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The Wild Wild West: Iconic Series Revisited-Robert Conrad & Ross Martin…..

Chris Nersinger
10 min readMay 27, 2024
Above- Fan art with an homage based on the pilot episode the Night of the Inferno. And a nod to Dr Loveless (bottom right). Photo by Phantom of the Backlots

Stunt Laden Western with Action, Humor, Charm

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Do you remember that always dapper best dressed gentleman agent with all the gadgets and digs plus all that state-of-the-art transportation that helped him get around for all those crazy adventures as he strove to protect us and the world from some of the most devious, diabolical ego maniacs and oh yes even mad scientists and would be dictators and troublemakers. And no I am not talking about 007- no I am referring to one of my all time favorite characters (actually it’s two characters) and the show from my pre-teen days!

The Wild Wild West 1965–1969 and the very cool James T. West and the charming, multi-talented disguise artists- Artemus Gordon. Jim and Artie as affectionately referred to each other in the show and by fans traveled across the country by rail-as in the railroad and a grand private train. Jim as the dandiest dandy and Artie was his partner. West was a crack shot and expert in hand to hand regarding various forms of…

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Chris Nersinger
Chris Nersinger

Written by Chris Nersinger

Was born the year that DR. NO (1962) premiered. His first movie, age 3 -MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS (1958). A writer of all things Pop Culture. Movies, Music, TV. ...

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