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(53,410 posts)RIP.
Different Drummer
(7,615 posts)Family Entertainment Television (FETV) shows two back-to-back episodes each weekday afternoon.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)He even played an Arab oil sheik on Sanford & Son. Martin was a much better actor than Conrad. More depth and versatility.
Kaleva
(36,299 posts)bdamomma
(63,849 posts)RIP
He was such a handsome man.
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)imanamerican63
(13,791 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,938 posts)safeinOhio
(32,677 posts)to the Steam Punk Movement.
ChazII
(6,205 posts)as well. I had a crush on him the first year and then I liked Ross Martin's character and his great inventions for Jim to use.
eleny
(46,166 posts)..... .....
catbyte
(34,386 posts)But then I had a crush on George instead of Paul.
I was 10 when the show first aired so I was a little young to notice the tight pants. But by the time the series ended, they did catch my eye.
jg10003
(976 posts)TygrBright
(20,760 posts)catbyte
(34,386 posts)A kindred spirit...
pazzyanne
(6,555 posts)and George was my favorite Beetle!
catbyte
(34,386 posts)ChazII
(6,205 posts)alone with Artemis as their favorite character and George as their favorite Beetle.
eleny
(46,166 posts)And I was definitely old enough to notice how tight those pants were. My brother and I always joked about how many pair they went through each episode.
Btw, Artemis Gordon rocked the show. They hit the casting mark just right with those two opposites.
KT2000
(20,577 posts)Growing up any show he was on was hit in my household. My Mom appreciated handsome actors - something about eating crackers??!
underpants
(182,803 posts)Loved that show too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Conrad
His parents were 16 and 15 when he was born.
trof
(54,256 posts)lastlib
(23,233 posts)Not sure I could get a machine to play 'em, tho.
I remember Linda Scruggs Bogart on one episode. She was HOT! (imho!)
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Walleye
(31,022 posts)PCIntern
(25,544 posts)Surrealistic.
Clever show and he played it perfectly.
One of my ten favorite shows of my youth Hawaiian Eye was also engaging, along with Surfside 6 and 77 Sunset Strip.
RIP.
catbyte
(34,386 posts)Now when I watch reruns on Me TV I realize just how imaginative it was.
PCIntern
(25,544 posts)That and Mission: Impossible were must see for me.
I had a very lonely childhood and those shows were critical for my development in many ways.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)to cast little people in a series. Michael Dunn was the perfect foil to Jim and Artie.
Different Drummer
(7,615 posts)Another episode I liked was "Night of the Eccentrics" in which Victor Buono co-starred.
PCIntern
(25,544 posts)The other show I loved was Route 66
Different Drummer
(7,615 posts)It was a good show.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)My dad was in theater with him. Both of them said he was a big deal on campus.
I remember watching Wild Wild West with them. They didn't recognize his name. In those days it wasn't easy to look up a name change. But it wasn't as if they were doubting it could be anyone else.
Wild Wild West was one of my favorites, especially the split screen aspect. And as others have mentioned that Columbo episode was one of the best.
Robert Conrad played the macho role with some tongue in cheek wherever he went. During college at USC I remember attending a filming of The Tonight Show. Conrad was not only great during the filming but he also came out to help warm up the audience beforehand, doing a terrific job.
nuxvomica
(12,424 posts)I can smell hot, buttered popcorn just thinking about it because that's what my mom made on Friday nights as we gathered around the TV watching WWW. Someday someone will make a decent movie version of it.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,083 posts)Never missed it, even after it jumped the shark in its last couple of seasons. (I will be forever pissed that they killed off Hutch.)
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...since Red West needed a new gig, post-Elvis.
Just_Vote_Dem
(2,808 posts)I believe he did a popular commercial where he balanced a battery on his shoulder and dared you to knock it off. He also played a very slimy owner of fitness studios on a episode of "Columbo". His character was so nasty Columbo actually snapped at him, one of the few times he showed that kind of emotion.
OnlinePoker
(5,719 posts)Just_Vote_Dem
(2,808 posts)lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)Fare thee well.
Harker
(14,018 posts)as I come upon this thread, I'm wearing a red voyageur cap I asked Mrs. Harker to knit for me.
Brother Buzz
(36,431 posts)the camera and short actresses under 5'6"; he was 5? 8?.
SunSeeker
(51,555 posts)Which made things tough since I am a tall woman and guys want their woman to be shorter. But not all men are insecure about having a taller woman; my husband is 2 inches shorter than me.
