sixties spies and sci-fi (1 Viewer)

[Bob Gu]

tvshowsondvd.com reported a fews weeks back that THE MOD SQUAD, S1 Vol1, is rumored for 2007.

I have read that Patrick McGoohan filmed the three Disney SCARECROW shows between the half-hour and the hour DANGERMAN episodes. I guess there were no more Scarecrows because McGoohan chose to stick with Dangerman. It's a shame he could not have done both.

I hope you are right about IT TAKES A THIEF.

 

[Jeff#]

What they would pay YOU to be a caddy for Culp & Cosby! Obviously they're still good friends or else they wouldn't have reunited so many times on various TV and film projects over the years.

Onto Robert Wagner news, is it official that It Takes a Thief is really coming to DVD finally? I've been waiting many years to collect that wonderful series, which I first enjoyed in.....you guessed it, 1980s cable TV reruns!

 

[Sam Favate]

Pretty neat article in the New York Times arts section this weekend on Secret Agent/Danger Man and the re-release of the show in a "complete collection" set. Here's the link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/ar...=1&oref=slogin

Can anyone confirm that the new set consists of the same discs from the previous sets?

 

[Jeff#]

They are the same, Sam.

I couldn't read the article, because the URL you provided leads to the NY Times login screen.

 

[Jeff#]

They are the same, Sam, except that the two color shows from 1966 (the discontinued 4th season filmed in Tokyo) are also included.

I couldn't read the article, because the URL you provided leads to the NY Times login screen.

 

[Jeff Willis]

Sam, thanks for the link; it worked for me. Cool article.

I have the original A/E Megaset but the set that I have does include the 2 color eps from 1966. The only part of the "Danger Man" series that I don't have are the 30-min versions.

 

[Jeff#]

Do you have to sign up with the New York Times website to read the Danger Man article? I'm not interested in getting on yet another E-mail list, so if someone could paste the article here that would be great. Thanks.

 

[Sam Favate]

Jeff,
Try this link (no photos though):

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/ar...gewanted=print

 

[Jeff#]

Same result, Sam...it takes me to the log-in screen.

 

[MishaLauenstein]

This is not accurate.

I compared the 15 syndicated episodes I had on tape with the DVD releases and found that in one case, there was 75 seconds missing from the middle of the DVD episode that were in the syndicated version. The film appears damaged just after the cut.

Here are two rows from my spreadsheet. It might be more readable if you cut and paste it into two log rows.

If anyone wants my entire spreadsheet I can e-mail it to them.

AiredSyndicatedDVD
EpisodeDateTimingOrderTimingTeaserThemeAct IAct IIAct IIIAct IVTagCreditsNotesDISK1 - Teaser1 - Theme23456 - End CreditsTiming

One Thousand Fine April 27, 1966a.350' 31”1' 34”53”12' 26”9' 09”14' 48”8' 05”3' 05”26”Act III: 11:30.30 - 12:45.15 missing from DVD = 22'49”+1'15”=24'04”>23'57”=9'09”+14'48” Closing cut after Location Production Manager5.21' 38”56”12' 31”22' 49”8' 10”3' 09”1' 01”50' 12”+1'15”=51'27”


The timings range from 49:44 to 51:26 (plus or minus 2 seconds)

 

[Jeff#]

The I SPY episodes I have are complete and uncut as far as I'm concerned. No complaints here.