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Member	TV Series		Comment / Review
DexterMiller 11th Jun 2020		Scooby Doo Where Are You! 1969 - 1978	The music during the second season (with the Bubblegum-sounding chase scenes) is the coolest out of the entire show's history. However, the band are different than the one which backed Marks in 1969. The session players in 1970 were: George "Austin Roberts" Robertson (vocals); Danny Janssen (writer/acoustic guitar/synthesizer); Bobby Hart (keyboards/backing vocals); Jerry Scheff (bass); Bob Crowder (drums...whom, also appeared in the animated Hardy Boys as the first television Black cartoon character; in the then-concurrent series Scooby Doo wound up winning the ratings war against!); and Sue Steward (writer/backing vocals). A LOT of the same personnel worked on Hanna-Barbera's "JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS" series, too, and assembled a novelty album for Capitol Records in 1970.
DexterMiller 11th Jun 2020		Dark Shadows 1966 - 1971	The first 294 episodes are black and white.
Magic Marmalade 8th Jun 2020		Devs 2020	Rated 9/10 Proper Sci-Fi!!! I have one rule of thumb that determines for me if something is genuine sci-fi, or just a fantastic light show fantasy piece: Do I come away from this with more questions that I went in with? (Anyone who claims to have the answers hasn't asked enough questions yet :) And this really lived up to billing, as it deals with some fairly predictable, and well worn fare of many worlds / multi-verse / fate / destiny / free will themes, but ingeniously, uses that predictability from established formulas to lead you well and truly up many garden paths, only to bamboozle you by playing with your expectations of what is about to happen, and the general meaning of what it's all about... then throwing a neat twist in just at the punch line / expected outcome. What is Devs? Well it's safe to say there is pretty much a Fight club rule on this one... ..."you do not talk about..." You get the picture, and that is both one of the points of the show, and what makes it difficult to fully explain without spoiling it. But it most certainly is centred around the themes I mentioned earlier. A cool, glacial slab of minimalist sci-fi with a great story, lots of drama and moments of action, opaque, but reveals itself in the end... (Not like some TV shows, that only think they're being profound, but ultimately go nowhere... often because the writer(s) haven't actually thought it through, and got a destination in mind from the outset... Lost, you might say :) ... and shows that it actually has warmth and soul to it's ideas (and humour!) A great self contained (or not, possibly) concept, that will be watched again from the start, in the newly attained context of having seen it once to the end. Marvellous! 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
OldMod67 ● 2nd Jun 2020		The Tomorrow People 1973 - 1979	I loved this back in the 70s and watched a few online a while back. It was the first time I'd seen it since I was a kid and it was fabulous. Unlike some shows when re-watched years later that seem tacky and dated, this was still a really great watch!
Appletree1 SUBS ● 29th May 2020		Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 1968 - 1970	Kangaroos are extremely "thick" animals and the had a hell of a job getting the various "beasts" to do what they wanted them to do! No Kangaroo would ever behave like the ones in the show!
Appletree1 SUBS ● 29th May 2020		The Phil Silvers Show 1955 - 1959	Despite the numerous TV repeats over the ages Phil Silvers only got the money he was paid for making the show in the first place. So sad that he and the rest of the cast were treated that way.
George Slv 4th May 2020		Circus Time 1956 - 1957	I can't think of a more overlooked series that was so significant. Like Sullivan it had all kinds of acts including musical stars of the day like The Diamonds. It rated in the top ten for young viewers. IMDB did not have it listed until yesterday. There is one collector DVD on Amazon.com that sold out long ago. Only a clip of a Buster Keaton skit can be found online. Start searching, collectors. Paul Winchell was a ventriloquist who hosted and also did routines with his wooden dummies.
23skidoo 3rd May 2020		Lift Off With Ayshea 1969 - 1974	Ayshea was hosting this at the same time she was appearing on Gerry Anderson's UFO. She was also popular enough at the time that I think she wrote a regular column for one of the UK youth magazines of the day, possibly Look-In.
23skidoo 3rd May 2020		The Tonight Show 1954 - Now	@GimmeVinyl Fortunately many episodes of Groucho's game show You Bet Your Life survive. It was actually a talk show disguised as a game show, so we can get a good idea of how he might have handled Tonight. Sadly, most of the Tonight Shows prior to about 1970 have been lost over time. Remarkably, most of the first Steve Allen episode survives, as does audio from the opening of Carson's first show, featuring his first monologue. But complete episodes from the 1960s, both Paar and Carson, are not that common. Fortunately one surviving clip - and one of the only 1960s ones in colour (most survive as B&W) - is from about 1965 and features Groucho as a guest.
