{"id":128036,"date":"2015-09-17T23:06:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T05:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/17\/the-golden-anniversary-of-the-wild-wild-west.html"},"modified":"2015-09-18T10:31:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T16:31:33","slug":"the-golden-anniversary-of-the-wild-wild-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/17\/the-golden-anniversary-of-the-wild-wild-west.html","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Anniversary of &quot;The Wild Wild West&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Loved this TV show for many, many years.<\/p>\n<p>The black and white eps aren&#39;t as well known, and in syndication usually ran with the color title sequence.  The main titles were actually redrawn for color; there are some subtle variations, including a background American flag coloration, but also one very large change I&#39;ve never seen an explanation given for.<\/p>\n<p>(I&#39;ve also never heard why the comma one would expect after the first &quot;Wild&quot; was omitted, but I suspect not many people worry about that).<\/p>\n<p>The show had lots of memorable episodes and some great characters, most notably Michael Dunn&#39;s Dr. Miguelito Loveless. The first (black and white) season is arguably the best, though watching the show today it feels dated in its over-production, occasional campiness, and reliance on interior filming (not to mention its period sexism). Still, the steampunk-Bond gadgets remain a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p>The show ran only four seasons; it was canceled in 1969 as part of a network effort (urged by Congress) to reduce TV violence.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Terence Towles Canote<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It was 50 years ago today that <i>The Wild Wild West<\/i> debuted. Here are the original, black and white opening credits from the first season.  <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23throwbackthursday\">#throwbackthursday<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pYCgq8q9Ofw' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/F68Y6RGH9S8'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loved this TV show for many, many years. The black and white eps aren&#39;t as well known, and in syndication usually ran with the color title sequence. The main titles were actually redrawn for color; there are some subtle variations, including a background American flag coloration, but also one very large change I&#39;ve never seen &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/17\/the-golden-anniversary-of-the-wild-wild-west.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Golden Anniversary of &quot;The Wild Wild West&quot;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,40],"tags":[615],"class_list":["post-128036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-tv","tag-throwbackthursday"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12562,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/03\/25\/in_color.html","url_meta":{"origin":128036,"position":0},"title":"In Color!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 25-Mar-08 7:52am","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 It's the 54th anniversary of the Commericial Color TV -- the RCA CT-100. \u00a0 The RCA set had a 15-inch screen and sold for $1,000, which has the buying...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hi-Tech&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hi-Tech","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/hi-tech"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/rca_ct-100.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9911,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/10\/11\/the_past_wasnt_black_and.html","url_meta":{"origin":128036,"position":1},"title":"The past wasn&#8217;t black and white","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 11-Oct-06 9:43am","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite what Calvin's Dad says ... the past wasn't in black and white. 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