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Conference ljsrv1::tv_chatter

Title:The TV Chatter Notes Conference
Notice:Welcome to TV Chatter :-)
Moderator:PASTA::PIERCE
Created:Wed Dec 16 1992
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:498
Total number of notes:5416

208.0. "THE WILD, WILD WEST" by TNPUBS::NAZZARO (Gentleness overcomes strength) Thu Jan 06 1994 09:35

    TNT has acquired the rights to the classic 60's TV western that wasn't
    really a western, THE WILD WILD WEST, starring macho shrimp Robert
    Conrad as agent James West and the late great Ross Martin as his
    partner, Artemus Gordon.  To celebrate the show coming to TNT, they
    showed a 10+ hour marathon Sunday with all the episodes from the
    series that featured the evil genius, Dr. Miguelito Loveless.  For
    the life of me I can't remember the name of the actor who played
    Loveless,  something Dunn maybe, but he was spectacular in his role
    as the misguided wacko.  I've only seen the first episode so far, but
    it was in black and white and featured Jaws himself, Richard Keel,
    as Lovelss' right hand man.  Interesting to see those two actors
    together, with at least three feet difference in their height.
    
    Anyway, that first episode was grerat, and I look forward to seeing
    all the others.
    
    NAZZ
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208.1Michael DunnGIAMEM::PBROUGHOperating within established parametersThu Jan 06 1994 09:513
    	I think that his name was/is Michael Dunn.
    
    		Paul
208.2He's a "was"MUDPIE::MASONThe law of KARMA hasn't been repealedThu Jan 06 1994 10:263
    "was" Michael Dunn -- he died a number of years ago.  
    
    ****
208.3DSSDEV::RUSTThu Jan 06 1994 13:0012
    The marathon was heaps o' fun, including some interview segments - all
    with Conrad, as Martin and Dunn are no longer with us (though I'd
    hoped they would dig up (pardon!) some archival footage of interviews
    with them). Some of the elements of the show held up very well, and I
    enjoyed all the episodes I watched, but other facets of it were a bit
    too silly or predictable for my taste nowadays. [I still love the
    gadgetry, though it's often very silly indeed; assembling the blowtorch
    from components tucked into our hero's boot-heels was a bit over the
    top even for them. I wonder if MacGyver ever gave credit to West and
    Gordon as pioneer gadgeteers?]
    
    -b
208.4TWO FATHER'S RETURNDECWET::HAYNESSat Jan 15 1994 10:3512
    A note on Robert Conrad, tonight on ch5 (at least in Seattle) at 9pm is
    a sequel movie to the 1985 (?) movie Two Fathers Justice starring
    Robert Conrad and Gearge Hamilton, the sequel tonight is called 
    Two Fathers Return. In the origional movie, Conrad plays a hard worker
    whos daughter marries rich businessman Hamilton's son... the son and
    daughter are brutally murdered C & H hunt the killer down and bring
    them to justice. In Two Fathers Return, the killer escapes from prison,
    and the two fathers go after him. 
    
    I liked the first movie, will probably record this one too.
    
    Michael
208.5Time Shift NoticeWREATH::SCOPATue Feb 15 1994 09:304
    Set your VCRs to TNT Noon to 1 P.M. M-F for Mr. James West and Artemus
    Gordon.
    
    MJS