Whatever Happened to KOLCHAK The NIGHT STALKER?
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Yes, by all means TOS counts.
There is only one Captain and that is James Tiberius Kirk.
Favorite episode?
This is mine:
"Mirror Mirror"
Second favorite:
"Patterns of Force"
Third favorite:
"The Last Voyage" (LOL - I am old enough to remember this when it was first broadcast.)
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What happened to good "theme" music by the way?
It was worth "tuning in" just to listen to the opening theme.
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No, no. No "they used to do this perfectly all the time and now it all sucks" noise about TV themes. The exact same time period that gave us the theme to Peter Gunn (happy centenary, Mancini) also saddled us with the theme to Mr. Ed.
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Oh man I think you missed me by about 5 years!
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I won't post the video, just this link (because being an 80's show, not a 70's, it doesn't fit this thread). The esteemed Ms. Rowling may have issues with the third verse (1:04 - 1:20), which was never played on the show.
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Damn straight!
Those are great ones. I also really like "The City on the Edge of Forever" and "Balance of Terror".
"A Piece of the Action" and "The Trouble with Tribbles" - two of the most humorous episodes - are also among my favorites.
Another favorite is "Journey to Babylon", which introduced the character Sarek (Spock's father). Sarek was played by Mark Lenard, one of my two favorite Star Trek actors outside the regular cast (he also played the Romulan captain in "Balance of Terror", and reprised the role of Sarek in several of the movies). My other favorite non-regular cast member was Roger Carmel, who played Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd. Mudd was the only recurring character outside the crew, appearing in "Mudd's Women" and "I, Mudd". (Carmel was supposed to appear as Mudd in "The Trouble with Tribbles", too, but there was a scheduling conflict, so they had to replace him with another actor/character.)
A classic lost episode!
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"Oh, just one more thing" ... the '70s gave us the best TV detective of all time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB-jlomZhHU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB-jlomZhHU
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And just what the hell is wrong with Mr Ed?
That's musical, witty and fun.
Also not a 70s but a 60s show that came into it's own in syndication with a great theme.
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What's next? Dissing the theme for "The Addams Family"?
I know, right?
Another great show made in the 60s but came into its own during 70s syndication. I used to crash my model trains in the manner of Gomez Addams.
My favorite episode of the sister show, "The Munsters"
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Favorite 70s shows? Sanford and Son, The Waltons, Good Times, The Jeffersons, The Bionic Man, The Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman (yowza!), Charlies Angels (had the lunch box), Starsky and Hutch, The Incredible Hulk, S.W.A.T. (best theme song ever), Columbo, Kojack, Berretta, What's Happening, All In The Family, Family Affair, The Brady Brunch, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Flying Nun, The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies (re-runs but I'll take it), Happy Days (watched from the first episode...stopped before it jumped the shark), Wild Kingdom, The Wonderful World Of Disney (when it was still wonderful), Green Acres (re-runs but I'll take it), I Dream Of Genie (same..and yowza!), Welcome Back Kotter, Taxi, Captain Kangaroo, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Spiderman, Speed Racer, Starblazers, Buck Rogers In The 25th Century, Battlestar Galactica, Mork and Mindy, Laverne and Shirley, Hogan's Heros (again...reruns), Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers...until I grew out of it, Electric Company, Alphabet Soup, Dr. Who (when it was still good...though I didn't discover it until the 80s so does that count?), Little House On The Prairie, that's all I can think of for now. The 1970s also had the best miniseries. (Roots, Ms. Jane Pittman, A woman called Moses, The Holocaust, Skokie, MLK, The Hiding Place). And right round 1976 they had a patriotic cartoon with a "spirit of 1776" who would come out of a grandfather clock and tell Revolutionary War Stories. (Can't think of the name of it).
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In the early 70s, Friday nights meant watching Let’s Make a Deal and The Odd Couple which I still think is pretty hilarious.
Saturday night meant watching The Mary Tyler Moore Show, followed by The Bob Newhart Show, and then the Carol Burnett Show.
I remember liking Mannix but I’ve watched reruns of it more recently and it’s pretty slow and kind of ridiculous. Fun Fact: There’s an episode of Mannix where some of the scenes were filmed inside the Brady Bunch house - recognizable by the orange and avocado green decor, sliding glass door, and wood paneling.
Of course, Star Trek reruns were on every evening after supper.
Kolchack came and went way too quickly.
Night Gallery seemed good at the time.
In the later 70s I liked Flash Gordon reruns - the old serial with Buster Crabbe and ‘Ming the Merciless’ - which would air along with a real old cartoon on a local public broadcasting station, channel 13. While mostly dry news and financial stuff, this channel would also show some good and weird stuff back in the 70s - science stuff and silent movies. One weekly show aired animated shorts by independent filmmakers.
Saturday night meant watching The Mary Tyler Moore Show, followed by The Bob Newhart Show, and then the Carol Burnett Show.
I remember liking Mannix but I’ve watched reruns of it more recently and it’s pretty slow and kind of ridiculous. Fun Fact: There’s an episode of Mannix where some of the scenes were filmed inside the Brady Bunch house - recognizable by the orange and avocado green decor, sliding glass door, and wood paneling.
Of course, Star Trek reruns were on every evening after supper.
Kolchack came and went way too quickly.
Night Gallery seemed good at the time.
In the later 70s I liked Flash Gordon reruns - the old serial with Buster Crabbe and ‘Ming the Merciless’ - which would air along with a real old cartoon on a local public broadcasting station, channel 13. While mostly dry news and financial stuff, this channel would also show some good and weird stuff back in the 70s - science stuff and silent movies. One weekly show aired animated shorts by independent filmmakers.
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