Incorrect on all counts, sir. All of those things made it better.
Just been watching Callan repeats here in UK.
Sadly, of the first series only episodes 1 and 6 seem to have survived. (In black and white, of course.)
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Let us not forget:
It was truly a golden age.
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You’re correct. It’s either higher, or slightly faster. I think faster.
You can say that about just about any weapon in the 80s and earlier. Swords, knives, laser guns, six shooters, attack helicopters. It was rare in a show for anyone to ever actually die, and if they did, it was from some sort of accident. Or a murder at the beginning and you need to find out who dun it. The number of guns shot out of hands in old cowboy shows is comical.
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I saw the pilot episode. I was impressed. Its a tough show to find in the US except through some old discontinued DVD box sets.
Funny thing is what impressed me most as a kid during that time was that people died on a regular basis in the cartoons Johnny Quest and Robotech
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Wish I could help.
It’s going out in UK on cable and satelite and terrestrial from these guys:
They’re showing a lot of stuff from my childhood and earlier.
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The important thing back then was to have a badass vehicle with a black paint job, whether that vehicle happened to be a high-tech helicopter or a van with a big red spoiler or a talking Pontiac.
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With the notable exception of nunchucks.
Anybody who was anybody did a guest spot on the A-Team. I never realized it as a kid, but watching some reruns a few years ago was an eye opener.
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Or had a guest cameo from the A-Team.
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I didn’t get either of those on my TV, though I later discovered and collected Robotech comics. But GI Joe taught me you always have time to eject/bail out before the missile hits.
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Whose arm is that around Boy George? Is it supposed to be B.A. Barracus’, because I don’t think arms bend that way.
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That and anyone in the military is a competent fighter pilot even if they are largely trained as something else entirely.
Well to be fair, GI Joe was a special organization, so cross training make sense.
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GI Joe’s thing is about ‘being there’ – which is now totally unAmerican. Now we think and pray from afar.
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Kind of ironic given the name. It would be like having a super-elite law enforcement group called “the beat cops.”
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That was just to throw off the enemy initially. “GI Joes? Sounds like bunch of wimps - oh my god, does that guy have a freakin’ wolf?”
What are you talking about? The actual military has special ops up in everyone’s chili.
