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HalLane		#41	[-]
Feb 29 12 6:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Jim Rockford made a Rondo Hatton reference on MeTV today, in a David Chase-written episode (including a character named 'Blundetto', like on The Sopranos). You go, David Chase!
bela lugosi		#42	[-]
Feb 29 12 8:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Speaking of The Rockford Files, I really love their promo with Rockford and Kojak, with the theme of old fashioned crime-fighters, not needing cell phones or computers to fight crime.
luisj40		#43	[-]
Mar 1 12 5:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	bela lugosi wrote: Speaking of The Rockford Files, I really love their promo with Rockford and Kojak, with the theme of old fashioned crime-fighters, not needing cell phones or computers to fight crime. I've been watching the KOJAK episodes on a regular basis and enjoying them but that's not the case for ROCKFORD I still can't get into that show even when they have interesting guest like Lauren Bacall the other day I just had to change the channel. I guess James Gardner's lead character just rubs me the wrong way. Luis
bela lugosi		#44	[-]
Mar 1 12 7:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I actually have to confess that i watch neither of these shows, though I don't mind either of them and have watched them in the past. I just have so little time and I'm focusing more on some of the more vintage shows for now. But I really liked that promo, I love the sentiment of it!
HalLane		#45	[-]
Mar 2 12 6:59 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Solving crimes the old fashioned way! I never used to watch KOJAK when it was originally on -- too popular and "hyped" for my tastes then. Lately, though, I find I like the way the style varied over the years. While some are standard police procedurals, one had Theo haunted by crazy flashbacks of an old case he thought he'd solved years before, while another had Andrea Marcovici terrorized by a deranged killer that played like an Italian giallo, with Bava type lighting and weird camera angles. HAWAII FIVE O had similar style changes -- the early ones seemed more like a spy show, with Asian supervillains, code breaking and Star Trek sound effects -- the phaser and turbo lift sfx stood out particularly the other day, from back when they were still current on The Trek. And of course there's McGarrett's Nick Fury hairstyle! ROCKFORD FILES does hinge on Jim Garner's personality for the most part, but I like seeing writer/producer David Chase's early pre-SOPRANOS take on crime in shows like this and KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER. That said, a little of the folksy harmonica music does go a long long way. Speaking of old style crime solving, on PETER GUNN last night, I was tickled to spot former Dead End Kid/East Side Kid/Bowery Boy Bobby Jordan in one-line, one-eyed cameo. The kid was alright.
bela lugosi		#46	[-]
Mar 2 12 1:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Good thoughts, Hal! I find when watching now in reruns that the early Hawaii Five-O seasons are the ones I only like to watch....the ones with Kono still on the cast! those always had a feel to them, dunno. Plus, as you say, they were kinda all over the place in terms of their crime-fighting. You never knew what the heck they'd be facing next. PETER GUNN is great, I love that every chance I get to see it! One of my faves, very old school and very stylistic with a great jazz score!
bela lugosi		#47	[-]
Mar 2 12 1:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	And Hal, Luis and others...one of the joys of this board is knowing that some other folk on here are watching many of the same classic shows I am on Me-TV! And sharing that.
luisj40		#48	[-]
Mar 7 12 1:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	bela lugosi wrote: And Hal, Luis and others...one of the joys of this board is knowing that some other folk on here are watching many of the same classic shows I am on Me-TV! And sharing that. You know one the great things about watching these classic shows is seeing several character actors appearing all over the place a few I spotted in recent months were R.G. Armstrong and Michael Ansara in various shows as guests then in some movies too, I knew their faces and voices growing up but not their names and both alive today but retired from acting. Saw Armstrong on shows SUSPENSE THEATRE, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, POLICE STORY and in movies THE CAR, LONE WOLF MCQUADE and THE BEAST WITHIN: while I saw Ansara on KOJAK, IT TAKES A THIEF, OUTER LIMITS, SUSPENCE THEATRE, ALFRED HITCOCK PRESENTS and in movies like ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY and GUNS OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. Luis Last Edited By: luisj40 Mar 7 12 1:46 PM. Edited 1 times.
Dale Sherman		#49	[-]
Mar 18 12 8:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm happy - this Sunday morning's LAUREL & HARDY 90-min. block was that of a closed-captioned copy of UTOPIA. I've been trying to track down a copy such as this for a few years now. Nice to have. Come to think of it, the GREEN HORNET marathon the night before was closed-captioned as well! That's the FIRST time I've ever seen it captioned in the few pop-ups of the series over the past few years. Too bad a storm came through town and knock out a clear signal for the first episode of that, though.
luisj40		#50	[-]
Mar 19 12 12:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dale Sherman wrote: I'm happy - this Sunday morning's LAUREL & HARDY 90-min. block was that of a closed-captioned copy of UTOPIA. I've been trying to track down a copy such as this for a few years now. Nice to have. Come to think of it, the GREEN HORNET marathon the night before was closed-captioned as well! That's the FIRST time I've ever seen it captioned in the few pop-ups of the series over the past few years. Too bad a storm came through town and knock out a clear signal for the first episode of that, though. Don't know where this occurred for you but in LA we had a mild rainstorm that actually stop long before night but for some odd reason power was lost near the end of the GREEN HORNET marathon around 9:40 PM and I ended up missing Sevengoolie airing of THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN with no lights I went too sleep way too early and finally woke sometime before 4 am when the power was finally restored and caught a few minutes of HONEY WEST now this is a show I wished they would air at a more reasonable time but perhaps I should just buy the DVD set the series was way ahead of it's time with a female P.I. as the lead character. Luis
bela lugosi		#51	[-]
Mar 19 12 7:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Luis, the DVD set of HONEY WEST well worth it! I got it for a song on Amazon Marketplace about a year or so ago. Very much a bummer that you missed GHOST! Darn! Dale, I really love that LH show that they have every Sunday morning! I've had a chance to see many of the shorts I've never seen before, as well as some I have and enjoy watching again. There are ads sure, but I just FF through them. Glad you had a chance to see UTOPIA!
