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I certainly remember that show. But never saw the movie before the TV show came out. But the reruns later on when "retro" TV channels came about are more interesting seen in retrospect. You see things you didn't bother to notice before or couldn't care less about at the time. Like a 30 year old VIC MORROW in one episode, or a still unheard of 23 year old DUSTIN HOFFMAN playing a hold-up man in another. Just to mention a few.
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On 6/21/2021 at 1:24 PM, Dargo said:
Yeah, good point here, Tex!
Maybe the ABC television network affiliate in Detroit re-scheduled the airings for The Fugitive to coincide with GM's second shift punching out for the night on their timeclocks!
AND, word WAS that the shop foreman on that shift, "Manny somethin'-or-other", was a big David Jannsen/Fugitive fan too, ya know.
(...and you know how strong and influential the UAW union was back then, don't ya?!)
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I dunno 'bout that. The 2nd shift at the GM plant I worked at(that my Dad got me hired into) ended at 11:30 pm. Which meant that most of the guys working that shift(as did I when I first hired) probably didn't get home until midnight or so. And most of those guys headed for the bars anyway and stayed until closing, so it'd mean in the metro Detroit area, the ABC affiliate would have to re-schedule THE FUGITIVE for a 3-4:00 am broadcast. And since back in those days those local affiliates usually "signed off" by 1 or 2:00 am, it's highly unlikely they would have done that.
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I couldn't find any info if she was in any way related to actor LARRY LINVILLE(1939-2000) of M*A*S*H* fame. Was she?
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On 6/20/2021 at 11:56 PM, LuckyDan said:
Jack Marshall composed the music for The Munsters. Jack was a jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. He had a younger cousin who came to him for advice on taking up guitar. Jack suggested he begin by studying classical. His cousin was Christopher Parkening, who would become what many consider America's most gifted classical guitarist.
This is the second season version of the theme, which features a surfy-sounding electric guitar part. I can't confirm who played it. Maybe Jack. Maybe Tommy Tedesco. Maybe Howard Roberts.
And we know it was Roberts playing THIS iconic guitar riff.
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He's sure made his presence known over the years.
And he's 101 years old now?
God bless him!
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Better than I AM presently, anyway.
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He wasn't such a nice guy too in a TV movie from the same year called SAVAGES co-starring Sam Bottoms.
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11 minutes ago, txfilmfan said:
Wikipedia has articles with the nominal network schedules, going back to the dawn of network TV. Schedules were more stable back in the 50s and 60s. The articles have a more difficult time with schedules in the 70s and later, as networks grew impatient with poor performing series, and quick cancellations and replacements became more common.
In 63-64, it was on at 10 ET on Tuesdays. I spot checked the subsequent years. It appears it remained in this time slot for its entire run.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963–64_United_States_network_television_schedule
But I do recall being alowed to stay up and watch the show. But, as we're talking nearly 60 years ago, I might have been recalling my seeing them in summer reruns.
DARG: It might have been the pics of you that you've posted showing a shock white mane and beard. So far, my month from 70 visage would display still dark brown(but much thinner) hair, but the beard is white sho' 'nuff.
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16 hours ago, Dargo said:
During the time The Fugitive TV series was first run, I was ages 11-15 and my bedtime during the school year was 10pm, EXCEPT on Tuesdays nights when my parents allowed me to stay up until 11pm to watch each episode as it unfolded.
I remember studying David Janssen's mannerisms, and for many years even affected that signature quick one-sided little grin of his because I thought the guy was cool as hell.
(...however, I can't completely agree with Nip the OP's assessment of the Harrison Ford movie, as I think it was a great condensed movie-length version of the story that easily deserves its 7.8 IMDb and 96% Rotten Tomatoes ratings)
I recall you stating you were born in 1950, which should have made you 13 when the show debuted. I was 12( as I was born in '51) and I don't recall the EST time slot, but it was early enough for me to be allowed to watch(I too had parents with strict bedtime rules).
