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Only six episodes made and first broadcast in 1982 (1983 in the UK). A number of running gags, including the special guest star every week being killed off during the introduction. Forerunner to the Naked Gun series of films.
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police
comedy
zucker
nielsen
Added: 16th August 2007
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Posted By: Bamber |
 
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Back in 1982 the Timex Corp. and Sinclair research (of Britain,) teamed up and produced the Timex Sinclair 1000. It was a low-priced introduction to home computers. It sported 2K of onboard RAM, (yes, 2K! 2 kilobytes of memory!) You could also purchase a 16K add-on memory module called a RAM Pack, (lower right in the picture,) which increased the memory to 18K. I believe there was also a 64K RAM Pack available later. The ones sold in Britain were known as the ZX 81. It had no display but you could hook it up to the VHF antenna connections on the back of your television set. It also didn't have any sound. The operating system was a modified version of the BASIC computer language and it gave a lot of people, including me, their first taste of computer programming.
There were a number of programs that you could buy for it. They were all on cassette tapes. What you would do is connect the unit to your TV set, plug your cassette tape player into it and put whatever program you might have into the tape player. You had to turn the volume off on your cassette player because the programming code was just one continual screeching sound. I had a cassette tape that had a few different programs on it. All of the characters in the programs were block-headed type graphics, but they actually would walk across the screen and even jump up and down. Cool stuff back then.
I remember this costing me $29, as the store I bought it at was getting rid of them. I believe the original selling price was $99. I also bought the 16K RAM Pack for $25. I've kept it all these years in good condition thinking that someday it would be worth something, and I was right. They're selling for about 10 bucks on eBay! Win a few, lose a few. Ironically, these things have somewhat of a cult following, and I've even heard of clubs dedicated to the TS-1000!
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sinclair
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computer
Added: 4th September 2007
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Posted By: jimmyjet |
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Only one episode of Hogan's Heroes was ever shot in black-and-white: the pilot episode. Here is the introduction. You'll note a few changes from the later introductions. The pilot episode had a Russian character in it and Sergeant Carter was absent. Once the series began in earnest, the Russian character was ditched and replaced by Larry Hovis' Sgt. Carter. (Hovis had appeared in the pilot episode as a guest character.) This move actually better reflected reality. Russians captured by the Germans were not treated nearly as well as those from other Allied countries. There would have been no Russians in a Luftstalag.
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Added: 30th September 2007
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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A short clip showing the introduction of a 1966 episode of Truth or Consequences. A youthful Bob Barker is the host.
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Consequences
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Added: 8th October 2007
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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This used to be a regular sight in the UK until the introduction of single manned buses in the 70's. These ladies ;sometimes men; would take your fare on the bus and would clip the tickets they issued, hence the nickname, clippies.
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Added: 11th May 2008
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Posted By: donmac101 |
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So many of these scenes no longer exist in our society, some good some bad.
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Am
introduction
to
jet
service
Added: 27th January 2008
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Posted By: Cathy |
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William Castle's introduction to his cult 1959 film 'The Tingler'. Castle, with no apparent emotion whatsoever, prepares the audience for his gimmick 'Percepto'. Random seats in theaters were equipped with buzzers which would vibrate the viewers seat simulating attack from 'The Tingler'!!! LOL!
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tingler
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castle
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Added: 26th February 2008
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Posted By: Naomi |
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Here are the first 8 minutes of CBS celebrity introductions from the first night of a 1978 week-long special called "CBS: On the Air - A Celebration of 50 Years." Notice how many of these stars are no longer with us!!!
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Added: 3rd August 2008
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Posted By: videoholic |
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