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A to Z Challenge (2017), Family, Memories & Reflections, TV Shows, Uncategorized, Writing Prompts
It’s been a VERY long day! It’s 10:06 p.m. and I’ve finally come to a total stand still sit still. And I’m not TOO long out of bed! But I couldn’t hit the hay without posting yesterday’s answer for the April A to Z Challenge! I was surprised at how many folks have mentioned they know this show! In case you don’t, it is…
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
OML! That gorgeous man always took my breath away! Edward Mulhare was the perfect image of a ship’s captain, the stuff a wanna-be pirate’s dreams were made of.
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Now how many of you knew the answer to this one??? 😀
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😀 Moving right along then…
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This man took his name from that of the foremost knight warriors in Charlemagne’s court. A gentlemen “fixer” (in today’s terminology) for hire, he’d get the job done, whatever it was, whether the price was right — or even when it was not, because his client couldn’t afford him! The series aired from 1957 to 1963, 225 episodes. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version.
Extra hint: he had a calling card that was the identifying graphic of the show.
Now, with ALL that in mind, can you…
(Btw, if you know the answer, please keep it to yourself so as not to give it away. Stick a smiley face on your comment instead. Thank you so much!)
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(Just a quick note. If the title of the show is preceded with the word “The”, it will NOT be included in the name.)
Picture Sources:
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir — BygoneTV
Letter H — http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/to-z-badges-and-banners.html
Name That TV Show — Pinterest
I have never heard of The Ghost and Mrs Muir, which is a shame, I mean… there’s a ghost 😉
I don’t think I know the other show, though it sounds like one which woudl go fine with my noir theme 😉
@JazzFeathers
The Old Shelter – 1940s Film Noir
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Yeah. Ghosts are great!
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i thought I would be right with this show. I vaguely remember it but love the movie!
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I’m not sure I’ve ever seen the movie. But I DID order the book day before yesterday. 😀
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I think I must have watched too much of the Magic Roundabout and the Clangers to have seen anything else growing up. I haven’t a clue!
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You can find the answer on the next day. 😀 I’ve never heard of either of those! I guess we didn’t all get the same programming.
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They were children’s programmes that you’d never get anything like now! I had limited TV for a while when in Ireland, only having two Irish channels for a while.
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I was way off thinking Gidget.
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😀 She was a runner up! 😉
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I no longer want to even know what my record is. Ugh! The Ghost in Mrs. Muir? Say what? Some dude who looks like the Most Interesting Man in the World is a ghost and he inhabits some woman’s body and they can’t even give her a decent name and somebody bought the idea of that for a TV show? Oh my.
Would he come out when she was in stress and freak out the people nearby? I can’t even get a grip on this concept. Shudder!
And H? I got nothin’.But I’m likin’ this concept. I’m hoping whatever name gets revealed tomorrow I can find this show on Netflix. C’mon, crossing my fingers…
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LOL! Hate to break it to you pal, but no, the ghost didn’t inhabit her body. He DID however, fall in love with her! 😉
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Had to use my “phone a friend” (more like Hubs on the couch, wielding his iPad) again today. So I feel like I’m cheating if I put a smiley face on here because I didn’t guess it, though I know the answer now. I feel the way I did when I used to take an open book test and got a good grade. How hard is that, right?
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😀 Well the question IS did you have fun finding the answer? 😉
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I did know G, but no idea what you’ve got coming for H!
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You know, I’m surprised no one every made a musical out of it. Wouldn’t that have been cool!!! 😀
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I know this one! Since my grandfather loved this show, you’d better believe I saw a few episodes growing up (although not first-run, because I’m not old enough 😛 ).
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I’m assuming you mean the H show, Christine? Or was your grandfather a real romantic? 🙂
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I know this one. Pretty sure I saw every episode. And this genre is still one of my favorites, though when I was a child I would complain cause my Dad watched every W—- that was on TV.
@msdeniseh553
Denise at My Life in Retirement Haarzuilens, Netherlands
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Apparently I did, too, when I look at my pre-choice list!
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I loved that show. I cannot remember the name of the female lead, but I really liked them both. I believe they did a remake but it was not at all as good.
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Hope Lange! How could I have forgotten. And it wasn’t a remake, it was the earlier 1947 version where Rex Harrison played the Ghost that I didn’t like as much as this version. I just read that Natalie Wood played the little girl. Now I have to watch it again.
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You know, I don’t think I ever saw the original movie, Judy. I would like to find the book and read it. I’m wondering now who wrote it…
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I found the original movie online. If you Google it you can find it, otherwise I’ll send the link. The book was written by R.A. Dick and I believe there’s a Penguin paperback edition of it. The Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison movie is actually kind of fun, but the sound isn’t great, at least on my computer.
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Actually I ordered the book last night! It’s been a long time since I read something like that. I got to wondering if it might be good “research” for the editing of Glencara’s Bane, which I did NOT spend nearly enough time researching! 😀
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I hope so. love these synchronicities of blogging.
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