[This week marks the 60th anniversary of the debut of the Batman TV show & the 50th of The Bionic Woman. So I’ve AmericanStudied those shows & three others from the 60s & 70s, all of which happen to start with the letter ‘B’! Leading up to this crowd-sourced post featuring the responses and recommendations of fellow TVStudiers!]
Gotta start the first crowd-sourced post on the new website with thoughts from my second-most longstanding and thoughtful reader, my FSU colleague Irene Martyniuk. She writes, “MeTV is perhaps the greatest thing ever if only for science fiction Saturday Night. From 1:00 am until 5:00 am, in order—Lost In Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants, The Time Tunnel, and then The Invaders. They are all Irwin Allen shows and so tacky and brilliant and hokey and wonderful. I love them all. They walked so that every version of Battlestar Galactica could fly. And I haven’t even gotten to The Love Boat and Fantasy Island yet. Good times.”
Responding on Bluesky to Monday’s post, John Edwin Mason argues that West’s show is “still the best Batman by far.”
While Marty Olliff adds, “You might have seen me mention this before, but I once served Adam West in a buffet line. Here’s one I’ve never reported: my wife and kids (before I was in the picture) lived in the foothills of Mt. Hood, Oregon, near Lindsay Wagner’s local home. They saw her occasionally.”
Responding to Tuesday’s post, Darlene Cypser notes that “Bonanza actually addressed a number of controversial issues.”
Finally, Joshua R. Greenberg requests another B-centered show from the era, BJ and the Bear (Guest Post time, says I!).
Next series starts Monday,
Ben
PS. What do you think? Other 60s and/or 70s TV you’d highlight?
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