day Today
• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist - Complete Series
• Inside the Actor's Studio - Johnny Depp
• Little Britain - Abroad and Complete Collection
• Love, American Style - Season 1, Vol. 1
• Man with a Camera - Complete Collection
• Mission: Impossible - Season 3
• The Naked Brothers Band - Battle of the Bands
• Queer As Folk - Complete Series
• Star Trek - Season 1 HD
• Tales of Tomorrow - Vol. 3
• Teen Titans - Season 4
• The Tudors - Season 1 (Canada)
• The Wild, Wild West - Season 3

This week I got a great letter that brought back some fond memories.

Curtis Smith writes:
"I'm sure you hear this all the time, but for the last couple of years i have been trying to remember a short lived TV show that I saw in the mid to late 80's. It was about a kid who's dad was a secret agent and the kid some how got involved with the government. the only episode i can sort of remember is him trying to hide an attractive spy from his mom. Any help you have would be great. "

In the life of a television show there are always changes. It could be the departure or addition of a cast member, a new set or shooting location, or just the aging of characters. But, those are subtle changes that many viewers just shrug off as the natural progression of a program.

Then there are those changes that are so drastic that they take viewers by surprise, making them wonder if this is the same show they watched the previous season. When these changes take place between the freshman and sophomore seasons of a show this really takes a toll on the fan base. Throughout the history of television there have been a number of shows that have seen such changes between the end of season one and the beginning of season two. After the jump you'll read about nine such examples.

A roundup of TV people from in front of the camera and behind the scenes who have passed away.

• James Callahan: He played the grandfather on Charles In Charge. He had appearances on several shows over the years, including Medium, ER, Promised Land, Cybill, Caroline in the City, Picket Fences, Golden Girls, M*A*S*H, Adam-12, The Invanders, Route 66, The Time Tunnel, My Favorite Martian, Dennis The Menace, and dozens of others. He died of cancer at age 76.

This week I got a trivia question from a reader named Len Maurer from St. Louis MO.

Len writes, "On Charles in Charge what was the last name of Scott Baio's character, Charles?"

I actually get this question quite often, and the answer is he didn't have one. Now some of you may insist that he did have a last name that was never mentioned on the show. However, according to a conversation I once had with Al Burton, executive producer of C in C, Charles was never given a last name ... ever.

Thanks for the question Len.

Now for this week's stumper...

• "I want Charles in charge of me." (Charles In Charge): I don't even want to know what the girl means by this.
  
• "It don't matter that you got, not a lot, so what? They'll have theirs, and you'll have yours and I'll have mine." (Diff'rent Strokes): Huh?
  
• "I hear it in your laughter, And I feel it when you cry. I will be right there for you, until the day I die." (My Two Dads): Cheerful lyrics for a sitcom, eh?
  
• "He just keeps on movin'. Ladies keep impovin'. (BJ and the Bear): How politically correct.
• "Welcome aboard, it's looooooooooooooooo-ove!" (The Love Boat): Translated, it means "come on to our cruise ship and have unprotected sex with someone you just met."

• The Andy Griffith Show - The Complete 5th Season
• Ballykissangel - Complete Series 4
• Charles in Charge - The Complete 1st Season
• Doctor Who - Season 1 (Canada Only)
• Farscape - Starburst Edition - Volume 8 (3.2)
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - The Complete 3rd Season
• Gimme a Break! - Season 1
• The Golden Girls - Season 4
• Grey's Anatomy - Season 1
• Hardcastle and McCormick - Complete 1st Season (Canada Only)
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Season 1, Volume 2
• Living Single - The Complete 1st Season
• Overhaulin - The Complete 2nd Season
• The Pretender - The Complete 3rd Season
• Shaquille - Complete Series
• Significant Others - Season 1