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I don't recall that and at the time I probably passed on watching it due to George Peppard being in it. For some reason, Peppard affects me the way George Raft affects you. Which means, Dearborn, MI native notwithstanding, I never saw an episode of either BANACEK or THE A TEAM.
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Seeing "A Face In The Crowd" didn't dilute my opinion of Griffith as a good TV Dad. One character had nothing to do with the other. I mean, HENRY FONDA was a pretty good TV and movie Dad, and seeing him in ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST did nothing to shake that opinion either.
I really don't understand how something like that can affect you in that way.
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On 6/20/2021 at 8:45 AM, TomJH said:
Much to my surprise he had mixed feelings about the film. All of that bantering between Stewart and Kelly in the earlier portions of the film seemed to bore him. He said he enjoyed the film's climax and said that compensated for the film's "draggy" sections. He's a guy who enjoys action films.
My wife had a sister sorta like that. She'd say how she didn't like some movie because it was "too slow", which seemed to me she was referencing the movie "wasting time" with character development and the build up of the plot. I never knew if she liked any Hitch flicks or not(she died in 1990 at age 42) I only knew her favorite movie was "The Good Earth".
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Not that I can conjure. But thanks for that info. Not only did I never notice Young's appearance in that movie, I had NO IDEA what that actor's name was. Bugs me every time I watch DARK PASSAGE 'cause I KNEW I've seen that guy before in something, but not sure where. But now, I'm SURE it wasn't "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre". But WHERE? I guess I'll have to do the google thing.
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Since I don't know anyone adult age that HASN'T ever seen a Hitchcock movie, even back when my kids were young, I'd have to start with them( my kids, that is). But, sometime back in the '80's my older daughter( in her Mother's custody) told me she watched NORTH BY NORTHWEST one night at a friend's house. She saidd she really liked it, and like her Dad, really dug that cool house. So I made some suggestions, based on what I knew about her personal tastes in movies. Like "horror". So I suggested PSYCHO and she liked that as well. Black and White doesn't bother her.For my younger daughter, I too started her off with REAR WINDOW, thinking it'd pass muster because it was the first Hitchcock movie I remember ever seeing. To my knowledge, anyway, because it was at an early enough stage in my life when I couldn't care less about who directed whatever movie( and rot like that). THE BIRDS was well received by both of them. And because they both like the movie THROW MAMA FROM THE TRAIN, they became curious about STRANGERS ON A TRAIN which was mentioned in the movie. And they both liked that one too. But I decided all I could do was suggest titles and leave the choosing to watch them up to them. After all, they might enjoy them more WITHOUT a gun to their heads.
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50 minutes ago, hamradio said:
The original "The Fugitive" was a TV series by which the movie came later. Both are based on a real life person Sam Sheppard whom doesn't come close to resembling EITHER Janssen or Ford
OK, so if you were to produce the '60's TV show, based on Sheppard's story, and was to cast someone who resembled him, who would you have picked.
ROBERT DUVALL... or....
RICHARD JAECKEL? or.....
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21 hours ago, hamradio said:
Some TV themes, "The X Files", "Tubular Bells", and "Crocketts Theme" is on the 1997 Pure Moods CD. Wow some of the other selections are 'out there'.
Ach! Sorry, but if I GOTTA listen to Jan Hammer, I much prefer...
Or anything else from that LP. Or from THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS.
And then, some TV show themes weren't original, but borrowed from different sources....
Like The William Tell Overture---
Or Light English classical music (E.White's "Puffin' Billy")......
Here's the original composition.
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21 hours ago, chaya bat woof woof said:
John Forsythe in Bachelor Father
Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons
Edward Hermann in Gilmore Girls
Lenny Brisco (ssp?) in Law & Order
Father Flanagan (sp?) in Boys Town? (There are father and priests/fathers)
I don't believe your first four were "classic movie" dads. But in that spirit, most TV dads were great and well liked.
