1966, Television: “Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion”

The German television series “Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion” (“Space Patrol – The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion”) premieres on 17 September 1966, it was broadcasted by ARD. Directed by Theo Mezger and Michael Braun it was the first German science fiction television series, only seven episodes were produced. The theme music was composed by Peter Thomas.

Synopsis

Nations no longer exist and Earth is united. The planet is protected by human made flying saucers like the Orion against attacks by aliens called the Frogs. Commander Cliff Allister McLane (Dietmar Schönherr) is the captain of the Orion and together with his loyal crew he tries to protect the Earth...

Wolfgang Völz as Mario de Monti, Dietmar Schönherr as Cliff Allister McLane,
Eva Pflug as Tamara Jagellovsk and  Claus Holm as Hasso Sigbjörnson

Dietmar Schönherr as Cliff Allister McLane and Eva Pflug as Tamara Jagellovsk

Main cast

• Dietmar Schönherr as Cliff Allister McLane
• Eva Pflug as Tamara Jagellovsk
• Wolfgang Völz as Mario de Monti
• Claus Holm as Hasso Sigbjörnson
• Friedrich G. Beckhaus as Atan Shubashi
• Ursula Lillig as Helga Legrelle
• Benno Sterzenbach as General Wamsler
• Friedrich Joloff as Oberst Villa
• Thomas Reiner as Adjutant Michael Spring-Brauner
• Franz Schafheitlin as Sir Arthur
• Hans Cossy as Marshall Kublai-Krim

The crew of the Orion

Episodes

1. "Angriff aus dem All" ("Attack from Space")
2. "Planet außer Kurs" ("Planet off Course")
3. "Hüter des Gesetzes" ("Keepers of the Law")
4. "Deserteure" ("Deserters")
5. "Kampf um die Sonne" ("Battle for the Sun")
6. "Die Raumfalle" ("The Space Trap")
7. "Invasion"

Ursula Lillig as Helga Legrelle

Awards

Bambi Awards, Bambi Best Actor – Television: Dietmar Schönherr (1968)

Opening and Closing credits (1966)

1966, Television: T.H.E. Cat

On September 16, 1966, the American crime series "T.H.E. Cat" premieres on NBC. The series was created by Harry Julian Fink and produced by Boris Sagal. The title role, Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat, was played by Robert Loggia. The title music was written by Lalo Schifrin. "T.H.E. Cat" was produced for only one season with a total of 26 filmed episodes.

Synopsis

Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat, a former circus acrobat and jewel thief is now a professional bodyguard. He operates from the "Casa Del Gato" ("House Of The Cat") in San Francisco, which he partly owns...

Robert Loggia as Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat

Robert Carricart as Pepe Cordoza

Main Cast

• Robert Loggia as Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat
• Robert Carricart as Pepe Cordoza
• R.G. Armstrong as Police Capt. McAllister 

Robert Loggia as Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat

T.H.E. Cat Opening Credits

1966, Belgian Comics: “Suske en Wiske”, “De Dulle Griet”

In 1966 a new "Suske en Wiske" (UK: "Bob & Bobette" or "Spike and Suzy", US: "Willy and Wanda") album is published: "De Dulle Griet" (English title: "Dull Gret” aka “Mad Meg”). The series “Suske en Wiske” was created by Willy Vandersteen in 1945.

No 66: “ De Dulle Griet”

- two-coloured

- never published in English

- story and drawings by Willy Vandersteen

- published in French ("Bob et Bobette") as "Margot la Folle"

No 66 De Dulle Griet

The story was pre-published in the newspapers "De Standaard" and "Het Nieuwsblad" from 22 February 1966 until 1 July 1966. The main characters are Suske (Spike), Wiske (Suzy), Schanulleke, aunt Sidonia, Lambik (Ambrose), Jerom (Jethro), professor Barabas, Dulle Griet (Mad Meg), Lowie, and Dulle Grietjes (little Mad Meg's). The locations for this story are Antwerp and Bokrijk with the Mol-Sluis barn. The album was reedited in 1967 as No 78 in the coloured series.

