"Must Watch" Video (RobbRyder)
Moderators: Prof, Judge Roy Bean
-
- Princeps Wooloosia
- Posts: 3144
- Joined: Sat May 24, 2008 4:50 pm
Re: "Must Watch" Video
I think the harpsichord music associated with Secret Agent/Danger Man was not Johnny Rivers's song for the opening credits but the episode opening, a piece called Man on a Tightrope. I think the Rivers song was exclusive to the American "Secret Agent" version, and the Tightrope piece was the original British theme for Danger Man.
-
- Quatloosian Ambassador to the CaliCanadians
- Posts: 8228
- Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:45 am
- Location: The Evergreen Playground
Re: "Must Watch" Video
Exactly. Secret Agent Man used scraps of the British Danger Man theme but used the Johnny Rivers song as the main theme. The British theme was actually called "High Wire" and was first used for the hour-long episodes of season 2 starting in 1964. These were shown in the US as "Secret Agent Man" but were shown in Canada unchanged from the British "Danger Man" name and opening theme. As an internet article says on the theme;fortinbras wrote:I think the harpsichord music associated with Secret Agent/Danger Man was not Johnny Rivers's song for the opening credits but the episode opening, a piece called Man on a Tightrope. I think the Rivers song was exclusive to the American "Secret Agent" version, and the Tightrope piece was the original British theme for Danger Man.
The song “High Wire” was actually not the original theme to Danger Man, which originally featured a voiceover with John Drake explaining his position with NATO over top of some fairly generic big band jazz. The second season aired two years later, and with quite a bit of reworking. John Drake was now a British agent, episodes were now an hour in length, and there was a new, hip theme song: “High Wire” by Edwin Astley.
Astley, composer of other themes like The Saint and The Baron, and one-time father-in-law to Who guitarist Pete Townsend, took on the Danger Man theme with a playful harpischord and a hard-driving horn section.
"Yes Burnaby49, I do in fact believe all process servers are peace officers. I've good reason to believe so." Robert Menard in his May 28, 2015 video "Process Servers".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeI-J2PhdGs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeI-J2PhdGs
-
- Asst Secretary, the Dept of Jesters
- Posts: 1767
- Joined: Thu May 03, 2007 10:20 pm
- Location: Yuba City, CA
Re: "Must Watch" Video
Well, I haven't got a Ukulele but...Gregg wrote: I was thinking more along the lines of Darth Vader's March. On a Ukulele maybe...
The laissez-faire argument relies on the same tacit appeal to perfection as does communism. - George Soros
-
- Conde de Quatloo
- Posts: 5631
- Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 5:08 am
- Location: Der Dachshundbünker
Re: "Must Watch" Video
Perfect!
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
Supreme Commander of The Imperial Illuminati Air Force
Your concern is duly noted, filed, folded, stamped, sealed with wax and affixed with a thumbprint in red ink, forgotten, recalled, considered, reconsidered, appealed, denied and quietly ignored.
Your concern is duly noted, filed, folded, stamped, sealed with wax and affixed with a thumbprint in red ink, forgotten, recalled, considered, reconsidered, appealed, denied and quietly ignored.
-
- Grand Exalted Keeper of Esoterica
- Posts: 5773
- Joined: Wed Jan 29, 2003 3:11 pm
Re: "Must Watch" Video
Holy Moly. My harddrive has a theme song!Doktor Avalanche wrote:Well, I haven't got a Ukulele but...Gregg wrote: I was thinking more along the lines of Darth Vader's March. On a Ukulele maybe...
Demo.
-
- Illuminati Obfuscation: Black Ops Div
- Posts: 3994
- Joined: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:41 am
Re: "Must Watch" Video
Don't be so surprised. I knew a guy whose penis could hum the Major-General Song. We tried to teach it to sing, but the very act of singing caused a massive pressure buildup which caused the host's head to explode. So now I have a penis paperweight that can hum the Major-General Song.Demosthenes wrote:Holy Moly. My harddrive has a theme song!Doktor Avalanche wrote:Well, I haven't got a Ukulele but...Gregg wrote: I was thinking more along the lines of Darth Vader's March. On a Ukulele maybe...
