OT - Mr Wizard

[cavelamb himself]

TV's 'Mr. Wizard' Don Herbert dies at 89 By LYNN ELBER, AP Television
Writer

Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations
of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89.
Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban Bell Canyon home,
said his son-in-law, Tom Nikosey.

"He really taught kids how to use the thinking skills of a scientist,"
said former colleague Steve Jacobs. He worked with Herbert on a 1980s
show that echoed the original 1950s "Watch Mr. Wizard" series, which
became a fond baby boomer memory.

In "Watch Mr. Wizard," which was produced from 1951 to 1964 and
received a Peabody Award in 1954, Herbert turned TV into an
entertaining classroom. On a simple, workshop-like set, he
demonstrated experiments using household items.

"He modeled how to predict and measure and analyze. ... The show today
might seem slow but it was in-depth and forced you to think along,"
Jacobs said. "You were learning about the forces of nature."

Herbert encouraged children to duplicate experiments at home, said
Jacobs, who recounted serving as a behind-the-scenes "science
sidekick" to Herbert on the '80s "Mr. Wizard's World" that aired on
the Nickelodeon channel.

When Jacobs would reach for beakers and flasks, Herbert would remind
him that science didn't require special tools.

"'You could use a mayonnaise jar for that,'" Jacobs recalled being
chided by Herbert. "He tried to bust the image of scientists and that
science wasn't just for special people and places."

Herbert's place in TV history was acknowledged by later stars. When
"Late Night with David Letterman" debuted in 1982, Herbert was among
the first-night guests.

Born in Waconia, Minn., Herbert was a 1940 graduate of LaCrosse State
Teachers College and served as a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot during
World War II. He worked as an actor, model and radio writer before
starting "Watch Mr. Wizard" in Chicago on NBC.

The show moved to New York after several years.

He is survived by six children and stepchildren and by his second
wife, Norma, his son-in-law said. A private funeral service was
planned.

___

On the Net:

http://www.mrwizardstudios.com

[Dan[_2_]]

Richard Riley wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:53:09 GMT, cavelamb himself
> > wrote:
>
>> TV's 'Mr. Wizard' Don Herbert dies at 89 By LYNN ELBER, AP Television
>> Writer
>>
>> Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations
>> of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89.
>> Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban Bell Canyon home,
>> said his son-in-law, Tom Nikosey.
>
> I found him on the the web about a few months ago and sent him a note,
> asking about a demonstration I saw him do at a live show when I was a
> kid that I still don't understand (it involved a piece of metal tube,
> some window screen and a propane torch.)
>
> Now I know why he didn't answer.
>
> Godspeed, Mr. Wizard.

The one demonstration he did that I wish I knew how he did it was
when he poured a pitcher of a clear liquid into another clear liquid and
they both suddenly went black in the middle of the pour.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[RST Engineering]

My high school chem teacher did that for us in my junior year of high
school. I'm almost certain those (1960) notes are gone by now, but I can
ask our chem department how it is done. Evidently it is a rather common
demonstration.

However, they won't be back until August. Remind me?

Jim

--
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."
--James Dean


> The one demonstration he did that I wish I knew how he did it was when
> he poured a pitcher of a clear liquid into another clear liquid and they
> both suddenly went black in the middle of the pour.
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan[_2_]]

RST Engineering wrote:
> My high school chem teacher did that for us in my junior year of high
> school. I'm almost certain those (1960) notes are gone by now, but I can
> ask our chem department how it is done. Evidently it is a rather common
> demonstration.
>
> However, they won't be back until August. Remind me?
>
> Jim
>
Like I will remember? :)

I'll try.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[[email protected]]

On Jun 13, 4:49 pm, Dan > wrote:
> Richard Riley wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > Godspeed, Mr. Wizard.

I remember him too.

>
> The one demonstration he did that I wish I knew how he did it was
> when he poured a pitcher of a clear liquid into another clear liquid and
> they both suddenly went black in the middle of the pour.
>

As I recall Starch is used as an indicator
for iodine. I suppose if you had a little starch
suspended in water and a little iodine dissolved
in alcohol, then mix the two, the iodine will
drop out of solution and the resultant mixture
will be black.

Iodine dissolved in alcohol has a reddish color
(the familiar tincture of iodine). By the smell of
it, this is done by adding ammonia to produce
a clear solution.

--

FF

[Scott[_1_]]

You old farts can't remember...ummm remember...aw hell, I forgot what it
is you can't remember! ;)


--
Scott
http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/
Gotta Fly or Gonna Die
Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version)


Dan wrote:
> RST Engineering wrote:

>>
>> However, they won't be back until August. Remind me?
>>
>> Jim
>>
> Like I will remember? :)
>
> I'll try.
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Rip]

Dan wrote:
> Richard Riley wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:53:09 GMT, cavelamb himself
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> TV's 'Mr. Wizard' Don Herbert dies at 89 By LYNN ELBER, AP Television
>>> Writer
>>>
>>> Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations
>>> of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89.
>>> Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban Bell Canyon home,
>>> said his son-in-law, Tom Nikosey.
>>
>>
>> I found him on the the web about a few months ago and sent him a note,
>> asking about a demonstration I saw him do at a live show when I was a
>> kid that I still don't understand (it involved a piece of metal tube,
>> some window screen and a propane torch.)
>>
>> Now I know why he didn't answer.
>>
>> Godspeed, Mr. Wizard.
>
>
> The one demonstration he did that I wish I knew how he did it was when
> he poured a pitcher of a clear liquid into another clear liquid and they
> both suddenly went black in the middle of the pour.
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
Google on "clock reaction".
Rip

[BobR]

Goodby to someone who felt like an old friend. I spent many a
Saturday morning watching his show.


Richard Riley wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:53:09 GMT, cavelamb himself
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >TV's 'Mr. Wizard' Don Herbert dies at 89 By LYNN ELBER, AP Television
> >Writer
> >
> >Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations
> >of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89.
> >Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban Bell Canyon home,
> >said his son-in-law, Tom Nikosey.
>
> I found him on the the web about a few months ago and sent him a note,
> asking about a demonstration I saw him do at a live show when I was a
> kid that I still don't understand (it involved a piece of metal tube,
> some window screen and a propane torch.)
>
> Now I know why he didn't answer.
>
> Godspeed, Mr. Wizard.

