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  1. JohnHopper

    Tributes To Your Favorite Classic TV Stars

    BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • PETER GRAVES (March 18, 1926-March 14, 2010) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE SEASON 7 Episode #11 “Kidnap” (1972) producer: Barry Crane executive producer: Bruce Geller assistant to the producer: Dale Tarter story consultant: Laurence Heath story editor: Stephen Kandel script...
  2. JohnHopper

    Tributes To Your Favorite Classic TV Stars

    BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • PETER GRAVES (March 18, 1926-March 14, 2010) Peter Graves Biography Peter Graves (born Peter Duesler Aurness; March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010) was an American actor who portrayed Jim Phelps in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 and in its revival...
  3. JohnHopper

    Tributes To Your Favorite Classic TV Stars

    Thanks. Much appreciated. I'm glad that you returned to Mission: Impossible. “The Killer” was so good that the new series did it again. My three favorite series with Conrad remain: The Wild Wild West Baa Baa Black Sheep Centennial
  4. JohnHopper

    Tributes To Your Favorite Classic TV Stars

    BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • ROBERT CONRAD (March 1, 1935-February 8, 2020) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE SEASON 5 Episode #1 “The Killer” (1970) producer: Bruce Lansbury executive producer: Bruce Geller associate producer: Barry Crane story consultant: Laurence Heath script supervisor: Barbara Atkinson writer...
  5. JohnHopper

    Tributes To Your Favorite Classic TV Stars

    BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • ROBERT CONRAD (March 1, 1935-February 8, 2020) Robert Conrad Biography Robert Conrad (born Conrad Robert Falk; March 1, 1935 – February 8, 2020) was an American film and television actor, singer, and stuntman. He is best known for his role in the 1965–1969 television series...
  6. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    The cream of the crop remains: “The Sky’s on Fire” A good remake of the feature film with a real global death threat enhanced by a plotter rival scientist which creates mutiny inside Seaview by stinging sailors with his drugged ring. The tale goes like this: one scientist named Dr. Weber kills...
  7. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    The cream of the crop remains: “Blind Man’s Buff” It’s a good and engrossing question of identity episode treated through the classical amnesiac case which was also made in other CBS series like The Wild Wild West (see the season 3 “The Night of the Amnesiac”) but it is blended with the theme...
  8. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    UFO Episode #9 “Ordeal” (1970) producer: Reg Hill executive producer: Gerry Anderson script editor: Tony Barwick writer: Tony Barwick director: Ken Turner director of phtography: Brendan J. Stafford composer: Barry Gray (stock) songs: The Beatles, The Spencer Davis Group cast: Gary Myers...
  9. JohnHopper

    Tributes To Your Favorite Classic TV Stars

    BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • JOHN VERNON (February 24, 1932-February 1, 2005) John Vernon Biography John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; February 24, 1932 – February 1, 2005) was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in...
  10. JohnHopper

    QM File: THE FBI (ABC/1965-1974)

    Just ordered this companion book. Thanks for the reference. Much appreciated.
  11. JohnHopper

    Tributes To Your Favorite Classic TV Stars

    I like Dan Clark who played heavies and mavericks on many CBS series like Rawhide (the season 3 “Incident of the Night Visitor”), Mission: Impossible (the season 7 “Hit”), Mannix, Hawaii Five-O. Bold Venture features the one and only Luana Anders: just for the actress you must watch it.
  12. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    I'm currently watching the season 7 episode of Mission: Impossible entitled “Kidnapped”.
  13. JohnHopper

    Tributes To Your Favorite Classic TV Stars

    BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • KEVIN McCARTHY (February 15, 1914-September 11, 2010) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE SEASON 6 Episode #9 “Invasion” (1971) producer: Bruce Lansbury executive producer: Bruce Geller associate producer: Barry Crane story consultant: Laurence Heath script supervisor: Barbara Atkinson...
  14. JohnHopper

