by David Krell | Dec 1, 2014 | David Krell
America’s favorite teenager turns 73 this month. Debuting in Pep #22 (December 1941), Archie Andrews has entertained generations with his antics, his schemes, and his struggle to decide between Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge. He also gave us a sound...
by David Krell | Jan 10, 2014 | David Krell
The White Shadow revealed Ken Reeves’ back story in the two-part Season 3 premiere episode Reunion. Reeves’ Bayside High School Class of 1960 holds its 20-year reunion, furnishing the trigger for Reeves’ return to old friends, lost loves, and family...
by David Krell | Jan 9, 2014 | David Krell
The White Shadow benefited from a large cast. Frequently, an episode focused on one player’s problems. Always, Coach Reeves got involved. In the episode The Great White Dope, Salami embraces bar fighting as an alternative pastime. Undoubtedly, the popularity...
by David Krell | Jan 8, 2014 | David Krell
The White Shadow depicted issues concerning Coach Reeves and his players without being preachy, moralistic, or condescending to the audience. In Just One of the Boys, Raymond Collins transfers from Palisades High School to Carver High School. Collins’ father...
by David Krell | Jan 7, 2014 | David Krell
When Ken Reeves arrives at George Washington Carver High School, he is about as welcome as a cat at a mouse convention. The basketball team doesn’t like him. The Vice Principal doesn’t like him. And Reeves doesn’t know how to gain the trust of...
by David Krell | Jan 6, 2014 | David Krell
Welcome Back, Kotter meets the fish-out-of-water theme. That’s The White Shadow. An NBA journeyman player has a career-ending knee injury, then takes a job as a basketball coach at an inner-city Los Angeles high school where he unwillingly, sometimes...
