The Green Hornet TV Series Facts and Goofs

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  • @tvcrazyman
    @tvcrazyman  10 місяців тому +20

    I hope you all enjoy this combination of goofs and fun facts. I wonder how many know that the Green Hornet is related to the Lone Ranger?

    • @demetriusdillard2863
      @demetriusdillard2863 10 місяців тому +2

      Thank you, TVCrazyman! I most certainly will! In fact, I always enjoy kicking back in my cowboy boots and watching all the goofs and errors you uncovered in all the videos you regularly upload to your awesome channel! Keep up the good work and enjoy your weekend, bro!

    • @ralphjohnson340
      @ralphjohnson340 10 місяців тому +3

      I'm sorry I thought your name was Rick my bad

    • @pauld6967
      @pauld6967 10 місяців тому +5

      That family relationship is something I have known since the 1970s.
      It was a "wow, neat!" moment when I learned it as a youngster.
      I am glad that you included this easily overlooked fact.

    • @FRANKRIO-jv1sq
      @FRANKRIO-jv1sq 8 місяців тому +1

      👴🏻🥃 VOTE FOR ROBERT KENNEDY JR AND AARON ROGERS IN 24

    • @FRANKRIO-jv1sq
      @FRANKRIO-jv1sq 8 місяців тому

      ​@@demetriusdillard2863🥃👴🏻 YO MOTHER LOOK LIKE RONDO HATTON

  • @bobcruise945
    @bobcruise945 10 місяців тому +4

    Great video, I actually got to meet Van Williams in 1994 in Dallas, and hang out with him. He was a great guy! Told Me a few stories about Him and Bruce Lee. Best Crime Fighting Actor I ever met. Real Gentleman 👍

  • @Pratman
    @Pratman 10 місяців тому +4

    The Green Hornet totally rocked never knew it was related to the Lone Ranger but now you look at it makes sense top video as always bud 😀

  • @paulbookwood6410
    @paulbookwood6410 10 місяців тому +8

    I loved the Green Hornet show, especially with Bruce Lee as Kato. As with most shows of the genre it requires a little suspension of disbelief, but that's part of the fun.😏

  • @stuartjohnson5686
    @stuartjohnson5686 9 місяців тому +2

    In one episode of Batman, The Green Hornet is a TV series Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson are watching, But then later Green Hornet and Kato show up as real people. Even stranger is the main characters from Emergency appear in an episode of Adam-12 and the two police officers appear in the first episode of Emergency, but later in the Emergency series Adam-12 is a televsion program that fireman are watching.

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  9 місяців тому

      That was strange considering Adam-12 and Emergency were so down to Earth and generally realistic in their stories.

  • @bobsebring2819
    @bobsebring2819 10 місяців тому +5

    Seems like yesterday when I was anticipating The Green Hornet coming on tv, a Friday night at 7:30 on channel 7. Although I was Bat-crazy, I loved The Green Hornet, especially because of Kato. Seeing Kato fight was the highlight of the show, I thought.

  • @Victor-gi3dy
    @Victor-gi3dy 10 місяців тому +6

    When i meant Van Williams 30 yrs ago i asked him if Bruce Lee Really drove the car he said "Yes When he Wasn't Crashing it" i REALLY wished i had of asked him to ELABORATE !!!!!! 😮😮😮

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  10 місяців тому +1

      You know I wonder if they were afraid to criticize his driving.😀

  • @jons.6216
    @jons.6216 10 місяців тому +3

    The Green Hornet's Black Beauty car has always reminded me of those sinister looking 1965 Buick Rivieras! Haha! I even looked them up but they're two different car models.

    • @robphillips1797
      @robphillips1797 10 місяців тому +2

      The TV show used a modified Chrysler Imperial, built by Dean Jeffries.
      I love the 66 Chevelles and Buicks, though

