by Sam Juliano
August 17th is my Mom’s Birthday. She passed away in 2002 at the age of 72. She would have been 88 this month. Hard to believe that this normally torrid summer month is winding down and many of us are left wondering what September will bring. The last few days I have spent my hours arguing with Trump supporters politely but with teeth on some comments. I have come to the conclusion you cannot and will not alter the way someone thinks. Families are even split in their political preferences. Frankly, God willing that we make it through this pestilence I can’t wait for the madness to end. It creates stress and tension and deprives us of so many more fruitful pursuits. Meanwhile the pandemic remains a fearful challenge and it continues to restrict us in more ways than we would like to ponder. Wishing everyone continued safety and relative peace of mind.
My “Night gallery” project is set to launch on FB. There are 93 segments in Rod Serling’s Night Gallery. The show ran for three years. The final season was a disaster and not even it’s best episode “The Return of the Sorcerer” made my list which will contain 27 episodes. This Top 27 is comprised of great and very good shows, fully deserving of the capsule reviews I will present in my usual order of preference. As always I will begin with Number 27 and work my way up to Number 1 in reverse order. Sad to say the 66 episodes that will not be discussed are either mediocre, poor or terrible, but still happy to say we have these wonderful 27 segments.
Click on names for archives
Writers/Founders
Wonders in the Dark 
I think about my late mom nearly every day. Still, after more than six years.
Happy belated birthday to the great Angela Bassett (August 16).
She is magnificent in the 2000 film adaptation of Athol Fugard’s “Boesman and Lena.”
(So is Danny Glover.)
Catch them on YouTube.
Ah Mark, I remember when you lost her and I know you have her in your heart 24-7.
I have seen BOESMAN AND LENA and totally agree with you on her (and Glover’s) superlative performances!
Have a great weekend my friend!
Any chance of posting ‘The Twilight Zone’ and ‘Night Gallery’ capsule reviews here, eventually.
I hate facebook and left a long time ago.
Bobby, absolutely! I promise you it will happen. I just need to do a little work on it but I have no intentions to lose anything I wrote as it was quite time consuming and well worth keeping on record. Thank you so much my friend!