I am a rabid toy collector, and I am particularly interested in science fiction toys of the 70s and 80s. I have a whole storage/display area behind my home office filled with Star Trek, Micronauts, G.I.Joes, and Star Wars collectibles.…
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I watch TV, though not as much as I used to. Here’s my TV-related posts. Joseph Dickerson
The long con: Why The Doctor can never lose
by Joseph Dickerson • April 7, 2013
Take a moment and imagine you are a being who can travel through all of space and time, someone who that can go from the Big Bang to the end of the universe. Then, putting yourself in that position, you…
What happened to James Hurley?
by Joseph Dickerson • January 31, 2013
He became a beef and chicken importer/exporter in Shreveport, Louisiana. OK, no… he didn't do THAT, but the only answer we can say with any degree of certainty is he left Twin Peaks to "see the world." And why wouldn't…
Press Release: “The Twin Peaks Gazette” highlights the classic cult TV series
by Joseph Dickerson • January 4, 2013
It was over 20 years ago that David Lynch and Mark Frost created one of the seminal television series, a post-modern twist on the soap opera that had the whole world talking. And now, two decades later, Twin Peaks has…
Video: The day I chatted with Dawn Wells for The Huffington Post
by Joseph Dickerson • December 12, 2012
I got to chat with Dawn Wells, the actress who played Mary Ann on the classic TV show Gilligan’s Island, on The Huffington Post website yesterday. Talk about a sentence I never thought I’d write… It was supposed to be…
It’s not Twin Peaks, but Storyville is a remarkable underrated film
by Joseph Dickerson • December 9, 2012
“The past isn’t dead.” Revisiting well-remembered films in this Neglected Cinema series is like a crapshoot. Sometimes movies I loved on first viewing I find merely likeable, and other times I discover old favorites are, with the passage of time,…
Loyalty and passion are the only TV “ratings” that should matter
by Joseph Dickerson • December 5, 2012
The Nielsen Rating system is having some problems. Big problems. People watch tv shows in a lot of different ways in the 21st Century. They record and “time-shift”, they download, they stream, and many have “cut the cord” and just…
Like Twin Peaks? Then buy Mark Frost’s new book, The Paladin Prophesy!
by Joseph Dickerson • September 26, 2012
I was lucky enough to get Mark Frost’s new book The Paladin Prophecy the day before it was officially released, thanks to the magic of Amazon. I had preordered it months ago, because I’ve been a long time fan of…
Check out my new CafePress store!
by Joseph Dickerson • September 11, 2012
In a shameless display of capitalism, I have designed some products and put them up for sale on CafePress. T-shirts! Pins! Mousepads! Bags! And more! Items are inspired by The Prisoner, Twin Peaks, UX design, Planet of the Apes and…
In praise of The Doomsday Machine (and William Windom)
by Joseph Dickerson • August 24, 2012
A couple of weeks ago, I attended the official Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, and one of the panels I went to was to determine the top ten episode of the original series. It was a conference room that…
Which is the better all-time show: The Twilight Zone or the original Star Trek series?
by Joseph Dickerson • August 18, 2012
Love both, but I have to say Star Trek. The Twilight Zone had so many wonderful stories, and I’d say the ratio of good to bad for both series is about the same (the original Star Trek had a wildly…