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Lost in Space: A Visit to Hades (1966)
A wonderful little jab at NBC...
This episode opens with Doctor Smith finding a harp under a keyhole shaped doorway, plucking a few strings and suddenly finding himself plummeting into HELL! As the episode progresses we learn its not actually hell but a prison for a very long lived alien named Morbus who just happens to be wearing a flashy red suit. He couldn't have looked any more like the devil if he had a pitch fork in his hand.
The gag however involves the preview to this episode which was attached to the end of the previous episode, the one with Zeno the "superswift". At the end of that episode, Doctor Smith finds the harp, but when he plucks it, it plays the very recognizable tri-tone NnnnBbbbCccc and then Smith finds himself falling into hell. Clearly this was a CBS network jab at NBC and the kind of gag you just don't see on TV any more. Whats even more interesting is that the NBC tri-tone is only heard in the preview, not in this actual episode. I've always wondered why.
The Camden 28 (2007)
Liberal Catholic Extremists?
Coming from a conservative Christian background, I don't think I ever equated the idea of Catholics or Liberals with extremism.
The group at the heart of this film was just that: Liberal Catholic Extremists. Some saw them as heroes and maybe some still do. I disagree. In spite of that however, the real shocker of this film wasn't anything done by them. The incident which is central to this film was just one of many that took place around the country. But what happened in Camden was a turning point.
With all the questions swirling around the Bush administration (was there really plausible justification to go to war with Iraq?); we have to ask just how far are government officials willing to go to get what they want? This particular slice of history, The Camden 28 still resonates today.