Second to Bill Bixby's "David Banner" on The Incredible Hulk, I felt more sorry for Ben Richards predicament because that it was an old millionaire recluse after him.
@kurtb8474 That makes sense, and it's probably why the show was canceled so soon. They didn't have a very effective way of promoting some shows. It was virtually left up to word of mouth. You were about eleven at the time so if your parents didn't have it on, or your friends talked about it, there were few ways for you to find out about it. Plus, it was a prime-time program. I was just lucky it didn't conflict with something my parents wanted to see. I wonder what was on at the same time?
This was my favorite new show that year, but they soon canceled it. Chris George was a great leading man and was very underrated. I kept expecting him to get another TV series, since he was obviously so telegenic.
"The Immortal" was ABC's very first "Movie of the Week," in the fall of 1969. Then they made it a series. It was very good. It was somewhat similar to "The Fugitive," in that Ben Richards, like Dr. Richard Kimble, was always on the run.
I remember seeing the highlander, and knowing that it was a conceptual ripoff of something I couldn't quite put my finger on. No wonder I didn't remember, I was five in 1971. It was probably on after my bed time! Bummer, since everyone knows Christopher George was the man, since Rat Patrol reruns were a constant back then too.
I loved this show as a kid, but they could never remake it - they'd ruin it. They would try to make it a DARK drama or have him solve a crime every week or some other such non-sense. (But I wish someone with a real imagination could.)
Actually there is a man who has this type of blood or immune system. He lived in Indiana and as a child he aged slower then any other person the doctors had seen. When a family member required a blood transfusion, he was not only cured of his illness but was stronger. This person was hung as a child and didn't die. His in hiding right now. Completely true. If you know someone from Indiana, ask. Most people have heard about him.
I feel a unique excitement seeing this trailer again after almost 40 years...
I was around 6 yearls old when this series was airing in my country. I feel sad for our childhood hero to have died (1983)- as I just recently learned.
God...I remember this show, I was only six years old when it aired on television...but I remember it well. It's amazing the things the mind recollects from very early stages in life. At six years old, I was so naive and imaginative...as to believe the Ben Richards character actually existed.
Narrator: This man has a singular advantage over other men. Ben Richards is immune to every known disease including old age. Periodic transfusions of his blood can give other men a second, a third lifetime, perhaps more.
I have this on DVD.. I had it on tape too from the repeat they did on SCIFI with commentary from the creator. Anyhow, for people wanting to buy the DVDs just do a search with "The Immortal" Christopher George and your wishes will be granted :)
Since the networks are on such a TV remake kick (Knight Rider,Bionic Woman and soon Charlie's Angels and The Rockford Files), wouldn't it make more sense to remake "brilliant but canceled" series that never got a shot at longevity? Makes more sense to update a sleeper classic than an iconic one. J.J. Abrams would have a field day with this and all the other shows on your page,bartbro! Your thoughts,fellow posters? Thanks for posting. BTW, have your tried EBay for selling your wares?
I was perhaps the show's biggest fan at age 15. Drew comic book adaptations; recorded episodes on audio tape (all we had at the time.) Upon watching reruns on SciFi in the '90s, I realized this show wasted its potential. It could have been great science fiction (especially if the character had been older, say 1,000 years, and possessed the wisdom of the ages). Instead, it was little more than a chase show, with a few complex moments. Best thing about it: Dominic Frontiere's interior scoring.
Thanks for posting. I can remember my brothers and I huddled around the tv when it would come on. We were so disapointed when it was cancelled. I wish SyFy would run some reruns like they did with the Time Tunnel.
Finally, someone commented how shows didn't finish back in the Sixties, but The Fugitive did, and this one saw some closure, too. In the last episode, Ben found his brother mentioned in the opening, who did not share the special blood. Ben stayed on the run, but at least one thread was tied up. Last scene,as I recall, was Ben walking along a beach while the camera pulls back to sea and a slow version of Frontiere's theme plays. I hope someone can put that up someday.
Also; the wonderful music for the opening (hard to imagine these days openings could ever have run so long, even for an hour show) was written by composer Dominic Frontiere, probably most prominent for his score for _The Stunt Man_. a movie with Peter O'Toole nominated for Best Picture, and his exwife, Georgia , who I believe owns(or used to) the Rams.
