ALIAS SMITH AND JONES SEASON 3
After the success of Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
the producers of this show decided that this couldn't be
anything but a hit!! They were right! Unfortunately, after
Pete Duel killed himself and they producers replaced him with
Roger Davis, the popularity waned considerably and the show
was cancelled! Fortunately for the fans of the show, they
were able to produce 50 episodes!
Many well known guest stars here: J.D. Cannon, Burl Ives,
Forrest Tucker, Slim Pickens, Keenann Wynn, Walter Brennan,
Cesar Romero, Sam Jaffe, Jackie Coogan, Paul Fix, James
Drury, Buddy Ebsen, Sally Field, L.Q. Jones, David Canary,
Dana Elcar, Pernell Roberts, Dub Taylor, Earl Holliman,
Louis Gossett Jr., Vera Miles, Diana Muldaur, Will Geer,
Patrick Macnee, Jack Cassidy, Claudine Longet, Joseph
Campenella, Judy Carne, Fernando Lamas, Jack Kelly,
Howard Duff, George Montgomery, Lee Majors, Ida Lupino,
Jim Backus, Broderick Crawford, Susan Oliver, Susan Saint
James, Alan Hale Jr.,, Jane Wyatt, Joe Flynn, Edd Byrnes,
Jack Elam, Chill Wills, Don Ameche, William Windom, Richard
Anderson, Jack Albertson, Ann Southern, Mark Leonard, Pat
Buttram, Larry Storch, John Banner, Alejandro Rey, Wally
Cox, Rory Calhoun, Noah Baery Jr., J. Pat O'Malley, Pat
O'Brien & many more!!!
EPISODES 1: THE LONG CHASE(Sept. 16, 1972):
While trying to get away from a posse, the boys hop a train
that just happens to have ex-Bannerman man Harry Brisco on
it! He's actually been fired, but he helps the boys out by
flim-flamming a deputy who's been assigned to make sure that
they get to Cheyanne!!
Guest starring here are: J.D. Cannon, Larry Storch, Frank
Sinatra Jr.!!
Star Trek connection: John Lormer(3 episodes of TOS)! A
EPISODE 2: HIGH LONESOME COUNTRY(Sept. 23, 1972):
The boys tell a stranger in a poker game that they're trappers!
Just so happens that the stranger is looking for a couple of
trappers! Bad move, espcially when the wife of the stranger
recognizes The Kid!!
Guest Starring: Buddy Ebsen, Rod Cameron!
Star Trek Connection: Walt Davis(3 episodes of TOS)! A
EPISODE 3: THE MCCREEDY FEUD(Sept. 30, 1972):
The boys find themselves good jobs working as saloon
managers to try to clear out the rifraf who are costing
the rather attractive owner money! People in the town
are not happy and are trying to force them out!!
The only time the show did a direct lead-in to the next
episode!!
Guest Starring: Burl Ives, Cesar Romero!
Star Trek Connection: Edwin Rochelle(TOS episode "Assignment:
Earth"), Benjie Bancroft(TOS episodes "A Piece Of The Action",
& "Patterns Of Force", Star Trek III: The Search For Spock),
Robert Strong(TOS episode "Patterns Of Force")! A
EPISODE 4: THE CLEMENTINE INGREDIANT(Oct. 07, 1972):
The boys wanna get out of town in a hurry because they
run into a sheriff that knows them!! So they steal tickets
for a train headed out of town and find out that they've
gone from the frying pan into the fire when the train they're
on is a trap to catch, you guessed it, Heyes and Curry!!
Guest starring here are Alejandro Rey, Sally Field!
Star Trek connection: Walt Davis(3 episodes of TOS), Hal
Needham(TOS episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
as a stuntman!) A
EPISODE 5: BUSHWHACK!(Oct. 21, 1972):
The boys are just about to get shot when another dude
comes along and kills them first! While not exactly an
honorable move, it puts the Kid and Hannibal in a postition
of being owning to the dude! Welp, he has a bunch of cattle
he wants to run up to Montana and he needs the boys help!
The whole thing is based around what was called the Wyoming
Stockgrowers Associatiopn in the 1880s!
Guest starring: Glenn Corbett, Michael Conrad!