will		#52	[-]
Mar 19 12 10:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I live in LA and the power failure missed me (this time). I usually get stuck in one once or twice a year. In the old days it was rare. The only thing I don't like about Me TV is the commercials. I am betting old, but I am not that old. Bladder control products that come in discreet boxes in the mail don't interest me and I don't really want to hear about it. Peter Gunn is a stylish show, but if a young woman is married to an old rich guy who ends up dead, you know it will turn out she put some guy up to it. One out of seven episodes seems to have that plot. Never saw The Naked City before. The lead is boring, but the producers seem to have known it as the focus is usually on the guest stars, and they have a lot of big names at the beginning of their careers starring in episodes. I saw Robert Redford wearing a Nazi armband slitting a bum's throat and Robert Duvall in a violent shootout car chase down New York streets.
luisj40		#53	[-]
Mar 20 12 4:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	bela lugosi wrote: Luis, the DVD set of HONEY WEST well worth it! I got it for a song on Amazon Marketplace about a year or so ago. Very much a bummer that you missed GHOST! Darn! Well I can see GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN anytime because I own it on DVD but I sure wanted to hear Sevengoolie's info and take on the film maybe next time. Yeah I think HONEY WEST will be a future purchase for me, I actually had never seen the show before catching a couple of episodes on METV a few months back. Luis
bela lugosi		#54	[-]
Mar 20 12 4:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have GHOST too, but do love hearing Svengoolie do these movies. He treats them with a decent amount of respect, and during some of his bits, he'll talk about some of the actors and actresses involved, or a piece of trivia about the film. I actually enjoy his stuff, and even his silly stuff isn't really too bad as those things go. Glad you have the film on DVD though! I have to admit that Me-TV (and between it and TCM) has kept me from watching very many DVD's these days. All these great old classic shows, and then the films TCM airs. Just not enough time in the day (or night)!
luisj40		#55	[-]
Mar 20 12 4:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	will wrote: I live in LA and the power failure missed me (this time). I usually get stuck in one once or twice a year. In the old days it was rare. The only thing I don't like about Me TV is the commercials. I am betting old, but I am not that old. Bladder control products that come in discreet boxes in the mail don't interest me and I don't really want to hear about it. The block east of me didn't have their lights go off so it appears to have be a small blackout but this had to be the longest power outage I've been involved with in more than 10 years the good thing it happened at night and I fell asleep for most of the 6 hours very peacefully might I add. Oh yes some of those commercials on METV can get a bit annoying I usually try to not pay any attention to them or flip the channel around for a while. Luis Last Edited By: luisj40 Mar 20 12 4:26 PM. Edited 1 times.
bela lugosi		#56	[-]
Mar 20 12 6:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I know this is going to sound weird...and I have to preface it by saying two things: One....I'm weird... and another...I typically timeshift via DVR so I can FF through ads. But for some reason...and this is the weird part...I find the ads on Me-TV strangely...oddly...comforting...I'm not talking about their content, but about the fact that they are different from the ones on most stations, and in a way it reminds me of late night TBS or USA Network from the 80's and early 90s. Not sure if that makes any sense, and I go with being labeled freakishly weird ahead of time.
will		#57	[-]
Mar 20 12 7:40 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I like their promos like old Bob Newhart talking to young Bob Newhart and especially the Bonanza clip where Deforest Kelley says he is a doctor, and I'm thinking, where's Spock and Kirk?
Dale Sherman		#58	[-]
Mar 20 12 7:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I live in Louisville, KY and what we had was just a bad storm that produced hail the size of nickels just as the first episode of the GH marathon ran. I did get the rest, however, and GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN, so I'm happy (I haven't been recording every SVEN episode, but have been catching most of the classic Universal Horror ones. Still can't figure out why the captioning during SVEN is so terrible, though. BTW, so when is ME or THIS or ANTENNA going to grab hold of DARK SHADOWS? That would be a perfect daily offering that would promote the movie and the upcoming boxset(s).
bela lugosi		#59	[-]
Mar 20 12 7:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	will wrote: I like their promos like old Bob Newhart talking to young Bob Newhart and especially the Bonanza clip where Deforest Kelley says he is a doctor, and I'm thinking, where's Spock and Kirk? Yeah, those are great! I love their promos. Or when Bob grabs the phone and Batman and then Maxwell Smart are on the phone. That's a trip.
luisj40		#60	[-]
Mar 28 12 4:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	bela lugosi wrote: I know this is going to sound weird...and I have to preface it by saying two things: One....I'm weird... and another...I typically timeshift via DVR so I can FF through ads. But for some reason...and this is the weird part...I find the ads on Me-TV strangely...oddly...comforting...I'm not talking about their content, but about the fact that they are different from the ones on most stations, and in a way it reminds me of late night TBS or USA Network from the 80's and early 90s. Not sure if that makes any sense, and I go with being labeled freakishly weird ahead of time. You know 75% of the TV DVD sets I have I've yet to open and the majority I’ve opened I haven't even seen half of episodes I actually tend to enjoy watching them via TV instead even if I have to put up with the silly ads, perhaps it takes me back to my childhood when I didn't have much of a choice but to put with the adds. Luis

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