A few facts: This show was based on "The Immortals" by James Gunn (who's still very much alive, I'm happy to say); it was more science-fictional , and went into the future. After the ABC Movie of the Week loosely based on it was a hit,
it was turned into a series while Gunn wrote the novelization of the TV-movie someone below mentioned.
Very good Bart! This tv serie was broadcasted in 1975, in Spain. I was 10 and I've never forgotten his music intro. I'd like to know if it is on sale on dvd...
I owned, and still have, one of those cheap novelizations of this show. It was my prized posession at the time and the pages are worn out from repeated readings. Never before and never since have I looked forward to each weekly episode of a show ( just hit me in the right spot at the right age) it broke my heart when it was cancelled. Thanks for the posting and the chance to see how many others felt as I did.
i shit out of my ass...and for the longest time i thought this made me special...different. i ran from town to town, changing my name, working odd jobs here and there...then i discovered we all shit out our asses. Now I have settled down..am working in a law firm as a clerk but wrapping up my law degree. I will be a father in December. Part of me wants that freedom of being a fugitive type guy again.
The pilot was amazing and each episode maintained movie quality production values. Really well written and beautifully shot with an intelligence and soul rare in television (especially nowadays)
Sci-Fi channel aired the series a while back as part of the 'Sci-Fi Collection', where they aired a number of short-lived series. It was the first time I'd seen it since it originally aired (I was in 1st grade at the time of first airing, but it stuck with me all those years). Great show, and Chris George is a hero of mine as well!
When I was in junior high school, I used to watch this program every week. It was fantastic ! About six years ago , I acquired some episodes from a collector. It was great to relive the decades old memories of a great show that should never have been cancelled !
Yep, it was another good guy traversing the country being pursued by bad guy, changing lives for the better along the way. Still, not a bad show. I wish I could still see it on the moronatron.
BartBro: THANKS for posting this. I too, like alot of posters here was in the 5th Grade when this was on way back in 1971! Fortunately, a several years ago I had the opportunity to acquire ALL of the episodes for this series on DVD from some one on EBAY! This was a FAATANNNNTISC show. I wanted to be him...and still do...
I remember this show! This was a good show. It should have stayed on the air much longer than it did. Great stunt work, as a matter of fact, the stunt man who doubled for Christopher George, is Hal Needham. He later went on to direct a lot of those Burt Reynolds, such as Smokey and the Bandit, Cannonball Run, etc. I don't understand the logic of why certain TV shows are on DVD and others are not. The Immortal isn't on DVD and Punky Brewster is?!!
Oh! This was a really interesting show starring the late Christopher George; he died suddenly of a heart attack in 1983, at the age of 54. His wife actress Lynda Day George was devastated, and did little acting after his death. So sad.
Yes, this was a wonderful show. I was about 12 when this series ran. I wish they would release it on DVD. I've read the book "The Immortals", by James Gunn which the show is based on, its even better. It would be wonderful if a movie or a new series was made more closely matching the book. Thanks for the video it brings back a lot of memories. Christopher George was awesome.
Hello Bart ! That´s great, good quatity of sound and picture, and also extra appearances. I've travelled 34 years back. It's amazing the dangerous scenes Christopher John George did.
Yes, thank you "very" much for posting this favorite of mine from Thursday nights when The Dean Martin Variety Hour was on at the same time. I remember one incident of when he was at some lunch counter listening to a medical report on the T.V. there and somebody flipped the channel on him, but the waitress turned it back to get some news, not unlike what was just seen on CBS-TV's 60-Minutes the other day of that radio-wave man and his cure for cancer by gold particles in the blood being zapped.
The Immortal was a great sci-fi show for it's time and they had the best choice to play Ben Richards. Chris George was 1 of my heros from the 60's, but ABC canceled this show after only 1 season. That sucked, but they did that alot back in the 60's and 70's like it was nothing. And the fans never saw any finales as a result. American networks were true assholes for not finishing the shows they started.
Great job on finding and posting this one. I have looked from time to time to see if anyone else remembers this great show and sure enough you did. Thanks again for the memories. I loved this show!!!!!
