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The Biggest Gripe Definitely Is The Clothes

posted 10 years ago by richard.fuller1
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If they were wearing Roman garb and hurled to the wild west and had to find suitable outfits, and did this with each episode, this show would have been supreme.

No one would have been arguing about what became of the clothes they left behind or anything, from either time. They had to find suitable attire nearly every time anyway.

Doug's outfit was supposed to be for the Titanic anyway, but it looks absurd to have them in the original outfits at the start of each episode.

The show's as solid as dry dirt. It wouldn't have distracted from anything else going on if they were hit with suspicion because of what they were wearing each time.

[–] sanookdee 10 years ago

my problem with the clothes was, they had been clean and pressed whenever they time traveled. Doug and Tony would sometimes be filthy (as in the Halley's Comet Episode) but all the dirt would disappear. Poor Doug, never could get rid of his necktie either. No matter how many times he took it off, poof, there is was, all knotted when they warped thru time.

[–] richard.fuller1 10 years ago

The explanation would be the clothes time traveled with them. If one of them had started out holding a gun from the 1960s and had to shoot at someone in the past, would the bullets have had to journey with them as well?

The reasoning has to do with the show airing, so episodes could be skipped around or whatever the belief was back then.

Of course anyone interested in the show now would want to watch it straight thru.

[–] sanookdee 10 years ago

I wonder what my choice of clothing would be if I entered the time tunnel. I know it would not be a turtle neck and slacks.

So, if one went through with a back pack, filled with different items that might be useful, every time they time traveled, would the backpack reappear and be full again?

I understand the reasoning as far as TV production went but, I still find it a bit amusing that their clothes reappear, cleaned and pressed. :-)

[–] richard.fuller1 10 years ago

Or that was supposed to be the logic within the show. All it took was Meriwether or Bissell to explain it in such a manner that would have sounded like it made more sense.

[–] sanookdee 10 years ago

it was my favorite show when I was 12 and it was on in prime time, after the Green Hornet. I wonder what the age was of the target audience? But, even at 12, I thought time travel would be possible in my lifetime but, still the clothing thing was funny. My best friend used to watch it with me and he would say "get ready for the clean clothes" when it neared the end. :-)

[–] KobiyashiMauru 10 years ago

To me the most interesting aspect of the clothes was in episode 2 where they were in space suits on the surface of the moon. Then when they time shifted they zapped out of the space suits and into the green turtleneck and Titanic outfit on the moon's surface before they were time hurtled again. Made it a little obvious as almost breaking the 4th wall.

[–] Enrique-8 10 years ago

IT was ONLY a TV SHOW in the 60s...

NO ONE cared about such trivial stuff! I know I was there and we didn't care! This new generation is obsessed with perfection and accuracy, while WE were obsessed with ENTERTAINMENT only! :)

Enrique Sanchez

[–] ronaldt49 10 years ago

Want tough stains out? Shout it out!!!

That was a commercial for a product I'm not sure even exists anymore but felt it would fit into this thread!!!

[–] bccct 9 years ago

The clothes is nothin'...I'm more concerned with how no matter where they went, they spoke the local language!!