Moving my OT response to CHAT:

Haha, OK pretty sure I know who that is... :-)

5-0! 5-0! The Nodelist Police!? ;)

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! :-)

There is a British show called "As Time Goes By" where, in one episode, the main male character is trying to have a photo taken in one of those photo booths (either for a passport or a book cover). He is harrassed by a group
of younger people who are apparently from "the continent."

I often picture those kids when the Nodelist Police come up. Well, them
or Bib Fortuna from "Return of the Jedi." :D

Mike

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Mike Powell wrote to GAMGEE <=-

Haha, OK pretty sure I know who that is... :-)

5-0! 5-0! The Nodelist Police!? ;)

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! :-)

There is a British show called "As Time Goes By" where, in one episode, the main male character is trying to have a photo taken in one of those photo booths (either for a passport or a book cover). He is harrassed
by a group of younger people who are apparently from "the continent."

I often picture those kids when the Nodelist Police come up. Well,
them or Bib Fortuna from "Return of the Jedi." :D

Hahahahaha, yeah they're like mosquitoes at the BBQ, can't get rid of
the irritating pests. I probably shouldn't engage them, but sometimes I
can't help myself... ;-)



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On 11 Oct 25 13:57:02, Gamgee said the following to Mike Powell:

Hahahahaha, yeah they're like mosquitoes at the BBQ, can't get rid of
the irritating pests. I probably shouldn't engage them, but sometimes I can't help myself... ;-)

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, I was introduced via Netmail to one of those BBQ pests as someone who was highly skilled in programming, engineering, Ham radio, a scientist... really had it shoved down my throat in an introduction how smart the guy was and how he was one to be respected.

Didn't take long to figure out that he's a savant, as in, ZERO personality or social skills. Surprised he was even married, to a human female no less. In every interaction he must be right and shove something down your throat, right down to cherrypicking quote-wars.. usually over something stupid.

Surprisingly he has me in his twit filter and went crying to ZC2 a few times because I hurt his feelings. This is someone much older and likely more educated than I am yet self-implodes when faced with a giant middle finger.

Dutch farts may be ignored but the smell lingers badly.

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Atreyu wrote to Gamgee <=-

On 11 Oct 25 13:57:02, Gamgee said the following to Mike Powell:

Hahahahaha, yeah they're like mosquitoes at the BBQ, can't get rid of
the irritating pests. I probably shouldn't engage them, but sometimes I can't help myself... ;-)

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, I was introduced via Netmail
to one of those BBQ pests as someone who was highly skilled in programming, engineering, Ham radio, a scientist... really had it
shoved down my throat in an introduction how smart the guy was and how
he was one to be respected.

Didn't take long to figure out that he's a savant, as in, ZERO
personality or social skills. Surprised he was even married, to a human female no less. In every interaction he must be right and shove
something down your throat, right down to cherrypicking quote-wars.. usually over something stupid.

Yeah, I haven't had any netmails that I remember, but I get the same impression in the echomail traffic. Arrogant, self-righteous, superiority-complex, condescending attitudes towards all "lesser" folk. Especially those who don't give a rat's ass about the "IPv4 crisis" and
the vast improvements offered by the holy grail of IPv6. Hahaha

Surprisingly he has me in his twit filter and went crying to ZC2 a few times because I hurt his feelings. This is someone much older and
likely more educated than I am yet self-implodes when faced with a
giant middle finger.

A keyboard ninja and a paper tiger is what I call those people.

I'm quite fond of hoisting a giant middle finger. ;-)

Dutch farts may be ignored but the smell lingers badly.

Indeed it does.



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Hello Mike!

11 Oct 25 10:27, you wrote to GAMGEE:

There is a British show called "As Time Goes By" where, in one

Ah, yes. With Dame Judy Dench. Funny show. I still have the first episode saved on our DVR from when it was on the local Public Broadcasting station, along with "Are You Being Served?" "Don't worry about the long sleeves. They'll ride up with wear." "And I am unanimous in that!"

I often picture those kids when the Nodelist Police come up. Well,
them or Bib Fortuna from "Return of the Jedi." :D

Sorry. Didn't mean to barge in there or anything.