[Dan[_2_]]

Scott wrote:
> You old farts can't remember...ummm remember...aw hell, I forgot what it
> is you can't remember! ;)
>

Memory is the second thing to go. I forget what is first.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[ChuckSlusarczyk]

In article >, Dan says...
>
>Scott wrote:
>> You old farts can't remember...ummm remember...aw hell, I forgot what it
>> is you can't remember! ;)
>>
>
>Memory is the second thing to go. I forget what is first.

It's Memory

Chuck(I hide my own Easter eggs) S

[Montblack]

("Dan" wrote)
> Memory is the second thing to go. I forget what is first.


Spent youth.


P-Mont

[Scott[_1_]]

In my case, money is the first to go...

Scott


Dan wrote:
> Scott wrote:
>
>> You old farts can't remember...ummm remember...aw hell, I forgot what
>> it is you can't remember! ;)
>>
>
> Memory is the second thing to go. I forget what is first.
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

--
Scott
http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/
Gotta Fly or Gonna Die
Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version)

[El Maximo]

"ChuckSlusarczyk" > wrote in message
...

> Chuck(I hide my own Easter eggs) S
>

Jack Bauer's parents once hid easter eggs.

He tortured them until they gave up their location and contents.

[ChuckSlusarczyk]

In article >, El Maximo
says...
>
>"ChuckSlusarczyk" > wrote in message
...
>
>> Chuck(I hide my own Easter eggs) S
>>
>
>Jack Bauer's parents once hid easter eggs.
>
>He tortured them until they gave up their location and contents.


Who's Jack Bauer? :-)

Chuck (I remember Ma Ma) S

[Scott[_5_]]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:16:24 -0700, in rec.aviation.homebuilt, Richard Riley
> wrote:

>He lit a propane torch and used it to heat up the screen. Once it was
>hot, if he held the tube horizontal nothing happened. If he turned it
>vertical, a tone sounded, like an oboe.
....
>He didn't explain what was going on. Any ideas?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijke_tube

-Scott

[Morgans[_2_]]

"ChuckSlusarczyk" <> wrote

> Who's Jack Bauer? :-)

The bad As* dude who will stop at nothing to save the country, in 24, on Fox
network.
--
Jim in NC

[Barnyard BOb]

ChuckSlusarczyk wrote:
>
>Chuck (I remember Ma Ma) S
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

The 1949 -57 TV series Ma Ma or the 1948 Moo-vee Ma Ma?

Or both?


Unka' BOb

[Montblack]

("Barnyard BOb" wrote)
>>Chuck (I remember Ma Ma) S
> The 1949 -57 TV series Ma Ma or the 1948 Moo-vee Ma Ma?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_and_Pa_Kettle
Ma and Pa Kettle. I'm sorry, but I always thought these were a riot!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Mother_the_Car
My Mother the Car. First grade for me...

I went with the "Time Tunnel" lunch box, instead.

http://www.iann.net/timetunnel/EPS/EP1/ep1078.jpg
Hehehehe .....Oops! <g>

http://www.iann.net/timetunnel/EPS/EP1/ep1033.jpg
Better.


Montblack
http://mysite.verizon.net/pokeys/
I was raised by Irwin Allen :-)

[cavelamb himself]

Montblack wrote:
> ("Barnyard BOb" wrote)
>
>>>Chuck (I remember Ma Ma) S
>>
>>The 1949 -57 TV series Ma Ma or the 1948 Moo-vee Ma Ma?
>
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_and_Pa_Kettle
> Ma and Pa Kettle. I'm sorry, but I always thought these were a riot!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Mother_the_Car
> My Mother the Car. First grade for me...
>
> I went with the "Time Tunnel" lunch box, instead.
>
> http://www.iann.net/timetunnel/EPS/EP1/ep1078.jpg
> Hehehehe .....Oops! <g>
>
> http://www.iann.net/timetunnel/EPS/EP1/ep1033.jpg
> Better.
>
>
> Montblack
> http://mysite.verizon.net/pokeys/
> I was raised by Irwin Allen :-)
>
>

Oh man! What a blast from the past!

[Dan[_2_]]

cavelamb himself wrote:
> Montblack wrote:
>> ("Barnyard BOb" wrote)
>>
>>>> Chuck (I remember Ma Ma) S
>>>
>>> The 1949 -57 TV series Ma Ma or the 1948 Moo-vee Ma Ma?
>>
>>
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_and_Pa_Kettle
>> Ma and Pa Kettle. I'm sorry, but I always thought these were a riot!
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Mother_the_Car
>> My Mother the Car. First grade for me...
>>
>> I went with the "Time Tunnel" lunch box, instead.
>>
>> http://www.iann.net/timetunnel/EPS/EP1/ep1078.jpg
>> Hehehehe .....Oops! <g>
>>
>> http://www.iann.net/timetunnel/EPS/EP1/ep1033.jpg
>> Better.
>>
>>
>> Montblack
>> http://mysite.verizon.net/pokeys/
>> I was raised by Irwin Allen :-)
>>
>
> Oh man! What a blast from the past!

No "Land of The Giants?"

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[[email protected]]

On Jun 14, 1:45 am, Dan > wrote:
> Scott wrote:
> > You old farts can't remember...ummm remember...aw hell, I forgot what it
> > is you can't remember! ;)
>
> Memory is the second thing to go. I forget what is first.
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Hard drive, that's why they invented
Viagra.

--

FF

[[email protected]]

On Jun 13, 10:52 pm, Rip > wrote:
> Dan wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > The one demonstration he did that I wish I knew how he did it was when
> > he poured a pitcher of a clear liquid into another clear liquid and they
> > both suddenly went black in the middle of the pour.
>
> ...
>
> Google on "clock reaction".
> Rip

Ah hah. That's it!

The reaction has been used since before
the Hellenistic Age. It was referred to by Aristotle
in his treaty on Physics, who may well have taught
the process to his most famous student, Alexander
of Macedon, who later used it to great advantage.

Alexander's father, Philip had amassed the largest
army the Mediterranean world had ever known
but had done little to advance the art of war in
terms of tactics. The standard formation was the
phalanx, several rows of spearmen who would
advance en masse usually against a similarly
arrayed enemy. As it was to be a thousand years
or so before the invention of ether the longbow
or the stirrup, neither was particularly effective and
Philip had eschewed both excepting for scouts
and couriers. And so whatever army had the
widest phalanx of sufficient depth could gain great
advantage over their enemy, by outflanking them.

