The Green Hornet - 16 - The Hornet and the Firefly

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Premiered December 30, 1966.
What the car arsonist is driving? It looks insane.
Wikipedia page about series en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gre...)

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@cathleanjohnson675 4 жыл бұрын

The Green Hornet wasn't as cartoonish as Batman was, and I liked both shows, too this day still mad that ABC canceled it and didn't give it the run it deserved, RIP Van, Bruce and Wende, forever apart of my 60s childhood, thankfully I can still watch some episodes on KZfaq..

@alexkoronec4326 2 жыл бұрын

ABC canceled Green hornet. Because it started to make Batman look bad and was losing viewers

@cathleanjohnson675 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexkoronec4326 I could totally see that happening..

@hambone5718 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexkoronec4326 Makes sense, I loved that show as a kid. Wish it was available on DVD or BlyRay.

@Hambone571 2 жыл бұрын

I agree, this show was just as popular to us, “kids” of the day. Canceled it way to soon.

@cathleanjohnson675 2 жыл бұрын

@@Hambone571 I saw an old "Entertainment Tonight " Where are they now eppy and Van Williams said he was glad the series didn't go on past a season, the stunts and everything were too much to handle...

@tonybarlow4291 5 жыл бұрын

I hope someone does Green Hornet again and not that garbage Seth Rogen did

@lylarose2696 4 жыл бұрын

tony barlow if they do the Green Hornet, they’d turn the Green Hornet and Kato into whiny ass liberals

@wiseguymaybe 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe Johnny Depp as Kato? Look what he did for Tonto. Oh, I'm sorry. You meant a serious movie. 😁

@Tazzman225 3 жыл бұрын

I doubt it. No Van Williams.

@hambone5718 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, That Seth Rogan update WAS A Tragedy and waste of film and my time watching it...

@mikeoak5289 2 жыл бұрын

that was a travesty, eh?

@War-Hawk2003 3 жыл бұрын

If only we had tv shows and movies like this. Not crappy, but still have action.

@55Quirll 9 ай бұрын

I agree. Things made then were made to last and be reparable, now, if they break, just throw them away and buy a new one. Very sad. The shows of today, with a few exceptions, aren't worth watching.

@moochincrawdad 4 жыл бұрын

The music is AWESOME!!! 😃

@williamdunphy352 3 жыл бұрын

Music by Billy May Theme Played by Al Hirt Music Conducted by Lionel Newman.

@robertthomas5736 3 жыл бұрын

The Song is Called "The Flight of The Bumblebee "

@JoJoGunn1956 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertthomas5736 it's a variation of that.

@jesssaeschristianuv873 6 жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace Brother Bruce. Alpha Lamda Delta Ephelion!

@javiergilvidal1558 7 жыл бұрын

The one and only episode in which Kato shows weakness: struck by surprise and thrown to the ground by the arsonist in the second fire, stumbling out half choked after putting up not too much of a fight with the bad guy in the third.... a weak script, or a stroke of genius, showing the Kung-Fu juggernaut is only human? In any case, a good episode of a deep, insightful series.

@ronald3419 7 жыл бұрын

Strange that an aging one eyed man would get the best of Kato.

@MisterWhat 7 жыл бұрын

Wasn`t much of a fight because he quickly took him down. Not sure I see him being half chocked, he`s caughing because of the smoke. That said while it`s the first episode he was ever in trouble I like it. Serves to remind the audience that Kato is still human and liable to fall with a surprise shot.

