"Popular American-born Irish actor Patrick McGoohan was born in New York City, the Astoria district on Long Island on March 19, 1928. His parents had immigrated to the united States and, within a few months after his birth, decided to return to Ireland. They settled in County Leitrim, and by all accounts his early childhood was a financially impoverished one on a family farm that produced little on poor soil." Read the rest of his bio here. (Actually, Astoria's in Queens, which really isn't considered part of Long Island--Long Island is considered to be Nassau and Suffolk counties)

Phil tells me that someone's going to do a remake of "The Prisoner." That is just so wrong. There's no way to match the uniqueness of the original when you bastardize it. I have the complete box set of episodes on DVD, and am watching them now. It's a fantastic series--highly creative and imanginative.

We have discussed "The Prisoner" in the past. He wasn't even born yet when it aired, but I was living in London at the time. Phil knows more about the backstory than I do. It was McGoohan's pet project. A very worthy one I might add. Yes, I was a little bummed with the final episode's escape ending, riding the streets of London on a bus, and jumping off in the middle of the West End, but even if the ending of the new version were better, it still wouldn't pass muster.

Number 6 signing out. Be seeing you.