The problem was that Philip's army was so large
that the phalanx was so wide that there was no
way to coordinate their advance. Alexander
solved this problem using what is now known
as the 'clock reaction.'

When the time neared for the attack to begin
Alexander would have the solution prepared
then cloth rags would be immersed in it and
several messengers, each with one of these
bands tied about their arm would leave to
take up positions at regular intervals along
the phalanx. As the armbands had all been
wetted with the same solution, they all
turned black simultaneously and that was
the signal used to coordinate the attack.

And now you know the story of
Alexander's Rag Time Band.

--

FF

[RST Engineering]

Oh, dear God, and I thought I told bad ones...

Nice.

Jim

--
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."
--James Dean


> wrote in message
ups.com...


> And now you know the story of
> Alexander's Rag Time Band.
>
> --
>
> FF
>
>
>

[[email protected]]

On Jun 13, 2:53 am, cavelamb himself > wrote:
> TV's 'Mr.Wizard' Don Herbert dies at 89 By LYNN ELBER, AP Television
>
> ...
>
> http://www.mrwizardstudios.com

BTW, there are DVDs of some of his shows available
on that site.

--

FF

[Montblack]

("Dan" wrote)
>>> Montblack
>>> http://mysite.verizon.net/pokeys/
>>> I was raised by Irwin Allen :-)

>> Oh man! What a blast from the past!

> No "Land of The Giants?"


It was in my sig line.

McHale's Navy ............. (1962) ..... 3 seasons
Combat ........................ (1962) ...... 5 seasons

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964) ...... 5 season
12 O'clock High ......... (1964) ...... 2 seasons

Hogan's Heroes .......... (1965) ...... 6 seasons
The Rat Patrol ............. (1966) ...... 2 seasons
Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season

F-Troop ....................... (1965) ...... 2 seasons ("We're the
Hekowi")

Star Trek ................... (1966) ........ It never went away!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_television_series
Hmm. Guess I was an army brat! <g>


Paul-Mont
The World At War ......(26 episodes)
This documentary was aired in the Twin Cities sometime in the mid 70's,
after the 10 pm news (I think on Sunday nights). Dad and I would sit up late
and watch - every episode.

[Anthony W]

Dan wrote:

> No "Land of The Giants?"
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)

Tony

[Peter Dohm]

"Anthony W" > wrote in message
news:flXci.3035$015.736@trndny05...
> Dan wrote:
>
> > No "Land of The Giants?"
> >
> > Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>
> Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>
> Tony

Yes and no.

I remember the TV show, which was really hokey in retrospect. I have heard
that there was a radio version prior to it, but never heard the show or even
a replay of it.

Peter

[Cy Galley]

You KIDS don't know what you missed.


"Peter Dohm" > wrote in message
...
> "Anthony W" > wrote in message
> news:flXci.3035$015.736@trndny05...
>> Dan wrote:
>>
>> > No "Land of The Giants?"
>> >
>> > Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>>
>> Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>>
>> Tony
>
> Yes and no.
>
> I remember the TV show, which was really hokey in retrospect. I have
> heard
> that there was a radio version prior to it, but never heard the show or
> even
> a replay of it.
>
> Peter
>
>

[Peter Dohm]

"Richard Riley" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:51:04 -0500, "Montblack"
> > wrote:
>
> >("Dan" wrote)
> >>>> Montblack
> >>>> http://mysite.verizon.net/pokeys/
> >>>> I was raised by Irwin Allen :-)
> >
> >>> Oh man! What a blast from the past!
> >
> >> No "Land of The Giants?"
> >
> >
> >It was in my sig line.
> >
> >McHale's Navy ............. (1962) ..... 3 seasons
> >Combat ........................ (1962) ...... 5 seasons
> >
> >Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964) ...... 5 season
> >12 O'clock High ......... (1964) ...... 2 seasons
> >
> >Hogan's Heroes .......... (1965) ...... 6 seasons
> >The Rat Patrol ............. (1966) ...... 2 seasons
> >Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season
> >
> >F-Troop ....................... (1965) ...... 2 seasons ("We're the
> >Hekowi")
> >
> >Star Trek ................... (1966) ........ It never went away!
>
> There's a local UHF station that's showing a lot of the old stuff.
> KDOCTV.net.
>
> Rat Patrol looks amazingly good. Wild Wild West - the early ones, in
> B&W, are very good too. Combat hasn't held up as well. McHale's Navy
> and Hogan's Heroes - uneven, but moments of goodness.

Interestingly, I heard a while back that someone had decided to run Hogan's
Heroes in Germany. I don't recall whether they dubbed in the conversations
or ran subtitles; but the show was not popular. (Duh!)

In any case, they changed the conversations and made Sergeant Schultz and
Colonel Klink much less competent; and the show became a smash hit.

Peter
(I swear that I did not make that up!)

[cavelamb himself]

Cy Galley wrote:
> You KIDS don't know what you missed.
>
>
> "Peter Dohm" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>"Anthony W" > wrote in message
>>news:flXci.3035$015.736@trndny05...
>>
>>>Dan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>No "Land of The Giants?"
>>>>
>>>>Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>>>
>>>Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>>>
>>>Tony
>>
>>Yes and no.
>>
>>I remember the TV show, which was really hokey in retrospect. I have
>>heard
>>that there was a radio version prior to it, but never heard the show or
>>even
>>a replay of it.
>>
>>Peter
>>

As a KID I thought it was terriffic!
(Penny to Songbird!)

But I bought the DVDs and - uhm - it didn't age well.

Had the same experience with some others from Way-Back-Then (tm).

2001 didn't age as well as I expected.

[Jim Logajan]

Anthony W > wrote:
> Dan wrote:
>
>> No "Land of The Giants?"
>>
>> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>
> Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)

I remember it. But it appears I saw it in reruns (according to Wikipedia it
originally ran from 1951 to 1959, and was shown on Saturday reruns from
1959 to 1966.)

[Jim Logajan]

Richard Riley > wrote:
> Rat Patrol looks amazingly good.

One thing I learned from Rat Patrol: a German Panzer division is no match
for a jeep with a 50 caliber machine gun mounted on it.

