This suspense show introduced the Douglas Fir to the general audience. To hear this show, you'd think investigators sat around eating pie and drinking coffee whenever they weren't actively investigating.
This suspense show introduced the Douglas Fir to the general audience. To hear this show, you'd think investigators sat around eating pie and drinking coffee whenever they weren't actively investigating.
Season one centered entirely around one murder investigation. A spoof of this appeared in a Judge Dredd comic, with a Judge's death being investigated. In that, one possible informant was a woman who went around carrying a mop, and was referred to as "the mop lady."
One character was supposed to speak backwards. When they found out the actor already knew how to speak backwards without coaching, they gave him more and better lines to work with. This extended the exposure of an actor who was supposed to only get a short role in the story.
This suspense show introduced the Douglas Fir to the general audience. To hear this show, you'd think investigators sat around eating pie and drinking coffee whenever they weren't actively investigating.
Season one centered entirely around one murder investigation. A spoof of this appeared in a Judge Dredd comic, with a Judge's death being investigated.(Who killed Lola Palmtree?) In that, one possible informant was a woman who went around carrying a mop, and was referred to as "the mop lady."
One character was supposed to speak backwards. When they found out the actor already knew how to speak backwards without coaching, they gave him more and better lines to work with. This extended the exposure of an actor who was supposed to only get a short role in the story.
One of the greatest difficulties of this story, had they gone there, would have been trying to prove the culprit did it. The evidence meandered all over the place, including dream sequences. What jury would be convinced of evidence like "I had a dream where someone pointed me in the direction of the killer?)
BTW, the name of the character investigating was totally NOT "Secret Agent Chip Barrelmaker."
In one episode, the main character is looking at home movies of herself from when she was a teenager. The home movies were actually footage from the star's previous series.
The star has admitted that she is embarrassed by her work in this series. She didn't want the role, but her stepfather, Jock Mahoney, convinced her to accept it for job security.
This is the first and only American television series to be set in Puerto Rico.
In one episode, the main character is looking at home movies of herself from when she was a teenager. The home movies were actually footage from the star's previous series.
The star has admitted that she is embarrassed by her work in this series. She didn't want the role, but her stepfather, Jock Mahoney, convinced her to accept it for job security. She has admitted that she disliked the scripts so much that she refused to read them. She would learn her lines right before shooting each scene by looking at the script supervisor's script.
This is the first and only American television series to be set in Puerto Rico.
The star (a well-known actress) is the only surviving member of the cast.
Patty Duke was originally the first choice for the lead role.
So, does this mean that these are backstories of the characters, or roles played by the actors on other series?
George
Yes, I phrased it correctly- these are the backstories of the characters, NOT their actors (AFAIK, there's no overlap but it's technically possible it was true of the actors as well.)
Actors who appeared during the series' run included Gavin Mac Leod,
William Christopher, Alice Ghostley, Hans Conried, Joe Tata, and
Harvey Keitel. Really.
Of the main characters of the show, one had previously been a bookkeeper
and the other the president of a toy company before the show and their
current "occupations."
2 characters once traveled to London, and several traveled to Paris.
The fake snow was sometimes white salt, but later it was all just white paint.
This well-watched and well-remembered show is a comedy. On paper, I can't see WHY. It worked anyway.
A number of actors in key roles were Jewish, which may come as a surprise. One character had a facial scar- but it wasn't make-up. The actor had been beaten up by the SS in World War II for being a Jew.
I know that Richard Dawson and Robert Clary are Jewish. I don't know about Werner Klemperer, but he would have been old enough to have been alive during WWII.
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This suspense show introduced the Douglas Fir to the general audience. To hear this show, you'd think investigators sat around eating pie and drinking coffee whenever they weren't actively investigating.
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Fargo?
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No.
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This suspense show introduced the Douglas Fir to the general audience. To hear this show, you'd think investigators sat around eating pie and drinking coffee whenever they weren't actively investigating.
Season one centered entirely around one murder investigation. A spoof of this appeared in a Judge Dredd comic, with a Judge's death being investigated. In that, one possible informant was a woman who went around carrying a mop, and was referred to as "the mop lady."
One character was supposed to speak backwards. When they found out the actor already knew how to speak backwards without coaching, they gave him more and better lines to work with. This extended the exposure of an actor who was supposed to only get a short role in the story.
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Short role.
I see what you did there.
How was the coffee? Good? City's best? Or damn fine?
