Sergio Mendes & Brasil 65 With Jorge Ben
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Cool how this was a Kraft Suspense episode. Sergio and B66 are supposedly also in this made for TV movie. I got the pressbook off of eBay years ago, no mention of him, but I haven't been able to track down any video to confirm:
BTW, for those interested Kraft Suspense Theatre had two awesome themes by John(ny) Williams. The first one made an indelible impression on me as a kid and I remember spending considerable time at the piano trying to work it out. The first one especially also presages some of his fantastic Irwin Allen themes.
For the younger among us, KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATER was series on NBC back in the early sixties. It aired in rotation with KRAFT MUSIC HALL. The MUSIC HALL would run once monthly, and the other three-or-so weeks had these hour-long dramas in an anthology format. Sponsors on TV back in those days often bought an entire hour or half hour and had a huge say into the programming that would air there. So these shows all featured advertisements for Kraft products and the ads were actually done live with the staff announcer reading the copy while "hands" worked the recipe on-screen.
This show featured a number of working TV actors in hour-long dramas. There was supposedly an element of suspense in play, but it was mostly mild compared to today. As I recall, the show aired in a 10 PM timeslot originally and it was too late for us, the kiddies, so we didn't see it often, if at all.
What made this series somewhat special was the fact that it was filmed and broadcast in color, and when it was finished on NBC, it found popularity in syndication for TV stations desperate to air something in color. So I remember this show running on Saturday or Sunday afternoons after a movie or a ballgame. Mostly, it didn't really impress me, except for one episode that aired on a rainy Sunday with nothing else to do.
That one episode was called "The Leviathan Five". It was nearly "science fiction" in that it dealt with a bunch of scientists and a cave-in. It fascinated me back then, and one day, after moving south back in 2010, I found that it was airing on a Retro TV Network and I recorded it. It's a bit bland by today's standards, and I see that someone has uploaded it to YouTube. It's a courtroom drama with a large flashback to tell the story.
And about what JMK posted above, I can't find any reference that the telemovie or pilot ever aired on KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATER.
This show featured a number of working TV actors in hour-long dramas. There was supposedly an element of suspense in play, but it was mostly mild compared to today. As I recall, the show aired in a 10 PM timeslot originally and it was too late for us, the kiddies, so we didn't see it often, if at all.
What made this series somewhat special was the fact that it was filmed and broadcast in color, and when it was finished on NBC, it found popularity in syndication for TV stations desperate to air something in color. So I remember this show running on Saturday or Sunday afternoons after a movie or a ballgame. Mostly, it didn't really impress me, except for one episode that aired on a rainy Sunday with nothing else to do.
That one episode was called "The Leviathan Five". It was nearly "science fiction" in that it dealt with a bunch of scientists and a cave-in. It fascinated me back then, and one day, after moving south back in 2010, I found that it was airing on a Retro TV Network and I recorded it. It's a bit bland by today's standards, and I see that someone has uploaded it to YouTube. It's a courtroom drama with a large flashback to tell the story.
And about what JMK posted above, I can't find any reference that the telemovie or pilot ever aired on KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATER.