:-)

[Dan[_2_]]

wrote:
> On Jun 13, 10:52 pm, Rip > wrote:
>> Dan wrote:
>>
>> ...
>>
>>> The one demonstration he did that I wish I knew how he did it was when
>>> he poured a pitcher of a clear liquid into another clear liquid and they
>>> both suddenly went black in the middle of the pour.
>> ...
>>
>> Google on "clock reaction".
>> Rip
>
> Ah hah. That's it!
>
> The reaction has been used since before
> the Hellenistic Age. It was referred to by Aristotle
> in his treaty on Physics, who may well have taught
> the process to his most famous student, Alexander
> of Macedon, who later used it to great advantage.
>
> Alexander's father, Philip had amassed the largest
> army the Mediterranean world had ever known
> but had done little to advance the art of war in
> terms of tactics. The standard formation was the
> phalanx, several rows of spearmen who would
> advance en masse usually against a similarly
> arrayed enemy. As it was to be a thousand years
> or so before the invention of ether the longbow
> or the stirrup, neither was particularly effective and
> Philip had eschewed both excepting for scouts
> and couriers. And so whatever army had the
> widest phalanx of sufficient depth could gain great
> advantage over their enemy, by outflanking them.
>
> The problem was that Philip's army was so large
> that the phalanx was so wide that there was no
> way to coordinate their advance. Alexander
> solved this problem using what is now known
> as the 'clock reaction.'
>
> When the time neared for the attack to begin
> Alexander would have the solution prepared
> then cloth rags would be immersed in it and
> several messengers, each with one of these
> bands tied about their arm would leave to
> take up positions at regular intervals along
> the phalanx. As the armbands had all been
> wetted with the same solution, they all
> turned black simultaneously and that was
> the signal used to coordinate the attack.
>
> And now you know the story of
> Alexander's Rag Time Band.
>
> --
>
> FF
>

Um, Fred? Go to your room.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan[_2_]]

Montblack wrote:
> ("Dan" wrote)
>>>> Montblack
>>>> http://mysite.verizon.net/pokeys/
>>>> I was raised by Irwin Allen :-)
>
>>> Oh man! What a blast from the past!
>
>> No "Land of The Giants?"
>
>
> It was in my sig line.
>
> McHale's Navy ............. (1962) ..... 3 seasons
> Combat ........................ (1962) ...... 5 seasons
>
> Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964) ...... 5 season
> 12 O'clock High ......... (1964) ...... 2 seasons
>
> Hogan's Heroes .......... (1965) ...... 6 seasons
> The Rat Patrol ............. (1966) ...... 2 seasons
> Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season

Guerillas"

>
> F-Troop ....................... (1965) ...... 2 seasons ("We're the
> Hekowi")
>
> Star Trek ................... (1966) ........ It never went away!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_television_series
> Hmm. Guess I was an army brat! <g>
>
>
> Paul-Mont
> The World At War ......(26 episodes)
> This documentary was aired in the Twin Cities sometime in the mid 70's,
> after the 10 pm news (I think on Sunday nights). Dad and I would sit up late
> and watch - every episode.
>
I invested in the VHS tapes of the entire series. Guess how many
times I have watched 'em. At least they are great at collecting dust.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan[_2_]]

Anthony W wrote:
> Dan wrote:
>
>> No "Land of The Giants?"
>>
>> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>
> Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>
> Tony

I preferred "Clutch Cargo."

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan[_2_]]

Cy Galley wrote:
> You KIDS don't know what you missed.
>
>
You mean intellectual programming like "William Tell," Robin Hood,"
Broadsides," etc? Hey, at least the Studebaker ads broke up the monotony.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan[_2_]]

Peter Dohm wrote:
> "Richard Riley" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:51:04 -0500, "Montblack"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> ("Dan" wrote)
>>>>>> Montblack
>>>>>> http://mysite.verizon.net/pokeys/
>>>>>> I was raised by Irwin Allen :-)
>>>>> Oh man! What a blast from the past!
>>>> No "Land of The Giants?"
>>>
>>> It was in my sig line.
>>>
>>> McHale's Navy ............. (1962) ..... 3 seasons
>>> Combat ........................ (1962) ...... 5 seasons
>>>
>>> Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964) ...... 5 season
>>> 12 O'clock High ......... (1964) ...... 2 seasons
>>>
>>> Hogan's Heroes .......... (1965) ...... 6 seasons
>>> The Rat Patrol ............. (1966) ...... 2 seasons
>>> Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season
>>>
>>> F-Troop ....................... (1965) ...... 2 seasons ("We're the
>>> Hekowi")
>>>
>>> Star Trek ................... (1966) ........ It never went away!
>> There's a local UHF station that's showing a lot of the old stuff.
>> KDOCTV.net.
>>
>> Rat Patrol looks amazingly good. Wild Wild West - the early ones, in
>> B&W, are very good too. Combat hasn't held up as well. McHale's Navy
>> and Hogan's Heroes - uneven, but moments of goodness.
>
> Interestingly, I heard a while back that someone had decided to run Hogan's
> Heroes in Germany. I don't recall whether they dubbed in the conversations
> or ran subtitles; but the show was not popular. (Duh!)
>
> In any case, they changed the conversations and made Sergeant Schultz and
> Colonel Klink much less competent; and the show became a smash hit.
>
> Peter
> (I swear that I did not make that up!)
>
>
Trivia: the guy who played Lebow was in Drancy concentration camp
during WW2. Werner Klemperer really COULD play the violin. Werner
Klemperer (Klink) played Eichman and John Banner (Schultz) played Hoess
in a movie. There, I knew you cared deeply.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan[_2_]]

Jim Logajan wrote:
> Anthony W > wrote:
>> Dan wrote:
>>
>>> No "Land of The Giants?"
>>>
>>> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>> Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>
> I remember it. But it appears I saw it in reruns (according to Wikipedia it
> originally ran from 1951 to 1959, and was shown on Saturday reruns from
> 1959 to 1966.)

Well, there was a series named "Ripcord" that made "Sky King" look
well written.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[[email protected]]

On Jun 17, 2:29 am, Jim Logajan > wrote:
> Anthony W > wrote:
> > Dan wrote:
>
> >> No "Land of The Giants?"
>
> >> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>
> > Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>
> I remember it. But it appears I saw it in reruns (according to Wikipedia it
> originally ran from 1951 to 1959, and was shown on Saturday reruns from
> 1959 to 1966.)

