Ernest Dempsey, Author at The Retro Network

Cage Without a Key – Was Sidney Sheldon Inspired by It?

Did they do it all in the ‘70s with nothing left untouched when it came to storylines for cinema and TV? Revisiting little known or long-forgotten gems from the decade supports this impression. Even Sidney

Remembering the Final Season of Airwolf

Ernest Dempsey

CBS enthralled millions of American viewers as well as international audiences with the airing of Airwolf in 1984. With Jan-Michael Vincent as the show’s hero Stringfellow Hawke, the lead pilot of the titular advanced combat

Perfect Strangers – When Jennifer and Marry Anne Lost It

Ernest Dempsey

For seven plus years (1986–93), ABC entertained the American audience with the unique duo of distant cousins Larry Appleton (Mark Linn-Baker) and Balki Bartokomous (Bronson Pinchot) as protagonists of the sitcom Prefect Strangers. Viewers got

Two-Way Déjà Vu with ‘70s Sci-Fi Flicks

Ernest Dempsey

Sci-fi cinema almost habitually broke the bounds of human comfort and convention by engaging with alternative scenarios of life. Many of these alternative worlds have crept into the real world around us over the years.