I watched both when I was in high school. I really liked
Peter Gunn and was tired fairly quickly of 77 Sunset Strip.
Peter Gunn was only a half hour as opposed to Strip's hour so
Strip had more time to develop character. I wouldn't want to
watch Strip again, but I did get an opportunity to watch a
Peter Gunn episode fairly recently and found it
disappointing. A big part of the show's appeal was its
original jazz score composed by Henry Mancini. There was a
movie, Gunnn, which was better than the tv show but nothing
special. Mark
--- Richard Moore <
moorich@aol.com> wrote:
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com,
> "jacquesdebierue"
> <jacquesdebierue@...> wrote:
> >
> > --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Vorzimmer
> <jvorzimmer@>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > To a certain extent, but with similar
characters
> like Peter Gunn's
> > Wilbur, they definitely border on
caricature.
> > >
> > > A&E had started releasing Peter Gunn
on DVD, but
> seem to have
> > abandoned the idea of any more
volumes.
> > >
> >
> > My impression is that television scriptwriting
has
> improved
> enormously
> > since those days. It may seem paradoxical to
say
> this of the
> > quintessential trash medium, but from a
technical
> point of view, it
> > seems clear to me, quite independently of
the
> types of stories.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > mrt
>
> I agree with this. There were certainly some
great
> scripts written
> in the 1950s and 1960s--Playhouse 90,
Alfred
> Hitchcock Presents are
> two that come to mind that often featured
excellent
> writing. But
> the overall quality of the medium is
definitely
> higher today. Of
> couse, back then there were three networks and
only
> three choices.
> It's amazing some of the plot holes that appear
in
> the old detective
> shows that writers didn't bother to paper
over
> because they didn't
> have to.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I am a sucker for nostalgia
and
> not overly
> demanding of authenticity or production values
as
> witness the batch
> of B-westerns I've purchased recently. Some
things
> are just fun.
> You bet-chum Red Ryder!
>
> Richard Moore
>
>
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