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I did an A/B comparison with my copies from MeTV+ and Goodlife when they began on Plus about two years ago. MeTV+ is definitely sped up. It's noticeable in some dialogue. Most of the teasers are cut from MeTV+. There may be some minor cuts (less than one minute). In all likelihood, the edits...

The pilot episodes of all three are good, imo. Actually, it's the first series episode of 77SS, Lovely Lady, Pity Me. They convey the elements of drama and mystery basic to each series. I especially like the Bourbon Street Beat pilot, Taste of Ashes, which tells how Cal joined Rex in the...

About 20 Surfside 6 episodes were posted on the Warner Archive website several years ago, along with HE. They were taken down after a few weeks.

Yes, unfortunate that Surfside 6 seems to have been short changed compared to 77SS and HE in recent airings. Though I think it may have had a complete (or nearly) run in Seattle in 1989-1990. Goodlife repeated a smaller set of Surfside 6 during the run when I had the channel. Me-TV has not...

Both. I edited a few HE episodes from Me-TV and found one at 46 minutes and another at 48 minutes. Most of the teasers are cut, which are about a minute in length. Your hearing is accurate. The dialogue occasionally is garbled or unintelligible from being timesped. Not often enough to be a large...

Decades did pick up where it left off on the second binge of 77 Sunset Strip, so it will likely do so with Hawaiian Eye. It will probably be a few months till the weekend second binge airs. At least when 77SS aired on Decades, it was in the proper aspect ratio. The episodes on MeTV+ are...

Very nice capture of the appeal of Surfside 6, Russ. What the show lacked in plots or originality it compensated for with the cool and attractiveness of its cast and ambience. It was after all the fifth to air chronologically, by my count, of the Warner Bros. PI shows (if you exclude The...

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe real life is keeping him busy, lol.

HE's prime time slot may have been helped by having two episodes of Hawaii 5-0 precede it, sort of theme there. Yes, thanks for the reminder about that. I suppose the reason it took so long for Weigel to acquire HE is that 77SS was the prototype for the Warner Bros. PI show and was remembered...

Thanks, Rob. Great news! I never thought I'd see the day Hawaiian Eye appeared on air in a regular slot with all the music clearance obstacles. Hopefully it'll be as close to complete as possible with Cricket's songs intact. Good news about the Warners westerns too. Burke's Law fans might be...

lt did look to me like the reunion was staged. But my impression was there was genuine affection. However, Martin is right, they were actors. Maybe for Dean and Jerry. But the documentary pointed out that Dean's failing health didn't get in the way of Frank's resentment for his not performing.

I don't know about a board game, but this is a nice album. Aside from the theme and My Mother Done Told Me, most of the songs were not used in the episodes, to the best of my knowledge. The mix is in stereo, so it does sound better through headphones or via wired speakers. I caught the last...

Still a fun 90 minutes if one is the mood for a bad movie and lots of good 60's tunes. Who knew that JR was akin to Ringo on the drums, haha? Was there ever a clue of that on 77SS?

Do you know if Talking Pictures is an offshoot of the old Bravo network that aired Saints and Sinners in the 90's? I believe Four Star shows like The Detectives aired on Bravo too. Hope this does come about.

Thanks for posting this, Randall. The 10%Blues, one of my favorite BSB episodes. Great music from Eddie Cole and the Paducah band, as well as the always fun Nita Talbot. Don't blink or you might miss Sandy Koufax haha. By the way, Eddie's brother Freddie recently passed away in June. He had a...

Randall, I believe the actress is Beulah Quo. She was also in HE episode "The Manchu Formula" and many other 60's shows, e.g., Hong Kong, I Spy, Have Gun Will Travel. I was surprised not to see her listed in the credits of Broken Thread. She seemed to have steady work in supporting roles. I...

I should probably amend my rating from 3 to 3.5 stars (out of four) on this one. It truly is entertaining from start to finish. Perhaps I was skeptical seeing Kookie, et al. lying down, muzzled, and tied up in the jewelry store apparently being ambushed and overcome by Marvin, Cuthbert, and...

Thanks, Randall, for doing the research on this. Since myasthenia gravis is a nervous disorder, I thought there might be some connection to the brain surgery. Maybe we should ask Ann-Margret! At any rate, Smith did well in 77SS for the remainder of the series despite his physical misfortune. His...

Randall, I know that Roger Smith was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis much later (in 1965). Does anyone know if his disease was a result of the botched surgery?

Interesting points, Randall. I haven't seen "Bombshell" but as you probably know, her collaborator was composer George Antheil. He had composed a symphony with a dozen synchronizeed player pianos. LaMarr's invention used 88 frequencies, the same number of keys on a piano. When they presented...

Have you seen Barbara Lord in the One Step Beyond episode "Night of April 14th", Jeff? I think she gives Rita a run for her money in that one!

Noteworthy that Marlene Dietrich's career kind of paralled Hedy's insofar as she traveled in Europe entertaining the troops, sometimes close to enemy territory, during WWII. She was "another one that got away." German authorities tried to entice her back with an offer for a movie contract...

Excellent review of The Missile Rogues, Randall! I wonder if Joan Marshall's character was inspired by Hedy Lamarr, who in addition to being a knockout Hollywood star, invented a coding system capable of blocking German forces from intercepting Allied submarine torpedoes. Apparently, she used...

Thanks for pointing out Andre Phillipe's connection to BSB, Randall! Of course, I knew he was the French teacher on Mr. Novak. I'm grateful we have at least the first season of Novak on dvd, as well as Chuck Harter's excellent book, which you promoted so well on this forum. I have the theme...

Randall, I agree with you about the music in BSB. One of my favorite episodes is the pilot, "A Taste of Ashes." It's strong plot-wise and gets off to a rollicking start thanks to Eddie Cole's great piano. For anyone who didn't know, Eddie was Nat's brother. I wish the series had made greater use...

I remember hearing something about that somewhere. Maybe it was from you lol. I'm still a fan. Her song and dance routines in Roaring 20's were memorable and fun. Gary, thanks for the reminder about "Good Neighbor Sam." I may revisit that some day. I remember seeing it in the theater. Russ...

Interesting to learn that Starz did indeed air some HE eps, Randall. Possibly the Encore channels that I had on my cable system, Action, Mystery, Western, did not carry HE or 77SS. I know Maverick and Cheyenne were on the Western channel. But I'm sure 77SS did not air there, otherwise, I would...

Randall, to the best of my knowledge, Goodlife and its subsequent incarnation, ALTV, aired about 50 episodes of HE. The last one I got was the second season ep. Talk and You're Dead. I think they aired a similar number of Surfside 6 episodes. Bourbon Street Beat, being one season, did get a...

I've heard from knowledgeable sources that Connie walked out in a contract dispute during the fourth season. The suspension Gary referred to probably happened in connection with that dispute.

Wow, great stuff, Randall! Thanks for your summation and the screenshots of the Sinatra book. A lot of dots connected that never made the mainstream press back when Lane's book and other conspiracy theorists were in the news.