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This episode of "Mannix" involves a briefcase which would clear a gangster that his lawyer wants badly. Joe takes the case despite his hatred for that gangster to possibly protect that lawyer's life. Oh, there was also some stolen jewelry but that may have been a distraction, so to speak. There's also a henchman and a beautiful gangster's wife played here by Barbara Rhodes. This turned out to be Robert Reed's final appearance as Lt. Tobias. I'll just now say this was another exciting ep of "Mannix" with many chases and quite a number of fatal accidents, that's for sure! I had many eps taped but for some reason, I can't access them so this may be my last one for this series for awhile...

Just saw this long-awaited movie version of the Broadway musical with my best friend just now. We were both enthralled by this adaptation of The Wizard of Oz characters and set-ups and the parallels to certain situations that are happening in the present time. Not having seen the original presentations on stage, we both liked what was depicted in the movie version from many of the numbers to the way many characters were predicting their future selves. There hardly seemed to be any wasted time as the narrative went along and I can see why a decision was made to do a Part II for this one. So that's a high recommendation of Wicked: Part I from us.

In honor of Dick Van Dyke's 99th birthday today, I just watched this video of Coldplay's "All My Love" in which we spend time at Dick's home with Chris Martin singing this touching song while we see footage of Dick's highlights during his career including many scenes of his classic show, Mary Poppins, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He discusses his philosophy while also watching his family members gathering around him. This was a really touching tribute to him so on that note, Happy Birthday, Mr. Van Dyke! Oh, let me also mention that before watching this video, I also saw Dick and Chris' appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live". They were great there, that's for sure!