27 Feb 07
Originally posted by Sam The ShamClint Eastwood was on Wagon Train as a guest star
Yeahhhh, Ronnie was the host and played in episodes, brought to you by 20 MULE TEAM BORAX.
http://www.henrysheehan.com/essays/def/eastwood.html
In the mid Fifties, Eastwood had been slowly and unspectacularly working his way toward featured player status in a handful of films and had made guest appearances on TV's Wagon Train and Maverick. His first career breakthrough came with his casting as Rowdy Yates, the second lead on CBS-TV's Rawhide series.
27 Feb 07
Originally posted by masscatI know what you mean about the Columbo DVD’s. I used to love to watch that guy solve cases when I was a kid, but I too bought a set of the DVD's and was so disappointed. After watching a lot of CSI:Miami the Columbo series looked so stupid. 😳
I got a set of Columbo DVD’s for Christmas. When I watched them they were a disappointment…too simplistic and kind of corny.
I guess what it all means is that we're spiraling through a dimensional warp in space and can never go back. *sigh*
27 Feb 07
Originally posted by arrakisMy parents used to talk about vaudeville & the silent movies. If you ever saw those acts they were stupid.
I know what you mean about the Columbo DVD’s. I used to love to watch that guy solve cases when I was a kid, but I too bought a set of the DVD's and was so disappointed. After watching a lot of CSI:Miami the Columbo series looked so stupid. 😳
I guess what it all means is that we're spiraling through a dimensional warp in space and can never go back. *sigh*
27 Feb 07
metropolis was one of the first silent movies i saw and was great and beyond its time...
charlie chaplin was a great actor too, but i recall as a young person every sunday afternoon watching some Shirley Temple movie or Abbott and Castello.. then came along the elvis collection of movies...
i wish tv would go back in time for my kids so they could enjoy the quality veiwing i had... besides these telly tubby sheet and digimon stuff...
27 Feb 07
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Originally posted by masscatI did a study last year (I like doing studies).
My parents used to talk about vaudeville & the silent movies. If you ever saw those acts they were stupid.
I went to a rental video store and rented comedy movies - one for each decade. I had 5 or 6 of them and started watching them. I did this study on my own because I wanted to see what people thought was funny over the decades.
Well, it was really an amazing study. Lots of things that we would think are stupid now were "funny" to the masses 30 years ago. If you ever decide to study a movie then you have to watch how it's composed, how the writer sets you up for what's going to happen. It's interesting to note that people from a different era do not fall into the theme of accepting certain principles to be set up.
Most of the older comedy was based on making people look stupid or doing stupid things. Isn't it odd how that used to be considered "funny" and now it's just plain stupid.
27 Feb 07
Originally posted by Duke of Brabantis it by greyskull? no im not that sad to look on ebay for it....
Originally posted by MissShell
[b]i wish tv would go back in time for my kids so they could enjoy the quality veiwing i had... besides these telly tubby sheet and digimon stuff...
Can't you find the old he-man and she-ra on dvd 🙂 I have the power![/b]
27 Feb 07
Originally posted by adam warlockyeah kung fu seemed cool. but do you know what ive found? that its better not to see those old shows again, because they will disappoint you big time.
When I was younger t.v. looked like so much fun and i felt I could learn some things from it. Now it's all about sex, and curse. Which isn't bad when those things are there to accomplish a real goal besides ratings.
So start your flashbacks and tell things from the past that were woth watching:
Some of mine:
Kung Fu
The A-Team
MacGyver.. I still remember the episode he banged his head and thought he was in camelot...
...
better to remember them fondly than to see what rubbish they really were
back then when your brain was a little softer
27 Feb 07
Originally posted by eamon oTrue enough... But do listen to the soundtrack of your favorit shows again... that brings back lots of long lost joy without spoiling it 🙂
yeah kung fu seemed cool. but do you know what ive found? that its better not to see those old shows again, because they will disappoint you big time.
better to remember them fondly than to see what rubbish they really were
back then when your brain was a little softer
27 Feb 07
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Originally posted by masscatNot to be argumentative, but i think that guy got it wrong. I can find no reference to Eastwood ever doing a guest spot on Wagon Train in his filmography or on Wagon Train's website listing their cast of guest stars, plus Wagon Train was NBC/ABC, Rawhide was CBS. They ran concurrently, and studios generally didn't loan their top stars out to competetive shows.
Clint Eastwood was on Wagon Train as a guest star
http://www.henrysheehan.com/essays/def/eastwood.html
In the mid Fifties, Eastwood had been slowly and unspectacularly working his way toward featured player status in a handful of films and had made guest appearances on TV's Wagon Train and Maverick. His first career breakthrough came with his casting as Rowdy Yates, the second lead on CBS-TV's Rawhide series.
Jebus...I have to get a life.
27 Feb 07
Sometimes we used to ask my mother (who used to call the movies “talkies” because that’s what they were called when they came out) why she was watching something and she used to say, “It’s moving and talking.” I think that says something about why some things were entertaining in those days. They were a novelty. Remember how excited people got over early computer graphics that by today’s standards were really bad.
27 Feb 07
Originally posted by eamon oI think you're right. Nowadys I like "Tango and Cash" because i liked it while i was younger. And some other stuff that I liked are now ruined and I can't seem ti«o like them on a sentimental side.
yeah kung fu seemed cool. but do you know what ive found? that its better not to see those old shows again, because they will disappoint you big time.
better to remember them fondly than to see what rubbish they really were
back then when your brain was a little softer
I'm kinda afraid of what my kids will see in t.v. so I've got a plan. i'm dowloading all the good stuff i used to watch. I'm a cartoon's fan and cartoons these days just don't seem right. The last one I actually liked was "Gargoyles". A lot of quality and a lot of maturity. But please skip the last season those episodes were awful.
Some of the stuff other people are saying are a little bit too old for me, but if I can I'l try to watch them. Thank god for the reruns! That's how I got to see "The saint", and the "Avengers".
27 Feb 07
Originally posted by masscatIt seems to be quite true. But i think i remeber realy enjoying it... But maybe that's just somekind of impression I gave myself.
Sometimes we used to ask my mother (who used to call the movies “talkies” because that’s what they were called when they came out) why she was watching something and she used to say, “It’s moving and talking.” I think that says something about why some things were entertaining in those days. They were a novelty. Remember how excited people got over early computer graphics that by today’s standards were really bad.
27 Feb 07
Originally posted by adam warlockMacGyver was a great show, I'm only 19, but I like The Twilight Zone, the original Lost In Space, and that 80's show Doogie Howser. Such great shows, oh yeah I almost forgot C.H.I.P.S.
When I was younger t.v. looked like so much fun and i felt I could learn some things from it. Now it's all about sex, and curse. Which isn't bad when those things are there to accomplish a real goal besides ratings.
So start your flashbacks and tell things from the past that were woth watching:
Some of mine:
Kung Fu
The A-Team
MacGyver.. I still remember the episode he banged his head and thought he was in camelot...
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