Saturday, September 4, 2010

"Shining Time Station" (series) by Ringo Starr – ***

First released: 1989

Ringo started narrating adventures of "Thomas the Tank Engine". Later, PBS thought it would be a great idea to create a wraparound segment with Ringo cast as Mr. Conductor, which he duly did. Still later, Ringo got bored with this idea and was replaced by George Carlin, and then by Alec Baldwin. Now they're back with just "Thomas the Tank Engine" with some unknown narrating. Ah well.

As for the show itself, it’s a bit sugary sweet for my tastes, but seeing Ringo or George Carlin was always a treat.

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