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Great New DVD Box Sets: Blasts From The Past And 'Breaking Bad'
In addition to Breaking Bad, critic David Bianculli recommends some rare television treats from the 60s and '70s that are now available on DVD. They include Here's Edie: The Edie Adams Television Collection, The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, The Rutles: Anthology and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
Holiday Music To Bring Folks Together
This Thanksgiving there were a lot of articles online about arming yourself with good information before arguing politics at seasonal dinners. With so much contention in the air, maybe music can help bring folks with opposing views together.
Monty Python 40 Years Later: 'The Lawyer's Cut'
A new six-hour documentary about Monty Python's Flying Circus commemorates the show's 40th anniversary. Reviewer David Bianculli calls it entertaining and "completely different."
"The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" Tiptoed on the Edge
TV critic David Bianculli reviews reruns of one of his favorite shows from the 1960s. It's being rebroadcast on the cable channel E! Entertainment Television.
Jim Turner's Character Studies.
Critic Laurie Stone reviews comic Jim Turner, member of Duck's Breath Mystery Theater.
An SCTV Alum's First Television Special
David Bianculli reviews Andrea Martin: Together Again special, which weaves together skits featuring her many celebrity impressions. He says it may not live up to the best of episodes of SCTV, but it's still funnier than almost anything else on television.