Wild Wild West
by Bruce Shawkey One of my favorite TV shows growing up was the Wild Wild West. The show was cancelled despite its popularity due to concerns by government officials who deemed it too violent. Here is a rather tongue-in- cheek TV Guide story on the show: ---------------------------------- (We don’t know how our man, Dick Hobson, in Hollywood came by this “confidential memorandum,” and we'd just as soon never find out. We do know, however, that he was born with his tongue in his cheek and he’s perfectly capable of making the whole thing up.—Ed.) To: Wild Wild West Producer Bruce Lansbury. From: Program Dept. Bruce, you’ll never believe this but the critics here have been hollering their heads off. They say there’s something slightly “unsavory,” slightly “nasty,” slightly “kinky,” slightly “perverse,” slightly “odious,” slightly “repellent” about Wild Wild West. They're accusing us of the very thing we've been trying so hard to achieve! I say, keep up that stream of evil Iag...
