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Post by alpha128 on Jan 23, 2021 4:16:47 GMT
The Night of the Howling Light "TNOT Howling Light" is a good episode, but for some reason I didn't review it. But from this point forward I have comments on every episode.
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Post by vrkalak on Jan 23, 2021 11:22:16 GMT
Heads will roll, heads will roll, on the guillotine, heads will roll.
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 23, 2021 23:36:06 GMT
vrkalak I took a spin through this thread and captured every reference I could find to "our favorite brick building". This should help you with your list #ComingIn2021. The Night of the Brain: Around 8:00, we see the familiar hotel and band stand exteriors from earlier episodes. The Night of the Bogus Bandits: At 39:30, the exterior of the Territorial Communications Center looks like the hotels we've been seeing this season. The Night of the Death-Maker: vrkalak and I had discussed earlier in this thread that one famous building gets used in numerous episodes, including this one. I believe the last time we saw it was in the Season 2 finale, "The Night of the Bogus Bandits", where it appeared as the Territorial Communications Center. This time it's the "Hotel Proctor Hotel", according to the signs. I'm not sure if it's properly called the "Hotel Proctor" or the "Proctor Hotel". The Night of the Big Blackmail: Our favorite building is in the background towards the end when Hiram Ulysses Grant gets off his coach ride to enter the embassy. The Night of the Camera: At 24:39 we see, once again, our favorite brick building. The Night of Miguelito's Revenge: At 30:16 Jeremy Pike's carriage stops in front of our favorite brick building. This time the building is once again displaying the signs of the "Hotel Proctor Hotel", previously seen in "The Night of the Death-Maker". The Night of the Janus: At 8:27, and more clearly at 14:41, we see that the Secret Service Headquarters in Denver is our favorite brick building. The Night of the Diva: At 33:04 Jim rides in front of our favorite brick building. And moments later the same building appears in a slightly different guise, with signs reading "Palace Hotel". The Night of the Tycoons: - Starting at 7:29 there's an establishing shot of our favorite brick building, once again displaying the signs of the "Hotel Proctor Hotel", last seen in "The Night of Miguelito's Revenge".
- Starting around the 11:00 minute mark, we once again see our favorite brick building, this time representing Miss Amelia Bronston's home. The iron gate they put up in front of the building isn't fooling anybody!
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Post by vrkalak on Jan 24, 2021 15:08:37 GMT
53 years ago today...
On January 24, 1968, however, during filming of "The Night of the Fugitives" near the end of the third season, Conrad fell from a chandelier onto the stage floor and suffered a concussion. "A little gymnastics — chandelier work," he later explained. "I didn't chalk up properly and I went 15 feet to the concrete and fractured my skull. I was in intensive care for 72 hours, with a six-inch lineal fracture of the skull and a high temporal concussion."[15] As a result, production of the series ended two weeks early. Conrad spent weeks in the hospital and had a long convalescence slowed by constant dizziness. The episode was eventually completed and aired early during the fourth season, with footage of the fall left in. Conrad later told Percy Shain of the Boston Globe, "I have the whole scene on film. It's a constant reminder to be careful. It also bolstered my determination to make this my last year with the series. Four seasons are enough of this sort of thing."[16] Thereafter, Conrad was doubled for the dangerous stunts but still participated in fight scenes.
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 24, 2021 15:33:11 GMT
53 years ago today... On January 24, 1968, however, during filming of "The Night of the Fugitives" near the end of the third season, Conrad fell from a chandelier onto the stage floor and suffered a concussion... Conrad later told Percy Shain of the Boston Globe, "I have the whole scene on film. It's a constant reminder to be careful. It also bolstered my determination to make this my last year with the series. Four seasons are enough of this sort of thing." I remember reading in Sue Kesler's book that Conrad said something like it's just as well that the series got cancelled after four seasons, before a stunt performer got killed. But this is the first I can recall reading about Conrad's "determination to make this my last year with the series". But even if the stunt coordinator had grip-taped the chandelier while filming "The Night of the Fugitives" and "the fall" had never occurred, I don't think I'd want a fifth season - not if the restrictions on violence so evident in "The Night of the Cossacks" were still in place.
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 6, 2021 4:27:19 GMT
THE NIGHT OF THE FATAL TRAP Oh boy this one felt really different. The Mojave Mike disguise was good. But the butler was in it. I hate that guy. However, Joanna Moore, what a looker! Why haven't I seen more of her in things? I thought it was Angel Thompkins for a minute. They used quite a bit of stock footage I could detect. This is the weakest one I have seen so far. Which is shame because I liked Mojave Mike and Joanna Moore (she did not know him as James West? She thought he was a crook?).
