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From what I can find, no, Clayton Moore did not own Silver. Actually, there were two Silvers.
Silver #1 was picked by Clayton Moore personally from horse stock at a ranch in California. Silver's original name was White Cloud. Silver #1 didn't do many tricks, but he did a spectacular high rear and would stand still for anyone - a good skill to have for a "movie" horse.
It's not clear where Silver #2 came from (east coast breeder? farm in Iowa?) but in 1949 he was purchased from a man in Peoria, IL by George W. Trendle who owned The Lone Ranger show at the time.
Same here. Not worried too much since I haven't joined the "smart" generation. No smart phone, no appliances or systems with internet connectivity and no plans to engage in any of this. Call me a Luddite but I don't care. I still have a brain and the capability to do most things on my own.
Agreed. I've seen enough colorized films to notice that too often they skip colorizing parts of it. Backgrounds that should perhaps be beige or tan are left in shades of gray. They colorize skin, clothing, grass, trees, etc. but seem to skip everything else, such as buildings or roads. And who decides the colors? Is there some computer program that analyzes the shades of gray to determine that this particular intensity equals green and that one equals yellow?
The Dick Van Dyke Show has always been my favorite sitcom, hands down. If I had to watch one show, and only one show for the rest of my life it would be Dick Van Dyke. Favorite episode is Ghost of A. Chantz. Yes, a few episodes were less than great, but the series as a whole was wonderfully entertaining.
Back in those days most shows had only one sponsor. Hence the stars or characters hawking the product. If it weren't for that sponsor there would be no show.
I go to Wiki and look up the actor whose performance I liked in a recent movie/TV show to see what else they've done. It's rewarding to find some gem of a movie you never heard of because it never made it to wide release.
Thanks! I've bookmarked that page for reference.
I very much agree with your first paragraph! One of my first impressions of British TV was that the actors/actresses all looked like "regular" people. They're distinguishable, as opposed to Hollywood where they're seemingly interchangeable because they all look so much alike.
Ballykissangel is a favorite of mine, the first three series anyway. I made it through four but stopped after that - the spark was gone and I didn't want to tarnish the memories of how good the first three are. I saw a number of message board comments that the last two were very disappointing.
I've seen Cranford and thought it was very good. I really liked The Bletchley Circle and was very disappointed that there were only two series. I knew it going in though, since I wait for shows to come out on DVD and borrow them from the library. I don't have cable (far too expensive, well, overpriced really) or over-the-air TV (too far from the big city) so the library is a godsend.
I can see from this page that there are plenty of good Brit shows I've yet to explore. Thank you!
Consider the source of this comment.
Hmm, just now I read that Amazon took down parts of the internet the other day because an employee fat-fingered the wrong command.
Actually, British comedies are just my latest addiction. Inspector Morse was my first venture into British TV. I don't even remember now what led me to it, but once I watched the first episode I was hooked. I was impressed with how intelligent the show is compared to what Hollywood puts out. Naturally, I've seen them all and all of Lewis and Endeavour as well. Foyle's War is a favorite, too. Also Inspector Lynley and George Gently. I tried Inspector Alleyn but just couldn't get into it.
I started on Brit comedy with As Time Goes By. Of course, imdb was a resource (repeat, WAS) and even though I didn't contribute to the boards there, I read a ton of them to get recommendations. Now I use this site plus Wiki to find things.
I've watched the first series of Last Tango but at the time that's all my library had. I had forgotten about it so thanks for the suggestion. Happy Valley is new to me so it's on my list now.
Thanks for your input. There are lots of annoying characters around on successful/popular shows and they're often a necessary plot device, but when it's the main character, well, I find it a little too much. I think I'll shelve this one for now and check out some of these other suggestions. There are plenty to choose from.
Amen!
I'm not sure what you mean by a TV singer. A singer who had their own TV show perhaps? If so, my favorites are Dean Martin, Andy Williams and Perry Como.
Oh yeah, Fugitive and Mod Squad, please.
Another old comment but whatever. I've seen recommendations for Keeping Up Appearances before - all over the place, actually. I watched the first episode recently but was disappointed. I found the lead character so annoying that I'm not sure I can keep watching. Does anyone know if this show gets better or is the first episode pretty representative of the series? Yes, I do enjoy British TV. Did I expect too much?
I know this is an old comment but oh well. I haven't heard of Dear John before, but I found it on YouTube and just watched the first episode. It was pretty funny. I'll have to check out the others.
Slimjet remembers my login info so just two quick clicks and I'm in - really not a big deal. But I have to remember to actually do it, though.
It looks like yelling to me. Have some patience. This site is a work-in-progress.