You know, age really is the great equalizer. Back when I was a kid, I thought that the BATMAN TV series was the greatest show ever made probably because I'm seeing a live-action version of characters I've read in the comic books. As I got older, and became hip to the more ridiculous elements of the show(and this was around the same time as the DARK KNIGHT book and the BATMAN movie), I disavowed the series. Nowadays, I'm hip to the fact that it was a product of its time during the mid-1960s and reflective of the BATMAN comics made during that era, I'm watching the show again. It's not a great series, but good enough for what it is.
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Twilight Theatre
(1982 TV Movie)
I remember TWILIGHT THEATER too!
18 November 2005
From what I remember, there were two episodes of TWILIGHT THEATER, and NBC broadcast them on the Saturday NIGHT LIVE time slot in the place of reruns of the show. I remember the Steve Martin drunk steamroller driving segment, a parody of 1930's prison films(starring Bill Murray), a segment on "the first soap opera set in high school"(my words) and Michael York asking for contributions to keep TWILIGHT THEATER on the air(to which the subscribers get a button that says TWIT on it). At times, I look back at TWILIGHT THEATER when I look at the sad shape of late night TV today. Let me tell you, we didn't know how good we had it back then.
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