Whatever happened to Adrian Zmed?

Answer: You know, I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said to me, "After working in the Arizona desert for 33 years, I've become obsessed with Adrian Zmed!" And I don't know quite how to break this to you, but if acting work were water, Zmed would be a cactus. His recent credits include something called "SHIRA: The Vampire Samurai" (it went straight to video, usually not an indicator of high quality) and "The Drone Virus" (it wasn't even good enough to go straight to video). He also appears occasionally on the VH1 series "I Love the '80s."

Question: Is the woman who plays a detective on "CSI: NY" the same woman who played a doctor on the old series "Providence"?

Answer: Yep. Melina Kanakaredes by name.

Question: In the 1970s, I saw a movie on television starring Valerie Harper. While traveling alone, she witnessed a crime and ended up being chased by the criminals. I know it's dumb, but the only other thing I can remember about this movie is that she was driving a Ford station wagon. Can you tell me the name of this movie? Is it presently on video?

Answer: Geez, who'd want to kill Rhoda? Even if she was driving a Ford! That's the 1977 TV movie "Night Terror," which also stars Richard Romanus and Nicholas Pryor. It's not yet on video.

Question: The dwarf actor Billy Barty was on a show when I was a kid in the mid-1970s. He was the henchman for a creepy full-size man (who played evil characters a lot during that time). It seems that they chased people who had been shrunken, or something. I ask this because I saw Billy Barty in Cincinnati when I was engaged nine years ago and had no idea how to approach him regarding the show. Did this show exist?

Answer: Wait a minute — I'm still trying to figure out why Billy Barty was in Cincinnati at your engagement party in 1996. Oh, never mind. The show was "Dr. Shrinker," which was a segment of the "Krofft Supershow," which ran on ABC Saturday mornings in 1976-77. Dr. Shrinker was played by Jay Robinson. He was so named because he shrank people! Barty was Hugo, his assistant. He was so named because the producers thought it would be a good name for an assistant!

Question: On the first episode of "Bones" there was a song playing during the girl's funeral. Can you tell me the title?