Have you gone back and watched some of the Tom Baker stuff? Pretty primitive
considering it was post-Star Wars. BBC sci-fi shows were notorious for their
small budget but carried largely on strength of story, "The Tripods" was a good
example where they worked around budget issues but had a very good show.
I can't believe you never saw "All Creatures Great and Small"! Great books and
a great show. Very cinematic and of course seeing them bang about in cars from
the '20s and '30s... I dunno if it shows up on NetFlix but the DVDs are out and
totally worth seeing again. You know how some shows don't age well? This one is
like a fine wine.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:34:17 -0600
From: Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Increasingly OT: Re: American Top Gear
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> Curt Raymond wrote:
> The new show looks really amazing, you can see a much bigger
> budget
I don't know. Technology as progress a _lot_ since those early
shows. A lot of them were bleeding edges stuff. But may didn't
get imported to the US market until they were already outclassed.
> but I'm all about Tom Baker. I've actually got some
> MP3s of him reading some Dr. Who books.
Cool.
I have a hard time picking one. Patrick Troughton, Tom Baker
and Sylvester McCoy are my favorites from before the break.
I can't really speak for after the break. I have only seen
Christopher Eccleston.
> Okay so now that I think of it there are quite a few others I
> remember from my childhood:
>
> All Creatures Great and Small
That was a TV show too? I know it as a book series by James
Harriot. Good stuff too!
> Red Dwarf
"They're dead, Dave. There all dead, Dave"
> I've never had opportunity to get into Black Adder although I
> hear good things...
Other good ones are:
Monty Python
Fawlty Towers
-- Philip
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