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The premiere of "The Avengers" in the US during the summer of 1967 is one of the seminal points of my life. It's impossible to convey how I loved (and still love) this series and what an impact it had on me, unless you grew up in the wasteland of midwest TV, where they had no independent channels and showed mostly westerns on the weekends and once in a great while an old horror film. I was 11 when it premiered on late night TV; an actual first for Omaha, since TV didn't go very late until the 70's. Our TV stations programmed nothing but what the network affiliates sent them; it was 50's programming that had atrophied. The Avengers was a fresh wind that blew across my imagination and brought me into the 60's. Diana Rigg's costumes really influenced my own fashions during the next few years. She was unlike any actress I'd seen on TV. Patrick Macnee was the epitome of charm and debonair grace; he spoke his lines with such conviction that he seemed to not be acting. He seemed to be John Steed. The scripts and the sets were a revelation that I studied with intense interest. In those days before VCR's, I even audiotaped several episodes.
It was, to put it simply, the best thing I'd ever seen on TV and from then on I looked for anything British on the TV listings. We got the chance to see "The Prisoner" and many others after this, but nothing compared to the Avengers. I still watch the episodes all the time, and my tapes have gotten pretty worn. I've now purchased the episodes on DVD and can watch them in their pristine clarity. Doesn't change a thing, though. Any way to watch the Avengers is the best way.
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Marta 2 August 1999
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