Written by Musgo Del Jefe

MUSGO'S TOP 100 FEATURE OF THE WEEK:
No. 75 - Blazing Saddles (AMC) (SAT)

I can tell that as I approach 25% of my list that it's getting hard to seed some great films. There's no doubt that Blazing Saddles is one of my top 100 movies, but how do you rank it against other dramas? Yet, here it sits above Dial M For Murder but just not as good as Glengarry Glen Ross. I don't even know where to start with the greatness of this film for me in my youth. Along with Young Frankenstein and The Jerk, this was as good as "adult" comedies got. Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder are just the comedy anchors here. A host of Mel Brooks regulars flesh out a ton of jokes and you can't forget Alex Karras punching a horse.

Ratings around this movie . . .

70 - Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
73 - Glengarry Glen Ross
76 - Dial M For Murder
78 - The Great Dictator
81 - Goodfellas

SUNDAY
Tin Man (SCI-FI) I predict this show wins the "Best Trailer That Makes A Boring Series" award for 2007. It looks great set to music in a 60-second trailer. I fear this three-part miniseries will not hold up well over six hours.

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (HBO) This John Landis doc looks great - it's not really a performance pic but a celebration of the man who everyone wishes would single them out with his saber wit.

MONDAY
Samantha Who? (ABC) Did I read that this was given a full season? Once again I ask, who's watching this show?

Heroes (NBC) Finale to first half of the season actually has me a little interested. Yes, I'm coming around, but only a little.

TUESDAY
America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC) I think this show is almost giving The Simpsons a run for longest-running show in primetime right now (after 60 Minutes, of course). Tonight it relocates nights to give us crotch hits, Christmas-style.

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (CBS) Another classic marks the season for me. I shall downplay my obsession with this show by not mentioning an actual two-shelf, glassed-in display of figures from the show that resides in my TV room.

WEDNESDAY
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (ABC) See Rudolph minus half the toys.

Rise Of The Video Game (DISC) I've really been enjoying the "remember that?" feeling of this series. What's most amazing is to see how little removed we are from the Sega Genesis debut in the early '90s. Compare that to less than 15 years later - where will we be in another 10 years? That's the focus of tonight's episode.