Number 6 dies at 80.

[AAjax]

Patrick McGoohan dies in LA at 80 years old

Shucks, I know this might be better posted in P&N but I feel that OT would better appreciate the loss.

For those who dont know who he was, I seriously recommend you get a copy of the Prisoner series and investigate.

Edit: here is the entire series, thanks to Torpid

 

[torpid]

AMC has all episodes streaming from the website now. Unless I'm confusing it with another show.

 

[Arkaign]

Damn. He was awesome.

Be seeing you!

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: torpid
AMC has all episodes streaming from the website now. Unless I'm confusing it with another show.

Even if you watch the whole series you will still be confused.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

I just got the complete Danger Man series. One of the top (if not THE top) 60's spy series. BTW, he was offered the role of James Bond before Connery but turned it down because he saw the character as one dimensional. He didn't care much about the money and never regretted it. He's one of my all time favorite actors, far better than any around right now.

 

[IronWing]

Now he really is a free man.

 

[AAjax]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: torpid
AMC has all episodes streaming from the website now. Unless I'm confusing it with another show.

Even if you watch the whole series you will still be confused.

I started out my journey with number 6 as so...

I had just come home from the Ventura Grateful Dead shows, and was a bit *worn* from the experience. I was flipping through the channels on my TV and low and behold on PBS they were showing the last episode. After it was over I seriously couldn't figure out what was more bewildering, 4 days on the beach with a couple thousand dead heads or the episode I had just watched.

Needless to say, I was hooked

 

[xcript]

Be seeing you!

 

[GasX]

I have actually been to visit Portmeirion. That is one VERY cool place. Wales is like a whole different country...

 

[conehead433]

The last episode was totally weird. The show was way ahead of it's time. RIP!

"Be seeing you."

 

[KLin]

Devereau is dead?!?!?! Damn

 

[ivan2]

I had a different "number 6" in mind...

 

[cthulhu]

RIP Number Six.

 

[daveymark]

He may take our lives, but he'll never take our freedom.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I have actually been to visit Portmeirion. That is one VERY cool place. Wales is like a whole different country...

Wales IS a different country

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I have actually been to visit Portmeirion. That is one VERY cool place. Wales is like a whole different country...

Wales IS a different country

In French, oeuf means egg, cheese is fromage... it's like those French have a different word for everything!

 

[SphinxnihpS]

The star of Howard Hughes' favorite film.

 

[robphelan]

ack.. Ricardo Montalban died, too

 

[Drako]

6: "Where am I?"
2: "In the Village."
6: "What do you want?"
2: "Information."
6: "Whose side are you on?"
2: "That would be telling?. We want information. Information! INFORMATION!"
6: "You won't get it."
2: "By hook or by crook, we will."
6: "Who are you?"
2: "The new Number Two."
6: "Who is Number One?"
2: "You are Number Six."
6: "I am not a number ? I am a free man!"

 

[arrfep]

Originally posted by: Drako
6: "Where am I?"
2: "In the Village."
6: "What do you want?"
2: "Information."
6: "Whose side are you on?"
2: "That would be telling?. We want information. Information! INFORMATION!"
6: "You won't get it."
2: "By hook or by crook, we will."
6: "Who are you?"
2: "The new Number Two."
6: "Who is Number One?"
2: "You are Number Six."
6: "I am not a number ? I am a free man!"

I only know this because of Iron Maiden

 

[AAjax]

Originally posted by: arrfep

Originally posted by: Drako
6: "Where am I?"
2: "In the Village."
6: "What do you want?"
2: "Information."
6: "Whose side are you on?"
2: "That would be telling?. We want information. Information! INFORMATION!"
6: "You won't get it."
2: "By hook or by crook, we will."
6: "Who are you?"
2: "The new Number Two."
6: "Who is Number One?"
2: "You are Number Six."
6: "I am not a number ? I am a free man!"

I only know this because of Iron Maiden

And they said heavy metal had no social value...

 

[Drako]

Originally posted by: arrfep

Originally posted by: Drako
6: "Where am I?"
2: "In the Village."
6: "What do you want?"
2: "Information."
6: "Whose side are you on?"
2: "That would be telling?. We want information. Information! INFORMATION!"
6: "You won't get it."
2: "By hook or by crook, we will."
6: "Who are you?"
2: "The new Number Two."
6: "Who is Number One?"
2: "You are Number Six."
6: "I am not a number ? I am a free man!"

I only know this because of Iron Maiden

I used to have the Prisoner series on VHS - probably somewhere out in the garage now .

I had no idea Iron Maiden was a Patrick McGoohan fan.

Edit: I might have to buy the series on DVD now - The Prisoner on DVD

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

RIP Secret Agent Man. They've given you a number and taken away your name.

 

[Drako]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
RIP Secret Agent Man. They've given you a number and taken away your name.

I never understood why they changed "Danger Man" into "Secret Agen Man".

 

[UberNeuman]

I loved this show when I first caught in on PBS back in the late eighties - and then when it was on the late night block of tv shows they'd show on CBS back in the day....

rest in peace, Paddy...