@alifuller1658 2 жыл бұрын

BRUCE LEE IS HUMAN JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PERSON THAT SMOKES SMOKE CAN KNOCK OUT ANYBODY WHAT EVER YOU A SUPER BADASS OR ordinary human you're talking about fire and smoke NOBODY CAN'T FIGHT FIRE AND SMOKE THAT a burning building that he wanted to he just human 😑

@alifuller1658 2 жыл бұрын

IT JUST A TV'S SHOW it was scripted that way but in real life that probably wouldn't have happened

@alifuller1658 2 жыл бұрын

First first of all that just a TV show and second JUST HE A HUMAN BEING NOT SUPER MAN OK THE SAME THING COULD HAPPEN TO YOU OR ME IF THAT WAS A BATMAN'S EPISODE WOULD YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT ROBIN LOOK BRUCE LEE IS A HUMAN BEING JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PERSON THAT WE AS PEOPLE WORSHIP stop praising him like he's God he's not Jesus only human okay people 😑

@reginald29061 2 жыл бұрын

This was a well produced and entertaining show. I don't know why the network canceled after one season. I was only 3 or 4 when it originally ranned.

@bufnyfan1 7 жыл бұрын

Van Williams became very good friends with Bruce Lee and demanded that the writers give him far more air time on the show--he knew that most people tuned into the show to see Kato in action and graciously (although he was the main character) tried to get him more story lines

@Tazzman225 5 жыл бұрын

david graham---Van Williams and Adam West were good friends off the set as well. Trouble was Van did not get publicity when he died. RIP Van and Adam!

@howardkerr8174 2 жыл бұрын

@David Graham: Find the Green Hornet serials on here, in the movie serials Kato did most of the inventing of the Green Hornet arsenal. But he still spent a lot of time standing by the Black Beauty, a Lincoln Zephyr coupe Kato modified so that it was capable of speeds of up to 200 MPH...back before WW II.

@nelsoncruz8191 Жыл бұрын

@bufnyfan1 - Yes, this is true. Van Williams did speak to the show's writers to get Kato more screen time, especially for his fighting. But since the Green Hornet was the show's main character, they refused.

@Brucev7 8 жыл бұрын

Wende Wagner and Sharon Tate were friends, the two shared an apartment for a while. Peace

@Tazzman225 5 жыл бұрын

Brucev7----Van Williams and Adam West were friends too. I don't think lived together.

@gerrydooley951 3 жыл бұрын

@@Tazzman225 they didn't, it would've made Bruce jealous

@davidhailstone7794 6 ай бұрын

Wende virtually gave up acting in 1969,it was said because of Sharon's murder. It affected her badly and she moved onto other things. There is a lot of baloney about how the murders caused a 'loss of innocence' in LA and all that crap. Most of those celebrities only cared about themselves and keeping quiet. But a few, mostly friends of Sharon, were terribly affected. Wende was one of those.

@Brucev7 6 ай бұрын

@@davidhailstone7794 Thanx

@miguelco9311 6 жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace Van Williams

@Tommy-76 5 жыл бұрын

These episodes are running on the Heroes and Icons Channel now. Early Sunday mornings. Optimum Channel 140 (a digital sub channel of WWOR)

@lylarose2696 4 жыл бұрын

Tom Strauss you guys in the states have way better channels than we do. You guys have the Heroes and Icon channel and we have the cottage channel. 😩 UGH

@starsaberstudios7531 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously, ben wade’s motivation is a bit complex, starting a few fires because he was forced into retirement by loss of his eye, so he can get the glory like he used to?

@Jetsea 3 ай бұрын

Yes, and some people are that way. They used to get praise and they want to get it back SO BADLY.

@lordbyron3603 4 жыл бұрын

Bruce makes mince meat out of any guy ... no matter how big or strong he is.

@Classicrocker6119 2 жыл бұрын

If this series could and should make a comeback I can only begin to imagine what capabilities and appearance a modern Black Beauty would possess!

@bernhardwall6876 Жыл бұрын

We saw some of that with "Knight Rider," and I thought that was the most awesome car ever made. But that was the 1980's. A 21st-century Black Beauty would be even more mind-blowing than that.

