"Does Not Compute"

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"Does Not Compute"

Post by xodar » Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:34 pm

I haven't seen this mentioned here but I probably saw the actual television show a couple of times:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Living_Doll


According to the article, My Living Doll (which starred Julie Newmar as the fembot) originated the phrase "that does not compute".
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Re: "Does Not Compute"

Post by maico » Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:25 pm

There's a few episodes and clips of this show on youtube and dailymotion. Julie Newmar (better known for being Catwoman in the old Batman show) does an amazing job as Rhoda.

Unfortunatly I also read somewhere that most of the episodes are now lost. =(

It'd be great if anyone with some copies of episodes of this seres would share! ;)
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Re: "Does Not Compute"

Post by Saya » Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:33 pm

I looked it up, actually. And the first TV show to use the phrase was indeed My Living Doll, where it later caught on as one of the catchphrases of Robby the Robot on the show Lost In Space.

However, one of the first uses of the CONCEPT was used by Issac Asimov in the short story Liar!.
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Re: "Does Not Compute"

Post by transhuman » Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:37 am

I had never heard of this sitcom prior to this thread. I watched clips of it and I thought it was great. Newmar's portrayal of the AF 709 is adorable! Of course something like that would never make it onto TV nowadays.
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Re: "Does Not Compute"

Post by minkwheel » Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:27 am

I only have the first four or six episodes of MY LIVING DOLL..but for some reason, I remember reading in the credits that HOWARD LEEDS' name is listed... he was later involved with such shows as THE BRADY BUNCH, but he also was the main wheel behind 'SMALL WONDER" .....which is pretty much a retooled 'MY LIVING DOLL" for the 80's. --minkwheel
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