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“My next number requires a great deal of turgid tropical atmosphere”, Noel Coward informs us before breaking into “Nina” on this 1955 TV broadcast. That’s quite a racy number for 1955! Here are a few excerpts:

She said that frankly she was blinded

To all that over-advertised romantic charm.

And then she got more bloody-minded

And told them where to put their tropic palms!

She said “I hate to be pedantic but I’m driven nearly frantic

When I see that unromantic, sycophantic lot of sluts

Forever wriggling their guts.

It drives me absolutely nuts.”

Noel Coward sings “Nina” - October 22, 1955 (by ohbutyes)

Jonathan Harris recalls his weird casting experience

Jonathan Harris describes his oddball casting experience with Irwin Allen for Lost In Space.

And it was very strange. It was the wildest way to get a job that I’d ever experienced. He said, “Do you wanna be in the series?” And I said, “Well, I don’t know. I haven’t read a script.” Allen said, “Somebody get him a script!” Somebody did. And I had a script. Very weird.

And then he said, “You know, we did a pilot and you weren’t in it!” I said, “And…?” He said, “Now you’re in it!” I said, “Oh.” Very, very peculiar. It all comes back to me now with a kind of horror. Then he turned to the casting man, who was also in the office and he said, “Sign him up! And don’t pay him too much money.” I quickly changed that, you may be sure.

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The Good Guys: Common Enemies

Jack:
Lieutenant, I just want to say that receiving this case... it's an honor. Thank you so much and I will not... we will not fail.

Dan:
I might fail ya; it's too early to tell.

Jack:
No, we won't fail.

Dan:
I feel like we're failing already

Running Wilde (again)

Fa'ad:
And, of course, you'll be traveling with your family... Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot that your family has little regard for you.

Steve:
Oh, they care about me. They just choose not to show it with words or actions.

Running Wilde

Fa’ad: Oh, Steve, you have a better chance of romance with me, in the back of this Escalade, than you do of getting that woman to go on a trip with you.
Steve: …just so much baggage…
Fa’ad: We could move it…….. 

“Julius, the relationship between a detective and a snitch is a sacred bond. Now, when you don’t return my calls, you make me chase you out of parking garages… you violate that sacred bond.”

Detective Dan Stark, The Good Guys: $3.52