Here's a note in memory of a man I posted on some time ago (that I left up -- yes, I checked! "We're Number One! We're Number One!"). Patrick McGoohan died this week in LA, apparently just a few miles from where a remake of The Prisoner had been screened in preview. I caught the scoop at Wired.com ... so I'll refrain, except to note that McGoohan's participation apparently was solicited for the remake, but he was just too ill.
My old post may have inferred (from faulty memory) that his old TV series, Danger Man (aired here as Secret Agent -- with Johnny Rivers or whoever adding "man" to fit the theme song, I guess) was a standard "bullets and bedrooms" spy series. However, it seems McGoohan's show responsibly resisted the stereotypical formula.
I stand corrected.
BTW, I'm glad that McGoohan is getting some overdue recognition for his visionary work on "The Prisoner." I hope he was able to hear some of that appreciative feedback before he passed from our midst.
LJ orig.: Jan 16, 2009
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