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Post by alpha128 on Feb 6, 2021 11:51:22 GMT
THE NIGHT OF THE FATAL TRAP But the butler was in it. I hate that guy. This is the weakest one I have seen so far. As I noted in my review of this episode, "IMO, there's no secret why this episode was filmed fourth but aired fifteenth. It's just not very good." But the good news is "TNOT Fatal Trap" is the last episode produced by Collier Young, so that's the last you'll see of the butler!
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Post by vrkalak on Feb 6, 2021 12:53:22 GMT
“You would betray your friend for $10,000 reward?” “That’s the least I’ll take for him.”
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 6, 2021 16:46:24 GMT
I liked that line.
Also
"I take a drop of vino now and then.."
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 20, 2021 4:11:02 GMT
I rewatched "The Night of the Steel Assassin". It's a good episode, although this time it seemed to drag a bit in the middle. Some thoughts: - I liked the sound effect used on John Denner's voice. It was very effective in conveying his no longer quite human status.
- Sue Ane Langdon was cute and sexy and did a great job portraying two versions of the same character.
- The lamp with the rotating glass shade was an effective visual aid for conveying hypnotism. The problem is it is moved twice in the episode. It starts out in Torres' home, is then relocated to his saloon, and then is taken by Artie to the train. The fragile lamp is implausibly undamaged each time. We even see Artie carrying it through the saloon without any packing material whatsoever!
- I had forgotten that Jim actually picks up Torres' and drops him in the water. Since they make a big deal about how heavy Torres is with so much metal in his body, I wonder if this is feat Jim could actually do.
I liked the bad guy in this--sort of Karloff-like. Isn't Christopher Lloyd like a goofy version of John Denner?
The coach driver said the Torres place was --- kilometers away. I am surprised he kept up with the metric system.
The bit where Artie starts speechifying about American fatherhood was amusing--playing up his role as a distraction for Jim's actions.
The ending was funny--that was quite a slap Jim got. I am sure it's one time Artie was not envious but he got hit a few times with her volley of train artifacts.
Thank goodness Tennyson wasn't there.
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Post by alpha128 on Feb 20, 2021 15:40:35 GMT
I liked the bad guy in this--sort of Karloff-like.
Thank goodness Tennyson wasn't there. The real Boris Karloff appears as a guest star in Season 2 Episode 2, "The Night of the Golden Cobra". No more Tennyson for the rest of series! That character was the brain child of producer Collier Young. Young produced only three episodes for the series: "Night of the Casual Killer" (S1 E05), "The Night of the Double-Edged Knife" (S1 E09), and "The Night of the Fatal Trap" (S1 E15). When real producer Young lost his job, fictional butler Tennyson lost his too. There are no regular traveling companions for Jim and Artie from here on, although there are recurring characters on their side. The main one is their Secret Service superior, Col. James Richmond, played by Douglas Henderson. According to the IMDb he appeared as the character in ten episodes over the last three seasons, and IMO did a great job. In fact, I would have liked to see him appear more often.
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 20, 2021 18:02:15 GMT
I watched that one already! I jumped ahead to the first two color episodes. After it was mentioned he appeared-I got curious and checked it out. A butler just does not work in that train! I understand there were also novels done from the show. I guess a 1969 lunchbox would be quite the collector's item.
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Post by vrkalak on Feb 20, 2021 23:05:09 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 1, 2021 6:21:07 GMT
I listened to a 1950 Suspense show --The Long Wait--it was written by Fred Freiberger. I put it on the Radio section. Good ending.
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Post by alpha128 on Mar 1, 2021 13:02:08 GMT
I listened to a 1950 Suspense show --The Long Wait--it was written by Fred Freiberger. I put it on the Radio section. Good ending.
Interesting. I didn't know Fred Freiberger wrote for radio.
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 6, 2021 4:03:11 GMT
THE NIGHT THE DRAGON SCREAMED This one had an unusual start--we don't know how they escaped.
Some good humor moments. I..e the assassin commenting to West about his poor job in trying to kill him and Gordon's "who is that?" later on. They found a number of asian character actors to portray the parts without the poor quality eye makeup-although I did spot that odd looking asian guy in the background before they revealed why "he" was included. I am wondering how they could escape because a guard dumbly fell through the trap door. That was convenient wasn't it?
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Post by vrkalak on Mar 6, 2021 12:59:46 GMT
The Order of the Crimson Dragon.
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 6, 2021 20:19:36 GMT
Amusing how Artie went from being skewered by a sword to honored guest of the villain. And then he is flabbergasted "how did he know? I was sure I had him fooled."
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 10, 2021 3:47:33 GMT
THE NIGHT OF THE FLAMING GHOST
John Brown's body is not lying all moldy in the grave.
Sam P McGuffy says, "Considering the places I have been known to frequent, that is a very compromising remark."
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 17, 2021 4:05:21 GMT
THE NIGHT OF THE WHIRRING DEATH
I missed one! The Grand Emir. I have to go back to watch that one. This was pretty good--"Caruso" was rather hilarious with the singing.
"Hey what happened to your accent?"
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