GREEN HORNET, THE(1966) SERIES
With one of the all-time great theme songs ever,
this is the original, only ever, TV series about
The Green Hornet! This stars Van Williams and Bruce
Lee as The Green Hornet & Kato! Lasting one season
(heaven only knows why) this series captured the
imaginations of many kids, and adults, back when it
was originally on, and it's a shame that the series
has never been officially released on DVD! This copy
is taken off of a FOX TV station(KOKI), with the
visuals and sound disappointing, but it's great to
at last have this!
EPISODES 1: THE SILENT GUN(Jan. 12, 1966):
People are being killed by a very strange gun!
It makes no sound and the calibur is quite odd!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet(Van Williams),
Lenore Case(Wende Wagner), Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough),
D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke) & Kato(Bruce Lee)! A
EPISODE 2: GIVE 'EM ENOUGH ROPE(Jan. 13, 1966):
The Green Hornet comes to the aid of his alter-ego's
newspaper when Mike publishes a story about a dude
faking injuries to bilk insurance companies!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough), Lenore Case
Wende Wagner), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke) & Kato(Bruce
Lee)! A
EPISODE 3: PROGRAMMED FOR DEATH(Jan. 19, 1966):
One of Reid's reporters has a big story that he wants
to get Reid's ok to run! Before he can get hold of
Reid, he's killed by a leopard in the office!
Starring in order of appearance: Lenore Case(Wende Wagner),
Britt Reid/Green Hornet(Van Williams), Mike Axford(Lloyd
Grough), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke) & Kato(Bruce
Lee)! A
Guest starring Gary Owens(best known for being the announcer
on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In)! A
EPISODE 4: CRIME WAVE(Jan. 20, 1966):
A plane waiting for take-off is robbed by gassing the whole
lot of passengers! The local prosnoticator pins it on the
Green Hornet, which of course Reid knows is a lie! This
dude uses a computer and its programmer to "forsee" crimes!
Reid/Hornet goes to investigate!
Starring in order of appearance: Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough),
Britt Reid/Green Hornet(Van Williams), Lenore Case(Wende
Wagner), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke) & Kato(Bruce Lee)!
Guest starring again is Gary Owens(best known for being
the announcer on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In)! Also
here is Jack Garner(James' older brother, appearing in
several of James' TV shows and movies)! A
EPISODE 5: THE FROG IS A DEADLY WEAPON(Jan. 26, 1966):
A PI that had come to Reid to give him a lead on a
gangster that was presumed dead is killed by a couple
of frogmen! Obviously, The Green Hornet is on the case!
Starring in order of appearance: Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough),
Britt Reid/Green Hornet(Van Williams), Lenore Case(Wende
Wagner), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke) & Kato(Bruce Lee)! A
Guest starring Victor Jory(Gone With The Wind, Papillon) &
Barbara Babcock(6 Star Trek: TOS episodes[4 of these were
only her voice, the episodes she was seen on are "A
Taste Of Armageddon" & "Plato's Stepchildren")! A
EPISODE 6: EAT, DRINK, AND BE DEAD(Jan. 27, 1966):
Britt(and the Hornet) are out after a mob-run bootlegging
operation! The hoods have a unique way of defending their
hideout, the use a helicopter to drop bombs on vehicles
going either to or from their operation!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke), Kato(Bruce
Lee), Lenore Case(Wende Wagner) & Mike Axford(Lloyd
Grough)!
Guest starring Jason Evers(Star Trek: TOS episode "Wink
Of An Eye")! A
EPISODE 7: BEAUTIFUL DREAMER, PT. 1(Feb. 2, 1966):
This case has to do with a psychology professor's death
and ordinary people pulling crimes and not knowing anything
about them afterward!!
This includes people in high places with access to lots
of money, and also Lenore!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke), Kato(Bruce
Lee), Lenore Case(Wende Wagner) & Mike Axford(Lloyd
Grough)!
Continues in the next episode! A
EPISODE 8: BEAUTIFUL DREAMER, PT. 2(Feb. 3, 1966):
Continued from the previous episode!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), Kato(Bruce Lee), Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough),
& Lenore Case(Wende Wagner)!
For the first time D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke) is
not in an episode!!
