The Seinfeld-inspired Super Bowl spot was okay, but nothing to write home about, although at least enough to write about here.
First, the positive:
1] It was the first time we see Jerry (as “Jerry Seinfeld”) and Jason Alexander (as “George Costanza) inside the real Tom’s Restaurant (which was known as “Monk’s” on the show).
Marvel’s recently announced the development of a third entry for the Captain America movie franchise, before it even debuts the second film, Captain America: Winter Soldier.
Now THAT’S faith in the works, if based on something tangible that has already proven its worth.
Case in point: there was a certain genius in the way Marvel introduced Captain America to the mainstream, movie-going audience in 2011.
Although I am classic TV-oriented, and relatively “old-school” in my mind set of how I believe television shows should be presented and produced, I still have my favorites in the new, contemporary programming of today.
Namely, Modern Family and The Middle, both of which ABC (my favorite network in history) just so happens to broadcast on Wednesday nights.
Although both series are top-notch on all levels (writing, directing, acting, etc.), of course I do have my issues with them.
by Herbie J Pilato“With great power comes great responsibility.”
So said Spider-Man’s kindly and wise Uncle Ben (as played by the legendary Cliff Robertson) to the young web-slinger (Tobey McGuire) in the first major live-action Spidey feature film (2002).
The same could be said for the writer’s touch on television.
I recently caught an episode of the classic TV show, The Name of the Game, which originally aired on NBC from 1968 to 1971. It was one of the more unique programs of its time. The series was like an anthology show, but it wasn’t. There were three different main stars: Robert Stack, Gene Barry and Tony Franciosa, each of whom had their own storyline, but yet all were connected by a Los Angeles publishing company.
The segment that I viewed featured Robert Stack as the editor of this one particular publication that was linked with the main organization. The same episode also featured the multi-talented Ricardo Montalban in a guest-starring role.
As I’m watching the segment, I’m thinking, “Mmmm…there’s the great Ricardo Montalban, years before he found fame on TV as the mysterious Mr. Roark on ABC’s 70s/80s Saturday night hitFantasy Island; and right around the time he was also guest-starring in his original incarnation as Kahn on the first Star Trek TV episode, ‘Space Seed – decades before he reprised the role for the hit 1982 feature film, Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn.”