TV SITCOMS – PT12

TV SITCOMS – PT12

September 14, 2023 Alan Royle 0

      THE MANY LOVES OF DOBIE GILLIS (1959-63)                     148 EPISODES         It may surprise readers to learn that this series served as one of the influences in the development of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Scooby Doo, Where Are You (1969). In it, the character of Fred Jones is based […]

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RANDOM QUOTES – PT84

July 28, 2023 Alan Royle 0

  JULIA ORMOND (1965 – )                                      [On Sabrina (1995) and her mid-1990s stardom]: ‘It was a fantastic learning experience and OK, I got slammed because I wasn’t Audrey Hepburn [she starred in […]

The cast of ‘Gilligan’s Island’ (1964-7).

January 18, 2018 Alan Royle 4

This immensely popular series commenced shooting in late 1963. In the very first shot of the opening credits, the American flag is quite evident, flying at half-mast. Not long before filming began, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in November. Back in 1961, Newton Minow was head of […]

Gay/Bisexual Actors in Old TV Shows ( Pt 3 )

June 21, 2015 admin 12

  Nigel Hawthorne (1929 – 2001) The most surprising fact about the superbly written (and acted) Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister is that only 38 episodes in total were made, 22 in the first show and just 16 in the second. Hawthorne was quite brilliant as Sir Humphrey Appleby […]