27 Feb 07
Originally posted by adam warlockHave you noticed though, that a show from the 60's that was an hour long only had about 6 minutes of commercials, while that same show now will use 15-20 minutes of your time for commercials. Hence, they have to cut out parts of the rerun to get in their extra commercial time.
Thank god for the reruns! That's how I got to see "The saint", and the "Avengers".
I hate commercials.
27 Feb 07
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Originally posted by arrakisHaven't noticed that cause i wasn't here in the 60's...But that cuts a lot possible good stuff of the shows... 😞
Have you noticed though, that a show from the 60's that was an hour long only had about 6 minutes of commercials, while that same show now will use 15-20 minutes of your time for commercials. Hence, they have to cut out parts of the rerun to get in their extra commercial time.
I hate commercials.
I hate commercials as well, that's why now I don't watch t.v.that much... And all the shows out there pretty much sucks.
Nowadays is more or less Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show, and some documentaries...
27 Feb 07
Originally posted by arrakisyes i have noticed.. especailly with the brady bunch...
Have you noticed though, that a show from the 60's that was an hour long only had about 6 minutes of commercials, while that same show now will use 15-20 minutes of your time for commercials. Hence, they have to cut out parts of the rerun to get in their extra commercial time.
I hate commercials.
i hate commericals too!!!!
27 Feb 07
I have to mention these two:
- Monty Python's Flying Circus - best comedy and best show ever
- The Twilight Zone - best non-Monty-Python show ever
And now for something completely different, the original point of my post was to mention...
...Space: 1999!!
The most under-rated sci-fi show ever 😏
27 Feb 07
Originally posted by PalynkaMonty Python's Flying Circus rules! 🙂 Belgian television re-ran the whole series last year. Now that's television and comedy that will never, never get old! Not even after all those bad knock offs by unimaginative minds in the decades that followed...
I have to mention these two:
- Monty Python's Flying Circus - best comedy and best show ever
- The Twilight Zone - best non-Monty-Python show ever
And now for something completely different, the original point of my post was to mention...
...Space: 1999!!
The most under-rated sci-fi show ever 😏
27 Feb 07
Originally posted by arrakisYou can never go back for sure. Here is one nobody will remember:
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*
"Commander Corey, Commander-in-chief of the SPACE PATROL"
A live sci-fi series I used to watch regularly. Of course now with shows like 'Stargate' "Battlestar Galactica", the old stuff is dated. I wonder if any of Space Patrol was recorded for posterity?
I also watched the 'Kukla Fran and Ollie' show, remember the phrase
"Pluck your magic Twanger, Froggie'? When I was a kid I used to have a big horselaugh at that one.
27 Feb 07
Originally posted by sonhouseThat was the Buster Brown Show. It starred Andy Devine (Jingles on Wild Bill Hickcock) among others, but it was him I remember. I think it may have been renamed Andy's Gang at some point.
'Pluck your magic Twanger, Froggie'? When I was a kid I used to have a big horselaugh at that one.
27 Feb 07
Originally posted by eamon oYou're on target there,a while back BBC had been showing "The Prisoner", a show I thought was incredible when I was 15 years old in 1967, I recorded every episode.
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
They sucked. Bad. Dunno what impressed me so much, I couldn't even watch them all the way through.