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I think I see your problem. You have this list. It’s a list of people you need/want to buy a Christmas gift for. The trouble is that they’re into home theatre, and you don’t know Star Trek from Star Wars. You couldn’t tell a Wolf Man from a Wolverine. And you always thought that Paranormal Activity was something too kinky to talk about. Fortunately, Upcomingdiscs has come to the rescue every Christmas with our Gift Guide Spotlights. These gift guides ARE NOT paid advertisements. We take no money to publish them. The kinds of things we recommend here are things I would be delighted to find under the tree.

CBS still has the highest rated dramas on television. There have been quite a few good DVD sets from the network in 2019. Here's a look at my recommendations. Part One will deal with some classic shows that CBS continues to put out.

I think I see your problem. You have this list. It’s a list of people you need/want to buy a Christmas gift for. The trouble is that they’re into home theatre, and you don’t know Star Trek from Star Wars. You couldn’t tell a Wolf Man from a Wolverine. And you always thought that Paranormal Activity was something too kinky to talk about. Fortunately, Upcomingdiscs has come to the rescue every Christmas with our Gift Guide Spotlights. Keep checking back to see more recommendations for your holiday shopping. These gift guides ARE NOT paid advertisements. We take no money to publish them. This time we turn our sights on to one of the worst films you'll ever see. You're confused, yeah? Why am I recommending you give your favorite special film fan a bad movie? Because they're going to love it. I know. Now you're even more confused. Let's see if I can explain.

There are several ways for a film to achieve classic status. Some films are just so good that they last the test of time and wind their way throughout our popular culture. Some films fail immediately but end up finding an audience years later through nostalgic showings or the old late-night television audiences. Some films end up speaking to a particular audience who claim the film as their own. This is usually some sub-culture who often feels alienated by mainstream entertainment. Then there's the film that is so bad, so terribly bad, that it becomes one of those human experiences that you just have to experience once in your life. This is the film that is so bad that it's a hoot to watch just so you can make fun of it. It's the kind of films you watch with your friends and invent drinking games to pass the time as you watch. Ed Wood was the king of those kinds of films. Today we call it schlock, and it's the kind of film that Mystery Science Theater 3000 made their own fame riffing. That's exactly where you'll find Arch Hall Sr.'s EEGAH. The only reason anyone is still watching it today is because of how bad it really is. And that's exactly why you'll want to put this one under a film fan's Christmas tree this holiday season. It's so bad...it's great. Oh, "Watch out for snakes."

I think I see your problem. You have this list. It’s a list of people you need/want to buy a Christmas gift for. The trouble is that they’re into home theatre, and you don’t know Star Trek from Star Wars. You couldn’t tell a Wolf Man from a Wolverine. And you always thought that Paranormal Activity was something too kinky to talk about. Fortunately, Upcomingdiscs has come to the rescue every Christmas with our Gift Guide Spotlights. Keep checking back to see more recommendations for your holiday shopping. These gift guides ARE NOT paid advertisements. We take no money to publish them. This Christmas you are in for a great treat. Shout Factory is becoming the laugh factory, and you'll find there is no one better at making you laugh than Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Nearly all of their films have been missing in high definition on Blu-ray. The Universal Classic Monster Collections gave us the Abbott & Costello meet the monsters films, but the rest of the collection has only been available on DVD with poor transfers. Now Shout offers an amazing 28 of the dynamic duo's films on Blu-ray. It's an astonishing collection that had me doing back flips when I first heard about it. Abbott & Costello The Complete Universal Pictures Collection is so hot it might just set someone's Christmas tree on fire. Who are Abbott & Costello, you ask?

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello began their career completely by accident. Bud Abbott had tried his hand at doing the straight man bit with limited success. One night in 1931 he was working as a cashier for a vaudeville company when Lou Costello's partner came down with an illness. The performer needed a stand-in, and Bud Abbott filled in for the night. It was a temporary gig, to be sure. A temporary gig that happened to last 25 years. The two continued to work together on stage. While the team certainly reused a ton of the classic routines of the era, there was something unique and clever about the duo. The natural way in which they fell into each other's lines was a rare sight indeed. They eventually stood out for their ingenious word play, culminating in one of the most famous comic routines in history, Who's On First.