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A popular actress comes to Blair for tests, along with members of her "circle" who try to come between Kildare and his patient.​
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When Kildare becomes bothered by the lack of concern some people in the big city show for their fellow humans, Gillespie gives him a few days off to travel to his small home town. While there, he discovers that the fiancée of one of his close friends is addicted to heroin.​
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Maxwell Keller is admitted to Blair after collapsing from malnutrition at a surgical instrument store. Gillespie recognizes him as a veteran medical researcher who pioneered in attempting to eradicate polio. Keller still does his research now - out of the basement at the apartment he rents. Meanwhile a younger pathologist angers both Gillespie and Kildare by his lack ... Read all​
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A highly tenacious yet compassionate nun is determined to continue her social work at the hospital despite having medical issues herself. When finally admitted, she tries to help her roommate, a woman suffering from bone cancer who stubbornly refuses to let doctors amputate her leg and has become bitter toward God because of her situation.​
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Dr. Paul Probeck, a recovering alcoholic himself, decides to start an alcohol rehabilitation program at Blair, with Kildare as one of his assistants. However, one of the men they are treating is highly uncooperative and doesn't even give his name. After talking to him Probeck starts to wonder if he may be the son he has never met.​
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Kildare is assigned to intern under Dr. Nicholas Keefe, a brilliant, highly driven, and extremely thorough resident who is admired for his skill, but not for his belligerent and inflexible intolerance of any imperfections from interns and staff. It is due to this difficulty that Gillespie turns down Keefe's application for the position of chief resident.​
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A research doctor is worried that he is going to be scooped on a cure for sickle cell anemia. He enlists the aid of two interns. The doctor in his haste to be first fudges the results.​
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A psychiatrist is given care of Rhoda Miller "real name 'AF 709'", a lifelike sophisticated but naïve android, which eventually learns how human society works and begins showing "or at least emulating" rudimentary emotions.

S01E01 Boy Meets Girl (Sep.27.1964)
Stars Robert Cummings Julie Newmar Jack Mullaney Doris Dowling Henry Beckman Henry Beckman Dennis Rush Jack Coffer Howard Curtis Leon Alton Gordon Armitage Charles Cirillo Carl Sklover​
Dr. Robert MacDonald is introduced to Project AF709, a female robot who doesn't look like any other robot he's ever seen: it's been made to look like a tall, gorgeous, statuesque woman.​
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Rhoda is asked out on a date by a man who doesn't know she's a robot. Since she hasn't been programmed not to go out on a date, she accepts.​
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Route 66 is an American adventure crime drama television series that premiered on CBS on October 7, 1960, and ran until March 20, 1964, for a total of 116 episodes. The series was created by Herbert B. Leonard and Stirling Silliphant, who were also responsible for the ABC drama Naked City, from which Route 66 was an indirect spin-off. Both series employed a format with elements of both traditional drama and anthology drama, but the difference was where the shows were set: Naked City was set in New York City, while Route 66 had its setting change from week to week, with each episode being shot on location.

Route 66 followed two young men traversing the United States in a Chevrolet Corvette convertible, and the events and consequences surrounding their journeys. Martin Milner starred as Tod Stiles, a recent college graduate with no future prospects due to circumstances beyond his control. He was originally joined on his travels by Buz Murdock (played by George Maharis), a friend and former employee of his father's, with the character leaving midway through the third season after contracting echovirus. Near the end of the third season, Tod met a recently discharged Vietnam veteran named Lincoln Case, played by Glenn Corbett, who decided to follow Tod on his travels and stayed with him until the final episode.

S01E01 Black November (Oct.07.1960)
Stars Martin Milner George Maharis Everett Sloane Patty McCormack Keir Dullea Whit Bissell Malcolm Atterbury Guy Raymond George Kennedy Robert Sorrells House Jameson om Vetter Sr.​
Leaving New York City behind, Tod and Buz begin their search "to catch a star" and find themselves in a nightmare right out of "Bad Day at Black Rock." The unfriendly, suspicious, and violent residents of a tiny Mississippi town have a long-held secret--and they will kill to protect it.​
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Tod and Buz reach the destination they started for in Episode One, Louisiana, and jobs working as crewmen on a shrimp trawler. However, crewing for a beautiful female captain, the resentment of local fishermen and a deadly storm at sea were results that were totally unexpected by them.​
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Tod and Buz layover to work in New Orleans and make the acquaintance of a young woman who accidentally interferes with a smuggling ring.The young woman's melancholy mother and the danger of an epidemic add to the difficulties.​
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Tod and Buz take labor jobs on a Louisiana offshore oil rig. Tod immediately finds the behavior of a seemingly out-of-place older worker to be odd. As Tod continues to watch the man he finds the strange behavior has a sane purpose-the man is a Nazi hunter who is closing in on his prey.​
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Tod and Buz, driving through California "West by North" in a rainstorm nearly run over a young woman. After giving her a lift to the next town they find she is on the run from a murder charge. Despite the protests of the Sheriff, the townspeople and the woman herself, Buz feels there is more to the story than obvious guilt.​
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The 1960's said:
An episode not previously uploaded. I LOVE Joan Freeman, who is still with us now 80 years young!​
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Mmmm...Joan Freeman!

