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I get what some of you are saying about schedules. I don't follow 'em very strictly myself all the time for sure, but I just figure in some cases it can work if it's something you really enjoy and look forward to.

Yesterday (Sunday) I began my new routine of watching an Abbott & Costello TV episode followed by an A&C feature film. I then watched the next chapter of the 1943 BATMAN serial. In this way I actually can look forward to the next installments on Sundays, and at the same time, I can exercise my A&C films, TV shows, and serials (for example).

Now, up until this point, those serials were sitting on my shelf for years. So have all the Abbott & Costello movies and TV episodes. Oh, I may pull one of the TV shows down once every couple of years or so or pop on a special A&C feature here and there.... but in my thinking, if I live to be 85 I'd never get the "urge" to watch every single one of these things multiple times. Without some sort of fun prodding or incentive, they'd never get watched.

I do the same thing with LOST IN SPACE. Back in 1989 I had recorded all 83 episodes on VHS off the USA Network, and I don't think I ever watched more than 12 of them in something like 15 years!!! And then I was elated that Fox DVD was releasing the entire show to DVD a few years ago ... but again, I seldom watched these damn discs!!. So, making it a Sunday morning habit (I watch around 8 am) it helps me get motivated to watch all 83 episodes over time, and it becomes something I can look forward to. I believe we're kidding ourselves when we imagine we're all going to "get the burning desire" to see all 83 shows regularly over our lifetimes! It just will never happen, and after all, that's why we've bought these things - to watch and enjoy them. Probably more than once too, which is why we've chosen to own, not rent.

What I enjoy doing with TV episodes is watch one per night. At least this is what I do during the regular week. That way it doesn't get tired, and it's not quite as extreme a wait between eps as it was when they originally aired as a once-a-week schedule.

On the weekends is when I usually go for a TWILIGHT ZONE or some other horror/sci-fi themed show; as a set-up for the main Feature.

I hear ya, Gil. This past weekend I had an urge to do a Saturday Night Double Feature of IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE and THIS ISLAND EARTH, and I made it through the first 20 minutes, and then OUT! What's weird is that when I began I felt very sure I would make it. No such luck. My wife always asks me why I take this so hard on myself and I tell her that when you're a fan of these movies and you've got a huge collection, the whole point is to enjoy it!

Looking forward to it, Paul!