This is great stuff. The first ever green hornet show I've ever watched in my life. What a nice story, succinct, 25 min of escapism. It is very telling of the 1960s, everyone is "proper", properly dressed, properly behaved . What a nice time the 60s must have been , at least in theory.
I Saw The Green Hornet TV Series When It Was A Currently Shown on TV Way Back in 1966-67, And It's Very True, The Green Hornet Should've Been A Regular TV Series A Lot Longer Than It Was.
sadly the ratings/viewerships werent there for them to continue the show... even batman after several seasons came to an end due to low ratings/viewers.
@@lloydkline6946 There is a 1966 Batman Movie made for the theater with Adam West and Burt Ward. There are two movies made of Green Hornet which are episodes edited together.
I could really see that the relationship between Reid and Scanlon could get strained. I'm sure if there was a second season, that would have been on the cards for character exploration. Reid as Hornet, kept pushing the envelope, eventually a boundary would have been breached. Such a great show. It has a great tone to it.
Watching this episode, just realized the blonde is none other than Susan Flannery, who went on to win Daytime Emmys for her portrayal of matriarch Stephanie Forrester on the CBS soap "The Bold and the Beautiful", Van Williams was such a hottie back in the day and Bruce Lee, enough said..
Always loved the two kicks from Kato at 23:18 to finish off those guys who tried to get up, then makes that little gesture with his hands as if to say, "No big deal".
I enjoyed all these shows when they first ran and still enjoy watching them. I don't know about others but I always could hardly wait till Kato started to kick some ass. Al Hirt's fingers were really flying doing the theme song.
this probably is one of the best episodes, good plot the hornet figures out where the princess is be held captive, in inside the mansion. But I really love the scene where the hornet and kato take over the diplomats car at 9:38 , and that great billy may jazz music is playing in the scene as green hornet and kato kicks ass! beautiful!
Compared to this show, Batman was more like a cartoon for 5-year olds. 🤣 The Green Hornet was just way too ahead of it’s time. - I’d bet if someone was to re-boot this series, it will be on for several seasons today. It Is the 1st show that I remember seeing a drone flying in the sky, but TGH called it a scanner.
Yes. I admire the producers for not going the campy Batman route with The Green Hornet. It didn't pay off as far as the ratings are concerned but it was a good decision.
Every episode have copyright claim, but as long as I don't monetize my channel, they can be kept here. Nowadays you can't even publish such videos though.
I really wish that people that post regarding the Green Hornet would stop comparing it to Batman. It's like comparing apples to oranges, they are different shows. One isn't better than the other, although you may like one more than the other. GH is my second favorite show of all-time, I like everything about. I also enjoy Batman, especially the first season. I do think that due to the no nonsense way that the Green Hornet was played it has aged better than Batman. Van Williams was really good as Britt Reid and nothing needs to be said about Bruce Lee. It's all been said.
I love them both. The problem for people looking back at the Batman series is they likely don't understand that the show was a direct reflection of the comics of the time so the campiness was a direct result of that. Adam West could well have played a darker and grittier Batman but he played it the way it was written. GH never changed tone so it was written more like crime noir. To this day both series are iconic. If it hadn't been for Adam West and the phenomenal popularity of the series the comics may well have ended in the late 60's. For this reason he will always be the true Batman. Van Williams was a real life hero long after he hung up his fedora and mask as an auxiliary sheriff's deputy.
The background music in the wine cellar sequence is the same played in "Bad bet on a 459-SILENT." And GH is a very capable fighter, a 4-to-1 proportion and he hold his own as long as he could.
Indeed! I`ve been binge watching the whole series and of yet the only two times the Hornet didn`t flat out got the better of someone was in two 4-1 scenes. This one here and another in the 13th ep in a private airport. Both have one thing in common too, they happened in a enclosed space. Outside of this he also got shot by that policeman in another ep. Kato was knocked down by a surprise shot in "Green Hornet and The Firefly" but outside of that he`s never been in danger either. Still need to see the rest but that`s quite the resume. Kickass show, great sound design and asthetics.
wish it wasn't so dark in all the fight scenes so you can see the action. Also I've noticed in all the episodes where the Green Hornet zooms around the corner in his black car, there's always that one guy on the sidewalk in a tan overcoat who looks back at them as they drive by. Same scene used in all the episodes.
