Although they were shipped a day apart, all my DVDs showed up yesterday. I played the Our Mr. Sun/Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays set first--and was immediately transported back in time. These were both made for television, one in 1956, one in 1957, on a series sponsored by then "Bell Telephone" (with the old "Liberty Bell" type logo) called The Bell Science Series. There are also two other shows out on a DVD, both about the human body; I wish they had released the one on linguistics.

I remember seeing the sun story in school, and possible had seen the cosmic rays one as well, since I recognized the Edgar Allan Poe character. The latter story is told in the form of a mystery story, with our heroes, Dr. Frank Baxter as "Dr. Research" and Richard Carlson as the writer, proposing that the story of the discovery of cosmic rays be nominated for an Edgar award. I got a kick out of that because I know someone who has won a couple of those...

I also played the first half of the Little House on the Prairie Christmas DVD, one of my favorite holiday stories, "Christmas at Plum Creek." Call it "Little House meets O. Henry." To my complete surprise, not having seen the unedited version since it ran on NBC 29 years ago (!!!!), the "professional copy" I had on VHS from Goodtimes was edited! Two entire scenes following the Ingalls' family visit to the general store in the beginning were missing; my tape cuts in on the action back at the little house where Carrie asks what Christmas is. There also is a missing scene where Laura asks Pa how he knew how to make a fish trap. Some "professional copy"!

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