@bernhardwall6876 Жыл бұрын

In spite of the tragic ending to this story, Axford came out looking pretty good, figuring out all by himself who the firebug was. The Axford character in the old radio series and the movie serials, is hard to listen to. He was a swaggering, arrogant Irishman, a former cop who became a combination reporter/bodyguard for Britt Reid, even living in Reid's home for a while, without figuring out who Reid was. He said "Sufferin' snakes!" and "Holy crow!" a lot, and played more of a comic figure than this Axford was.

@Jetsea 3 ай бұрын

It was tragic, Axford couldn't save his 'friend'. And that is VERY sad.

@brettaxelson6163 2 жыл бұрын

Even the villains watch is in sync to the second.

@thequietestengine 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like the arsonist drives a 1962 dodge dart

@howardkerr8174 2 жыл бұрын

Actually, at some point, nearly every bad guy drives that same car in this series...at least if you were an underling bad guy.

@waderaney7 4 жыл бұрын

Good one 😉

@markhonerbaum6988 3 жыл бұрын

Kato would never make that error, it's good the Hornet will come through.

@BisonAP 9 жыл бұрын

@Tony: Let me get this straight, and don't get me wrong, I believe what you're saying, because these are brain dead, bean counting network execs we're talking about here...Bruce Lee was denied the role on Kung Fu because of his Chinese accent? Because they were concerned that American audiences wouldn't understand him? He sounded pretty damn clear and concise on "Longstreet", didn't he? This is incredulous! Just watched an episode of Green Hornet here and had no problem understanding Bruce at all. This show was without a doubt, better than Batman, but ABC was afraid that this show would eclipse the mystique of the Caped Crusader and steal most of its' viwership away. Too late, where I was concerned, once I saw this program, I cut Batman loose! The Green Hornet had better episodes, storylines and characterizations. Leave it to a clueless network like ABC to cancel it, that's what they do, get rid of very good shows and replace them with total garbage. The Green Hornet could and should have run for far longer than it did....I hope some network out there does a remake of the series for today's audiences, however challenging that's going to be...

@tonywilliams602 9 жыл бұрын

BisonAP Yes, Bruce Lee was denied the role on "Kung Fu" only because of his accent. Lee appeared on only a few episodes of "Longstreet", but Lee probably had more lines on "Longstreet" than the entire series of "The Green Hornet". I had no trouble understanding Lee giving martial arts instruction to the blind Longstreet portrayed by the late James Franciscus. Also, the premise of "Kung Fu" was Bruce Lee's. Lee pitched the idea to the network. You can imagine how hurt he was when the network executives denied him the lead role. Van Williams has said that "The Green Hornet" would have fared better as an hour-long show. I agree. "Batman" was a spoof of superheroes. "The Green Hornet" was not.

@jessiejames7492 5 жыл бұрын

in kung fu. they wantd a eurasian kind of look. they got david carradine ! how ridiculous. In fact bruce lee's mother is eurasian shes mixed.. I guess thats where he got his good looks from :)

@lordbyron3603 4 жыл бұрын

BisonAP It was the 60s .... racism was growing. Studio execs wouldn’t dare put a Chinaman in a lead role. What would the white folks of America think.!!! Instead, they put Asians in roles like butler, laundry man, gardener, a stool, and so on.

@ronjeffrey8641 4 жыл бұрын

Bruce Lee couldn't have pulled off the roll on "Kung Fu"... the character of Cain although he could and would fight when pushed too far he was first and foremost a pacifist. In Lee's original concept for "Kung Fu", he titled the show "The Warior"... his characterization of Cain would most likely have portrayed him with an arrogant swagger that be far from what David Caridean brought to the roll Bruce Lee was never able to play humble, just picture his take on the interplay with the student in the beginning of "Enter the dragon" To be honest Bruce Lee could only really play Bruce Lee.

@lylarose2696 4 жыл бұрын

BisonAP the television execs were and are racist.

@kenw.1112 2 жыл бұрын

Bruce Lee is what caused my interest in the green hornet.