  • @kali3665
    @kali3665 10 місяців тому +5

    More than The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet can be seen as an actual sequel to the radio series. In the radio series, the Hornet was treated as a villain, but near the end of radio show, the Hornet reveals his identity to the District Attorney and they become partners, even though the Hornet is still seen as a villain by the public. This was carried on in the TV series. The Hornet also revealed his identity to his father Dan, but because of various rights issues by that time, they couldn't mention The Lone Ranger's name. Ah well.
    Now, here's a good little quiz: How many members of The Lone Ranger's family were fully identified in the radio series or the original TV series? Answer: Three, and one is technical. And the Ranger is not one of them.
    First, there's the Lone Ranger's brother, Captain Dan Reid.
    Then, there's Dan's wife, "a lovely lady from Virginia," named Linda.
    Lastly, and this may be the technical reference, Captain Reid's son, also named Dan. Maybe. Mrs "Grandma" Frisby raised Dan after his parents were killed, and she told the Ranger, "I called the baby Dan because it was the name on the locket" that she found with the child. That may or may not mean the boy was originally named Dan, but that's his name.
    And, of course, Dan Jr.'s own son (the Ranger's grand-nephew) is named Britt, but, naturally, Britt could never be named on the Lone Ranger series. He wasn't born yet.
    As for the Ranger himself, well, the only official name for him is Reid - and that's because his brother is Dan Reid ("Dan's last name is Reid, the same as mine," noted the Ranger to Grandma Frisby). Not once is the Ranger fully named. While it is accepted today that the Ranger's first name is John, the name was never used on radio or the original TV series. The first official use of "John" as the Ranger's name was in the 1980 movie with Klinton Spilsbury.
    Someone challenged me on this saying that the name "John Reid" was used in the origin episodes of the TV series, but, no. The closest we get is when the Ranger takes Tonto to his secret silver mine and they meet with Jim Blaine, a former Texas Ranger who is the only one other than Dan and Tonto that the Ranger trusts with his true identity. But the revelation is made off camera, and afterwards, Jim only refers to the Ranger as "Reid." And Tonto, of course, only calls the Ranger, "kemo sabe."
    Now, of course, The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet are owned by two different entities, so it becomes even more difficult to sort out the family connections.
    Hi Yo Silver!

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  10 місяців тому +1

      Awesome! I keep hoping one day to have a really good and successful Lone Ranger movie or TV series that does justice to Clayton Moore and his take of the Ranger.

    • @BIGELOW.65
      @BIGELOW.65 10 місяців тому +1

      I hope they do too. Hope they have a good Green Hornet movie like the TV show.

    • @calvinkatt662
      @calvinkatt662 10 місяців тому +1

      Back in the 1990's, there was a Green Hornet comic book. Due to being owned by different companies (as you mentioned) they could not directly acknowledge the Lone Ranger as Britt's great uncle. What they did do was show a painting of a masked cowboy that Britt identified as a relative. They did not call him "The Lone Ranger" and he did not look like Clayton Moore's version. He had a full face mask like in one of the Lone Ranger movie serials.

    • @kali3665
      @kali3665 10 місяців тому +1

      @@calvinkatt662 I've seen the comic book - they actually did a great job, and the artwork is fantastic. True, they couldn't directly link the Hornet to his ancestor, but they did the best they could.

  • @Gerry1of1
    @Gerry1of1 10 місяців тому +19

    How did you miss the most glaringly obvious flaw in the tv series? Kato is called "Kato" even when he's wearing a mask to hide his identity. And no one is supposed to notice the only 2 Asians in town have the same name?

    • @lastoeck
      @lastoeck 10 місяців тому +2

      Purely coincidental 🤣

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  10 місяців тому +4

      Hmmm, I can see that, but one episode at least was about China town could have been more Katos, maybe.

    • @RobertGoldman-o2p
      @RobertGoldman-o2p 10 місяців тому +3

      I am glad they didn't do it campy like Batman.

    • @kali3665
      @kali3665 10 місяців тому +1

      @@RobertGoldman-o2p That was one of the reasons the show got cancelled - everyone expected it to be Batman-camp, and they told it straight, so people lost interest quickly. Now, it's one of the reasons why the series works better than Batman in the long run. We love Batman BECAUSE it's so 60s day-glo camp. We love The Green Hornet because it was a good dramatic series.

    • @sergepd
      @sergepd 10 місяців тому +1

      Take another look at the show. Does the Green Hornet actually ever call him Kato in front of anyone? I don't remember that ever happening. Maybe I'm wrong but if he did it was pretty rare.

  • @pl5624
    @pl5624 10 місяців тому +3

    Emergency did the same thing with Adam 12..first they shared the screen then Adam 12 was a tv show station 51 watched.

  • @robertpolityka8464
    @robertpolityka8464 10 місяців тому +2

    This is the first time, I ever heard KATO and Mayberry in the same sentence....

  • @jamesmurray8558
    @jamesmurray8558 10 місяців тому +2

    We were young, full of sugar and awe.

  • @michaelangelioliebers7601
    @michaelangelioliebers7601 3 місяці тому +1

    The Green Hornet and kato take on the dynamic duo .

