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But the early 70s are always a lot of fun, pop culturewise, and a lot more interesting than the Disco-soaked latter half of the decade.
"Agreed, Mr. Wordsworth!"
Actually when the ABC Movies of the Week ended in 1975 that was the end of good television dramas. The same year Oliver Nelson and Bernard Herrmann died too.
Past that date, I refuse to buy any television shows. Period!
1975 is the tail of the comet.
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All this, whilst we, in the land of it's creation, the U.S.A. sit back and await a domestic release of THE INVADERS.
It IS to vomit....
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Sep 11, 2007 - 4:08 PM
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Eric Paddon
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http://66.51.174.150/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=8052
I am pleasantly surprised to see that "Project UFO", the last TV series created by Jack Webb, might be coming to DVD soon. The show ran in two half seasons on NBC in 1978-79, and was actually fairly good its first season, as it dramatized cases from the Air Force Project Blue Book files on UFO sightings. Unfortunately, when it came back for its second season, the show had lost its lead, William Jordan (the result of a dispute with Webb) ditched its fine S1 Nelson Riddle theme music for an inferior disco one, and brought on as the new lead Ed Winter, who was so entrenched in the public mind as Colonel Flagg from MASH, that it was impossible to take him seriously as a strait-laced Air Force officer.
I have a set of episodes from reruns in Australia, as I don't think the show has ever been repeated on US cable over the years, but it will be nice to see an official release, though it's still frustrating that the two greatest achievements of Jack Webb, TV wise, "Dragnet" and "Adam-12" remain stuck in the limbo of "one and done."
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I'll admit to being just the right age when "Tales of the Gold Monkey" aired, so I'm a little excited at any kind of news regarding that show:
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Tales-Gold-Monkey-Rumors/8315
BANACEK's season 2 is out from January 22, 2008 and it will include the pilot "Detour to Nowhere".
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Banacek-Season-2/8313
Let's hope they will not screw BANACEK's season 2.
I sent an e-mail to that company complaining about the poor quality of season 1.
I hope they will learn their lesson.
This company works against BANACEK by doing a sloppy job.
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Newhart, Season 1 scheduled for release, late February.
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Newhart-Season-1/8403
This news doesn't excite me for a couple reasons. First off, Fox is doing this while the last two seasons of the original Bob Newhart Show (which is superior) remain unreleased. And second, this is Fox, which of late has become the most notorious of studios for abandoning shows in mid-run, and I honestly can't imagine them staying with this show, since sales of S1 I suspect won't be particularly strong. S1 is not "classic Newhart" as it was shot on videotape, Julia Duffy would not appear as a regular until S2 (her character is introduced as a one-shot in S1), and Larry, Darryl, Darryl not until S2 either. Most casual fans of the show I suspect will avoid buying it, and Fox will then have another abandoned title they can cheerfully disregard as they've done with so much else.
Bottom line, if you love "Newhart" you better tell a lot of your friends to buy S1 or else!
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