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There is a British show called "As Time Goes By" where, in one

Ah, yes. With Dame Judy Dench. Funny show. I still have the first episode save
on our DVR from when it was on the local Public Broadcasting station, along with "Are You Being Served?" "Don't worry about the long sleeves. They'll ride
up with wear." "And I am unanimous in that!"

LOL, that show is a classic, especially when Misses Slocomb goes on about
her cat. :D

If you also watched "Keeping Up Appearances," FYI Dame Patricia Routledge passed away earlier this month. She was 96, I think.

Mike


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Hello Mike!

13 Oct 25 09:40, you wrote to me:

LOL, that show is a classic, especially when Misses Slocomb goes on
about her cat. :D

True. When she spoke of it, she always used words or phrases with double meaning.

If you also watched "Keeping Up Appearances," FYI Dame Patricia
Routledge passed away earlier this month. She was 96, I think.

That is another show I watched. Yes. Her passing was recent, 3 October. She played Hyacinth Bucket. "The 'Bouquet' residence. The lady of the house speaking." And poor Richard! Believe it or not, my dad indroduced me to these shows a few decades ago. He still quotes them.


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There is a British show called "As Time Goes By" where, in one

Ah, yes. With Dame Judy Dench. Funny show. I still have the first episode sav

>on our DVR from when it was on the local Public Broadcasting station, along w
> "Are You Being Served?" "Don't worry about the long sleeves. They'll ride up
>with wear." "And I am unanimous in that!"

Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. As Time Goes By as
well as The Good Neighbours (The Good Life), Doc Martin, All Creatures
Great and Small, Heartbeat and Father Brown..

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Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. As Time Goes By as
well as The Good Neighbours (The Good Life), Doc Martin, All Creatures
Great and Small, Heartbeat and Father Brown..

Doc Martin is one of my favorites. I have not seen the original All
Creatures but am enjoying the current one.


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Hello Rob!

15 Oct 25 08:08, you wrote to me:

Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. As Time Goes By
as well as The Good Neighbours (The Good Life), Doc Martin, All
Creatures Great and Small, Heartbeat and Father Brown..

I don't remember seeing any of those. There was one that takes place in a senior center, but I can't remember the name of it or any of the characters. Sadly, the local PBS station no longer carries any of them, but many live on on YouTube, and on streaming services like Britbox.

73 de W6RAY Ray Quinn
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Hello Ray!

** On Wednesday 15.10.25 - 20:28, Ray Quinn wrote to Rob Mccart:

Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. [...]

I don't remember seeing any of those. There was one that takes place in a senior center, but I can't remember the name of it or any of the characters. Sadly, the local PBS station no longer carries any of them, but many live on on YouTube, and on streaming services like Britbox.

This one?

Waiting for God (BBC, 1990-1994)

Setting: Bayview Retirement Home.

Premise: Two spirited elderly residents - Tom (Graham Crowden)
and Diana (Stephanie Cole) - rebel against the patronizing
management and refuse to "grow old gracefully."

Tone: Sharp, witty, and a bit dark; a satire on aging and bureaucracy.

Why it fits: Entirely set in a seniors' residence, with lots of
ensemble interaction among the elderly residents and staff.
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I don't remember seeing any of those. There was one that takes place in a senior center, but I can't remember the name of it or any of the characters.

Waiting for God! Another clasic.

One of my favorite scenes is where someone mentions Einstein in front of
Harvey Baines, who runs the center. Assuming the person is talking about a resident, Harvey utters the line quoted in my tagline. ;)

Mike

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Hello August!

16 Oct 25 09:07, you wrote to me:

I don't remember seeing any of those. There was one that takes
place in a senior center, but I can't remember the name of it or
any of the characters. Sadly, the local PBS station no longer
carries any of them, but many live on on YouTube, and on
streaming services like Britbox.

This one?

Waiting for God (BBC, 1990-1994)

That's the one.

Setting: Bayview Retirement Home.

Premise: Two spirited elderly residents - Tom (Graham Crowden)
and Diana (Stephanie Cole) - rebel against the patronizing
management and refuse to "grow old gracefully."

If I remember correctly, Tom and Diana were "flatmates," a "couple" or at least "involved" in some way. But I've been wrong before. Many times, in fact. But I learned from them...

Tone: Sharp, witty, and a bit dark; a satire on aging and bureaucracy.

