"National Geographic's newest adventure: a color television series" ~ 1965 debut of "Specials" and NGM tear-outs - National Geographic's Collectors Corner2024-03-29T13:10:57Zhttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/forum/topics/national-geographic-s-newest-adventure-a-color-television-series?commentId=1029239%3AComment%3A190927&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noStephen,
Actually, it looks…tag:ngscollectors.ning.com,2020-10-03:1029239:Comment:1948242020-10-03T13:43:19.511ZScott T. Shierhttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/profile/ScottTShier
<p>Stephen, </p>
<p>Actually, it looks like I missed that one in my list, and in my scanned images! I'll add it in, thanks for catching this one.</p>
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<p>- Scott</p>
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<p>Stephen, </p>
<p>Actually, it looks like I missed that one in my list, and in my scanned images! I'll add it in, thanks for catching this one.</p>
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<p>- Scott</p>
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I was finally able to…tag:ngscollectors.ning.com,2020-10-02:1029239:Comment:1942452020-10-02T23:30:31.480Zstephen zamarinhttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/profile/stephenzamarin
<p>Scott,</p>
<p>I was finally able to look at the checklist and noticed the January 17th 1973 special "Strange Creatures Of The Night" is not on the list. Did that special not air at all? The Television Obscurities website wrote an article about the specials back in 2011. In that article someone noted The Haunted West special aired on April 12th 1973. It rated 31st in the ratings that week.</p>
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<p>Stephen</p>
<p>Scott,</p>
<p>I was finally able to look at the checklist and noticed the January 17th 1973 special "Strange Creatures Of The Night" is not on the list. Did that special not air at all? The Television Obscurities website wrote an article about the specials back in 2011. In that article someone noted The Haunted West special aired on April 12th 1973. It rated 31st in the ratings that week.</p>
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<p>Stephen</p> Thank you Scott - well done!…tag:ngscollectors.ning.com,2020-10-01:1029239:Comment:1933892020-10-01T23:43:00.224ZMelvin L. De Vilbisshttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/profile/MelvinLDeVilbiss
<p>Thank you Scott - well done!</p>
<p>Mel</p>
<p>Thank you Scott - well done!</p>
<p>Mel</p> Scott,
Some other interesting…tag:ngscollectors.ning.com,2020-09-28:1029239:Comment:1909272020-09-28T22:43:41.055Zstephen zamarinhttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/profile/stephenzamarin
<p>Scott,</p>
<p>Some other interesting facts about the specials are that from 1965-1973 they had aired on CBS. Four specials aired each season on CBS with the exception of the 1972-1973 season which had only aired three. Then, the specials moved to ABC for the 1973-1974 season where four of them aired. The Desert Bushmen of the Kalahari was supposed to air in April 1973 but another National Geographic special The Haunted West aired that month. According to the National Geographic May 1974…</p>
<p>Scott,</p>
<p>Some other interesting facts about the specials are that from 1965-1973 they had aired on CBS. Four specials aired each season on CBS with the exception of the 1972-1973 season which had only aired three. Then, the specials moved to ABC for the 1973-1974 season where four of them aired. The Desert Bushmen of the Kalahari was supposed to air in April 1973 but another National Geographic special The Haunted West aired that month. According to the National Geographic May 1974 issue tv pullout The Bushmen of The Kalahari did not air supposedly due to a strike. The Wolper website does list The Haunted West as airing on April 12th 1973. All the April 1973 National Geographics I’ve seen list the Bushmen special. No specials aired during the 1974-1975 season due to the networks not committing to air the specials. Beginning with the 1975-1976 season they aired on PBS. n</p> Stephen,
Yes I noticed that…tag:ngscollectors.ning.com,2020-09-27:1029239:Comment:1900852020-09-27T22:45:21.531ZScott T. Shierhttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/profile/ScottTShier
<p>Stephen, </p>
<p>Yes I noticed that too and also wondered. I have those 2 variations noted in my excel checklist. Originally I thought perhaps they advertised a month early due to their airdate(s) being so early in the next month, but other airdates of 'Specials' were early, or earlier than these 2 in question.</p>
<p>I guess we'll never know (But I'm glad the Dec. 1969 cover was not marred by a red TV banner!).</p>
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<p>- Scott</p>
<p>Stephen, </p>
<p>Yes I noticed that too and also wondered. I have those 2 variations noted in my excel checklist. Originally I thought perhaps they advertised a month early due to their airdate(s) being so early in the next month, but other airdates of 'Specials' were early, or earlier than these 2 in question.</p>
<p>I guess we'll never know (But I'm glad the Dec. 1969 cover was not marred by a red TV banner!).</p>
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<p>- Scott</p> Scott,
I noticed on at least…tag:ngscollectors.ning.com,2020-09-27:1029239:Comment:1898792020-09-27T20:24:47.088Zstephen zamarinhttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/profile/stephenzamarin
<p>Scott,</p>
<p>I noticed on at least two occasions the specials were advertised on a different month from when they were aired. The December 1969 special was advertised on the cover of the November 1969 issue. Also, the January 1972 special was advertised on the cover of the December 1971 issue. In the case of the December 1969 special it was probably due to not having the December 1969 space issue cover being interrupted. I wonder what the reason was for the January 1972 special being…</p>
<p>Scott,</p>
<p>I noticed on at least two occasions the specials were advertised on a different month from when they were aired. The December 1969 special was advertised on the cover of the November 1969 issue. Also, the January 1972 special was advertised on the cover of the December 1971 issue. In the case of the December 1969 special it was probably due to not having the December 1969 space issue cover being interrupted. I wonder what the reason was for the January 1972 special being advertised on the December 1971 cover.</p> Thank you for sharing this, S…tag:ngscollectors.ning.com,2020-09-27:1029239:Comment:1898042020-09-27T13:48:32.438ZGeorge Thomas Wilsonhttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/profile/GeorgeThomasWilson
<p>Thank you for sharing this, Scott.</p>
<p>Thank you for sharing this, Scott.</p>