XPost: rec.arts.movies.current-films, rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: jayembeenospam@snurcher.com   
      
   Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
      
   >>>> Then... how about first theatrical movie(s) both during and after   
   >>>> series run?  The envelope, please...   
   >>>   
   >>> Still not X-Files.  We'd have to check dates, but even if X-Files   
   >>> DOES do that, which it hasn't yet, I believe Dark Shadows has that   
   >>> distinction.  Possibly Thunderbirds as well.   
      
   THUNDERBIRDS (which I forgot in my previous reply), kinda sorta. The   
   first movie, THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO was first released (in the UK) on   
   15 December 1966. The last new episode first aired (in the UK) 10   
   days after that. But it's one of those situations where the vast bulk   
   of the episodes aired from fall 1965 to spring 1966, with the last   
   six having scattered airings in the fall of 1966. The last episode   
   might've been deliberately held back until after the film release,   
   given that the penultimate episode aired two months earlier.   
      
   > Okay, IMDb says it has a release date of 4 August 1971   
   >   
   > And Dark Shadows, the series, final airdate is Original Air Date: 2   
   > April 1971 -- 2 days before the movie came out.   
      
   That's four months, not two days. :-)   
      
   > Dark Shadows holds the title for "first theatrical movie(s) both   
   > during and after series run"   
      
   Nope. As I mentioned in my other reply, there was a Lone Ranger film   
   (with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels) released in 1956, during   
   the run of the TV series. There was also a second film, THE LONE   
   RANGER AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD (also with Moore & Silverheels)   
   released in June 1958, a year after the last new episode of the   
   TV series.   
      
   And by the way, another early TV series that had a movie released   
   while the series was still airing: OUR MISS BROOKS. But just barely.   
   The last three episodes of the series aired after the movie's   
   release.   
      
   > Sorry X-Files. Not sure what else they can even try for. Maybe   
   > "most number of movies made with original cast" -- they only   
   > have to make 6 more movies to tie that one.  :)   
      
   First series not from the 1950s or 1960s to have a theatrical movie   
   released while the series was still on. :-)   
      
   It's like I was saying way earlier in this discussion: people are   
   just making up factoids about THE X-FILES to prove how important   
   the series was, without (apparently) making even a token attempt   
   to to find out beforehand whether the factoids are even true. When   
   others point out that the factoids are wrong, they try contorting   
   the specifics to make them at least partially true.   
      
   And like you and Paul (and others), I *liked* THE X-FILES, but   
   don't see why people have to make up stuff to try and make the   
   show seem more special than it is.   
      
   -- jayembee   
      
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