I see AVENGERS movie is #1 when I think of THE AVENGERS--I think...

[WI_DEM]

[randome]

1. Me, too.

Although I spent more than enough time and money collecting Avengers comics, as well.

The Avengers and The Fugitive were good TV.

I'm taking my daughters to see the movie tonight. They've been in love with Joss Whedon ever since Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[hifiguy]

2. "We're needed, Mrs. Peel."

Though I too read more than my share of Avengers comics.

[Politicalboi]

3. TV was better then

Man from U.N.C.L.E, Get Smart, Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Laugh-In,Twilight Zone, Andy Griffith, Gomer Pyle, Munster's. They just don't make good shows like these anymore. Today's writers are yesterday's just barely passing grads.

[hifiguy]

5. I swear to doG the writers of Green Acres

were zonked to the gills on the powerful psychedelics commonly available in the mid-1960s. Some of those shows were pure surrealism. There were some pretty weird episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies as well.

[CBGLuthier]

9. The Green Acres where they put on a play based on The Beverly Hillbillies

blew my mind. Both shows had excellent writing.

[Zorra]

26. Yeh! Like this one- when the Police ask Granny what she's doing, and she says

"I'm smoking crawdads, but first I need a little pot."


Buddy: You ever smoke crawdads, Robin Hood? Jethro: Why sure! Buddy: (to Stella) I knew he was on something.

Buddy: Are you Granny? Granny: Yeah. Buddy: You the one who smokes crawdads? Granny: Yeah. How'd ya know? Buddy: Well I heard. Ya got any on ya? Granny: No. Jethro took em all. Jed: That's the boy we's lookin' fer. He dressed like Robin Hood totin' a bow and arrow. He's got a pretty girl, a hound dog, and a ape with him. Buddy: Sounds groovy. How'd he get on that kick? Jane: He means how did it all start? Jed: Well, we was in our castle in England and Jethro went out in his knight suit chasin' dragons through this rose garden. Buddy: Tell me something old timer, do you smoke crawdads? Jed: I have. Buddy: How bout you? Jane: No, not I. Buddy: I'm glad you're driving. Would you drop me off at the Sunset Strip? I've got to tell my friends about this. Jane: Certainly, hop in. Buddy: Thank you. Jed: You're gonna get them to help you look fer Robin Hood, huh? Buddy: Sure Daddy, sure. Tell me Granny, how long since ya smoked a crawdad? Granny: Smoked some this mornin', when we flew in from England. Buddy: Did you use a plane? Granny: Of course. Buddy: I'd like to hear your version of this Robin Hood story. Granny: Well, it really started back at the castle, when that big dragon dog ate Cousin Marcus. Buddy: Get me to the strip baby! I've got to spread the word about Robin Hood and the crawdads!

My favorite episode.

[hifiguy]

27. That is one of the very episodes I was thinking of!

Jethro as Robin Hood, with Elly May as Maid Marian and the ape - Cousin Bessie - as Little John.

Another rather 'interesting' story arc was the one where Elly May was dating a Navy frogman, and when Granny saw him in his scuba suit, thought he was an actual frog-man human-animal hybrid [(c) Incurious George] .

[mainer]

10. the fact i agree with you only shows our ages

I swear, I made a reference to "Spock and Kirk" to a 20-something and she had no idea what I was talking about.

[JonLP24]

14. I disagree

I don't think shows have been better. There are a number of great shows and the strength is the writing. Breaking Bad, Hell on Wheels. CBS has a number of good shows, I think Person of Interest is a well-written show.

I think movies are in a decline but the writers on the top TV shows are brilliant.

[Telly Savalas]

36. Breaking Bad, The Wire, Walking Dead, Louie, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Community, Band of Brothers, Homeland, Weeds, Game of Thrones...


there's quite few good shows that have been produced in the last few years. Not buyin' this world has gone to shit since the good ole days argument.

[SomethingFishy]

39. LMFAO.. seriously?

Yeah nothing good on TV these days.

Well except maybe for Game Of Thrones

Oh and the Walking Dead.

And maybe

Shameless
Nurse Jackie
Boardwalk Empire
Modern Family
Bones
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Fringe

There is plenty of good writing on TV these days.

[The Magistrate]

4. Of Course, Sir --- Is There Something Else Associated With The Name Nowadays?

[FSogol]

6. Not me. I grew up reading Marvel Comics and only saw that British tv show later in life. n/t

[Lawlbringer]

7. The Britsh TV show only predated the unrelated comic by about a year.

Although, the weirdest coincidence (maybe the Avengers one wasn't exactly a coincidence) is Dennis The Menace, debuting two different comics with the same exact name and premise on the same exact day in both the UK and US.


but yeah, I've always preferred the comic Avengers to the TV (and the horrible Sean Connery movie)

[cliffordu]

8. Yep. Me too.

The best Avengers out there....