We had this show in France too, "L'immortel". It was cool, I can't believe some people actually remember this. When was that? Early 70s... all those TV shows, almost forgotten now.... Thank you for posting this.
Contradicciones del destino... Interpretaba un personje que era inmortal, por tener una sangre especial... Sin embargo, el verdadero Christopher tan sólo vivió 54 años, y además, fue de un ataque al corazón.
Thank you SO much for posting this. This show was so great but sadly, lasted but a season. Christopher George may be more famous for his role in the Rat Patrol but he was outstanding potraying a man on the run. This opening sequence said it all for this show. Thanks again for bringing back a great memory from the past.
I loved this show and still do! Thanks for posting. George was so good - he threw his whole body into the action scenes, just watch how he runs in that intro. Don Knight was fabulous as the evil, greedy Fletcher who would do anything to catch up with him. I know this was sort of a knock-off of "The Fugitive", would have been interesting if it were done in a more science-fiction type way.
Opening narration is by Paul Frees, also known as Disneyland's "Ghost Host" of the Haunted Mansion.
RaineStudio 2 weeks ago
Paul Frees, no one has ever had a more distinctive voice.
DrGaryGreen 4 months ago
Second to Bill Bixby's "David Banner" on The Incredible Hulk, I felt more sorry for Ben Richards predicament because that it was an old millionaire recluse after him.
H2R504 4 months ago
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sheesh, i was in first grade and for some reason i liked watching this series.
macbolan00 5 months ago
@bartbro, where can you get the DVD? Thanks.
aimeemannfan2010 6 months ago
40.00 (INCLUDES SHIPPING ) gets you all 18 shows plus the pilot on 9 discs.
bartbro 6 months ago
I'm 52, and I've never heard of this series.
kurtb8474 6 months ago
@kurtb8474 That makes sense, and it's probably why the show was canceled so soon. They didn't have a very effective way of promoting some shows. It was virtually left up to word of mouth. You were about eleven at the time so if your parents didn't have it on, or your friends talked about it, there were few ways for you to find out about it. Plus, it was a prime-time program. I was just lucky it didn't conflict with something my parents wanted to see. I wonder what was on at the same time?
gunslingrr6 3 months ago
@kurtb8474 I'm 51 and I remember it.....was cancelled too soon though.
455Transam 2 months ago
Does anyone know how to get this series on DVD?
yetianne 6 months ago
@yetianne I don't think it's available.........guy above offeredd to send you all 18 episodes for $20.00 though....which actually is ILLEGAL.
455Transam 2 months ago
@455Transam GASP!
apk1215 1 month ago
I loved this show.
Spartacus217 6 months ago
I was a little girl when this show first ran on tv. My mother loved it.
rebelrebel1721 7 months ago
This was my favorite new show that year, but they soon canceled it. Chris George was a great leading man and was very underrated. I kept expecting him to get another TV series, since he was obviously so telegenic.
odantoro 7 months ago
chris george died way too young
bobszvetics1 7 months ago
Swap 'Keith' for 'Ben' throughout the narration & it gets a lot funnier... :D
Vivamancer 8 months ago
Perhaps a little ironic then that the actor playing immortal Ben Richard died just over a decade later at the age of 52.
reiver97 8 months ago
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE IMMORTAL! That is the Highlander.
Clay3613 8 months ago
@Clay3613 i guess the idea was based in this serie and comic GILGAMESH THE INMORTAL check this..
TheEternauta666 7 months ago
I was 11 and I loved this show as well
Mkewl2006 9 months ago
"The Immortal" was ABC's very first "Movie of the Week," in the fall of 1969. Then they made it a series. It was very good. It was somewhat similar to "The Fugitive," in that Ben Richards, like Dr. Richard Kimble, was always on the run.
ftsjr 9 months ago
@ftsjr IF this was a "abc" movie of the week,how is it,that the series ran on "nbc"???.
myleftnutts 7 months ago
@myleftnutts You're mistaken. The Immortal (from the 1969-70 season) ran on ABC. You may be thinking of the Lorenzo Lamas version, from 2000.
ftsjr 7 months ago
@ftsjr Oh Man! Thanks for that. That's right, that's how I knew it was going to be a show. Great!