That must be when I saw ti then.

--

FF

[Anthony W]

Jim Logajan wrote:
> Anthony W > wrote:
>> Dan wrote:
>>
>>> No "Land of The Giants?"
>>>
>>> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>> Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>
> I remember it. But it appears I saw it in reruns (according to Wikipedia it
> originally ran from 1951 to 1959, and was shown on Saturday reruns from
> 1959 to 1966.)

I must have seen it in reruns too. I my early memories of watching it
were around 1960~62.

Tony

[[email protected]]

On Jun 17, 2:38 am, Dan > wrote:
> Anthony W wrote:
> > Dan wrote:
>
> >> No "Land of The Giants?"
>
> >> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>
> > Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>
> > Tony
>
> I preferred "Clutch Cargo."
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Oh!

That too.

--

FF

[Anthony W]

Dan wrote:

>>> Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>>
>> I remember it. But it appears I saw it in reruns (according to
>> Wikipedia it originally ran from 1951 to 1959, and was shown on
>> Saturday reruns from 1959 to 1966.)
>
> Well, there was a series named "Ripcord" that made "Sky King" look
> well written.
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Then there was Riptide in the 1970s (I think) that make all other shows
look good in comparison. As a young child, Sky King was pretty cool but
I could see how it might not age well.

Tony

[George]

wrote:
> On Jun 17, 2:29 am, Jim Logajan > wrote:
>> Anthony W > wrote:
>>> Dan wrote:
>>>> No "Land of The Giants?"
>>>> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>>> Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>> I remember it. But it appears I saw it in reruns (according to Wikipedia it
>> originally ran from 1951 to 1959, and was shown on Saturday reruns from
>> 1959 to 1966.)
>
> That must be when I saw ti then.
>
> --
>
> FF
>

You can tell the chronology by what Sky King was flying. In the early
days he flew a Cessna Bobcat, later it was a Cessna 310. IIRC.

George

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:32:18 -0000, Jim Logajan > wrote:

>Richard Riley > wrote:
>> Rat Patrol looks amazingly good.
>
>One thing I learned from Rat Patrol: a German Panzer division is no match
>for a jeep with a 50 caliber machine gun mounted on it.

I *did* like that show, and really got a love of the old-model Jeeps from it.
My first car was a '46 Willys, just a bit different from the wartime MBs and
GPWs.

And, of course, I had to build a replica 50 caliber for it. Found the one sand
dune in the eastern part of North Dakota and had my picture taken, standing
there in front of the Jeep, wearing a camo smock and a bush hat.

Back when I was in my mid-20s, my Dad went through owning a string of antique
cars. I'd roll my eyes, every time he went and looked at a Model T or a 52
Ford.

Now I find myself pausing over the early model Jeeps at the car shows....

Ron Wanttaja

[Dan[_2_]]

Anthony W wrote:
> Dan wrote:
>
>>>> Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>>>
>>> I remember it. But it appears I saw it in reruns (according to
>>> Wikipedia it originally ran from 1951 to 1959, and was shown on
>>> Saturday reruns from 1959 to 1966.)
>>
>> Well, there was a series named "Ripcord" that made "Sky King" look
>> well written.
>>
>> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>
> Then there was Riptide in the 1970s (I think) that make all other shows
> look good in comparison. As a young child, Sky King was pretty cool but
> I could see how it might not age well.
>
> Tony

Ripcord was about skydivers.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan[_2_]]

Richard Riley wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:59:37 -0400, "Peter Dohm"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> Interestingly, I heard a while back that someone had decided to run Hogan's
>> Heroes in Germany. I don't recall whether they dubbed in the conversations
>> or ran subtitles; but the show was not popular. (Duh!)
>>
>> In any case, they changed the conversations and made Sergeant Schultz and
>> Colonel Klink much less competent; and the show became a smash hit.
>
> It was running on German cable for a while, it may still be.
>
> One of the interesting things they had to change was the the phrase
> "Heil Hitler." Apparently it's illegal to put on the air in Germany.
> But, of course, when they shot the show all the Nazis greeted each
> other by raising their hands and saying it.
>
> So they replaced it when they dubbed it - with something different and
> completely absurd every time. Like "This is how tall the sunflowers
> grow!" Or "Is your daughter this tall?" "No, this tall!" Or "High
> Five" "Don't touch me!"

I liked the way the Three Stooges said it - "Hang Hitler."

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan[_2_]]

Jim Logajan wrote:
> Richard Riley > wrote:
>> Rat Patrol looks amazingly good.
>
> One thing I learned from Rat Patrol: a German Panzer division is no match
> for a jeep with a 50 caliber machine gun mounted on it.
>
> :-)

I learned that no matter what German unit they went up against they
almost always ran into Heinz Gudegast playing Lt. Dietrich.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Montblack]

("Dan" wrote)
>> Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season

> Guerillas


Don't make me open a can of Lancelot Link whoop ass...


Paul-Mont

[Barnyard BOb]

>> Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>>
>> Tony
>
>Yes and no.
>
>I remember the TV show, which was really hokey in retrospect. I have heard
>that there was a radio version prior to it, but never heard the show or even
>a replay of it.
>
>Peter
>
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==--=-=-=-

I remember ALL the TV and radio shows you 'kids' are mooning over.

All of 'em were hokey when brand spanking new...
if you were old enough to know better.

The only thing I'm sappy about is the REAL deal....
the Flying Tigers courtesy of Chiang Kai-shek circa 1939.

At 69, I'm still awe struck.
Ditto, for the Tuskegee Airmen.


- Barnyard BOb -

[Peter Dohm]

"Richard Riley" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:59:37 -0400, "Peter Dohm"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Interestingly, I heard a while back that someone had decided to run
Hogan's
> >Heroes in Germany. I don't recall whether they dubbed in the
conversations
> >or ran subtitles; but the show was not popular. (Duh!)
> >
> >In any case, they changed the conversations and made Sergeant Schultz and
> >Colonel Klink much less competent; and the show became a smash hit.
>
> It was running on German cable for a while, it may still be.
>
> One of the interesting things they had to change was the the phrase
> "Heil Hitler." Apparently it's illegal to put on the air in Germany.
> But, of course, when they shot the show all the Nazis greeted each
> other by raising their hands and saying it.
>
> So they replaced it when they dubbed it - with something different and
> completely absurd every time. Like "This is how tall the sunflowers
> grow!" Or "Is your daughter this tall?" "No, this tall!" Or "High
> Five" "Don't touch me!"

