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- This date in MAVERICK TV History: “The Rattlesnake Brigade,” an episode of BRET MAVERICK, airs on Apr. 27, 1982 – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
- This date in MAVERICK TV History: James Garner files a cross-complaint against Warner Bros. on Apr. 26, 1960, reiterating his claim that the studio had breached his contract by suspending payment of his salary. The ensuing legal battle set in motion a chain of events that not only changed the course of Garner’s career, but led to the demise of MAVERICK – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
- This date in MAVERICK TV History: Robert Webber, Marj Dusay, and Jameson Parker star in the conclusion of “Faith, Hope and Clarity,” a two-part episode of BRET MAVERICK that originally aired on Apr. 20, 1982 – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
- This date in MAVERICK TV History: Part 1 of “The Devil’s Necklace,” the only two-part episode of the original MAVERICK series, airs on Apr. 16, 1961 – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
- This date in MAVERICK TV History: Andrew Duggan stars as Big Ed Murphy in “The Money Machine,” airing Apr. 15, 1962 – Ed Robertson on Now available from Black Pawn Press: MAVERICK: Legend of the West, back in the saddle and fully updated as a Revised Third Edition with more than 100 pages of new information about the show that made James Garner a star. 25 percent of the net proceeds from the sales of the third edition will be donated to The James Garner Animal Rescue Fund. Available both in softcover and, very soon, as an eBook through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online
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Monthly Archives: June 2018
via KSAV and Susan McCray: Kent McCray, producer of Little House on the Prairie, dies at age 89. Also the husband of network TV casting director (and, later, KSAV Radio personality) Susan McCray, Kent McCray also partnered with Michael Landon on Bonanza, Highway to Heaven and Father Murphy
Kent McCray, a producer and production manager who collaborated with the late Michael Landon on the NBC dramas Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven and Father Murphy, has died. He was 89. McCray died Sunday June 3rd in Los Angeles of natural … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Shows, Television Star
Tagged Bob Hope Show, Buick-Berle Show, Colgate Comedy Hour, Father Murphy, High Chapparal, Highway to Heaven, Kent McCray, KSAV, Little House on the Prairie, Michael Landon, production manager, Red Skelton Show, Susan McCray, The Man Behind the Most Beloved Television Shows, The Miracle Worker, USO specials, Victor French, You Bet Your Life
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via Decades Network: Decades presents Rod, White & Blue, a 24-hour, 46-episode Twilight Zone marathon on Wednesday 7/4 featuring such classic episodes as “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” “The Eye of the Beholder,” “The Invaders,” “It’s a Good Life,” and “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”
Chicago, IL (June 29, 2018) The DECADES TV Network salutes the land of the unusual and home of the fantastical with Rod, White & Blue: A Twilight Zone Celebration, an all-day July 4th dimension event, bringing fans of the landmark American anthology TV … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Shows, Television Star
Tagged 000 Feet, Agnes Moorehead, Buck Houghton, Burgess Meredith, Buster Keaton, Carol Burnett, Cloris Leachman, Decades Channel, DECADES Network, Decades TV, Dick York, Gladys Cooper, It's a Good Life, Nightmare at 20, Richard Matheson, Robert Redford, Rod, Rod Serling, Ron Howard, Suzy Parker, The Eye of the Beholder, The Invaders, The Monsters are Due on Maple Street, The Twilight Zone, White & Blue, William Reynolds, William Shatner
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via the Toronto Star: Canadian actor Daniel Pilon died Tuesday 6/26 at age 77. Fans of the original Dallas know him as Naldo Marchetta, Jenna Wade’s treacherous ex-husband
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Tagged Dallas, Daniel Pilon, Jenna Wade, Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Priscilla Presley
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Film and television actress Deanna Lund dies at age 81
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 408 with guests Adam Tsekhman and Alan Rode is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 408 with guests Adam Tsekhman and Alan Rode Original Airdate: June 22-25, 2018 First hour: Ed welcomes film historian Alan Rode. Alan’s latest book, Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film, is a comprehensive biography and filmography of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Broke Girls, 24, Adam Tsekhman, Adventures of Robin Hood, Alan Rode, Americanistan, Amos Gitai, and a one and a two, Bess Meredyth, Captain Blood, Casablanca, champagne music, cinephile, Coming to America, Comrades, Dragged Across Concrete, Errol Flynn, Everybody Comes to Rick's, film history, film noir, Fools, Gary Green, Golden Age of Hollywood, Golden Age of Television, Golden Era of Hollywood, goodnight sleep tight, Hal Wallis, Hawaii Five-0, History Channel, How I Met Your Mother, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Irene Lee, Jack Warner, James Cagney, John Frankenheimer, John Meredyth Lucas, Lawrence Welk, Legends of Tomorrow, live television, Mel Gibson, Michael Curtiz, Mildred Pierce, motion picture history, NCIS: Los Angeles, Neil Simon, Noah's Ark, Perfect Strangers, Perry Mason, Rizzoli & Isles, Six, Television Confidential, The CW, The Lawrence Welk Show, The Young and the Restless, Transparent, Tseky, Tsili, TV Confidential, Vince Vaughn, Wharton School of Business, White Christmas, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Yuri Petrov
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