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The Prisoner (Syndicated 1967 - 1968)
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pow wrote:
He also did a great spy in the terrific epic film ''Ice Station Zebra.''

When they were going to do "Doctor No", Patrick McGoohan was their first choice to play Bond. He turned them down, as he thought the character to be immoral. "Ice Station Zebra" proves that he would have been THE Bond. Nobody did smoldering, barely contained fury better than Patrick McGoohan.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Krel wrote:
I read an interview with Patric McGoohan that was a transcript of a TV interview he did in Canada. He said that the show was intended to be a 5 or 6 episode series. He was talked into doing more episodes, so it could be sold to the U.S. market as a summer series (a common thing in the 60s).

Because of the added number of episodes, he had to pad the series out, so he did shows on subjects he always wanted to do.

He said that when the final episode was broadcast, he had to go into hiding in the hills in Ireland, because people wanted to lynch him. It was a very popular show, and people were expecting a Blofeld type villain, and they didn't get one.

I guess the bottom line here is that Patrick wasn't really interested in doing a series in which the episodes where like chapters in a book that followed a story arc to a satisfying conclusion.

He turned the show into a buffet, with episodes that were like a series of entrees, not a meal with dishes that complimented each other.

Anyway, that's just my opinion. Now I think we should all go to lunch . . . Cool

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 8:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

And he did want to be the first man on the moon according to The Chimes of Big Ben!!!
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