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ullmanndb · 05-28-2008, 11:13 PM

I just watched this last night from my Mill Creek box set. It's got to be the most bizarre episode of the entire series! Lots of action with the boys fighting off thugs, using some martial arts moves. Such a different, harder flavor with a lot of the show feeling more like an old-fashioned, Edward G. Robinson gangster movie. Quite surreal. It's fun seeing the cheery Coke commercials punctuating the darker story, too.

honeybea · 05-29-2008, 10:25 AM

I have to agree with you! This was not a favorite of mine. I prefer the funnier Ricky and gentle David. I always like seeing the commercials, especially the Coke and Kodak ones.

Jude The Obscure · 05-29-2008, 08:00 PM

I loved this episode!! It was such a change of pace

Taking place during the James Bond/Spy craze of the '60s

dlb108 · 05-30-2008, 12:13 PM

I liked this episode too. It is a great example of Ozzie using a dream sequence to show things he couldn't do in a regular episode and also how Ozzie would incorporate what David and Ricky were doing in real life (judo, wrestling) into the show. I'm sure that David and Ricky were thrilled to do a fight scene.

OH Nuts! · 05-31-2008, 03:53 PM

You can put me in the like column too. Yes, it was a bit different from their regular eps but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Great coke commercials but man I don't even want to think what a coca cola would do to my blood sugar LOL. What was amazing was that Rick and Dave did their own stunts.

I'm a little fuzzy, but I knew from one of the bios I read on Rick that he knew karate. I remember reading there was an incident where he had two girls in the car and some jocks came by and tried to give Rick a hard time by jumping up on down on his hood. They figured he was just a pretty boy. Rick told them to cut it out. And when they didn't he jumped out of the car and gave them a taste of his karate , got them to the ground and said to them I told you not to sit on my car. What a guy. No wonder the girls went crazy over him.

Jude The Obscure · 06-02-2008, 10:31 AM

At least Coke back then was made with cane sugar and not that blasted high fructose corn syrup!

OH Nuts! · 06-02-2008, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jude86

At least Coke back then was made with cane sugar and not that blasted high fructose corn syrup!

Yeah, that crap seems to creep into just about everything.

Jude The Obscure · 06-04-2008, 08:16 AM

I've seen some products now boasting that they DON'T have it

OH Nuts! · 06-04-2008, 08:19 AM

Thank God the trend is for more healthier products becoming available. And some, thank goodness, aren't bad. The good ones just seem to have a lighter taste to them than the real deal. The sugar-free preserves I bought for example. Got this imitation cream cheese that has 1/3 the cals of reg only 28% cals from fat and tastes really decent. It's a local brand from Bkyln.

05-28-2008, 11:13 PM	#1
ullmanndb Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 08, 2005 Posts: 30	"The Manly Arts" I just watched this last night from my Mill Creek box set. It's got to be the most bizarre episode of the entire series! Lots of action with the boys fighting off thugs, using some martial arts moves. Such a different, harder flavor with a lot of the show feeling more like an old-fashioned, Edward G. Robinson gangster movie. Quite surreal. It's fun seeing the cheery Coke commercials punctuating the darker story, too.

05-29-2008, 10:25 AM	#2
honeybea Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 06, 2005 Location: SC Posts: 503	I have to agree with you! This was not a favorite of mine. I prefer the funnier Ricky and gentle David. I always like seeing the commercials, especially the Coke and Kodak ones.

05-29-2008, 08:00 PM	#3
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	I loved this episode!! It was such a change of pace Taking place during the James Bond/Spy craze of the '60s

05-30-2008, 12:13 PM	#4
dlb108 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 21, 2008 Posts: 40	I liked this episode too. It is a great example of Ozzie using a dream sequence to show things he couldn't do in a regular episode and also how Ozzie would incorporate what David and Ricky were doing in real life (judo, wrestling) into the show. I'm sure that David and Ricky were thrilled to do a fight scene.

05-31-2008, 03:53 PM	#5
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	You can put me in the like column too. Yes, it was a bit different from their regular eps but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Great coke commercials but man I don't even want to think what a coca cola would do to my blood sugar LOL. What was amazing was that Rick and Dave did their own stunts. I'm a little fuzzy, but I knew from one of the bios I read on Rick that he knew karate. I remember reading there was an incident where he had two girls in the car and some jocks came by and tried to give Rick a hard time by jumping up on down on his hood. They figured he was just a pretty boy. Rick told them to cut it out. And when they didn't he jumped out of the car and gave them a taste of his karate , got them to the ground and said to them I told you not to sit on my car. What a guy. No wonder the girls went crazy over him.

06-02-2008, 10:31 AM	#6
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	At least Coke back then was made with cane sugar and not that blasted high fructose corn syrup!

06-04-2008, 08:16 AM	#8
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	I've seen some products now boasting that they DON'T have it

06-04-2008, 08:19 AM	#9
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	Thank God the trend is for more healthier products becoming available. And some, thank goodness, aren't bad. The good ones just seem to have a lighter taste to them than the real deal. The sugar-free preserves I bought for example. Got this imitation cream cheese that has 1/3 the cals of reg only 28% cals from fat and tastes really decent. It's a local brand from Bkyln.