tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post7586716751299634226..comments2024-03-25T14:00:23.934-04:00Comments on The Land of Whatever: What Might've Been: The Silent Force (1970)hobbyfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-53969767967019113292022-05-02T11:53:13.581-04:002022-05-02T11:53:13.581-04:00Really belatedly:
The pilot for The Silent Force ...Really belatedly:<br /><br />The pilot for <i>The Silent Force</i> is now on YouTube.<br />It's 43 minutes long - the right length for an hour-long show - which <i>Silent Force</i> was clearly supposed to be.<br />1970 was a back-up-the-truck year for ABC; they only had a half-hour left on the schedule, so Aaron Spelling & Co. had to compress to keep the sale.<br />That meant a half-hour: two scheduled regulars (Norman Alden and Richard VanVleet) were dropped, and the scripts all seemed to start at Act II.<br />Academic, really: between <i>Gunsmoke</i> and <i>Laugh-In</i> (and add in the football delay on the West Coast), all was settled well in advance.<br />That happened a lot back then ...Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.com