(aka Keep On Jackin’ in the Free World)
(*That’s “free” as in “speech”, not as in “beer”. No idea how that works. FREEJACK!)
17:15 – Pee-wee’s Playhouse Season 1 Episode 11 – Stolen Apples
Randy steals Mrs. Steve’s crummy crab apples from her tree, and Mrs. Steve needs Pee-wee’s help in finding him. Then, Pee-wee plays the hands game with Tito, and “there” are enough apples for everyone at snack time.
17:39 – Space Ghost Season 1 Episode 11
This week, Saucy Crabs, Pygmies and Space Birds (supposedly) cause our protagonists trouble.
18:01 – Ultraman Episode 10 – The Mysterious Dinosaur Base
An unexpected boon in fishing prompts the Science Patrol to investigate. Could it just be a simple case of overfeeding? Or is there another giant monster at the bottom of it all? Answers on the back of an irradiated turtle, in a self-stamped distressed antelope.
18:26 – M Squad Season 1 Episode 1 – The Golden Look
Set in Chicago, Illinois, the show starred Lee Marvin as Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of “M Squad”, a special unit of the Chicago Police, assisting other units in battling organized crime, corruption and violent crimes citywide. Paul Newlan co-starred as his boss, Captain Grey. Although Marvin had been appearing in feature films since 1951, it was this series that made him a star, and he later went on to an even bigger film career afterward.
Today, the Squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature; witnesses said he has gold teeth.
18:51 – F Troop Season 1 Episode 1 – Scourge of the West
Hail the conquering zero! Clueless “war hero” Captain Wilton Parmenter takes command of Fort Courage.
Starring Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch, Melody Patterson, and Ken Berry, F Troop is a satirical American television Western sitcom about U.S. soldiers and American Indians in the Wild West during the 1860s. The series originally aired for two seasons on ABC. It debuted in the United States on September 14, 1965, and concluded its run on April 6, 1967, with a total of 65 episodes. The first season of 34 episodes was broadcast in black-and-white and the second season was in color.
19:17 – Portlandia Season 1 Episode 3 – Aimee
Fred and Carrie hire a maid only to discover that she is their favourite singer Aimee Mann.
19:40 – Stingray Season 1 Episode 1 – Ancient Eyes
On the trail of a missing fieldworker Ray discovers a marijuana farm whose owners kill the workers when the harvest is over. With special guest star Rachel Ticotin (Total Recall).
20:28 – Freejack (1992)
—–“It’s cool, it’s got guns in it.”—–
Freejack is a 1992 American science fiction film directed by Geoff Murphy and starring Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins, with appearances from Jonathan Banks, Frankie Faison, and Jerry Hall.
Adapted from the 1959 science fiction novel Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley;
Bounty hunters from the future transport a doomed race car driver from 1991 to New York City in 2009, where his mind will be replaced with that of a dead billionaire. Hijinks ensue.
22:18 – Rubicon Season 1 Episode 2 – The First Day of School
Will faces his first day as the boss to his former teammates, not knowing that his assistant Maggie is spying on him for his supervisor Kale. Katherine goes to the reading of her husband’s will and discovers that he led a double life.
23:03 – Duckman Season 1 Episode 2 – Tv Or Not To Be
Duckman is hired by a televangelist to find a missing painting and has a near-death experience after being captured and suffocated with cellophane.
23:25 – The Venture Bros. Season 3 Episode 3 – Home is Where the Hate Is
Newlyweds The Monarch and Dr. Mrs The Monarch move in to Phantom Limb’s old gaff in a town called Malice: basically Boca Raton for supervillains. Prohibited from arching his nemesis now that he’s ascended the Guild’s villainous rankings, The Monarch’s feet are getting itchy until opportunity literally knocks – Sgt. Hatred is holding a party inviting his own new arch: The Venture family!
23:48 – Space Ghost Coast to Coast Season 1 Episode 12 – A Space Ghost Christmas
A special Christmas episode featuring musical segments with the main cast and the Council of Doom.
23:58 – He And She Episode 11 – The Coming-Out Party
Paula’s friend Dorothy begins dating Dick’s dentist, Dr. Krillman, but the two end their relationship the night before Dick’s tonsillectomy. Guest stars John Astin (Gomez Addams, part-time Riddler) and Mariette Hartley (Gunsmoke, Peyton Place).
This episode won the 1968 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series.
00:23 – Bored to Death Season 1 Episode 3
Jonathan has the opportunity to work on a scenario with the filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (who appears as himself) but it seems damaged when he forgets the script in the office of a therapist after an evening adventure with the therapist’s daughter (Vanessa Ray). Guest stars: Oliver Platt, Laila Robins, Jessica Blank.
00:50 – The Ray Bradbury Theater Season 2 Episode 3 – Banshee
An egotistical director (Peter O’Toole) challenges a skeptical young writer (Charles Martin Smith) to investigate the nearby woods to find out if the banshee said to haunt the woods exists.
01:18 – Getting On with James Urbaniak Episode 12 – “Old Girlfriends” by Todd Alcott
James reminisces about his romantic past. Guest starring Paget Brewster.
01:44 – Police Stop! 8
More vehicular carnage with that fella from The Bill.
02:29 – That’s All