Who is the president?

[Kat Kanning]

I loved that show.

[AlanM]

I loved that show.

Me too. It is the only series I can think of that was on PBS back then. Is it Dr. Who?

[Kat Kanning]

Ya, that was it.

[JonM]

No, not it was not Dr. Who.  A&E does sell a DVD version of the enitre series, and it's available at Costco for a price far below anywhere else.

[AlanM]

I meant the show. Not that Dr. Who was number one.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Doctor Who?

NO!  One more wrong guess and the Big Balloon will escort you out of the village!

[AlanM]

Doctor Who?

NO!? One more wrong guess and the Big Balloon will escort you out of the village!

I can't think of any other PBS shows from that period. Escort please?
The Big Balloon means something, but it is lost on me.  ???

[JonM]

Even the Simpsons did an homage to the Big Balloon.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Doctor Who?

NO!? One more wrong guess and the Big Balloon will escort you out of the village!

I can't think of any other PBS shows from that period. Escort please?
The Big Balloon means something, but it is lost on me.? ???

The series was run on one of the regular networks in 1968. ?It was run on PBS 10 years ago or so and, I think, one of the TV Land sort of networks.
The series was 'The Prisoner', a spin off of 'Secret Agent' with Patrick McGoohan. ? McGoohan plays John Drake, An effective Agent for, I guess, MI5. ?He quits, hands in his resignation. ?There is a great scene in the beginning of him going home in a nice Lotus Roadster. ?He gets home, starts packing a suitcase and subcumbs to gas pumped thru his Mail slot.
He wakes up in the Village, where he is assigned a number, 6 and gets to spend a lot of time with Number 2, who is replaced from time to time, for various reasons, including, because 6 drives him nuts. #6 keeps demanding to know the identity of Number 1.
The Village appears to be an island and every time #6 tries to escape, a Big Balloon pops up out of the water and either makes him return, or, drops the dime on him.
The final episode is confusing and, if I remember correctly, imples that number 1 is a monkey, but, I might be wrong about that. ?JohnM?

[Russell Kanning]

What a payoff .....you gotta work on some more material

The only redeeming value to this thread will be if I start calling Kat "99"

[JonM]

But Kat is Number one, Number Five.

[Lloyd Danforth]

But Kat is Number one, Number Five.

[AlanM]

Lloyd is #0 for bringing this whole thing up.
Actually, if you had payed close attention in the final episode, you would have learned that Shorty was #1. 

[AlanM]

Here is one for you:
What was Napoleon Solo's partner's name? What show?

[Pat K]

What # is Shorty?