THE WILD, WILD WEST SEASON 1(1965)
One of my favorite TV series ever starring Robert Conrad
as James West and Ross Martin as Artemus Gordon, secret
service men in the 1880s!
A lot of humor, sci-fi and action in this series, with
many notable guest stars including: Sammy Davis Jr.,
Peter Lawford, William Schallert,, Victor Buono, Nick
Adams, Jackie Coogan, Sherry Jackson, Leslie Neilson,
Martin Landau, Bergess Meredith, Suzanne Plachette,
Ricardo Montalban, William Windom and many more, including
many Star Trek: TOS alumni!!
EPISODE # 1: THE NIGHT OF THE INFRENO(Sept. 17, 1965):
Our first introduction to Jim and Arte, they're sent on
a mission to stop a wannabe dictator who wants to take
over the U.S.! This is a great start for the series!!!
Guest starring: Suzanne Pleshett, Victor Buono, Nehemiah
Persoff! A
EPISODE # 2: THE NIGHT OF THE DEADLY BED(Sept. 24, 1965):
A madman(what else) has a plan to take over Mexico, and
it's up to Jim and Arte to stop him!!
Guest starring: J.D Cannon, BarBara Luna! A
EPISODE # 3: THE NIGHT THE WIZARD SHOOK THE EARTH(Oct. 01, 1965):
This introduces us to the criminal meglomaniac Dr. Migalito
Loveless! This particular episode, the good doctor is after
land that he feels has been stolen from him by the U.S.
government, specifically, California!!
Guest starring: The first 10 appearances of Michael Dunn,
the first of four appearances of Richard Kiel! A
EPISODE # 4: THE NIGHT OF THE SUDDEN DEATH(Oct. 08, 1965):
Circus performers are at the center of this, wherein
men break into the Carson City mint and steal the plates
thaat make money!!
Guest starring: Robert Logia, Nick Borgani! A
EPISODE # 5: NIGHT OF THE CASUAL KILLER(Oct. 15, 1965):
The boys are sent to capture and return to D.C. a man
who was an advisor to the President but who turned
out to be a scoundral!
Guest starring: John Dehner, Ruta Lee, Dub Taylor, Nick
Borgani A
EPISODE # 6: THE NIGHT OF A THOUSAND EYES(Oct. 22, 1965):
This one's about murders on the river, by the way of singing
ships that are going down them!
Guest starring: Jeff Corey, Diane McBaing! A
EPISODE # 7: THE NIGHT OF THE GLOWING CORPSE(Oct. 29, 1965):
A French scientist has developed a chemical that glows
and if humans are exposed to it it will kill them!!
Guest starring: Nick Borgani! A
EPISODE # 8: THE NIGHT OF THE DANCING DEATH(Nov. 05, 1965):
A princess from Albania has been kidnapped, a woman that
the boys were assigned to protect!
Guest starring: Peter Mark Richmond, Arthur Batanides,
Byron Morrow! A
EPISODE # 9: THE NIGHT OF THE DOUBLE-EDGED KNIFE(Nov. 12, 1965):
Men working on a railroad construction have been killed five
at a time every day till a ransom is payed! By the looks of
things it's the Cheyenne behind it, buuuuuuuutttt....!!!
Guest starring: Leslie Nielson, Katherine Ross, Elisha
Cook Jr., Harry Townes, John Drew Barrymore! A
EPISODE # 10: THE NIGHT THAT TERROR STALKED THE TOWN(Nov. 19, 1965):
Loveless returns with Voltair and sets up a plan to
duplicate West and get rid of him forever!!
Guest starring: Michael Dunn and Richard Kiel returns! A
EPISODE # 11: THE NIGHT OF THE RED-EYED MADMEN(Nov. 26, 1965):
Another Napoleon wannabe who plans to take over the
U.S.!
Guest starring: Martin Landau! A
EPISODE # 12: THE NIGHT OF THE HUMAN TRIGGER(Dec. 03, 1965):
Another "madman" wants all of Wyomimg for his own, so
he's invented a way to set of earthquakes to scare
everyone off!
A lot of humor here, almost too much!!
Guest starring: Burgess Merideth! A-
EPISODE # 13: THE NIGHT OF THE TORTURE CHAMBER(Dec. 10, 1965)
A wannabe art collector is after the art at the California
state's museum! They try to pull this off by subtituting
the governor with a fake!
Guest starring: Alfred Ryder! B
EPISODE # 14: THE NIGHT OF THE HOWLING LIGHT(Dec. 17, 1965):
There's a conspiracy afoot to kill the big chief of the
Indian tribes, using Jim for the deed! A
EPISODE # 15: THE NIGHT OF THE FATAL TRAP(Dec. 24, 1965):
Jim joins a gang of bandeleros to capture a big bad
dude!!! A
EPISODE # 16: THE NIGHT OF THE STEEL ASSASSIN(Jan. 07, 1966)
A man made out of about 50% steel is out for vengence on
those who he feels made him that way, which includes the
president!!
Guest starring: John Dehner, Sue Ane Langdon! A
EPISODE # 17: THE NIGHT THE DRAGON SCREAMED(Jan. 14, 1966):
It's up to the boys to get a Chinese princess back to China!
