“Howdy Kids: Saturday Afternoon Western Roundup”
If you grew up in the 1950s, then this is a three-DVD set you have to own. It’s a fun trip back to Saturdays when heroes — who rode horses, flew planes and even got around in a jeep — ruled the television airwaves.
There are 25 episodes of live-action programming originally designed to entertain children.
Included are episodes of “The Lone Ranger,” “The Range Rider,” “The Rifleman,” “The Adventures Of Rick O’Shay,” “Fury,” “The Roy Rogers Show,” “Annie Oakley,” “The Adventures Of Kit Carson,” “The Adventures Of Champion,” “The Cisco Kid,” “Sergeant Preston Of the Yukon,” “Sky King,” “Red Ryder” and “Buffalo Bill Jr.”
Grade: B+
“Boss: Season 2”
The second season of this political and human drama featuring Kelsey Grammer as Chicago Mayor Tom Kane steps up the intensity of the first season.
Grammer’s first year was good enough to earn him a Golden Globe. The second season comes with an even stronger performance from Grammer, who portrays a politician battling to hold his career together despite having a debilitating brain disease.
Grade: B
Also new
“Hyde Park on Hudson”: Bill Murray portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
“Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War”: Richard Basehart narrates this four-DVD set that covers from 1945-1975.
“Into The Cold”: Documentary follows two men as they retrace and commemorate Robert E. Peary’s successful expedition to the North Pole.
Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee (Fresno, Calif.)
Talk to us
> Give us your news tips.
> Send us a letter to the editor.
> More Herald contact information.
