Needcoffee.com (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Twelve more episodes of Perry Mason are hitting DVD from Paramount on the first volume of the third season and we've got five copies slated to be given away. Would you like one? Simple. Enter below--and enter once a day (you can enter all the contests once day--not just one contest) and [...]
SitcomsOnline.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
It is Saturday, so that must mean it is time for the blog DVD review! Today we take a look at CBS DVD's Perry Mason: The Third Season, Volume 2. Perry Mason of course is the very popular law series. The series stars the great Raymond Burr. See skees53's blog DVD review of Perry Mason: The Third Season, Volume 2: Perry Mason: The Third Season,...
Notes From the Handbasket (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Perry Mason was my first television detective. (He was technically a lawyer, of course, but he always solved his own cases.) On the nights when my father was out of town, my mother would let us watch Perry Mason reruns as we ate our Noodles and Ground Beef Casserole. For years afterward, I associated Perry Mason with comfort food. Those were black & white days,...
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
By David Lambert - December 2nd sees the DVD release of Perry Mason - The 3rd Season, Volume 2. Back in late August we brought you the front package art for this 4-disc set. Now the studio has sent... (more)
webbits (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Earlier this week, I posted an editorial about how I was getting bored with the suit counter-suit thing regarding the RIAA. This case, delayed, hopefully due to good legal fear, is far from that. The suit involving Tenenbaum is shaping up like a Perry Mason episode. It is the list of defense witnesses that [...]
StyleCritics (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Brad Pitt was spotted not only with a mustache, but lookin’ like a modern day Perry Mason walkin’ the streets of New York. He certainly looks the part, and we can all see why Angelina is estatic about raising a big family with this gorgeous man. And he knows how to be all glam to [...]
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
THE BRASS VERDICT, by . Little, Brown, 422 pp., $26.99.In hard-boiled crime fiction, Perry Mason has always been the exception that proves the rule. Defense lawyers are so routinely depicted as shysters and sleazebags that Michael Connelly's decision to make a hero out of one is a brave move.In "The Brass Verdict," Connelly brings back counselor Mickey Haller, who made his debut in "The...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... in order to make sure active players received bigger royalty payments. Here was one of the Perry Mason moments in the case: "The retirees pointed to a 2001 letter from a union executive telling Electronic Arts Inc. to scramble the images of retired players in the popular "Madden NFL" video game or they would have to pay them." NFL retirees have been complaining publicly for a few...
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... as "The Dating Game" and "What's My Line." His small TV parts included credits on "Gunsmoke," "Perry Mason," "Batman," "Mission Impossible" and "Fantasy Island." He also appeared in films including "Lethal Weapon" films and Robert Altman's "Short Cuts."His small, dark restaurant near the beach was known for its stiff drinks, potatoes au gratin with bananas, and for the historic "Astro-nut"...
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
... “Rear Window”(1954) includes an all-star cast with James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter and “Perry Mason” star, Raymond Burr. One of Hitchcock's classics, this film is about L.B. Jeffries (Stewart), a photographer who, because of a broken leg, is confined to his apartment. His "window shop" view of the apartment complex turns him into an amateur sleuth when he suspects a murder...
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
... this week recalls “.” His choices include Bats Fly at Dusk, by “A.A. Fair,” a pseudonym used by Perry Mason creator . I’ve recently had the good fortune to acquire a small trove of Gardner/Fair’s private eye novels, including Bats Fly at Dusk. With Grossman’s recommendation, I really look forward to reading it.• James Hynes offers his , while Brad Leithauser comes up with his own...
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
... recuperating from a broken leg, tracking the actions of a mysterious salesmen (Raymond Burr, pre-Perry Mason) through the lens of his camera with the assistance of debutante fiance Lisa Carol Fremont (Kelly), the movie is a rush of tension, romance, laughter and shocking surprises. Quite possibly this is one of the most oft-imitated suspense flicks ever made. Heck, current Eagle Eye...