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Thanks for the lnk, Neal! Although I must say, I'm a little alarmed at the production's treatment of that poor dog in the opening credits - tossing him down ski slopes, off boats, and even out of an airplane! Can't have been all fun and games for that beautiful pooch...
 
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Jeff Flugel said:
Mmmm...Joan Freeman!

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Thanks for the lnk, Neal! Although I must say, I'm a little alarmed at the production's treatment of that poor dog in the opening credits - tossing him down ski slopes, off boats, and even out of an airplane! Can't have been all fun and games for that beautiful pooch...
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You're welcome Jeff. Interestingly only recently did I realize that what is referred to as TV Series Collection 1 (Season 1) consisting of 33 episodes released in 2005 by VCI Video are the only episodes ever made available on Home Video and only twelve of those were previously uploaded on YouTube. Tonight I finally purchased the entire Season 1 DVD.

There was however, a Season 2 consisting of 28 additional episodes and as far as I know, this one, S02E07 Anniversary Guest (Dec.15.1964) is only one from this season ever made available anywhere!

As far as the alleged mistreatment of London, I’m afraid only John can address that.
 
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Tod and Buz,working as ranch hands in a drought stricken area of Utah,befriend a desperate family.The family's farm does not have sufficient water to maintain the livestock.The family comes to realize that solving the problem in the short run may not be the only option.​
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Tod and Buz inadvertently become involved in the conflicts between a hops rancher/processor and his two teenage children. The spoiled, undisciplined boy and girl's immaturity end up causing fights, death and worker revolt.​
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Tod and Buz, now working in a small town Oregon sawmill, aid a young woman recently arrived from Italy. She is a WWII war orphan who has come to the U.S. to sell a legacy left to her by a dead G.I. in order to raise funds for her church. The problem is the G.I. actually never owned anything.​
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Tod and Buz, working as laborers near Page, Arizona on a dam project, are reassigned by the Project Manager to run interference for a group of fashion models shooting pictures at the site. The lady chaperoning the models has her hands full too,dealing both with the girls and her past-with the Project Manager.​
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Tod and Buz, working as laborers at a large scale Arizona mining operation, help an old-time prospector while "looking for their fortune" on a day off. The man has found a valuable claim and the owner of the large mining operation resorts to violence to find its location. Buz finds an unlikely ally in the owner's wife.​
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Dr. Mark Christopher is a famous scientist who believes from his Russian friend's cryptic message that the USSR will initiate a New Year's Day nuclear attack on the United States. Unable to convince his associates to act on this information, Christopher, his son, and a small band of followers, he takes shelter deep inside Carlsbad Caverns Tod and Buz assist Paula Shay... Read all​
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A modern version of the old "David and Bathsheba" story in which King David fell in love with a married woman and arranged for her husband to be killed during a battle. Rich cattleman Woody Biggs continues to be rejected by recently widowed Laura Church so he has her framed for embezzlement and sent to prison. Then he pulls some strings and gets her paroled. Buz and T... Read all​
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Tod and Buz are in California for the Riverside Grand Prix auto races which Tod decides to enter in the Stock-Class.Doing well in practice,he is asked to drive in the main event.After being drawn into the conflict between a veteran driver,his daughter and second wife, Tod nearly is "rerouted" in more ways than one.​
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Tod and Buz, vacationing in Malibu, California, are drawn into the world of a paranoid Progressive Jazz trumpeter and his wife. Told largely in flashback by Buz, beginning innocently enough with Buz having made a connection with lounge songstress Kitty Parker.​
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Tod and Buz, in Indio, California for lunch, meet a flirtatious young woman. The two end up working at her guardian's date farm. The guardian wants to marry his ward despite her indifference. Complicating the situation is a disputed highway paving project and one of the road crew workers who has an interest in the girl.​
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Tod and Buz, in Phoenix, Arizona, and looking for work with a crop-dusting company, encounter a combat-scarred, world-weary pilot who is a self-described "Jonah." The pilot hates himself for still being alive and causing others' deaths. Buz' interest in the pilot's chanteuse ex-wife is a side story.​
