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Sorry it has been a while since I added a new update to the blog, but I have been fairly bogged down with my regular day job. (Aren't we all) Plus, the current article that I have been working on was original supposed to be an entry in our "Looking at the First Season" feature department. I had selected the first season of THE ROCKFORD FILES and there is so much interesting material in the classic James Garner series I am re-writing this feature to cover a more in depth analysis of the character and the series. I had not watched the series since the early 1980's and, trust me, the series has held up tremendously over the years. Really, THE ROCKFORD FILES is one of the most underrated great televisions series in history. Look for the in depth feature in the upcoming weeks.

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A Few Brief Words on ROUTE 66

Forgive me as this was supposed to be a lengthy entry about the ROUTE 66 episodes I have been watching but due to some time constraints this week I have been unable to finish editing the raw thoughts I have jotted down. So, what I will do is add some MORE raw thoughts and publish them right on this blog. Hey, it is better than doing nothing at all isn't it?

Seriously, when I watch ROUTE 66 nothing strikes me more than the fact that the series is one of the best of the anthology series of the 1960's. Yes, most people will point to THE FUGITIVE as the prototypical program that created the concept of the hero who wanders from town to town, adventure to adventure but it was ROUTE 66 that really developed this concept. Of course, THE FUGITIVE added the unique dramatic dimension of the hero being falsely accused of a crime and being pursued by someone. (We saw this plot device employed time and time again in KUNG FU, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, WEREWOLF and the long forgotten 1980's series HOT PURSUIT.) What makes ROUTE 66 engaging, however, is not just this weekly anthology concept as much as it was the originality of the scripts, the brilliance of the acting and the tightness of the direction….much of which is lacking in prime time television programming today. That will be the subject of our next entry.

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Three's Company Lost Pilot Part 3

here is the third part of the lost (well, it ain't lost no more) pilot for Three's Company. One thing to point out here is the fact that there was a SECOND unaired pilot that was produced prior to the actual series that made it to air. it is a good thing they stuck it out and kept tweaking this series until they got it on the air. After all, it was a great series that remains incredibly popular today even after leaving the airwaves almost 25 years ago. On a side note, why did they cancel the funny "sequel" series THREE'S A CROWD? The show was funny and did well in the ratings. Oh well, that is a subject for another day...

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Three's Company Lost Pilot Part 2

Here is the second part. Ritter is great. The rest of this pilot is pretty awful. Who would have though they would eventually tweak it into one of the funniest and most memorable sitcoms ever? The Incredible Hulk Movie Iron Man Movie Review

Three's Company Lost Pilot

Upon reading about the lawsuit surrounding the passing of the lat John Ritter I was looking for footage of the underrated comedian (anyone remember Hooperman?) I discovered this on youtube - the original pilot episode of Three's Company. Try and see if you can count the differences. The chicks are awful but Ritter is hilarious as always.

DALLAS SEASON 8 DVD

Yes, I know that one of my bad habits on this blog is writing about the same shows but the way it always works for me is to follow the theme for a while and then move on to another one. I have been re-examining the old prime time soap operas of the 1980's for a while mainly reviewing DALLAS and DYNASTY. Since I have just watched the Season two DVD of Dynasty and the 8th Season DVD of DALLAS this will be my last mention of these two for a while mainly because these are the most recent volumes of the series and the next season releases won't be for a few months from now…so, we'll start a moratorium on these two series for the foreseeable future. 

Anyways….It is not hard to see why DALLAS went into a decline in the mid-1980's as the 8th season DVD of DALLAS is abominably boring that it was a true endurance test to get through it. This is stunning as Season 7 was a fantastic season with twists and turns galore. This season featured a very disinteresting series of storylines that were little more of rehashes of prior seasons. Will Cliff outsmart JR? Will Priscilla Presley survive their murder trial? (Jock  did when they first ran this storyline years arlier….and DYNASTY ran the same storyline in 1981) Will Sure Ellen start drinking again? Please. There was not one original idea in this season and the Who Shot Bobby storyline was a disgraceful rehash of Who Shot JR. (When I was a little kid and saw the advertisement for that episode of DALLAS even at a young age I was shocked at how lame of a rehash that was) Worst of all the cliffhanger would set the stage for the deplorable dream sequence season….

The DALLAS shark definitely jumped with this season.

Next time…I will write up the very well done second season of DYNASTY.

 

 

 

 

 

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