Guiltless old TV pleasures

[Jim Logajan]

Last year I bought "The Avengers" DVDs for the '65 and '66 seasons of the TV series starring Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee. It was purchased as a mutual holiday gift for my wife and I. We both got a kick out of watching those old shows - campy fun from a show that never took itself seriously. Watching 1 or 2 shows a week made the gift last a while. The '67 and '68 seasons are on this year's gift list.

I'm also tempted to get either season 1 or 2 of "Have Gun - Will Travel" after watching a few episodes on Youtube (the poster claimed the copyrights had expired, but I checked and they had not. Not surprisingly they were later pulled.) Season 2 is supposed to have a lot more episodes written by Gene Roddenberry. I don't want to OD on old TV series, so I need to start being particular.

 

[Jim Logajan]

We also love the old time radio shows on Sirius Radio.

Those old radio shows come in handy on long road trips - for some reason they keep my mind occupied enough that it delays or stops road hypnosis or fatigue. I was surprised when my wife downloaded some radio shows like "Tales of the Texas Rangers" to her iPod and played them in the car while we did long stints in the car. I had no idea what to expect - the stories were generally pretty good.