OT - Mr Wizard

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

"Anthony W" wrote in message
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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

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

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

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.

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

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

Peter Dohm wrote:
"Dan" wrote in message
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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

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

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