TCM: Twenty Classic Moments

Ben Mankiewicz hosts this selection of clips to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Turner Classic Movies: on screen moments in interviews with luminaries. It's the sort of puff piece that the major studios used to turn out every few years to celebrate their anniversaries.

Although Mr. Mankiewicz is a little stiff in reading the lines off the teleprompter and some of the "classic moments" are not particularly overwhelming, it's all good. For twenty years, TCM has been the place where I get my regular fix of old movies. I tease my foreign movie fan friends who are intensely jealous of American access to these movies. So if the people at TCM want to pat themselves on the back, I hope they don't break their arms doing it.