Colin Male Movies
- 1964
When Andy and Helen complain that they're both too busy to spend any quality time together, Barney generously offers to handle their chores while they take a sabbatical at Myers Lake. Not surprisingly, Barney cannot keep apace of his new responsibilities, making a thorough mess of things. The fun really begins when, receiving a message that Andy needs some money to pay a fine, Barney misinterprets the missive and assumes that Andy and Helen have secretly gotten hitched. Written by Bill Idelson and Sam Bobrick, this episode was directed by actor Howard Morris, who briefly forsakes his usual "Ernest T. Bass" role to play a TV repairman named George. "Andy and Helen Have Their Day" first aired on December 14, 1964. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1965
Against his better judgment, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) allows his son Ritchie (Larry Mathews) and the Helpers' son Freddie (Peter Oliphant) to be cast in a TV commercial. Just as Rob had feared, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) and Millie Helper (Ann Morgan Guilbert) transform into the Stage Mothers from Hell, arguing over billing, number of lines, and which of the two boys' faces will be obscured by a catcher's mask. Colin Male, the announcer heard introducing the cast at the beginning of every Dick Van Dyke Show episode, makes a rare onscreen appearance. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1971
When an Indian agent is assaulted on a reservation, it's a federal crime demanding the attention of the FBI. Thus it is that Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) investigates several mining accidents near a sacred Indian burial ground--accidents that the locals have chalked up to supernatural activity. Filmed on location at California's Mono Crater Park, this episode marks one of the final pre-M*A*S*H appearances of Wayne Rogers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
After two and a half seasons in its familiar Saturday-evening network berth, Mission:Impossible moved to Fridays on December 22, 1972, with the episode titled "The Puppet." Roddy McDowall guest stars as Leo Ostro, the acting Syndicate boss during the convalescence of his injured brother Paul. To prove his own mettle, the egotistical Leo plans a $100,000,000 crime--but refuses to divulge any further details. It is up to the IMF to learn the nature and location of the crime and to put both Ostros out of business. Directed by veteran Hollywood hand Lewis Allen, "The Puppet" was written by Leigh Vance. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peter Graves, Greg Morris, (more)
- 1977
- R
Based loosely on the real-life relationship between political activist Angela Davis and convict-turned-author George Jackson, Brothers stars Bernie Casey as David Thomas, who begins corresponding with college professor and outspoken black activist Paula Jones (Vonetta McGee) after he's convicted of a crime he didn't commit. David's relationship with Paula gives him strength and insight as he tries to survive in the brutally violent and racist environment of prison. A great deal more serious and politically minded than most of the other "blaxploitation" films of its era, Brothers was directed by Arthur Barron, in a severe departure from his previous film, the sweet teenage love story Jeremy. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bernie Casey, Vonetta McGee, (more)
Comedy writers David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams of Airplane and The Naked Gun fame got their start at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, when they formed a theatrical group known as The Kentucky Fried Theater. The Kentucky Fried Movie is based on the KFT's gag-filled theatrical skits. Including well-known stars such as Bill Bixby, Donald Sutherland, Tony Dow, George Lazenby and Henry Gibson, the film has over 22 different segments of varying lengths. Some are seconds long. Longer segments include such highlights as: "Zinc Oxide," which spoofs school educational films; "Cleopatra Schwartz," a spoof of female blaxploitation action films, whose heroine is married to a rabbi; "Sex Record," which depicts a couple who are attempting to follow the step-by-step instructions of a how-to-do-it record; "Catholic High School Girls In Trouble," and "A Fistful of Yen," (the longest episode), which is an elaborate spoof of martial-arts films. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Donald Sutherland, George Lazenby, (more)
This routine comedy is about a series of misadventures during a family vacation at the beach and stars John Candy (who died of a heart attack while filming in Mexico in 1994) as John Chester and Karen Austin as his long-suffering wife Sandy. When the family leave for what turns out to be a pretty decrepit shack on a public beach, Jack eventually locks horns with the owner of this dubious piece of real estate, and their conflict terminates in a boat race in which Jack and his motley crew are at first glance, and even second, no match for the others in the race. In the meantime, there are plenty of skits with Jack dressed as anything from an ample, unintentional likeness of a geisha to the normal tourist dude in a Hawaiian shirt. His wife and daughter tackle their own problems, related to sex in one way or another, mostly another. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Candy, Rip Torn, (more)
- 1989
A pair of archaeologists stumble across an old parchment and, believing it to be a series of instructions, they begin a search for the legendary Fountain of Youth. But though they have done their best to keep their quest secret, they are pursued by a wicked priest and a millionaire. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dack Rambo, Shari Shattuck, (more)