Returning to guest star is Gary Owens(best known for being
the announcer on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In)! A
EPISODE 9: THE RAY IS FOR KILLING(Feb. 9, 1966):
There's a robbery at Reid's home while he's having an
art showing! Not your regular, run-of-the-mill robbers
mind you, they use a ray gun to get away with some very
valuable paintings!!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough), Lenore Case(Wende
Wagner), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke) & Kato(Bruce Lee)!
Guest starring Grant Woods(3 episodes of Star Trek: TOS:
"This Side Of Paradise", "Arena" & "The Galileo Seven"!
He was also in one episode of Batman: "An Egg Grows In
Gotham"!)!! A
EPISODE 10: THE PREYING MANTIS(Feb. 10, 1966):
The Hornet takes on the local Chinatown mafia known as
the Tong! A
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), Kato(Bruce Lee), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter
Brooke), Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough) & Lenore Case(Wende Wagner)!
Guest starring Key Luke(Best known for being Charlie Chan's
#1 son in the Charlie Chan movies of the 30s and 40s!, Kung
Fu, Star Trek TOS episode "Whom Gods Destroy", and most
intersestly enough, he was Kato in the ealy 40s movies of
The Green Hornet!!), Mako(Conan The Destroyer & Barbarian,
McHale's Navy) & Gary Owens(best known for being the announcer
on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In)!! A
EPISODE 11: THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED(Feb. 16, 1966):
Someone's going around killing mobsters, gangsters and
racketeers! Seems like a good idea, 'cept Britt (as the
Green Hornet) is on a list of people to be killed!!
Starring in order of appearance: Kato(Bruce Lee), Britt
Reid/Green Hornet(Van Williams), Mike Axford(Lloyd
Grough), Lenore Case(Wende Wagner) & D.A. Frank Scanlon
(Walter Brooke)!
Guest starring in this is Robert Strauss(Frankie And Johnnie,
Girls Girls Girls)! A
EPISODE 12: DEADLINE FOR DEATH(Feb. 17, 1966):
Mike Axford gets thrown in jail for burglery!! He's caught
at the home of a man he'd interviewed, and it fits a pattern
of bugleries after Mike had interviewed people! Britt, Kato
and the Hornet to the rescue!
Starring in order of appearance: D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter
Brooke), Britt Reid/Green Hornet(Van Williams), Mike Axford
(Lloyd Grough), Kato(Bruce Lee) & Lenore Case(Wende Wagner)!
Guest starring in this is James Best(The Dukes Of Hazard),
Linda Day George(Mission: Impossible[TV]) & Gary Owens
returns! A
EPISODE 13: THE SECRET OF THE SALLY BELL(Feb. 23, 1966):
The secret: There's two million dollars worth of narcotics
on the ship! And the only person who knows the exact place
falls and suffers a concussion!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), Kato(Bruce Lee), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter
Brooke), Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough) & Lenore Case(Wende Wagner)!
There's a huge nod to the Batman series that William Dozier
also produced here!!
Returning to guest star is Gary Owens(best known for being
the announcer on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In)! A
EPISODE 14: FREEWAY TO DEATH(Feb. 24, 1966):
Mike gets wind of a scam involving construction accidents,
and while investigating he's nearly killed while talking
to an informant! The Green Hornet offers to join forces
with him to uncover the plot, and Britt Reid tell him to
to it!
Starring in order of appearance: Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough)
Britt Reid/Green Hornet(Van Williams), Lenore Case(Wende
Wagner) & Kato(Bruce Lee)
The second time that D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke)
is MIA!!
Guest starring in this is Jeffrey Hunter(Star Trek TOS as
the original captain, Captain Christopher Pike!!)! A
EPISODE 15: MAY THE BEST MAN LOSE(Mar. 2, 1966):
Scanlon's up for re-election, and there's those who
REALLY don't want him to win!!
Starring in order of appearance: D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter
Brooke), Britt Reid/Green Hornet(Van Williams), Kato(Bruce
Lee), Lenore Case(Wende Wagner) & Mike Axford(Lloyd
Grough)!
Guest starring again is Gary Owen! Also here is Harold
Gould(The Sting, Kenny Rogers As The Gambler, Kenny
Rogers As The Gambler II: The Adventure Continues)!
EPISODE 16: THE HORNET AND THE FIREFLY(Mar. 3, 1966):
The Firefly, in this case, is a man who's going around
setting fires!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), Kato(Bruce Lee), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter
Brooke), Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough) & Lenore Case(Wende Wagner)!
