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There are few films with a script as witty and literate as "Ninotchka". There's beauty in every line. This is when people really talked in films instead of getting in car chases or climbing over buildings.

Garbo could have evolved into a real comic actress if she had given herself the chance. Not unlike Katharine Hepburn she shows a comic flare that is equal to her dramatic flare. But she "vanted to be alone".

In "Camille" she spent the entire film dying. In "Ninotchka" she spends the entire film coming to life. And it's a joy to watch.

The low rating of this brilliant episode is the result of a silly internet conspiracy. Pay no attention to it.

This is the second of only two episodes of "I Love Lucy" that is a pure musical (the equally brilliant "The Operetta" is the other).

It's difficult to imagine a sit-com today going through the trouble of coming up with original songs and dance numbers for an episode. Yet that's just what "I Love Lucy" did and the result is pure joy.

For once Lucy actually gets to sing without her singing voice being the punchline. She does quite a decent job. Ricky pretending to be Scottish is hilarious. Even better is Fred and Ethel as the two-headed dragon.

The songs are memorably funny and tuneful.

This episode is near-perfect yet is ranked lower than a great many lesser "I Love Lucy" episodes. That is a terrible shame.

Often called the very worst film to ever be nominated for Best Picture I recall watching this film when I was five years old. It must have had something for me at that age. I recently tried re-watching it. I made it through 40 minutes before saying "I can't do this to myself. Life's too short!" Even the film's one excuse for its existence, the Oscar-winning song "Talk to the Animals" isn't really a great song. But it's better than anything else the film has to offer. Today I think its sole purpose would be as punishment for unruly children.