That really is funny!

And, to think, I had deluded myself into the presumption that it was partly
because Shultz seemed to suspect the situation; but refused to do his job...

Peter :-)

[Peter Dohm]

"Dan" > wrote in message
...
> Richard Riley wrote:
> > On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:59:37 -0400, "Peter Dohm"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Interestingly, I heard a while back that someone had decided to run
Hogan's
> >> Heroes in Germany. I don't recall whether they dubbed in the
conversations
> >> or ran subtitles; but the show was not popular. (Duh!)
> >>
> >> In any case, they changed the conversations and made Sergeant Schultz
and
> >> Colonel Klink much less competent; and the show became a smash hit.
> >
> > It was running on German cable for a while, it may still be.
> >
> > One of the interesting things they had to change was the the phrase
> > "Heil Hitler." Apparently it's illegal to put on the air in Germany.
> > But, of course, when they shot the show all the Nazis greeted each
> > other by raising their hands and saying it.
> >
> > So they replaced it when they dubbed it - with something different and
> > completely absurd every time. Like "This is how tall the sunflowers
> > grow!" Or "Is your daughter this tall?" "No, this tall!" Or "High
> > Five" "Don't touch me!"
>
> I liked the way the Three Stooges said it - "Hang Hitler."
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

The Three Stooges were ... special.

Peter :-)

[cavelamb himself]

Montblack wrote:
> ("Dan" wrote)
>
>>>Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season
>
>
>> Guerillas
>
>
>
> Don't make me open a can of Lancelot Link whoop ass...
>
>
> Paul-Mont
>
>

Not familiar with that one.
Was that the supposed Viet Nam "comedy" that that went over
like something ugly in the punch bowl?

Richard

[cavelamb himself]

Dan wrote:

> Anthony W wrote:
>
>> Dan wrote:
>>
>>>>> Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I remember it. But it appears I saw it in reruns (according to
>>>> Wikipedia it originally ran from 1951 to 1959, and was shown on
>>>> Saturday reruns from 1959 to 1966.)
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, there was a series named "Ripcord" that made "Sky King" look
>>> well written.
>>>
>>> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>>
>>
>> Then there was Riptide in the 1970s (I think) that make all other
>> shows look good in comparison. As a young child, Sky King was pretty
>> cool but I could see how it might not age well.
>>
>> Tony
>
>
> Ripcord was about skydivers.
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

And "whirlybirds"?
Is taht ther right title?

[Peter Dohm]

"cavelamb himself" > wrote in message
k.net...
> Dan wrote:
>
> > Anthony W wrote:
> >
> >> Dan wrote:
> >>
> >>>>> Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I remember it. But it appears I saw it in reruns (according to
> >>>> Wikipedia it originally ran from 1951 to 1959, and was shown on
> >>>> Saturday reruns from 1959 to 1966.)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Well, there was a series named "Ripcord" that made "Sky King" look
> >>> well written.
> >>>
> >>> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
> >>
> >>
> >> Then there was Riptide in the 1970s (I think) that make all other
> >> shows look good in comparison. As a young child, Sky King was pretty
> >> cool but I could see how it might not age well.
> >>
> >> Tony
> >
> >
> > Ripcord was about skydivers.
> >
> > Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>
> And "whirlybirds"?
> Is taht ther right title?
>
I believe it was.

I really enjoyed both Whirlybirds and Ripcord at the time, but I'll bet
they'd look really hokey now.

Peter

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:42:35 GMT, cavelamb himself >
wrote:

>And "whirlybirds"?
>Is taht ther right title?

Yep. Lest we forget, too, 'Spencer's Pilots." That was another of those where
a gun fired in the cockpit shoots out the "electrical system" and the engine
quits.

"Skyhawks," another Saturday morning cartoon.

There was also the one with Tim Conway as a Beech 18 pilot for a small airline.

Ron Wanttaja

[Anthony W]

Peter Dohm wrote:

> I really enjoyed both Whirlybirds and Ripcord at the time, but I'll bet
> they'd look really hokey now.
>
> Peter

I find even the best 1960's TV to be hokey now. It was just part of the
time, or I've been watching too many late night Star Trek reruns.

Tony

[john smith[_2_]]

In article >,
Ron Wanttaja > wrote:

> Yep. Lest we forget, too, 'Spencer's Pilots." That was another of those
> where
> a gun fired in the cockpit shoots out the "electrical system" and the engine
> quits.

Spencer's Pilots was where Gena Davis made her debut, wasn't it?

[cavelamb himself]

Richard Riley wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:40:35 GMT, cavelamb himself
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Montblack wrote:
>>
>>>("Dan" wrote)
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season
>>>
>>>
>>>> Guerillas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Don't make me open a can of Lancelot Link whoop ass...
>>>
>>>
>>>Paul-Mont
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Not familiar with that one.
>>Was that the supposed Viet Nam "comedy" that that went over
>>like something ugly in the punch bowl?
>
>
> Naaa, Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp was a saturday morning kids show. A
> spy show, like Man from UNCLE, but with chimps in costume and voice
> overs. It must have been a nightmare to edit.
>
> The only Viet Nam show I can think of was "China Beach." They talked
> about doing a series of "Good Morning Viet Nam" but it didn't go
> beyond a pilot. You've got me stumped.

Never saw the chimp show.

But I loved China Beach.

I dunno, Richard.
I only heard talk about the comedy thing.
Supposedly it was on - while I was in RVN. 1968-1969

[Montblack]

("john smith" wrote)
> Spencer's Pilots was where Gena Davis made her debut, wasn't it?


So if he were "holding out," ....he'd be Spencer for Hire (1985)? <g>

No Geena Davis on Spencer's Pilots (according to IMDB.com) but she does show
up in an episode of Riptide (1984), a crappy detective show that had an
unusual helicopter in it.

<http://www.celebsinc.com/pictures/GeenaDavis/nude/geena_davis_022.jpg>
Mmm... Geena Davis. I like her, I don't like her. She bewitches me.


