tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post7940709700156337623..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Tuesday's Overlooked Film and Video: RELATIVITY (1996-97), UNIVERSE (1960), and "It's Up to the Lady" (DANGER MAN, 1964)Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-64263339539576448142011-03-08T21:06:35.077-05:002011-03-08T21:06:35.077-05:00I have yet to crack the half-hour episodes, as you...I have yet to crack the half-hour episodes, as you might've gathered, but they're on the agenda...why none of the repeat-heavy stations/networks (TV Land, RetroTV, ThisTV, etc.) has, for example, made 7p or 9p or 11p Spy Hour and run a strip of the better British and US spy series, at least, is puzzling...no less when in the States, at least, the DANGER MAN and AVENGERS boxes are issued from the A&E (cable station) label. Monday DANGER MAN/THE PRISONER, Tuesday THE AVENGERS, Wednesday MAN IN A SUITCASE (soon supplemented by others, to be sure...I'll nominate THE COMPANY, certainly, and even ONCE A THIEF, among the more recent series), Thursday MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E....Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-72703376149196019312011-03-08T18:38:28.213-05:002011-03-08T18:38:28.213-05:00I loved Danger Man. Watching the whole original ha...I loved Danger Man. Watching the whole original half-hour set in a short space of time was a great instruction of how versatile a tight formula can be, if handled intelligently.Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585713305682813718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-81652737091705892402011-03-08T16:12:44.475-05:002011-03-08T16:12:44.475-05:00Well, the DANGER MAN harpsichord theme is pretty c...Well, the DANGER MAN harpsichord theme is pretty catchy, to (though I tend to improvise on what I often sing as "Secret Agency Guy," perhaps too influenced by Chris Elliot)...and this is one of the toughest of DMs, in the perplex it puts Drake's targets in (a choice even Hobson wouldn't envy) and in the situation it leaves him in, as well.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-40759972888571358712011-03-08T15:43:41.196-05:002011-03-08T15:43:41.196-05:00Danger Man. Now you've started that "Secr...Danger Man. Now you've started that "Secret Agent Man" theme going in my head.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-54041951505860193692011-03-08T08:54:22.609-05:002011-03-08T08:54:22.609-05:00Well, discs are available of FREAKS AND GEEKS (and...Well, discs are available of FREAKS AND GEEKS (and I believe of the relative upgrade of UNDECLARED, also now rerunning on IFC) and of MY SO-CALLED LIFE...but not yet of RELATIVITY.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-66114593659063666332011-03-08T07:58:11.607-05:002011-03-08T07:58:11.607-05:00Never did see Relativity because we were in Amster...Never did see Relativity because we were in Amsterdam that year. ALso missed Freeks and Geeks and My So-Called Life. I feel I have a culture lag because of it.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com