Old TV series that were interesting…

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July 9, 2014 at 6:26 pm #1304

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Connections:

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July 9, 2014 at 6:29 pm #1305

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Power of Myth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBbt_bIDEg0&list=PLQ5U17p3IB-P9dbPDr8FoK_UbsxsBb4ap

July 9, 2014 at 6:31 pm #1306

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Cosmos

July 9, 2014 at 6:49 pm #1309

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Had a college class based on the Connection Series – an easy A amidst all the algebra. Watched some of the cosmos stuff but so long ago about all I remember is the “billions and billions” line.

What about Rat Patrol? I thought that was the coolest show on TV when I was 7.

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Set in North Africa during World War II, this series chronicles the adventures of a 4-man team of commandos within the Long Range Desert Group. (In utter defiance of historical accuracy, the team consists of three Americans and one Brit.) Armed with jeeps equipped with .50-caliber machine guns–and endless chutzpah–they wage a highly irregular war against Rommel’s Afrika Korps. Their most common nemesis is Hauptmann Dietrich, though Dietrich and the Rats join forces from time to time against a common enemy. Written by Marg Baskin <marg@asd.raytheon.ca>

July 9, 2014 at 10:02 pm #1326

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sdram wrote:

Had a college class based on the Connection Series – an easy A amidst all the algebra. Watched some of the cosmos stuff but so long ago about all I remember is the “billions and billions” line.

What about Rat Patrol? I thought that was the coolest show on TV when I was 7.

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Set in North Africa during World War II, this series chronicles the adventures of a 4-man team of commandos within the Long Range Desert Group. (In utter defiance of historical accuracy, the team consists of three Americans and one Brit.) Armed with jeeps equipped with .50-caliber machine guns–and endless chutzpah–they wage a highly irregular war against Rommel’s Afrika Korps. Their most common nemesis is Hauptmann Dietrich, though Dietrich and the Rats join forces from time to time against a common enemy. Written by Marg Baskin <marg@asd.raytheon.ca>

I liked “Combat” with Vic Morrow better than the Rat Patrol.
You are probably too young to remember Combat.

I wonder why there were no shows about World War I.
Just stuff about WWII.

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July 9, 2014 at 10:24 pm #1333

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wv wrote:

You are probably too young to remember Combat.

I wonder why there were no shows about World War I.
Just stuff about WWII.

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I remember Combat. Watched it religiously when young. I still remember the episode where Vic Morrow breaks down.

45:24 in. A young a young very french girl just wanted to be a nurse and ends up getting killed.

July 10, 2014 at 8:01 am #1362

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I have a book called “The Pinball Effect” written by James Burke, the host of “Connections 2”. It’s very much like the TV show.
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