Yeah, I’ll watch as much as my time will allow. I am not sure if I can watch the whole marathon. It will depend on how lazy I’m feeling that day.
Oh I did enjoy most of your post, thank you. But I thought I should mention that the theme song was sung by Joey Scarbury.
While I am on the topic, the melody was written by Mike Post, the dude who composed the Law and Order theme music.
I rented the first DVD from Netflix a few years ago thinking “this will be GREAT!”
I got through maybe two episodes. It didn’t hold up to the memories. I still love that song, though!
I remember this being one of my all time favorite shows. OTOH the only episode I can remember anything about is the one where he shrinks and loses another manual. I’m looking forward to the marathon to either reenjoy the nostalgia or forever rid myself of it.
My favorite episode was the one where he gets amnesia and forgets he doesn’t know how to use the suit.
Katt also played Sundance in the Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid prequel, Butch and Sundance: The Early Days.
I think I’ll probably set my DVR. That’s the scenario.
That’s about what I thought back when FX was airing the series when they launched in the 90’s. It was nice to see it again, but not so nice to realize it wasn’t anywhere near as good as I thought it was when I was a little kid.
I had a similar reaction to V when SciFi aired reruns of that back around the turn of the century. The series I mean, not the two miniseries. Those are still pretty good, other than the ending. I didn’t bother watching anything but the minis when Syfy was running them in preparation for the new series.
July 4 is supposed to be a Twilight Zone marathon. I’m mad as hell
How about “not quite unbelievably sexy but still a major looker girlfriend?”
“Okay, I don’t think you’re keeping up with the scenario.”
“The scenario?”
“We’ve got a scenario.”
I’ve been watching a few episodes. Still good fun if you’re a fan of Stephen J. Cannell’s creations. It’s amusing to see how dated it is after nearly 30 years. There’s no more Cold War. There were no cell phones seen on the series (well, Bill had a car phone, but it didn’t seem too reliable and I bet it wasn’t portable) - I thought it was pretty amusing when Ralph actually changed clothes in a phone booth. Military secrets were being auctioned off for Swiss francs. The economies of Western Europe hadn’t yet been united. Some sweeping changes since then.
By the way, season 4 of Eureka premieres this Friday night.
I have had it on most of the day, but haven’t been too serious about watching it. It is kind of fun to indulge in nostalgia. Why didn’t they show the very first one?
Just this week I’ve happened to catch a few old Knight Rider eps. They’re goofy, and the acting is atrocious, and the character motivations are completely dependent on plot, and the effects are absurd. But I still enjoyed them quite a bit – they’re fun and engaging and have a lot of (flabby, rough) energy.
I mention this in contrast to GAH. It’s not an awful show, and there are some funny bits (mostly when it’s clear Culp forgot his lines and they can’t be bothered to set up a second take). But I’d be hard pressed to watch more than a couple eps.
–Cliffy
Agonybooth has just started with recaps of GAH
And for Cliffy, there are also Recaps of Knight Rider. (In the Forum, there’s a link to a Misting of the script for the ep. Trust doesn’t Rust, where KITT meets KARR for the first time. Riffing all around!)
Im still waiting for airwolf
Declan
Well it of course didn’t live up to my childhood nostalgia lol. But then, they seemed to play mostly typical episodes. They did play my favorite episode, where he loses the manual again after a ride on the spaceship. But they didn’t play the pilot, nor the unaired sequel. I did enjoy the island adventure (did they make up that “Bicycle for Two” song just for this episode?) and subsequent wedding episodes. I wasn’t too fond of Bill’s bullying, or Pam’s complaining about Ralph being late for things as the result of you know, saving lives. I also didn’t get why the suit wouldn’t work if it was covered by other clothing. But it was fun to look back. I’d still like to see the other ‘mythology’ episodes. Oh, and TIVO kept listing the “4th starring role” as Faye Grant but I couldn’t figure out who she was supposed to be playing.
She played Rhonda, Tony’s girlfriend. She was the second main female character, behind Connie Selleca as Pam Davidson.
I watched about 10 minutes of a couple of episodes of GAH and as the poster above said, I should have kept my memory rather than spoil it with the reality.
Caught a few eps, and it wasn’t awesome like when I was a kid, but better than I remember it being from when FX ran it. It was really funny watching Ralph and Bill fight Andre the Giant and Andre just slams Ralph into the ground feet first like he was a post, then Bill runs up a tree. Good nostalgia rush.
I’m not ashamed to say I DVR’ed every episode in the marathon and I’m watching about 2 or 3 a day. I know the high school kids are basically interchangeable with the Sweathogs, but I like the relationships between Ralph, Bill, and Pam. There’s a similar dynamic to Michael Weston, Sam, and Fiona from Burn Notice. I’m not saying the stories are equal in quality, but there’s a solid partnership between Bill and Ralph, a solid romance with Ralph and Pam, and a grudging respect between Bill and Pam. As for the scripts, it’s standard Stephen Cannell fare, like the A-Team, Rockford, or Magnum. Just some good mindless entertainment for when you want to unwind and can’t be bothered to think too deeply.