  • @Robert-d3j1b
    @Robert-d3j1b 10 місяців тому +1

    I was a casual viewer,I think my 9 year old self just couldn’t believe that with all the bullets and bombs being thrown around,no one was even wounded

  • @indetigersscifireview4360
    @indetigersscifireview4360 10 місяців тому +2

    One of Mako's best roles was as Uncle Iroh in Avatar The Last Airbender. If you haven't seen the series I highly recommend it.

  • @colincofield3747
    @colincofield3747 10 місяців тому +2

    Fran Striker was the original author of the "Lone Ranger" novels, so the relationship between the Green Hornet and The Lone Ranger makes sense.

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  10 місяців тому +1

      I think they should mention it in the next Green Hornet movie.

  • @odieoreilly
    @odieoreilly 10 місяців тому +1

    Love your Channel i am always Watching 😊 a Happy Place to Be.
    In the scene
    Bruce Lee as Kato faces Lo Sing, portrayed by Mako, however, during the actual fight scene, Bruce Lee's student and friend,
    Dan Inosanto is doubled for Mako.
    You can see dan, just to let You know 😊 Keep Up The Great Work You Do Thanks 😊😅😊

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  10 місяців тому +1

      Appreciate it! Glad you like it!😀

  • @themeanhornet1070
    @themeanhornet1070 5 місяців тому

    I went to the Baltimore Batfest in 06, Adam West mentioned that he had the costume dept put extra padding in everything it could. Someone asked about Burt Ward, and West said “F- him.”

  • @sergepd
    @sergepd 10 місяців тому +1

    Not only are those streets used in other shows, they're the same streets used in the Green Hornet serials!

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  10 місяців тому

      Cool. I've got the serial on DVD, but I haven't gotten around to watching it yet. I'll have to see if I can recognize anything.

  • @JamesShafer-p7t
    @JamesShafer-p7t 10 місяців тому +1

    You missed 1-2 Bat Man episodes Wayne and Reide went to same collage together. Both sets of crime fighters thought of the other as criminals as you brought up... then saw they were on the same side. Yes both in seperate cities. Both in Maybery that confused me. The green hornet the cars stored up side down couldn't leave anything in car didn't make since.

  • @sergepd
    @sergepd 10 місяців тому +1

    This actually was the first live action superhero team up

    • @georgehartman3189
      @georgehartman3189 5 місяців тому

      Unless you count Superman appearing on I Love Lucy, but that was more as a crossover.

  • @Merylstreep1949
    @Merylstreep1949 10 місяців тому +1

    The Green Hornet living in Mayberry is because he gives Otis the beat downs that Andy and Barney are too weak sauce to deliver 😂😂😂😂

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  10 місяців тому +1

      Otis is the Green Hornet's informant. He tells him where all the moonshiners are hiding out.😀

    • @Merylstreep1949
      @Merylstreep1949 10 місяців тому +1

      @tvcrazyman lol yeah now I can't unsee Green Hornet possibly living in both Mayberry and Gotham City...multiverse????

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  10 місяців тому

      It's a reality somewhere out there.😀@@Merylstreep1949

  • @drfalcon4102
    @drfalcon4102 10 місяців тому +1

    Back years ago,, the Green Hornet radio show,, a few times it was said that Green Hornet and Batman were close friends..

  • @jackdorsey4850
    @jackdorsey4850 5 місяців тому +1

    Burt Ward who played Robin didn't want to lose a fight to Bruce Lee who played Kato the scriptwriter changed it to the fight ending in a draw

  • @TheHornet1fan
    @TheHornet1fan 10 місяців тому +1

    also, I wondered how or where Black Beauty would have been kept in Gotham( or really any location) outside the city it came from re that secret turn floor device in Britt Reid's garage. But far more absurdly, how on earth could Commissioner Gordon be led to believe that Britt Reid could be Batman when both Men had been in his office earlier at the same.

  • @Strato777
    @Strato777 9 місяців тому

    At 6:30 I swear it’s David Puddy from Seinfeld 😂

  • @stationarywanderer7910
    @stationarywanderer7910 2 місяці тому

    Lee was taking more than aspirin. He had a serious drug problem, which undoubtedly contributed to his death. He was addicted to diuretics and painkillers, which included opioids.

