Hornet Gun? Check Hornet Sting? Check

@@turtleboy991Don’t forget the scanner and the rockets.

Quality over quantity. Also the reason why Mission: Impossible was better than The Man From UNCLE.

In my opinion, they need to leave it alone!

Yes the actor who played the hornet is worthless and not funny at all.

Chris Nolan or Zachary Snyder could do the Green Hornet justice and possibly 4 movie's and crossovers. Good Luck Whoever steps up to the challenge.

@@lamonthamilton667 They should introduce Green Hornet and Kato in a batman movie and take it from there. The last film, The Batman with Robert Pattinson was very noirish and detective-centric. The sequels could introduce Hornet and a great way to introduce audiences.

@@lamonthamilton667 don't kid yourself. Snyder is a whole bum

Way too jazzy and intense. Seems a bit dated. But I love the show. Was there for the beginning in 1966. My favorite!

By the creator of the Lone Ranger, who was Britt Reid's great-uncle.

@ZoneFighter1 Well, both shows are by the same creators, so not too surprising.

@Hotshotter3000. I noticed that too. I'm sure glad that the Green Hornet didn't harm the adorable leopard. 🐆.

Magnificent cat!❤❤❤

we had a Remington typewriter in 1968

You'd bet your sweet bippy with Foonman's Funk and Wagnal. *HA, ha, ha!!...Referencing the entire 6 seasons without a Jud Strunk joke accent and all

JH Boob ok I was going to say that it looked ridiculous

redheadboyyy123 yeah, and that too.

The Seth Rogen movie establishes it's set in Los Angeles. To my knowledge, it is the only time they've deliberately stated where the Green Hornet is based.

Purely apart from the fact that it would be about as good at hiding an identity as Clark Kent's glasses. The Green Hornet serial of the 40s at least gave him a full-face mask.

Seth Tyrssen LOL Yeah, the first TV series the glasses seem to have no glass lenses either? I guess seeing a grown man wearing undies over a powder blue wetsuit is so distracting no-one noticed what Superman looked like!

The "half-hour" length also made it necessary to have the secretary and the DA be "in the know" ... which is completely illogical IMO but required to keep the pace of the episodes instead of having to spend 10 minutes introducing and researching a case. They also DONT mention Cato in the intro when they tell who all knows the double-identity.

Also more goddamn Bruce Lee. He doesn't do enough!

And 8 years old!

Nelson Vargas I agree. Watching this now makes me even more sad that I wasn't a Child in the 60's.

Im 16 and I completely agree with what you say, I love the good ol days. If only kids my age would feel the same way.

I was a young teen in the 60s, and I basically agree. Mind you, the past always looks better through the rose-colored glasses of time -- especially where TV is concerned -- but this was great.

Yupper!

I love the Green Hornet from the 40s, 60s,and 2011 film but they should've been aware. Oof some of the language that they were using!

Who doesn't ? Well only if your a batman fan boy.

In 1992, Green Hornet enthusiast Dan Goodman purchased the "number one" Black Beauty from the former transportation director of Twentieth Century Fox for the sum of $10,000 USD and commissioned the car's maker, Dean Jeffries, to restore it. Two cars had been built for the series.

Very, very cool Rick!

and GPS cause it gave coordinates

I just caught this the other day...glad to know I wasn’t alone. Pretty cool indeed!

Drones were sci-fi stuff starting from WW1. Even the original Charlie Chan movies from the 1930s and 40s had drones at least mentioned.

Batman did it first, actually

Around this time 1966 Gary Owens was the voice of Space Ghost

Correct Mr. Lukos

I agree it was promoted to be like a Friday version of Adam West's campy Batman with the same Don Fargo voice narrations and similar superhero set up of millionaire masked crime fighter with a lot of gadgets and a cool car beating people up with his side kick and even did a crossover with Batman but it was done strait the way Superman was done and Batman was originally going to be done and has been done ever since. It was like doing a James Bond crossover with Get Smart. Two totally separate universes that don't mix well. In Hong Kong it was actually called the Kato Show and was a lot more popular there. Also, speaking of James Bond, the background music was seriously irritating to listen to here, far more than Batman whose theme song was a basically singable one word fight chant of "Batman" instead of an annoying buzzing sound that makes you want to get a fly swatter. Batman was only a half-hour too but shown in twice a week cliffhangers so even all it's insanely ludicrous plots had more time for stuff like character development and cool cameos and plot twists. Everything here seems very rushed like the writers just wanted to get it over with and make that annoying buzzing stop. Bruce Lee is extremely underused here. He barely gets a line of dialogue beyond answering the phone and the fight scenes were way too short for his martial arts showmanship to make the sort of crowning moment of awesome impression they do in his films. If not for his legendary status as virtually the only person who would ever stand a chance of beating his friend and sparring partner Chuck Norris in real life...and actually did beat once in a movie...not many people would really be interested in watching this show today. As "Kung Fu" which came along a few years later demonstrated martial arts and Asian philosophy could have attracted a much bigger audience than making this a clone of "Batman" but what really hurt the ratings is that it was up against "Wild Wild West" and "The Man From UNCLE" both of which had much bigger budgets and longer episodes and already had a large fan base among macho action hero fans.

