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    ^^ Or anything by Roman Polanski.
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    Quote Originally Posted by progmatist View Post
    ^^ Or anything by Roman Polanski.
    Don't listen to Don Gesualdo, who let his wife and her lover killed.

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    And now Moe Howard is the emperor of....Moronica.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by GuitarGeek View Post
    Greatest theme music ever:

    Sometimes I think maybe it’s this one

    Or maybe “The Prisoner”?

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    Yeah, The Tomorrow People and The Prisoner are also great choices for "best theme music ever". It's kinda amazing to me that the Tomorrow People theme was done by Dudley Simpson, who also was famous for doing most of the 70's era Doctor Who incidental music (until John Nathan Turner took over as producer as summarily fired Dudley).

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    Watching part five of The Hitchhiker's Guide To Galaxy, before bedtime.

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    "The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"

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    ^^ I seem to remember the Mod Squad being the primary reason Star Trek was cancelled. The former killed the latter in the ratings.
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    Quote Originally Posted by progmatist View Post
    ^^ I seem to remember the Mod Squad being the primary reason Star Trek was cancelled. The former killed the latter in the ratings.
    Probably a little more involved than being opposite "Mod Squad":

    From Home/TV:

    While a successful letter-writing campaign saved the show from cancellation after its second season, the third run of episodes was doomed before production began. Along with a significant slashed budget, the show was moved to air at 10 p.m. on Fridays, a time which many refer to as the “death slot.” Exhausted from serving as showrunner, Gene Roddenberry took a step back, and his replacement, producer Fred Freiberger, had to contend with a less-than-stellar pool of writers, in addition to the aforementioned problems. Needless to say, ratings continued to drop and it was axed shortly after.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SunRunner2 View Post
    producer Fred Freiberger,
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    Fred Freiberger is notorious among TV fans for all the shows that died after he took over them. Star Trek is probably the most famous, but he also helmed the second season of Space: 1990, and also the ultimate seasons of both the Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.

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    I do know Gene Roddenberry blamed the Mod Squad more than anything else. I remember reading as much in an article, leading up to the premier of The Next Generation.
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    Johnny Quest theme.
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    Batman and for a short time, The Green Hornet came on twice a week. Were there any other shows that came on more than once a week? Soaps and the like don't count.
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    Dr. Kildare, apparently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Staun View Post
    Batman and for a short time, The Green Hornet came on twice a week. Were there any other shows that came on more than once a week? Soaps and the like don't count.
    I recall Batman being referred to as a soap opera, but it doesn't really deal with domestic issues, like a traditional soap would. "Dark Shadows" was considered a soap.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave (in MA) View Post
    Dr. Kildare, apparently.
    I've seen a few episodes of Ben Casey. Were they similar?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ronmac View Post
    I recall Batman being referred to as a soap opera, but it doesn't really deal with domestic issues, like a traditional soap would. "Dark Shadows" was considered a soap.
    All true but I never considered The Batman a soap.
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    I watching Bride of Frankenstein, with Elsa Lanchester.

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    I watching Bride of Frankenstein, with Elsa Lanchester.
    Great movie. I actually like it better than the first one. I stll can't believe I never realized that Elsa Lanchester was The Bride. Course, the other thing I really remember her from was Murder By Death, which was like 4 decades later, where she played Miss Marbles, but even still, it doesn't take an idiot to realize it's obviously the same actress.

    I finished watching the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy TV mini-series. Very, very good. Reminded me of watching it on PBS as a teenager. I seem to recall that my dad had decided we were taking a trip to Mississippi to visit our family down there in the middle of it. I think I had to remind my mom (who stayed for this trip) by phone to record episode 4, I think it was. I seem to recall I had to have her record that, and a Red Dwarf. I'm not sure if Blake's 7 was in the mix at that point or not. But I'm sure I had to have her record Hitchhiker's Guide... and Red Dwarf I think came on right after that. It seems Doctor Who would have had to come into to play as well, given that it aired every Saturday night during the latter half of the 80's on WVIZ. My dad has never liked flying, so we always drove down and back, taking something in the neighborhood of 2-3 days each way, then you stay for a week or so, so it's likely my mom had to record a few shows for me (or maybe I programmed the VCR and I just had to remind her to swap the tapes out, so nothing would get missed).

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    Is The Hitchhiker's Guide miniseries any better than the crappy movie?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3LockBox View Post
    Is The Hitchhiker's Guide miniseries any better than the crappy movie?
    Yes it is, though I recall Douglas Adams saying he wasn't completely happy with it, and it does have a bit of that low budget feel that virtually every British sci-fi show had during the 70's and early 80's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Staun View Post
    Johnny Quest theme.
    I picked up the first season from iTunes and have been watching it at work.

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    Trying to figure out whose more irratating, June Cleaver or Gomer Pyle. Remember, pitch forks are for throwing hay.
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    Quote Originally Posted by frinspar View Post
    I picked up the first season from iTunes and have been watching it at work.
    I like the series too, good stuff. Was the first season or so B&W?
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