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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Invitation to an Accident (1959)
Interesting Season 4 ender.
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" began airing in 1955 with an excellent opener, "Revenge", and kept delivering high quality television for the entire run of the half-hour format, and "An Invitation to an Accident" is no exception.
SPOILERS
Something that seems obvious about "An Invitation to an Accident" is that that the character, Albert (Alan Hewitt) was a "confirmed bachelor":
1. The episode opens with a shot of a model of a castle on a hill, then zooms out to include Alfred Hitchcock reading from a book entitled, "Uncle Alfred's Story Book". During his monologue, he says, "tonights fairy tale...".
2. Joseph (Gary Merrill) offers Albert a whiskey, but Albert asks for a sherry instead, to which Joseph reacts a bit befuddled.
3. At the end of the episode, Albert cries in an "unmanly" fashion. The ironic twist, that he was not involved with Joseph's wife, Vergilia (Joanna Moore), was amplified by his implied sexual indifference to women.
4. Before the last break, Alfred Hitchcock mentions that he'd "skip back" after the commercial.
A child watching would miss the references, but adults of the time wouldn't.
Siempre en Domingo (1970)
One of the most important shows in television and entertainment history
What a shame that (as of 28 March 2008) this IMDb entry for Siempre En Domingo is so neglected, with this being the first comment posted for it. Siempre En Domingo actually ran from 1969 to 1998 hosted by the genial Raul Velasco. The show aired in Mexico on Televisa, in Central and South America, in the US (on channel 41 in New York for example where it was watched mainly by Hispanics but also Italians and others who enjoyed the variety of musical artists) and other international markets. Many, many artists had their careers started or boosted by this show over the years and Raul Velasco became a national treasure in his native Mexico as well as in most of Latin America. So much to say about this show, but I'll leave that to the rest of you who grew up with Siempre En Domingo. I know I'm not the only one...
Starstruck (1982)
One of my favorite films
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who enjoys this film. I discovered Starstruck in the 1990s and look for it whenever it runs on cable. It is meant to be airy, free, fun, and irreverent. The spirit of youth is well presented here by all actors, young and old. Jo Kennedy is sexy. After my first viewing of her I had a crush on her that continues to this day. She is fun to watch, as are Ross O'Donovan as her cousin Angus, the guitarist with the glasses that dances, Pat Evison as Nana - everyone, really. The music is, of course, integral to the experience. This movie just has a way of making me smile as I watch it.