your father inspired, thrilled and excited me in all his work i have seen, im so very grateful for this and give you my humble respect and warm thanks, geoff x
Thank you for being here! Your father was absolutely brilliant in this show! And he was equally brilliant in one of the greatest science fiction films ever: The Day the Earth Caught Fire. I really believed he was the science reporter for that British newspaper!
I'll always have a soft spot for the McKern eps "Chimes of Big Ben," "Once Upon a Time" and "Fallout!" The others were excellent in their respective ways, but I'll always feel that the dialog exchanges and the dramatic/comedic chemistry between McGoohan & McKern sold it for me. Two legendary giants whose like we'll never see again!
Kenneth Griffith's delivery many years later of the "lost" President speech is top notch. Exactly the way it woulda sounded in 1968, had the scene stayed in. I want these documentaries on DVD *bad*. My favourite episode is Do Not Foresake Me Oh My Darling. I'm serious. Followed by Fall Out and Many Happy Returns. Shit, they're ALL pretty damned good. I mean, be honest. :)
My fave ep was A,B and C... but I love them all. I hope McGoohan would be proud and happy that his show can still hold the imagination and incite debate and thinking. A fan forever of the Prisoner :)
@8:16 "If you sit down and look at it and think about it; it's man destroying himself in a way, which is the case in the world at the moment. I mean we're all destroying our own planet, our own environment, and we're all standing here watching it happen. And nobody's doing anything about it. And people say, 'What can I do about it?' and, I mean, what you can do about it is get together and make a hell of a row about it."
I read that Leo Mckern had a nervous breakdown after filming 'Once Upon a Time.' If that's true I'm not surprised, it was a very intense story. And I would imagine that kind of performance would be a great emotional and physical strain on an actor.
The first 10 episodes of The Prisoner are INCREDIBLE - my bible really. Something went wrong when McGoohan came back from Ice Station Zebra. The "western" episode is silly. The Last episode is to much like Batman. The whole series should have ended on Many Happy returns. A Wonderful creepy ending. In the end - still my favorite show EVER. The dialogue is unmatched in any media.
The last two episodes actually contained some of the most important and blatant esoteric symbolism….I’m sorry you couldn’t see past the flamboyant presentation and its peculiarities to the wisdom and allegory underneath….maybe if you rewatch it you may pick up something new.
not entirely, sure that number 1 is not society personified, but that the evil essence in each of us because of the weakness of our souls that turn to the "society complex" as a form of shelter. (the strong defending the little guy in exchange for their liberty as an example) and the faltering of going down this path that lead to monarchy than revolution to democracy and then to dictatorship but all still forms again of surrendering your individual liberty along of with the liberty of others. and doing so you prevent yourself from becoming "the greatest" of the greatest true self that you could possibly be, neitze would call this the true ubermensch number six just wants anarchy and to be free from the social construct the "society" structure we force upon ourselfs.
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David Tomblin hits the nail on the head about my Father. He NEVER did jobs for money or fame - only what interested him.
your father inspired, thrilled and excited me in all his work i have seen, im so very grateful for this and give you my humble respect and warm thanks, geoff x
Loved your father’s work!
Thank you for being here! Your father was absolutely brilliant in this show! And he was equally brilliant in one of the greatest science fiction films ever: The Day the Earth Caught Fire. I really believed he was the science reporter for that British newspaper!
@@SteveBrant55 Oh yes! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I like The Day The Earth Caught Fire too. It started my passion for Horror and Science Fiction!
Your father is my favourite actor to play number 2 and I do want to see the day the earth caught fire too!
I'll always have a soft spot for the McKern eps "Chimes of Big Ben," "Once Upon a Time" and "Fallout!" The others were excellent in their respective ways, but I'll always feel that the dialog exchanges and the dramatic/comedic chemistry between McGoohan & McKern sold it for me. Two legendary giants whose like we'll never see again!
Kenneth Griffith's delivery many years later of the "lost" President speech is top notch. Exactly the way it woulda sounded in 1968, had the scene stayed in. I want these documentaries on DVD *bad*. My favourite episode is Do Not Foresake Me
Oh My Darling. I'm serious. Followed by Fall Out and Many Happy Returns. Shit, they're ALL pretty damned good. I mean, be honest. :)
my new favorite episode fall out .....alexis..leo mcern...patrick...are absolutley brilliant....kennth griffith as well is brillisnt....
The Prisoner is one of those things I wish I could share but I have such a difficult time explaining it to others.
You don't have to explain - it means different things to different people.
Yeah, Mac. Me too
My fave ep was A,B and C... but I love them all. I hope McGoohan would be proud and happy that his show can still hold the imagination and incite debate and thinking. A fan forever of the Prisoner :)
@8:16 "If you sit down and look at it and think about it; it's man destroying himself in a way, which is the case in the world at the moment. I mean we're all destroying our own planet, our own environment, and we're all standing here watching it happen. And nobody's doing anything about it. And people say, 'What can I do about it?' and, I mean, what you can do about it is get together and make a hell of a row about it."
I read that Leo Mckern had a nervous breakdown after filming 'Once Upon a Time.' If that's true I'm not surprised, it was a very intense story. And I would imagine that kind of performance would be a great emotional and physical strain on an actor.
Mr. McKern, a true professional...
Noreen Ackland = charming lady
fucking mental series. could only be from the 60s
So if they had had more time, Fall Out could have ended differently? Wow. We were lucky that didn't bloody happen.
L❤ve Patrick McGoohan 🙏
i agree with syntox too
There is a part three yes?
I agree with Syntox.
I don't care what ANYONE Says, Fall Out is THE BEST episode. And if you don't get it, too bad for being such a literal minded number...BWAH HA HA!!!
David can’t talk properly!!!!!!! Bizarre
is there a third part?
Yes. It's called "THE PRISONER. Fall out after "Fall Out"".
The first 10 episodes of The Prisoner are INCREDIBLE - my bible really. Something went wrong when McGoohan came back from Ice Station Zebra. The "western" episode is silly. The Last episode is to much like Batman. The whole series should have ended on Many Happy returns. A Wonderful creepy ending. In the end - still my favorite show EVER. The dialogue is unmatched in any media.
The last two episodes actually contained some of the most important and blatant esoteric symbolism….I’m sorry you couldn’t see past the flamboyant presentation and its peculiarities to the wisdom and allegory underneath….maybe if you rewatch it you may pick up something new.
I don't care what anyone says No.1 being ones self is just a cop out as the show was cut prematurely
not entirely, sure that number 1 is not society personified, but that the evil essence in each of us because of the weakness of our souls that turn to the "society complex" as a form of shelter. (the strong defending the little guy in exchange for their liberty as an example) and the faltering of going down this path that lead to monarchy than revolution to democracy and then to dictatorship but all still forms again of surrendering your individual liberty along of with the liberty of others. and doing so you prevent yourself from becoming "the greatest" of the greatest true self that you could possibly be, neitze would call this the true ubermensch number six just wants anarchy and to be free from the social construct the "society" structure we force upon ourselfs.