tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post793029915975240011..comments2023-10-03T06:18:27.828-05:00Comments on The Aardvark's PLUMBLINE: A Paul Frees fix for Jay:The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-26558622687929018442013-08-23T09:13:47.012-05:002013-08-23T09:13:47.012-05:00@Der Varkster --- At least the Star Wars Holiday S...@Der Varkster --- At least the Star Wars Holiday Special featured a cool cartoon which introduced Boba Fett. That's its one redeeming quality.<br /><br />@Jay --- Prudent move. You avoided having to see Wonder Woman take off into the air,Michael Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808166630399508232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-77431635676661407062013-08-23T08:54:15.061-05:002013-08-23T08:54:15.061-05:00@-Michael-Just TRIED to see the '67 Wonder Wom...@-Michael-Just TRIED to see the '67 Wonder Woman pilot. Couldn't get thru more than 2/3 of it.<br /><br />@-'Vark-The Star Wars Holiday Special? I remember ... & don't want to.<br /><br />It was slightly worse than the airing of the actual Star Wars flick on network TV with all those commercials and celebrity hoopla. Up until then, I thought Fred Flintstone was a only a Jayhttp://www.jaysteevee.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-42356207406521180612013-08-22T23:54:40.636-05:002013-08-22T23:54:40.636-05:00Better or worse than the Star Wars Holiday Special...Better or worse than the Star Wars Holiday Special?<br />The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-31457173854603483842013-08-22T09:36:27.873-05:002013-08-22T09:36:27.873-05:00Speaking of superheroes and their mothers, I presu...Speaking of superheroes and their mothers, I presume you caught the Wonder Woman pilot made back in 1967? My stomach still gets in a knot whenever I consider it.Michael Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808166630399508232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-59995686968372315412013-08-21T23:39:12.257-05:002013-08-21T23:39:12.257-05:00"Nice" was by Buck Henry, who could not ..."Nice" was by Buck Henry, who could not leave the Mel Brooks Zone, and thus had the quintessentially Jewish gag of the nebbish dominated by his mother.<br /><br />He fought crime because Mommy told him to.The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-44555743925572315072013-08-21T23:35:25.716-05:002013-08-21T23:35:25.716-05:00The doofy superhero wars of CBS and NBC were...odd...The doofy superhero wars of CBS and NBC were...odd. "Terrific" was by far superior to "Nice", with William Daniels and Alice Ghostley. The "Terrific" ensemble was eponymously so. Paul Smith was an unsung character actor who shone in his naysaying, a great foil to McGiver.<br /><br />YouTube has the unaired pilot of "Mr. Terrific". Alan Young stars as a The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-88370081429653325442013-08-21T23:23:12.046-05:002013-08-21T23:23:12.046-05:00"Tragically amusing". I miss "Mr. ..."Tragically amusing". I miss "Mr. Terrific" (which, if I recall correctly, was on at the same time as "Captain Nice", the other superhero spoof show from that year). Mr. Terrific had the better uniform, the better music and John McGiver.Michael Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808166630399508232noreply@blogger.com