[NYC_SKP]

35. Emma Peel...

Dibs!

[longship]

11. Cathy Gale, Emma Peel, Tara King, Purdy

What is it about British TV and their casting women in strong roles? Dr. Who has a history of this, too. However, one notes that the head character is always male. I would like to see Dr. Who's next regen to be a woman and she would find a guy companion. But I am getting off topic here.

Cathy Gale, The Avengers original female companion was played by Honor Blackman, who notably starred in the third James Bond movie, Goldfinger as the incredibly misogynisticly named Pussy Galore.

I loved Emma Peel, not only because she was smart, sexy, and resourceful, but she drove a Lotus Élan, an incredibly sexy automobile. Tara King also drove a Lotus, a Europa. Sexy women in fast cars. I think Thames Productions knew what their audience was.

Again, I want to see a female Dr. Who and a female Ms. Steed.

[Fumesucker]

13. Dr Who Left the Lid Up?

I keed, I keed..

[randome]

16. I think that would be cool, too.

A female Doctor. It would be...interesting.

A kid doctor would work, too. A super-smart kid genius piloting the Tardis. So many altenatives...

[Bruce Wayne]

22. Great: a Wesley Crusher type dressed in Edwardian suits

Any genius under the age of 22 is annoying.

[randome]

29. Oh yeah?

Well, how old were you when you first decided to fight crime? Hmmmm?

[Bruce Wayne]

31. Eight, but I at least got a college degree before getting started.

Anyway, i'm not sure that funding a benevolent foundation that just so happens to run a few at-risk youth programs counts as "fighting crime." Oh, and I once took in a circus kid, but you wouldn't believe the crap I had to put up with for that simple act of charity.

[hifiguy]

23. That Diana Rigg could drive a Lotus Elan so well

was amazing. Even the car magazines of the day said the thing was an absolute pig to drive smoothly because of all the rubber bushings in the suspension system. That she was whip-smart and looked so fiiiiiine in a catsuit only added to her "M Appeal" (the term the producers used in searching a replacement for Honor Blackman - more Appeal to Men).

[longship]

24. Four cylinders, twin cams, and Weber carbs.

Seriously high strung engine. The car was light as a feather, and yes, extremely tempermental. But it could turn on a dime at high speed. Lotus knew suspensions like no other mark.

Yes, too bad about those rubber doughnuts.

[Nye Bevan]

25. The second Romana was almost like a female Doctor Who (nt)

[longship]

30. Lalla Ward? Married to Richard Dawkins?

Introduced by Douglas Adams, the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe and Dr. Who writer. Dawkins and Adams were very close friends. When Douglas Adams died I was devastated. The world lost a incredible intellect.

My favorite Adams quote:

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

Douglas Adams (1952-2001)

Gawd, this thread has gone blissfully off the rails. I love it.

Thanks.

[Nye Bevan]

32. Yes, and Adams' "City of Death" was probably the best Doctor Who story ever.

Definitely in the top five.

[hifiguy]

38. Richard Dawkins is not only one of the smartest people

on the planet, he is one lucky SOB to be married to Lalla Ward.

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. lol. yep

[mac56]

15. This is why the film is titled "Avengers Assemble" in the UK and Ireland.

Just sayin'

[drm604]

17. Me too.

I have all of the Emma Peel episodes on DVD.

[Aerows]

18. I would hope

That it's better than the Avengers movie with Uma Thurman. The trailer was the only thing entertaining about that flop, and it only lasted 2 minutes. The movie itself? Painfully awful.

EDIT: Oh. It's a Marvel Comics movie. At least it will be better than the other one I mentioned. I don't know - I'm more of an X-Men fan in the Marvel Comics universe. I also like the Batman universe (DC). I don't know about this Captain America, Thor and Incredible Hulk business. They just aren't as impressive as the other groups I mentioned.

[lynne]

19. LOL! Me, too, and I showed my age last night -

- when a bunch of younger co-workers said they couldn't wait to see "The Avengers". My response was "I love Emma Peel!".

They all had a good laugh.

[PoliticAverse]

20. Me as well. n/t

[xchrom]

21. Sigh Emma Peel... The costume designers

For that show were amazing.

That said ... Writing for tv has gotten better .. I will drop for my example The Wire.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

28. I also think of these two!

[aka-chmeee]

33. Told the wife years ago

That I wanted to be planted dressed like Steed.

Speaking of Man from U.N.C.L.E., I watered down the carpet when on NCIS, Kate told Gibbs she wondered what Ducky looked like when he was young and Gibbs replied "Ilya Kuryakin".

[pinboy3niner]

37. That Ilya line was good!

A blast from the past!

[jp11]

34. If it wasn't for that terrible movie with Uma Thurman I wouldn't know who these people are.