flashback42

Sixes and stick; Lemesee here, lemesee. The badge pictured on the screen while that signature music played for the closing credits belonged to the LAPD officer who worked as advisor to the series. When they accumulated enough episodes to start reruns, they used that badge number as the title of the rerun series. (Eventually, LAPD retired that badge no. as a tribute to the series.) Narration change, "I'm a cop." to "I carry a badge." Some people, (and some of them with clout) objected to the use of the word "cop", considering it demeaning. After all, it did originate as criminal slang ("copper", shortened to "cop"; a reference to the copper badges worn by the London Bobbies. I was nearing my teens when this discussion was underway, and I remember reading that J. Edgar Hoover was one of those who objected to the term "cop".. I haven't heard the original wording for decades. Those episodes may have had the original taped over with the new wording. With passage of time, I know of no one who still has a negative impression of the word. Consider this thread open. Edited by: flashback42 on Feb 3, 2012 7:08 PM

Looks like that's a yes re *THE OTHER*, skipper. 1. Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide has a DVD symbol beside that title, and 2. Amazon also lists the title, with prices ranging from $6 - $11 or so. Good luck. Next up: From the littlescreen side. A popular police procedural lasted from early 1950s to late 1960s with some gaps in the production periods. It had a set opening sequence that became quite familiar to its fans. The star / writer / producer/ director/ narrator said something like: "This is the city; Los Angeles, California." Yada (a few statements of exposition that related to the upcoming story) yada. Then: "My name's Friday. I'm a cop." .................then a change was made: (Same opening line that named the location. Similar statements of exposition.) Then. "I work here. I carry a badge." *Q.* What was the reason for the change in that last line in the opening? *Bonus Q.* What was the rerun title for this series?

Correct. The plot had Kenny Rogers' "Gambler" character in a hurry to get to San Francisco for a special high-stakes poker game. Along the way the folks he met included Clint Walker as Chyenne Bodie, and Gene Barry, as mentioned, in the role of Bat Masterson. Others: Hugh O'Brien as Wyatt Earp; David Carradine as Kung Fu 's Caine. Brian Keith in his The Westener persona. A real nostalgia roundup focusing on the midcentury TV Westerns. One point noted: Doug McClure was just "Doug" and James Drury was just "Jim". No use of their Man From Shiloah characters' names, "Trampas" and "The Virginian". Chuck Conners and Johnny Crawford from The Rifleman were in different scenes. Crawford was the one helping start the movie business. When it got to the big game in Frisco, Jack Kelly was present as Bart Maverick. lavenderblue's thread. Edited by: flashback42 on Feb 3, 2012 12:50 AM

Sixes, taking a shot. The areas I can research include little or no commentary about plot or story. If I've guessed right, this aired 4 years before my family had television. The clues that seemed to make sense to me: "worse pies in London" Well, Angela Lansbury did a turn as Sweeny Todd's consort in 1982 "ordinary household product" Ms. Lansbury had four appearances on *Lux Vidio Theater*. One episode, entitled Operation Weekend, aired on 21 Apr 1952. Besides Lansbury, the cast included Ian Keith, Richard Kiley, Lloyd Knight and Marcel Hillaire. Does that come anywhere near to the show you have in mind?

The star of a 50s series about a knockabout dandy, sometimes a lawman, appears as that character serving as referee at a championship boxing match.

Framing device for these nostalgia nuggets: The title hero is on an urgent dash across the West to San Francisco. A deadline; an event that many others also want to attend.

*The Cardinal* (1963) Tom Tyron was the star. ???

I'll go ahead and use the name. If I'm right about this, the lady with the negative RSVP to Johnny's farewell bash was Kim Novak. I've scrounged a little more, and there's one correction. She and her MD husband raise horses in Oregon, not Northern California. Again, can anyone confirm this event I think I remember reading about?

Another guest cameo: Midcentury series about a man who worked various assignments; Cavalry scout, lawman, ranch hand, etc. Had a government contract that sent him in the same direction as the title hero. They escorted each other through some hostile territory.

Uh, "real but not real..." Animated?

Open thread.

Evans, Francine -- Liza Minelli in *New York, New York* (1977)

One of the guest cameos: An actor who was a teenager in a midcentury series turns up in this TVM as the same character, fully adult, teaching horsemanship to actors in the budding movie industry. Serving as stand-in in some of the difficult cases.

Correct, Sixes. "Look", AKA "Wild Goose Flying in the Night Sky" portrayed by Beulah Archuletta. And, re the Gipper answer, I wasn't sure if this was one of the 'wait for confirmation' threads. Apologies.

Next up: Character name: "Look" 1950s; color.

Sixes, the product named in the series title. A metal? A metal alloy? A beverage? A communications device? Wha?

Mann left the project, couldn't work with Audie Murphy? The more plausible explanation focuses on the other star, James Stewart. Between 1950-53,, Stewart and Mann worked well together on eight movies, five of them Westerns. In films like *Winchester '73, The Naked Spur, The Man from Laramie* and others, they formed up a basic Stewart Western hero that was viable and popular. By the time of filming *Night Passage*, Stewart was making changes in what he wanted in a hero image. One specific point mentioned: The Mann-influenced Stewart hero would not take in the orphaned boy (Brandon de Wilde) and become a surrogate father to him. Stewart and Mann had worked together to good effect, but they just came to a parting of the ways.

The TVM was one of a series. Lots and lots of cameos from 50s-60s Western TV series. Some in their character names, some not.

> {quote:title=cagney69 wrote:}{quote}why thank you stick > here's one "its round on the end and high in the middle it's " The answer to that is usually "Ohio". Does that help anyone find the title?

...In the belief that the last entry was intended for "A to Z of Actresses and Actors" ( and giving poor Sergeant York a rest), the following is posted. Yuri -- Mikhail Baryshnikov in *The Turning Point* (1977)

Again, posting a question I don't have a sure answer to. I'm going on memory of something read years ago. I have a name, but I have not been able to confirm. As I remember, it involved the anticipation and preperation for Johnny Carson's retirement from *The Tonight Show.* Almost everyone knows about the questions as to who would take the show after he left -- that's been worth a TVM that exposed a lot. My question is about the series of farewell performances leading up to the retirement. There was one actress, Very Big Name, that Johnny wanted to be a guest at or near the end. She just didn't want to do it. She was in retirement, or semi-retirement somewhere in northern Cal, if memory serves. and she just didn't want to take the trip and put in the effort. Johnny's retirement fetes went down without her. Is this familiar to anyone?

Pssst, Baker; What movie is the character named "Michael York" in, and what actor played that role?

Early 1990s TVM. Built-in tributes to a lot of 1950s series.

Work on 1957's *Night Passage* was started with Anthony Mann as the director. Mann dropped out, and it was then directed by James Neilson, who got the proper credit. Urban Legend: Mann left because of the presence of war hero-turned-actor Audie Murphy; Mann objected to working with him. Other information contradicts this theory. Any contributions or discussion before I return to the subject?

Xuncax, Arturo -- Ernesto Gomez Cruz in *El Norte* (1983)