That's 'Jason of Star Command'

Q. As a kid in the late 1970s, I remember a Saturday morning show that was live action (real people, not cartoons) and set in space. Seems like one of the guys from "Star Trek" was on it. Name and details, please?

A. Methinks you mean "Jason of Star Command," a little cheeseball of a show that ran on CBS from 1978 until 1980.

Jason was played by Craig Littler, and the man in charge was Commander Canarvin, played by James Doohan, aka Scotty on "Star Trek." For the second season, he was replaced by John Russell as Commander Stone.

The female interests were Capt. Nicole Davidoff (Susan Pratt O'Hanlon) in season one and Samantha (Tamara Dobson) in season two. Apparently there was high turnover at Star Command.

The enemy, in both seasons, was the evil Drago, played by veteran B-movie bad guy Sid Haig.

Q. Can you settle a dispute between me and my husband? The dispute involves the set of his favorite show, "Two and a Half Men." I say that Charlie's apartment is the same set they used when Laverne and Shirley moved to California from the Midwest. He disputes this. What do you say?

A. I side with him. As solid as they may look on TV, sets used on sitcoms are just that — sets. And they can be assembled and reassembled in hours.

"Laverne and Shirley" went off the air in 1980, so the possibility that a set from that show was left standing for 20 years until "Two and a Half Men" came along is as likely as me winning a Lindsay Lohan look-alike contest.

Q. On the season premiere of "Ugly Betty," they played a song with lyrics including "check baby, check" and "all I wanna do." Title, please?

A. That's "Rump Shaker" by Wreckx-N-Effect.

Q. I am trying to remember the title of a movie with a rural setting about a girl who was kept locked up until rescued by a social worker. I think it was a TV movie and Sissy Spacek may have been in it. Is it available on video or DVD?

A. I'm thinking it's "Wildflower," a 1991 TV movie with Susan Blakely, Patricia Arquette, Reese Witherspoon and Beau Bridges. It's on video and DVD.

Q. I recall a Glenn Ford movie in which he played a country pastor. As I recall, he was a good person, but poor and struggling to survive on the occasional donated chicken from his equally poor flock. Do you recall the name of the movie?