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Friday, April 25, 2025
The Memoirs of Nicodemus Legend: Mr. Pratt Goes to Sheridan
"Mr. Pratt Goes to Sheridan" was the second episode of Legend, and first aired on April 25th, 1995. It was written by Michael Piller & Bill Dial and directed by William Gereghty. You can watch the episode via Amazon Prime Video or DVD.
Friday, April 18, 2025
The Memoirs of Nicodemus Legend: Birth of a Legend
When I first started blogging 20 years ago, it was almost entirely a coincidence that I did so concurrent with the then-10th anniversary of UPN's Legend starring Richard Dean Anderson. As I made plans to restart the blog, I decided that one way to celebrate was by doing a review of each episode of Legend, to be released on the 30th anniversary of that episode's premiere. Thus, today, I'm celebrating the first episode of the series, entitled "Birth of a Legend," which first aired on April 18th, 1995. The episode was written by Michael Piller & Bill Dial and directed by Charles Correll.
Before I begin, I'd like to share this link, wherein I review the series as a whole, which I did 15 years ago, on the occasion of Legend's then-15th anniversary (wow!). The reviews I'll be doing on this occasion will focus on specifics relating to each episode. If you'd like to see the episodes, yourself, they are available via Amazon Prime Video. A DVD is also available.
Friday, April 11, 2025
Naming Conventions and Death in Paradise
Whenever we travel to Northern CA, and specifically when we visit the house where my Dad grew up (in which his sister and her family still live), we drive up Aguilar Drive. This is a point of contention for my family (which is not named Aguilar), because it was my grandfather who built the first house up that way, and who created the road now bearing the other family's name. When it comes down to it, the Aguilars simply thought to give the road a name before my family did.
Friday, April 4, 2025
Comic Feature: Last Days of the Justice Society Special (1986)

A touch over mid-way through that time, in April of 1986 (just over 45 years after their debut, and almost exactly 39 years ago at the date of this posting, for those who care about the math), a comic book was published that was intended to be the very last JSA story.
In 1986, DC Comics had recently finished publishing Crisis on Infinite Earths, a now-legendary story that was intended to both revitalize and streamline their fictional universe. In this new, streamlined, universe, the powers-that-be thought that the Justice Society, a group of superheroes (indeed, the first, ever superhero team) created in the days shortly before America entered World War II... no longer fit.
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