[Sans-Culotte]

The Green Hornet is an example of a 1-season TV show that everybody remembers. Nowadays, a 1-season show is usually forgotten because it has to complete 3 seasons in order to be syndicated. Back in the 50's and 60's, a 1-season show was not quite the failure it would be today. Another such show that comes to mind is Honey West. Although on for only one season, when Anne Francis died the headlines called her "TV's Honey West".

I loved The Green Hornet as a kid. A couple of years ago, I caught some re-runs on METV. There was still an aura of coolness about it, with Van Williams and Bruce Lee and the Billy May/Al Hirt trumpet variation on "Flight of the Bumblebee" as the main theme. But the plots were really fairly boring and predictable. Aside form the Hornet and Kato suiting up and dashing out of their secret lair in the "Black Beauty", there wasn't all that much to it.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Another of my favorite television show lead characters died last month. Robert Vaughn (d. November 11) played Napoleon Solo on ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.)

That show and the Hornet were definitely on my top ten with UNCLE being #1.

[bankwalker]

The Green Hornet is an example of a 1-season TV show that everybody remembers.

Like Honey West.

[Political Junkie Too]

The Green Hornet is an example of a 1-season TV show that everybody remembers

I'm catching up on The Time Tunnel right now, another one-season show from the 1960s.