Today I went to FYE Superstore and was looking in the DVD's and I could not believe my eyes when I saw Tales Of The Gold Monkey. I grabbed it and started to jump up and down because I was so excited. Never in a million years did I think I'd ever see this show again. This was one of my favorite shows of all time. It only lasted one season, but I loved it so much. I loved Stephen Collins,even though he was way older than me. I was only 12 or 13 when this show aired and Stephen Collins was probably in his 30's. I had a picture of him on my wall for how long because I loved him so much and I had a crush on him. It's funny because when I was younger, I'd look at older guys and now that I'm older, I like younger guys. I laugh about that. There are some older actors that I think are still very good looking. Stephen Collins looks pretty good for his age and he still has his cute dimples.
When I was a kid, I was never in love with any of my favorite actors, I just had a crush on them and thought one day I'd marry them. I dreamed about being with them, but that's all they were, just dreams. I still will always love my favorite actors, singers, athletes and movie stars and some of them are dead and have been for years. I remember Andy Gibb. It was sad that he died at 30. I still can't believe that and I still love him and think about him, especially when I listen to the beautiful songs he wrote and sang.
Now back to Stephen Collins. I was so happy to see Stephen was back in a series on TV. I know he was in other shows and movies, including Star Trek, but some of them I don't even know. I just know when I saw he was in 7TH Heaven, I was very happy and I loved watching him play reverend Camden. It's nice that 7TH Heaven went for 11 seasons and he was in the show until the end. I just loved his character in there and I loved the show. I remember when the TV Guide wrote about the show and said that it was too preachy. I guess that's the word to use for being a good and decent show, instead of filth. I hope kids watched the show and got something out of it and it helped them in their lives. I know when I used to watch TV in the past, there was always something that helped me in my own life. I don't know why people call TV the idiot box. It's only that, if you're an idiot sitting there watching with an empty head that gets filled up with everything you see and you don't use your brain to process anything. I've always gotten something out of watching TV. I've learned how many things because of certain shows that I've watched. I learned new words and I used to always look things up in the dictionary or an encyclopedia all the time because I wanted to know things.
It's nice when you can find these old shows to watch. Now I have something else to watch while all my shows are in repeats.
