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It is always in the rotation anytime I have regularly watched the series.
Excellent episode and excellent performance by Masur. Actors on average then did not want to play intellectually challenged characters but Masur gave a professional portrayal.
Don't blink or you will miss Gary Busey as a radio operator in a PBY.
People get lucky. He projects a certain air that producers and directors feel that they need. It's not like he made many millions acting nor won an Oscar or Emmy.
"Let's Call It Quits" should be on there.
Gilbert was too stupid to realize that most of the show's fanbase is in Middle America and right leaning.
I understand. Batman is your retreat from the real world and criticism is not allowed. Conversation over.
Robin was in the 1940's serials and in the comic books well before the 1966 series. The way Hollywood works I would sooner accept an explanation that they did not want to pay a major salary to have Robin be in a movie. Artistic concerns would be secondary to that.
Once per season was enough for Flagg. His shtick was not so deep that it would hold up to regular viewing.
Are we so sure that Pierce would pass on Trump who promised and kept his promise on no new foreign wars? Radar's Uncle Ed ruled the household and if he said vote Trump then Radar would do so. Trapper always gave a vibe that a woman's place was in the kitchen or the bedroom so no Clinton. Not a give me that Hunnicutt would vote for Clinton.
Why not? I'm being very serious. Please give well thought out ideas. For me as a kid Batman was entertainment for the moment. With the 1960's show it was enjoying the performances of the guest villains. But even as a kid I knew that the Batman universe is not very deep. It makes no sense whether it be comic books, television, or motion picture for Batman (and Robin) to continually endanger themselves with the end result being the villain gets a soft sentence and is soon out making new havoc. Play for low stakes nobody pays much attention to the bad guy. Start screwing with society in terms of taking 10's of millions or more dollars or wanting to eradicate society and a broad section of society will come down hard on that bad guy. If you were a high profile citizen in Gotham City would you repeatedly allow yourself to be threatened or would you organize a hit squad to be done with the likes of the Joker. Enjoy the franchise for the colorfulness and clear sense of right and wrong but its not intellectually deep.
Maybe the prime demographic of 16 to 35 year old males feel threatened by Robin? Therefore an intentional deletion of the character by the producers of Batman movies. Why do young men feel threatened by Robin? I don't see an air of irresponsibility by Batman in terms of putting Robin in harm's way as an answer. The most likely reason is they don't want to see a boy as it makes them feel like a boy. The whole self identification thing. Most non fans see the franchise as childish and Robin puts the exclamation point on that point. While we are at it most don't like to see Batgirl because that puts pressure on those who desire but lack a girlfriend usually not by choice. The dark universe tripe is just to muddy the water in terms of revealing self-inadequacy. Best to enjoy the franchise for what it is which is kicking butt of bad guys and not dig too far in for personal motivation as to fandom.
The industry is out of ideas plain and simple. The only thing left to try is shock value which has proven to be very problematic.
No. But we need actresses that can project certain characteristics that are not associated with high levels of beauty. Most of us do not fit a universal definition of attractiveness so its good that we can see characters played by actors who we can relate to. I would not want Alice from television's The Brady Bunch to be played by anybody other than Ann B Davis. I would not want Esther Walton from The Walton's to be played by anybody other than Ellen Corby.
Although a decade earlier neither were the Walton's. Three square meals per day for a mountain family during the Great Depression? Bread served for most meals? Indoor plumbing? The OP needs to realize that very few people would watch a show about harsh reality.
Flexing is not as easy as it sounds. People have schedules to keep and quite a few times it is not possible for fans to flex their personal schedules. Just luck of the draw as some of the teams you mention were expected to do better than what they have. MNF also has the same problem. Teams also tend to regress the following season after a strong run. It's not like a generation ago where the same teams always stayed on top and others remained on the bottom.
I read a clinical study not too long ago that suggests "hung" guys are exceedingly rare. This is from guys volunteering to be measured versus just going by say so. Granted during the 1970''s that is all people had to go by was urban myths. That certain ethnic or racial groups did not live up to their "billing" was something hidden in the weeds for generations after the start of the 1960's sexual revolution."
As to Dirk's home as a kid I would bet that there many factors that played into misery for all who lived there. Infidelity, weak husband, poor income, and declining neighborhood to name a few.
I think that Larry had an interest in Sam that goes beyond a professional boss-employee's wife interaction. Something that could not be directly said on a 1960's family sitcom.
She looked very luscious as Roddy McDowell's moll on Batman. Both Francine and Roddy should have been given another story arc for their fine work on that show.
I forgot to address this previously. Japan simply had insufficient resources and in particular man power to occupy Oahu. The US still had a full garrison of troops there complete with firearms. Retaking PH would have been Job 1 for the US thus a full commitment of carriers and remaining capital ships. The Japanese task force including their four fleet carriers were not only scheduled to be elsewhere but were very vital to other operations as they were securing resource for their war effort including very vital oil, aluminum for aircraft production, and iron. Many senior officers in the Japanese military were very reluctant to risk any carriers at all for the attack on PH as they were extremely vital elsewhere. The same with troops who were needed to prod native populations in SE Asia to obtain these materials along with rice for Japan.