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Post by vrkalak on Jan 1, 2020 0:13:34 GMT
“At 36:55, Gordon's impersonation of Tigo is one of the best in the series. Bob Herron, who played Tigo, was also Ross Martin's stunt double. With both of them heavily made-up, they really do resemble each other.”
They looked alike for sure. You could always tell when it was Herron, as he had a tendency to fight with his left arm instead of right handed Ross.
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 1, 2020 0:35:35 GMT
“At 36:55, Gordon's impersonation of Tigo is one of the best in the series. Bob Herron, who played Tigo, was also Ross Martin's stunt double. With both of them heavily made-up, they really do resemble each other.” They looked alike for sure. You could always tell when it was Herron, as he had a tendency to fight with his left arm instead of right handed Ross. Yes a much more effective impersonation, than, e.g., this one from Season 3's "The Night of the Iron Fist":
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Post by vrkalak on Jan 1, 2020 1:55:26 GMT
The Count was taught the Tucson two step by West.
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 1, 2020 2:04:04 GMT
The Count was taught the Tucson two step by West. More on that when we get there...
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Post by vrkalak on Jan 1, 2020 2:15:32 GMT
Season 3 is underrated. The Night of the Jack O’ Diamonds is in my Top 10 all time West episodes.
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 1, 2020 4:03:50 GMT
Season 3 is underrated. The Night of the Jack O’ Diamonds is in my Top 10 all time West episodes. I love all the seasons, including fourth. IMO, The Wild Wild West maintained a high quality level throughout its entire run. In addition to "The Night of Jack O'Diamonds", my favorite Season 3 episodes include "The Night of the Bubbling Death", "The Night of Montezuma's Hordes", "The Night of the Falcon", "The Night of the Turncoat", and "The Night of the Death-Maker".
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 1, 2020 20:33:22 GMT
"The Night of the Infernal Machine"In my previous post I stated, " The Wild Wild West maintained a high quality level throughout its entire run." However that does not preclude the occasional, in Sue Kesler's words, "not too totally exciting an episode". That's not to say however that it didn't have its moments. Some thoughts: - This is last episode, in airdate order, with the credit "Created and Produced by Michael Garrison"
- At 8:52 Artie says, "A billiard ball, he stole that idea from me", a clear reference to the pilot. Speaking of the pilot, there's a scene later on with Jim revealing his hidden guns and gadgets, very similar to the one in the pilot (see below). But the new scene takes place in the main room of the train, instead of the small room behind it.
- An amusing line from Zeno Baroda at 22:25, "I've always believed that a man who's lost a wife and a nickel, has lost a nickel."
- At 25:21, my goodness Vashti has a hairy armpit! And immediately following that, I noticed the black wire right before the flaming shish kebab rode down it and into the wall.
- At the 26:53 mark, there's a bullet hole in the judge's door before Zeno Baroda even fires a shot! I guess it's supposed to be there because Artie seems to try to look through the hole before calling out to the judge. But how did it get there?
- At 33:09 Jim tests his bulletproof vest by firing a bullet into it. My first thought was this was ridiculous. Then I discovered an inventor who actually did it to themselves - 200 times! (see below). Even so, the episode ignores the effect the impact would have on Jim's body.
- There's an amusing moment at 34:38 where Artie, in disguise as a pastry chef, fills a bellhop's hand with icing instead of giving him the tip he expected.
- At 39:57, did this episode really need to have this musical number three times? (OK, two and a half times.) At least there were no close-ups of Vashti's armpit this time. Whoops I wrote too soon!
- At 49:10 you can see the Sicilian chef close his eyes right before Vashti hits him with the cake.
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Post by vrkalak on Jan 3, 2020 18:46:28 GMT
I remember watching the WWW pilot commercial as a 6 year old.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jan 4, 2020 7:30:37 GMT
THE NIGHT OF THE CASUAL KILLER
Why so many "night of" when the episodes themselves hardly have any night? Anyway, I wondered where the butler came from on the train--I don't think he works--get rid of that guy! John Dehner is an interesting adversary-reminds me of a no nonsense Christopher Lloyd. Dub Taylor was in this!
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Post by vrkalak on Jan 4, 2020 13:42:39 GMT
Dub Taylor was also great in a S3 episode TNOT Running Death.
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 4, 2020 14:23:25 GMT
THE NIGHT OF THE CASUAL KILLER Why so many "night of" when the episodes themselves hardly have any night? It was a stylistic choice. I've read that this may have been influenced by The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV series which debuted a year earlier. On U.N.C.L.E., every episode was titled "The ________ Affair". On West, every episode was "The Night of the ________." Anyway, I wondered where the butler came from on the train--I don't think he works--get rid of that guy! Tennyson, the agents' butler, was the brainchild of Collier Young, who was the producer of "TNOT Casual Killer", along with "TNOT Double-Edged Knife" and "TNOT Fatal Trap". Those were the first three episodes of the TWWW in production, but not air date, order. You'll get your wish, because when they got rid of Collier Young, Tennyson went too.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jan 4, 2020 19:39:24 GMT
Of course, the impression it is just West and Gordon is wrong because...who drives the train??? There has to be someone else onboard, but I think it's better to leave some things mysterious.
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Post by vrkalak on Jan 4, 2020 20:10:26 GMT
“Collier Young, who was the producer of "TNOT Casual Killer", along with "TNOT Double-Edged Knife" and "TNOT Fatal Trap". Those were the first three episodes of the TWWW in production, but not air date, order. You'll get your wish, because when they got rid of Collier Young, Tennyson went too.“
I assume Alpha means the first three after “Inferno?”
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Post by Prime etc. on Jan 4, 2020 20:16:20 GMT
Dub Taylor caused some disturbance for Siskel and Ebert when he and Pat Buttram showed up in Back to the Future 3! I remember them saying that given how many westerns they had been in, seeing them in the movie broke the illusion of realism for them.
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 4, 2020 21:41:53 GMT
“Collier Young, who was the producer of "TNOT Casual Killer", along with "TNOT Double-Edged Knife" and "TNOT Fatal Trap". Those were the first three episodes of the TWWW in production, but not air date, order. You'll get your wish, because when they got rid of Collier Young, Tennyson went too.“ I assume Alpha means the first three after “Inferno?” Yes, I mean the first three regular episodes after the pilot episode, "TNOT Inferno", which was produced by series creator Michael Garrison.
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 4, 2020 21:43:59 GMT
Of course, the impression it is just West and Gordon is wrong because... who drives the train???There has to be someone else onboard, but I think it's better to leave some things mysterious. There is a train crew that IIRC consists of two men. We don't see them much in the series, but they are there!
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Post by vrkalak on Jan 4, 2020 23:50:51 GMT
“Yes, I mean the first three regular episodes after the pilot episode, "TNOT Inferno", which was produced by series creator Michael Garrison.“
Inferno started filming December 16, 1964.
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 5, 2020 0:04:47 GMT
“Yes, I mean the first three regular episodes after the pilot episode, "TNOT Inferno", which was produced by series creator Michael Garrison.“ Inferno started filming December 16, 1964. According to Sue Kesler's book, the first Collier Young produced episode was "TNOT Double-Edged Knife", which began production in June 1965. Young was replaced by Fred Freiberger in July 1965.
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Post by vrkalak on Jan 5, 2020 0:19:56 GMT
There a great picture online dated July 15, 1965 showing Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Tina Louise, Robert Conrad and Ross Martin.
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 5, 2020 0:22:08 GMT
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