ROBERT YOUNG in "Father Knows Best"
ANDY GRIFFITH in "The Andy Griffith Show"
HUGH BEAUMONT in "Leave It To Beaver"
CHUCK CONNORS in "The Rifleman"
LORNE GREEN in "Bonanza"
And that just covers some in the "classic" TV category. We must preserve some decorum.
As for the "classic" movie dads, for a respectable portion of the film...
JIMMY STEWART in "It's A Wonderful Life". And I suppose too.. "Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation".
LEON AMES in "Meet Me In St. Louis" and others
LEWIS STONE(if not mentioned already) in the Andy Hardy series of movies.
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I liked a lot of "iconic" TV themes songs. Like. "Car 54 Where Are You", "The Addams Family", "The Munsters" "The Beverly Hillbillies" and others. But sadly, TV themes have gone on the wayside, The last memorable one of long standing was the "Law And Order" theme.
But
One of my favorite opening TV show themes from this century(and when TV themes are rare) is------
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I'm guessing the intent was the Father CHARACTERS that various actors portrayed, NOT the actors as fathers in life. Which makes the OP pick of Gregory Peck 's ATTICUS FINCH a fine choice and which is also top of my list, Some others(in no particular order as to rating) would be Thomas Mitchell's TOM SULLIVAN in "The Fighting Sullivans".
SPENCER TRACY in "Father Of The Bride"
CLIFTON WEBB in "Cheaper By The Dozen"
WILLIAM POWELL in "Life With Father".
HENRY FONDA in "Yours, Mine and Ours".
CARY GRANT in "Room For One More".
More to come when or if memory serves.
58 minutes ago, txfilmfan said:Ron Howard and Henry Fonda were in The Smith Family, largely forgotten today. It came between Howard's stints on TAGS and Happy Days.
It ran for 1.5 seasons on ABC and came from the same team that did Family Affair and My Three Sons. It also used similar production techniques as in the other two shows to minimize the amount of time Fonda would have to spend in the studio.
Hey! I DO remember that show. Kind of contrived and not well written(most of the time). And I noticed when A&E, when they had that show BIOGRAPHY, and did Ron Howard's biography, somehow managed to leave mention of that show out of the bio. Not sure if it was A&E's oversight, or if it was at the behest of Ron Howard.
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2 hours ago, ElCid said:
Never cared for the music of The Beatles, the Rolling Stones nor Pat Boone.
Just you? Or all your other friends in AL-QAEDA too?
But to be more serious, I did go out of my way to buy a copy of Boone's "Speedy Gonzales". But, I was 10 years old at the time, and a big fan of the cartoon.
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20 hours ago, HelenBaby2 said:
He was Rick Webber on General Hospital in the late 70’s/early 80’s.
I didn't recognize him in that. He looked a lot different then. Plus, I stopped watching GH back in the mid '70's, when actor Michael Gregory played Rick Webber, and Richard Dean Anderson(McGyver) was his brother. And **** Patsy Rahn was Monica. Didn't pick up on it again until my second wife entered the picture('85).
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I have experience on both sides of the camera, and as a wedding photographer, I couldn't afford for the camera to lie!
But, cameras lying don't bother me as much as all those bathroom scales that ALL lie! 
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Yeah, CHRIS ROBINSON who played Sgt. Komansky in the TV series 12 O'CLOCK HIGH. I THOUGHT he looked familiar! I was a faithful viewer of that show.
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First time in years since I've seen THE YOUNG SAVAGES, but I seem to recall that in the courtroom, when "Batman" is on the stand, he DID answer the question of "Why do you like to fight?" by saying, "I like to feel the pain, man." But I seemed to miss that, if indeed it was shown.
And I can't find any info on who played the character "Pretty Boy" . He looked real familiar to me. So, "little help", please.
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Just you? Or all your other friends in AL-QAEDA too? 
Which Alfred Hitchcock film would you show to a newbie?
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Why do you ask?
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