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Tod tempts the fates by training for crop dusting with the "jinx". The doomed pilot financially saves the dusting business by taking on a dangerous assignment and brings the owner of the business back to reality. Buz, ready to end his life's search, is turned down. He vows to look for her (and perhaps finds her in Season 3).​
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Tod and Buz, in the Los Angeles area, while Tod is taking a computer class at UCLA and Buz sells cosmetics, aid a "girl in danger". She claims the mafia are after her to locate her "Don" father who they plan to kill. Tod and Buz have an uneasy series of adventures before the true story comes out.​
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Still in the Los Angeles area with Tod struggling over his computer class at UCLA and Buz enjoying the "sights", a beautiful blond woman enters their lives. She was recently married and almost immediately widowed. The lady will stop at nothing to find the men who killed her husband-despite being blind.​
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Tod and Buz, driving through Nevada, pick up an orphan hitchhiking. Tod insists he be returned to the orphanage. Buz, both unhappy and angry, separates from Tod. On his own now, Buz looks to fill his loneliness and meets a motherly lady. He finds her sad life includes alcoholism over regret for a long lost son.​
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Tod and Buz travel to Squaw Valley, California for "some work and some fun". They barely settle in on their new jobs at the Squaw Valley Ski Lodge when the dead body of a female skier is found out on the slopes. The perpetrator, a mentally defective guest at the lodge, goes undetected and may seek another victim.​
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Tod and Buz, driving through Nevada, help protect the bankroll of two men who are from the dried up mining town of Broken Knee. The two men are heading to Reno to try to win enough money at the craps table to fund a project which can save the town. Later in Reno, Tod and Buz end up lending moral and financial support.​
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Tod and Buz travel to Los Angeles in response to a letter Tod received from an Aunt who has not been heard of for 20 yrs and thought to be dead. From her deathbed she makes a final request of Tod-find her daughter. Tod and Buz embark on a search that leads them to many people and places and eventually to the answer.​
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Tod and Buz, in San Diego and employed in aerospace jobs, save a drunken man from drowning while they are enjoying a day off. The man's underage niece uses her influence to get Tod and Buz to help her. The objective is to sober him up so he can remain her guardian. The man is not cooperative and is hiding a secret.​
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Tod and Buz, working as ranch hands in New Mexico, become disgusted with the actions of their employer. The man wants possession of his dead son's baby whether the mother approves of it or not. The rancher will stop at nothing to get his way and neither will his men-including murder.​
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Tod and Buz, camping out near Sante Fe, New Mexico, have a run-in with a madman who is illegally hunting. Their car damaged, Tod and Buz seek the man out in Santa Fe. Buz gets satisfaction by giving him a severe beating. Later they are blamed for poaching and again seek the man out. This time the interchange becomes deadly.​
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Tod and Buz are bamboozled into a tiny remote mountain town in New Mexico. Once there,they are convicted on a trumped up "crime" with the sentence being to teach school for one year. Slowly,they come to lose their resentment and actually end up empathizing with the reason for the deception.​
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Tod and Buz "detour" to Youngstown,Ohio to see a boyhood idol of Buz,a boxer who is scheduled to fight a local hero.The "idol" is no longer a contender,he is a punch-drunk has-been. Buz attempts both to build up the man's confidence and give him a view to the future with the help of the boxer's female admirer.​
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Tod and Buz, working as laborers in a factory in Amity, Ohio, meet a strange young woman at their boarding house. She is towing a headstone on a trailer behind her car-with the person's date of death from 10 years before. Finding she is a pariah in Amity, Tod and Buz offer help in carrying out her unusual mission.​
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Tod and Buz, in Cleveland, Ohio working as laborers on a "three week job at a gravel yard", stay at their Russian supervisor's home. He has a mute daughter who has a miserable life. When a fellow Russian, whom the community has ostracized, shows his love for her tragedy follows. The two ill-fated people meet an uncertain end.​
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The Man Called X was Agent Ken Thurston who took on dangerous cases in a variety of exotic locations. He was sent all around the world by the Intelligence Bureau to gather information and protect U.S interests. His code name is simply X.

S01E04 Assassination (Feb.17.1956)
Stars Barry Sullivan Richard Loo Beulah Quo Sammee Tong Weaver Levy James Hong Guy Kingsford Wong Artarne Byron Keith​
Agent Thurston is sent to Singapore to prevent the assassination of a Free Chinese General.​
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After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.