They don't make shows like these any more. It goes to show you that the bureaucracy is everywhere.

Why it fits: Entirely set in a seniors' residence, with lots of
ensemble interaction among the elderly residents and staff.

Fortunately, my parents are still able to take care of themselves in their own home, in their 80's. However, my in-laws, not so much. My father-in-law is in a nursing home and my wife takes her mother to visit him twice a week. Her brother takes her on Saturday and does other errands for her, including stopping by during the week on his lunch break to make her lunch.


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Hello Mike!

16 Oct 25 09:05, you wrote to me:

I don't remember seeing any of those. There was one that takes place
in a senior center, but I can't remember the name of it or any of
the characters.

Waiting for God! Another clasic.

That's the one.

One of my favorite scenes is where someone mentions Einstein in front
of Harvey Baines, who runs the center. Assuming the person is talking about a resident, Harvey utters the line quoted in my tagline. ;)

If I remember correctly, he was tight with his spending on the residents. You almost felt sorry for Harvey's assistant.

I'll have to see if I can find any episodes online somewhere. I have too many streaming subscriptions, though, to start another one.

73 de W6RAY Ray Quinn
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RE: Waiting for God

If I remember correctly, he was tight with his spending on the residents. You almost felt sorry for Harvey's assistant.

Harvey was tight, and you did feel for her. IIRC, her name was Jane, and
the two main elderly characters were working to get the two together romantically.

I'll have to see if I can find any episodes online somewhere. I have too many streaming subscriptions, though, to start another one.

Yeah, our PBS still shows plenty of British comedy and drama, but they've
not shown that one for years. :(

Mike

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Doc Martin is one of my favorites. I have not seen the original All Creatures but am enjoying the current one.

I saw the original one from the 70s and I like it better than the new one.

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Doc Martin is one of my favorites. I have not seen the original All

>Creatures but am enjoying the current one.

Yes, I watched the original All Creatures back when it was current,
ot at least current rebroadcast in Canada. When the new version came
out I first wasn't that impressed but it grew on me over time.

There wasn't anything wrong with it, I was just used to the old
show's characters and you can be slow to accept a remake.

Sort of like Heartbeat. It is still pretty good but the two main
characters that it started with are long gone. If I recall, in
one episode they said that they had moved to Canada.. B)

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Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. As Time Goes By
as well as The Good Neighbours (The Good Life), Doc Martin, All
Creatures Great and Small, Heartbeat and Father Brown..

I don't remember seeing any of those. There was one that takes place in a sen

> center, but I can't remember the name of it or any of the characters. Sadly,
>e local PBS station no longer carries any of them, but many live on on YouTub
>and on streaming services like Britbox.

Yes, we were getting those shows on a PBS type station as well.
Usually every year they rebroadcast a couple of new and older shows
from the BBS, but without subscribing to BritBox or something you
won't see them anywhere else. At the moment there's not much on
there but I hope that's just a brief situation..

I'm just glad the Fall TV season has now started up again. I have
to watch a lot of older shows during the summer when all the main
shows are off the air or in repeats if I don't save some up to
watch later when there's lots on.

I lost a huge collection of saved shows when the recorder on my
Satellite TV system fried a few weeks back, so I've been watching
a lot of mostly older movies. I actually rarely watch movies unless
they are well known ones I've been hoping to see. I always find
when I'm watching pretty much any movie they put on TV that I'm
amazed at how many of them are really pretty bad, even ones with
well known actors in them.

My TV service recently gave us 4 feeds of the Starz network at
no extra cost. They show mostly older movies, but the bigger
ones that were at the theaters. Since I don't get out to see
movies, I'm finding a lot there that are, if not new, are new
to me and on average better than the made for TV variety.

BTW.. If it sounds like I Live for TV, I actually only watch
TV for about 3 hours in the evening, other than catching the
news when having lunch. I spend a lot more hours reading than
watching TV.

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Doc Martin is one of my favorites. I have not seen the original All Creatures but am enjoying the current one.

I saw the original one from the 70s and I like it better than the new one.

Yes, I said the same thing. I don't hate the new one as much as I did
when it first came out, you get used to the characters, but I liked
the original more.. plus it was a new idea for a show at the time
rather than a remake.

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Hello Rob!

