Original Air Date: December 27, 1965 Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Frustrated with Hazel’s (Shirley Booth) constant praise of his brother, Steve (Ray Fulmer) suffers from an inferiority complex. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In the opening scene Hazel asks Harold (Bobby Buntrock) […]
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Mannix: The Survivor Who Wasn’t
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: December 15, 1974 Directed by: Michael O’Herlihy Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Hard-working private eye Joe Mannix (Mike Connors) is hired by Kelly Anderson (Carol Lawrence) to prove that the lone survivor of a plane crash disaster, Penn Anderson (Paul […]
Rumpole of the Bailey – “Rumpole and the Show Folk”
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: June 12, 1979 Directed by: Peter Hammond Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Acerbic and aging, beleaguered quotation-spewing barrister Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) travels again from London, this time to the Northern Circuit in order to defend local actress Maggie Hartley […]
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – “An Unlocked Window”
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: February 15, 1965 Directed by: Joseph M. Newman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A rash of brutal and inexplicable murders of young female nurses shocks the neighborhood and surrounding town where they occur. During a dark and stormy night, on […]
Doctor in Charge – “A Man’s Best Friend is His Cat”
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: November 24, 1973 Directed by: Alan Wallis Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode. Synopsis: Professor Sir Geoffrey Loftus (Ernest Clark) charges junior doctors Duncan Waring (Robin Nedwell) and Paul Collier (George Layton) with looking after his brown tabby cat, Thomas, while […]
The Bob Newhart Show – “No Sale”
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: January 3, 1976 Directed by: Eddie Ryder Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this episode! Synopsis: Mild-mannered psychologist Bob Hartley (Bob Newhart) has an opportunity to make a bundle of loot by investing in a real estate scheme provided by his perennially pessimistic […]
UFO – “E.S.P.”
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: Sept 14, 1970 Directed by: Ken Turner Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode. Synopsis: Straker (Ed Bishop) and Freeman (George Sewell) investigate when a UFO crashes into the home and kills the wife of a man with Extra Sensory Perception, John […]
The Millionaire – “Ralph the Cat”
Original Air Date: October 29, 1958 Starring: Elmer Directed by: John Peyser Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The Millionaire Tipton sends a check to a spinster named Amanda Comfort (Loie Bridge) who recently set up a will stipulating that her nephew Freddie Howard (Del Moore) care […]
My Three Sons – “Chip Leaves Home”
Original Air Date: January 4, 1962 Directed by: Richard Whorf Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After feeling unappreciated, Chip (Stanley Livingston) decides to run away from home but doesn’t go far. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Chip finds himself alone downtown in an alley. Hearing someone coming, […]
One Foot in the Grave – “Love and Death”
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: November 8, 1990 Studio Director: Sydney Lotterby Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The Meldrews, Victor (Richard Wilson) and Margaret (Annette Crosbie), go to stay with their old friends the Bluetts, Vince (Stephen Lewis) and April (Georgina Hayle), in their dilapidated […]