Dulle Griet (Mad Meg) and Lambik (Ambrose)

Jerom (Jethro), Lambik (Ambrose) and Wiske (Suzy)

Lambik (Ambrose) and Dulle Grietjes (little Mad Meg's)

Synopsis

Professor Barabas visits Wiske (Suzy) and shows her a fragment of the painting "De Dulle Griet" (“Dull Gret”) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. He wants to bring a person from the painting to life with his new invention, the teletransfor...

Lowie and Dulle Griet (Mad Meg)

Schanulleke

Suske (Spike), Professor Barabas, Sidonia and Wiske (Suzy)

Trivia

• reference to “De Dulle Griet” (“Dull Grett”) painting by Pieter Breugel the Elder (1561), the personification of the horrors of war
• three references to the Vietnam War: Dulle Griet: “Rechten van de Mens? Waar verkopen ze dat? In Vietnam?” (translation: “Human rights? Where do they sell it? In Vietnam?”), Suske (Spike): "Ik wel, maar in Vietnam zijn ze aan de linkerzijde doof en aan de rechterkant horen ze niet goed!" (translation: "I do, but in Vietnam they are deaf to the left and on the right they hear not well!"), and the two last drawings
• reference to the stir around the Leuven University in May 1966. The Belgian episcopate decided to continue to maintain the French language department at the University of Leuven. One little Dull Gret says "Zit er in Leuven een vuiltje aan de lucht?" (translation: “Is there a problem in Leuven?”)
• reference to Joan Baez, Little Dull Gret misunderstands: “Gaat ze zingen als Joan Baas?” (translation: “Is she going to song like Joan Baez?”)
• reference to Belgian television series “Johan en de Alverman” (1965), little Dull Gret: “Nee, hij is groter dan het Alvermannetje!” (translation: No, he is bigger than the “Alvermannetje”!”)
• reference to Belgian prime minister Théo Lefèvre (1961 – 1965), Sidonia: "Alsof mijn neus een T.Jomodel zou zijn!" (translation: "As if my nose would be a T.Jomodel!")

Reference to “De Dulle Griet” (“Dull Grett”) painting by Pieter Breugel the Elder (1561),
the personification of the horrors of war

Reference to the "Vietnam War": “Rechten van de Mens? Waar verkopen ze dat? In Vietnam?”
(translation: “Human rights? Where do they sell it? In Vietnam?”)

Reference to the "Vietnam War", Suske (Spike): "Ik wel, maar in Vietnam zijn ze aan de
linkerzijde doof en aan de rechterkant horen ze niet goed!"
(translation: "I do, but in Vietnam they are deaf to the left and on the right they hear not well!")

Reference to the "Vietnam War", closing credits

Reference "Leuven University"

Reference "Joan Baez"

Reference “Johan en de Alverman”

Refence Belgian prime minister Théo Lefèvre

Reference "Mol-Sluis"

Cars

• Ford Fairlane 500 (1965)
• unidentified police car

Cars: Ford Fairlane 500 (1965)

Cars: unidentified police car

1966, Car spotting: Den Haag, Plein

First row, left to right:

Volvo Amazon (P120), Volkswagen 1200 (Typ 1, Beetle), Ford Zephyr Mark II (206E), Volkswagen 1500 Notchback (Typ 3), Citroën ID/DS, Simca Ariane, Morris 1100 / 1300 (ADO16) , Fiat 1100, Ford Taunus 12M (P4).

First row, right side parking:

Unknown dark coloured car, unknown dark coloured American car, Citroën ID/DS, Ford Taunus 17M (P3), Ford Cortina Mk Ib.

Second row:

Volkswagen 1200 (Typ 1, Beetle), Jaguar Mark 2, unknown dark coloured car probably Ford, Ford Zephyr / Zodiac Mk III (211E, 213E), unknown light coloured cabriolet probably Triumph or Fiat, Volkswagen 1200 (Typ 1, Beetle), BMC Mini (ADO15), Opel Olympia Rekord, Renault Dauphine, Triumph Herald, Simca Aronde (P60), Fiat 1300, Volkswagen 1500 Notchback (Typ 3), Opel Rekord A or B CarAVan, Renault 4, unknown light coloured car, Volkswagen 1200 (Typ 1, Beetle).

