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My Aim Is True

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« on: 23 Jul 2005, 08:20 »

I just dropped over $100 on The Prisoner box set. Anyone ever seen this show? it's a British spy show from the 60's, but it's really weird and kinda sci-fi. On that episode of The Simpsons where Homer starts a gossip website, the second half on the island is a parody of this show.

I <3 Patrick MacGoohan.
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« Reply #1 on: 23 Jul 2005, 11:17 »

one of my favorite british spy shows from the 60s, hands down.
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« Reply #2 on: 23 Jul 2005, 15:42 »

Fantastic show. I've watched it through a couple of times, and it gets better with every viewing. The exception being that I was charmed by the finale the first time and now I find it gets more incoherent and frustrating with each subsequent viewing. Ah, well. McGoohan rules. I try to pimp the series out to my friends whenever I can.
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« Reply #3 on: 17 Aug 2005, 08:25 »

the place where it was filmed, Portmerion, shows episodes of the Prisoner every night. I've stayed there a couple of times and seen some episodes. It's really weird but I quite liked it.
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« Reply #4 on: 17 Aug 2005, 20:10 »

that was a pretty cool show, i used to watch it on PBS.
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« Reply #5 on: 17 Aug 2005, 20:10 »

that was a pretty cool show, i used to watch it on PBS.
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« Reply #6 on: 17 Aug 2005, 21:08 »

that was a pretty cool show, i used to watch it on PBS.


Actually, no, I've never seen it. Was that the one where there was a possibly sentient bubble that would catch you if you tried to get off of the island?
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« Reply #7 on: 18 Aug 2005, 09:46 »

it was the one where a big white bubble would catch you if you tried to escape.
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« Reply #8 on: 18 Aug 2005, 12:13 »

Quote from: My Aim Is True
I just dropped over $100 on The Prisoner box set. Anyone ever seen this show? it's a British spy show from the 60's, but it's really weird and kinda sci-fi. On that episode of The Simpsons where Homer starts a gossip website, the second half on the island is a parody of this show.

I <3 Patrick MacGoohan.


I knew that had to be from something.  Thanks, I'll have to track it down and watch it some time.
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