‘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, […]

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 […]

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT187

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT187

December 25, 2021 Alan Royle 4

       JACK WEBB (1920-82)                               Although he achieved some success as a writer and, arguably, more as an actor in both movies and television, Jack Webb was primarily an executive producer (and creator) of three successful TV series, – Dragnet 67(1967-70), Adam-12 (1968-72) and Emergency! (1972). It is […]

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE M.A.S.H. STARS?

January 10, 2018 Alan Royle 2

The hugely successful M.A.S.H. series on TV ran from 1972 to 1983, 251 episodes. There were twelve regular players over that time. Five of them have since died. Only two of the dozen appeared in all 251 episodes – Alan Alda and Loretta Swit. Two others made over 200 appearances […]

M*A*S*H* – A decade of excellence (Pt.2).

April 28, 2016 admin 0

    Harry Morgan: (Colonel Sherman T. Potter) – 180 episodes. The photograph of wife Mildred you see on Potter’s desk is actually a shot of Morgan’s real-life wife Eileen Detchon who remained his spouse for 45 years until her death in 1985. Harry appeared as a character actor in […]

Old TV Shows – more trivia.

November 23, 2015 admin 0

  Leonard Nimoy, the future Mr. Spock in the Star Trek series, served a stint in the US Army where he reached the rank of sergeant. In 1955 he suggested to an old army buddy named Ken Berry that he go to California and try to make it as a […]