Hitchcock’s approach often involved a sort of amiable competition with advertisers, and it seems likely that this alone was beneficial to them through increased visibility. It’s difficult to assign a numerical rating to an anthology series, but the majority of these segments were quite strong. The most memorable ones featured characters who weren't necessarily easy to identify with, yet still evoked some kind of e…

I’ve read a lot over the years—some of it I wouldn’t want anyone to see because it’s pretty awful. My more serious reading, things like history and philosophy, are displayed openly; however, my less respectable choices, those romance novels and cheap western or adventure stories, stay hidden away. Once, a roommate discovered me reading "The Wolf and the Dove." I'd found a paperback for just one dollar at a library…