Guest starring again is Gary Owen! Also here is Russ Conway
(Disney's Hardy Boys Mysteries "The Mystery Of The Applegate
Treasure" as Fenton Hardy, Our Man Flint, Richard Diamond
Private Investigator)! A
EPISODE 17: SEEK, STALK AND DESTROY(Mar. 9, 1966):
Someone's stolen a tank from the Military Reserve Motor
Pool, and severely injured a worker there in the process!
Also going on here is a man on death row has the backing
of Britt!
Starring in order of appearance: Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough)
Britt Reid/Green Hornet(Van Williams), Lenore Case(Wende
Wagner), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke) & Kato(Bruce Lee)!
Guest starring Paul Carr(Star Trek: TOS episode "Where No
Man Has Gone Before" as Lee Kelso, Buck Rogers)!! A
EPISODE 18: CORPSE OF THE YEAR, PT. 1(Mar. 10, 1966):
The Green Hornet attcks a newspaper truck, killing the
driver! Of course, we know that's not true, as Britt Reid
was there to witness the whole thing!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke), Kato(Bruce
Lee), Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough) & Lenore Case(Wende
Wagner)!
Guest starring is a returning Barbara Babcock(Several Star
Trek TOS episodes) & another Star Trek: TOS alumni Angelique
Pettyjohn(episode "The Gamesters Of Triskalian"). Another
returnie is James Garner's older brother, Jack! A
EPISODE 19: CORPSE OF THE YEAR, PT. 2(Mar. 16, 1966):
Continued from last episode!
Starring in order of appearance: Lenore Case(Wende Wagner)
Britt Reid/Green Hornet(Van Williams), Kato(Bruce Lee), D.A.
Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke) & Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough)! A
EPISODE 20: ACE IN THE HOLE(Mar. 17, 1966):
Reid is trying to break up an alliance of top hoods and
Mike is caught in the middle!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), Kato(Bruce Lee), Lenore Case(Wende Wagner)
D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke) & Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough)!
Guest starring Richard Anderson(Perry Mason, Perry Mason
Returns, The Six Million Dollar Man, Forbidden Planet,
The Bionic Woman) & Richard X. Slattery(CPO Sharky, Herbie
Rides Again)!!
Another nod to Batman!! A
EPISODE 21: BAD BET ON A 459-SILENT(Mar. 23, 1966):
A dirty cop and his partner comes upon a robery and they
take advantage of the situation by helping themselves to
some merchandise! His partner doesn't like the whole set
up and wants to stop, but of course the partner isn't having
any of it! The Green Hornet and Kato decide to check it out
and anothe set of cops show up and Britt is wounded! This
puts the duo in a perilous postition, as all the hospitals
have been warned to watch out for a man shot!
Mike gets a hairbained idea about setting up the Hornet by
printing a story about a bunch of furs in a warehouse, hoping
to catch TGH in the act of stealing the furs, only, of course,
instead it attracks the dirty cops, and, as usual, Mike gets
into a bunch of trouble!!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), Kato(Bruce Lee), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter
Brooke), Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough) & Lenore Case(Wende Wagner)! A
EPISODE 22: TROUBLE FOR PRINCE CHARMING(Mar. 24, 1966):
A prince is in the states for his wedding, and when he
arrives he is a victim of an attempted assassination!!
Green Hornet knows about this and wards of the attack,
only to have it happen again and again, culminating in
the kidnapping of his fiance! It's up to TGH to find the
answers!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke),Kato(Bruce
Lee) & Lenore Case(Wende Wagner)!
The first episode without Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough)! A
EPISODE 23: ALIAS: THE SCARF(Mar. 30, 1966):
It appears that a long lost serial murderer has returned to
pick up where he left off several years ago!
Starring in order of appearance: Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough),
Britt Reid/Green Hornet(Van Williams), Lenore Case(Wende
Wagner), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke) & Kato(Bruce Lee)!