Paul-Mont
(NAC) Necessary Aviation Content
She was also in The Fly (1986)

[cavelamb himself]

Richard Riley wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:15:45 -0400, john smith >
> wrote:
>
>
>>In article >,
>>Ron Wanttaja > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Yep. Lest we forget, too, 'Spencer's Pilots." That was another of those
>>>where
>>>a gun fired in the cockpit shoots out the "electrical system" and the engine
>>>quits.
>>
>>Spencer's Pilots was where Gena Davis made her debut, wasn't it?
>
>
> She wasn't ever on Spencer's Pilots. She first appeared in "Tootsie"
> in 82, then had a couple of guest rolls on "Knight Rider" in 83 and
> was part of the cast of "Buffalo Bill" in 84
>
>

and was a freat hit in "Earth Girls are Easy"!

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:59:33 -0700, Richard Riley >
wrote:


>>Spencer's Pilots was where Gena Davis made her debut, wasn't it?
>
>She wasn't ever on Spencer's Pilots. She first appeared in "Tootsie"
>in 82, then had a couple of guest rolls on "Knight Rider"....
^^^^^
Damn. That lucky, LUCKY Hoff.... :-)

Ron "Or did you mean, 'roles'?" Wanttaja

[Peter Dohm]

"Anthony W" > wrote in message
news:Cbddi.4129$gI4.3192@trndny06...
> Peter Dohm wrote:
>
> > I really enjoyed both Whirlybirds and Ripcord at the time, but I'll bet
> > they'd look really hokey now.
> >
> > Peter
>
> I find even the best 1960's TV to be hokey now. It was just part of the
> time, or I've been watching too many late night Star Trek reruns.
>
> Tony

In truth, I don't watch much television; mainly because I find the current
run of shows to be just as hokey as the old ones--and the news and talk
shows are little better. Of what I have seen lately, ESPN is about the
best; but even that is a huge waste of time.

I am not trying to suggest that the time spent here on usenet is the
salvation of anything; but it does only partially occupy the time that most
people spend on front of the Boob Toob. (We may need to think of a new name
as the plasma and TFT models take over)

Peter

[Peter Dohm]

>
> There was also the one with Tim Conway as a Beech 18 pilot for a small
airline.
>
> Ron Wanttaja

I can't think of the name either; but that one was a scream! :-)

Peter

[Anthony W]

Peter Dohm wrote:

> In truth, I don't watch much television; mainly because I find the current
> run of shows to be just as hokey as the old ones--and the news and talk
> shows are little better. Of what I have seen lately, ESPN is about the
> best; but even that is a huge waste of time.
>
> I am not trying to suggest that the time spent here on usenet is the
> salvation of anything; but it does only partially occupy the time that most
> people spend on front of the Boob Toob. (We may need to think of a new name
> as the plasma and TFT models take over)
>
> Peter

I'm not a sports fan so ESPN is out for me. I'm self employed and
sometimes (specially late at night) I keep the tube on for company while
I work. I agree most of what is broadcast sucks.

Tony

[john smith[_2_]]

In article >,
"Montblack" > wrote:

> No Geena Davis on Spencer's Pilots (according to IMDB.com) but she does show
> up in an episode of Riptide (1984), a crappy detective show that had an
> unusual helicopter in it.

That was it! Helicopter was a Sikorsky S-58.

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:09:43 -0400, "Peter Dohm" > wrote:

>>
>> There was also the one with Tim Conway as a Beech 18 pilot for a small
>airline.
>>
>> Ron Wanttaja
>
>I can't think of the name either; but that one was a scream! :-)

(Swats self on forehead) D'oh! "The Tim Conway Show."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065352/

Ron Wanttaja

[Dan[_2_]]

Montblack wrote:
> ("Dan" wrote)
>>> Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season
>
>> Guerillas
>
>
> Don't make me open a can of Lancelot Link whoop ass...
>
>
> Paul-Mont
>
>
OK, I won't monkey around.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan[_2_]]

Peter Dohm wrote:
> "Dan" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Richard Riley wrote:
>>> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:59:37 -0400, "Peter Dohm"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Interestingly, I heard a while back that someone had decided to run
> Hogan's
>>>> Heroes in Germany. I don't recall whether they dubbed in the
> conversations
>>>> or ran subtitles; but the show was not popular. (Duh!)
>>>>
>>>> In any case, they changed the conversations and made Sergeant Schultz
> and
>>>> Colonel Klink much less competent; and the show became a smash hit.
>>> It was running on German cable for a while, it may still be.
>>>
>>> One of the interesting things they had to change was the the phrase
>>> "Heil Hitler." Apparently it's illegal to put on the air in Germany.
>>> But, of course, when they shot the show all the Nazis greeted each
>>> other by raising their hands and saying it.
>>>
>>> So they replaced it when they dubbed it - with something different and
>>> completely absurd every time. Like "This is how tall the sunflowers
>>> grow!" Or "Is your daughter this tall?" "No, this tall!" Or "High
>>> Five" "Don't touch me!"
>> I liked the way the Three Stooges said it - "Hang Hitler."
>>
>> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>
> The Three Stooges were ... special.
>
> Peter :-)
>
>
>
Short bus special?

I was in special ops, we flew the short helicopters.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan[_2_]]

cavelamb himself wrote:
> Dan wrote:
>
>> Anthony W wrote:
>>
>>> Dan wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I remember it. But it appears I saw it in reruns (according to
>>>>> Wikipedia it originally ran from 1951 to 1959, and was shown on
>>>>> Saturday reruns from 1959 to 1966.)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, there was a series named "Ripcord" that made "Sky King" look
>>>> well written.
>>>>
>>>> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>>>
>>>
>>> Then there was Riptide in the 1970s (I think) that make all other
>>> shows look good in comparison. As a young child, Sky King was pretty
>>> cool but I could see how it might not age well.
>>>
>>> Tony
>>
>>
>> Ripcord was about skydivers.
>>
>> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>
> And "whirlybirds"?
> Is taht ther right title?
>
Yes, "Whirlybirds," I forgot about that one.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan[_2_]]

Richard Riley wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:40:35 GMT, cavelamb himself
> > wrote:
>
>> Montblack wrote:
>>> ("Dan" wrote)
>>>
>>>>> Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season
>>>
>>>> Guerillas
>>>
>>>
>>> Don't make me open a can of Lancelot Link whoop ass...
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul-Mont
>>>
>>>
>> Not familiar with that one.
>> Was that the supposed Viet Nam "comedy" that that went over
>> like something ugly in the punch bowl?
>
> Naaa, Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp was a saturday morning kids show. A
> spy show, like Man from UNCLE, but with chimps in costume and voice
> overs. It must have been a nightmare to edit.
>
> The only Viet Nam show I can think of was "China Beach." They talked
> about doing a series of "Good Morning Viet Nam" but it didn't go
> beyond a pilot. You've got me stumped.

