Original Air Date: October 5, 1961 Starring: Orangey Directed by: Richard Whorf Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The Douglas family is put out when new neighbors move in across the street that none of them can stand. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): After seeing the new neighbors […]
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Batman – “Marsha’s Scheme of Diamonds”
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: November 24, 1966 Directed by: James B. Clark Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Marsha, Queen of Diamonds (Carolyn Jones), continues her obsessive efforts to purloin the renowned Bat-Diamond (over 10,000 carats!), which Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) use […]
Schoolhouse Rock! – “Naughty Number Nine”
Original Air Date: May 17, 1973 Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this short! Synopsis: A gangster cat plays pool using a mouse as the cue ball while teaching children their multiplication tables for the number 9. Cartoon Cat: The fat orange cat has a white muzzle and wears a […]
Jonathan Creek – “The Problem at Gallows Gate, Part 1”
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: February 14, 1998 Directed by: Keith Washington Synopsis: A wealthy, young eccentric commits suicide by jumping off a balcony after discovering his girlfriend Felicity (Annabel Mullion) with someone else, but three weeks later the same man is seemingly witnessed strangling his ex-girlfriend in her house. Jonathan (Alan Davies) needs […]
The Electric Company – “Hey Diddle Diddle”
Original Air Date: early 1970’s Directed by: Jim Simon Synopsis: A group of cool animated cats sing a jazzy song featuring double D’s. Cartoon Cats: A heavy-set cat plays the piano and sings the song Hey Diddle Diddle about a cat on a fiddle. He is accompanied by two beautiful female cat backup singers with […]
Rumpole of the Bailey – “Rumpole and the Alternative Society”
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: April 10, 1978 Directed by: Herbert Wise Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Acerbic and aging, beleaguered Wordsworth-spouting barrister Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) travels from London to the Western Circuit in order to defend free-spirit Kathy (Jane Asher) on a cannabis-related […]
The Goes Wrong Show – “Harper’s Locket”
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: January 24, 2020 Starring: Stuart Director: Martin Dennis This review contains a (comic) Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: This week, accident-prone amateur dramatics group the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society attempt a period romance; a tale of family, […]
Batman – “The Purr-fect Crime” / “Better Luck Next Time”
by Ted Davis Original Air Dates: March 16, 1966 / March 17, 1966 Directed by: James Sheldon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for these episodes! Synopsis: In this two-part episode, the malign and magnificent Catwoman (Julie Newmar) makes her first appearance on the series, and enacts a deliciously devious […]
Thriller – “The Devil’s Ticket”
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: April 18, 1961 Directed by: Jules Bricken Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: In exchange for riches and fame, neglected artist Hector Vane (Macdonald Carey) accepts a pawn ticket from the Devil (John Emery) in his temporary role of pawn shop […]
Little Richard (2000)
by Mark Murton Director: Robert Townsend Synopsis: TV movie bio-pic charting the rise to stardom of Little Richard. Purr Blur: At a church, the young Richard (Ty Hodges) is startled by the piano suddenly seeming to be playing itself, only for an orange and white tabby cat to emerge from inside. Final Mewsings: Could a […]