Star Trek connection: Glenn Corbett(TOS episode
"Metemorphoses")! A
EPISODE 6: WHAT HAPPENED AT THE XST?(Oct. 28, 1972):
The boys are in town to meet up with an old friend when they
find out that a man who rode with them in the past is now the
sheriff of said town! The friend they're there to meet asks
them to dig up an old stash of cash that's just outside of
town!!!
Guest starring: Keenan Wynn, Ed Nelson!! A
EPISODE 7: THE TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK KID CURRY(Nov. 04, 1972):
Curry come to twon, tries to do the 5 pat hands with 25 cards,
fails, gets arrested, tried, given a fine that he can't pay,
gets thrown into jail, gets his bail paid by a local school
teacher, gets out of jail, gets knocked over the head, and
gets held prisoner so another dude can impersonate him to
rob the bank tha he works at!! This leave Heyes, who comes in
to town the next day, in a postition to try to figure out what's
going on!!
Guest starring: Edd Byrnes!
Star Trek connection: Bill Quinn(Star Trek V: The Final
Frontier), Jimmie Booth(Star Trek: The Motion Picture),
Edwin Rochelle(TOS episode "Assignment: Earth)! A
EPISODE 8: THE DAY THE AMNISTY CAME THROUGH(Nov. 25, 1972):
The boys go through a series of ups and downs as first they
have their amnisty granted, then the governor loses his job,
then the new governor looks to be amiacble to the same deal,
then he loses his job, then there's another new governor, but
he's an unknown!
The musical chair governor situation is somewhat based on
fact!
Guest starring: John Russell & Jeff Corey!
Star Trek connection: Jeff Corey(TOS episode "The Cloud
Minders), Charles Dierkopf(TOS episode "Wold In The
Fold")! A
EPISODE 9: THE STRANGE FATE OF CONRAD MEYER ZULICK(Dec. 02, 1972):
The boys are asked to go with a guy down to Mexico to rescue
another dude and he'll pay them $300 apiece!! Things are not
exactly as advertised and eventually the boys wind up in jail!!!
Guest starring: David Canary, Slim Pickens & Sorrell Brooke!
Star Trek connection: Walt Davis(3 episodes of TOS). A
EPISODE 10: MCGUFFIN(Dec. 09, 1972):
This one's all about forgers and a man named, wait for it--
McGffin!!!! And a case of who's really telling the truth, if
anyone!!
Guest starring: L.Q. Jones, Jackie Coogan!
Star Trek connection: Darleen Carr(DS9 episode "Armageddon
Game"), Chuck Hicks(TNG episode "Encounter At Farpoint"),
Nick Borgani(TOS episode "A Piece Of The Action"), Len
Felber(TOS episode "Patterns Of Force")! A
EPISODE 11: WITNESS TO A LYNCHING(Dec. 16, 1972):
While trying to find out about their amnisty, the boys go to
Lom and he gives them a task to perform: watch over a man and
his daughter who witnessed an illegal hanging!!
Guest starring: John McGiver, John Russell! A
EPISODE 12: ONLY THREE TO A BED((Jan. 13, 1973):
Last episode of series!! And sadly this is the weakest
link!
The boys get talked into a horse roundup that takes them
to a couple of good looking ladies and a pack of trouble!
Guest starring: Dana Elcar, Jo Anne Pflug, Paul Fix, Dean
Jagger, Janet Julian! A
Star Trek connection: Paul Fix(TOS episode "Where No Man
Has Gone Before")! B
From another reviewer at IMDb.com:
"A-team"is one of the best tv-series ever. Four
veterans of Vietnam war are wrongfully accused
and now they are outlaws.Peppard is very good
in his role.He plays Hannibal,the leader of the four.
I think is the best role of Peppard!But Mr.T as B.A
is also outstanding."A_team"is not only adventure
and crime.It has also comedy and sometimes romance.
If you like "MacGyver" you are going to love "A-Team".
Also if you are fun of Robert Vaughn you must see
"A-Team" because Vaughn plays general Stockwell.
A mysterious person who is a friend and an enemy
of the four veterans. - Andy S, (anstamatopoulos@yahoo.gr)