gunslingrr6 3 months ago
A música deste serie de televisión continúa atrapándome despois de tanto tempo. É magnífica.
suso61 10 months ago
I remember seeing the highlander, and knowing that it was a conceptual ripoff of something I couldn't quite put my finger on. No wonder I didn't remember, I was five in 1971. It was probably on after my bed time! Bummer, since everyone knows Christopher George was the man, since Rat Patrol reruns were a constant back then too.
kern0099 11 months ago
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Oh how I absolutely loved this show!!! and Christopher George!!! Thanks for the memories
rafaeladrianayolanda 1 year ago
Oh how I absolutely loved this show!!! and Christopher George!!! Thanks for the memories
rafaeladrianayolanda 1 year ago
I loved this show as a kid, but they could never remake it - they'd ruin it. They would try to make it a DARK drama or have him solve a crime every week or some other such non-sense. (But I wish someone with a real imagination could.)
Fartacus1 1 year ago
Thankyou very much,,RWB
rwb010109 1 year ago
Guy looks like he could have been Kevin Bacon's father.
daven58100 1 year ago
orson wells is narating right
speck444 1 year ago
nostalgie j adorais cette serie et je voudrais bien la revoir
TheJohnconnor44 1 year ago
Great, underrated show...and Don Knight was FABULOUS as Fletcher.
KarenHlly 1 year ago
Actually there is a man who has this type of blood or immune system. He lived in Indiana and as a child he aged slower then any other person the doctors had seen. When a family member required a blood transfusion, he was not only cured of his illness but was stronger. This person was hung as a child and didn't die. His in hiding right now. Completely true. If you know someone from Indiana, ask. Most people have heard about him.
bodyenigma 1 year ago
This was one of my favorite shows of all time. Thank you so much for sharing. :)
Bridget
scarecro9 1 year ago
+JVA+
TheRenaissancePen 1 year ago
Emmanuel - Greece
I feel a unique excitement seeing this trailer again after almost 40 years...
I was around 6 yearls old when this series was airing in my country. I feel sad for our childhood hero to have died (1983)- as I just recently learned.
emndour 1 year ago
God...I remember this show, I was only six years old when it aired on television...but I remember it well. It's amazing the things the mind recollects from very early stages in life. At six years old, I was so naive and imaginative...as to believe the Ben Richards character actually existed.
Democrat64 1 year ago
Narrator: This man has a singular advantage over other men. Ben Richards is immune to every known disease including old age. Periodic transfusions of his blood can give other men a second, a third lifetime, perhaps more.
Porgot138 1 year ago
I want those dvds. My story is the same of forico89 excet I live in Brazil. How can we do this?
paolasan 1 year ago
que sonsera de serie jajaja
edwinyoshi 1 year ago
The voice over is Paul Frees. He is THE voice of Disneyland. You can hear his "Ghost Host" in the Haunted Mansion.
mikey42 1 year ago
Paul Frees doing the intro?
VeganRestaurants 2 years ago
I have this on DVD.. I had it on tape too from the repeat they did on SCIFI with commentary from the creator. Anyhow, for people wanting to buy the DVDs just do a search with "The Immortal" Christopher George and your wishes will be granted :)
vertblip 2 years ago
Since the networks are on such a TV remake kick (Knight Rider,Bionic Woman and soon Charlie's Angels and The Rockford Files), wouldn't it make more sense to remake "brilliant but canceled" series that never got a shot at longevity? Makes more sense to update a sleeper classic than an iconic one. J.J. Abrams would have a field day with this and all the other shows on your page,bartbro! Your thoughts,fellow posters? Thanks for posting. BTW, have your tried EBay for selling your wares?
Blackwolff9 2 years ago
Looks like a cool show. I wonder why it didn't last.
Btw,is that Troy from "The Rat Patrol"?:D
IFavorFire 2 years ago
Is this series available? RWB
rwb010109 2 years ago
it is not available. if you are really interested i will send you all 18 episodes for 20.00
bartbro 2 years ago
@bartbro Can you send them to me for $20? What medium are they on? Are you in the US?