  • @getsmarter5412
    @getsmarter5412 10 місяців тому

    I went to a Kung fu class in the early ‘70s at sac city college when I was 15. The master claimed to have trained at the temple in China. This short old man bent over from a broken back could have his foot in your crotch faster than you could blink with minimal movement. His son, a black belt in Ju Jitsu was also incredibly fast, and had full contact history and also taught the class. The old man claimed to be a family friend of the Lee’s, and was privy to what supposedly happened. The Chinese mafia wanted in on Lee’s success, but Lee defied them. The mafia sent 3 guys after him to teach Lee a lesson. Lee knew who these guys were and realized the only way to defeat these guys was to let them get close enough, that meant taking some hits. He then killed all 3. Lee died from a subdural hematoma from a blow to his head. Don’t know if it’s true or not, I have no reason to not believe Master Ben Mar, and his son, Miles.

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 8 місяців тому +1

    I had dinner with Van Williams in Chinatown!

  • @cadeevans4623
    @cadeevans4623 10 місяців тому +1

    Awesome video love the show and hearing the facts

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 10 місяців тому +1

    Bruce Lee is the best!

  • @pauld6967
    @pauld6967 10 місяців тому

    The answer to "real, television shows, know they are all good guys?" is easily answered by the comic book 'go to' answer for these situations: parallel realities. 😉

  • @Gerry1of1
    @Gerry1of1 10 місяців тому +3

    Green Hornet is one of my all time Favourite shows. Shame about the movie version SMH.

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  10 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, the movie version wasn't as good. It had a few good moments, like when he blasted the redlight camera, but not enough to be a classic you want to own on DVD and watch again.

    • @bobsebring2819
      @bobsebring2819 10 місяців тому +1

      that was such an insult! I had heard of a remake of the Green Hornet as far back as in 1991 and had waited all those years for it to happen. it was Horrible! That Seth Rogan had ruined it to where I'll never watch a thing he does again. He confirmed my belief when he made a movie that trashed Christians and Christmas.

    • @Gerry1of1
      @Gerry1of1 10 місяців тому +1

      @@bobsebring2819 I had the same reaction . Seth Rogan ruined my beloved Green Hornet so bad I don't watch anything he's in. Though I did like 'Zack & Miri make a Porno". i saw it before Green Hornet

    • @andrewdrabble8939
      @andrewdrabble8939 10 місяців тому +2

      That film was a complete insult to the Green Hornet series

    • @FRANKRIO-jv1sq
      @FRANKRIO-jv1sq 8 місяців тому

      ➡️🕳️AWWWWWWWW HELP

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 10 місяців тому +1

    I love that show!

  • @johnmulder2325
    @johnmulder2325 10 місяців тому +1

    Very cool

  • @ralphjohnson340
    @ralphjohnson340 10 місяців тому +2

    Say Rick you did a really great job on this video

    • @tvcrazyman
      @tvcrazyman  10 місяців тому

      Thanks, I appreciate it, but who's Rick?😀

  • @ericfontanet8648
    @ericfontanet8648 10 місяців тому +1

    Good

  • @lastoeck
    @lastoeck 10 місяців тому +1

    Love your content! We’d love to see you!

  • @themeanhornet1070
    @themeanhornet1070 5 місяців тому

    Notice the same place both Van and Seth were shot?

  • @LRM724
    @LRM724 10 місяців тому

    Alex Rocco Played Block was in The Godfather Part II & other shows

  • @jessejohnson3.24
    @jessejohnson3.24 10 місяців тому

    Bruce Lee was angry 😡 on batman vs green hornet

  • @lindaebert789
    @lindaebert789 10 місяців тому

    Played a lot in MASH🥰

  • @jackdorsey4850
    @jackdorsey4850 5 місяців тому

    Bruce Lee was good friends with Chuck Norris

  • @farsaijohn9544
    @farsaijohn9544 10 місяців тому +1

    I watch the green hornet win i was 6-7 i was watching one nite & abad guy on a707 jet ,he warnhim if you get in air i be right behind you , wings came out under car iwas going to see a a car fly ,then 707 came to astop ,20yrs later oo7 i get to see car fly golden gun,❤❤❤🌟😊😊.jf

  • @jessejohnson3.24
    @jessejohnson3.24 10 місяців тому

    I just want see Bruce Lee fight in this show

  • @FrumpyJones
    @FrumpyJones 10 місяців тому

    8:31 it is "kaan-ta-noo-ta-tee"

  • @stanzelko5243
    @stanzelko5243 10 місяців тому +1

    Maybe the Lone Ranger TV series needs your touch.🤔🫡