I Spy

[A beaker full of death]

I'm just watching this awesome series on Hulu. I specifically recommend the episode Tatia. What amazing chemistry between these two charismatic actors!

http://www.hulu.com/watch/15451/i-spy-tatia#s-p4-n1-so-i0

 

[Dusty Ayres]

Sorry, but most of us can't see Hulu unless we live in the USA or use AOL as our ISP (AOL assumes that you are an American when you use it, thus you can see Hulu and AOL's INTV service, which is like Hulu.)

 

[Jonas Grumby]

Thanks for the heads up, beaker. I just watched Tatia. Gonna watch all of 'em in the coming days.

What with this and the Westerns channel re-running Maverick and soon to start Have Gun Will Travel, I'm pretty well set for a while as far as TV viewing goes. Call me an old fogie, but I honestly don't miss B-plotlines or story arcs at all.

 

[A beaker full of death]

Sorry, but most of us can't see Hulu unless we live in the USA or use AOL as our ISP (AOL assumes that you are an American when you use it, thus you can see Hulu and AOL's INTV service, which is like Hulu.)

I had no idea. What a pity!
Certain episodes are available for streaming through Netflix, too. I don't suppose.... ?

 

[A beaker full of death]

Thanks for the heads up, beaker. I just watched Tatia. Gonna watch all of 'em in the coming days.

What with this and the Westerns channel re-running Maverick and soon to start Have Gun Will Travel, I'm pretty well set for a while as far as TV viewing goes. Call me an old fogie, but I honestly don't miss B-plotlines or story arcs at all.

I'm with ya, Skipper! I've been renting the Have Gun DVDs from Netflix. I've also been watching The Rifleman on Hulu lately.
What a great time to be alive! A shame the yung'uns find this stuff so inaccessible, what with its literate writing and professional acting and all.

 

[Dusty Ayres]

Sorry, but most of us can't see Hulu unless we live in the USA or use AOL as our ISP (AOL assumes that you are an American when you use it, thus you can see Hulu and AOL's INTV service, which is like Hulu.)

I had no idea. What a pity!
Certain episodes are available for streaming through Netflix, too. I don't suppose.... ?

No, they are not; not everything is streamed through Netflix, especially a 40 year old show like I Spy. You can rent the episodes on DVD from Netflix, or buy them in the season box sets.

I'm with ya, Skipper! I've been renting the Have Gun DVDs from Netflix. I've also been watching The Rifleman on Hulu lately.
What a great time to be alive! A shame the yung'uns find this stuff so inaccessible, what with its literate writing and professional acting and all.

Perhaps the 'yung'uns' have no love for these shows because they're all so dated and contain elements that put them off (racial and social)? Remember the article I made about David Carradine being considered an asshole for playing the role of a Chinese man in Kung Fu? Well, that's how many young people, white or not, consider that show, and would consider shows like these. Maybe it's you that needs to start living in the present instead of the past.

 

[Nerys Myk]

To be fair, the character he played was half white.

I Spy was ahead of the curve in the racial department. The only show of its era that featured a black male lead. Took on some controversial issues too. Didnt shy away from Vietnam like many shows. Most of the writing still holds up thaks to Culp and Cosby knowing their characters.

 

[Kelso]

I Spy and The Rifleman are both great shows. Have Gun, Will Travel is unfortunately still among those that I've yet to watch.

 

[ToddPence]

Racism is a bad thing. Want to know something nearly almost as bad? Self-righteous, sardonic political correctness which causes one to make unfounded sweeping generalizations about the popular culture of an era. Please cite specific examples of these "racial and social elements that put people off" in any of the series listed above. And before you do, remember that the series which started this thread, "I Spy", is credited as a landmark in the fight against racial stereotypes in the history of popular culture by casting Bill Cosby in a lead role.

 

[A beaker full of death]

Sorry, but most of us can't see Hulu unless we live in the USA or use AOL as our ISP (AOL assumes that you are an American when you use it, thus you can see Hulu and AOL's INTV service, which is like Hulu.)

I had no idea. What a pity!
Certain episodes are available for streaming through Netflix, too. I don't suppose.... ?

No, they are not; not everything is streamed through Netflix, especially a 40 year old show like I Spy. You can rent the episodes on DVD from Netflix, or buy them in the season box sets.

You're mistaken. Netflix DOES stream episodes of I Spy.
That's what I get for trying to be helpful.

I'm with ya, Skipper! I've been renting the Have Gun DVDs from Netflix. I've also been watching The Rifleman on Hulu lately.
What a great time to be alive! A shame the yung'uns find this stuff so inaccessible, what with its literate writing and professional acting and all.

Perhaps the 'yung'uns' have no love for these shows because they're all so dated and contain elements that put them off (racial and social)? Remember the article I made about David Carradine being considered an asshole for playing the role of a Chinese man in Kung Fu? Well, that's how many young people, white or not, consider that show, and would consider shows like these. Maybe it's you that needs to start living in the present instead of the past.

What the fuck is your problem, sparky? Do I go to your house and piss in your breakfast cereal? (You'd best be sure of the answer before you next dip that spoon).
And maybe you should have done some homework. Carradine's character was half-white. But clearly you don't let the facts get in the way of your vitriolic little tantrums.
And in case it was too complicated for you, the "great time to be alive" I was referring to was today, when they stream great television from all eras right into your living room - well, not yours, of course, since netflix excludes you in particular from its normal offerings. I don't blame them.

 

[Christopher]

And before you do, remember that the series which started this thread, "I Spy", is credited as a landmark in the fight against racial stereotypes in the history of popular culture by casting Bill Cosby in a lead role.

Indeed. The original 1965 show was more racially progressive than the 2002 remake. In the original, Cosby's Alexander Scott was a multilingual Rhodes scholar, a thoughtful intellectual, while Culp's Kelly Robinson was an athlete (tennis pro). In the widely panned remake, Eddie Murphy played Kelly, who was portrayed as a boxer, a very stereotypical role for a black man (and was also a civilian rather than a professional agent).