fromthesidelines Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - "Captain Video" was originally played by Richard Coogan (as in the first episode from 1949); Al Hodge succeeded him in early 1951 (which was when the second episode aired). To pad out time, they would observe their "Western agents" on Earth, via a monitor (in excerpts from old Westerns!).
triplehdx12 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - PLEASE DON'T READ THIS you will die in seven days if you don't post this comment on 10 videos in the next hour. if you do, tomorrow will be the best day of your life
RxJohnTNT Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Ed Norton was a video ranger then Jackie Gleason broke his space helmet and bang zoom he sent Alice to the moon
eurohetero Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - videtheword video exist in 1949 ? im verry impress
Buckpenn Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Finally a full episode of Captain Video; make it two for the price of one. I would have liked to see the follow up episode of the first and second episodes in this video.
pilswadge Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - this is greatmy great grandfather was permes lykosi was wondering if you had any episodes with permes lykos on it
rufusminnie Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - The word "video" is latin for "I see". It's an old word. Look in the merriam-webster's collegiate dictionary It gives the etymology of words. This is your vocabulary lessonn for today!! Have fun!
rufusminnie Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - By the way - that theme music is overture to Wagner's "Flying Dutchman", a very dramatic piece of opera.
cajunhornet60 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Outstanding!!!
MysteryTrainParker Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - I remember in one of these episodes they were fighting and the video ranger had long hair, the next day when it was continued he had a crew cut. amazing live TV.
HighCalm Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - LOL! Typical youtube speak: "Me tham altho bery impwethed"
Yourdeadmeat69 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - I hate to say this, but, kinescopes of these shows may never be found. Some have, some keep showing up after a few nuts like myself (but not me) have done due diligence. The habit was to rerecord over the shows to save money. Maybe somewhere some local station has these kinescopes, pictures taken directly from the tvtube.I hope so. It is like trying to find the lost spider sequence in King Kong 1933. We know it exists, but, where?
Yourdeadmeat69 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Al Hodge was Radio's Green Hornet. He came to an ignoble end in real life, but if he knew his legacy with us boomers, he'd be proud.Compared to Holdrun, who frequently forgot his lines, ad libbed badly, and fell over the furniture, he was Lawrence Olivier.
iLoveClassicTV Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - It's a shame so little DuMont Programing still exists. The wife of Ernie Kovacs said in a investigation that the DuMont Network's archive was dumped into upper new york bay during the 70's, Probably by either ABC or Metromedia. A few DuMont programs have some surviving episodes, (Amazingly, over 70 episodes exist of "The Morey Amsterdam Show" which lasted 18 months), But most DuMont shows have no surviving episodes.
143AC Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - dear From The Sidelines,Mr.Fred Scott went onto be a cartoon show hostand the second and last mc on"Just For Fun"on Ch.5
straker2 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Wow, these are trainwrecks of Ed Wood proportions, but they must've been hugely exciting to the imaginations of youngsters back in the day. Ten out of ten for getting it out there.Ade.
straker2 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Only 4 Captain Video eps are in wide circulation, though upto a dozen more are supposed to be with private collectors. Not all eps were kinescoped and most of those that were (and most other Dumont shows) were rendered down for their silver content after the demise of that network.
straker2 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Richard Coogan feared typecasting and was replaced by Al Hodge, in a walk on/walk off scene where he tells the Video Ranger that he was going on a dangerous mission from which he may never return, so here's the new Captian Video.
straker2 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Coogan went onto a successful theatrical career but Hodge was sadly typecast. In a too familiar Hollywood story, he went into a downward spiral of failed marriages, alcoholism and poverty, dying in a rented room in the early 70's reputedly surrounded by Captain Video merchandise.
jrmn212 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - This is very rare.
fromthesidelines Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - One of the DuMont's network's most famous [and low-budget] series, usually appearing at 7pm(et), five nights a week, in a 30 {and later 15} minute serialized format {Fred Scott was their long-time narrator/announcer}. It first appeared in 1949, and went off the network in April 1955.