Schoolhouse Rock! – “Electricity Electricity”

Schoolhouse Rock! – “Electricity Electricity”

Original Air Date: May 19, 1979 Synopsis: The applications and laws governing electricity are demonstrated. Cartoon Cat: The workman who has been walking through the demonstrations (albeit absent-mindedly) has just combed a sheep to create static electricity. A cat approaches and rubs against the man who pets him as the narrator sings, “Stroking a cat […]

Perry Mason – “The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather”

Perry Mason – “The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: May 27, 1961 Directed by: Bernard L. Kowalski Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Young and credulous David Gideon (Karl Held) is romantically involved with the experienced and wily Dorine Hopkins (Patricia Barry), who is married to the obnoxious Tony […]

Bizarre – “The Carson Animal Sketch”

Bizarre – “The Carson Animal Sketch”

Original Air Date: Unknown Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The Canadian sketch comedy show starring John Byner includes outrageous parodies. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): One sketch is a take-off on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson with Byner impersonating Carson to perfection in one of his […]

Dead Before Dawn (1993)

Dead Before Dawn (1993)

Directed by: Charles Correll Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A made-for-TV movie based on a true story. Linda DeSilva Edelman (Cheryl Ladd) tries to divorce her abusive husband (Jameson Parker), who in turns hires a hit man to kill her before their court date. Cat Burglar […]

Spider-Man – “The Origin of Spiderman”

Spider-Man – “The Origin of Spiderman”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: September 14, 1968 Director: Ralph Bakshi Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Teenaged tie-and-sweater wearing bookworm student Peter Parker (Paul Soles) is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains amazing and tremendous abilities and powers, which he employs in his […]

Doctor Who – “Survival”

Doctor Who – “Survival”

by Mark Murton Original Air Date: November 22, 1989 Director: Alan Wareing This review contains a couple of Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains multiple spoilers for this story arc. Synopsis: The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) takes Ace (Sophie Aldred) back to her home town of Peveril where the disappearance […]

Alice in Wonderland (1985)

Alice in Wonderland (1985)

Directed by: Harry Harris Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An all-star, two-part, made-for-TV version of the Lewis Carroll story finds Alice (Natalie Gregory) visiting Wonderland and meeting many odd characters. Kitty Cameo: Early in the film Alice is sitting with her sister (Sharee Gregory) outside. […]

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – “Beast in View”

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – “Beast in View”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: March 20, 1964 Directed by: Joseph M. Newman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Nervous and high-strung Helen Clarvoe (Joan Hackett) asks attorney Paul Blackshear (Kevin McCarthy) to resolve her stressful and long-standing conflict with unhinged Dorothy Johnson (Kathleen Nolan), […]

Thriller – “The Specialists”

Thriller – “The Specialists”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: April 30, 1962 Directed by: Ted Post This review contains a very mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A shadowy globe-trotting ring of jewel thieves masterminded by slippery Anthony Hugh Swinburne (Robert Douglas) is relentlessly pursued […]

Not Going Out – “Front Window”

Not Going Out – “Front Window”

by Mark Murton Original Air Date: April 15, 2022 Directed by: Nick Wood This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains MAJOR spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: In this episode of the long-running BBC sitcom, Lee (Lee Mack) is confined to a wheelchair after knee surgery and […]