OT - Mr Wizard

"Dan" wrote in message
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Richard Riley wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:59:37 -0400, "Peter Dohm"
wrote:


Interestingly, I heard a while back that someone had decided to run
Hogan's
Heroes in Germany. I don't recall whether they dubbed in the
conversations
or ran subtitles; but the show was not popular. (Duh!)

In any case, they changed the conversations and made Sergeant Schultz
and
Colonel Klink much less competent; and the show became a smash hit.

It was running on German cable for a while, it may still be.

One of the interesting things they had to change was the the phrase
"Heil Hitler." Apparently it's illegal to put on the air in Germany.
But, of course, when they shot the show all the Nazis greeted each
other by raising their hands and saying it.

So they replaced it when they dubbed it - with something different and
completely absurd every time. Like "This is how tall the sunflowers
grow!" Or "Is your daughter this tall?" "No, this tall!" Or "High
Five" "Don't touch me!"

I liked the way the Three Stooges said it - "Hang Hitler."

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

The Three Stooges were ... special.

Peter :-)

Montblack wrote:
("Dan" wrote)

Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season


Guerillas



Don't make me open a can of Lancelot Link whoop ass...


Paul-Mont



Not familiar with that one.
Was that the supposed Viet Nam "comedy" that that went over
like something ugly in the punch bowl?

Richard

Dan wrote:

Anthony W wrote:

Dan wrote:

Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)


I remember it. But it appears I saw it in reruns (according to
Wikipedia it originally ran from 1951 to 1959, and was shown on
Saturday reruns from 1959 to 1966.)


Well, there was a series named "Ripcord" that made "Sky King" look
well written.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired


Then there was Riptide in the 1970s (I think) that make all other
shows look good in comparison. As a young child, Sky King was pretty
cool but I could see how it might not age well.

Tony


Ripcord was about skydivers.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

And "whirlybirds"?
Is taht ther right title?

"cavelamb himself" wrote in message
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Dan wrote:

Anthony W wrote:

Dan wrote:

Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)


I remember it. But it appears I saw it in reruns (according to
Wikipedia it originally ran from 1951 to 1959, and was shown on
Saturday reruns from 1959 to 1966.)


Well, there was a series named "Ripcord" that made "Sky King" look
well written.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired


Then there was Riptide in the 1970s (I think) that make all other
shows look good in comparison. As a young child, Sky King was pretty
cool but I could see how it might not age well.

Tony


Ripcord was about skydivers.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

And "whirlybirds"?
Is taht ther right title?

I believe it was.

I really enjoyed both Whirlybirds and Ripcord at the time, but I'll bet
they'd look really hokey now.

Peter

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:42:35 GMT, cavelamb himself
wrote:

And "whirlybirds"?
Is taht ther right title?

Yep. Lest we forget, too, 'Spencer's Pilots." That was another of those where
a gun fired in the cockpit shoots out the "electrical system" and the engine
quits.

"Skyhawks," another Saturday morning cartoon.

There was also the one with Tim Conway as a Beech 18 pilot for a small airline.

Ron Wanttaja

Peter Dohm wrote:

I really enjoyed both Whirlybirds and Ripcord at the time, but I'll bet
they'd look really hokey now.

Peter

I find even the best 1960's TV to be hokey now. It was just part of the
time, or I've been watching too many late night Star Trek reruns.

Tony

In article ,
Ron Wanttaja wrote:

Yep. Lest we forget, too, 'Spencer's Pilots." That was another of those
where
a gun fired in the cockpit shoots out the "electrical system" and the engine
quits.

Spencer's Pilots was where Gena Davis made her debut, wasn't it?

Richard Riley wrote:

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:40:35 GMT, cavelamb himself
wrote:


Montblack wrote:

("Dan" wrote)


Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season


Guerillas



Don't make me open a can of Lancelot Link whoop ass...


Paul-Mont



Not familiar with that one.
Was that the supposed Viet Nam "comedy" that that went over
like something ugly in the punch bowl?


Naaa, Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp was a saturday morning kids show. A
spy show, like Man from UNCLE, but with chimps in costume and voice
overs. It must have been a nightmare to edit.

The only Viet Nam show I can think of was "China Beach." They talked
about doing a series of "Good Morning Viet Nam" but it didn't go
beyond a pilot. You've got me stumped.

Never saw the chimp show.

But I loved China Beach.

I dunno, Richard.
I only heard talk about the comedy thing.
Supposedly it was on - while I was in RVN. 1968-1969

("john smith" wrote)
Spencer's Pilots was where Gena Davis made her debut, wasn't it?


So if he were "holding out," ....he'd be Spencer for Hire (1985)? g

No Geena Davis on Spencer's Pilots (according to IMDB.com) but she does show
up in an episode of Riptide (1984), a crappy detective show that had an
unusual helicopter in it.

http://www.celebsinc.com/pictures/GeenaDavis/nude/geena_davis_022.jpg
Mmm... Geena Davis. I like her, I don't like her. She bewitches me.


Paul-Mont
(NAC) Necessary Aviation Content
She was also in The Fly (1986)

Richard Riley wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:15:45 -0400, john smith
wrote:


In article ,
Ron Wanttaja wrote:


Yep. Lest we forget, too, 'Spencer's Pilots." That was another of those
where
a gun fired in the cockpit shoots out the "electrical system" and the engine
quits.

Spencer's Pilots was where Gena Davis made her debut, wasn't it?


She wasn't ever on Spencer's Pilots. She first appeared in "Tootsie"
in 82, then had a couple of guest rolls on "Knight Rider" in 83 and
was part of the cast of "Buffalo Bill" in 84



and was a freat hit in "Earth Girls are Easy"!