THE WILD, WILD WEST SEASON 4(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!!
The audio intro by Robert Conrad has been deleted on
these episodes!
EPISODE # 1: THE NIGHT OF THE BIG BLACKMAIL(Sept. 08, 1967):
A German nationlist is planning the downfall of President
Grant!
Guest starring: Harvey Korman, Roy Engel & Nick Borgani return!! A
EPISODE # 2: THE NIGHT OF THE DOOMSDAY FORMULA(Sept. 15, 1967):
A very powerful explosive has been discovered and the man
who discovered it has disappeared, along with his daughter!
Guest starring: Vince Howard, Kevin McCarthy! A
EPISODE # 3: THE NIGHT OF THE JUGGERNAUT(Sept. 22, 1967):
While trying to make negotiations with Mexico, someone
tries to kill the Presidente!
Guest starring: Floyd Patterson, Bart LaRue! B-
EPISODE # 4: THE NIGHT OF THE SEGEWICK CURSE(Sept. 29, 1967):
Very Dark Shadowsish! !
Guest starring: Sharon Acker! B+
EPISODE # 5: THE NIGHT OF GRUESOME GAMES(Oct. 06, 1967):
A very deadly germ is on the loose and Jim and Artie are
our to find it before it spreads!!
Guest starring: William Schallert, Sherry Jackson! A
EPISODE # 6: THE NIGHT OF THE KRAKEN(Oct. 13, 1967):
A kraken is a large octopus like sea creature and there
appears to be one menacing the seas around San Francisco!
Guest starring: Ted Knight, Ford Rainey, Anthony Caruso! A
EPISODE # 7: THE NIGHT OF THE FUGITIVES(Oct. 20, 1967):
A group of outlaws who have started a syndicate are holed up
in Epitaph, Colorado with their bookkeeper the target for Jim
and Artie! A
EPISODE # 8: THE NIGHT OF THE EGYPTIAN QUEEN(Oct. 27, 1967):
The Egyptian museum in San Francisco is robbed and the
boys are on the hunt for the treasure and those who stole
it! A
EPISODE # 9: THE NIGHT OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE(Nov. 03, 1967):
The boys are called to the town of Brimstone where a man
has stumbled upon a secret hidden away for several years!
It was during the filming of this episode where Ross
Martin suffered his heart attack and would miss several
episodes!
Guest starring: Dabs Greer! A
EPISODE # 10: THE NIGHT OF THE CAMERA(Nov. 10, 1967):
With Artie gone, this has Jeremy Pike filling in as his
replacement, with the explanation being that Artie is on
assignment in Washington. I'm not impressed with this one
as I truly believe that Pat really degrades the episode!
Anyway, the episode is about opium smuggling.
The first episode with the replacement for Artie after Ross's
heart attack, in this one it's Charles Aidman who is in his
first of 4 episodes!
Guest starring: Pat Paulsen, Nick Borgani! B
EPISODE # 11: THE NIGHT OF THE AVARICIOUS ACTUARY(Nov. 17, 1967):
A new machine, this one using sound waves to destroy
buildings and such! Extortion is the name of the game
here!!
Guest starring: Harold Gould! A
EPISODE # 12: THE NIGHT OF MIGUELITO'S REVENGE(Nov. 24, 1967):
Charles Aideman is back as Artie is in Washington!
A typical Loveless episode!
Guest starring: A returning Michael Dunn in his final
appearance(yaaaaa) & Arthur Batanides! B
EPISODE # 13: THE NIGHT OF THE PELICAN(Dec. 01, 1967)
Artie is still MIA, with Pike in his place!
There's a plan to take over Alcatraz and use it, well,
that's for you to find out!! A
EPISODE # 14: THE NIGHT OF THE SPANISH CURSE(Dec. 08, 1967):
Artie's back!! Yeaaaaaaayyy!!
A group of thugs pose as Spanish Conquestidores, killing and
robing the towns as they go! The townspeople think they are
really from the past!!!
Guest starring: Jon Lormer, Thayer David!! A
EPISODE # 15: THE NIGHT OF THE WINGED TERROR(PART 1)(Dec. 15, 1967):
Artie's gone again, this time it's Frank Harper taking his
place(played by the great William Schalart)!!
Towns are getting warnings of impending doom, which
come true with a raven helping out!!
Guest starring: Jackie Coogan, Vic Perrin, Bernard Fox!
Roy Engel returns! A
EPISODE # 16: THE NIGHT OF THE WINGED TERROR(PART 2)(Dec. 29, 1967)
Continued from the previous episode!
Artie's still gone, Frank Harper still taking his
place(played by the great William Schalart)!!
Towns are still getting warnings of impending doom, which
come true with a raven helping out!!
Guest starring: Jackie Coogan, Vic Perrin, Bernard Fox,
James McEachin! Roy Engel returns! A
EPISODE # 17: THE NIGHT THE SABATINI DEATH(Jan. 05, 1968):
Still no Artie! This one has Alen Hale as Ned Brown as a
replacement!!
Sabatini is the head mobster in town and he asks for a favor
from Jim and, well, since Artie is still "in Washington", Ned
Brown! He wants them to give something to a special woman in
his life!!
The ending here is very cute!!
Guest staring: Jim Backus, Alan Hale Jr.! A
EPISODE # 18: THE NIGHT OF THE JANUS(Jan. 12, 1968):
There's a traitor in the Secret Service!
Guest starring: Jack Carter, Jackie DeShannon! A
EPISODE # 19: THE NIGHT OF THE PISTOLEROS(Jan. 19, 1968)
Artie's back, and this time for the remainder of the series!
There's a band of renegades trying to start a war between
the U.S. and Mexico!!! A
EPISODE # 20: THE NIGHT OF THE DIVA(Jan. 26, 1968):
A raft of opera divas are going missing and Jim and Artie
are tasked with guarding one while she's in New Orleans!!
Not a fan of high sopprano opera!! B
EPISODE # 21: THE NIGHT OF THE BLEAK ISLAND(Feb. 02, 1968):
Strangely, Artie is missing in this episode again, with no
replacement of him!
Anyway, another very "Hound Of The Baskervilles"ish episode,
and very good!!!
Guest starring: John Williams, Beverly Garland, Jon Lormer! A
EPISODE # 22: THE NIGHT OF THE COSSAKS(Feb. 09, 1968)
While being a host to Korovian royalty, the boys end up
having to protect him from those that want to do him
wrong!
You can really tell that Ross's heart attack has taken a
toll on him, as he has lost a lot of weight and he uses a
stand in for his final fight! Still it was really nice to
see him back!!
Guest starring: Guy Stockwell! A
EPISODE # 23: THE NIGHT OF THE PLAGUE(Feb. 16, 1968):
After a stage hold up that had been set up to capture the
gang but got fucked up by an arrogant woman, turns out to
be much worse when it turns out that they are all spreading
an Asiatic plague!!
One of the worst death scenes EVER!!!!!
Guest starring: Lana Wood returns! A-
EPISODE # 24: THE NIGHT OF THE TYCOONS(Jan. 23, 1967)
Last episode of the series! Unfortunately, Ross is not
in this, as this was filmed before he had a chance to
recover from his heart attack! Too bad!
As for this last story, big businessmen are being killed
off and West is there to try to protect the remaining
ones from getting knocked off!
Not as good as I would have liked, but not terrible!
Guest starring: Joanie Sommers, Jo Van Fleet! A-
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