I remember "Pray for the Wildcats" very well. The fourth member of that motorcycle trip was that superstar of the 70s - Marjoe Gortner. Whatever happened to Marjoe?
Seeing Mike Brady smoking a joint was pretty funny, but Andy Griffith as a hard *** just didn't work.
"Duel" I remember too. Seemed pretty scary at the time. The others I don't remember at all.
One of my favorite TV movies from that time was "Tribes" with Jan-Michael Vincent as a hippie that gets drafted and Darren McGavin as his drill instructor. Thought it was great at the time, but I wonder how it would look now, over 30 years later.
Do you have that record album, cir.1970, (I think it's called "Silver Throat" or somesuch) with a bunch of different actors (none singers) singing a bunch of pop tunes? The most notorious of those was William Shatner doing an absolutely bizarre rendition of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", the most offensive attempt at entertainment I've ever experienced...
That album was called "Golden Throats" and included such classics as Leonard Nimoy doing "Proud Mary," Andy Griffith doing "House of the Rising Sun," and Sebastian Cabot talk-singing "Like A Rolling Stone."
Pirate - wow, I had completely forgotten that Marjoe Gortner was in "Pray for the Wildcats".
Which probably doesn't indicate too much for the present state of his acting career if he's still around.
William Shatner's versions of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "Mr. Tambourine Man" are a hoot! That stuff is originally from his 60s album, "The Illustrated Man".
"Talk-singing" (lol). Still oddly better than "rap" though.
Yes, Geo, I guess I have a weakness for that schlock.
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Pirate1974
I remember "Pray for the Wildcats" very well. The fourth member of that motorcycle trip was that superstar of the 70s - Marjoe Gortner. Whatever happened to Marjoe?
Seeing Mike Brady smoking a joint was pretty funny, but Andy Griffith as a hard *** just didn't work.
"Duel" I remember too. Seemed pretty scary at the time. The others I don't remember at all.
One of my favorite TV movies from that time was "Tribes" with Jan-Michael Vincent as a hippie that gets drafted and Darren McGavin as his drill instructor. Thought it was great at the time, but I wonder how it would look now, over 30 years later.
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Wasn't "Roots" made for TV as well?
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George Aar
I remember watching a little of "Duel" but turning it off because the whole premise just seemed so absurd.
Then I heard that it was based on an actual incident!? A trucker who was overly "beaned up" or something...
Of course, the key words there might be "based on"...
geo.
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George Aar
Say Danny,
Do I notice a real propensity for true schlock entertainment? Some sort of Kitchy thing going on here?
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Danny,
Do you have that record album, cir.1970, (I think it's called "Silver Throat" or somesuch) with a bunch of different actors (none singers) singing a bunch of pop tunes? The most notorious of those was William Shatner doing an absolutely bizarre rendition of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", the most offensive attempt at entertainment I've ever experienced...
geo.
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Steve!
Didn't ....ner also do a horrendous rendition of "Tambourine Man"? It was gawdawful, he should have been shot on sight for that one.
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"Killdozer" was actually based on a good sci-fi short story from Ted Sturgeon. The movie sucked, but the original story was quite good.
The fool hath said in his heart, "PFAL is the Word of God..."
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That album was called "Golden Throats" and included such classics as Leonard Nimoy doing "Proud Mary," Andy Griffith doing "House of the Rising Sun," and Sebastian Cabot talk-singing "Like A Rolling Stone."
I'm surprised Dylan didn't sue over that one.
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Pirate - wow, I had completely forgotten that Marjoe Gortner was in "Pray for the Wildcats".
Which probably doesn't indicate too much for the present state of his acting career if he's still around.
William Shatner's versions of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "Mr. Tambourine Man" are a hoot! That stuff is originally from his 60s album, "The Illustrated Man".
"Talk-singing" (lol). Still oddly better than "rap" though.
Yes, Geo, I guess I have a weakness for that schlock.
Danny
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