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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 23, 2009 0:38:05 GMT -8
Gordon Jones ... Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
Wade Boteler ... Michael Axford
Anne Nagel ... Lenore "Casey" Case
Keye Luke ... Kato
Phillip Trent ... Jasper Jenks
Cy Kendall ... Curtis Monroe
Stanley Andrews ... Police Commissioner [Chs. 1, 5, 9, 13]
Selmer Jackson ... District Attorney [Chs. 4, 10]
Joseph Crehan ... Judge Stanton [Chs. 1, 9, 10, 13]
Walter McGrail ... Henchman Dean
Gene Rizzi ... Henchman Corey
John Kelly ... Henchman Pete Hawks
Eddie Dunn ... D.H. Sligby [Ch. 7]
Edward Earle ... Felix Grant, Attorney [Ch. 1]
Ben Taggart ... Phil Bartlett [Chs. 3-4]
1. The Tunnel of Terror
2. The Thundering Terror
3. Flying Coffins
4. Pillar of Flame
5. The Time Bomb
6. Highways of Peril
7. Bridge of Disaster
8. Dead or alive
9. The Hornet Trapped
10. Bullets and Ballots
11. Disaster Rides the Rails
12. Panic in the Zoo
13. Doom of the Underworld
this should be fun!
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Post by Shonokin on Jan 23, 2009 16:24:14 GMT -8
Good timing. I've got the DVD and hope to start in on it this weekend.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 24, 2009 17:54:53 GMT -8
Kato (a Korean in this one) is showing Britt the new parts of the Black Beauty. we also meet many of the cast. the police commissioner and the DA are annoyed that Britt is not continuing in the fine editorial tradition his father employed. they tell him the city needs a modern Robin Hood.
a dam collapses and Britt springs into action. a man names Gorman gets killed. Reed starts the essays, and the villains decide to buy the Sentinel, like they have bought two other papers (is this Roger Ailes?).
Britt declines a deal until he finds out who the backers are. Axford tails Grant, but gets cut off. later, Kato gives Britt his mask and gasgun. then, the Green Hornet rolls out! while interrogating Grant, thugs show up and shoot him. he leaves his Hornet pin and vanishes.
later on, the cops can't believe how fast the Black Beauty can go. the Hornet visits Markheim and takes him into a tunnel. the pressure drops and there's a cave in!
next~ The Thundering Terror
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Post by Xenorama ™ on May 4, 2009 22:17:19 GMT -8
GH saves Markheim and they take him to the hospital. at the Sentinel, Casey sticks up for the GH. the villains (11 now) plan to find out who the Hornet is.
Axford is told by Britt to lay off a story. the GH goes out, and so does Axford. he even gets the cops to help him! the GH confronts Mortensen, but the cops interrupt him. the GH leaves, but Mortensen frames him.
our heroes go out to investigate. Avoiding the death trap, the chase the villains aboard a train. a fistfight breaks out. the train is heading toward another train!
next~ Flying Coffins
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Post by Xenorama ™ on May 4, 2009 22:38:49 GMT -8
our heroes escape easily, and take Mortensen to the police hospital. the local airport is accused of being in a racket. the school has a lot of crack ups. Axford says he won't go up in a plane, ever!
Reed finds out some of the scams going on, and then the GH shows up to the girl's place, and of course a fist fight breaks out. they escape, but find out what's going on.
the Hornet returns and takes Bartlett up in his 28-24 Special Service plane. he gets Bartlett to spill the beans on what is going on. the plane crashes!
next~ Pillar of Flame
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Sept 14, 2009 9:07:46 GMT -8
wow, over five months. good thing the Hornet and Bartlett bail out before the plane crashes. Kato find some evidence and head over to see if they can smash the racket. they take Bartlett to the DA.