Tall guys remind me of my dad, a huge turnoff. LOL.
I guess my height would have disqualified me to be in a WWW episode with Robert Concrad. Damn. Another fantasy shot to Hell.
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)I'm 5'5 so it works out fine.
catbyte
(34,386 posts)I remember me dating a guy in high school who was 6'4"--we looked like Mutt and Jeff. My late husband was about 5'7" and that was just right.
My husband and I used to have season tickets to the Detroit Pistons in the mid-late 1980s (Bad Boys era). I remember walking out after a game and running smack dab into John Salley. That was embarrassing enough, but my forehead banged right into his crotch. Awful, just awful. He was very nice about it, though and actually apologized to me. I guess I was too short to see.
JDC
(10,127 posts)Bummer
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,630 posts)was a staple in our house, and he always seemed to captain the NBC team. He was such a fierce competitor, especially during the tug-of-war event. That's the first thing I think of with him. RIP.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)ashredux
(2,605 posts)Tipper...😊
DFW
(54,378 posts)Great actor, not a very nice guy. I remember being so disappointed, since as a kid, you want the actors to be as nice as as the characters they portray. I once met Sidney Poitier in 1967, and he WAS every bit as nice as the people he portrayed.
Sancho
(9,070 posts)it was a creative and fun show.
iluvtennis
(19,858 posts)mountain grammy
(26,621 posts)RIP. Bob Conrad.
jls4561
(1,257 posts)I really, really wanted that train car.
Rest In Peace, Robert Conrad. You made us smile.
H2O Man
(73,537 posts)And I respected that Conrad gave boxing a try. He was a tough guy.
Recommended.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)One of my favourite cowboy shows ever, I always loved the science and the make-ups that Gordon used as well, it was the "Mission Impossible" of the Wild West.
Iggo
(47,552 posts)An icon.
Three cheers for Robert Conrad!!
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)A year or two back CometTv was running Wild Wild West on Staurday nights.
A 1966 episode with Dr Miguelito Loveless..
Skittles
(153,160 posts)decent actor too
zonkers
(5,865 posts)Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)I never got to try and knock the battery off his shoulder.
Red Mountain
(1,733 posts)....introduced my wife as an adult.
She liked it......she's a Brit. I enjoyed Dr. Who about the same time.
There's something about both.......
Watched Baa Baa Black Sheep over the air as an original. Dad was formerly in the Air Force and made sure to turn in.
Lunabell
(6,080 posts)I crushed on him bad as a kid.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,985 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)The character was supposed to be half Polynesian, but TV in the 50s-60s didnt concern itself too much with verisimilitude.
When Hawaii became the 50th state, there was a spate of South Seas-themed TV shows.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)to add to the bizarre humor of the show. Gilligan's Island did the same for the "Headhunters", but in one episode used 3 LA Dodgers.
Of course, Hogan's Heroes used all Jewish actors to play Nazis.
I can't speak for why the other shows skipped over legitimate Polynesians.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Took Hollywood awhile to actually get things (almost) right.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)And Lt. Uhura. That was right around Julia with Diahann Carroll. Also groundbreaking--and both on NBC.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)Conrad and his co-stars.
Okay, maybe the Corsairs.
RIP Robert Conrad.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,120 posts)I recall Conrad as being a compact cutie. He'd come to my office to talk to my boss, Mort Stevens, music supervisor. Conrad was very involved in the show's creative process. Though I was only there for their last season, 1969 I thought it odd that Gunsmoke (down the hall) went til 1975 and WWW only 1969.
The music was always cool:
Different Drummer
(7,615 posts)DD
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,120 posts)The Smothers Brothers did their show there. Also Carol Burnett. I would go to rehearsals and heard so many great bands and musicians rehearsing at my lunch hour.
Very cool 9 to 5 job.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)But I think he was kind of tiny. Not that that matters...so dont jump on me.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)A lot of men entertainers are not tall. Mostly doesn't matter.
But Tom Cruz trying to play Jack Reacher was ridiculous. Jack Reacher was about 6'7 and blonde and blue eyed.
PatrickforO
(14,574 posts)I also hope we can keep in mind through his example that none of us should ever, ever get behind the wheel after drinking anything.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)catbyte
(34,386 posts)Not that they looked anything alike, lol.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,552 posts)Tactical Progressive
(2,850 posts)RIP to two compact Hollywood tough guys.
They did make a movie. Will Smith played Jim West.
I like Will, but it was a miscast from the get.
Jim West wasn't tall and he wasn't a funny boy.