Ian M Was on here for a while. Some odd time on a Saturday mid arvo when people were out and about, sports, junior soccer, footy etc. Bad time slot, in fact just lucked it 1st time seeing it alone with g/f and TV was on and parents out. Interrupted when I saw Bruce first time! LOL

To John Smith, i thank you for your astute observations and heartfelt opinions regarding this perennial cult fave. I concur that the production, thou produced by the Batman franchise was its attempt at garnering an adult viewership but it failed to attract the much younger numbers of Batman who didn't find its grittier reality as whimsical or as easy to follow in 30 minutes. Yes Bruce Lee initially needed the exposure of The Green Hornet in the West, but soon it became obvious to viewers around the world that he was far to dynamic an actor and influential a human being to be reconciled to side-kick (forgive the pun) t.v. roles alone. I was always a fan and in retrospect examining the series thru middle aged eyes, it was far in advance of its target audience: strong women, minorities, criminal corporate agendas, advanced technologies and the rise of multimedia. In conclusion, my friend Smith, again i thank you.

I have to disagree a bit with you. I don't think Lee dominated and I didn't see any charisma, that's revisionist thinking based on his later stardom. He was a sidekick and an inexperienced actor in America. He was making his way and this was his big break. Van Williams was very good in the title role and carried the show. Dozier made sure that viewers would know that this wasn't going to be Batman. Whether or not an hour would have helped is unclear. This was a show that was directed at kids and with all the day-for-night shooting, it was literally very dark. Most of America had black and white tv's at the time and it just looked dreary. The merch also wasn't selling, which meant the kids weren't watching. Friday night was a tough night and the competition was strong with Tarzan and the Wild,Wild West, both hour shows. I love this show but I think the timing was off because the success of Batman muddied the waters for a long time for costumed crime-fighters.

I agree with all these great comments. I'd only add that in contrast to the Batman TV show, "The Green Hornet" kept much of the feel of its earlier radio shows and movie serials (which I love). It wasn't campy fun like "Batman", but neither was it as dramatic as shows like "The Secret Agent". Had it been more tongue-in-cheek like "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." or "The Saint", it might have become more popular. It's too bad, really, because I enjoy it even today.

Well, Bruce had to do it so slowly so the audience could see what happened.

The producer wanted an hour time slot for expanded show. That’s why producer Dozer fashioned 3 1hour episodes throughout the series. ABC had no hour open slots at the time and by the time the third hour-long episode aired the ratings were in the dumper.

+CHARGERDON55 Yeah, the mask in episodes 1 and 2 looks better than this one.

It's an exacting accurate foreshadowing of drone tech, and Van had trouble seeing out that mask. Even Disneyland commenced tweeking after opening day please cut them some slack Don Kurtz. Thanx.

If you watch the full series you'll see a lot of foreshadowing... drones, car phones, telephone answering machines, auto dialing phones, pocket pagers... And just maybe Doctor Who's sonic screwdriver. Lol

Ha, I was going to say the same thing. I also fly and build them. I was 9 years old when this aired in 1966.. RIP Bruce Lee and Van Williams..

was a rc hobby now you cant play

I would think it hard to take Batman seriously with that costume.

You're on point again! Think about doing stand-up Muck006

@@berniemac3 I am not the right person for stand-ups ... due to being a genetically deficient german. As a stand-up you need to be able to react and play with an audience which I would completely fail at.

How about the fact before Batman and Green Hornet they refused to make Charlie Chan's Number one son starring Bruce Lee as a James Bond type and they later stole the idea for Kung fu TV show from Bruce called it The Warrior.

Don't worry Victor, we heard him loud and clear my man!

In his case, actions speak louder than words.

Except for the fact it was performed by legendary trumpeter Al Hurt!

With apologies to Mr. Al Hirt, sorry about the misspelling.

Exactly. Microscopic=small

Thus the VW 'microbus'.

lol Ypipable!

Agreed, but i was almost 4 when it originally aired.

Does Amazon have free shipping for those?

Very!

It is on dvd

@@bladegriggs4090 Really? I haven't seen it.

lol

It's the "Controller", dude! ( I like the reference... she was a cutie, although a bit on the ditzy side on Star Trek).

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