The Green Hornet actually wasn't cancelled. Producer William Dozer said it was cheaper to make an hour action show than a half-hour and told ABC he wanted to do an hour show the following season. ABC said they had room on their schedule for only a half-hour, so Dozer stopped production.
Does anyone know if the narrator is Dick Stockton, the guy who did the play by play for CBS when they carried the NBA in the 80's? He sure sounds like him.
The 60's had some great TV and it was a great time to be alive with all the cool toys kids had and all the social change going on. Dick Van Dyke -great show. Andy Griffith show - great! Fireball XL5 - great! Warner Bros. cartoons - Great. Green Hornet - sucked! So did the Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, I Dream of Genie and especially Gilligan's Island. I agree that even the Green Hornet is better than the shit on TV today!
@blabblab1212 What you probably did'nt know was that the toy manufacturers by the '70's got Congress to keep the FCC from regulating children's programming. So you started getting programs being driven by the toys rather the other way around. A
good book to read is "Four Arguments for the Elimination Of Television" by Jerry Mander.
This stuff was great, I was just a kid then & I still like shows like this. Hey it's better than some of this crap you see today, I guess you had to be from that time
@spider9137 Hardly "lame." This was 1969 for gosh sake. Even with only three networks production costs were keep down. The whole season of "Star Trek" probably cost less than one episode of "Battlestar Galactica." This was "hip" and "with it" for the time.
Tell me one new show today that has this memorable an opening.
Eh ... I like the theme music. " ... and their rolling arsenal, the Black Beauty" is probably one of the greatest lines ever written for the opening narration of a show. But I never liked the selection of scenes. Couldn't they have chosen a better shot of the Green Hornet? A photo of Kato attacking someone, as opposed to a melee? And you can't see the Black Beauty except for the headlights, the grill and a puff of smoke. Wende Wagner didn't keep that hairstyle for long, either.
@spider9137 I agree with you. The "scenes" they used were probably from the earliest episodes. Most of the time the "action" in an opening is from the first show or two. As for hairstyles, I don't blame Wende. I couldn't maintain that style for long either. Of course today she would be a little stronger. But back then all the girls were just window dressing.
Unlike the High Budget crap .i.e..every reality show, teen shows, Ameircan Idol, and sick cartoons like family guy, robot chicken etc,. that is being peddled to the masses today, correct?
The Green Hornet actually wasn't cancelled. Producer William Dozer said it was cheaper to make an hour action show than a half-hour and told ABC he wanted to do an hour show the following season. ABC said they had room on their schedule for only a half-hour, so Dozer stopped production.
keithw54 1 week ago
" ... and their rolling arsenal, the Balck Beauty ..."
One of the greatest lines in television history.
spider9137 2 weeks ago
@spider9137
oops ... Black Beauty ...
spider9137 2 weeks ago
@mvp822 thanks, that buged me for quite awhile.
BRUCE0591 9 months ago
Does anyone know if the narrator is Dick Stockton, the guy who did the play by play for CBS when they carried the NBA in the 80's? He sure sounds like him.
BRUCE0591 10 months ago
@BRUCE0591 No. The narrator for "The Green Hornet" was producer William Dozier, who also narrated the "Batman" TV series in the 1960s.
mvp822 9 months ago
@BRUCE0591 No.
I believe it was producer William Dozier, who also narrated "Batman".
altfactor 8 months ago
tha music's awesome(only the music)
gabriele399 1 year ago
Al Hirt's horn really kicks.
tubefluid 1 year ago 2
The 60's had some great TV and it was a great time to be alive with all the cool toys kids had and all the social change going on. Dick Van Dyke -great show. Andy Griffith show - great! Fireball XL5 - great! Warner Bros. cartoons - Great. Green Hornet - sucked! So did the Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, I Dream of Genie and especially Gilligan's Island. I agree that even the Green Hornet is better than the shit on TV today!
blabblab1212 1 year ago
@blabblab1212 What you probably did'nt know was that the toy manufacturers by the '70's got Congress to keep the FCC from regulating children's programming. So you started getting programs being driven by the toys rather the other way around. A
good book to read is "Four Arguments for the Elimination Of Television" by Jerry Mander.
DAngelo136 1 year ago
Find the clear theme in the Kill Bill soundtrack guys.
GrettelsObsession 1 year ago 9
The Kato show, hell yeah!
GrettelsObsession 1 year ago 2
It brings lots of memories. I watched that show when I was a kid.
Soulthinker2007 1 year ago
think of the lung power Al hurt had to play the theme.
delbard1 2 years ago
This stuff was great, I was just a kid then & I still like shows like this. Hey it's better than some of this crap you see today, I guess you had to be from that time
chocolate9875 2 years ago
The way they pawned this low budget crap off on the masses is a crying shame.
blabblab1212 2 years ago
you fool. this show was great and better then any shit thats on TV nowdays which is crap.
burtonrules123 1 year ago
@blabblab1212
The opening titles are lame ... but the show was definitely not low-budget.
spider9137 1 year ago
@spider9137 Hardly "lame." This was 1969 for gosh sake. Even with only three networks production costs were keep down. The whole season of "Star Trek" probably cost less than one episode of "Battlestar Galactica." This was "hip" and "with it" for the time.
Tell me one new show today that has this memorable an opening.
Laceykat66 10 months ago
@Laceykat66
Eh ... I like the theme music. " ... and their rolling arsenal, the Black Beauty" is probably one of the greatest lines ever written for the opening narration of a show. But I never liked the selection of scenes. Couldn't they have chosen a better shot of the Green Hornet? A photo of Kato attacking someone, as opposed to a melee? And you can't see the Black Beauty except for the headlights, the grill and a puff of smoke. Wende Wagner didn't keep that hairstyle for long, either.
spider9137 10 months ago
@spider9137 I agree with you. The "scenes" they used were probably from the earliest episodes. Most of the time the "action" in an opening is from the first show or two. As for hairstyles, I don't blame Wende. I couldn't maintain that style for long either. Of course today she would be a little stronger. But back then all the girls were just window dressing.
Laceykat66 10 months ago
@Laceykat66 It was actually 1966...
vinylrecord68 6 months ago
@vinylrecord68 Yea, I knew that. Don't know where I got 1969. Maybe too much hairspray that day.
Thanks.
Laceykat66 6 months ago
Great 60s tune
varanid9 2 years ago
Unlike the High Budget crap .i.e..every reality show, teen shows, Ameircan Idol, and sick cartoons like family guy, robot chicken etc,. that is being peddled to the masses today, correct?
SgtRock57 2 years ago 2
@SgtRock57 Well put.I agree.
doglips1958 2 years ago
@SgtRock57 you are correct, this is back when kids could watch TV without being offended.
burtonrules123 1 year ago
bruce lee rocks!
misyelnald 3 years ago 19