The Classic/Retro Pop Culture Thread
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Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
Thank you. That's exactly what I was going for. While I've been known to write an action sequence or two, I prefer stories that are evenly paced and thoughtful, which are not easy to find these days.
Actually, the Trunkards cartoon didn't take too long. It was just my Brother and myself doing the voices. I just imported the art from my webcomic. Part of the joke was that, despite being "animated," it maintained the same static structure as the comic-- the only thing I really animated was the bubbles.
Thanks again. I was very pleased with how the Blue Cowl story turned out. The voices in that one were all friends and family, and there's a second episode on the way. I'm also working on a Blue Cowl comic book story with Glenn Whitmore, who is a fan.
The Heroes link is to a blog that my friend Professor Scott Allison of Richmond University maintains. He's written a number of excellent books on the topic of heroism, which I have contributed to. The blog contains essays about a variety of heroic figures, both real and fictional. The link in my sig filters by my name, so it brings up the essays that I've written (such as Josephine Baker and Deborah Sampson) and others that I was quoted in. You can click on the title logo at the top to bring up the whole blog-- really, everything in it is worth reading, and very inspiring. Scotty's a great writer and his books are terrific.
Thanks again.
Well, I didn't get to see much of Burke's Law. History Channel was actually showing history programs for a change-- The Revolution on Saturday and America: The Story of Us yesterday, which are both great series (and talk about Retro TV!). And last night I put Twilight Zone on for a while. I did have Burke on all day Sunday, but I actually spent most of the day writing.
Oh, and it looks like Cozi TV is gone from this area. Channel 20 is all religious programming now and I can't find Cozi anywhere else. It was mostly infomercials anyway, but I had been recording Avengers. After I watch the six I've got left, that will be the end, I guess.
Oh, and it looks like Cozi TV is gone from this area. Channel 20 is all religious programming now and I can't find Cozi anywhere else. It was mostly infomercials anyway, but I had been recording Avengers. After I watch the six I've got left, that will be the end, I guess.
Have your lollipops ready for the July 23-24 Decades Binge:
Okay, there's one I won't watch. I never liked Kojak at all. Arrogant jerk. 
Ack! 
July 30-31--Interesting, I've never seen this come up on one of their affiliated stations:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Story_(1973_TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Story_(1973_TV_series)
Very interesting. I had forgotten about that show; I don't think it's ever been rerun before. Back in the 70s, this was the class act of cop shows. As I recall, it was an anthology, and told some pretty hard-hitting stories.
In addition to the Trek shows (see the other thread for schedule details released so far), it looks like H&I will be picking up The Man from UNCLE and running it in the wee hours.
Nice. I wish my local cable had H&I. We lost Cozi and I barely watch MeTV anymore. And I pretty much only watch Decades if the binge is good.
TCM is really my "default" channel.
Another obscure '70s cop show...this one I hazily remember as having been on, that's about it.
Oh, sure, I remember The Rookies. It was an early Spelling-Goldberg show, around the same time as S.W.A.T., I think. If I remember correctly, Charlie's Angels was created as a vehicle for Kate Jackson because of the impression she made with this show.
The Rookies has a black lead as well? Given the age that seems notable. That said, I have absolutely zero awareness of this series which is rare. I usually at least have heard of a series even if I didn't watch it.
Me too. I remember the title, but I don't remember watching it, and I don't remember seeing Kate Jackson in anything before Charlie's Angels (though, man, she looks beautiful in that title sequence). But then, it sounds like it was going for gritty realism, so my parents probably felt I was too young to watch it.
Looking at the Wikipedia article about the pilot movie and the show, and at the way the characters are portrayed in the title sequence, I get the impression that the three male leads were treated as equally important and were billed in alphabetical order (which is a common method of equal billing). In the pilot movie, there were five featured rookies, and Brown, Melville, and Ontkean were the three that carried over into the series. So it's probably just the luck of the draw that Brown's name came alphabetically first.
I'm pretty sure that I did watch it as a kid, but have no recollection beyond that.