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Belgian Congo's stolen soul imprisoned in King Leopold's museums. Spielberg knew that. Message to Obama.

Burt's family lost their fortune when CCP drove them out of China to England, then Burt went to US. His portrayal of Colonel Wing in this episode is camped up as in his James Bond portrayals of pretty much the same expected character. In Pink Panther movies he ups the ante to Sellers' level of pure genius! His fervent exclamatory monologue delivered to Roger Moore in this episode of the smarmy Saint, is fantastic shout out to what was then known as The West. Stunning power of his very knowing portrayals of what were merely racial prototypes meant for Burlesque stage. Ultimate portrayal of his epic talent & profound genius. God Bless this great man, OBE seldom deserved. Burt deserved every withheld Hollywood honor as well....

Amazon Prime brought this to me recently while I was dog sitting at my son's house. My tour in Vietnam, May 67-Jan 68, bifurcated the episodes for me, but it has always been my favorite TV Series! This is what television programming should be. Tons of brilliant London theatre actors & Welsh inhabitants of a still very real village as guests & extras provide both quaint & disorienting psychological simulacra for McGoogan raging against what?! An intelligence driven mandatory existence that made 1984 look like a garden tea party. 1960s was the decade to drop out, but McGoogan's character had no clue where his free fall would take him. A bad trip of beyond excellent TV production quality & technique that is always moving well beyond MACH 1. I watched ALL of the episodes offered & each was a tour d 'force of great dialogue ("You're paranoid!" replies McGoogan's nightmare malevolent prison warden after he accuses her of multiple homicides--that he both witnessed & personally barely avoided!) Very dark British humor but no shadows in a gleaming seascape enshrouding a Disney acid trip of the (cough!) happiest place -- on Earth? It's your call. In my experience it isn't necessary to watch all of these gems in sequence, over several weeks or like I did, with my favorite grand-dog amidst feedings, walks & naps. Better than I remembered it! Enjoy!