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It was a d* FINE cup of coffee, of course. Did they serve any other type?
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This suspense show introduced the Douglas Fir to the general audience. To hear this show, you'd think investigators sat around eating pie and drinking coffee whenever they weren't actively investigating.
Season one centered entirely around one murder investigation. A spoof of this appeared in a Judge Dredd comic, with a Judge's death being investigated.(Who killed Lola Palmtree?) In that, one possible informant was a woman who went around carrying a mop, and was referred to as "the mop lady."
One character was supposed to speak backwards. When they found out the actor already knew how to speak backwards without coaching, they gave him more and better lines to work with. This extended the exposure of an actor who was supposed to only get a short role in the story.
One of the greatest difficulties of this story, had they gone there, would have been trying to prove the culprit did it. The evidence meandered all over the place, including dream sequences. What jury would be convinced of evidence like "I had a dream where someone pointed me in the direction of the killer?)
BTW, the name of the character investigating was totally NOT "Secret Agent Chip Barrelmaker."
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Twin Peaks?
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That's it.
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In one episode, the main character is looking at home movies of herself from when she was a teenager. The home movies were actually footage from the star's previous series.
The star has admitted that she is embarrassed by her work in this series. She didn't want the role, but her stepfather, Jock Mahoney, convinced her to accept it for job security.
This is the first and only American television series to be set in Puerto Rico.
George
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The last clue gives it away, but who would remember THAT fact about this series?
None of my friends growing up, that's for sure. None of them. None.
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You and your homophones...
In one episode, the main character is looking at home movies of herself from when she was a teenager. The home movies were actually footage from the star's previous series.
The star has admitted that she is embarrassed by her work in this series. She didn't want the role, but her stepfather, Jock Mahoney, convinced her to accept it for job security. She has admitted that she disliked the scripts so much that she refused to read them. She would learn her lines right before shooting each scene by looking at the script supervisor's script.
This is the first and only American television series to be set in Puerto Rico.
The star (a well-known actress) is the only surviving member of the cast.
Patty Duke was originally the first choice for the lead role.
George
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Going out on a limb here....
"The Flying Nun"?????
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That's OK if you're light and your hat provides lift...
Correct.
For some reason, Fields really hated the role and the show.
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No kidding, it was set in Puerto Rico?
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Yes.
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Actors who appeared during the series' run included Gavin Mac Leod,
William Christopher, Alice Ghostley, Hans Conried, Joe Tata, and
Harvey Keitel. Really.
Of the main characters of the show, one had previously been a bookkeeper
and the other the president of a toy company before the show and their
current "occupations."
2 characters once traveled to London, and several traveled to Paris.
The fake snow was sometimes white salt, but later it was all just white paint.
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So, does this mean that these are backstories of the characters, or roles played by the actors on other series?
George
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Yes, I phrased it correctly- these are the backstories of the characters, NOT their actors (AFAIK, there's no overlap but it's technically possible it was true of the actors as well.)
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Actors who appeared during the series' run included Gavin Mac Leod,
William Christopher, Alice Ghostley, Hans Conried, Joe Tata, and
Harvey Keitel. Really.
Of the main characters of the show, one had previously been a bookkeeper
and the other the president of a toy company before the show and their
current "occupations."
2 characters once traveled to London, and several traveled to Paris.
The fake snow was sometimes white salt, but later it was all just white paint.
This well-watched and well-remembered show is a comedy. On paper, I can't see WHY. It worked anyway.
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The Dick van Dyke Show?
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No. IIRC, the DvD Show was all in black and white. That can't be said for this show.
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Actors who appeared during the series' run included Gavin Mac Leod,
William Christopher, Alice Ghostley, Hans Conried, Joe Tata, and
Harvey Keitel. Really.
Of the main characters of the show, one had previously been a bookkeeper
and the other the president of a toy company before the show and their
current "occupations."
2 characters once traveled to London, and several traveled to Paris.
The fake snow was sometimes white salt, but later it was all just white paint.
This well-watched and well-remembered show is a comedy. On paper, I can't see WHY. It worked anyway.
A number of actors in key roles were Jewish, which may come as a surprise. One character had a facial scar- but it wasn't make-up. The actor had been beaten up by the SS in World War II for being a Jew.
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Hogan's Heroes?
I know that Richard Dawson and Robert Clary are Jewish. I don't know about Werner Klemperer, but he would have been old enough to have been alive during WWII.
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