Lunarmoonbase2 1 year ago
@bartbro
I would love to get these if you still have them available.
eBusinessBroker 1 year ago
yes, it's Troy
ACQDANZAL 2 years ago
@rwb010109 no not yet i hope it will be soon a great series liked chris george died way to early
mavivirgie 1 year ago
@rwb010109 Go on isohunt or filelist or some tracker; i can provide torrent from filelist , don't pay this asshole 20 bucks
TheKaos90 1 year ago
I was perhaps the show's biggest fan at age 15. Drew comic book adaptations; recorded episodes on audio tape (all we had at the time.) Upon watching reruns on SciFi in the '90s, I realized this show wasted its potential. It could have been great science fiction (especially if the character had been older, say 1,000 years, and possessed the wisdom of the ages). Instead, it was little more than a chase show, with a few complex moments. Best thing about it: Dominic Frontiere's interior scoring.
orion1954 2 years ago
God, I had such a huge crush on Christopher George...LOL! What a smile, and I still think he is (was) one gorgeous man...:)
DefLepLvr1 2 years ago 2
I WISH THIS GREAT SERIES WAS ON DVD
mavivirgie 2 years ago 5
Cool mustang fastback in this clip. Great concept for a show, too.
jongreek 2 years ago 2
Thanks for posting. I can remember my brothers and I huddled around the tv when it would come on. We were so disapointed when it was cancelled. I wish SyFy would run some reruns like they did with the Time Tunnel.
TXMAME 2 years ago
Finally, someone commented how shows didn't finish back in the Sixties, but The Fugitive did, and this one saw some closure, too. In the last episode, Ben found his brother mentioned in the opening, who did not share the special blood. Ben stayed on the run, but at least one thread was tied up. Last scene,as I recall, was Ben walking along a beach while the camera pulls back to sea and a slow version of Frontiere's theme plays. I hope someone can put that up someday.
gilaflint 2 years ago
Also; the wonderful music for the opening (hard to imagine these days openings could ever have run so long, even for an hour show) was written by composer Dominic Frontiere, probably most prominent for his score for _The Stunt Man_. a movie with Peter O'Toole nominated for Best Picture, and his exwife, Georgia , who I believe owns(or used to) the Rams.
gilaflint 2 years ago
A few facts: This show was based on "The Immortals" by James Gunn (who's still very much alive, I'm happy to say); it was more science-fictional , and went into the future. After the ABC Movie of the Week loosely based on it was a hit,
it was turned into a series while Gunn wrote the novelization of the TV-movie someone below mentioned.
gilaflint 2 years ago
The novel this series was based upon was amazing. This series was just a chase show.
eldersprig 2 years ago
Who was the author, and was it also called "the Immortal"?
varanid9 2 years ago
"The Immortals" (plural) by James Gunn
eldersprig 2 years ago
Thanks, elder, I'll see if I can find it on amazon.
varanid9 2 years ago
Invisible en France depuis 1976 !! Une grande série TV comme on n'en fait plus.
PRINCESAPHIR 2 years ago
Woah I used to love this show.
hagirl62 2 years ago
Very good Bart! This tv serie was broadcasted in 1975, in Spain. I was 10 and I've never forgotten his music intro. I'd like to know if it is on sale on dvd...
I think not many people remember Ben Richard
forico89 2 years ago
im just glad you got the dvds. i never mailed anything to spain before.
bartbro 2 years ago
Wow, I remember this show. Cool!
alohakakahiaka 2 years ago
Christopher George's niece is Vanna White. Amaze your friends.
cosmicdingo 2 years ago
I owned, and still have, one of those cheap novelizations of this show. It was my prized posession at the time and the pages are worn out from repeated readings. Never before and never since have I looked forward to each weekly episode of a show ( just hit me in the right spot at the right age) it broke my heart when it was cancelled. Thanks for the posting and the chance to see how many others felt as I did.
xpindy 2 years ago
An old school Hugh Jackman....My favorite TV show when i was 13 years old...LOL
Ruffrob 2 years ago
i shit out of my ass...and for the longest time i thought this made me special...different. i ran from town to town, changing my name, working odd jobs here and there...then i discovered we all shit out our asses. Now I have settled down..am working in a law firm as a clerk but wrapping up my law degree. I will be a father in December. Part of me wants that freedom of being a fugitive type guy again.