I think there was another Viet Nam series. I got 10 minutes into one
episode and couldn't take the cliches.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan[_2_]]

Ron Wanttaja wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:09:43 -0400, "Peter Dohm" > wrote:
>
>>> There was also the one with Tim Conway as a Beech 18 pilot for a small
>> airline.
>>> Ron Wanttaja
>> I can't think of the name either; but that one was a scream! :-)
>
> (Swats self on forehead) D'oh! "The Tim Conway Show."
>
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065352/
>
> Ron Wanttaja

I loved watching Conway make Korman crack up on Carol Burnette.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dave[_16_]]

Tour of Duty


Dan wrote:
> Richard Riley wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:40:35 GMT, cavelamb himself
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Montblack wrote:
>>>> ("Dan" wrote)
>>>>
>>>>>> Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season
>>>>
>>>>> Guerillas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don't make me open a can of Lancelot Link whoop ass...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Paul-Mont
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Not familiar with that one.
>>> Was that the supposed Viet Nam "comedy" that that went over
>>> like something ugly in the punch bowl?
>>
>> Naaa, Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp was a saturday morning kids show. A
>> spy show, like Man from UNCLE, but with chimps in costume and voice
>> overs. It must have been a nightmare to edit.
>>
>> The only Viet Nam show I can think of was "China Beach." They talked
>> about doing a series of "Good Morning Viet Nam" but it didn't go
>> beyond a pilot. You've got me stumped.
>
> I think there was another Viet Nam series. I got 10 minutes into one
> episode and couldn't take the cliches.
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Montblack]

("Dan" wrote)
> I think there was another Viet Nam series. I got 10 minutes into one
> episode and couldn't take the cliches.


Um, ...M*A*S*H?


Paul-Mont

[Dan[_2_]]

Richard Riley wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:43:34 -0500, "Montblack"
> > wrote:
>
>> ("Dan" wrote)
>>> I think there was another Viet Nam series. I got 10 minutes into one
>>> episode and couldn't take the cliches.
>>
>> Um, ...M*A*S*H?
>>
>>
>> Paul-Mont
>
> You mean the one set in Korea?
>
By the last few seasons M*A*S*H should have been retitled "All About
Alan Alda."

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Montblack]

("Richard Riley" wrote)
>>Um, ...M*A*S*H?

> You mean the one set in Korea?


Yes, that show about the Vietnam War! :-)


Paul-Mont
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22
Catch-22. Wrong war again?

Explanation of the novel's title
A magazine excerpt from the novel was originally published as Catch-18, but
Heller's publisher requested that he change the title of the novel so it
would not be confused with another recently published World War II novel,
Leon Uris's Mila 18. The number 18 has special meaning in Judaism and was
relevant to early drafts of the novel which had a somewhat greater Jewish
emphasis.

There was a suggestion for the title Catch-11, with the duplicated 1 in
parallel to the repetition found in a number of character exchanges in the
novel, but due to the release of the 1960 movie Ocean's Eleven this was also
rejected. Catch-14 was also rejected apparently because the publisher did
not feel that 14 was a "funny number". Catch-17 was also rejected so as not
to be confused with the WWII film Stalag-17 So eventually the title came to
be Catch-22, which like 11 has a duplicated digit with the 2 also referring
to a number of déjà vu like events common in the novel.

[Robert Murray]

"Dan" > wrote in message
...
> Jim Logajan wrote:
> > Richard Riley > wrote:
> >> Rat Patrol looks amazingly good.
> >
> > One thing I learned from Rat Patrol: a German Panzer division is no
match
> > for a jeep with a 50 caliber machine gun mounted on it.
> >
> > :-)
>
> I learned that no matter what German unit they went up against they
> almost always ran into Heinz Gudegast playing Lt. Dietrich.
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

He also played in "Combat".
Bob

[[email protected]]

On Jun 18, 1:12 am, Dan > wrote:
> Richard Riley wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:40:35 GMT, cavelamb himself
> > > wrote:
>
> >> Montblack wrote:
> >>> ("Dan" wrote)
>
> >>>>> Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season
>
> >>>> Guerillas
>
> >>> Don't make me open a can of Lancelot Link whoop ass...
>
> >>> Paul-Mont
>
> >> Not familiar with that one.
> >> Was that the supposed Viet Nam "comedy" that that went over
> >> like something ugly in the punch bowl?
>
> > Naaa, Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp was a saturday morning kids show. A
> > spy show, like Man from UNCLE, but with chimps in costume and voice
> > overs. It must have been a nightmare to edit.
>
> > The only Viet Nam show I can think of was "China Beach." They talked
> > about doing a series of "Good Morning Viet Nam" but it didn't go
> > beyond a pilot. You've got me stumped.
>
> I think there was another Viet Nam series. I got 10 minutes into one
> episode and couldn't take the cliches.
>

Probably _Tour of Duty_

The commercials for the show made it look so bad
I never watched it at all.

--

FF

[Darrel Toepfer]

"Montblack" > wrote:

> Mmm... Geena Davis. I like her, I don't like her. She bewitches me.

Earth Girls Are Easy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097257
http://www.celebsinc.com/pictures/GeenaDavis/nude/geena_davis_039.jpg

[cavelamb himself]

Darrel Toepfer wrote:

> "Montblack" > wrote:
>
>
>>Mmm... Geena Davis. I like her, I don't like her. She bewitches me.
>
>
> Earth Girls Are Easy
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097257
> http://www.celebsinc.com/pictures/GeenaDavis/nude/geena_davis_039.jpg

WoW!

[Darrel Toepfer]

Dan > wrote:

> I preferred "Clutch Cargo."

Disney's "Talespin" was great...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098924
1990 - 1994