MW9@PSUVM.BITNET (02/22/86)
There seems to have been a lot of interest regenerated in The Prisoner
due to a recent posting in net.movies (thus the cross posting).
I would like to start up a discussion on The Prisoner, but in net.tv
where it belongs, so if you followup to this, be sure not to send
it to net.movies.
After this posting I will be posting an episode listing that was
posted a long time ago.
Also, the hotel at which they filmed is the Hotel Portmeirion.
I have a brochure for the hotel, and if anyone is interested
I will post that, too.
For now, here is a compendium of stuff I have gleaned about prisoner stuff.
Now, these were posted by (unknown now) authors, so when the word "I"
appears, below. It doesn't mean myself.
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Prisoner stuff and paraphanalia (sp?) can be found in New York City.
Forbidden Planet. 12th & Broadway. 212-473-1576
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Prisoner Appreciation Society
Six of One
P.O. Box 66
Ipswich IP2 9TZ
England
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"The Prisoner Puzzle", a booklet put together by TVOntario.
They followed each show with a discussion of the episode's major themes,
pointed out nifty pieces of symbolism the viewer might have missed, and so on.
It got a little pompous, but it had good moments.
The booklet could be obtained then by writing to
TVOntario, Customer Relations Dept. in Toronto.
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There were two study guides, "The Prisoner Program Guide" and "The Prisoner
Puzzle." The latter includes the following:
For information about videotapes of
the progtams in the series... write to:
OECA Order Desk Box 200, Station Q, Totonto,
Ontario, M4T 2T1 (CANADA).
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The Prisoner books are as follows:
The Prisoner by Thomas M. Disch, New English Library, 1980?, $2.95, pb
The Prisoner: A Day in the Life by Hank Stine, NEL, 1981?, $3.95, pb
The Prisoner: Who is Number Two? by David McDaniel, NEL, 1982?, $4.50, pb
(also published by ACE as The Prisoner: Number Two?)
The copyright notices in these books mention that these were all
published by ACE from 1969-1970. I have read the first one, and it does
very well at capturing the essence of the series. It starts after the series.
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Ok, I hope this starts the ball rolling. Watch out for Rover!
Be seeing you...
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Michael S. Weiss
The Pennsylvania State University
MW9@PSUVM.BITNET
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allan@nmtvax.UUCP (Alan F. Perry) (02/24/86)
In the 100th issue of _Starlog_ magazine, they had an ad for video tapes of all the episodes of The Prisoner. If I remember correctly, each episode was like $20.00 (therefore, the entire series would cost more bucks than I can afford now). Like thought you'd like to know, Alan F. Perry ...somewhere!in!new!mexico