I got nothing for today, so here, watch the into to a great old TV show with Robert Conrad and lots of Corsairs.
TV was so cool once.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
And now for something totally different...
Hey, I'm feeling a little bit better. Murphy is back to his old self (and I hate him for it) so maybe I'll recover, too.
I'm still wide awake at 3:30 AM though, randomly cruising the interweb. So here, watch Fred Grandy with me. Before he was a conservative radio icon in Washington, DC, before he was a Republican member of Congress from Iowa, before he was Gopher on The Love Boat...he used to bomb around in an old van with three monsters, fighting crime in a ridiculous yellow sweater.
Monster Squad.
Yes, it was a real show. And no, it had nothing to do with anything, other than it's just what's out there on the outer edges of the interverse.
Far out, man.
I'm still wide awake at 3:30 AM though, randomly cruising the interweb. So here, watch Fred Grandy with me. Before he was a conservative radio icon in Washington, DC, before he was a Republican member of Congress from Iowa, before he was Gopher on The Love Boat...he used to bomb around in an old van with three monsters, fighting crime in a ridiculous yellow sweater.
Monster Squad.
Yes, it was a real show. And no, it had nothing to do with anything, other than it's just what's out there on the outer edges of the interverse.
Far out, man.
Friday, October 01, 2010
Stephen J Cannell dead at 69
Hollywood writer Stephen Cannell, the producer of TV shows like "The A-Team" and "The Rockford Files", has died at the age of 69.
I don't watch much TV these days, but there was a time that I did. And back then, most of my favorite shows were produced by Stephen J. Cannell.
He was, of course, probably best known for creating The A-Team, one of my favs back in the day. I was never a Mr. T fan, but I loved George Peppard and Dirk Benedict.
But way before the A-Team, Cannell created Baa, Baa Black Sheep, where Robert Conrad stoked my desire to fly and fight.
And then there was Riptide, the show about two detectives and their geek pal. They had all sorts of neat stuff--boats, cars, a helicopter--but they never seemed to get paid for any of their jobs. (If I was old and cynical like I am now, I'd suspect they were smuggling drugs. But I was all innocent back then.)
He created Hardcastle and McCormick, too. Man, I loved that one.
He came up with The Greatest American Hero too. I wasn't a real big fan of this one, but I usually watched it because Robert Culp was such a bad ass FBI agent.
And then there was Hunter, the show that really made me want to be a cop in ways that sappy shows like CHIPS never could.
There were lots of other shows that Stephen Cannell deserves credit for, but these are the ones that I watched while growing up. They all had lots of action and explosions, gunfire, car chases and tough guys punching each other out, but the common thread was always one of good guys, good friends, and justice winning out in the end. I'd be remiss if I didn't admit that some of these characters were role models to me as a kid, and the constant message of right trumping wrong stuck.
For that, and for making TV fun, I thank you, Mr. Cannell.
I don't watch much TV these days, but there was a time that I did. And back then, most of my favorite shows were produced by Stephen J. Cannell.
He was, of course, probably best known for creating The A-Team, one of my favs back in the day. I was never a Mr. T fan, but I loved George Peppard and Dirk Benedict.
But way before the A-Team, Cannell created Baa, Baa Black Sheep, where Robert Conrad stoked my desire to fly and fight.
And then there was Riptide, the show about two detectives and their geek pal. They had all sorts of neat stuff--boats, cars, a helicopter--but they never seemed to get paid for any of their jobs. (If I was old and cynical like I am now, I'd suspect they were smuggling drugs. But I was all innocent back then.)
He created Hardcastle and McCormick, too. Man, I loved that one.
He came up with The Greatest American Hero too. I wasn't a real big fan of this one, but I usually watched it because Robert Culp was such a bad ass FBI agent.
And then there was Hunter, the show that really made me want to be a cop in ways that sappy shows like CHIPS never could.
There were lots of other shows that Stephen Cannell deserves credit for, but these are the ones that I watched while growing up. They all had lots of action and explosions, gunfire, car chases and tough guys punching each other out, but the common thread was always one of good guys, good friends, and justice winning out in the end. I'd be remiss if I didn't admit that some of these characters were role models to me as a kid, and the constant message of right trumping wrong stuck.
For that, and for making TV fun, I thank you, Mr. Cannell.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Success! Marlin 1894 is operational again.
So I went out to the range today and test-fired my Marlin Model 1894 .357 Magnum lever-action--the one with the design-flaw-caused problem that I've written about here and here.
I'm happy to announce that it passed a 120-round test without a single hiccup, firing magazine tubes of .357 Magnum rounds, .38 Special rounds, and combinations of both loaded together.
I finally feel confident to start carrying it afield on my hiking and backpacking forays along with my Smith and Wesson Model 66.
It's kind of nice to have a rifle/pistol combo that utilizes the same cartridges and I do love these two guns.
And of course, it would hardly be a shooting day without some contact with the range nazi--I mean the range master. He came over as I was finishing up and pointed out the brand new signs posted that say "No Rapid Fire Or Double Taps."
Sigh.
I told him that I practice "sustained fire", not "rapid fire" (whatever that is) and pointed out the fact that all of my shots landed nicely on the targets where they were aimed. I also explained that I do not shoot "double taps". I practice failure-to-stop drills in which I shoot two to the chest and one to the head...a "triple tap", if you will. And since the sign doesn't seem to ban those...
He still says that I need to slow it down. Or else. Some people just suck all of the fun out of the air.
Still, I don't think that I shoot all that fast. I mean, it's not as if I'm Lucas McCain or anything...
(But I'm working on it.)
I'm happy to announce that it passed a 120-round test without a single hiccup, firing magazine tubes of .357 Magnum rounds, .38 Special rounds, and combinations of both loaded together.
I finally feel confident to start carrying it afield on my hiking and backpacking forays along with my Smith and Wesson Model 66.
It's kind of nice to have a rifle/pistol combo that utilizes the same cartridges and I do love these two guns.
And of course, it would hardly be a shooting day without some contact with the range nazi--I mean the range master. He came over as I was finishing up and pointed out the brand new signs posted that say "No Rapid Fire Or Double Taps."
Sigh.
I told him that I practice "sustained fire", not "rapid fire" (whatever that is) and pointed out the fact that all of my shots landed nicely on the targets where they were aimed. I also explained that I do not shoot "double taps". I practice failure-to-stop drills in which I shoot two to the chest and one to the head...a "triple tap", if you will. And since the sign doesn't seem to ban those...
He still says that I need to slow it down. Or else. Some people just suck all of the fun out of the air.
Still, I don't think that I shoot all that fast. I mean, it's not as if I'm Lucas McCain or anything...
(But I'm working on it.)
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