© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-rkingfish Recent reviews written by member rkingfish en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_492475551364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - When The Avengers premiered on British television in January of 1961, Patrick MacNee played second-banana to an actor named Ian Hendry. Dr. David Keel was adept at multi-tasking - the character being one of those hybrid crime-solving... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492475551364 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:50:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492475551364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492136402564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - The 1961 premier of The Avengers brought to the small British screen a rather routine police procedural with an inauspicious historical slant; acts two through four of the first episode titled “Hot Snow” were forever lost due to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492136402564 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:13:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492136402564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491784277636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - Before season four of The Avengers was imported to the States (via ABC), various co-stars and production formats had come-and-gone. An infusion of American interest (and capital) brought an upgrade from videotape to 35mm film stock and yet... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491784277636 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:48:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491784277636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485669506692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - Those of us with a passion for kitchen creativity eventually commit our favorite and frequent recipes to memory. For me, this includes most main dishes and a variety of breads and cakes that are a family tradition; or soon will be. Whether it be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485669506692 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:48:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485669506692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483556298372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - Ahhh... the memories. Nearly every snapshot that remains of my father is one where a cigar is prominently and orally displayed. Christmas meant that boxes and boxes of colorfully wrapped offerings from White Owl and Phillies would appear... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483556298372 Wed, 2 Sep 2009 20:01:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483556298372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478170615428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - Thanks to some quick thinking from my buyer’s agent, I was able to purchase my new home furnished with some pretty classy stuff. My Canadian Maple dining room set (with matching bar stools) is really cool - trumped only by my brandy-new Canadian... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478170615428 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:38:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478170615428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477935603332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - It’s summer here in the land of the wild blueberry. So why am I baking a cherry pie? Has Washington’s birthday been moved due to that whole generic President’s Day flap? Could it be that we’re just tired of Strawberry Rhubarb for the time... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477935603332 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:46:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477935603332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477114568324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - Among the collection of cat toys that arrived with uber-kitten Tallywhacker, the Petstages Cheese Chase Cat Toy is his hands-down favorite - in fact, he appears to be enamored to the point of obsession. A former schooner cat, his seafaring days... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477114568324 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:14:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477114568324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_461563268740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - In the Golden Age of Hollywood, the stalwart B-picture had a noble and specific purpose. Aside from keeping a studio’s contract players busy and propping-up the company’s bottom line, it filled the flip side of the neighborhood... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~461563268740 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:34:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_461563268740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_461087149700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - I’m not sure what life is like these days for you folks out there, but here in the suburbs of Boston, the mood is an angry one. Seems the people who invested large sums of their hard-earned cash in a “sure thing” like Fannie Mae... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~461087149700 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:51:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_461087149700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460530355844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - What babysitter in her right mind would allow a seven year old boy to play with a real gun? Robert Selkirk is a “gifted” kid - and a high-strung and discriminating one. An only child of divorced parents, his future legacy awaits in the form of his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460530355844 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:09:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460530355844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460302028420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - How ironic it is that this week’s installment of Kirk and crew is titled Obsession, for that’s what my weekend date with the show has become. The original series (or “classic” as some fans prefer) has been running in syndication since 2007 and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460302028420 Sun, 8 Feb 2009 00:12:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460302028420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460102733444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - Leave it to RKO Radio Pictures to fall in a pile of poop and come up smelling like roses. Who else would purchase the rights to Rodgers & Hart’s 1940 hit Broadway musical Higher and Higher, scrap the entire score but for one... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460102733444 Thu, 5 Feb 2009 23:32:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460102733444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459638476420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - Future generations of sociologists and psychoanalysts will have a field day with the actions and motivations of one Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise. Like a veteran politician, Kirk subverts the “no interference” principle of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459638476420 Sun, 1 Feb 2009 09:57:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459638476420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458957098628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - Once upon a time (about a decade ago) I purchased a Whitfield Quest pellet stove from a friend whose antique shop was about to go belly-up. The $2,000 (retail-US) stove was used to heat the shop’s nether-regions untouched by the main... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458957098628 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:42:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458957098628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458750856836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - From the time I first saw the one hour documentary titled An Ice Cream Program (1996), producer Rick Sebak became an entertainer of interest. With a comfy and confident sing-song vocal narrative and cinema vérité style, he succeeded in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458750856836 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:52:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458750856836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458003287684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - In my opinion, the best room in the house is the kitchen. My baseline culinary activity begins with twice-a-week bread baking duties, with a cake or pie thrown-in as an occasional tasty treat. The winter months are especially kitchen-oriented due to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458003287684 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:11:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458003287684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456826916484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - Since I consider myself a smart shopper, surfing the weekly sales is the key to bagging the best deals. One problem with this strategy is that many of these “deals” are product not usually on my radar screen. While we can always appreciate a great... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456826916484 Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:12:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456826916484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456268942980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - Friends, neighbors, store clerks - I’ve pestered everyone who doesn’t run away screaming what they would recommend as a remedy for seasonal dry skin. The choices are overwhelming. So many products, so much of a potential waste of cash as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456268942980 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:26:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456268942980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455338593924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - If you have never seen an episode of The Avengers (1961-1969) you’re missing out on one of the great experiments in series television. The show’s original premise called for undercover cops working in exotic locales intended to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455338593924 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:32:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455338593924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454919097988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - There are few examples of series television that could be considered perfect. The combination of great casting, writing and a killer theme goes a long way toward that goal, but there’s also an ethereal quality of chemistry and karma that makes the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454919097988 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:34:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454919097988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454780817028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - When my mom was in grade school, she set about learning everything she could about the presidents. Her theory was that if you knew one subject inside-out, you’d never be at loss to appear smarter than you really were if the occasion should present... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454780817028 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:19:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454780817028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454081941124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - When millionaire playboy John Carver Billings II leaves a swank dinner club with the lovely Maurine Auburn in tow, how is he to know she’s the moll of the notorious gangster Gabby Garvanza? That’s the defense put forth when the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454081941124 Sun, 7 Dec 2008 05:37:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454081941124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453316349572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - Like the amateur psychologist, I know just enough information about most things to make me appear alternately wise or just plain foolish. At times, I’ve succeeded in juggling both traits simultaneously. As for familiarity with brewed spirits, I was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453316349572 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 05:33:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453316349572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453051715204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author rkingfish - Studebaker (1852 - 1966). The butt of jokes for decades. A name synonymous with failure - second only to that of the Edsel (1958 - 1960). While the Edsel was a well-funded leap off a cliff orchestrated by the Ford Motor Company, Studebaker’s... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453051715204 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:14:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453051715204?linkin_id=8003929