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Re: TV is Dead
« Reply #40 on: December 15, 2016, 04:52:43 AM »
Have you ever watched  Public Eye  Baz?

The adventures of Frank  Marker, down at heel private investigator

Series 5 6 & 7 are on you tube

60s England was an interesting place lol
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« Reply #41 on: December 15, 2016, 05:10:42 AM »
The Prisoner was very popular here too on WNET Channel 13, a PBS station.  I liked Patrick McGoohan in The Prisoner and in Secret Agent, Kev.  John Drake never carried a gun...







They aired The Saint at midnight on Sunday.  I would always be bleary-eyed Monday mornings in school.




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« Reply #42 on: December 15, 2016, 05:12:20 AM »
Quote from: nimrod on December 15, 2016, 04:52:43 AM
Have you ever watched  Public Eye  Baz?

The adventures of Frank  Marker, down at heel private investigator

Series 5 6 & 7 are on you tube

60s England was an interesting place lol

We didn't get that here, Kev.  I'll give it a watch.  The British shows were my favorites in the 60s.
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« Reply #43 on: December 15, 2016, 05:38:55 AM »
Quote from: Hello Goodbye on December 15, 2016, 05:12:20 AM
We didn't get that here, Kev.  I'll give it a watch.  The British shows were my favorites in the 60s.
I think you might like it if you give it a go... all Frank ever seem to do was make cups of tea... he was unmarried and never had any women in the series although a couple of women showed an interest in him in one or two episodes ...he's a bit scruffy but it turns out he's a likable chap and he charges 6 Guineas a day plus expenses lol

The early episodes were in black and white and then it changed to colour I think in season 6
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« Reply #44 on: September 08, 2019, 07:09:32 AM »
Just re watched Tinker Tailor soldier spy
Starring Alec Guinness, wonderful series great story.
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« Reply #45 on: November 01, 2021, 11:28:36 AM »
Quote from: Hello Goodbye on December 15, 2016, 05:12:20 AM
We didn't get that here, Kev.  I'll give it a watch.  The British shows were my favorites in the 60s.


Still a fantastic opening !!

https://youtu.be/z0rio3IPXXU
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« Reply #46 on: November 01, 2021, 08:43:25 PM »
Kev, we did get The Prisoner on PBS here in the United States.  We didn't get Public Eye however.

I enjoyed Patrick McGoohan in both Secret Agent (Danger Man for you) and The Prisoner back in the 60s.


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« Reply #47 on: November 01, 2021, 09:56:37 PM »
I love that little Lotus 7  ;D
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« Reply #48 on: November 01, 2021, 10:01:02 PM »
But did you get Man In A Suitcase?

McGill, an American PI working in London

https://youtu.be/TxbmoNOZzWc
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« Reply #49 on: November 01, 2021, 10:14:29 PM »
Quote from: nimrod on November 01, 2021, 09:56:37 PM
I love that little Lotus 7  ;D


Yes.  Emma Peel had one too...









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« Reply #50 on: November 01, 2021, 10:20:45 PM »
Quote from: nimrod on November 01, 2021, 10:01:02 PM
But did you get Man In A Suitcase?

McGill, an American PI working in London

https://youtu.be/TxbmoNOZzWc


Yes, Kev.  We got that as a summer replacement in 1968.  I liked it a lot and was sorry when they stopped airing the series when the fall TV season began in September.
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« Reply #51 on: November 01, 2021, 10:49:42 PM »
I loved The Avengers as a kid Baz, then they made The New Avengers later, still with John Steed (Great Bass line)

https://youtu.be/vFjS5xJC6KI
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« Reply #52 on: November 02, 2021, 01:33:35 AM »
Mrs. Peel was my favorite of John Steed's partners.  This scene was sad but tempered with a bit of levity...


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This was the only time in the series that Steed called her "Emma."
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« Reply #53 on: November 02, 2021, 01:45:47 AM »
Great scene Baz  icon_good
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« Reply #54 on: November 05, 2021, 03:02:20 AM »
Going back to the origin of this thread, it's odd that in 2008, people on the forum were declaring TV dead when it was in what was supposed to be a golden age. The Sopranos, the Wire, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Deadwood etc had made TV an important "artistic" medium. 
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« Reply #55 on: April 11, 2022, 12:30:08 PM »
Have fun https://www.myretrotvs.com/
TV is alive!
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« Reply #56 on: April 12, 2022, 12:47:58 AM »
Quote from: Dmitry on April 11, 2022, 12:30:08 PM
Have fun https://www.myretrotvs.com/
TV is alive!


Nice toy Dmitry  ;D

I'm watching Yellowstone atm. I've decided I want to be a cowboy on a ranch in Montana  :)

Might be a bit old though  :-[
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« Reply #57 on: April 12, 2022, 09:47:57 PM »
Quote from: nimrod on April 12, 2022, 12:47:58 AM

I'm watching Yellowstone atm. I've decided I want to be a cowboy on a ranch in Montana  :)

Might be a bit old though  :-[


Nah!  Gabby Hayes was older, missing most of his teeth and had a TV show of his own...


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« Reply #58 on: April 13, 2022, 12:10:28 AM »
Was'nt Gabby in Wagon Train ?
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« Reply #59 on: April 13, 2022, 12:36:00 AM »
You're thinking of Frank McGrath who played Charlie Wooster, the cook...






Gabby Hayes retired after The Gabby Hayes Show finished airing in the mid-1950s...





I loved that show!



They spoofed Gabby Hayes in Blazing Saddles...


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