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League of the 60's

posted 16 years ago by galliard
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John Steed - British secret agent
Emma Peel - British secret agent
Samantha Stevens - American housewife and witch
Jeannie Nelson - American housewife and ancient Arabian genie
Exigius 12½ (aka: Martin O'Hara, Uncle Martin) - Martian exo-anthropologist
Captain Daniel Gregg - American sea captain and ghost
Herman Munster - American laborer and, uh, monster
Sister Bertrille - Catholic nun and flight hazard
Mister Ed - Sentient, talking horse, mascot, and occasional spy

...of course, having Sam and Jeannie on your team is like having Superman in the Justice League...the other members are kind of redundant.

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[–] hollywood2012 15 years ago

lol Mister Ed. I'd Put Raoul Duke from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in there too

[–] Prof_Gotham 12 years ago

Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty from Jack Kerouac's On The Road
Dr. Sax from the Kerouac novel of the same name.
Chief Bromden from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
Lee The Agent from the works of William S. Burroughs.

I'm not really familiar with literature from the 60s so if anyone has a suggestion for a female character ...

[–] pawtrax67 12 years ago

James Bond, The Avengers and UNCLE.

You don't need anyone else.

[–] tomtac 9 years ago

I'm not really familiar with literature from the 60s so if anyone has a suggestion for a female character ...

I am familiar with literature from the 60s and it is deucedly hard to come up with one. Emma Peel (as played by Diana Rigg) is the very best suggestion so far, since she knew how to kick butt and all.

Right away I thought of Barbarella, but realized she was from the future. Lt. Uhura, too. I thought thought Mary Poppins would be a truly "Extraordinary" agent, flying and magic powers and all, but realized she was from around 1900.

As for the 1960s, there are a couple of women from dirty movies that might fill the bill (Candy, Myra Breckinridge), given that Fannie Hill was in an earlier version of LXG, but I don't think I'd like the stories that would result.

Please remember that Feminism hadn't really hit at that point in time. Outside of the spy genre, females were the "distractions" that Quatermain mentioned.

How about, then, the title character from the TV series "My Mother, The Car"? She'd be a nice contrast to Mr. Ed (mentioned earlier). (Or a good foil for the talking car from Knight Rider.)

[–] Getalis 9 years ago

Please remember that Feminism hadn't really hit at that point in time. Outside of the spy genre, females were the "distractions" that Quatermain mentioned.

No wonder that era was so productive!

[–] fiero-49251 9 years ago

For some reason I just recalled an old series from Europe called "The Champions!" They were secret agents who crashed in the Tibetan mountains after a mission and were discovered by a secret society that patched them up, giving them enhanced abilities! There were 2 guys and 1 girl; Stuart Damon's the only one I can remember and the organization was called Nemesis! It's on YouTube if interested! Just scanned through the pilot; really took me back! Their names in the show were Richard, Sharon, and Craig (SD)! They would be perfect in this scenario of 60's League! Steed and Peel could be replaced since they had no extraordinary abilities no matter how confident they were!

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[–] tomtac 8 years ago

I do remember that show, but sadly I never could get into it.
Was it really good after all?

[–] fiero-49251 8 years ago

I never missed it; coming on twice a week as a matter of fact! ;-)

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[–] Silentwisdomofpsycho 8 years ago

I'm bad at remembering in some cases which books are actually set in the year they are published or not when speed browsing.

But what about the girl from Escape to Witch Mountain?

Or even though it was published in the 70s, Sissy Hankshaw from Even Cowgirls Get the Blues?

Or if we are more adventurous Myra/Myron Breckinrdige?

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[–] Nikulturny 8 years ago

You're being too American for a comic series grounded in English fiction. I'd go for:

Jerry Cornelius - English assassin, [apparently] travels between timelines. His sister Catherine could also be fitted in, but we'd have to omit his brother Frank unless he was to be the main antagonist.

Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze - admittedly his heyday was earlier but he would still be around in the 1960s

Professor Bernard Quatermass - instrumental in seeing off various alien threats to Britain, including a Martian hivemind entity in the movie (and earlier TV series) Quatermass and the Pit

Simon Templar - generally better known by his nom de guerre, the Saint. A relatively 'realistic' character to help keep the others grounded.

Modesty Blaise - to give us a kick-ass female character, stop the story from being too much of a sausage-fest, and to give Catherine Cornelius someone to bond with.

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