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Post by vrkalak on Apr 18, 2020 10:20:31 GMT
“ Free of charge, for nothing, without cost."
I have used this line for years. 🤓
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Post by alpha128 on Apr 19, 2020 1:35:53 GMT
"The Night of the Firebrand"This is a fun, action-packed episode, and the first of two appearances in the series by future Bond girl Lana Wood. Season Three has a reputation of being more like a traditional western, and that's apparent in this episode, but so far it's like a breath of fresh air. However, there is a bit of repetition with two wagon chases in one show. Some thoughts: - At 25:27, 38:52, and 49:13, Jim gives Vixen the Vulcan neck pinch.
- Even with the more traditional western format, at 30:03 this episode still delivers Gas!, in the form of diversionary smoke.
- I laughed out loud at Jim's response to Vixen's "I'll die hating you, not him. Jim says, "On come now, can't you dislike him just a little?"
- At 44:42, violence against hats!
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Post by vrkalak on Apr 19, 2020 12:14:45 GMT
To me, season three is very underrated. “Jack O’Diamonds” and “Underground Terror” and maybe another episode or two, are in my top 10.
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Post by alpha128 on Apr 19, 2020 14:20:04 GMT
To me, season three is very underrated. “Jack O’Diamonds” and “Underground Terror” and maybe another episode or two, are in my top 10. Looking over the list of upcoming episodes, I'm looking forward to "The Night of Montezuma's Hordes", "The Night of the Falcon", "The Night of the Turncoat", and "The Night of the Death-Maker". Did you post your Top Ten List in this thread? If not, I would love to see it.
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 19, 2020 19:27:52 GMT
First episode shows actor Warren Parker as the engineer of the train. Parker also played Mr Meldrum, Mayberry bank president. Classic TAGS episode, “The Bank Job.” Ah ha! I thought I saw an engineer in the first episode!
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Post by vrkalak on Apr 19, 2020 23:49:49 GMT
“ Did you post your Top Ten List in this thread? If not, I would love to see it.”
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Post by alpha128 on Apr 20, 2020 0:06:50 GMT
“ Did you post your Top Ten List in this thread? If not, I would love to see it.” 🤔🤔🤔 I just took a spin through your posting history and you did post your Top Ten List, but in another thread: Thanks. Out of curiosity what is your West Top 10? Really hard to narrow down to 10. Here is is my attempt: Puppeteer Murderous Spring Howling Light Feathered Fury Tottering Tontine Lord of Limbo Man-Eating House Jack O'Diamonds Underground Terror Fugitives
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Post by vrkalak on Apr 20, 2020 0:28:25 GMT
“ Did you post your Top Ten List in this thread? If not, I would love to see it.” 🤔🤔🤔 I just took a spin through your posting history and you did post your Top Ten List, but in another thread: Really hard to narrow down to 10. Here is is my attempt: Puppeteer Murderous Spring Howling Light Feathered Fury Tottering Tontine Lord of Limbo Man-Eating House Jack O'Diamonds Underground Terror Fugitives There you go.
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Post by alpha128 on Apr 21, 2020 0:41:59 GMT
"The Night of the Assassin"This episode originally aired on September 22, 1967. I first saw it in the 1990's on cable network TNT (the same time I discovered The Four Elements). I can't help but wonder what the contemporary reaction to this episode was, since it originally aired less than four years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Some thoughts: - In a nice bit of continuity, Frank Sorello, who played Mexican President Juarez in The Night of the Eccentrics, reprises his role in this one.
- In a odd bit of non-continuity, Donald Woods, who played the treacherous Senator Stephen Fenlow in The Night of the Skulls, plays Ambassador Griswold. I suspect this casting choice was a red herring, since I couldn't remember who the real mastermind was, and suspected Griswold until the truth was revealed.
- At 18:00 Col. Arsenio 'Arsenic' Barbossa (Robert Loggia) starts playing with a nutcracker right before he plans to torture Halvorsen. This analogy is a little too close for comfort if you ask me!
- The "sleeping pill" Artie gives Halvorsen at 24:45 looks like a plain M&M candy.
- At 34:25, Jim uses a bar hanging from a central wheel to slide down a zip-line, rather than using the sleeve wheel from "The Night of the Bubbling Death". It looks like this device actually works.
- At 40:06, I had forgotten that Artie was in the coffin
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Post by vrkalak on Apr 21, 2020 2:53:10 GMT
"The Night of the Assassin"This episode originally aired on September 22, 1967. I first saw it in the 1990's on cable network TNT (the same time I discovered The Four Elements). I can't help but wonder what the contemporary reaction to this episode was, since it originally aired less than four years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Some thoughts: - In a nice bit of continuity, Frank Sorello, who played Mexican President Juarez in The Night of the Eccentrics, reprises his role in this one.
