--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "jacquesdebierue"
<jacquesdebierue@...> wrote:
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Vorzimmer
<jvorzimmer@>
wrote:
> >
> > To a certain extent, but with similar
characters like Peter Gunn's
> Wilbur, they definitely border on
caricature.
> >
> > A&E had started releasing Peter Gunn on
DVD, but seem to have
> abandoned the idea of any more volumes.
> >
>
> My impression is that television scriptwriting has
improved
enormously
> since those days. It may seem paradoxical to say
this of the
> quintessential trash medium, but from a technical
point of view, it
> seems clear to me, quite independently of the types
of stories.
>
> Best,
>
> mrt
I agree with this. There were certainly some great scripts
written in the 1950s and 1960s--Playhouse 90, Alfred
Hitchcock Presents are two that come to mind that often
featured excellent writing. But the overall quality of the
medium is definitely higher today. Of couse, back then there
were three networks and only three choices. It's amazing some
of the plot holes that appear in the old detective shows that
writers didn't bother to paper over because they didn't have
to.
Don't get me wrong, I am a sucker for nostalgia and not
overly demanding of authenticity or production values as
witness the batch of B-westerns I've purchased recently. Some
things are just fun. You bet-chum Red Ryder!
Richard Moore
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