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 Posted: Thu Oct 27th, 2005 02:26 pm
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kj3553
Born in the wrong century


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 I wasn't very interested in the Civil War when I was a kid, and only have vague memories of TV shows that touched on a Civil War theme. I do remember watching Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase (does anyone know if it's out on dvd or tape?). It probably interested me more at the time as a train chase story, as my father worked at that time on the old New York Central RR. That, and I knew Fess Parker through his portrayals of Daniel Boone and Davey Crocket.

As for old TV shows, I was watching some old episodes of One Step Beyond the other day (picked up a few budget dvds of old TV shows at the store) and came across a Civil War story among the episodes. I can't recall the title of the episode just now, but it was a kind of ghost story. The episodes were only 30 minutes long (that was with commercials!). My mother tells me (though I don't remember it) that I watched The Grey Ghost (was that the right name?).

When it comes to more modern films, my favorites are Gettysburg and Glory.

Oh well...enough trapsing down memory lane.

~ KJ