    Tributes To Your Favorite Classic TV Stars

    BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • KEVIN McCARTHY (February 15, 1914-September 11, 2010) Kevin McCarthy Biography Kevin McCarthy (February 15, 1914 – September 11, 2010) was an American stage, film and television actor, remembered as the male lead in the horror science fiction film Invasion of the Body...
  15. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    Review: This is the first departure of the series from season 2 that starts as a personal affair a la “The Ransom” (season 1) and a whodunit that integrates a Jules Dassin’s Topkapi element: the stolen Greek crown; tight and clever. The complexity of the plot is similare to the season 2 “The...
  16. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    BEST INVADERS SEASON 2 EPISODES [in broadcast order] “The Watchers” with Shirley Knight, Kevin McCarthy “Valley of the Shadow” with Nan Martin, Harry Townes, Ron Hayes, Joe Maross “The Enemy” with Richard Anderson “The Spores” with Gene Hackman, Wayne Rogers “Dark Outpost” with Andrew Prine...
  17. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    It's one of the best season 2 episodes all the way. Highly recommended!
  18. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO SEASON 2 Episode #4 “Before I Die” (1973) The Overview https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/tributes-to-your-favorite-classic-tv-stars.376852/post-5305219
  19. JohnHopper

    Tributes To Your Favorite Classic TV Stars

    BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • LESLIE NIELSEN (February 11, 1926-November 28, 2010) THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO SEASON 2 Episode #4 “Before I Die” (1973) producer: John Wilder executive producer: Quinn Martin executive story consultant: William Robert Yates writer: Albert Ruben director: William Hale...
  20. JohnHopper

    Tributes To Your Favorite Classic TV Stars

    BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • LESLIE NIELSEN (February 11, 1926-November 28, 2010) Leslie Nielsen Biography Leslie William Nielsen OC (11 February 1926 – 28 November 2010) was a Canadian-American actor and comedian. With a career spanning sixty years, he appeared in more than one hundred films and one...
  21. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    Agreed. The first season was much better in terms of narratives. Season 2 jumped the shark. Anyway, all the fun comes from the original season 1 team.
  22. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    Coming up on February 11, 2024. Read my overview on another Streets of San Francisco episode: the season 2 “Before I Die”, guest starring Leslie Nielsen. https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/tributes-to-your-favorite-classic-tv-stars.376852/
  23. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    Read my overview about “Police Buff”. https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/tributes-to-your-favorite-classic-tv-stars.376852/post-5299790
  24. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    It is owned by Buena Vista/Disney.
  25. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    The cream of the crop remains: “Nothing to Lose” directed by Georg J. Fenady guests: Sal Mineo, Tom Skerritt It’s a Hanley’s squad (Little John, Kirby and Caje) and the story is divided in two parts: the minor one (the destruction of a German machine gun nest in broad day light) and the strong...
  26. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    RAWHIDE SEASON 2 Episode #10 “Incident of the Valley in Shadow” written by Buckley Angell directed by Harmon Jones guests: Rick Jason, Fay Spain, Leo Gordon, Arthur Batanides, John Cole, Don Harvey, John Erwin comments Find a brand new opening main titles that depicts the crossing of a river...
  27. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    Oliver Nelson - The Deadly Replay (1974)
  28. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    TELEFILM “Crosscurrent” (1971/CBS) alternate title: “The Cable Car Murder” producer: E. Jack Neuman associate producer: Lloyd Richards writer: Herman Miller director: Jerry Thorpe director of phtography: Fred J. Koenekamp composer: Jerry Goldsmith cast: Robert Hooks, Jeremy Slate, Robert Wagner...
  29. JohnHopper

    What did you watch this week in classic TV on DVD(or Blu)?

    “Mountain Man” directed by Sutton Roley guests: Theodore Bikel, Henry Brandon A misanthropic French deserter storyline. It’s a three man adventure: Saunders, Caje and Kirby plus a reluctant and game hunter guide who refuses to be involved in the conflict. Near the end and after receiving two...
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