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I was watching some streaming service and it had this for free and it's a neat show. I like the best the interstitials with Alfred Hitchcock explaining it and telling funny quips he is a funny guy. The actual show is a different story every week based on a short story or something (I guess from the very few eps I've seen). It seems though kind of hamstringed by being on TV and having to fit to the norms of TV at the time. I was watching one the other day and Vincent Price was the main guy and he was a lawyer or detective I'm not sure but he was responsible for solving crimes. And he solved a murder but then another guy later came and said "you solved the murder wrong you sent the wrong man to the electric chair". And he explained how the murder was actually done, where a woman had done the murder and the guy who was executed for the murder didn't do the murder personally but helped her cover it up and took the blame for it. So I am wondering, isn't that enough for him to be executed, he helped cover it up after the fact? (asking based on how the law works, not asking about a moral argument on if the death penalty is right). Then Vincent Price killed the guy and got away with it and it was cool. But then Alfred Hitchcock explained at the end that the guy didn't get away with it for long and got caught. Which is a lame ending. But I think the TV network kind of forced that on him because it was a rule back then that criminals could not get away with their crimes on TV. Anyway does anyone else like this show?
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Jan 9, 2024 08:34
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It's been a long time since I've seen any episodes but I remember the stories generally being good. I used to watch it on Nick at Nite and now I feel old
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Jan 9, 2024 08:45
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Yeah it's a real real good show, clever writing, I watch an odd ep from time to time e. The segments with Hitchcock addressing the audience are the best, he's a proto shitposter
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Jan 9, 2024 08:47
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I loved this show so much as a kid, it was usually an interesting story and he's a legit funny and great host. Also, A+ intro
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Jan 9, 2024 08:55
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It's a great show! I love the one with the lovely boss on the autopsy table; it's a beautiful story.
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Jan 9, 2024 09:01
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Seems to be a fair few of these on ye olde YouTube.. thanks for the rec!
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Jan 9, 2024 10:33
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Never heard of it before, but it sounds interesting and I'll check it out. Thanks! 
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Jan 9, 2024 10:41
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you broke my grill posted:Then Vincent Price killed the guy and got away with it and it was cool. But then Alfred Hitchcock explained at the end that the guy didn't get away with it for long and got caught. Which is a lame ending. But I think the TV network kind of forced that on him because it was a rule back then that criminals could not get away with their crimes on TV. There's a few times where Hitchcock explicitly says the network made him add that ending. He would also make fun of the advertisers which is pretty funny too.
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Jan 9, 2024 13:18
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i remember reading a hitchcock interview wherein he stated that his dreams were always boring and mundane with no murders or weird stuff involved the theme music for his show is called 'funeral march of a marionette' by charles gounod
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Jan 9, 2024 13:41
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was hoping the first post just said: His Balls. This fucks up my whole morning.
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Jan 9, 2024 13:42
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The only episode I remember was this guy running around his house yelling "great Caesars ghost!" And then the ghost of Caesar popped in and was like "sup"
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Jan 9, 2024 14:19
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It's a good show. Old though, beware young folks! Anyone read the series of books "Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Three Investigators"? Hardy Boy type mysteries, with more of an edge. The 3 lads had an awesome HQ in a junk yard.
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Jan 9, 2024 15:32
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dee eight posted:i remember reading a hitchcock interview wherein he stated that his dreams were always boring and mundane with no murders or weird stuff involved it's classic (it's also in my head right now, and probably yours reading this)
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Jan 9, 2024 18:34
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redshirt posted:It's a good show. Old though, beware young folks! Hell yeah!  My school library had them all, I still remember the cover of the one with the chinese ghost, and their junkyard HQ was so cool. It was a camper van buried in trash with its own phone line iirc.I forgot why they had to report back to Alfred Hitchcock though.
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Jan 9, 2024 19:21
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kntfkr posted:was hoping the first post just said: It was actually his cock. Get it. Hitchcock. I hope you have enjoyed this joke critique. Looking at the wiki apparently there is a whole book of stories the TV censors would not allow. May need to check this out. I loved this show growing up.
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Jan 9, 2024 19:29
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SilvergunSuperman posted:I loved this show so much as a kid, it was usually an interesting story and he's a legit funny and great host. Every interview I’ve seen with Hitchcock has always been comical and informative. Dude was really funny given his morbid works. And yeah, show rocks.
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Jan 9, 2024 19:29
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Man I haven't thought about this show in literal decades but I enjoyed watching it at Grandma's house as a kid.
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Jan 9, 2024 19:33
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Dixville posted:It was actually his cock. I'm a balls guy
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Jan 9, 2024 22:36
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Smugworth posted:The only episode I remember was this guy running around his house yelling "great Caesars ghost!" And then the ghost of Caesar popped in and was like "sup" Wasn’t that an episode of Superman where some goons pretended to be Caesar’s ghost to try to make Perry White think he went crazy?
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Jan 10, 2024 00:27
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Secks Cauldron posted:It's been a long time since I've seen any episodes but I remember the stories generally being good. Bah, Nick at Nite was amazing. I've been going back through the episodes on the Roku channel and they still hold up from when I was a kid. Hitchcock may have been a complete rear end off camera, but the show puts that in the wings for me.
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Jan 10, 2024 00:37
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Szyznyk posted:Wasn’t that an episode of Superman where some goons pretended to be Caesar’s ghost to try to make Perry White think he went crazy? I believe it was from him saying "Great Caesar's ghost" a certain number of times. I think it was 1000, kind of like Beetlejuice, but cornier. 
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Jan 10, 2024 00:39
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There was an episode of Superman where he discovered he had the power to phase through objects. He used it once and it was never, ever brought up again, and certainly never appeared in any other Superman media, but I know what I saw!
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