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Sarkus said:
Nah, it wasn't an English accent. Just an attempt at a psuedo-upper-class accent. No more than halfway towards an English accent at best. :). Was he even trying for English? If so he should sack his voice-coach!! :D
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Is there, or was there, such a thing as an upper class American accent?
 
exchemist said:
We did. One of my brothers took great delight in getting me to watch a video an episode "introducing Mr John Valentine, airline passenger", just before I set off for my first overseas assignment to Dubai. I see there is both an original and a remake in which Spielberg had a hand. Not sure which one I saw, but I do remember there is at one point a subliminal shot of the guy's eyeballs blowing up and bursting with horror, as he sees the gremlin on the wing of the plane. That feels like a Spielberg touch to me.
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That's definitely the 80s movie remake, with Spielberg et al. directing four of the most famous eps. John Lithgow reprises Shatner's role from the 1963 original.
LOL the bro having you watch that right before a long flight. I liked the earlier TZ episode with the plane that lands mysteriously missing both passengers and crew.


Pinball1970 said:
Outer limits was like an 1980s version? I remember the title.
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It followed right after the 1964 end of the TZ series, ran something like 65-67, iirc.
A longer format, 50 minutes or so.
 
TheVat said:
I liked the earlier TZ episode with the plane that lands mysteriously missing both passengers and crew.
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Watched that one recently.

In fact, I binged the entire series. It was playing nightly on some 3-digit channel so I set it to tape them all and watched several a night.
 
TheVat said:
That's definitely the 80s movie remake, with Spielberg et al. directing four of the most famous eps. John Lithgow reprises Shatner's role from the 1963 original.
LOL the bro having you watch that right before a long flight. I liked the earlier TZ episode with the plane that lands mysteriously missing both passengers and crew.



It followed right after the 1964 end of the TZ series, ran something like 65-67, iirc.
A longer format, 50 minutes or so.
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Pretty certain I have seen some.
 
exchemist said:
Prunella Scales, a great actress mostly but by no means only known for comedy. Died at 93.
www.theguardian.com

Prunella Scales – a life in pictures

Best known for her comic roles, including the fearsome Sybil in Fawlty Towers, the actor has died aged 93. Here we look back at her life and career
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It's a shame that all I'm familiar with is the "Alice Kramden" type role in Fawlty Towers. Although that's still as monumental as they come. The chemistry of all four primary characters was essential, and maybe the secondary ones a little to boot (Major Gowen, Chef, Miss Gatsby, Miss Tibbs).
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C C said:
It's a shame that all I'm familiar with is the "Alice Kramden" type role in Fawlty Towers. Although that's still as monumental as they come. The chemistry of all four primary characters was essential, and maybe the secondary ones a little to boot (Major Gowen, Chef, Miss Gatsby, Miss Tibbs).
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I'm afraid Alice Kramden doesn't mean anything to me. Prunella Scales is best known for Fatty Owls, it is true, but I linked to her life in pictures to show a bit more of what she did.
 
DaveC426913 said:
Watched that one recently.

In fact, I binged the entire series. It was playing nightly on some 3-digit channel so I set it to tape them all and watched several a night.
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Whenever I revisit that series I'm surprised at how fresh some of the themes are. Like the one where the angry bigot is going to shrink all the "evil" people down to two feet tall. Bikel's portrayal was eerily Trumpian (with a nod also to Sen. Joe McCarthy) and spoke to our present times. I've only watched maybe a third of the episodes, so there may be a binge session in my future.
 
Alice Kramden seems like the original, the prototype for hundreds of sitcoms where there's an oafish (or in some way deficient) husband whose wife is smarter than he is and usually more emotionally mature and realistic. Scales did that role nicely in Watery Fowls.
 
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