@LRM724 2 жыл бұрын

The villain later became LT Ryker from the Rookies(1972-75)

@tyrssen1 6 жыл бұрын

Ever notice? All the stuff they put in their paper, and on the TV news, would never make it into the media now!

@jorgecallico9177 3 жыл бұрын

Only Wende's sweet, pointy titties at 6:47 would make the news shows today.

@gerrydooley951 3 жыл бұрын

@@jorgecallico9177 watch it, that's Miss Case you're talking about

@ponekingpetch3595 4 жыл бұрын

The Great Judo Gene Le Bell in the silver outfit clobbered again by Bruce and then incinerated.

@bobbell1922 2 жыл бұрын

22:35 The supposedly unconscious Mike Axford noticeably flinches when the incendiary device goes off.

@jayjohnson1648 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see a reboot of the Green hornet. Keep the black beauty especially with the changing colors that was cool 😎 Jet li I would like to keep as Kato but please someone else to play Britt Reed, and the hornet

@TheMorganMonroeShow 3 жыл бұрын

Epic..

@tomascontreras6141 2 жыл бұрын

It should have lasted 5 to 7 seasons like walker Texas Ranger.

@l.a.gothro3999 9 ай бұрын

All the beautiful Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth cars!

@dewarnreed7926 2 жыл бұрын

It's REALLY 😂 cause BATMAN was comic while GREEN HORNET was serious now the roles have change I think another Green Hornet movie and make the BLACK BEAUTY a Dodge charger with black wheels now who would think would be GREAT in casting ??

@daviddupper9728 2 жыл бұрын

Gerald S O'Laughlin from the Rookies!!

@CHARGERDON55 8 жыл бұрын

This is like the 3rd time this house has appeared in the series so far.

@ronald3419 7 жыл бұрын

It was the diamond cutter's home in Programmed to Kill and office and it was the Psychology Department outside which the professor was killed in Beautiful Dreamer.

@Tazzman225 5 жыл бұрын

Don Kurtz---That is how they save money. Reuse the set for another show but modify it a little. They hope you don't notice.

@MrRtoman 5 жыл бұрын

and the dodge car too

@Old-Boy_BEbop 5 жыл бұрын

its due to time and budget... every tv series does it.

@robertthomas5736 3 жыл бұрын

The Adventures of The Green Hornet and Kato,Starring Van Williams and Bruce Lee

@yuribruce3864 4 жыл бұрын

💓

@robertthomas5736 3 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile, at The Office's of The The Daily Sentinel

@swayzietimpson2994 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone else want to work for Britt Reed? I mean, if his employee didn’t show up for work, he goes to make sure he’s okay. That’s pretty awesome ngl

@howardkerr8174 2 жыл бұрын

When I was in the military, depending on how close we knew you lived to the base you ALWAYS got a "visit" from someone in the unit if you were 15/30 minutes late...provided we weren't super busy. Most military organizations keep close tabs on their people. Out of the military, when we wanted to make sure a VALUED employee was okay, we at least called when they didn't show up. It was one way you knew how important you were.

@brettaxelson6163 2 жыл бұрын

That look is hilarious at 2:09

@Barefoot0Walker 4 жыл бұрын

thank goodness axford didn’t utter his usual phrase: “that really burns me up”! something puzzles me about the beginning here. the phone to the warehouse certainly was connected to the switchboard rather than having its own line. how did the arsonist get to that in order to make the call, and how was he able to set the bomb without anyone noticing?

@Hambone571 2 жыл бұрын

Just one of many things one has to overlook when watching TV shows and movies. There are many errors or over-sites for the story to move along.

@Hambone571 2 жыл бұрын

I wish this would become available on DVD or Blu-ray. OTHER THAN THE CHEAP CRAP KNOCKOFF/RIPOFFS.

@calvinlweir2795 6 жыл бұрын

Anyone know why the Black Beauty's licence plate is V194? I have always wondered.