- In a odd bit of non-continuity, Donald Woods, who played the treacherous Senator Stephen Fenlow in The Night of the Skulls, plays Ambassador Griswold. I suspect this casting choice was a red herring, since I couldn't remember who the real mastermind was, and suspected Griswold until the truth was revealed.
- At 18:00 Col. Arsenio 'Arsenic' Barbossa (Robert Loggia) starts playing with a nutcracker right before he plans to torture Halvorsen. This analogy is a little too close for comfort if you ask me!
- The "sleeping pill" Artie gives Halvorsen at 24:45 looks like a plain M&M candy.
- At 34:25, Jim uses a bar hanging from a central wheel to slide down a zip-line, rather than using the sleeve wheel from "The Night of the Bubbling Death". It looks like this device actually works.
- At 40:06, I had forgotten that Artie was in the coffin
No comment about West splitting his pants in the beginning? 😎 Around the time of Artie in the coffin. He refers to someone as a tamale, then later the word tomato is dubbed in instead. Did you notice?
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Post by alpha128 on Apr 21, 2020 3:11:28 GMT
No comment about West splitting his pants in the beginning? 😎 Around the time of Artie in the coffin. He refers to someone as a tamale, then later the word tomato is dubbed in instead. Did you notice? I did not notice either of those things.
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Post by alpha128 on Apr 21, 2020 3:21:22 GMT
Here's a short video that was posted to YouTube on Feb 8, 2020.
Robert Conrad How The Wild Wild West was filmed.
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Post by vrkalak on Apr 21, 2020 11:49:34 GMT
“No stuff was recycled.” 🤔🤔🤔😎😎😎
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Post by alpha128 on Apr 21, 2020 12:38:52 GMT
“No stuff was recycled.” 🤔🤔🤔😎😎😎 I believe he was specifically referring to the stunt sequences and not The Four Elements.
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Post by vrkalak on Apr 21, 2020 13:23:55 GMT
“No stuff was recycled.” 🤔🤔🤔😎😎😎 I believe he was specifically referring to the stunt sequences and not The Four Elements. Yes, could be.
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Post by vrkalak on Apr 21, 2020 14:06:01 GMT
"The Night of the Feathered Fury"Another classic West episode with an alliterative title and all four elements on display. Some thoughts: - The opening of this episode seems to have the same outdoor band stand seen in the opening of the previous episode, "The Night of the Tottering Tontine".
- At 7:03, there is some kind of production trickery when West's gunbelt is "thrown through the window". Apparently the glass-breaking was matted in and made semi-convincing with added sound effects. In reality, the window was open the whole time.
- At 13:42 the way Artie provides Jim with a gun from a hidden compartment, and then emerges from the fireplace is just great! I agree wholeheartedly with the Count's assessment of "well done".
- At the 20:00 mark, I don't understand why Jim ducks out on giving the Colonel a report and investigates Heinrich Sharff's toy shop on his own. If he had reported his newfound lead to the Colonel, no doubt he would have ordered both West and Gordon to check out the shop.
- At 24:51 there's another instance of the "Dance of Death" courtesy of Herr Sharff.
- About the 28:00 mark, I remembered Jim's gambit of using some kind of super-sticky putty to hide the chicken.
- The footage of the hand with a gun, rising from the dish, was used in a commercial when my local station showed TWWW in syndication.
- At 40:45, Artie gets more into the fray than usual, throwing himself at Benji and then grappling with him on the floor.
- I remembered how the Count escapes, first through a rotating wall section and then via a hot air balloon, while Gerda dies with the Midas touch.
- Sadly, the Count's proclamation, "We shall meet again" never comes to pass.
- Finally, I remembered that the gold leaf turns back into the chicken in the finale.
I noticed in Susan Kessler’s book she mentions that the reference to the Philosophers Stone in the this episode as being incorrect. Turns base metal into gold. She states that “it was more the catalyst of good fortune and luck, than of riches.” I believe it is Susan which is wrong, yes?
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Post by alpha128 on Apr 22, 2020 0:07:46 GMT
I noticed in Susan Kessler’s book she mentions that the reference to the Philosophers Stone in the this episode as being incorrect. Turns base metal into gold. She states that “it was more the catalyst of good fortune and luck, than of riches.” I believe it is Susan which is wrong, yes? Yes, I think she's wrong. According to Wikipedia:
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Post by vrkalak on Apr 22, 2020 2:11:43 GMT
Susan Kessler, you have let us down. 🤓
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Post by alpha128 on Apr 22, 2020 2:30:02 GMT
Susan Kessler, you have let us down. 🤓 Any book the size of "The Wild Wild West: The Series" is bound (no pun intended) to have a few errors in it.
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Post by vrkalak on Apr 22, 2020 12:17:25 GMT
Susan Kessler, you have let us down. 🤓 Any book the size of "The Wild Wild West: The Series" is bound (no pun intended) to have a few errors in it. That’s forward thinking my friend.
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