ShowBiz Unscripted

A look at the History channel documentary of Ulysses S. Grant. Leonardo DiCaprio produced the three part mini-series about the Civil War General and President of the United States.

Lainie & Jim do a retrospective of the 1946 fantasy-comedy starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Directed by Charles Barton and distributed by Universal Pictures. Also starring Marjorie Reynolds, Binnie Barnes, Gale Sondergaard, John Shelton, Kirk Alyn, Lynn Baggett, Jess Barker, Ann Gillis, and Donald MacBride.

Lainie & Jim take a look back at the 1953 science fiction comedy starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Directed by Charles Lamont and made by Universal-International. Also starring Mari Blanchard, Anita Ekberg, Dudley Dickerson and Harry Shearer. Music by Henry Mancini. Featuring the Miss Universe contestants as the inhabitants of Venus.

Lainie and Jim check out the original TV Movie that started off the adventures of the bionic man. "The Six Million Dollar Man," later retitled "The Moon and the Desert," stars Lee Majors as '70s icon Steve Austin in his first outing as the character adapted from the Martin Caidin novel CYBORG. Also starring Martin Balsam, Barbara Anderson and Darren McGavin.