Topic: Steve Canyon

[GSyren]

Title	The Complete Steve Canyon On TV Vol. 1 (880074-147630)
Actors	Dean Fredericks
Produced	2008 in United States
Runtime	345 minutes
Audio	English Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles	None
Overview	NOT SEEN IN THE US IN OVER 45 YEARS! QUITE POSSIBLY THE RAREST "LOST SERIES" OF ALL TIME! IN BEAUTIFUL BACK AND WHITE FROM THE ORIGINAL 25MM BROADCAST MASTERS. 12 Full half-hour episodes featuring the famed comic strip hero created by Milton Caniff and starring Dean Fredericks as Steve Canyon.
My thoughts	I never read the Steve Canyon comics. I don't even know if they were ever published in Sweden when I grew up. And I never saw the TV show either, because I'm pretty sure it has never been aired over here. So this was a blind buy for me. Well, perhaps not entirely. I knew of the comic strip, even if I never read it, so I had some idea of what it was about. But that's all. The shows are presented like they were aired, with sponsor commercials and network promos. This isn't too annoying, though. It adds a bit of TV history to the shows. The shows are generally very good. This volume contains 12 b/w half hour episodes from 1958 – 1959. Not having read the comics I can't comment on how well the show compares, but Dean Fredericks reportedly bleached his hair in order to look more like the cartoon Canyon, so I guess that says something about his dedication. If you like old TV shows, then there's a very good chance that you will like this one.
My rating	3,5 out of 5

[Dragonfire]

I never heard of this one before.  Interesting.