Movies/TV – Doyle's Space

Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)

He accepts the sheriff’s job largely because of the salary, making it clear that he intends to leave soon because he’s on his way to Australia.

Support Your Local Sheriff! is a 1969 American Western comedy directed by Burt Kennedy and written and produced by William Bowers. James Garner stars as Jason McCullough, a wandering gunslinger who arrives in the rapidly growing Colorado mining town of Calendar and takes the job of sheriff primarily because it pays well. Joan Hackett plays Prudy Perkins, daughter of Mayor Olly Perkins, played by Harry Morgan, while Walter Brennan is Pa Danby, the patriarch of the notoriously troublesome Danby family.

Jeff Van Note, Mary Louise Weller, Verne Allison, and John Anderson Die

Four more losses to reflect on here fall of 2026…

These folks played football for Kentucky and then center for the Atlanta Falcons for 18 years; was a movie/TV star best known for Animal House; was a co-founder for the R&B vocal group The Dells; and was a Country Hall of Fame singer/songwriter known for “Wild and Blue”, “Straight Tequila Night”, and the 1983 “Swingin'”.

Corner Gas – Doyle’s Space: SitCom Hall of Fame

Dog River is certainly small, but it is not presented as an idealized Mayberry-like community. The official description emphasizes that it is a town where everybody knows everybody else’s business, and the characters frequently interfere in one another’s lives.

Corner Gas is a Canadian sitcom created by comedian Brent Butt that became one of the most successful and recognizable television comedies in Canadian history. The series premiered on CTV on January 22, 2004, and ran for six seasons and 107 episodes, ending on April 13, 2009. Its setting was the fictional prairie town of Dog River, Saskatchewan, a place described as being “40 kilometres from nowhere,” where very little seems to happen and the residents are perfectly capable of

Stop Motion

The subject can be a puppet, clay figure, miniature, toy, paper cutout, model, or even a person.

Stop-motion animation is one of the oldest forms of animation and one of the most distinctive techniques in filmmaking. Its basic principle is simple: an animator photographs a physical object, moves it slightly, photographs it again, and repeats the process until the individual photographs create the illusion of continuous movement. The subject can be a puppet, clay figure, miniature, toy, paper cutout, model, or even a person. Although modern productions use digital cameras, computers, 3D printing, and sophisticated visual effects, the essential process remains the same as it was more than a century ago:

Heart of the Beast (2026)

The story centers on James and his retired combat dog, Odin, who become stranded in the Alaskan wilderness.

Heart of the Beast is a 2026 American survival adventure thriller directed by David Ayer and written by Cameron Alexander. The film stars Brad Pitt as James Belmont, a former Special Forces officer, with J.K. Simmons and Anna Lambe in supporting roles. Paramount Pictures released the movie in American theaters on September 25, 2026, with a running time of approximately 101 minutes and a PG-13 rating. The story centers on James and his retired combat dog, Odin, who become stranded in the Alaskan wilderness

How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Although The Robe, released earlier in 1953, became the first CinemaScope picture released to the public, How to Marry a Millionaire had actually completed production before The Robe.

How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 American romantic comedy directed by Jean Negulesco and produced and written by Nunnally Johnson for Twentieth Century-Fox. The film stars Betty Grable as Loco Dempsey, Marilyn Monroe as Pola Debevoise, and Lauren Bacall as Schatze Page, three New York models who decide that ordinary romance is not enough and set out to marry wealthy men. The supporting cast includes William Powell, David Wayne, Rory Calhoun, Cameron Mitchell, Alex D’Arcy, Fred Clark, and George Dunn.

The Lawnmower Man (1992)

The visual-effects work was particularly ambitious for its time, with Angel Studios and other effects artists creating the elaborate computer-generated virtual worlds.

The Lawnmower Man is a 1992 science-fiction horror film directed by Brett Leonard and written by Leonard and Gimel Everett, with Everett also serving as producer. The principal cast includes Jeff Fahey as Jobe Smith, Pierce Brosnan as Dr. Lawrence “Larry” Angelo, Jenny Wright as Marnie Burke, Geoffrey Lewis as Terry McKeen, Austin O’Brien as Peter Parkette, and Jeremy Slate as Father Francis McKeen. The film was released by New Line Cinema on March 6, 1992, carried an R rating, and runs 108 minutes in its theatrical form.

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

The farmhouse did not have running water, and some members of the crew reportedly endured extremely primitive conditions during the lengthy shoot.

Night of the Living Dead is a landmark 1968 American independent horror film directed by George A. Romero, who also served as cinematographer and editor, and written by Romero and John A. Russo. Produced by Russell W. Streiner and Karl Hardman for Image Ten, the film had its Pittsburgh premiere on October 2, 1968, and runs approximately 96 minutes. Although it was made on a remarkably small budget, generally reported between about $114,000 and $125,000, it became one of the most

Peter Max, Bob Mackie, Dennis Haskins, and Bob Lee Die

Four more losses to reflect on here as summer ends in 2026…

These guys were an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer whose brilliantly colored, cosmic imagery became closely associated with the psychedelic and “flower power” culture of the 1960s; a fashion designer and costumier, known for Cher, Elton, Tina Turner, Dolly, Carol Burnett Show, etc; an actor best known for principal Richard Belding in Saved By the Bell; and a punter, quarterback for Minnesota, Atlanta, and Los Angeles .

Masters of the Universe (2026)

It was a good thing this was an origin story because I would have had no idea what was happening.

“Masters of the Universe” is the 2026 live-action fantasy adventure film based on Mattel’s enormously popular Masters of the Universe franchise, bringing He-Man, Skeletor, Teela, Man-At-Arms, the Sorceress and the world of Eternia back to the big screen in a much more ambitious production than the earlier 1987 movie. The film was directed by Travis Knight, whose previous work includes “Bumblebee” and the acclaimed animated features “Kubo and the Two Strings” and “The Boxtrolls.”