Guest staring: Benson Fong! C
EPISODE # 18: THE NIGHT OF THE FLAMING GHOST(Jan. 21, 1966):
John Brown's back, but of course on the real one who died
many years earlier! This one's out after domination of the
U.S! A
EPISODE # 19: THE NIGHT OF THE GRAND EMIR(Jan. 28, 1966)
The boys are tasked with protecting the emir who appearently
is on the most wanted killed list, and there's an Assassin's
club who seem to be overly eager to do it!!!
Guest starring: Yvonne Craig, Richard Jaeckel!! A
EPISODE # 20: THE NIGHT OF THE WHIRRING DEATH(Feb. 18, 1966):
And here we have the return, again, of Loveless and Voltair,
this time in a plat that seem only about money!
Guest starring: Michael Dunn and Richard Kiel return, Narman
Fell, Jesse White! A
EPISODE # 21: THE NIGHT OF THE PUPPETEER(Feb. 25, 1966):
A puppeteer is out after vengence on the judges that
denied him his justice(his view!)!
This may be my lowest rated episode! Really quite contrived!!!
Guest starring: John Hoyt!! B-
EPISODE # 22: THE NIGHT OF THE BARS OF HELL(Mar. 04, 1966)
The wardon at the local prison is using the prisoners for
dasterdly deeds!!
Guest starring: Elisha Cook Jr., Arthur O'Connell! A
EPISODE # 23: THE NIGHT OF THE TWO-LEGGED BUFFALO(Mar. 11, 1966):
A Prince is in the U.S. the we are trying to secure a
treaty with his country so Jim and Arte are assigned
to watch out for him!
Guest starring: Nick Adams, Paul Comi! 0A
EPISODE # 24: THE NIGHT OF THE DRUID'S BLOOD(Mar. 25, 1966)
A magician(Rickles) is being examined for the murder
of a professor friend of the boys! Think "The Brain
That Wouldn't Die"!!!
Guest starring: Don Rickles! A
EPISODE # 25: THE NIGHT OF THE FREEBOOTERS(Apr. 01, 1966):
"freebooter": a western version of a pirate!!
Jim goes to Baja California to join up with a freebooter
group that's aiming to take over the land!
Guest starring: Kennan Wynn, William Campbell! A
EPISODE # 26: THE NIGHT OF THE BURNING DIAMOND(Apr. 08, 1966):
This is nearly a duplicate idea that was behind Star
Trek: TOS's episode "Wink Of An Eye"!! People stealing
stuff at "the wink of an eye"!! A
EPISODE # 27: THE NIGHT OF THE MURDEROUS SPRING(Apr. 15, 1966)
I believe this is the episode that finally made me dispise
the character of Loveless!! Anyway, he has plans to poison
all the water in the area to kill off everyone!!!
Guest starring: Michael Ansara, Harry Darrow, Leonard Falk
(Robert Conrad's real-life father!)! C
EPISODE # 28: THE NIGHT OF THE SUDDEN PLAGUE(Apr. 22, 1966)
Another "mad scientist" developes a bacteria that will kill
millions if Jim and Arte don't stop them!!
Guest starring: Theodore Marcuse! A
SPECIAL FEATURES:
DISC 1:
AUDIO INTERVIEWS:
John Kneubuhl(Creator of Dr. Loveless)
Ethel Winant(CBS Executive)
ORIGINAL PILOT OPENING
The original opening had the main figure(West)
punching the femme fetal instead of kissing her!!
Complaints from women caused the change, not taking
into account the she was weilding a knife and going
to kill him!!!!!!!!!
ORIGINAL PILOT BUMPEERS
ROSS MARTIN SKETCH
PILOT PROMO
DISC 2:
AUDIO INTRODUCTION BLOOPER
AUDIO INTERVIEW:
Fred Freiberger(Producer)
DISC 3:
AUDIO INTERVIEWS:
John Kneubuhl(Creator of Dr. Loveless)
EVERYDAY:
With Robert Conrad & Ross Martin!
DISC 5:
AUDIO INTERVIEWS:
Tim Smyth(Special Effects)
DISC 6:
AUDIO INTERVIEWS:
John Kneubuhl(Created Dr. Loveless)
Robert Conrad's Grandson:
Tristan Morts
DISC 7:
AUDIO INTERVIEWS
John Kneubuhl(Created Dr. Loveless)
Richard Markowitz(Composer)
NETWORK PROMO
THEME SCORING SESSION
PHOTO GALLERY
EVEREADY COMMERCIAL
With Robert Conrad
Reviewer From IMDb.com:
I guess I was 7 to 10 years of age when TWWW aired.
What a cool show! Gadgets, girls, the music...and
those knife-edge escapes.
I've only just now bought the first season DVD and
now my son is watching with me, so I have some catching
up to do.
Enjoy it while keeping in mind that this came out 40
years ago. Imagine if it had been in color!
Crisp, fun, entertaining. In a time when shows were few
and good ones fewer, TWWW rose way above the others. It
should also be said it was very believable in a Mel
Gibson in Lethal Weapon kind of way. I think the actors
deserve a lot of credit also -- they all took their roles
very seriously, and the commitment shows. - floyd-52