TV "Programming"

[Ninurta]

The movies and TV series back then -in general, are far superior to the banal programmes they put out today.
I agree with you Swamp Buck, Westerns held simple moral threads that can easily be accessed by young and old.
AND the actor who played Marshall Dillon (James Arness) also played 'The Thing' in the original movie!


Back then and just before Mr Arness' death in 2011.

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WHAT? Matt Dillon died? Why was I not informed of this? I thought the man was immortal, unkillable!

I recently watched a film from the days of when I was a kid (1966), a movie that was produced by The Children's
Fim Foundation. Titled 'Operation Third Form', it was an English-made film where school children save an old junk
collector from being accused of a theft and try to prevent his partner from stealing a valuable painting.

Simply made and showing high principles of wholesomeness, a trait lost these days.

I was watching an episode of the Twilight Zone a couple of nights ago, about a teacher who was retiring and all depressed because he had left no mark on the world, and the ghosts of several of his students who had gotten killed here and there for upholding principles he had taught them appeared to him and set him straight. They each introduced themselves by class year and "form", and I was at a loss, not understanding what they meant by "form". It was apparently an educational thing here at one time, but by the time I got into high school, there was no such thing any more, so I am still mystified about that, but the moral message was clear to be seen in the program nonetheless. Nary a BLM'er or Antif-ite in sight - those ghost guys would probably have killed them out of hand if they had shown up. Principles, y'know?

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