APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 17: Twilight Zone: Rod Serling’s Lost Classics (1994)
Originally airing on May 19, 1994 on CBS, this made for TV movie was made up of two unproduced episodes that were found in a trunk in the Serling’s garage. The first segment, “The Theatre,” was expanded and scripted by Richard Matheson while “Where The Dead Are” was written four years after the show went off the air. […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 17: The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
I kind of love that this movie answers all of my meta needs, from reuniting Dolly Parton with Dabney Coleman and Lily Tomlin to having Buddy Ebsen show up as Barnaby Jones. And I realize that every critic wanted more out of director Penelope Spheeris. But look, I’m a simple man and I like seeing […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 17: Return to Green Acres (1990)
If you can get past Arnold the pig putting flowers on the grave of Doris Ziffel in the credits, well, Green Acres was back. For two hours or so. After 25 years, Oliver and Lisa Douglas (Edward Albert and Eva Gabor) are finally sick of farm living and moves back to Park Avenue. With them gone, […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 17: Don’t Worry, We’ll Think of a Title (1966)
While not strictly a movie made from a TV show, Don’t Worry, We’ll Think of a Title is packed with TV stars either in lead roles or in cameos and that’s always been my jam. In fact, this movie is meta before we even knew what that meant. Charlie Yuckapuck (Morey Amsterdam) and Annie (Rose Marie) […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 17: For All Time (2000)
One of my favorite episodes of The Twilight Zone is “A Stop at Willoughby,” perhaps because it’s about advertising. Then again, it’s also about nostalgia and the pull of better times, which we all feel as we grow old. Charles Lattimer (Mark Harmon) is an ad guy facing the gears of the business wearing him […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 17
For the seventeenth day of the B&S About Movies April Movie Thon, we’re watching the small screen. April 17: TV to Movies — Let’s decry the lack of originality in Hollywood. But first, let’s write about a movie that started as a TV show. All April long, we’ll have thirty themes as writing prompts. If you’d […]
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