** On Sunday 19.10.25 - 08:48, Rob Mccart wrote to RAY QUINN:

I lost a huge collection of saved shows when the recorder
on my Satellite TV system fried a few weeks back, so I've
been watching a lot of mostly older movies. I actually
rarely watch movies unless they are well known ones I've
been hoping to see. I always find when I'm watching pretty
much any movie they put on TV that I'm amazed at how many
of them are really pretty bad, even ones with well known
actors in them.

Look up The Killing (a kubrik film, 1956).. Part of it is like
FBI-narration style. Available to DL from archive.org

BTW.. If it sounds like I Live for TV, I actually only
watch TV for about 3 hours in the evening, other than
catching the news when having lunch. I spend a lot more
hours reading than watching TV.

3hrs is often 3 times longer than I ever watch tv!
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Yes, I watched the original All Creatures back when it was current,
ot at least current rebroadcast in Canada. When the new version came
out I first wasn't that impressed but it grew on me over time.

I don't know if the original ever ran here on our PBS network, at least not since the 1990s when I started watching the "non-US" shows.

There wasn't anything wrong with it, I was just used to the old
show's characters and you can be slow to accept a remake.

Since it is the original to me, I didn't have that stigma, but I can see
where I would if I had. That happens with some other shows, too.

Sort of like Heartbeat. It is still pretty good but the two main
characters that it started with are long gone. If I recall, in
one episode they said that they had moved to Canada.. B)

I have never watched that one, but have followed other stories where all
the original main characters are gone. The classic TV Show "The Naked
City" was like that. Most of the original cops -- the two main characters
in particular -- were either gone or relegated to supporting roles about
midway through the 4 or 5 year run of the show. IIRC, "Arcaro" was the
only regular character that was on the whole run of the show.

The Dukes of Hazzard also did that for one season before the original Duke
Boys returned. I was reminded of that this weekend... I was at the annual festival in my father's hometown and two of the guests of honor were "Coy
Duke" and "Bo Duke"... Bo being one of the originals, and Coy being his temporary replacement. ;)

Mike

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Doc Martin is one of my favorites. I have not seen the original All

>Creatures but am enjoying the current one.

Yes, I watched the original All Creatures back when it was current,
ot at least current rebroadcast in Canada. When the new version came
out I first wasn't that impressed but it grew on me over time.

There wasn't anything wrong with it, I was just used to the old
show's characters and you can be slow to accept a remake.

As you've watched both, how true to the original series is the current one?

On our PBS affiliate network, they ran a show during their fundraisers that touched on some differences between the current series vs. the book, but I
was curious about the original series. For some reason, I got the
impression it might have been more of a comedy than the current one.


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Hello, Mike!

Replying to a message of Mike Powell to ROB MCCART:

The Dukes of Hazzard also did that for one season before the original
Duke Boys returned. I was reminded of that this weekend... I was at
the annual festival in my father's hometown and two of the guests of
honor were "Coy Duke" and "Bo Duke"... Bo being one of the originals,
and Coy being his temporary replacement. ;)

Weren't the replacements written in as Bo and Luke's cousins for that season?

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Hello, Mike!

Replying to a message of Mike Powell to ROB MCCART:

On our PBS affiliate network, they ran a show during their fundraisers that touched on some differences between the current series vs. the
book, but I was curious about the original series. For some reason,
I got the impression it might have been more of a comedy than the
current one.

The original has a few minor comedic elements but was most definitely a drama. It was directly based off of the book and from what I can recall, it didn't differ too much from the book but I don't fully trust my memory anymore.

-- Sean

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Look up The Killing (a kubrik film, 1956).. Part of it is like

>FBI-narration style. Available to DL from archive.org

A classic film buff, are you?

BTW.. If it sounds like I Live for TV, I actually only
watch TV for about 3 hours in the evening

3hrs is often 3 times longer than I ever watch tv!

I watched a lot less TV when I was working full time but, these
days, I can do when needs doing in part of the afternoon and
then I fill any extra hours reading, and I also read for close
to 2 hours late at night so, if I didn't watch TV, I'd be spending
way too many hours reading.. B)

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The Dukes of Hazzard also did that for one season before the original Duke Boys returned. I was reminded of that this weekend... I was at
the annual festival in my father's hometown and two of the guests of honor were "Coy Duke" and "Bo Duke"... Bo being one of the originals, and Coy being his temporary replacement. ;)

Weren't the replacements written in as Bo and Luke's cousins for that season?

