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Capt. Nemo
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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 Posted - 12/31/2007 : 01:23:07 AM
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Since we were talking TV here, I wanted to strike while the iron was hot.
I was cruising around youtube. Running searches for anything that would pop in to my head. For some reason or another, I typed the name of an old TV show I saw when I was a kid.
[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiz_Kids_%28TV_series%29"]Whiz Kids![/url]
The show was more or less a footnote in television history. It only had a couple of episodes. The series was trying to sponge off the success of War Games. Which was a hit at that time.
I didn't know it at the time but the show was pretty silly. It featured bad synthesizer music, more BMX bikes than Crue Jones could pop a wheely at, and over-the-top bad guys with razzie quality acting skills. No wonder it was canceled.
But for me, the kid with an Apple 2E, I thought all the high tech gadgets were pretty cool. Now, seeing it with older eyes, the show is horribly dated and far-fetched.
Apparently, someone video taped the show during its run and has uploaded all the episodes on youtube.
The pilot episode.
I don't know who the actor was who played the bad guy(I doubt he had much of a career). But his performance comes up to the so bad it's good level.
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yQ3LCeGLvU"]Part 1[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG7t_K7bEW8"]Part 2[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2--OkeuC6k"]Part 3[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ-4jlCa8x4"]Part 4[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UjHFnL6jjs"]Part 5[/url]
The second episode features a cast change.
I learned something from this episode. If you're a computer programmer who wants to escape from prison what do you do?
A.) Bribe a guard to sneak you out.
B.) Hide in the laundry truck.
C.) Dig a tunnel with cafeteria spoons while dumping the dirt through your pockets in the rec yard.
or
D.) Invent a Role Playing Computer program so that you can interact with children on the net so that they can give you ideas on how to bust out or prison without using options A, B, or C.
The writers of this episode went with D.
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9MQOz291N8"]Part 1[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB30HnYtq5M"]Part 2[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkKyNzjxASQ"]Part 3[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aK4t3aRJQo"]Part 4[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tLaItoTcSE"]Part 5[/url]
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