LONE RANGER 75th Anniversary Collection

TVShowsonDVD reports a special DVD set this fall celebrates The Lone Ranger in style: The Lone Ranger - 75th Anniversary Collector's Edition includes all 78 episodes from the first two seasons, episodes from the 1960s cartoon, an episode of Lassie with The Lone Ranger, a 1950 episode of the Lone Ranger radio series, a commemorative book, an episode guide, reprints of rare comics and photos, and more! Click this link for details and to see the packaging.

Info about the character's history and TV opening credits at TV Themes: THE LONE RANGER
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MONK: New therapist, new episodes

Comedy-sleuth series Monk returns for its seventh season July 18 on USA Network. Following the death of actor Stanley Kamel, film and TV veteran Hector Elizondo joins the cast as the new therapist for compulsive detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub). Go to the official site for info, online games, 2-minute replays, and more.

In other Monk news: the sixth season comes to DVD on July 8, and the next original Monk novel, Mr. Monk Goes To Germany, hits book shelves July 1. Buy Monk books and DVDs at the StudioWell store

RELATED LINKS:
MONK therapist Stanley Kamel found dead
MONK hits 100
ADRIAN MONK: The face of OCD
Mr. Monk And The Continuity Police
Mystery TV Themes: MONK
Q&A: LEE GOLDBERG (Monk, Diagnosis Murder)

GET SMART: Missed it by THAT much

TVShowsonDVD reports that classic 60s TV spy spoof Get Smart is finally coming to retail stores this summer -- without any bonus materials ... not even those that appeared in Time Life's award-winning Get Smart: The Complete Series ...

Watch the opening credits here.

More Opening Credits:
THE AVENGERS / NEW AVENGERS
HART TO HART
HAWAII FIVE-O
MAGNUM, P.I.
MANNIX

TV Themes: Marvel Super Heroes

My wife and I finally got to see the Iron Man movie yesterday -- and LOVED it. In honor of the hilarious post-credits teaser of things to come, here are some classic (if lovably goofy) 1960s TV intros from Marvel superhero cartoons ...

IRON MAN


THE HULK


THE MIGHTY THOR


CAPTAIN AMERICA


THE SUB-MARINER

Win a MONK galley!

TV writer/producer and novelist Lee Goldberg is giving away two signed galleys of his upcoming Monk tie-in original novel, Mr. Monk Goes to Germany. Check out the details at his blog, A Writer's Life.

Buy Monk books and DVDs at the StudioWell store

Related links:
Q&A: LEE GOLDBERG (Monk, Diagnosis Murder)
MONK hits 100
Official MONK on DVD
MONK back for season seven in July
Mystery TV Themes: MONK

Mystery TV Themes: Agatha Christie's Great Detectives

Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
(Agatha Christie no Meitantei Poirot To Marple)
Set in 1930s London, and starring Agatha Christie's two most famous sleuths, this 2004 Japanese animation series was based on Christie's original novels and stories. Detective Hercule Poirot and his trusted assistant Arthur Hastings, and Miss Jane Marple investigate several complicated cases. The great detectives are joined in their adventures by newly developed characters Mabel West (Marple's inquisitive sixteen-year-old great-niece), and Oliver, a curious ... duck. (Well, it is a cartoon.) Despite these additions, it is said that the series was relatively faithful to the source material.

Agatha Christie no Meitantei Poirot To Marple links:
Official site
MICO Program Finder
Wikipedia

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More opening themes:
ALIAS
THE AVENGERS (w/ THE NEW AVENGERS)
BARNEY MILLER
BATMAN 1966 (w/ THE ODD COUPLE)
BONES
S.W.A.T.
THE SAINT
SIMON & SIMON
STARSKY & HUTCH
T.J. HOOKER

MONK therapist Stanley Kamel found dead

Actor Stanley Kamel, who played Dr. Charles Kroger on USA's hit series Monk, was found dead of a heart attack in his Hollywood Hills home Tuesday. He was 65. Kamel's numerous TV appearances over the years include West Wing, Six Feet Under, Melrose Place, The Golden Girls, Days of Our Lives, Murder One, and Beverly Hills, 90210.

From the "garbage strike" episode:


Meanwhile, Monk's NBC debut this past Sunday did not find many viewers -- in fact, all five TV networks found Sunday night's viewership its lowest since Christmas Eve 2006.