cricket-related stories
Posted Sep 1st 2006 9:10PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Retro Squad, Sports Night
(S01E21) You know, when you get right down to it, there's nothing sadder than a man in love, waiting for his woman, holding a bottle of wine, a bouquet of flowers, and an old abacus.
Dan has a special night planned for Rebecca, but she's thinking about going back to her husband. Meanwhile, Casey is still freaked out about last week's bomb scare and still ticked at Dana for bailing on the show to go to dinner with Gordon. And Jeremy is still broken up with Natalie. At least he thinks so. Natalie is telling him and everyone else in the studio that they are still together. Maybe Jeremy's obsession with a cricket (the sport, not the insect) story will make him forget how maddening she's being.
Continue reading Sports Night: Ten Wickets
Posted Aug 31st 2006 1:10PM by Michael Sciannamea
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Retro Squad, The Prisoner
(S01E15) Do you ever get the feeling that when each episode of The Prisoner was being conceptualized and filmed that Patrick McGoohan knew he was playing with the audience's minds?
Seriously, after each episode, I think about what I've just seen, but then I have to replay nearly the entire story in my mind to make sure I understood what I just saw. But then later on, I'm still not quite entirely sure I got it all.
Continue reading The Prisoner: The Girl Who Was Death