Correct. Coy wasn't a direct replacement, but was the blond-headed cousin
of the new duo. Off the top of my head, I don't remember the name of the dark-headed cousin in that duo.

I don't remember them looking that similar then, but the actors who played
Coy and Bo look like they could be brothers now.

Mike

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On our PBS affiliate network, they ran a show during their fundraisers that touched on some differences between the current series vs. the book, but I was curious about the original series. For some reason,
I got the impression it might have been more of a comedy than the current one.

The original has a few minor comedic elements but was most definitely a drama.
It was directly based off of the book and from what I can recall, it didn't differ too much from the book but I don't fully trust my memory anymore.

Thanks. I figured if it was based on the book at all, it couldn't be too
much more of a comedy than the current one. Figured I was mistaken. ;)

Mike


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Hello Rob!

19 Oct 25 08:48, you wrote to me:

I'm just glad the Fall TV season has now started up again. I have
to watch a lot of older shows during the summer when all the main
shows are off the air or in repeats if I don't save some up to
watch later when there's lots on.

That's the same with us. We record our favorite shows to watch during dinner. Some of these same ones are available on various streaming services, but we usually watch them on the DVR. We subscribe to vary many as the Satellite service costs us enough. Why pay for duplication? During the baseball season, from Spring Training to the World Series, if my team is playing, I usually eat my dinner in the hamshack if the game is on.

I lost a huge collection of saved shows when the recorder on my
Satellite TV system fried a few weeks back, so I've been watching

We've had that happen before. We actually have two DVRs. We have one that has two receivers and then we have another that has 4 or 6, I cannot remember. What's nice is that they are connected together and we can watch recorded shows on either DVR on any TV. (We have 4, so two apiece...)

a lot of mostly older movies. I actually rarely watch movies unless
they are well known ones I've been hoping to see. I always find
when I'm watching pretty much any movie they put on TV that I'm
amazed at how many of them are really pretty bad, even ones with
well known actors in them.

I like a lot of old movies, the black and white ones. Lately, I have been watching some "classic" sci-fi movies on YouTube.

My TV service recently gave us 4 feeds of the Starz network at
no extra cost. They show mostly older movies, but the bigger
ones that were at the theaters. Since I don't get out to see
movies, I'm finding a lot there that are, if not new, are new
to me and on average better than the made for TV variety.

We get that, too. I find there aren't enough movies we like to warrant paying for yet another channel or package.

BTW.. If it sounds like I Live for TV, I actually only watch
TV for about 3 hours in the evening, other than catching the
news when having lunch. I spend a lot more hours reading than
watching TV.

Usually, if the TV is on, it's baseball. I follow a few channels on YouTube, but most often I'm reading BBS messages, both FTN and amateur radio packet BBS messages, or working on one of those same BBS systems.

73 de W6RAY Ray Quinn
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Hello Mike!

21 Oct 25 10:46, you wrote to SEAN DENNIS:

I don't remember them looking that similar then, but the actors who
played Coy and Bo look like they could be brothers now.

His name was Vance Duke, played by Christopher "Chip" Mayer. Coy Duke was played by Byron Cherry.
According to Wikipedia.org " he (Coy) and Vance are only in the first 19 episodes of season 5 and Coy and Vance are in only one episode with their cousins Bo and Luke when they return from the NASCAR circuit. Supposedly, with cousin Vance, Coy had previously lived on the Duke farm until 1976, before the series had started."

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Hello, Mike!

Replying to a message of Mike Powell to SEAN DENNIS:

Correct. Coy wasn't a direct replacement, but was the blond-headed
cousin of the new duo. Off the top of my head, I don't remember the
name of the dark-headed cousin in that duo.

I just couldn't get enough of Catherine Bach, She's still a good-0looking woman.

I don't remember them looking that similar then, but the actors who
played Coy and Bo look like they could be brothers now.

Time can do strange things at times.

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Hello, Mike!

