Maverick
Posted: May 15th, 2013, 7:09 pm
I hope it is okay to start a new thread. I searched and could not find one.
I have just been watching the new DVD's of the second season of Maverick and wondered if anyone else had seen them. Season one was pretty good but the second season was really brilliant. Its amazing despite not very good production values, (indoor sets and stock footage) just how well the series stands up. James Garner was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good as Maverick, getting away with mugging for the camera. ( Not as much as Magnum but pretty good). The stories are funny, some with a really good shock to them. One I watched last night was based on a Richard Sheridan play ( and stared a young Roger Moore who was either not as tall as he looked in James Bond or James Garner really was alot taller than I realised). Very funny episode with Bret exchanging identities with a rich young man who wanted to be loved for himself and not money, while all Bret wanted to do was use the fancy name to gamble at an exclusive casino ( which of course didn't happen). There was also an unusual episode which had Bogart look alike Gerald Mohr in something that was a cross between Gilda and Casablanca.
Another laugh out loud episode was a spoof on Gunsmoke with Marshall Mort Dooley, and assorted lame deputies, old doctors and female saloon keepers who all owned percentage in the saloon, but the percentages never quite added up to 100% . Miss Amy/(Kitty's only lines were to tell Mort to be careful. Maverick defeats Marshall Mort in a gunfight by the simple expedient of staying out of shooting range. Love the way Maverick often wins by calling out the western myths. Bart and Bret have a very funny relationship,loving brothers who take each other out. Bret and Bart are playing cards on a train. Roger Moore leans over to tell Bret that Bart is cheating. Bret replies " Of course he is, he's dealing". And of course there is the famous episode where Bret does nothing but sitting on the porch saying he is working on getting even with the bad guy while Bart does all the running around.
Lots o of pappyisms. I might have to watch it again just to list them all. Fun villains and conmen turning up all over the place. I think Dandy Jim (Efram Zimbalist) is my favourite but Gentleman Jack ( Richard Long) is pretty good too. Clint Eastward is a villain on one episode.
When you remember old series as great you often get disappointed when you see them again. Not Maverick. It really is as good as I remember it.
dee
I have just been watching the new DVD's of the second season of Maverick and wondered if anyone else had seen them. Season one was pretty good but the second season was really brilliant. Its amazing despite not very good production values, (indoor sets and stock footage) just how well the series stands up. James Garner was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good as Maverick, getting away with mugging for the camera. ( Not as much as Magnum but pretty good). The stories are funny, some with a really good shock to them. One I watched last night was based on a Richard Sheridan play ( and stared a young Roger Moore who was either not as tall as he looked in James Bond or James Garner really was alot taller than I realised). Very funny episode with Bret exchanging identities with a rich young man who wanted to be loved for himself and not money, while all Bret wanted to do was use the fancy name to gamble at an exclusive casino ( which of course didn't happen). There was also an unusual episode which had Bogart look alike Gerald Mohr in something that was a cross between Gilda and Casablanca.
Another laugh out loud episode was a spoof on Gunsmoke with Marshall Mort Dooley, and assorted lame deputies, old doctors and female saloon keepers who all owned percentage in the saloon, but the percentages never quite added up to 100% . Miss Amy/(Kitty's only lines were to tell Mort to be careful. Maverick defeats Marshall Mort in a gunfight by the simple expedient of staying out of shooting range. Love the way Maverick often wins by calling out the western myths. Bart and Bret have a very funny relationship,loving brothers who take each other out. Bret and Bart are playing cards on a train. Roger Moore leans over to tell Bret that Bart is cheating. Bret replies " Of course he is, he's dealing". And of course there is the famous episode where Bret does nothing but sitting on the porch saying he is working on getting even with the bad guy while Bart does all the running around.
Lots o of pappyisms. I might have to watch it again just to list them all. Fun villains and conmen turning up all over the place. I think Dandy Jim (Efram Zimbalist) is my favourite but Gentleman Jack ( Richard Long) is pretty good too. Clint Eastward is a villain on one episode.
When you remember old series as great you often get disappointed when you see them again. Not Maverick. It really is as good as I remember it.
dee