Roughly the weight of three African bush elephants, this noble beast still proudly sits on the vacant lot where the Smiths' living room used to be 50 years ago.
Got a new video on my RetroSpectives channel. A nostalgic look-back at ten (plus four honourable mentions) of the most memorable UK TV adverts with the greatest musical jingles.
My spouse has been working his way through the 80s TV series Dynasty, and I absolutely see how this was played in every gay bar in the world when it aired. Outrageous fashion, ridiculous cat fights, boy toys, and sass galore.
I bought a Sony Jackal 300 TV/radio/tape player. Most of this won't work outside of Japan, but that hasn't stopped me in the past. #crt#crtrepair#retrotv
Man from Atlantis (1977) was the first of four successful TV-movies, to be followed by an unsuccessful series. It's a reasonably interesting story about a water-breathing man from Atlantis stuck in the modern world. Features a fine mad scientist.
@d4doome I would probably be horrified if I rewatched it now from an adult perspective. Lots of TV and comics I loved as a kid ran only for a season or a few months. But in my child’s mind they went on for ages. Many of them were probably ended quickly for a good reason. I loved them as a kid anyway.
@MarkMaguire I watch an enormous amount of 1960s/1970s TV shows and I'm usually pleasantly surprised by how well they stand up. They're certainly better than anything made today. They're just more fun and more stylish.
Venus Smith, the forgotten Avengers girl. She was Steed's partner in six 1963 episodes. Fascinatingly different from the other Avengers girls. She had zero combat skills but she was a useful agent. And quite charming.