Quad5point1 28th Apr 2020		The Adventure Game 1980 - 1986	Nod to nboldock, sharper / brighter title screen from DVD added
Paul Vinyl 12th Apr 2020		The Jensen Code 1973	Episode One. [YouTube Video]
Twistin 2nd Apr 2020		The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961 - 1966	Watched some interviews with cast members and apparently the character of Alan Brady was based on Sid Caesar and of course Rob Petrie was based on Carl Reiner himself (Reiner was a comedy writer on Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows" and Caesar's Hour.) Hard to imagine Caesar being THAT difficult, but it must be true. I wonder what his reaction was to this characterization.
YankeeDisc SUBS 10th Feb 2020		The World At War 1973	Watched this series back in 1973/1974, and taped various episodes onto audio cassette from my 14" black and white portable Hitachi Hitachi TU-75A television set, via the 3.5mm mini jack plug outlet, normally used for listening with an earpiece..... Kept them for years....I still might have a couple of them knocking about..... Superb series, with 'Larry' the cherry on top as narrator.
jaimeeduardo 9th Feb 2020		В поисках капитана Гранта [1986] 1986	IMDb provides Romanized credits [additional 'other source' spellings of names and titles will be encountered when not written in Russian]: Alternate spellings of names and titles are enclosed in brackets following the form/forms found in IMDb: Title: V poiskakh kapitana Granta Cast: Vladimir Smirnov [Wladimir Smirnow, ולדימיר סמירנוב] ... Zhyul Vern Lembit Ulfsak [Lembit Ulʹfsak, Lembit Oulfsak, Lembit Ulfszak, Λέμπιτ Ούλφσακ, למביט אולפסק] ... Paganel Nikolay Eryomenko [Nikolaĭ Eremenko, Nikolaj Jerjomenko, Nikolaj Jeremenko, Nikolaï Eremenko, Nikolai Ieremenko, Nikolai Eriomenko, ניקולאי אריומנקו] ... Lord Glenarvan Tamara Akulova [Tamara Akoulova, Tamara Akulowa, Tamara Akoulova, תמרה אקולובה] ... Lady Glenarvan Additional (not in IMDb as of 2020) film titles: French = À la recherche du capitaine Grant Hebrew = בחיפוש אחר קפטן גרנט Информация о фильме (кино-театр.ру)
Graham7 28th Jan 2020		This Is Tom Jones 1969 - 1971	I have a promotional single for this show - see 45cat. I'll pop in See Also links below.
stylus80 28th Jan 2020		Home To Roost 1985 - 1990	The last time i saw this show repeated on UK Television was on Channel 4 in the noughties. I have no idea why ITV3 don't repeat this sitcom? I thought John Thaw was great playing in a comic role, which is not something he usually did in his career.
GimmeVinyl 27th Jan 2020		Car 54, Where Are You? 1961 - 1963	There’s a hold up in the Bronx, Brooklyn’s broken out in fights… There’s a traffic jam in Harlem that’s backed up to Jackson Heights… There’s a scout troop short a child, Khrushchev’s due at Idlewild… Car 54, where are you?
OldMod67 ● 21st Jan 2020		The Saturday Banana 1978 - 1979	This series, from Southern TV's Southampton studio was a Saturday morning kids show, similar to, as in a bit mad (but not as good as) Tiswas. It featured a version of the Runaround game, popular as a standalone show at the time. It started early July 1978, when a bunch of us at school were picked at random to travel along from Bournemouth to be on one of the first ones. I do recall Marseille playing live (picked up a badge, promoting the Red, White and Slightly Blue LP) getting autographs from a football team playing outside the studio, a kid called Keith from our school winning a tv (b&w) on Runaround and cornering Melissa Wilkes and a male counterpart presenter. This lad was wearing a hat which he lost when he turned and fled from the mob of kids. For ages in the eighties I was convinced the lad was Graham Fletcher-Cook, but I've never found any mention of him presenting this! Also, there was a massive peeling banana outside, just in case we couldn't find the right studio I suppose......
