by Greg McCambley | Aug 9, 2016 | #Bond_age_TV
Hello, everyone!
Our regularly scheduled program this week, Zardoz, has been postponed until next week, as the bossman will be going on a Top Secret/Hush-hush mission. So, not one to keep a livetweet slot empty, he gave me the keys to the #Bond_age_ offices again to do with as I will (he really should stop doing that; I never clean up afterwards). My mind immediately flooded with ideas. Mexican Wrestling! A DVD Theatre livetweet! A Who knows what?! Being as indecisive as I am, I thought I’d take the easy way out and put it up to a vote. So I did, and my fellow livetweeters responded. They voted for who knows what, which meant I had to figure out exactly what what was (does that make sense? I feel it should, but what do I know?) As usual, youtube had the answer: TV shows. It was time for me to do another #Bond_age_TV. But which program?
I wanted to choose a program that fit the #Bond_age_ mold. I’d considered the classic Columbo episode Identity Crisis, which featured Patrick McGoohan in one of his best villain roles, but didn’t like the versions on youtube. I quickly whittled my choices down to three: the Tony Curtis/Roger Moore show The Persuaders; The Robert Wagner series It Takes A Thief, and Magnum P.I. With these three choices, I asked my fellow livetweeters to once again vote, and vote they did. The winner was Magnum P.I with 43% of the votes. So I’m pleased to announce that this Wednesday’s livetweet will be the Magnum P.I two-parter All For One. Magnum, T.C., Rick and Higgins travel to Cambodia with an old war buddy to rescue some American POWs. This episode guest stars Robert Forster, so already makes it a winner in my book. So please join me tomorrow night at 9 pm EST for #Bond_age_TV Happy Fun Time!
by 007hertzrumble | Aug 3, 2016 | Remington Steele
Welcome to the third broadcast of #Bond_age_TV Presents: Remington Steele. We’re jumping up to Episodes 9 and 10 from Season One. As always, keep your eyes open for those classic movie references (especially in our second episode this evening). Follow the #Bond_age_TV hashtag on Twitter, supplement with #SteeleTweet so the innocent bystanders get a whiff of what we’re talking about.
#Bond_age_TV presents: Remington Steele
9:00pm ET: “In the Steele of the Night” – #Bond_age_TV #SteeleTweet
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10:00pm ET: “Steele Trap” – #Bond_age_TV #SteeleTweet
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by 007hertzrumble | Aug 1, 2016 | Remington Steele
My anticipation for each of these Remington Steele live tweets has been growing with each new episode double feature. I wanted to start with a heavy dose of early Steele episodes because they showcase the development of showrunners’ growing confidence with the characters. Consequently we’ve viewed four of the first five episodes through the first two Volumes. For Volume 3, we’re going to jump ahead to Episodes 9 and 10. Not because I dislike anything in between, but because Remington Steele begins to hit its stride during these middle episodes of the first season. If you want to go back and view other episodes I strongly considered, check out Episode 6 – “Steele Belted” – Remington Steele has to team up with Murphy to solve the case and it’s a bit like the Seinfeld episode where Elaine and George have to hang out without Jerry. Also check out Episode 8 – “You’re Steele the One For Me,” which is one of the more outlandish early episodes as it involves Remington Steele and Laura clashing with the Yakuza. Nice. Now you have some homework.
For our live tweet purposes, however, it’s Episodes 9 and 10 and I’m sticking with those picks. Episode 9, “In the Steele of the Night” was actually an episode I’d forgotten about until Pam (@fallonthornley) mentioned it in one of our programming discussions. Laura and Murphy attend a professional reunion, and Steele tags along. When the host turns up dead, the party attendees turn to Remington Steele to solve the whodunnit. Except of course that Remington has no idea how to conduct a proper investigation and has to secretly turn to Laura, the proper PI, for help.
The perfect Laura Holt #facepalm from “In the Steele of the Night.”
Episode 10, “Steele Trap,” contains a similar set up and therefore functions perfectly as the second half of this double feature. Steele and Laura attend and island party thrown by a magazine publisher to investigate why a client committed suicide. One by one, the host and his guests turn up dead. The episode is also notable because Steele attempts to tell Laura more about himself. I’ll let you see how this turns out, but it’s an important statement by the series about how it’s going to approach the mystery behind the character of Remington Steele. Also, good luck keeping up with the cinematic references in this episode.
Join us Wednesday, August 3rd @ 9pm ET for #SteeleTweet Vol. 3. Embeds for the episodes will be provided. Follow #Bond_age_TV, supplement with #SteeleTweet.
by 007hertzrumble | Jul 6, 2016 | #Bond_age_TV, Remington Steele
Welcome to the second broadcast of #Bond_age_TV: Remington Steele. We’re picking up Season One with Episodes 3 and 5 tonight. Remember to follow the #Bond_age_TV hashtag on Twitter. And feel free to scatter in some #SteeleTweet to clue bystanders in on our gig.
#Bond_age_TV presents REMINGTON STEELE
9:00pm ET: “Steele Waters Run Deep” – #Bond_age_TV #SteeleTweet
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10:00pm ET: “Thou Shalt Not Steele” – #Bond_age_TV #SteeleTweet
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Next Week on #Bond_age_:
by 007hertzrumble | Jul 5, 2016 | Remington Steele
Welcome back, #SteeleTweeters. It’s time again to revisit Remington Steele on your new favorite #Bond_age_TV series. We rejoin Laura Holt and the mysterious “Remington Steele” with two more episodes from early on in the first season. As I scanned the list, refreshing my memory about the narratives from these episodes, I realized that there probably isn’t one episode of Remington Steele from the first two seasons I wouldn’t want to live tweet. But if I followed through on that promise, I’d have to turn #Bond_age_ into #RemingtonSteele_age_, and we’d never do anything else. We’ll jump forward a few episodes after this block.
With that in mind, we’re going to carry on with two episodes featuring choice co-stars and twisty narratives. First up is Episode 3 from Season 1, entitled “Steele Waters Run Deep.” This episode features Peter Scolari (start writing down your Bosom Buddies riffs now) and the classic 1980’s video game Centipede in a plot about a missing video game developer. Also, keep your eyes peeled for that North by Northwest reference. “Steele Waters” is also the first episode written by Lee David Zlotoff, the man who would go on to create MacGuyver in 1985.
Next up is Episode 5, “Thou Shalt Not Steele,” an episode chosen because it features Pierce Brosnan’s first wife Cassandra Harris and a visit from Laura Holt’s meddling mother (played by Beverly Garland, a TV actress you might recognize from Scarecrow and Mrs. King and My Three Sons). Remington Steele and Laura disagree over whether to guard a priceless painting before a woman from Steele’s past reappears and asks him to “steele” it for her. Shades of Pierce’s foray into art theft in The Thomas Crown Affair. Also, visits from Laura’s family become more regular and more entertaining as the series goes on. A slightly more subtle Maltese Falcon reference may keep you on your toes.
Join us Wednesday, July 6th @ 9pm ET for #SteeleTweet Vol. 2. Embeds for the above episodes will be provided. Follow #Bond_age_TV, supplement with #SteeleTweet.
by 007hertzrumble | Jun 2, 2016 | #Bond_age_TV, Remington Steele
Here’s the best of the live twatter from our first evening with Remington Steele. We fawned over Pierce’s hair, worshipped Stephanie’s fedora and planned future drinking games about old movie references. Good times were had by all.
INITIATE REMINGTON STEELE Vol. 1 LIVE TWEET DIGEST
S1 E1 – “License to Steele”
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