Showing posts with label 1976. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1976. Show all posts

Saturday, 1 November 2025

Various: TV Pilots + First Episodes


There are many TV Series from yesteryear that I'd like to check out — either for the first time, or from a more experienced, adult perspective — but for various reasons don't have time to do so.

TV Pilots / First Episodes can help decide what to prioritise, so I'm taking that route. I typically get more joy from 70s + 80s TV than I do from modern stuff, so I'm starting there. Call it an 'age thing' if you want. I'm Generation X. Rather than let those encounters go to waste or be forgotten in the years to come, I've chosen to record some of them here. In the order watched:

Friday, 22 August 2025

King Kong Board Game (1976)

King Kong Board Game (1976)

I bought the game from a jumble sale sometime in the 80s. It's not much fun to play, but it's an interesting piece of vintage tat that I'm getting rid of, now preserved for posterity. The copyright info + box art show it to be related to the De Laurentiis Movie (1976–86) directed by John Guillermin. You can find a review of that on my main blog HERE.


Article and Package © Copyright 1976 Ideal Toy Corporation, Hollis, N.Y. 11423
Copyright © 1976 Dino De Laurentis Corporation, All Rights Reserved. 2L-1004.