GimmeVinyl 8th Jan 2020		The Price Is Right [1972-present] 1972 - Now	The earlier The Price Is Right featured Bill Cullen as the host/MC.
GimmeVinyl 8th Jan 2020		This Is Tom Jones 1969 - 1971	Having trouble finding an image of the program opening sequence that isn't an album jacket of the same name.
GimmeVinyl 8th Jan 2020		You Bet Your Life 1950 - 1961	Brought to you by your DeSoto dealers.. Not only did Groucho make a pretty good living by this time, doing You Bet Your Life on both TV and radio.. Chrysler Corporation gave him 2 new DeSotos every year.. Contestant: "I work for the Thor Corporation, Groucho.." Groucho: "Oh? Who are they Thor at?"
GimmeVinyl 8th Jan 2020		The Tonight Show 1954 - Now	Ok.. during 1962, between the time Jack Paar left the show, and Johnny Carson finally took the helm, one of the guest hosts that did several shows was Groucho Marx... Oh, I would have loved to have seen that...
sladesounds 5th Jan 2020		Dracula 2020	[YouTube Video] Official BBC trailer
sladesounds 5th Jan 2020		Dracula 2020	Rated 8/10 An enjoyable romp through the classic Dracula story. Broadcast as three 90 minute episodes the show has it all, drama, suspense, a little bit of comedy and of course horror. The BBC has done well in commissioning such a well written show (by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat of Sherlock fame). The excellent online reviews such as "bloody stunning" are well justified. What you get is an update, well shot , adaptation of the original vampire story. Whilst not a true devotee of the horror genre I thoroughly recommend give this a viewing. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
henry29 4th Jan 2020		Most Haunted 2002 - Now	R.I.P. Derek Acorah off to be with Sam.
jaimeeduardo 28th Dec 2019		Демон революции 2017 - 2018	IMDb provides Romanized credits [additional 'other source' spellings of names and titles will be encountered when not written in Russian]: Alternate spellings of names and titles are enclosed in brackets following the form/forms found in IMDb: Title: Demon revolyutsii [Demon revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ii] Cast: Evgeniy Mironov [Evgeniĭ Mironov, Jevgenij Mironov, Eugen Mironov, Evgueni Mironov, Jewgeni Mironow, Jewgienij Mironow, Yevgeny Mironov, Ευγένιος Μιρόνοφ, Євген Миронов, Євгеній Міронов, ייבגני מירונוב] ... Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Fedor Bondarchuk [Fyodor Bondarchuk, Fjodor Bondarčuk, Fiodor Bondartchouk, Fjodor Bondartschuk, Fjodor Bondarcsuk, Fiodor Bondarczuk, Ֆեոդոր Բոնդարչուկ, Φιόντορ Μπονταρτσούκ, Федір Бондарчук, פיודור בונדרצ'וק] ... Alexander Parvus Maksim Matveev [Maksim Matveyev, Maksim Matveev, Maxim Matvejev, Maxim Matwejew, Makszim Matvejev, Maksim Matwiejew, Максим Матвєєв, מקסים מטבייב] ... Aleksey Mezentsev Darya Ekamasova [Darya Yekamasova, Darʹi︠a︡ Ekamasova, Darja Jekamasova, Daria Ekamassova, Darja Jekamaszova, Daria Jekamasowa, דאריה יקמאסובה] ... Nadezhda Krupskaya Additional (not in IMDb as of 2019) film titles: Hebrew = שד המהפכה Polish = Demon Rewolucji Информация о фильме (Википедия)
zabadak ● 27th Dec 2019		Scooby Doo Where Are You! 1969 - 1978	Well, according to Wikipedia, "The series theme song was written by David Mook and Ben Raleigh, and performed by Larry Marks" :happy: You can find it here :headphones:
GimmeVinyl 27th Dec 2019		My Mother The Car 1965 - 1966	Sure.. with the mom being an Edsel, or Studebaker, or a Packard.. or how about a Hillman Avenger?
GimmeVinyl 27th Dec 2019		Scooby Doo Where Are You! 1969 - 1978	Now... Who performed that very cool theme song, is what I'd like to know!
GimmeVinyl 27th Dec 2019		Butternut Square 1964 - 1967	Mr. Roger's Neighborhood hasn't been added yet?????

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