Third row:

Only four recognisable cars: in front of the Opel Olympia Record is a Ford Taunus 17M/20M (P5), in front of the Renault Dauphine a BMC Mini (ADO15), in front of the Triumph Herald a Citroën ID/DS and in front of the Volkswagen 1500 Notchback (Typ 3) a Volkswagen 1200 (Typ 1, Beetle).

Fourth row:

Four unknown cars, Citroën ID/DS, unknown car, Volkswagen 1200 (Typ 1, Beetle), BMC Mini (ADO15), Ford Taunus 12M (P4), Simca 1000, Morris Minor 1000 (ADO59), Volkswagen 1200 (Typ 1, Beetle), BMC Mini (ADO15), unknown car, Volkswagen 1200 (Typ 1, Beetle), three unknown cars, Volkswagen 1200 (Typ 1, Beetle), five unknown cars, Volkswagen 1200 (Typ 1, Beetle), unknown car, Renault 4, Citroën 2CV. 

1966, Car spotting: Antwerp, Frankrijklei

Left to right:

Unidentified van, unidentified car, Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle), Volvo Amazon, Ford Cortina Mk I, Opel Rekord A, unidentified car probably Opel Kadett A, Opel Rekord P2, unidentified small car, Fiat 1300, Citroën 2CV, Ford Anglia Sportsman (123E), Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle), BMW 700, Opel Rekord P2, Citroën 2CV.

1966, Belgian Comics: “Gil Jourdan” ("Guus Slim")

In 1966 the new "Gil Jourdan" ("Guus Slim") album "Le Gant à trois doigts" ("Drie vingers") is published by Dupuis. The story first appeared in Spirou magazine (26 November 1964 - 22 April 1965). The Belgian detective comic "Gil Jourdan" was created by Maurice Tillieux in 1956. The first story appeared in Spirou magazine n° 962. Jourdan was based on Felix, an earlier creation by Tillieux. Main characters are Gil Jourdan a Paris-based detective and a Bachelor of Law, Andre Papignolles alias Libellule (English: "Dragonfly") a former burglar who becomes Jourdan's right-hand, Inspector Jules Annibal Crouton Jourdan's police contact and, Queue-de-Cerise (English: "Cherry Stem") Jourdan's secretary. The Renault Dauphine was Jourdan's choice of vehicle in his early adventures. In later adventures he drove a Fiat Dino Coupé, a Renault 16 or a Renault 17.

"Le Gant à trois doigts"

"Le Gant à trois doigts" ("Drie vingers")

- full colour

- first published in Spirou/Robbedoes (26 November 1964 - 22 April 1965)

- never published in English

- story and drawings by Maurice Tillieux

The main characters are Gil Jourdan, Libellule, Crouton, Ben El Mehmed, Ali head of the police, Ahmed, Mohammed, and Philippe Chardin a French spy.

Gil Jourdan

Libellule and Gil Jourdan

Crouton, Libellule and Gil Jourdan

Ben El Mehmed

Synopsis

When a box loaded with gloves with just three fingers on them is seized by French customs, Jourdan follows up the case to a Middle Eastern emirate. There he is promptly captured and jailed, but escapes leaving a wave of chaos behind him...

Ali head of the police

Ahmed

Mohammed and Gil Jourdan

Philippe Chardin a French spy

Cars

- Buick Super Riviera 1950

- Mercedes-Benz W111 Ambulance

- Mercedes-Benz W111 Sedan

- Mercedes-Benz Unimog 401

- Chevrolet Impala 1964 (2-door hardtop coupé and Convertible)

- Pontiac Bonneville 1964

- Buick LeSabre 1964

- Land Rover IIa Forward Control

Buick Super Riviera 1950

Mercedes-Benz W111 Ambulance

Mercedes-Benz W111 Sedan

Mercedes-Benz Unimog 401

Chevrolet Impala 1964

Pontiac Bonneville 1964

Buick LeSabre 1964

Land Rover IIa Forward Control