On Dec 14, 11:24 am, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been catching some of the shows on the Retro channel and two > stand out for their laughably poor portrayal of overseas locations. > "I Spy" actually does a better job of the two. They seem to have a > simple formula: Shoot a lot at night, or make it look like night, so > viewers don't get a good view of the surroundings. Robert Culp was > running around in one episode in what's supposed to be a southeast > Asia jungle but it reminded me a lot of that park I used to drive by > on Los Feliz on my way from the Burbank airport to my friend's West > Hollywood home. > I don't know what it looked like on 1960s TV screens, but one episode > showed Cosby and Culp at a Tet parade. They did an especially poor job > of blending stock New Year's footage on a street with what was > obviously a group of people sitting on a stage in Burbank or Studio > City or some place like that. It just stuck out on my high def screen.
That's surprising, considering that "I Spy" always made a big deal that Cosby and Culp did a lot of overseas shooting. In fact, I always thought the show was shot entirely on location and seem to remember the credit "The producers thank the National Broadcasting Company's Far East News Bureau for their cooperation in the production of this program." -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