Guest starring here are Mr. Atoz from Star Trek: TOS episode
"All Our Yesterdays" and also Septimus from the episode "Bread
And Circuses"(Ian Wolfe) along with one of the greats of horror,
John Carridine(House Of Frankenstein, House Of Dracula, The
Mummy's Ghost, The Invisible Man's Revenge, The Hound Of The
Baskervilles, Bride Of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man)! A
EPISODE 24: HORNET SAVE THYSELF(Mar. 31, 1966):
At a party for Britt's birthday, he gets a gift of a
gun! Also at said party is a man whom Britt's had bad
feeling with, and he gets promptly killed - by Britt!!
Starring in order of appearance: Kato(Bruce Lee), Mike Axford
(Lloyd Grough), Lenore Case(Wende Wagner), Britt Reid/Green
Hornet(Van Williams) & D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke)!
Guest starring here is Michael Strong(Dr. Roger Korby in
the Star Trek: TOS episode "What Are Little Girls Made
Of?") and another alumni of Star Trek: TOS Jack Perkins
(Star Trek: TOS episode "Bread And Circuses" & three
episodes of Batman!) A!
EPISODE 25: INVASION FROM OUTER SPACE, PT. 1(Apr. 6, 1966):
Yep, and they really seem from another planet! This of
course gets The Green Hornet and Kato on the job to find
out exactly what's up!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), Lenore Case(Wende Wagner), Bruce Lee(Kato) &
D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke)!
No sign of Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough) here!
Guest starring here is Lloyd Haynes(Star Trek: TOS episode
"Where No Man Has Gone Before", two episodes of Batman) &
another alumnus from Star Trek: TOS, Arthur Batanides(episode
(That Which Survives")!!
Continued in the next episode! B
EPISODE 26: INVASION FROM OUTER SPACE, PT. 2(Apr. 7, 1966):
Continued from the previous episode!!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), Kato(Bruce Lee), D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter
Brooke) & Lenore Case(Wende Wagner)!
And again Mike Axford(Lloyd Grough) is not in this!
These last two episodes could have been the death knell
for this series! B
ALSO HERE ARE THE TWO CROSSOVER EPISODES WITH
BATMAN AND ROBIN!!!
Both of these episodes were recorded off of TVLAND!
BATMAN SEASON 2: EPISODE #51 "A PIECE OF THE ACTION":
Green Hornet's in town to battle a counterfeit stamp
ring, and of course Batman, who's still his bumbling
self, doesn't realize that the Grean Hornet is a good
guy, nor does he know that he's really Britt Reid! As
such, he thinks that the Hornet is up to something
nefarious!
Starring in order of appearance: Britt Reid/Green Hornet
(Van Williams), Kato(Bruce Lee), Commissioner Gordon(Neil
Hamilton), Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake), Bruce Wayne/Batman
Adam West), Dick Greyson/Robin(Burt Ward), Alfred(Alan
Napier) & Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp)!
Since this is a Batman series episode and not really a Green
Hornet show, D.A. Frank Scanlon(Walter Brooke), Lenore Case
(Wende Wagner) & Mike Axford(LloydnGrough) are not here!
Guest starring here is Harry Mudd himself, Roger C. Carmel
(Star Trek: TOS episodes "Mudd's Women" & "I, Mudd")! Also
retuning is Angelique Pettyjohn(Star Trek: TOS episode
"The Gamesters Of Triskallion")!! And another guest star,
Diane McBain(Surfside 6)!!
Continued in the next episode! A-
BATMAN SEASON 2: EPISODE #52 "BATMAN'S SATISFACTION":
The conclusion of the previous episode!
Starring in order of appearance: Bruce Wayne/Batman
Adam West), Dick Greyson/Robin(Burt Ward),Britt Reid/
Green Hornet(Van Williams), Kato(Bruce Lee), Commissioner
Gordon(Neil Hamilton), Alfred(Alan Napier), Chief O'Hara
(Stafford Repp) & Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake)!
In a cameo here is Edward G. Robinson!! A
From another reviewer at IMDb.com:
You often wonder why this show only was on for
one season and how Batman outlived it. This has
to be one of the best superhero shows to ever be
shown on television and the thing that made it
work was that it didn't rely on camp or the crazy
quilt of villains that Batman did. Instead, it
pretty much was, more or less, a straight crime
drama with very little frills unlike other similarly
themed shows that were on the air at the same time.
Also, Van Williams and Bruce Lee showed that you
can have good acting in a superhero show. Too bad
that this show never really was given a chance to
catch on. If given the time it deserved, it probably
would have outlived Batman. - Sargebri