tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post5428352047173104766..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: From the Archive: The New People (1969)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-92124119700359554372012-06-29T18:10:50.222-04:002012-06-29T18:10:50.222-04:00I thought you might be interested to know on Septe...I thought you might be interested to know on September 8, 2012 @7:30pm the UCLA Film & Television Archive (Billy Wilder Theater, Los Angeles) is screening the original, 51 minute cut of "The New People" pilot episode as part of a Rod Serling retrospective. Apparently Serling was so unhappy with ABC's decision to cut it down to ~37 min. (less commercials) he had his name taken off the credits as writer and used a pseudonym, "John Phillips" for the print that was actually broadcast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-35228506765892717492011-10-06T12:15:38.078-04:002011-10-06T12:15:38.078-04:00I never knew about this interesting twist on "...I never knew about this interesting twist on "LORD OF THE FLIES".<br /><br />SGBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-66494148677106953932011-10-05T18:45:48.171-04:002011-10-05T18:45:48.171-04:00Quick research tells me The New People episodes we...Quick research tells me <i>The New People</i> episodes were 45 min long (including commercials), and they followed a 45 min presentation of <i>The Music Scene</i>. <br /><br />Both ran Mondays from 7:30pm-9pm against the competition of <i>Gunsmoke</i>, <i>Here's Lucy</i> and <i>Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</i>. How much did ABC believe this experiment would work against those juggernauts, even a little bit??<br /><br />I'm thinking <i>TNP</i> made it to the schedule more because of Spelling (a hot producer at the time) than Serling (even if he had the recent success of working on the script for <i>Planet of the Apes</i>). <br /><br />Sounds like it's an interesting show to hunt down and see. I'm off to YouTube!R.A.M.'67https://www.blogger.com/profile/12817535165296807817noreply@blogger.com