When chosen for jury duty, tell the judge "fortune cookie says guilty" - A fortune cookie
-
- Asst Secretary, the Dept of Jesters
- Posts: 1767
- Joined: Thu May 03, 2007 10:20 pm
- Location: Yuba City, CA
Re: "Must Watch" Video
You're welcome.Demosthenes wrote: Holy Moly. My harddrive has a theme song!
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
I just enabled downloading for this track (don't know why I didn't think of that before - probably because it was very, very early this morning i wrapped this up).
You may now bring your theme song home.
The laissez-faire argument relies on the same tacit appeal to perfection as does communism. - George Soros
-
- Asst Secretary, the Dept of Jesters
- Posts: 1767
- Joined: Thu May 03, 2007 10:20 pm
- Location: Yuba City, CA
Re: "Must Watch" Video
webhick wrote: Don't be so surprised. I knew a guy whose penis could hum the Major-General Song. We tried to teach it to sing, but the very act of singing caused a massive pressure buildup which caused the host's head to explode. So now I have a penis paperweight that can hum the Major-General Song.
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
The laissez-faire argument relies on the same tacit appeal to perfection as does communism. - George Soros
-
- Conde de Quatloo
- Posts: 5631
- Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 5:08 am
- Location: Der Dachshundbünker
Re: "Must Watch" Video
Y'all have no idea how disorienting it is to not only not be the biggest deviant in the room, but to not even be in the running.
Supreme Commander of The Imperial Illuminati Air Force
Your concern is duly noted, filed, folded, stamped, sealed with wax and affixed with a thumbprint in red ink, forgotten, recalled, considered, reconsidered, appealed, denied and quietly ignored.
Your concern is duly noted, filed, folded, stamped, sealed with wax and affixed with a thumbprint in red ink, forgotten, recalled, considered, reconsidered, appealed, denied and quietly ignored.
-
- Recycler of Paytriot Fantasies
- Posts: 4287
- Joined: Thu Apr 24, 2003 6:02 am
Re: "Must Watch" Video
We are all a little vanilla when Webhick is in the room.
Three cheers for the Lesser Evil!
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
. . . . . . Dr Pepper
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 4
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
. . . . . . Dr Pepper
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 4
-
- Conde de Quatloo
- Posts: 5631
- Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 5:08 am
- Location: Der Dachshundbünker
Re: "Must Watch" Video
I was thinking more along the lines of Zaphod Beeblebrox.
![Image](http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b008lxz8_640_360.jpg)
![Image](http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b008lxz8_640_360.jpg)
Supreme Commander of The Imperial Illuminati Air Force
Your concern is duly noted, filed, folded, stamped, sealed with wax and affixed with a thumbprint in red ink, forgotten, recalled, considered, reconsidered, appealed, denied and quietly ignored.
Your concern is duly noted, filed, folded, stamped, sealed with wax and affixed with a thumbprint in red ink, forgotten, recalled, considered, reconsidered, appealed, denied and quietly ignored.
-
- Order of the Quatloos, Brevet First Class
- Posts: 1258
- Joined: Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:51 pm
Re: "Must Watch" Video
If Zaphod actually existed (in an infinite universe, anything is possible) I'm certain he'd turn out to be one of my relatives.
Goodness is about what you do. Not what you pray to. T. Pratchett
Always be a moving target. L.M. Bujold
Always be a moving target. L.M. Bujold
-
- Princeps Wooloosia
- Posts: 3144
- Joined: Sat May 24, 2008 4:50 pm
Re: "Must Watch" Video
That's Zooey Deschanel standing next to Sam Rockwell and Mos Def in the 2005 theatrical version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
PS: You'll have a LOT more fun watching the 1981 BBC mini-series of The Hitchhiker's Guide .... which closely followed the original radio mini-series.