Britt wants to get in on some action and Casey is sure he will get in trouble. "the boss" puts a $5000 bounty on the hornet. so of course they do. Britt's car gets stolen and the GH goes after it.
he gets into a fight, and the Black Beauty gives chase. the fight continues in the car, the Hornet gets clocked by a monkey wrench and the car runs into a building!next~ The Time Bomb Attachments:
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Sept 14, 2009 9:28:29 GMT -8
Kato rescues the Hornet as the police start to show up. the villains think the GH is dead. they are also told to dispose of Reid's sedan before it can be traced.
Mike finds a lead on the car and he and Britt go down to investigate. they almost come to an end with a motorcycle landing on their heads.
the Hornet and Kato roll out to visit the junkyard. the gang plants a time bomb in the sedan, set to go off at 11 PM. after they get there (why does he keep leaving Kato in the car?) a fight breaks out. Kato arrives in time to knock a guy out with the gas gun... then it's 11 PM!
next~ Highways of Peril
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Post by RoadWarriorYajuta on Sept 15, 2009 14:04:16 GMT -8
whoa nelly!?!? Seth Rogen as the Green Hornet in the new movie? Can't they do a friggin remake and not play it for laughs? I'd rather watch this than that turd.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Sept 16, 2009 9:25:58 GMT -8
yeah, sounds completely awful. the one plus to something like this is that we may finally get legit DVD releases of these various other GH projects.
i hope.
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Post by Shonokin on Sept 16, 2009 15:50:05 GMT -8
GH Strikes again has been out on legit DVD for a while and Green Hornet just came out this last July.
So the big hope will be that somebody sorts out the rights and gets a legit, high quality DVD set of the TV series out.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Sept 16, 2009 21:51:22 GMT -8
geez, I had no idea they were out on legit DVD. figures.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Oct 16, 2009 9:32:21 GMT -8
wow, this is a darn sight better!
the bomb goes offand the Hornet is dazed and confused. he manages to rescue Kato. he gives the police the slip.
the Boss puts a $100,000 bounty on the Hornet. meanwhile, the Bluestreak Buslines is going to muscle the Whippet Buslines out of service. Mr. West comes to Reid with a complaint about it.
Britt takes a bus that breaks down. oddly enough, the next bus is going to be BAD... no BREAKS! Britt saves the day with some quick thinking and steering though.
Mike gets caught by Rocky's men. they are about to off him when the GH shows up. naturally a fistfight breaks out. Mike gets free and gets the drop on both of them! but the Hornet takes control and cuts in on Rockford's business.
the Hornet gets shot escaping!
next~ Bridge of Disaster
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Oct 16, 2009 9:57:41 GMT -8
the Hornet was OK, just faking getting shot. Rockford is indicted with the Hornet's evidence. Reid gets a call from Charles Roberts, who wants to see him, but line gets cut. racing over, Reid and John find that Charles is dead, an apparent suicide.
the Boss wants shipping contracts, and so Reid sends Mike on the Acme story. he and Mike visit a truckstop and watch a truck get sabotaged. they help save truck, driver and cargo.
the Hornet and Kato pay a visit to the Tri-State Truck depot. GH overhears all their eville plans including where the ins. papers are that Charles had.
they go to intercept the fruit smashing operation, and a fight breaks out. the bridge breaks as the truck goes over it!next~ Dead or Alive Attachments:
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Nov 3, 2009 10:40:00 GMT -8
the Hornet leaps out just in time. now everyone wants to find out who the Hornet is. the Hornet muscles Levinson to find out who he is paying protection money to. Mike shows up and shoots at our hero.
talk about a botched assignment! the "chief" is going to blame the protection racket on the Hornet. Reid and his reporters talk to many people about the racket, and Lynch tells Reid himself that it's the Hornet doing it.
he confronts Lynch, a fight breaks out then the place goes up in smoke!next~ The Hornet Trapped Attachments:
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Nov 4, 2009 10:47:11 GMT -8
the Hornet gets out, but is spotted by the police. they give chase. they get away, "spooky like". Lynch goes to his brother's place (where the crooks figure he will). he contacts Britt and tells them he'll spill the beans for protection. off Reid, Kato and Mike go.
