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Studio One: The Defender: Part 1 (1957)
"Boston Legal" Flashback For Shatner
The episode of "Boston Legal" that aired in early April 2007 involved a man taking most of the cast hostage to have a re-trial. The original trial involved an early defense by Denny Crane (Shatner), in which he used a "trick" to get an accused murderer acquitted. The victim of the murder was the hostage takers mother. The retrial involved reading the original transcripts, during which flashback scenes (in black & white) were shown, mostly of Shatner's very youthful character talking to his overbearing lawyer father. Cleverly done, and it must have been this episode, although I've never seen the episode other than as part of "Boston Legal".
Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992)
Very Interesting Combination of Art History and Animation
My wife (an art major) and I saw this on PBS' series "The Territory", April 2006. As a hobbyist animator, I was very impressed by the "clay painting" technique (not really claymation, more 2D), and we both had fun trying to name the (many, many) iconic art works. Everything from Munch's "Scream" to Warhol's Marilyn.
The technique involved more or less continuous "morphing" from one work to another, but artistically done rather than much of the mindless photographic morphing. It gives the impression of a "chain of thought" type dream tour through a really good modern art museum.
Great stuff.