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Post by telegonus on Apr 28, 2017 7:55:11 GMT
I wonder if the popular but too edgy/upscale for the average viewer Sixties comedy show that satirized current evens (among other things) That Was The Week That Was qualifies as cult. Today, I mean. It was definitely cult in its time but I do wonder if any episodes survive. It was an amazing sort of six day wonder phenomenon, as it quickly became know by the acronym TW3 by bright high school and college students. The appeal of this "based on a British original" series was that it was rather Anglophile, and it was more or less of the early Beatles era.
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Post by maya55555 on May 19, 2017 1:02:32 GMT
I remember it quite well.
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Post by geode on May 21, 2017 17:03:41 GMT
I wonder if the popular but too edgy/upscale for the average viewer Sixties comedy show that satirized current evens (among other things) That Was The Week That Was qualifies as cult. Today, I mean. It was definitely cult in its time but I do wonder if any episodes survive. It was an amazing sort of six day wonder phenomenon, as it quickly became know by the acronym TW3 by bright high school and college students. The appeal of this "based on a British original" series was that it was rather Anglophile, and it was more or less of the early Beatles era. I watched it, and if I remember correctly it peaked and disappeared pretty quickly (as you have stated). I remember it had a jingle sort of song at the beginning that I now hear in my head after all these decAdes...."That was the week that was, it's over let it go...." I know some of the BBC shows have survived, not sure about American shows.
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Post by telegonus on May 22, 2017 6:44:00 GMT
I remember the gal who sang that theme to TW3, Nancy Ames, being on the cover of our local TV Sunday TV section. The show was apparently talked about much more than it was watched. The rise and fall of the show more or less paralleled, in miniature, the similar trajectory for the later late night Dick Cavett talk show, the first one that ran late night. My sense is that for the average TV viewer these kinds of shows felt snooty, and they sometimes probably were,--though smug might be a better word for it-- though Cavett worked hard to broaden his base.
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