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New one. 1970s. Color. Last line: "ARE YOU MATING?"

Yep. Dudley and Bo. lavender's thread.

That hairstyle - it's called "corn rows".

Athos -- Oliver Reed in the 1973 release of *The Three Musketeers.*

Ohhhhh. :8} Right; not Jennifer. In the technology available at release date, the cell phone was not available. So it was his pager that sounded off and betrayed his presence when he was stalking her.

Uh, yeah, I think. Or maybe no. The character on the screen was given a ''do" that was commented on and was copied out here where people have air behind them. Clear now?? ?:|

Run out of ideas on this one. *After Hours* (1985). Griffin Dunne ("Paul") has a harrowing night. Goes directly to work because it's useless to go home. He logs in; his computer greets him. The camera roams around as others arrive; next time it passes Paul's desk, he isn't there. Open thread.

Got it now... *The Onion Field.* John Savage's ordeal after his partner Ted Danson is killed. Best line is from a prosecuting attorney: "...I was thinking that if it was in my power, I'd release Powell and Smith, drop all the charges. If only I could send some lawyers and judges to the gas chamber."

...And I enjoyed his contribution in *The Perils of Pauline*. Swing and a hit, and I'm glad I was right, but I've got nothing right now. Open thread.

I have a possible answer in mind. -- ...Doris Day's neighbor on her namesake show. ...Cartoon menacing voice when Jackie Vernon voiced *Frosty the Snowman.* ...A shipboard comedy where he was a purser or something. ("Never touch and Officer!") etc, etc. If it isn't Billy de Wolfe, I'd like for someone to post something around here that does make use of him. ???

That would fit *Black Rain* (1989), with Michael Douglas trapped, helpless, on one side of a subway fence while his partner Andy Garcia is killed by Japanese gangsters on the other side. ???

Yates, Rowdy -- Clint Eastwood on *Rawhide* (1959-66, on CBS TV)

Correct, lavender. As of that airing (17 Nov 1969) Palmer had *Lil' Abner* (Broadway and screen) behind him, and Reed had *The Brady Bunch* ahead of him. lavenderblue19's thread.

♫ Out of ammunition and faced with certain defeat -- Who was it that burned the crops and left us nothing to eat ?? ♫ ♫ Here's the story, of a lovely lady...♪

Turner, Tina -- Angela Bassett in *What's Love Got to Do With It?* (1993)

No, lavender, you're right, and I got one thing wrong. It slipped my attention that the Italians had made it. USA title *Operation Kid Brother.* The overthere title, *OK Connery*. Sean's brother Neil was the star, using his own name as "the Scottish physician, Neil Connery". From the Bond films, Bernard Lee ("M") appeared as "Commander Cunningham", and Lois Maxwell ("Miss Moneypenny") used the name "Miss Maxwell". Anthony Dawson, who had a role in *Dr. No* also got employment in this ripoff. Neil Connery seems to have lasted a few years, mostly in British TV. My error in the original posing of the question. lavenderblue19's thread.

Not the original *Casino Royale,* no. This film starred a relative of the series being parodied, and the UK title made use of the star's actual name.

Not Sheriff Andy. That performer had gone to Broadway and then to the big screen the title character as an iconic comic-strip bumpkin. The swinger host had, as of this performance, a series behind him as a law-firm partner and a series ahead of him as paterfamilias to a blended family.

A giveaway: The series is *Love, American Style.*

Employed actors from the series being parodied -- in similar roles, but with different names.

Landon, Herbert -- David Warneer in *Spider-Man* (1994)

The countryboy is offered first chance to pick a key from the fishbowl. He selects the key of a late model luxury sedan. Again, he does not understand the basic fact of this game. Delighted, he takes the hand of his own wife, and they take off with the car belonging to that key. The more experience swingers get a laugh out of this, then they follow suit: Each man selects a key, then departs with someone else's car -- and with his own wife. Series? The swinger host? The bumpkin guest?

Thanks, lavender. Next up. 1960s. British. Color. One title UK, another title USA. Satire of the campy Cold War flicks that were popular about that time. Absolutely shameless ripoff, in fact.

*Light in the Piazza* (1962)

Griffin Dunne?