Monthly Archiv: July, 2024

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis COMPLETE S 1-2-3-4

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis COMPLETE S 1-4

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052490/

Sensitive teenager Dobie Gillis (yes, Dobie being his real given name) exasperates his grocer father Herbert T. Gillis and is the apple of Winnie Gillis’ eye, she being his mother. Dobie has an almost singular focus on the opposite sex, more often than not the object of his affection being the beautiful but money hungry Thalia Menninger, who in turn often loves Dobie but always loves money more, which Dobie never has and in his current life direction probably will never have to the extent that would satisfy Thalia. If not Thalia, Dobie pursues several other girls in his search for true love. His best friend is Maynard G. Krebs, a largely clueless but kind-hearted beatnik and lover of jazz music, he who always does what his best buddy Dobie does, often much to the chagrin of others in Dobie’s life. While Dobie chases girls, the one girl he knows he does not want but who in turn knows that one day she will become Mrs. Dobie Gillis is bright Zelda Gilroy, who largely uses logic to …

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The Wyvern Mystery COMPLETE mini series

The Wyvern Mystery COMPLETE mini series

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237934/

After hastening the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man’s young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice falls in love with one of the squire’s two sons. She and Charles elope, incurring the wrath of his father who had lecherous intentions towards Alice. The newlyweds avoid the squire by living in an outlying estate where their baby is born. Charles is attacked by a mysterious woman who literally comes out of the woodwork, and their baby is hidden away in another home. Alice feels trapped, surrounded by secrets and mysteries and wondering who she can really trust.

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The Last of the Australians COMPLETE S 1-2

The Last of the Australians COMPLETE S 1-2

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0222580/

Alwyn Kurts (formerly Insp. Fox in HOMICIDE) displays an uncanny comedic talent as Ted Cook, a noisy bigoted Aussie bloke in his late fifties. A proud and patriotic ex WW2 digger, Ted now finds himself with a career as a lift operator. He’s never without an opinion – professing a particular dislike for the Labour Party, hippies, feminists and every footy team other than his beloved Collingwood.

Dot, his long suffering wife (played by Rosie Sturgess), knows Ted’s bark is worse than his bite and for the most part she is immune to his bluster. Ted also knows Dot has a bite of her own.

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