This web site requires use of the Macromedia Flash software for this feature.

Movie Summary  Short: A Day At The Fair:  The name of the short pretty much wraps it up. A farm family goes to a fair with their corn and cattle. The highlight is probably the room exhibit. Cakes are judged. Can't wait till next year.  Movie: Code Name: Diamond Head:  Set in Hawaii, the movie is a TV pilot that never went to series. Roy Thinnes plays Diamond Head. He's an agent working for a fellow named Aunt Mary, and he's out to stop a guy named Tree. Tree is a weapons dealer and master of disguise, although his disguises consist of mustaches and change his looks not a ha'penny. He's out to steal some poison the military's making from a snail called "the cloth of gold." Mr. Head foils him, with the help of jolly Hawaiian Zulu and super-thin Sosing, played by France Nuyen. There are chases and fights I could get into, but the main points are code names and the astounding skinniness of France Nuyen. — Paul Chaplin Host Segments  Prologue:  The SOL is completely trashed. Mike and the 'Bots are oblivious, and can't figure out what that smell is.  Segment 1:  Cleaning up, Mike and the 'Bots send their trash (even Crow's mom from episode 0602 - Invasion U.S.A.) into the sun. Frank and Forrester argue about which of them is cleaner: "Oh, really? Well, I'm constantly digging under my nails and between my toes and behind my ears." They cleanse themselves violently.  Segment 2:  The 'Bots suggest Mike is maybe too nice; Magic Voice (with Cambot's help) presents Mike as the mean father from This Boy's Life. "What about me?! When is it my turn? When is it Dwight's turn?"  Segment 3:  Magic Voice and Cambot show Mike as a deep-voiced crash test dummy.  Segment 4:  This time Mike's the Frugal Gourmet, with Crow an ingredient and Servo an appliance.  Segment 5:  Crow offers Mike a nice Hawaiian punch; Servo interprets a letter in authentic "Hula." The Mads are taking a competitive bath.  Stinger:  Odd woman pointing: "Aagh! Jyonnyy! Dyown thyyer!!" Reflections I remember France Nuyen guest-starring at least once on one of the great shows of my long-ago youth, I Spy, with Robert Culp and Bill Cosby. 1960s TV music never got better than on I Spy. Only the theme from The Avengers was comparable for overall cool. The combination of music and graphics on I Spy still makes me want to run out and find a Greek to bury playfully in cement, up to his neck. You know what I mean? It's that energetic. I've never been to Hawaii. I wouldn't turn down a trip, but if I had an extra couple thousand to burn, I'd go somewhere more offbeat. Like, I went to Istanbul once. Had a great time in spite of the incident in the Turkish bath when I found out you definitely should keep a towel wrapped around yourself. Tree is played by Ian McShane, who stars in Lovejoy on A&E. We really hammered on that fact in this show. I've never watched Lovejoy myself. — Paul Chaplin