hiway29

here's a one season wonder from the 60's-the star never got a dinner, but he did become a secret agent.

I know this-but every time I go next I shut the game down for weeks. I didn't think I was older than everyone here- maybe my memory is stuck in the cold war. anyway-it's Mary Tyler Moore Show-Ted Knight and Jack Cassidy did look like brothers.

here it is the show was Burke's Law-he played a millionaire police captain who solved murders every week by investigating a list of suspects who all happen to be A.B and sometimes C list celebrities. In it's last season, it morphed into Amos Burke-secret agent or private eye, and the format changed.

I was a lad meself-I'm running out of clues-the show changed format in it's last season and the main character went from being a police captain to a secret agent-doubt this will help, but I'm going to just reveal it later if no one gets it.

this is a 60's show. every week the famous guest stars would be listed as he drove in his rolls royce to the crime. very catchy theme song. Honey West was first seen here, then given her own show.

new clue-besides riding in a rolls royce-he earlier played Bat Masterson

Bret, Bart, Beau, and even Brent Maverick since I'm right-new one-solves crime in a rolls royce, and a weekly astonishing variety of guest stars

Of course the rampant adultery, abuse of women, and overall depravity is a larger matter entirely.

Seemed that higher ups didn't want anyone being with anyone-unless it was corps and corps. I've talked about my dismal experiences. I think it was all about control. If you were involved with someone, it took time from devoting yourself to the endless meetings, classes and whatever they want you to do on a moments notice. All under the purpose of 'putting God first'-which meant at their service at all times. The way was so small, really, that in any given area, there were a limited number of people that allowed themselves to be controlled this way-otherwise known as 'committed grads'. To be anything less than that was to truly be open to criticism and scrutiny. Course , doing more just made you more open to abuse. Corps dude comes to town after the rock and the annual shake up, sizes up the area and knows that without people to be there, he has nothing. So the more committed you are, the more it stands out when you want to do something radical like go on a date by yourself, or to suddenly be seen as a 'couple'. There was always something wrong. One or the other isn't spiritually right, and so forth. The local leader expected his particular little band to just shut up and sit down-after you've gone witnessing that is. I'm rambling , and it's just my 2 cents, but that's how I perceived it for years.

I was an advanced class grad, twig leader, 'ran' a way home, wow vet, coordinated the state bookstore-all added up to 'why aren't you in the corps', the corps was the corps-for most of them if you weren't with them you were still just screwing around, and not to be taken seriously-especially in terms of dating......

I didn't know many way followers who made enough money to write abs off on taxes anyway. I sure didn't, and made sure I never put my name on the blue form.

oh yeah-the blue forms. Then there was the twig leaders meeting where the recently revved up branch leader went through my blue forms in front of everyone. "How come Jack gave this on this date, and only this the next week"? etc. I told him that was between him and God, and who knows what was going on, and that I wasn't about to start making people explain themselves . This was early 80's -I hear that was standard procedure later on.

In my experience, almost all dating was frowned upon. There was always something wrong with one or the other, and some leader making sure it doesn't last. Only approved dating I can recall was corps and corps. Which wasn't me. I learned to not even think of dating corps women. Was either told by them that I'm not spiritual enough, or treated like I was being undersheperded while on a date. I'm still angry about having a relationship broken up by the brnch leader when I was a twig leader. The woman was a wow vet, we were way equals ( meaning we were two nobodies not being corps, but were committed enough to allow our lives to be dictated ). We were just getting serious, when the corps dude sat me down and read me the riot act-how she was screwed up ( she wasn't ) how my spiritual life was in jeopardy as a twig leader and putting God first meant not dating her. I still can't believe I let him jerk me around like that-that I was so weak and pliable will always haunt me. I hope she's doing well.

yep-Maynard G Krebbs was saying 'you rang' long before Lurch

I knew the 'you rang' would lead you astray. Lurch took that catch phrase from an earlier show's catch phrase. the star would solve problems sitting by a statue of the Thinker

interesting-haven't watched that much house, but now have a reason to. guess it's my turn. "you're like a real human being' they're showing 'the Monster that Devoured Cleveland' at the Bijou 'I gotta kill that boy,I just gotta' 'you rang?'

I'm told House was inspired by Sherlock Holmes, but don't understand how

There was nothing worse than when they combined the intermediate with the foundational class in the late 70's. It was one thing to get people who were sticking around in twigs, and accustomed to this rite to take it knowing what they were going into. Expecting all the 'new students'-some who were 'half way houses' to begin with , to sit through excellor sessions , was short sighted in my opinion. I ran 2 classes with this arrangement, and spent a great deal of time with a few people that had no interest in going to twig, manifesting, or making sure their interpretation was the same length as their tongues. Really awkward.

Dance Fever ?

I really don't see any 'profit' in making people schedule time like that, then turning it in to someone for evaluation and judgement. I'm sure slaves in the 19th century also learned a lot about hard work, and accomplishing tasks while the whip was held over them, too. The way had spun completely out of control.

I wish-he sucked it up and went back ! this was not a lost soul type either, but a tough ex biker, who really wanted to trust in the way. in the late 70's, if you were a 'committed believer', it took a lot to rebel. I saw him 5 minutes after he got the news ,dazed, asking me what God has against him. I don't recall what I said, but I was NOT going to give him the you were sent by revelation line.

A friend was sent to some town in North Dakota, which he hated, but gamely hung in with. At the end of the year, he decided while still at the rock to give it another try. He got sent to....the same town in North Dakota.

yep-Ben Casey was surlier than House

close, but no cigar

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