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I just re-read Treasure Island a few weeks ago and a few months ago I re-watched the old TV series with Robert Newton - rated Arrrrrrr! Still one of the best stories out there. I remember there was an awful TV series years ago called Swiss Family Robinson and a mini-series a few years ago (or a short lived series) called Crusoe.
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and isn't here a similar show called "Survivor"?
Crikey!
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The name Captain Smollett sticks in my brain, when the good crew members were fighting off the pirates.I was not an outgoing kid until High School, had a vivid imagination and read a lot of books.
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Coming to TV This Fall: Everything
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/arts/television/fall-tv-calendar.html
I started working my way down this list. There were so many new shows, thru so many different channels & services, that my brain began to fog and my eyes began to glaze over.
Then I hit a subtitle - October - and I realized that the bath I had just taken was only the new shows beginning in September.
Just close your eyes, and repeat after me:
Podcasts are the new books.
Podcasts are the new books.
Podcasts are the new books.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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I read the book to my sons (when they were youngsters and grandsons. They thoroughly enjoyed the story. (I did too!)
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Read Treasure Island as a youngster but always enjoyed Wind in the Willows, which I continue to read as I get into my 70's, still takes me away to my childhood.
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One positive I can claim is to never have stopped reading. Adventure, Sci-Fi, Biographies, classics.. anything that I could and can get my hands on. As you say, sparked the imagination of a lil boy and still stirs a middle aged fella who still has plenty of pirating ahead of him !!
But of course that is right after I finish sorting this new lot of stamps ! :-)
Jere
BTW - Treasure Island was great, but my son loved the book Hook. Which was the story of Hooks childhood. Was fantastic.
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When I was cleaning out my parents house, I found my father had saved all those high school assigned reading paperbacks on one shelf. A lot of old classics. I took them all home and read a few. Classics are wasted on the youth! 
Here's an interesting story... in a car magazine I read that John Steinbeck's book, "Travels With Charley" started the 1960s camper craze in the USA. So I got a hold of the book and read it again while on business travel.
I did some research and found out that Steinbeck's old camper was found and restored. It resides in the Steinbeck Center in California. I thought it would make an interesting model car, so I started collecting the parts. I even found a scale poodle to make Charley!
The irony... in my model car circles, I only have come across ONE guy who had even heard of the book! Fortunately he had read it and is as enthusiastic about the project as I am!
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re: i wonder if the kids still read Treasure Island !
I just re-read Treasure Island a few weeks ago and a few months ago I re-watched the old TV series with Robert Newton - rated Arrrrrrr! Still one of the best stories out there. I remember there was an awful TV series years ago called Swiss Family Robinson and a mini-series a few years ago (or a short lived series) called Crusoe.
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and isn't here a similar show called "Survivor"?
Crikey!
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re: i wonder if the kids still read Treasure Island !
The name Captain Smollett sticks in my brain, when the good crew members were fighting off the pirates.I was not an outgoing kid until High School, had a vivid imagination and read a lot of books.
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re: i wonder if the kids still read Treasure Island !
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Coming to TV This Fall: Everything
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/arts/television/fall-tv-calendar.html
I started working my way down this list. There were so many new shows, thru so many different channels & services, that my brain began to fog and my eyes began to glaze over.
Then I hit a subtitle - October - and I realized that the bath I had just taken was only the new shows beginning in September.
Just close your eyes, and repeat after me:
Podcasts are the new books.
Podcasts are the new books.
Podcasts are the new books.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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re: i wonder if the kids still read Treasure Island !
I read the book to my sons (when they were youngsters and grandsons. They thoroughly enjoyed the story. (I did too!)
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re: i wonder if the kids still read Treasure Island !
Read Treasure Island as a youngster but always enjoyed Wind in the Willows, which I continue to read as I get into my 70's, still takes me away to my childhood.
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re: i wonder if the kids still read Treasure Island !
One positive I can claim is to never have stopped reading. Adventure, Sci-Fi, Biographies, classics.. anything that I could and can get my hands on. As you say, sparked the imagination of a lil boy and still stirs a middle aged fella who still has plenty of pirating ahead of him !!
But of course that is right after I finish sorting this new lot of stamps ! :-)
Jere
BTW - Treasure Island was great, but my son loved the book Hook. Which was the story of Hooks childhood. Was fantastic.
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re: i wonder if the kids still read Treasure Island !
When I was cleaning out my parents house, I found my father had saved all those high school assigned reading paperbacks on one shelf. A lot of old classics. I took them all home and read a few. Classics are wasted on the youth!
Here's an interesting story... in a car magazine I read that John Steinbeck's book, "Travels With Charley" started the 1960s camper craze in the USA. So I got a hold of the book and read it again while on business travel.
I did some research and found out that Steinbeck's old camper was found and restored. It resides in the Steinbeck Center in California. I thought it would make an interesting model car, so I started collecting the parts. I even found a scale poodle to make Charley!
The irony... in my model car circles, I only have come across ONE guy who had even heard of the book! Fortunately he had read it and is as enthusiastic about the project as I am!
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