This is the story of 26 state lawmen that saddle up to enforce the law in the vast, untamed Arizona Territory circa 1903.
As far as westerns of the day go (this one aired in first run syndication from 1957-1959), 26 Men is as good as any, better than most because, like any good western, it's shot out in the dirt, in the great outdoors, among the craggily rocks, dusty ground and incredible vistas that form the desert landscape.
Unlike most westerns set in Arizona, this one was actually shot in and around Tucson and Phoenix in places like the Camelback and Superstition Mountains. Very little is shot on a soundstage, which suits me fine, but I can't help but think these wide stretches of desert are now littered with condos and shopping centers.
The lawmen battle a Mexican national bent on overthrowing his government, track down escaped prisoners, and generally roam from place to place to keep the peace. Many of these stories are based on actual case files.
These are syndication prints on the DVD, there are lots of lines and scratches but most episodes look just fine - remarkably sharp and clean, in fact, in almost every case. Better than your basic dollar DVD quality but hit and miss.
If you're going to buy a collection of 26 Men episodes get this one, you get the most for your money (only $5.99 for 10 half-hour episodes!).
Number of discs: 2 Studio: Timeless Entertainment Distributing DVD Release Date: November 21, 2006 Run Time: 250 minutes
Martin Milner (Tod Stiles) and George Maharis (Buz Murdock) star in this classic television drama about a couple of young guys who set out to see America in a brand new 1961 Corvette drop top.
What makes this show truly unique is that it was filmed in a different U.S. city each week, giving us a stark glance at what living in America looked like in 1960. It was a vastly different landscape, people lived a lot closer to the dirt back then. (I'll bet that decrepit New Orleans dock in episode three is a multi-million dollar condo development if it wasn't washed away by the levy failure.)
No television show had ever attempted anything on this grand a scale before, the technology necessary to make mobile TV production a practical enterprise had just been made available.
The last of the classic variety shows and one of the finest TV programs of all time, The Muppet Show Season 2 is an unrestrained delight from start to finish. This amazing production lit up the screens when it debuted in 1976 and the second season may be the best of the series' run.
The sing-alongable theme song. The incredible guest stars. The crazy costumes. Pigs in space. The crabby guys in the balcony. The love / hate relationship between Piggy and Kermit. All here to relive or experience for the first time. If you are encountering The Muppet Show for the first time, what a treat you're in for; if you watched the show as a youngster you may find yourself uncontrollably singing along with the bizarrely choreographed Tin Pan Alley tunes.
No question, this is Muppet-mania at its peak, before the many hit movies and Muppets on Ice diluted the product. How wonderful to see the delightful Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy and Miss Piggy trading barbs that could have come right out of radio. (In fact, some of the jokes do harken from Bergen's radio days.)
The Untouchables was and is the quintessential film noir TV series. The blood flows freely, beatings are commonplace, women are tommy-gunned down in dark alleys, the rivers are littered with weighted bodies, gun fights in the streets are frequent as are drive by shootings.
All par for the course in prohibition era Chicago ruled by vengeful tough guys, violent hoodlums and crooked officials. Despite this, crusading G-man Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) never loses his cool when confronted with hard-boiled mobsters and smack-talking punks.
The Untouchables was known in its day as the most violent show on television, there were so many dropping bodies the network had to clamp down on the production in later seasons because of viewer complaints. Italian American groups complained about the stereotypes and one Union boss threatened to leave the sponsor's products rotting on the docks unless the show stopped profiling the Goomba of the week.Read the entire review...
Route 66 - Season One Volume 1**
The Muppet Show - The Complete Second Season
The Untouchables Season 1 Volume 2** 
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