Reviewing TV pilots old and newish, on twitter Launching The Pilot @LaunchingTPilot, email launchingthepilot@gmail.com
Episode 180 is The Simpsons (1989)
Brian and Paul look at the first full episode of The Simpsons and it's a Christmas special.
Also included in this episode is Brian's appearance on The Simpsons Index podcast.
Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
The family is forced to spend all of their savings to get Bart's new tattoo removed, and with no money for Christmas, Homer is forced to become a store Santa.
Episode 179 is Joanie Loves Chachi
Happy Days spinoff
Joanie and Chachi move to Chicago where they audition for a summer singing job, but Joanie is considered too wholesome for the gig.
Episode 178 is Mrs Columbo (1979)
"Word Games"
Kate Columbo, the elusive wife of the famous L.A. homicide detective, mother of their loving little daughter, hard-working reporter and master snoop in her own right, overhears the neighbour plotting the death of his wife.
Annette Andre....Actor, Writer and Artist very kindly chatted to me over a Skype call
Here's my interview, we discuss her memoir "Where Have I Been All My Life" also
talk The Saint, The Prisoner, Randall And Hopkirk (deceased)
....and more
Plus some of the actors she has worked with along the way Roger Moore, Patrick McGoohan, Richard Harris, Patrick Macnee and of course her co-star on R&H Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope
Episode 177 is Mork and Mindy (1978)
Mork is sent to Earth to explore its traditions and, along the way meets Mindy.
We do get a Arthur 'Fonz' Fonzarelli (Happy Days)and a Laverne DeFazio (Laverne & Shirley ) cameo
Episode 176 is Prescription: Murder Columbo (1968)
A psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.
Episode 175 is Vega$ (1978)
Las Vegas private eye Dan Tanna probes the murder of Marilyn , a teenage prostitute who ran away from home because she didn't get along well with her mother Loretta's new husband Merle.
Episode 174 is Laverne and Shirley (1976)
Happy Days spinoff the adventures of two single women in the 1950s and '60s.
Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney mingle at a dinner party that's being given by their boss's family (Tad it's not Ted).
Don't worry Fonzie Make an appearance
Episode 173 is Jane (1982)
BBC 2's adaption of the classic adult UK comic strip of the same name especially popular during WWII for its heavy pin-up elements. Ingenue, Jane Gay, does her best to foil enemy agents as well as lose clothing.
Episode 172 is Andy Richter Controls The Universe (2002)
Andy is a short story writer, who makes his living by working at a huge faceless company in Chicago
Andy is upset at having to share his office with new employee Byron. He also doesn't like the fact that Keith has slept with the Wendy, the new secretary, on whom Andy has a huge crush.
