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CanadianUMFan · 03-02-2010, 05:28 AM

Does anyone know if the latest version of UM on Spike TV has solved any previously unsolved cases? If a couple of cases could be solved, perhaps we would see some new episodes of this classic made.

burbqueen · 03-02-2010, 12:39 PM

really good question! I dunno. I still wanna know if the people in the background are real! No one knows the answer.

Corky Kneivel · 03-02-2010, 01:34 PM

co-sign. this is a great question. unfortunately I have no answer for you

atomicfizz · 03-02-2010, 02:35 PM

I wonder too. I don't think so. The only cases I've heard of being found that were ever profiled on UM were the Baskins and that Christopher Chichester character, but they had nothing to do with Spike. I can only hope that it will help to solve something but the shows are so old now that so many of the people would look so different.

burbqueen · 03-02-2010, 04:37 PM

but those people in the background look so busy and they really stare at the screens hard. So what, a waste of money all for a bit of theatre??

egswanso · 03-02-2010, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by burbqueen

but those people in the background look so busy and they really stare at the screens hard. So what, a waste of money all for a bit of theatre??

I suspect they just filmed the "telecenter" once and just recycle the same footage, along with the old stories. I mean they don't even have a telephone number, so I can't imagine they really have a telecenter.

Personally, I doubt the Spike version would ever be responsible for solving a thing, given that the average story there is 20-30 years old (does Spike really think it fools people by using "modern" graphics. I mean, the interviews, films, etc. are clearly 80s.

sdb4884 · 03-02-2010, 11:23 PM

Yeah it looked like such a joke. I mean when Stack hosted we barely required to see the telecentre. He was on the site of the case and we might have got a glimpse of the operator or just a re run of a telecentre video but not the fake one Spike has.

burbqueen · 03-03-2010, 01:40 PM

but when they solve a case, the people in the background run around and act like something is really it. its too funny. why not save money and have farina sitting at a desk or in front of a green screen or just in a smoke filled alley??

CanadianUMFan · 03-04-2010, 04:19 AM

Does anyone else find it funny when Farina says "Recently ..."? Usually he is referring to cases in which there is some kind of update and he will say, "Recently, we showed such and such case and ...". In Farina's case, the word "recently" refers to 15 years ago.

burbqueen · 03-04-2010, 02:54 PM

yeah that is hilarious! or why cant UM just come back???? *sobs*

CanadianUMFan · 03-05-2010, 12:23 AM

My digital TV guide is saying that Spike TV is running the 1987 UM episode that was hosted by Raymond Burr at 2:00 am (in less than three hours). I sure hope that that is true but I will believe it when I see it.

cmyweb · 03-05-2010, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by CanadianUMFan

Does anyone else find it funny when Farina says "Recently ..."? Usually he is referring to cases in which there is some kind of update and he will say, "Recently, we showed such and such case and ...". In Farina's case, the word "recently" refers to 15 years ago.

Yup!... By the end of the segment you'll find out that not only was the person caught but has now been out of prison for 10 years!

burbqueen · 03-05-2010, 01:20 PM

or was in prision and since been freed! darnit!

truthbtold · 03-05-2010, 03:21 PM

If you pay close attention to the people in the background of the "telecenter" you will notice that monitors are showing clips of the case that is about to air.

everybodylovesrs · 03-06-2010, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by CanadianUMFan

My digital TV guide is saying that Spike TV is running the 1987 UM episode that was hosted by Raymond Burr at 2:00 am (in less than three hours). I sure hope that that is true but I will believe it when I see it.

Was it true?

03-02-2010, 05:28 AM	#1
CanadianUMFan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 21, 2007 Location: St Catharines, Ontario, Canada Posts: 215	Has Spike's UM solved any cases? Does anyone know if the latest version of UM on Spike TV has solved any previously unsolved cases? If a couple of cases could be solved, perhaps we would see some new episodes of this classic made.

03-02-2010, 12:39 PM	#2
burbqueen Master of My Domain Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 11, 2009 Location: texas Posts: 160	really good question! I dunno. I still wanna know if the people in the background are real! No one knows the answer.
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03-02-2010, 01:34 PM	#3
Corky Kneivel Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: Sacratomato Posts: 570	co-sign. this is a great question. unfortunately I have no answer for you

03-02-2010, 02:35 PM	#4
atomicfizz Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 07, 2008 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 310	I wonder too. I don't think so. The only cases I've heard of being found that were ever profiled on UM were the Baskins and that Christopher Chichester character, but they had nothing to do with Spike. I can only hope that it will help to solve something but the shows are so old now that so many of the people would look so different.

03-02-2010, 04:37 PM	#5
burbqueen Master of My Domain Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 11, 2009 Location: texas Posts: 160	but those people in the background look so busy and they really stare at the screens hard. So what, a waste of money all for a bit of theatre??

03-02-2010, 11:23 PM	#7
sdb4884 UM Meme Guy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 01, 2008 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 1,234	Yeah it looked like such a joke. I mean when Stack hosted we barely required to see the telecentre. He was on the site of the case and we might have got a glimpse of the operator or just a re run of a telecentre video but not the fake one Spike has.

03-03-2010, 01:40 PM	#8
burbqueen Master of My Domain Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 11, 2009 Location: texas Posts: 160	but when they solve a case, the people in the background run around and act like something is really it. its too funny. why not save money and have farina sitting at a desk or in front of a green screen or just in a smoke filled alley??

03-04-2010, 04:19 AM	#9
CanadianUMFan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 21, 2007 Location: St Catharines, Ontario, Canada Posts: 215	Does anyone else find it funny when Farina says "Recently ..."? Usually he is referring to cases in which there is some kind of update and he will say, "Recently, we showed such and such case and ...". In Farina's case, the word "recently" refers to 15 years ago.

03-04-2010, 02:54 PM	#10
burbqueen Master of My Domain Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 11, 2009 Location: texas Posts: 160	yeah that is hilarious! or why cant UM just come back???? sobs

03-05-2010, 12:23 AM	#11
CanadianUMFan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 21, 2007 Location: St Catharines, Ontario, Canada Posts: 215	My digital TV guide is saying that Spike TV is running the 1987 UM episode that was hosted by Raymond Burr at 2:00 am (in less than three hours). I sure hope that that is true but I will believe it when I see it.

03-05-2010, 01:20 PM	#13
burbqueen Master of My Domain Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 11, 2009 Location: texas Posts: 160	or was in prision and since been freed! darnit!

03-05-2010, 03:21 PM	#14
truthbtold Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 16, 2010 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 84	If you pay close attention to the people in the background of the "telecenter" you will notice that monitors are showing clips of the case that is about to air.