Dollarbob 2 years ago
I watched the entire series on Sci-Fi. AWESOME.
The pilot was amazing and each episode maintained movie quality production values. Really well written and beautifully shot with an intelligence and soul rare in television (especially nowadays)
o82774 2 years ago
is kevin bacon the illegitimate son of christopher goerge?
rw5791 2 years ago
Why would you ask that? I guess there's a vague resemblance, but shit, Bacon was beat with an
ugly stick.
bootsiebanty 2 years ago
I remember this show. God am I old!!!
hanoc101 2 years ago
This was a great tv program. I used to watch it when I was a kid. I liked it very much. I never thought I could find it here. Thank u.
cyberami 2 years ago
Yeah, and this pilot is actually very good. I mean, they handled a subject like this as realistically as I think possible. Well done.
bootsiebanty 2 years ago
I loved this show when I was a kid. Now I can see everything wrong with it, and I still love it.
indycine 2 years ago
Ironically , Chris George died a young man, due to a heart injury he suffered while making The Rat Patrol.
cosmicdingo 2 years ago
Sci-Fi channel aired the series a while back as part of the 'Sci-Fi Collection', where they aired a number of short-lived series. It was the first time I'd seen it since it originally aired (I was in 1st grade at the time of first airing, but it stuck with me all those years). Great show, and Chris George is a hero of mine as well!
recordman64 2 years ago
When I was in junior high school, I used to watch this program every week. It was fantastic ! About six years ago , I acquired some episodes from a collector. It was great to relive the decades old memories of a great show that should never have been cancelled !
fairnorth 2 years ago
Sadly he died at 53 yrs old. Not Imortal,as this show didnt last either. i sure liked it !
mdog2700 2 years ago
i used to love this show!
pudddingnpie 2 years ago
Nobody i know remembers this. I saw every episode as a kid. ! ***** !
mdog2700 2 years ago
Ive been searching for this show for over 25 yrs. THANK YOU !
mdog2700 2 years ago
Yep, it was another good guy traversing the country being pursued by bad guy, changing lives for the better along the way. Still, not a bad show. I wish I could still see it on the moronatron.
bootsiebanty 2 years ago
BartBro: THANKS for posting this. I too, like alot of posters here was in the 5th Grade when this was on way back in 1971! Fortunately, a several years ago I had the opportunity to acquire ALL of the episodes for this series on DVD from some one on EBAY! This was a FAATANNNNTISC show. I wanted to be him...and still do...
godadameve 3 years ago
j'aimais cette serie
sirouet 3 years ago
I used to watch this show when I was a Junior at Syracuse University. It was great!!
JClore1950 3 years ago
One of my all time favorite shows but alas, didb't last long. Thank-you for posting though.
xxxxharp 3 years ago
I remember this show! This was a good show. It should have stayed on the air much longer than it did. Great stunt work, as a matter of fact, the stunt man who doubled for Christopher George, is Hal Needham. He later went on to direct a lot of those Burt Reynolds, such as Smokey and the Bandit, Cannonball Run, etc. I don't understand the logic of why certain TV shows are on DVD and others are not. The Immortal isn't on DVD and Punky Brewster is?!!
THEHUNGRYVEGETARIAN 3 years ago 2
Yeah, imagine Soleil Moon Frye in a role like this.
AllRequired 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this, was my favorite of it's time. Christopher George rules. What a great actor. The shots of him walking says it all.
sto59 3 years ago
The irony of it is Ben Richards is still out there alive and well. They can theoretically bring the character back.
GarthanSaal444 3 years ago
Problem is the way Hollywood tells stories today do we really want them too. They just don't seem to make them like this anymore.
TVwriter23 3 years ago
Oh! This was a really interesting show starring the late Christopher George; he died suddenly of a heart attack in 1983, at the age of 54. His wife actress Lynda Day George was devastated, and did little acting after his death. So sad.
jsbach15 3 years ago 2
Voice over was done by Paul Frees.
frankd1965 3 years ago
Yeah, I was gonna say:
Ben Richards or Ben Grimm? (also a Paul voice)
WrongTimeline 3 years ago
thank you for posting this!!!
visitor4400 3 years ago
Yes, this was a wonderful show. I was about 12 when this series ran. I wish they would release it on DVD. I've read the book "The Immortals", by James Gunn which the show is based on, its even better. It would be wonderful if a movie or a new series was made more closely matching the book. Thanks for the video it brings back a lot of memories. Christopher George was awesome.
befjazz 3 years ago 5
i can get you the entire immortal series for 30.00. includes shipping if you are interested
bartbro 2 years ago
Hello Bart ! That´s great, good quatity of sound and picture, and also extra appearances. I've travelled 34 years back. It's amazing the dangerous scenes Christopher John George did.
