Nice! Back during lockdown in 2020, I came up with an interesting idea: Since a bunch of my favorite old TV shows from the '60s are on Amazon Prime, and since Wikipedia has complete episode listings for them including the original broadcast dates, I took the episode lists and merged and sorted them in chronological order, resulting in a list of what was playing each night, like this: 1967.03.08 I Spy 2-24 Blackout 1967.03.09 Star Trek 1-25 The Devil in the Dark 1967.03.10 Man from UNCLE 3-25 The Hot Number Affair 1967.03.10 Wild Wild West 2-24 The Night of the Colonel's Ghost 1967.03.11 Avengers 5-09 The Correct Way to Kill 1967.03.11 Forsyte Saga 1-10 1967.03.11 Get Smart 2-25 How to Succeed in the Spy Business Without Really Trying 1967.03.14 Girl from UNCLE 1-25 The Phi Beta Killer Affair and then I started watching from the beginning, seeing the episodes in the order that you would have seen them on TV in the '60s (well, assuming you were in two places at once, since I used US network schedules for American shows and ATV Midlands for UK shows). I started in 1960 with the first episode of Danger Man and made it up to October 1967 before I got tired of it. Every so often I watch a few more episodes, so eventually I'll probably get to the end of my list, which is the final episode of Mission: Impossible in 1973. For The Wild Wild West and The Forsyte Saga, I had to buy DVD boxed sets, because I couldn't find them on any of the streaming services; and for I Spy, I must admit that the only recourse I could find was to download YouTube videos (which have since been deleted) that look like they came from VHS tapes.
We started The Sopranos from the beginning yesterday. My wife missed the last two seasons when it aired, and I had only seen a few random episodes at a friend’s house (I did not have HBO at the time). We’re 4 or 5 episodes in. Pretty good so far.
All I can say is "Wow!". Last night, I scrolled through the listings on Pluto-TV and at 10 PM, I saw GUNSMOKE starting. The episode was titled "The Gallows". I'm not much of a western fan, but have seen a small percentage of GUNSMOKE episodes in my life. My Dad watched it all the time, and though I usually fell asleep during those original 10 PM Saturday showings, occasionally I saw a full episode. Still, over the years, I can't say I recall the plots of any of the episodes. Anyway, an episode titled "The Gallows", sounded at least somewhat interesting. As used to happen back then, I managed to doze off somewhere midway through the episode. But these days that's not a problem as I can stream the rest of the episodes any time I want through Paramount+, or even Pluto if I don't mind commercials. So today I finished off the episode, and I have to just say "Wow!". This was, bar none, one of the finest hours of television I've seen. A fabulous script and story mixed with some great acting made for a very memorable hour. It's one that will stay with me for a long time. Pluto is free with commercials: Pluto TV - Gunsmoke | The Gallows Or you can find it on Paramount+. It's in the first year of hour-long episodes, still in black & white. Season 7, episode 22
My wife and I started rewatching Daria. Man, I miss the 90's, back when cynicism was funny and people could laugh at themselves.
I'm so sorry I sold that set. Everytime I see huge tractor trailers on our nearby streets I think, Grot on wheels.
Think I posted this on a similar thread, sorry if its repetitious. "Watching House of Cards (the British series) on DVD. Gripping, and Shakespearian, if somewhat paranoia inducing."
I, Claudius (1976). Watched Rome (2005) after actor Ray Stephenson died. Hadn't watched it since. Still holds up, excellent show. So, thought I, Claudius would follow on nicely.
I had no idea that Ally Sheedy had a guest appearance in season three as a very flirtatious student. I can see how that helped get her cast in War Games.
Friday Night Lights Never watched it when it was originally broadcast. My daughter and wife started watching it and I watched an episode with them and got hooked. I had to go back and start at the beginning.
Coming from a dreary town with 24% unemployment and an obsession with high school football, I couldn't believe how realistic this show was. The writers admitted that they had cranked the drama too far in the beginning of season two but it didn't help the ratings so they turned it back down.
I forgot to point out that when her character entered Detective LaRue's stake out van, she flirtatiously asked what all the electronic stuff is... just like when her character in War Games went into David's room and flirtatiously asked what his computer was. The scenes are very similar.
I’ve been watching season 1 of both Quincy M.E. And Barnaby Jones. Both are far more entertaining than I expected. Neither are at the levels of, say, Colombo or Rockford Files but I’m glad I’m checking them out. Both have great location shots throughout Los Angeles too.
red skelton, the colgate hour with martin and lewis and mr and mrs north on tubi and roku . some people in today's audience may find them a bit old fashioned but I find them interesting because of my interest in old time radio.