Monday, February 18, 2013

The Cult-TV Faces of: Shakespeare

Identified by Carl: Doctor Who: "The Chase."
Identified by Hugh: The Twilight Zone: "The Bard."

Identified by SGB: I Dream of Jeannie: "The Girl Who Never Had a Birthday" Part II.

Identified by Carl: Star Trek: "The Conscience of the King."

Identified by Terri Wilson: Man from Atlantis: "The Naked Montague."


Identified by Chris G: Moonlighting: "Atomic Shakespeare."

Identified by Carl: Star Trek: The Next Generation: "The Defector."


Identified by Carl: Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Emergence" (Data as Prospero.)

Identified by Terri Wilson: The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror."

Identified by Terri Wilson: Mystery Science Theater 3000: "Hamlet."

Identified by Carl: Doctor Who: "The Shakespeare Code."



10 comments:

  1. Chris G7:46 AM

    #6 - Moonlighting, "Atomic Shakespeare"

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    1. Hi Chris G!

      Great job! #6 is indeed from Moonlighting, "Atomic Shakespeare."

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  2. Some stabs in the dark here:
    5. Man from Atlantis
    6. Moonlighting
    9. The Simpsons
    10. MST3K

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    1. Hi Terri,

      Great identifications! All are correct! Awesome!

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  3. 1 Doctor Who: the Chase
    4 Star Trek
    6 Moonlighting
    7 & 8 Star Trek: the Next Generation, the Defector & Emergence
    9 The Simpsons
    10 Maximillian Schell in Hamlet featured on MST3K
    11 Doctor Who: the Shakespeare Code

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    1. Hi Carl,

      Fantastic job! All are absolutely correct. This leaves just #2 and #3 outstanding.

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  4. #2 Twilight Zone, "The Bard"

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    1. Hi Hugh!

      Yes! Great job. That's from the fourth season hour-long episode "The Bard." Perfect!

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  5. Anonymous10:31 AM

    Hi John,

    #3 I Dream Of Jeannie

    SGB

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    1. Hi SGB:

      Brilliant! That was such a tough one! I didn't think anyone would get it. Well done!

      All's well that ends well, as Shakespeare would remind us...

      best,
      John

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