Many moons have passed since we last revisited Remington Steele and Laura Holt and Murph… oh Murph. #SteeleTweet Vol. 4 happened way back in September! My how time evaporates. We ran through a 1966 retrospective and then the holidays and blammo. Here we are in the dystopia known as 2017. I’m hoarding canned goods, bottled water and my Remington Steele DVDs.
Nevermind the wait — this week’s episodes are worth the wait. This week we’ll be viewing episodes 16 and 17 from Season 1. Try as we might to skip over episodes for the good stuff the more we realize that these early seasons are all good stuff.
“Steele Crazy After All These Years” has long been a fan favorite with Murph returning home to attend his college homecoming… and wouldn’t you know it? Someone gets murdered. We go back to Murph’s roots, you guys. We get to see the Murph origin story! Well, sort of. One thing is for certain — we get to make fun of Murph for an entire episode. Pay attention for references to The Third Man and The Uninvited.
Episode 17 couldn’t be overlooked — especially for fans of classic film. “Steele Among the Living” is a little riff on Laura. When an artist turns up missing, her artwork appreciates notably. Laura Holt thinks this is curious and investigates.
Join us Wednesday, January 11th @ 9pm ET for Remington Steele Vol. 5. Follow #Bond_age_TV. Embeds for the aforementioned episodes will appear right here on thejamesbondsocialmediaproject.com. This week, I’d also like to welcome a brand new #Bond_age_TV host! Pam Fallon Thornley (@fallonthornley) officially joins the #Bond_age_ ranks to share her love of Laura Holt and Remington Steele. She’s been instrumental in bringing Steele to #Bond_age_TV, so I thought it was about time I gave her a key to the #Bond_age_ HQ!
Welcome to the fourth broadcast of #Bond_age_TV Presents: Remington Steele. We’re jumping up to Episodes 13 and 15 from Season One. As always, keep your eyes open for those classic movie references. Follow the #Bond_age_TV hashtag on Twitter, supplement with #SteeleTweet so the squares know what we’re tweeting about.
#Bond_age_TV presents: Remington Steele
9:00pm ET: “A Good Night’s Steele” – #Bond_age_TV / #SteeleTweet
For the last two volumes of #SteeleTweet I had to carefully weigh my episode options. For the last live tweet I went back to rewatch contested episodes because I couldn’t quite decide. Not so with Volume 4. These two episodes stand out so strongly in my memory that I really had no choice in the matter. These episodes chose me. Sure, I’d like to live tweet the episode with Steele and Holt pretending to be an alcoholic married couple… but I’ll leave that to you as homework. It’s episode 14, by the way, “Hearts of Steele.” Highly recommended… but not quite as highly recommended as the following two episodes of Remington Steele goodness.
“A Good Night’s Steele” is an irrefutable series classic. Laura and Steele slip into a sleep clinic as physician and patient to identify a morphine thief. All you need to know about this episode is that Remington Steele becomes increasingly loopy as sleep deprivation sets in. Brosnan again gets to showcase the foppish, comedic side of the character. You’ll also note Paul Reiser in a guest starring role.
For our second episode of the evening, I’m tapping “To Stop a Steele” which pits Laura against Remington on opposite sides of a jewel heist. Laura has been hired by the jeweler to locate a priceless diamond while Steele has been hired by the thief who tried to steal the diamond but found the vault empty. Now they’re both trying to find the hot rock from opposite sides of the law.
Join us Wednesday, September 7th @ 9pm ET for #SteeleTweet Vol. 4. Embeds for the episodes will be provided. Follow #Bond_age_TV, supplement with #SteeleTweet to let all the squares know what we’re doing.
With the second live tweet presentation of Magnum P.I. the ‘stache has been elevated to full #Bond_age_TV programming status. The ‘stache plays, you guys.
#Bond_age_TV presents Magnum P.I. Vol. 2
9:00pm ET – “Echoes of the Mind” – #Bond_age_TV #StacheTweet
Well, after the massive WTF? that was Zardoz, it was announced that this week’s #Bond_age_ would be another edition of Happy Fun Time!, where I can basically schedule whatever I want. Now, my thoughts went towards another Mexican Wrestling film, or the 2nd place runner up in my last poll, It Takes A Thief. However, given that people seemed to like Magnum P.I. the last time, and that there are a few episodes on youtube, I figured why not bring him back? So I’m pleased to announce that this Wednesday, the ‘stache returns as we livetweet two more episodes of Magnum P.I. It’s another two-parter ( or at least should be), but the person who put them on youtube didn’t exactly make it clear. But if I have the videos correct, they should be Echoes of the Mind parts 1 and 2. Magnum finds himself drawn to a client, but finds that she may not be who she says she is. This episode features Sharon Stone in a dual role. I hope you folks will join me this Wednesday for some #Bond_age_ starting at 9 pm EST!
The viewers have spoken and therefore @gregmccambley will make it so. No. 2 put this week’s programming to a vote and the Tom Selleck mustache has arisen victorious.
#Bond_age_TV presents: Magnum P.I.
9:00pm ET – Magnum P.I. “All For One” Parts 1 and 2
Many moons have passed since we last revisited Remington Steele and Laura Holt and Murph… oh Murph. #SteeleTweet Vol. 4 happened way back in September! My how time evaporates. We ran through a 1966 retrospective and then the holidays and blammo. Here we are in the dystopia known as 2017. I’m hoarding canned goods, bottled water and my Remington Steele DVDs.
