James spreads his sardonic wit in a themed game show episode! It's all a bit filler vanilla but the one that could be won equally by a goat eating spinach or a professor with a brain the size of Wrexham powers to the front, by virtue of having big money prizes.

The image for this episode was generated by a free AI image generator with the prompt:

A black and white drawing of stick figures on the set of a generic TV game show.

James has got confused (again) He's reviewed ‘Gilmore Girls’ thinking it was ‘Derry girls’. But he likes it anyway (with a few reservations.) And as for 'wheeler dealers', well, passionate experts looking at mechanical stuff has always appealed. And then there is Joker. Well, not the anodyne origin story he was expecting. Grime. Violence. Menace. All in all, a brilliant film, so far from the usual tedious superman/batman snooze-fests it could have come from a different planet. A must watch.

By the way, the image for this episode was generated by a free AI image generator with the prompt:

A teenage girl and her glam Mum are driving an MGB Roadster while overhead is an exaggerated red grin.

James had heard of Ludwig, even read a good review about it, so he thinks he should shove in his critical ha’pence. As for Anna Richardson: Love, Loss & Dementia …. well … like most people his age, James is scared? Terrified? Curious? About losing his marbles, and ending up drooling in the corner. And to finish, what is - are? - MAFS? That’s M A F S. James has no idea, so thought he'd find out.

The image for this episode was generated by a free AI image generator with the prompt:

a man with a head like a jigsaw is looking at an old man with an empty space in his head while in the background are a bride and groom.

So, here we go for another eclectic mix: ‘Secret Crush’ which is a .. erm … game show? A reality program? In truth, James isn't sure. He's hoping for ‘dress to impress’ levels of mind-boggling ineptitude and fist in mouth embarrassment, but who knows? Plus, what appears to be a dramadoc about small town murders, so could be interesting. And, to finish, a silent, black and white Charlie Chaplin classic. How does that appear now, a 103 years later?

By the way, the image for this episode was generated by a free AI image generator with the prompt:

In a mysterious English village, a tramp wearing a bowler hat is carrying a heart-shaped letter while a girl holding a knife looks on.

James confirms a 1970s sitcom is as good as he remembers, while an infantile Stateside police procedural gets up his nose. To end, he's sad and disappointed at a bit of jet air travel puffery, and mangles a Peter Cook quote to finish.

The image for this episode was generated by a free AI image generator with the prompt:

a USA police car in front of a run-down, decrepit Victorian townhouse while overhead are many, many planes of different sizes and types

Seldom has James's sardonic eye been put to better use than in reviewing 'Strictly.' But then he really rates 'The Northman.' Who wouldn't, with Valkyries and whatever. As for Buddha, well, it looks like the kind of religion he'd like. If it is a religion.

The image for this episode was generated by a free AI image generator with the prompt:

a painting of two energetic, colourful dancers. Behind is a large Buddha wearing a viking helmet.

God (? if there is such a thing) knows what happened the Buddha's helmet.

James nods off during a worthy, bucolic program full of good intentions and finds an early Clint Eastwood doesn't come up to snuff.

the image for this episode was generated by a free AI image generator with the prompt:

wheat fields, a cosy thatched cottage and a tall, menacing, clean shaven deputy sheriff.

James is quite impressed with a 1954 film starring Judy Holiday and Jack Lemmon, but is very much not impressed with an Ozzie soap opera set in a bay.

The image for this episode was generated with the prompt:

A 1950s young woman is washing her hands with bubbly soap, while in the background an opera is being performed.