S01E01 The Swingin’ Mrs. Jones (Sep.17.1965)
Stars Anne Francis John Ericson Irene Hervey Ray Danton Winnie Collins Marvin Brody Louise Arthur Than Wyenn Don Gazzaniga David Armstrong J.P. Burns Joel Lawrence Bruce Murray Pollack Lori Williams​
After losing her client's $50,000 and getting a knock on the head in the bargain, Honey West is more determined than ever to break up a blackmail ring that preys on wealthy middle-aged women.​
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Honey and Sam are hired by a art museum's insurance company to prove how easy it is to bypass its security measures. After proving the insurance company's point, the private investigators agree to furnish an elaborate new system - which is promptly evaded by art thieves.​
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When a dying client gives Honey a snowglobe, the private detective doesn't grasp the importance of the object until other interested parties attempt to steal it.​
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When the sister of a prominent businessman breaks off a relationship with a local mobster, Honey and an assassin race to be the first to find her.​
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Honey goes to a charity party to find out where an embezzler has banked his ill-gotten gains, but learns the man who hired her is a murderer.​
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Honey manages to lose an obnoxious child she's escorting between divorced parents in a crowded airport. When security can't find the child, Honey fears the girl may have been abducted.​
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Honey and Sam attempt to capture an arsonist in order to earn a lucrative contract with a warehouse company backfires when they accidentally interfere with the police investigation.​
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Honey and Sam are hired to deliver gowns valued at over $100,000 to a fashion show. When their cargo is hijacked, the detectives race to recover the garments before the program or else their employer, a new dress designer, will be ruined.​
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Honey tries to apprehend a jewel thief who stole a famous actress' gems while she was attending her movie's premier.​
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Honey and Sam are hired to find the person leaking industrial secrets to a company's competitors. They catch the culprit red-handed, but are soon convinced that he's an unwilling stooge employed by others and seek to capture the entire gang.​
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Honey and Sam are hired to prove that a truck driver isn't a security risk and in the process tangle with spies who drug drivers driving secret weapons so they can take photographs while their victims are unconscious.​
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Honey goes undercover as a teller to learn how gang of bank robbers avoids tripping the vaults' high-priced alarm systems.​
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Honey is faced with a dilemma when she's being paid to deliver a package with a half million dollars, but crooks kidnap Sam in order to trade his life for the money.​
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Honey poses as a nurse to investigate a secretive billionaire supposedly suffering from a rare biochemical defect.​
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A bullet-riddled collector hands Honey what appears to be an 1865 newspaper, which he hints is a forgery, but he dies before explaining how he knows. Honey and Sam must keep the paper away from thieves, deliver it to its rightful owner, and determine whether it is really a forgery.​
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An embezzler who has had a change of heart hires Honey and Sam to break into his boss's safe to return the money.​
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A young socialite survives numerous "accidents" including a parachute that opens late and a near hit-and-run. Honey and Sam are suspicious when the woman's mother reveals that a psychic has predicted the accidents. Things really heat up when the socialite becomes the prime suspect after her ex-boyfriend is murdered.​
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Although stymied when they try to get incriminating photographs of a man suspected of making a phony accident claim, Honey and Sam discover that the subject's accident witness, a seemingly sweet old lady, is suspiciously accident-prone herself.​
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Honey and Sam must solve the murder of a toy manufacturer killed by an oversize toy robot made by his own company.​
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On a bet, an art dealer and his 'Warhol-esque' client secretly place a can of soup with a hand-painted label on a supermarket shelf to see if anyone will buy it. Not only is it purchased by Aunt Meg, but a punk immediately steals the can from her, leading Honey and Sam to believe that someone with inside information knew about the bet and plans to sell the can on the ... Read all​
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OK, so here's a show that just came to mind. In a sense, it probably doesn't belong here since the title of the thread is "Obscure Classic TV Shows - Post Your Favorites!" is this can't be a favorite as I've never seen it, but really want to.

I was reminded of it when popping into a thread about the recent 4K release of the movie The Howling. My comment about that was that my primary interest in seeing the film again is that it was one of a bunch of movies written (but not directed) by John Sayles.

Lightbulb!

Sayles is a favorite writer/director whose excellent directorial efforts have largely been ignored when it comes to Blu-ray, while the low-budget genre films he writes to pay the bills seem to get released.

Anyway, Sayles created a TV series back in 1989 called Shannon's Deal, about a disgraced lawyer who ends up building up a small practice to do the good fight. There was a (fairly successful) 2-hour pilot on NBC, followed a year later by 6-episode first season, and a year after that, an 8-episode second season. But its ratings tanked, and the show wasn't renewed for a third season. Sayles wrote the pilot film, and two S1 episodes.

Unfortunately, it was never released on home video, and doesn't currently seem to be streaming anywhere. It was produced through Universal, so maybe it'll eventually show up on Peacock.
 
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Little Theater

Thirtieth Birthday (May.21. 1953)​
Little Theater is an anthology television series from the 1950's. There were two short stories in each 15 minute episode. This Little Theater has one story, Thirtieth Birthday, starring Cay Forester, Virginia Brissac, and Burt Arnold. The whole story is over in less than 7 minutes. Our 30 year old woman in the story feels her life is over...heck, she is jut so OLD. So what should she do, rekindle a romance with an old flame? Mastered from 16mm b-w film.​
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