So, ya gonna be giving the Grinch a shot?
Watching Star Trek for the first time (again)
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Abraham Sofaer, this time as a Peruvian (rather than what he is -- a Jew born in Burma):
OT: He played Haji on I Dream of Jeannie.
Not off topic at all! Thanks for that catch.
It's on KGJ for tonight, but things are very busy this holiday season. This is the first day of vacation. TV may not be in the offing, I'm afraid.
At least they didn't schedule it opposite Star Trek!
Not off topic at all! Thanks for that catch.
Jeannie has been on my mind these past couple of days
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Jeannie has been on my mind these past couple of days
What is that from?
I was never that into the Grinch myself, though the special was annual appointment viewing when I was a kid and I devoured all the Dr. Seuss I could get my hands on as an early reader.
It's from the 1991 TV movie I Still Dream of Jeannie.
I LOVE this movie. Jeannie is so badass! The scene I just posted reminds me of Carrie.
It's much more fantasy/supernatural than ha-ha sitcom.
Jeannie went dark DECADES before Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Thirty years later, the climax still sends chills down my spine!
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They made two TV movies after the show ended: I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later (1985) and I Still Dream of Jeannie (1991).
I prefer the 1991 movie over the 1985 film. 15YL was too much like an extended episode. (The cast stood around waiting for the Laff track to kick in.
One highlight: Jeannie has to tell her son about her "secret identity." )The Monster ... The Creature comes out.
Jeannie drops the facade she's maintained for 2000 years to protect her son.
Jeannie drops the facade she's maintained for 2000 years to protect her son.
I Still Dream of Jeannie is available on Internet Archive (Sony/Columbia used to tape over their masters prior to the days of home video.
Sony/Columbia made the series DVDs from their syndication copies! )FWIW, they also have the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special (safely where George Lucas cannot touch it
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(Lorelei and I have actually seen it already, anyway)
We did see the Rankin/Bass Smokey the Bear special a couple of weeks ago. It was on before Trek. It wasn't great, though the stop-motion was pretty impressive.
Last week's trawl offered up a fine catch of Trekkers.
On The Monkees (12-26-66), we have Vic Tayback in a culturally sensitive portrayal of the Romany:
Next week, The Monkees go to Africa! (oh brother...)
The next day, Barry Russo was training for his Chief of Security position on The Fugutive:
And on I, Spy, Elisha Cook may like books, but pictures are worth a thousand words:
On The Monkees (12-26-66), we have Vic Tayback in a culturally sensitive portrayal of the Romany:
Next week, The Monkees go to Africa! (oh brother...)
The next day, Barry Russo was training for his Chief of Security position on The Fugutive:
And on I, Spy, Elisha Cook may like books, but pictures are worth a thousand words:
Last week's trawl turned up a bunch of fish!
First, on January 2, 1967's Andy Griffith Show, Captain Christopher spends his off-duty time as a con man:
Second, same day, from Felony Squad, Chief Vandenberg is the father of a curiously well-dressed hoodlum:
On this week's I, Spy episode (1-4-67), we had Mr. Opatoshu in one of his many many tv guest appearances:
Last night's Mission Impossible was a two-fer. First, Patrick Horgan playing...a Nazi (I wonder if anyone on set affected to wear a monocle and shout, "Horgaaaaan!")
and this one blew my mind -- John Crawford has just appeared in "The Galileo Seven", and here he is as a Swiss headshrinker in Mission: Impossible. It's like the two shows are right next door or something...
First, on January 2, 1967's Andy Griffith Show, Captain Christopher spends his off-duty time as a con man:
Second, same day, from Felony Squad, Chief Vandenberg is the father of a curiously well-dressed hoodlum:
On this week's I, Spy episode (1-4-67), we had Mr. Opatoshu in one of his many many tv guest appearances:
Last night's Mission Impossible was a two-fer. First, Patrick Horgan playing...a Nazi (I wonder if anyone on set affected to wear a monocle and shout, "Horgaaaaan!")
and this one blew my mind -- John Crawford has just appeared in "The Galileo Seven", and here he is as a Swiss headshrinker in Mission: Impossible. It's like the two shows are right next door or something...
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As you may know, Trek was preceded in the first season by Daniel Boone. So we've been showing it prior to Trek every Wednesday. One of our commenters observed:
"It's really interesting to watch Daniel Boone episodes with Mingo and then go right to Spock on Star Trek. It's not that they're the same character but they'd sure have a lot to say to each other, and having them back-to-back makes it really obvious! I wonder how many people actually did watch them both."
I've often called Spock "The Good Indian" character on Trek, something that would be meaningless today, but would make sense in context. What do you folks think?
"It's really interesting to watch Daniel Boone episodes with Mingo and then go right to Spock on Star Trek. It's not that they're the same character but they'd sure have a lot to say to each other, and having them back-to-back makes it really obvious! I wonder how many people actually did watch them both."
I've often called Spock "The Good Indian" character on Trek, something that would be meaningless today, but would make sense in context. What do you folks think?
I've seen Spock compared to the "half-breed Indian scout" type character in westerns before - I think that comparison was made in David Alexander's biography of Roddenberry, but I'm not sure if that is the right book. I also don't remember if the author of the book made the comparison or if it was from a memo or comment by Roddenberry, so take this with a grain of salt.
Just read your reviews of "Space Seed." Very Interesting.
The romanticism of Stalin is not a far off thing. I've seen it firsthand by someone who romanticized Stalin, the Soviet Union and communism and has nothing but disdain for our society and way of life. I'm suspect a lot of us know someone like that.
Also romanticizing a viilain happens often enough today in popular fiction. You can find quite a few examples in film and television.
The romanticism of Stalin is not a far off thing. I've seen it firsthand by someone who romanticized Stalin, the Soviet Union and communism and has nothing but disdain for our society and way of life. I'm suspect a lot of us know someone like that.
Also romanticizing a viilain happens often enough today in popular fiction. You can find quite a few examples in film and television.
And as Andi pointed out, on the one had, Khan is a disgusting, anti-feminist, tyrant.
But Montalbán's from Mexico City! A home-town brother on Trek! Yay!
She also noted that, in her teens, she liked the fictional bad boys. People are complicated.
Roddenberry pitched Trek as "Wagon Train in Space".
The comparison is not completely off.
Today? Thats pretty much a part of literature.
The number of fans who wanted heroes like Rey from Star Wars or Liv from Izombie to get together with mass murderers like Kylo Ren or Blaine was truly baffling (seriously: Blaine kidnapped and dismembered teens). I also remember a Youtube reactor seeming like she needed a cigarette after every Neegan appearance...
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