70's TV shows

[ferociouskittycat]

Anyone remember Number 96?

Maybe it was an Aussie show, but it had the first nude scene ever shown on TV.

Shit, now I feel old LOL

 

[oggbashan]

Frustrated

Number 96:

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lindsay96/

I'm stuck on the lyrics for 'The Adventures of William Tell'.

Apart from the fact that they were written by Henry Purcell and sung by David Whitfield I can't find anything beyond the first two lines:

Come away, come away, with William Tell:
Come away to the land he loves so well...

Og

 

[Vincent E]

My God sir. I stand in awe. I had never realised that the Communist dialectic was expressed in a show that purported to be merely mindless entertainment.

(Stands and applauds) Bravo!

Heaven forbid, good sir. I make these observations based through the rubric of the American experience. The civil rights marches, the trust-busting tradition of T.R., the final collapse of Tammany Hall, and the institution of civil service. The battles of the Dukes against the Boss is the middle class, read that bourgeois, battle against the oppresive thumb of big government in the American experience.

Keep in mind that as bootleggers, heirs to the whiskey rebellion, the Dukes were aspiring capitalists in their own right. Though undermined by federal "revenuers" in their alocholic endeavours, they nontheless made an agreement not to bootleg any longer, and in doing so made a pact that was to be enforced by the local seat of power. However, that local seat was corrupt and, as has so often been the case in American political history, while the citizens upheld their end of the bargain the government, encapsulated by Boss Hogg (I believe it was in fact two "G"s) looked time and again for an opportunity to reneg on the arrangement.

As for Clare's astute observation as to the nature of the "racist iconography" (I love that term and I am going to shamelessly paraphrase it in future use) of the General Lee, it is important to bear in mind that we as a nation are not universally disgusted by the image. For as many people as it is a reminder of a troubled past, it is for just as many a symbol that appeals to the spirit of individualism. Therein lies the reason for such great contention, both sides battle to define the icon, one side glossing over the offence received while the other refuses to allow for a more encompassing view.

Wandering a little into the area of vexillology, though not a long time devotee of the series The West Wing, I have been impressed with the choice of banner that adorns the office of Rob Lowe's character. The thirteen stripe "Don't Tread on Me" flag of John Paul Jones' naval command, rather than the more traditional yellow banner of the coiled snake. The latter has been shamlessly, and sadly, co-opted by racist and devisive elements collected along the fringes of our society - a troubling turn of events to such early American history aficionados such as myself. In choosing the JPJ banner the creators of West Wing get to lay claim to the phrase while avoiding any possible controversy of the much more familiar flag.

Had the Dukes of Hazzard instead been the Dukes of Aroostook, and been set in northern Maine, perhaps we could have been spared some controversy and offended sensibilities. However, I think that a race car named the Colonel Chamberlain - emblazoned with the bright yellow banner just mentioned - sliding across frozen lakes might not have been as compelling as the original.

There would be no shortage of rednecks, however.

 

[sweetnpetite]

I think the point was they were rebels, therefore there symbol was the rebal flag, and therecar named for the leader of the rebel army.

 

[HornyHenry]

I was in a $0.99 Only store today

And they have stacks on DVD's with old TV and movies on them, like Bonanza, Lucy, Danny Thomas, etc.
Check them out if you like this stuff. $0.99 is a real deal!

 

[Guest]

...and also in those circles where being beaten over the head with the racist iconography of a vile period of U.S. history--without even a hint of the scathingly satirical critique that distinguished Hogan's Heros--isn't appropriate to a situation comedy.

*snort* Now THAT's funny.