They purposely didn't give Bruce Lee that much screen time and it clearly hard to see him in action there not enough lighting, only for the green hornet but not kato
This was an outstanding well acted episode! I can only with the other comments below and question as to why this series was canceled after just one season? I only wish I could own one of these big cars today. Unfortunately I don’t have a large enough garage and today’s gas prices would bankrupt me! In the meantime I will continue to enjoy viewing other episodes. Thanks for posting!
@@johncapunay7419 I waited decades for them to do a Green Hornet movie and Seth Rogen made sure it will be many more decades before they ever attempt one again. He totally ruined any chance of them creating a franchise. He took one of my favorite heroic duos and totally screwed them up. I can't stand the guy. He spit on the characters, especially The Green Hornet and didn't show the proper respect for the fans who wanted to see a good adaptation of the characters.
Various comments about the series being too dark often is understandable. I feel the same. But my research reveals that the Green Hornet usually went out at night, as the night cover was needed being a notorious criminal to most people. So they filmed during the day with filters, also to show the black beauty's green headlights, so I guess they had a problem and that's how they solved it. I suspect it was one reason why the show wasn't renewed; too dark for the kids and adults to see. It's a shame when we can't always really see Bruce's realistic gung fu due to the dark, especially as he used a lot Wing Chun rapid punches and kicks, a style I studied myself, so I recognise it. Still, it's a great show despite this drawback. I love Bruce's last kicks in the final scene of this episode with the Prince looking on amusingly. A little look from Bruce to top it off.
too, bad the green hornet's show didn't for only one season,it was action pack,green hornet ,Kato, and black beauty car were off the chain!but unlike Batman's show it Boland,they didn't get knock by bad guy ,that us suspend, no romantic scene ,and stinger gun could be better.
okay, a silly question. britt breaks the window and helps janet flee at 21:35. why doesn’t he grab a cask and jump through it after her instead of taking on impossible odds by turning back to fight the bad guys? at 22:22, how come the guy who says, “now, mr. hornet, we’ll see who you _really_ are!” has no accent? it seems very unlikely that the consulate would hire some local hoodlums for guard duty! overall, this is one of the better episodes of the series i m o.
Esse seriado é curto desde que lançaram o filme do besouro verde É uma pena que não teve 2 segunda temporada se não Bruce Lee estaria vivo ainda com carro beleza Negra.😉
Green Hornet was actually better than the Batman show. At least in this one the crime they took on was more serious and nobody was magically brought back to life with a utility belt! After I saw this episode i once wrote a Mario story based on this episode. Give me a buzz of you want details.
The shows were very different: Batman (then) was almost a live-action cartoon; Green Hornet was pulp-y noir-flavored action. Batman dealt with cartoonish villains (except Gorshin's Riddler, who was great), GH went up again "regular" criminals and mobsters. But yeah, GH deserved at LEAST one more season!
Bad day-for-night shooting. Dark filters were placed over the camera lenses, rather than filming at night. It looks crazy when they splice in the stock footage shots of the Black Beauty driving at (real) night. Just pretend it's night time ...
This show says a lot about publishers and prosecutors. One is far too willing to break the law and the other is far too willing to look the other way. LOL
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okay, a silly question. britt breaks the window and helps janet flee at 21:35. why doesn’t he grab a cask and jump through it after her instead of taking on impossible odds by turning back to fight the bad guys? at 22:22, how come the guy who says, “now, mr. hornet, we’ll see who you _really_ are!” has no accent? it seems very unlikely that the consulate would hire some local hoodlums for guard duty! overall, this is one of the better episodes of the series i m o.
