tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post4994914895616520525..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Overlooked TV -- The Count of Monte Cristomybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-58328716444649834622017-08-09T12:35:59.057-05:002017-08-09T12:35:59.057-05:00I don't think that ever aired in Indianapolis....I don't think that ever aired in Indianapolis...if it did, I never knew about it, because I would have wanted to watch it. Now, however, I suspect I might find it somewhat lacking.Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-64675944082615668242017-08-08T18:55:35.120-05:002017-08-08T18:55:35.120-05:00Well, as one looks at, say, the tv listings in, sa...Well, as one looks at, say, the tv listings in, say 1957 in NYC, or Chicago, but particularly NYC, the DuMont station has just lost its network, and Channels 9 and 11 are confirmed independents (and will remain so till UPN and the WB roll in) and Channel 13 is just beginning to launch its short-lived network, the NTA Film Network...and those commercial stations, and the bigger network stations all have primetime holes to fill (because there are at least a few half-hour gaps in all the big three's programming weeks)...so there's quite a flood of Ziv TV and imported British and other half-hours in syndication popping up all over the schedules...WGN in Chicago mixes enough syndicated and NTA programming with such local productions as GOOD MUSIC FROM CHICAGO to have a primetime slate that doesn't look Too different from those of its large-network competitors, without resorting to the usual theatrical films each night the New York stations use along with the syndie items. (A few years later on, particularly after NTA dies, they start using the big film packages as well.)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-52165432939982312962017-08-08T14:59:10.089-05:002017-08-08T14:59:10.089-05:00I remember watching this as a kid in Knoxville, Te...I remember watching this as a kid in Knoxville, Tennessee, back in the fifties. Got a bunch of episodes and it definitely did not live up to the memories. Still, there have been some interesting plots, but execution was weak. This was the era of the syndicated series; The Adventures of Robin Hood, The 77th Bengal Lancers, Topper, The Vise, and shows featuring various Arthurian knights. Robin Hood was definitely the best buckler of swashes on TV.Eric Jamborskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273757330114489363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-82649581325817146772017-08-08T11:55:28.634-05:002017-08-08T11:55:28.634-05:00I remember watching it as a kid on WSAZ-TV out of ...I remember watching it as a kid on WSAZ-TV out of Huntington, WV, and Dolenz in the lead, but nothing about the stories. IMDB says it was a Lew Grade production. I believe it ran in syndication around the same time as other swashbucklers like ROBIN HOOD, LANCELOT, and THE BUCCANEERS.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15734382593394412267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-62941016090611259052017-08-08T09:20:44.175-05:002017-08-08T09:20:44.175-05:00Mickey Dolenz's dad as the Count? I'm wit...Mickey Dolenz's dad as the Count? I'm with James. Never heard of this one either.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-50655977065007903452017-08-08T09:14:15.658-05:002017-08-08T09:14:15.658-05:00It wasn't shown in my area in the old days, bu...It wasn't shown in my area in the old days, but someone clued me in about it not long ago.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-19492087403717771062017-08-08T09:12:27.259-05:002017-08-08T09:12:27.259-05:00I don't believe I even knew this show existed....I don't believe I even knew this show existed.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.com