of course, they arrive too late and a gunbattle breaks out. Mike blames his lousy shooting on police ammunition. Lynch left a clue in the trashbasket, but gets shot before he can write out the Big Boss's name.
the gang plants a phony story about finding the Hornet's hideout. he smells a trap, and has Kato and the Black Beauty ready that evening.
after a brief scuffle Reid tries to change back, but Mike starts blasting at him. a beaker of acid breaks...
next~ Bullets and Ballots
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Dec 26, 2009 23:44:19 GMT -8
Britt has Kato retrieve his Hornet clothes, and Mike then "rescues" Britt from the acid fumes. works out well! later, Scanlon wants Reid to come out in favor the the incumbent mayor, instead of Camby. he says the crooks are backing Camby, but Reid wants proof.the ballot stuffing begins, but in front of Reid and Axford. then they find out ghosts are voting and the Sentinel comes out swinging. they also follow some voters who are "repeaters".
Camby is elected mayor and now wants the ballots destroyed. the Hornet heads out to stop the gang from doing that. the Hornet takes the ballots (gas gun effect is really cool). the gang plans a trap- an explosion!next~ Disaster Rides the Rails Attachments:
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Dec 27, 2009 0:07:38 GMT -8
the car goes down the gorge with the Hornet in it. before Monroe's thugs can get the ballot, Kato shows up. the police arrive and retrieve the ballots. the vote is overturned and Hargrove is reinstated. Mike wants 6 days to track down the Hornet now.
a fire is started at John Robert's warehouse. naturally the crooks are behind it. after Britt talks to John, he puts Jenks in the other room to hear what the racketeer says. too bad Jenks is such a bad follower. he gets caught.
Kato follows, but loses him. the gang takes him to their hideout and await the final instructions from Monroe. Britt tracks the license plates to Max Gregory, who gets paid a visit... from the Green Hornet!
naturally a fight breaks out, but the Hornet gasses both men. Jenks breaks out and has a funny exchange with the GH. GH heads off to stop the train from being destroyed. the Hornet boards the train in the rain and causes some pain! then the train crashes!
next~ Panic in the Zoo! Attachments:
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Post by Xenorama ™ on May 14, 2010 21:32:03 GMT -8
(OK, 5 months is a long time. weak on my part, I know. I started this over a year ago!) the GH leaps out and Kato rescues his just in time after the train goes off the platform. GH loses the crook he had in his grip. the crooks want to silence the Sentinel now, so they can stop the Hornet.
on the docks a tiger gets loose from a ship. it gets corralled easy enough. Mike and Britt go to the zoo to see Cooper about the crooks who are leaning on him. Britt gets a photo of the gangster who is in the room with Cooper.
the Hornet goes to the zoo to investigate. he finds out that Bates is behind the extortion. he gives the $5k to Kato and tells him to be ready for a quick getaway. he then goes and makes Bates sign a statement of confession.
Mike starts a brawl with the other gangsters and then the animals break loose and a fire starts as well. the fiery building collapses on our hero!next~ Doom of the Underworld Attachments:
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Post by Xenorama ™ on May 14, 2010 21:51:09 GMT -8
Bates tells the GH it's a man named Ogden and Bates tells him about the bomb in the Sentinel office at 11 PM. off the GH goes to save the building! Casey is suspicious of the man delivering the "files" before 11. good girl! the GH phones Jenks, who doesn't believe him.
Casey doesn't know Reid is the Hornet? they get the bomb out just in time and Kato rescues the GH again. they then follow the gang to the big shots HQ.
Reid hassles Casey about the Hornet. the Hornet shows up at the crooks hideout and listens in on the Chief. he finds out it's Monroe! Kato karate chops a crook. he tricks the gang into killing each other.
Mike gets a letter from the GH telling him his job is finished.a good serial, fast moving and well acted. probably pretty close to the radio show. I like it! Attachments:
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