@MrRtoman 5 жыл бұрын

no but why couldnt they run the plate and get the address

@shibolinemress8913 5 жыл бұрын

The Hornet was working with Gary Seven, Supervisor 194. 😉 🖖😃

@ronjeffrey8641 4 жыл бұрын

I always wondered how they even got played for Black Beauty or the Batmobile.... had to get strange looks at the D.M.V.

@robertthomas5736 3 жыл бұрын

They can and did change the license plate

@howardkerr8174 2 жыл бұрын

@ZoneFighter1 In the movie serials, Ms Case doesn't know that Britt Reed and Green Hornet are the same guy. I can't remember, but it might be that Mike Axeford does know, in the serials. Odd how they made little " tweeks " when moving from radio, to movie serial, to tv.

@nelsoncruz8191 Жыл бұрын

I didn't know actor Gerald O'Loughlin acted back in the 60's. He's best remembered for playing Lt. Ryker in the 70's TV series The Rookies.

@mikeoak5289 2 жыл бұрын

cool cars

@josephfinnegan151 Жыл бұрын

Green Hornet: Episode 26. (News Note: This is the Final Episode in this short lived series). Season 1. Episode 26. "Hornet and the Firefly". Friday, February 24 - 2023.

@robertthomas5736 3 жыл бұрын

It's The Green Hornet and Kato,in The Black Beauty

@MimiChantler Жыл бұрын

Again, ty, this is so fanfuckingtastic, Van and Bruce were so awesome, 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@robertthomas5736 3 жыл бұрын

Wende Wagner As Lenore Case,The Green Hornet's Secretary

@grantorino2325 3 жыл бұрын

God rest her beautiful soul. As a side note, I *really* wish that girls still wore skirts everyday.

@howardkerr8174 2 жыл бұрын

In the movie serials, Ms Case doesn't know that Britt Reed and the Green Hornet are 1 and the same. However, she thinks that everyone is mis-judging the Green Hornet, that he is really a good guy.

@dfiddleb 5 ай бұрын

The arsonist's name was 'Ben Wade'. There's a British pipe company with that name -- coincidence?

@blazerocker1734 5 ай бұрын

0:03 - Clearly a time of day within a couple hours of 12 noon. 0:05 - About the same time judging by the shadows. 0:11 -"I make it three minutes to midnight." F'n where!?! Moscow?

@dennisatkins9837 9 ай бұрын

The Green Hornet is speeding through Mayberry. Wonder where Barney is?

@JamshedSoomro-zx9pl 2 ай бұрын

same here😮

@jaceyneubauer6522 Жыл бұрын

Mikes friends are typically dirty

@garyeisenberg4251 11 күн бұрын

It will always be the guy who made Batman show and try green hornet which was only 13 shows oh yeh

@CubanPete1990 10 жыл бұрын

So this was the last episode of the green hornet but untill then it was Cancel because Bruce lee what's to hade his own tv show call'ed Kung fu.

@tonywilliams602 9 жыл бұрын

CubanPete1990 Bruce Lee was considered for the role, but network executives felt American audiences would have trouble understanding him. Lee was deeply disappointed. This was not the last episode of "The Green Hornet". "Invasion from Outer Space was a two-part program and the end of the series.

@blkpanther11 7 жыл бұрын

Tony Williams Thank you For The Info I Wished These Were On Blu Ray

@davidchan9632 7 жыл бұрын

the book mentioned that this was the last episode. I've read in other books that the invasion from outer space part 2 was the last episode. anyway I still miss those days. just wished THE GREEN HORNET lasted for several more seasons like BATMAN.

@jessiejames7492 5 жыл бұрын

@@tonywilliams602 just a lying excuse. inthose days racial biasness were still very strong esp in hollywood

@gerrydooley951 3 жыл бұрын

don't know what you said but I'm pretty sure you're wrong

@JamshedSoomro-zx9pl 2 ай бұрын

i know but little bit⛺