One of the national parks my wife and I want to visit after
I retire is Death Valley. Described as the
thriving land of extremes, its stark and barren beauty has drawn in millions of
park visitors over the decades.
Mill Creek Entertainment presents the national Park
Exploration Series: Death Valley Blu-ray that offers a stunning virtual tour in
high definition of the famous landmark. Valleys, mountains, dunes, and
basins-they’re all here as the Blu-ray traverses the stark landscape sprinkled
with wild flowers, a surprisingly large population of wildlife and even ghost towns.
Fans of the much beloved Madeline children series, popular
with kids the world over for over 70 years, makes the transition from print to
screen in two delightful DVD series that are comprised of the Madeline animated
TV series episodes.
Bonjour Madeline introduces young viewers to Madeline and
her friends in the pilot episode along with five additional adventures.
The second DVD episode selection offers The Adventures of Madeline
in Paris. Tour the City of Lights as
Madeline, Genevieve and her friends tour the great city and take in all the sights.
Madeline creator Ludqwig Bemelman would be
proud of this delightful animated series.
Long before Steve McQueen became a superstar movie actor he
paid his dues playing bit parts in movies and TV series eventually winding up
the star of the TV Western series Wanted: Dead Or Alive.
In the series (that lasted three seasons) McQueen played Josh
Randall, the sawed off shotgun totting bounty hunter roaming the Wild West in
search of bad guys, flirting with the ladies and upholding the law despite personal
risk and profit.
Ninety two episodes follow his adventures that also guest
starred some of the biggest names in movies and TV before they became famous.
Here’s just a partial list of future stars: DeForest Kelley,
Martin Landau, James Coburn, Mary Tyler Moore and dozens more.
Five featurettes are included in the Complete Series DVD
collection. They include everything from
the women in the series to the special gun Randall carried. Four colorized episodes, a Photo Gallery and two
McQueen movies are also included.
Hard to believe singer Kenny Rogers has been around as long
as he has. Now in his seventies, Kenny
still belts out his songs. He was at his
most popular in the 1980s and 1990s releasing a string of number one hits few
people have matched. It seems where ever
you looked Kenny was there: on the record shelves, in the movies and most
particularly on TV.
The Kenny Rogers Christmas Special: Keep Christmas With You
is one of his most famous specials and for good reason.
Big name singing stars were guests on the show such as Garth
Brooks, Boyz II Men and Trisha Yearwood.
The spectacular special was filmed at the famous Grand Palace Theatre in
Brandson, Missouri and featured a full choir and orchestra.
In the early 1990s Sci-Fi TV was huge. Star Trek, Babylon 5 and other lesser known
series dominated the airways. Everyone
could not get enough of space adventures.
With the advent of computer generated special effects (while
still in its infancy) TV shows could afford, relatively cheaply, to produce fantastic
visual effects and strange alien worlds.
Space Rangers: The Complete Sci-Fi Cult Classic TV Series
follows the adventures of Space Rangers (part Peacekeepers and Marines) who
patrol space in order to ward off criminals and other space borne threats. Based at remote forts all over the galaxy the
Space Rangers must use their wits, skills and courage to face sometimes
impossible odds to serve and protect.
Look for a few familiar faces of now well known TV show
stars early in tier careers.