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Let's start this week with Cult TV Blog, and not just because John has some very kind words about my War and Peace review from a couple of weeks ago (see here if you've forgotten). We're still dealing with The Omega Factor, and this week's episode is "Child's Play," which is to say that it's nothing of the sort, of course. 

At Classic Film & TV Cafe, Rick looks at Sword of Sherwood Forest, a Hammer Films Robin Hood adventure from 1960, with Richard Greene reprising his television role as Robin for the big screen, and Peter Cushing as the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Cult TV Lounge returns to look at the second season of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, and among the big surprises is that there even is a second season. What did he do with that season, and did it work? Read on and find out.

JB has a fun trip down the rabbit hole at The Hits Just Keep On Comin': a look at the Periscope Films YouTube Channel, with stock footage clips that I can promise, from personal experience, will keep you entertained for hours. See what he found.

At Minnesota Kidvid, a fascinating article looks at the cultural impact of the Matinee Movie on us kids as we were growing up. I have fond memories of Mel Jass, the Twin Cities movie host, and those afternoon movies were indeed an important part of my movie love.

"Moving Targets" does sound like an appropriate title for an episode of The A-Teqm, doesn't it? At The View from the Junkyard, Roger discusses the team's latest adventure, involving a plane crash and a nasty double-cross, among other things.

Finally, not having anything to do with television at all but with the greater adventure of life, Bob Sasone repeats his "If I Gave a Commencement Address" Saturday Evening Post piece from last year. It's well worth reading when you have a minute; to paraphrase James Clavell's The Children's Story, it's not just for graduates.

So we're up to the unofficial beginning of summer this weekend, and while it doesn't particularly feel like it here, with temperatures in the upper 60s today, we're not going to let that stop us. Enjoy the three-day weekend, and if you're on the road, be careful: I can't afford to lose any readers! TV

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