‘SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF’ (1969)

‘SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF’ (1969)

October 19, 2022 Alan Royle 2

  SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF (1969)         In the opinion of this writer, the screenplay for Support Your Local Sheriff is the funniest ever written for a western. Given that it was the brainchild of William Bowers, the quality of his writing should not come as a surprise for many readers, […]

TV WESTERNS – PT 38

TV WESTERNS – PT 38

October 16, 2022 Alan Royle 2

  TALES OF WELLS FARGO (1957-62) 201 EPISODES              This long-running series proved to be very popular (certainly in this writer’s household), due in the main to its star Dale Robertson who positively oozed integrity as Special Wells Fargo Agent Jim Hardie. The real Wells Fargo actually employed special agents who […]

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT204

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT204

October 13, 2022 Alan Royle 4

  (L to R) Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Edd Byrnes & Roger Smith – stars of 77 Sunset Strip The very first private detective TV series was the Warner Brothers production of 77 Sunset Strip (1958-64), and ran for over 200 one-hour episodes. Such was its popularity, it spawned another four […]

RANDOM QUOTES – PT66

RANDOM QUOTES – PT66

October 10, 2022 Alan Royle 1

  GEORGE CLOONEY (1961 – )                   [George was asked about the time when, as a sixteen year-old, he was asked to try out for the Cincinnati Reds baseball franchise]: ‘I’d been in a world where I was the best around, and then […]

TV WESTERNS – PT37

TV WESTERNS – PT37

October 4, 2022 Alan Royle 2

  STORIES OF THE CENTURY (1954-5) 39 EPISODES               This series was set in the American West (from the 1850s through to 1900), much of the footage being lifted from various westerns turned out by Republic Pictures over the years, via that studio’s subsidiary, Hollywood […]

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT203.

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT203.

October 1, 2022 Alan Royle 4

  George Clooney in ER                George Clooney has always been a man of his word, even when he was barely starting out in the acting business. As his star meteorically rose during his time on ER he adamantly refused to quit before his […]