What has happened to the stand alone episode television anthology series? You know the type I mean.. Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Outer Limits, Hitchcock Presents, Amazing Stories etc etc. A majority of today's television is anthology in name only with series covering 10 or more episodes and double that if they make a return season, all using the same theme, plot and characters. To be perfectly honest unless it is earth shattering I lose interest after about the first 5 episodes. Am I just a dinosaur that craves nostalgia?
As a kid, my Dad took me to see many of Frank Buck's African adventure movies. This scene I remember like it was yesterday, though I have always thought it was Frank Buck who was attacked. A giant Anaconda dropped out of a tree onto a man, quickly enveloping his body in an attempt to kill him. I found this clip after some serious looking, but it's surely the scene I remember as a young boy. Anybody remember "Bring them Back Alive"?
I vaguely remember Frank Buck but I remember nothing about his shows. All I remember are westyerns and old gangster movies staring Edmon G Robinson and James Cagney & some of their compatriots.
I remember that “bring’em back alive”. Slogan ! I am pretty sure that he had comic books out when I was a kid, and I enjoyed reading them about the safari’s that he went on to find the wild animals. I wonder if he was related to the Buck family that started the Buck knives ?
Who here were devotees of 60s and 70s television. I for one was.. every week I would sit down and watch the latest episodes of Columbo, Magnum PI, Hawaii 50, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits and I always got a nitely chuckle out of I Dream of Jeannie. Several years ago I found I had time on my hands when recuperating from an illness so decided to go on a tv nostalgia trip. I scoured the net for and even downloaded..shsshh no blabbing now.. copies of these fave retro programs. Some I could watch again.. while others like Magnum PI I found lame. I only sat thru a few Columbo episodes as the dishevelled sleuth had dated in my eyes. I watched the entire 156 episodes of The Twilight Zone and loved it all over again.. likewise with Hawaii 50, The Outer Limits and The Night Gallery. Every now and then I will revisit these gems of television from my youth
I'm assuming you would have access to the same streaming channels as in America, I think Crackle and Popcornflix are a couple of the more popular retro channels. Happy watching!
Dont have Crackle and most of Popcornflix does no appeal to me. No I have my own personal library. Watch whatever I want whenever I want. Did you use to watch any of those programs above?
I was never a big fan of Columbo. To me, he always came across as smug. I never liked Sherlock Holmes for the same reason. I was a big fan of Twilight Zone. I think because it had some different twists. I never knew what to expect next. I can't remember The Outer Limits. I liked watching Hawaii 50 but not because of the story.
I was just the opposite about Columbo. When it aired I didn't care for him, but now I like him. Didn't catch the patterns early on. Didn't notice his apparent bumbling was his "thing" to throw people off guard. No pretenses. I've watched all the reruns, many more than once.
Yes the bizarre plots and twists are what made TZ so good. Most were also written by the brilliant Rod Serling. The Outer Limits was a sci fi anthology.. perhaps this will tweak the memory.. "There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission".