Mainly on the Plains
- Episode aired Feb 22, 1967
- 1h
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8.4/10
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Boris Karloff portrays a well-meaning scientist who behaves suspiciously like Miguel de Cervantes's literary creation, Don Quixote.Boris Karloff portrays a well-meaning scientist who behaves suspiciously like Miguel de Cervantes's literary creation, Don Quixote.Boris Karloff portrays a well-meaning scientist who behaves suspiciously like Miguel de Cervantes's literary creation, Don Quixote.
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Mona Fouad
- Maid
- (as Mona Hamlin)
Eddie San Jose
- Policeman #1
- (as Eduardo San Jose)
Ángel Jordán
- Guard
- (as Angel Jordan)
Paul Naschy
- Group Member in Dark Jacket
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaPaul Naschy can be seen as a member of a picnic group who get to bounce Boris Karloff (or rather his double) into the air using a blanket as a makeshift trampoline.
- ConnectionsReferences The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
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Am hour spent with Boris Karloff's a marvelous thing
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Towards the end of his life, Boris Karloff still managed to make appearances in several vehicles I - and others still hold dear (anyone familiar Mad Mad Monster Party? How the Grinch Stole Christmas). Aside from making several - so-so films, Mr Karloff also made appearances on several TV series I love, including Wild Wild West, The Name of The Game, and this -in a way his most touching, and in a way, reflective appearance.
I'm fortunate to have met Mr Karloff several times as a (very!) small child, and though I have fleeing memories, I've got the pictures to see him with me (my father told me he was a wonderfully gentle, kind person, and one thing he regretted was that he never liked to frighten children, but my dad also told me one of the reasons he loved spending time with me is he made me laugh a lot)
Mr Karloff is a Spanish professor who's an genius in thermodynamics (as Scotty tells Kelly, he's a 'thermodynamacist' - try saying that 3 times quickly), who's mathematical formulas are valued by both sides - for their ability to help make anti-anti missiles (it sounds funny, almost unreal, but that's the game of brinkmanship).
The professori's not one who'll just give the work; in fact, he's almost a pacifist, but he's also a deep respect for genuineness and a lover of Cervantes' Don Quixote.
The episode is a road trip of sorts, as Scotty and Kelly accompany the professor - because he genuinely likes them -and an agent of the opposition, who - after failing to win over the professor (who sensed his disengenuineness, trails them.
One quality of this show I love is the postcard-like scenery, and here, the sights of La Mancha Spain are front and centre; open flat vistas, and yes; windmills.
It's a beautifully shot trip the 3 are on (Kelly says to Scotty, 'this is the way to see Spain; an open car, with the sun bearing down and the wind on your face...', I could get lost in it).
The beauty here is an important part which compliments messrs Karloff and friends, and I couldn't recommend better traveling companions
Towards the end of his life, Boris Karloff still managed to make appearances in several vehicles I - and others still hold dear (anyone familiar Mad Mad Monster Party? How the Grinch Stole Christmas). Aside from making several - so-so films, Mr Karloff also made appearances on several TV series I love, including Wild Wild West, The Name of The Game, and this -in a way his most touching, and in a way, reflective appearance.
I'm fortunate to have met Mr Karloff several times as a (very!) small child, and though I have fleeing memories, I've got the pictures to see him with me (my father told me he was a wonderfully gentle, kind person, and one thing he regretted was that he never liked to frighten children, but my dad also told me one of the reasons he loved spending time with me is he made me laugh a lot)
Mr Karloff is a Spanish professor who's an genius in thermodynamics (as Scotty tells Kelly, he's a 'thermodynamacist' - try saying that 3 times quickly), who's mathematical formulas are valued by both sides - for their ability to help make anti-anti missiles (it sounds funny, almost unreal, but that's the game of brinkmanship).
The professori's not one who'll just give the work; in fact, he's almost a pacifist, but he's also a deep respect for genuineness and a lover of Cervantes' Don Quixote.
The episode is a road trip of sorts, as Scotty and Kelly accompany the professor - because he genuinely likes them -and an agent of the opposition, who - after failing to win over the professor (who sensed his disengenuineness, trails them.
One quality of this show I love is the postcard-like scenery, and here, the sights of La Mancha Spain are front and centre; open flat vistas, and yes; windmills.
It's a beautifully shot trip the 3 are on (Kelly says to Scotty, 'this is the way to see Spain; an open car, with the sun bearing down and the wind on your face...', I could get lost in it).
The beauty here is an important part which compliments messrs Karloff and friends, and I couldn't recommend better traveling companions
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