THE WILD WILD WEST 🌟 THEN AND NOW 2020

you [Music] in 1960s Hollywood few genres were bigger than westerns and spy adventures James Bond and Clint Eastwood were the epitome of cool and manhood so it was inevitable that someone would think to combine the two the wild wild west can trace its origins back to bond the show's creator Michael garrison was half of the idea that purchased the film rights to implements first Bond novel Casino Royale way back in 1954 they paid $600 a decade later garrison pitched the concept of James Bond on horseback to CBS and to West James West secret agent for President Ulysses Grant in combining Cowboys with spy Phi the show also pioneered the steampunk genre with its mid 19th century gadgets the wild wild west ran for four seasons from 1965 to 1969 and only mad its and after Congress pressured networks to turn down violence on television still you can't keep a good man down Jim West had returned again and again over the decades as always you're watching how they changed and here are some things you might not know about the wild wild west the wild wild west told the story of two Secret Service agents the fearless and handsome James West played by Robert Conrad and Artemus Gordon played by Ross Martin a brilliant gadget here and master of disguise their mission was to protect President Ulysses Grant and the United States from all manner of dangerous fads the engines traveled in luxury aboard their own train the wound ray equipped with everything from a stable car to laboratory James West had served as an intelligence and cavalry officer in the American Civil War 1861-1865 on grants staff his cover at least in the pilot episode is that of a dandy a high roller from the east thereafter however there is no pretense and his reputation as the former Secret Service agent often precedes him according to the TV movies West retires from the service by 1880 and lives on a ranch in Mexico Gordon who was a captain in the Civil War returns to show business when he retires as the head of a traveling Shakespeare players truth the show incorporated classic Western elements with an espionage thriller science fiction alternate history ideas in a similar vein to what would later be called a steampunk in one case horror the night of the man-eating house and plenty of humor in the tradition of James Bond there were always beautiful women clever gadgets and delusional arch enemies with half insane plots to take over the country or the world the title of each episode begins with the night except for the first season episode night of the casual killer which emitted the definite article lead this followed other idiosyncratic naming conventions established by shows such as rule hide where each episode title began with incident at or incident off and the Man From UNCLE where episodes were titled the blank affair Robert Conrad was born Conrad Hoch and changed his name to hide panet was the perfect man to play James West the Northwestern University grad had a fascinating background T warned Conrad Robert Faulk he eloped at the age of 17 in 1952 and the legend goes that the couple lived under the name mr. and mrs. Robert Conrad to avoid the detection of their parents Conrad released pop records as Bob Conrad in the 1950s on sixties the dreamy actor pursued a side career as a pop singer byebye baby barely managed to bother the bottom of the Billboard charts peaking at number 113 in Mexico he releases the record under the moniker term Lopaka which was the name of his character on Hawaiian I conrad loved doing his own stunts the star was always ready for a fake fight in the book a sci-fi swarm and horror hold interviews with 62 filmmakers series stuntman and stunt coordinator whitey he's fondly recalls Conrad's zeal for fisticuffs Bob's favorite expression was get him up whitey get him up put the needle in them meaning gathers tons moans adrenaline going however his seriously injured himself while filming the season 4 episode night of the fugitives Conrad fell it doesn't feet and landed on his head The Stand Court for the star to dive from the top of a saloon staircase catch a chandelier and swing a vicious cake into one unfortunate guy Conrad lost his grip from the chandelier and conked his head rather severely he was rushed to the hospital unfortunately start coordinator whitey Hughes was off filming a commercial that day Conrad was almost the star of I dream of Janine and the a-team the wild wild west was just one of many leaden rows for Conrad who also headlined series such as Black Sheep squadron and the aforementioned Hawaiian eye however his resume could have been drastically different he was one of the finalists up for the role of austere nog captain Tony Nelson on a dream of Jenin which eventually went to Larry Hagman and he reportedly turned down the role of Hannibal on the a-team Conrad's height influenced the casting of the show though Conrad stands at 5 feet 8 inches CBS claimed its young star was 5 feet and 10 inches the actor were lifts in his shoes to compensate additionally the network asked casting agents to only hire women and five feet six inches for the show we always put Barbie in the foreground and the other actors in the background CBS exact Ethel Winant once explained there was a made-for-tv movie sequel in 1980 a decade after riding off into the sunset Conrad and co-star Ross Martin returned for more wild wild west which also featured Jonathan winters Harry Morgan Jack LaLanne and Joyce brothers the small screen flip might have led to the revival series Alice Martin passed away in 1981 Ross Martin had a heart attack during production the men who played our team as garden least nine episodes in 1968 after suffering a heart attack the actor was temporarily replaced by familiar new TV faces like William Schallert and Alan Hale jr. the show was originally called the Wild West and they also considered the Wild West West early in production the pilot was called the Wild West playing off the character's name the Wild West West was also up for consideration and thankfully scrapped but it's just confusing Richard Pryor's first screen credit is plain a ventriloquist on the show the groundbreaking stand-up comic appears in the night of the Centrex the season 2 premiere and first episode broadcast in color Pryor plays Villa a creepy ventriloquist however it was Ross Martin who provided the voice of the dummy Giulio Conrad accepted the Razzie Awards on behalf of the 1999 wild wild west remake the less said about the 1999 movie reboot the better even Will Smith recently expressed regret for the blockbuster that featured Calvin Klein in drag and a giant mechanical spider the Barry Sonnenfeld film won five races the anti Oscars given each year to Hollywood turkish conrad attended the ceremony and accepted the awards to demonstrate his objections to the remake the program's ratings were never gone wild wild west was cancelled with a 33 share far too high to explain cancellation it won its friday night spot the entire time it was on the air the public explanation for cancellation was the violent content which is believable when one looks at the public backlash against televised violence at the time probably due to the Vietnam War being televised everyday some episodes were considered violent for their time and that rather than low ratings ultimately was the series his downfall in addition to gunplay there were usually t fight sequences per episode these were choreographed by whitey Hughes and Conrad and performed by Conrad and the stock company of stuntmen including red West dick Kenji and Bob Heron who doubled for Ross Martin and that's all for now don't forget to leave a like subscribe and share this video with fans take care

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Length: 10min 20sec (620 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 19 2020