Thank you very much.
forico89 2 years ago
@bartbro Je suis intéressée par cette série, est-elle en anglais ou en français ?
philtregor 1 year ago
Yes, thank you "very" much for posting this favorite of mine from Thursday nights when The Dean Martin Variety Hour was on at the same time. I remember one incident of when he was at some lunch counter listening to a medical report on the T.V. there and somebody flipped the channel on him, but the waitress turned it back to get some news, not unlike what was just seen on CBS-TV's 60-Minutes the other day of that radio-wave man and his cure for cancer by gold particles in the blood being zapped.
MrTideman 3 years ago 2
The Immortal was a great sci-fi show for it's time and they had the best choice to play Ben Richards. Chris George was 1 of my heros from the 60's, but ABC canceled this show after only 1 season. That sucked, but they did that alot back in the 60's and 70's like it was nothing. And the fans never saw any finales as a result. American networks were true assholes for not finishing the shows they started.
sigzor85 3 years ago 2
"American networks were true assholes."
...they still are!
You are right though, this was an awesome show.
SkedBoard 3 years ago
Thanks and you're right, they are still assholes!
sigzor85 3 years ago
Wow, this brings back such great memories!!!
Thanx for posting!
doomer79 3 years ago
We've been memoring this TV serial for a long time !!! great !! thx !!
rockvoisins 3 years ago
Qué bueno! ya tenía ganas de ver algo de aquella serie. Como nos gustaba!
decibelio10 3 years ago
i do not know spanish. i hope you liked it!
bartbro 3 years ago
Great job on finding and posting this one. I have looked from time to time to see if anyone else remembers this great show and sure enough you did. Thanks again for the memories. I loved this show!!!!!
windridr66 3 years ago
We had this show in France too, "L'immortel". It was cool, I can't believe some people actually remember this. When was that? Early 70s... all those TV shows, almost forgotten now.... Thank you for posting this.
Onaryc59 3 years ago 2
Thanks for those kind words. I am trying to post opening credits for forgotten shows. Check videos i post from time yo time. I am the bartbro channel
bartbro 3 years ago
Increible, creía que nadie se acordaba de esta serie.
Gracias por colgar la intro.
No es que fuese demasiado buena, pero ncuando diga que existíó,no quedaré como un loco
CHUPOGOTOS 3 years ago
I would love to see this awesome series out on DVD! Thanks for the memories bartbro! This program was a true classic!
SkedBoard 3 years ago
Contradicciones del destino... Interpretaba un personje que era inmortal, por tener una sangre especial... Sin embargo, el verdadero Christopher tan sólo vivió 54 años, y además, fue de un ataque al corazón.
Vacceo1 3 years ago
Thanks for posting. Loved this show and seeing the intro brings back great memories. Would love to buy on DVD.
calzephyr56 3 years ago
Bartbro,
Thank you SO much for posting this. This show was so great but sadly, lasted but a season. Christopher George may be more famous for his role in the Rat Patrol but he was outstanding potraying a man on the run. This opening sequence said it all for this show. Thanks again for bringing back a great memory from the past.
bobhash 3 years ago
I loved this show and still do! Thanks for posting. George was so good - he threw his whole body into the action scenes, just watch how he runs in that intro. Don Knight was fabulous as the evil, greedy Fletcher who would do anything to catch up with him. I know this was sort of a knock-off of "The Fugitive", would have been interesting if it were done in a more science-fiction type way.
vertblip 3 years ago
I loved that show in 5th grade! Thanks!
curlys8up 3 years ago
Chris,
You played this role very well, and me and my 1970 grade school chums used to talk about the show the next day. How about a movie adaptation??
posthastey 3 years ago