Replying to a message of Mike Powell to SEAN DENNIS:

Thanks. I figured if it was based on the book at all, it couldn't be
too much more of a comedy than the current one. Figured I was
mistaken. ;)

It's a good watch. I may need to, ahem, acqire the original series. I really, /really/ need an 8TB (or bigger!) for my media collection.

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Hello Rob!

** On Tuesday 21.10.25 - 08:46, Rob Mccart wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:

Look up The Killing (a kubrik film, 1956).. Part of it is like

FBI-narration style. Available to DL from archive.org

A classic film buff, are you?

Not a buff for that exactly. But there can be many gems out
there that are easily overlooked. Do try to check out The
Killing, 1956. It depicts the heist at the beginning, and then
steps back to reveal how the interconnecting events played out.

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Yes, I watched the original All Creatures back when it was current,

>> or at least current rebroadcast in Canada. When the new version came
>> out I first wasn't that impressed but it grew on me over time.

I don't know if the original ever ran here on our PBS network, at least not

>since the 1990s when I started watching the "non-US" shows.

Probably the original series was less complex than the new shows
but you do get used to the characters..

Sort of like Heartbeat. It is still pretty good but the two main

>> characters that it started with are long gone. If I recall, in
>> one episode they said that they had moved to Canada.. B)

I have never watched that one, but have followed other stories where all

>the original main characters are gone. The classic TV Show "The Naked
>City" was like that. Most of the original cops -- the two main characters
>in particular -- were either gone or relegated to supporting roles about
>midway through the 4 or 5 year run of the show. IIRC, "Arcaro" was the
>only regular character that was on the whole run of the show.

Yes, another thing they do is create a spin-off show and flip a
couple of characters over to the new show and then shut down
the original. Like this month they brought out a new show called
Boston Blue, which it turned out is a spinoff of BlueBloods which
I don't think is coming back.. But they bought one of the main
detectives to Boston after his son was injured there and had him
help them with the case, and now they are talking him into moving
there, and he shows up as a main charcter, not a visiting one.

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There wasn't anything wrong with it, I was just used to the old

>> show's characters and you can be slow to accept a remake.

As you've watched both, how true to the original series is the current one?

As mentioned elsewhere, possibly the new show is a little more complex
and more blood graphic at times, but most of those shows are more about
the relationships between charaters than what they are doing..

On our PBS affiliate network, they ran a show during their fundraisers that

>touched on some differences between the current series vs. the book, but I
>was curious about the original series. For some reason, I got the
>impression it might have been more of a comedy than the current one.

I think the original did have a little more comedy in it. It's a
while since I saw it but my recall is that Tristan was a lot more
of a goofball on the old show. The original James Harriot struck
me as slightly more 'likeable' and, although his current wife is
not too bad, I liked the original lady a little more.

One popular Canadian show is Murdoch Mysteries. Maybe you've run
across it as it's apparently very popular in the USA. It is an old
time Police show set in Toronto around 1924. It's pretty good most
of the time, if a little unrealistic about some things. Semi-comedy.

But, I found books by the original author that the TV series was
based on, and there were major differences between the some of
the characters in the books compared to on the TV show..
(Especially George Crabtree)

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Re: All Creatures
By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Wed Oct 22 2025 08:19:44

One popular Canadian show is Murdoch Mysteries. Maybe you've run
across it as it's apparently very popular in the USA. It is an old
time Police show set in Toronto around 1924. It's pretty good most
of the time, if a little unrealistic about some things. Semi-comedy.

Yes, I have watched some of that one. It comes on one of the cable networks here. They run several episodes a night, though. Not being a good "binge-watcher," it made it a little more difficult to keep up with, but it did indeed seem like a good show.

I need to see if a new season has shown up there yet or not.

There is another Canadian show, about a female private eye set in a similar time period, that I got into watching on PBS online. I cannot remember the name but it also seemed decent, and the lead is easy on the eyes. ;)

Mike
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Re: Re: From the Continent
By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Wed Oct 22 2025 08:19:44

Yes, I watched all those as well for years. They were quite good,
although it seemed hard to believe Endeavour would evolve into
Inspector Morse later. He seemed quite different.

Yes, he sure did. Some of his habits/mannerisms were there, but I guess the many years that would have passed between the two changed him a lot. I really liked that show and would have liked to see it last longer, but I guess it had sort of run its course... most British shows don't run that long.

Mike
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