PS: You'll have a LOT more fun watching the 1981 BBC mini-series of The Hitchhiker's Guide .... which closely followed the original radio mini-series.
-
- Grand Exalted Keeper of Esoterica
- Posts: 5773
- Joined: Wed Jan 29, 2003 3:11 pm
-
- Conde de Quatloo
- Posts: 5631
- Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 5:08 am
- Location: Der Dachshundbünker
Re: "Must Watch" Video
Merely having asked exposes you as one who hasn't explored the better things in the universe.Who's the pretty redhead on the right?
Among some of us, Zooey is worshiped as, well, worshiped....
Supreme Commander of The Imperial Illuminati Air Force
Your concern is duly noted, filed, folded, stamped, sealed with wax and affixed with a thumbprint in red ink, forgotten, recalled, considered, reconsidered, appealed, denied and quietly ignored.
Your concern is duly noted, filed, folded, stamped, sealed with wax and affixed with a thumbprint in red ink, forgotten, recalled, considered, reconsidered, appealed, denied and quietly ignored.
-
- Conde de Quatloo
- Posts: 5631
- Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 5:08 am
- Location: Der Dachshundbünker
Re: "Must Watch" Video
A very good description of the various versions of the different incarnations in many media is to be found at the beginning of "The Ultimate Guide" which is the leather bound compilation of the first five books of the trilogy. There are in fact 6 books if you count the one written by someone else after Douglas Adams died.You'll have a LOT more fun watching the 1981 BBC mini-series of The Hitchhiker's Guide .... which closely followed the original radio mini-series.
Supreme Commander of The Imperial Illuminati Air Force
Your concern is duly noted, filed, folded, stamped, sealed with wax and affixed with a thumbprint in red ink, forgotten, recalled, considered, reconsidered, appealed, denied and quietly ignored.
Your concern is duly noted, filed, folded, stamped, sealed with wax and affixed with a thumbprint in red ink, forgotten, recalled, considered, reconsidered, appealed, denied and quietly ignored.
-
- Grand Exalted Keeper of Esoterica
- Posts: 5773
- Joined: Wed Jan 29, 2003 3:11 pm
Re: "Must Watch" Video
I don't.There are in fact 6 books if you count the one written by someone else after Douglas Adams died.
Demo.
-
- Conde de Quatloo
- Posts: 5631
- Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 5:08 am
- Location: Der Dachshundbünker
Re: "Must Watch" Video
There are 5 books in the Trilogy.
Hey, I sure ain't gonna cross her, have you seen her hard drive?
Hey, I sure ain't gonna cross her, have you seen her hard drive?
Supreme Commander of The Imperial Illuminati Air Force
Your concern is duly noted, filed, folded, stamped, sealed with wax and affixed with a thumbprint in red ink, forgotten, recalled, considered, reconsidered, appealed, denied and quietly ignored.
Your concern is duly noted, filed, folded, stamped, sealed with wax and affixed with a thumbprint in red ink, forgotten, recalled, considered, reconsidered, appealed, denied and quietly ignored.
-
- Grand Exalted Keeper of Esoterica
- Posts: 5773
- Joined: Wed Jan 29, 2003 3:11 pm
Re: "Must Watch" Video
Gregg wrote:Hey, I sure ain't gonna cross her, have you seen her hard drive?
Cue music.
Demo.
-
- Enchanted Consultant of the Red Stapler
- Posts: 1808
- Joined: Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:23 pm
- Location: Formerly in a cubicle by the window where I could see the squirrels, and they were married.
Re: "Must Watch" Video
Gregg wrote:There are 5 books in the Trilogy.
Hey, I sure ain't gonna cross her, have you seen her hard drive?
![Image](http://i.qkme.me/354il8.jpg)
"Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs" - Unknown