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I SPY

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We're still here and we're still producing new posts.  Just not as rapidly as before.  We've got other projects going on as well. So, this blog post.  This post will be about I Spy.  I've already covered the Man from UNCLE, the Avengers, and the Prisoner.  After this, I'll still have a few more classic spy shows to do, including Mission: Impossible and Get Smart. So, let's get started... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1965 to 1968--I SPY-- A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.   1965 to 1967--BOOKS--There was a series of seven official tie-in books during this period. April 1982--SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE--"Robert Culp/The Charlie Daniels Band"--In a sketch, Robert Culp plays Kelly Robinson, his character from I Spy, but by the end of the sketch it's also revealed that Kelly Robinson is also Bi...

Magnum P.I. -- A TVCU Quickie

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What's a quickie?   See this blog. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Magnum, P.I.  is an American  television series  starring  Tom Selleck  as  Thomas Magnum , a  private investigator  living on  Oahu, Hawaii . The series ran from 1980 to 1988 in first-run broadcast on the American  CBS  television network. According to the  Nielsen ratings ,  Magnum, P.I.  consistently ranked in the top twenty U.S. television programs during the first five years that the series was originally broadcast in the United States. [1]  Originally appearing in a  prime time  American network timeslot of 8 p.m. Eastern on Thursdays, Magnum, P.I.  was one of the highest-rated shows on U.S. television. From me:   Magnum was a great show that was a part of my childhood memories.  My step-father was really into these kind of shows, so shows like Magnum were part of our family bonding time....

Superman: A TVCU Quickie

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What's a quickie?  See the previous two blogs for a quickie explanation of quickies. Today I'll be quickly covering Superman.  Superman was the second subject I covered back in 2011, and I've heavily revised the blog several times.  I tried to incorporate Dennis Power's Wold Newton articles on Superman.  Then I tried an approach that removed Wold Newtonry but tried to place every version of Superman in the same reality.  Then I tried a divergent timeline approach that is the standard now.  The key was to incorporate everything brought in via a valid crossover while maintaining the view that everything happened as seen on screen. Superman is my favorite fictional character, and a character that has inspired me.   Superman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Superman  is a fictional character, a  superhero  that appears in  comic books  published by  DC Comics , and is considered an  American ...