#bill mccann

[mariocki]

Night School (Terror Eyes, 1981)

"There's been another killing."

"Mmm."

"That doesn't seem to surprise you."

"When man kills for the sake of killing, there's no reason why he should stop."

"Do you really believe that man can go out and kill, just like that?"

"Why not? You see, animals kill when they're hungry or when they're threatened. But man is the only animal who destroys his own kind for the sheer pleasure of it."

[chippedcupwrites]

(inspo.)sans

[oldshowbiz]

Frank Gorshin's television debut was on The Steve Allen Show, but it almost didn't happen at all.

Comedian Will Jordan: Chuck McCann tells the story of how he got Frank his first break on Steve Allen. McCann says that Gorshin auditioned as a singer.

Comedian Chuck McCann: It's a funny story. I helped him get The Steve Allen Show. And then they booked him - and kicked me off so they could fit him in!

Will Jordan: Frank Gorshin looked like a little skeleton. Very odd looking little creature.

Chuck McCann: Anyway, the Gorshin thing happened at a rehearsal. Tom Poston and I were doing Laurel and Hardy. We were asked to stay after the rehearsal because they were auditioning people and they felt it would help if there was a bit of an audience. Bill Harbach, the producer of the show, asked us all to stick around.

Will Jordan: The entire cast would really help you on that show, laugh it up and applaud.

Chuck McCann: I was in the hall and there was this guy standing there. I saw the piano had a bunch of hats on it. I said, "What do you do?" He said, "I do impressions." I asked him to do a couple and he did. I said, "Jesus! That's wonderful!" They were really remarkable. He did Richard Widmark and Kirk Douglas.

Will Jordan: The best physical resemblances were done by Frank Gorshin when he did Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster.

Chuck McCann: I said, "Oh, they're going to love this." So I sit down with our little audience. Steve was sitting next to me. Steve is the nicest guy in the world, but if someone is embarrassing themselves it is hard for him to take. It's hard for anyone to take. Gorshin comes out and sits down at the piano and starts singing rock and roll. He sings this awful song.

Will Jordan: Gorshin's singing voice wasn't good.

Chuck McCann: He's half way through and everyone is cringing. Steve looked at Bill and Bill got the message. He gets up, "Well, thank you very much. That's terrific. Uh, we'll give you a call and let you know." So Frank stands up and… it was embarrassing.

Will Jordan: Chuck said that as Frank was leaving…

Chuck McCann: I yelled out, "Wait! What's the porkpie hat for?"

Will Jordan: Chuck said, "What's the hat on the piano for?" Frank said, "Oh, I do some impressions."

Chuck McCann: I said, "You do impressions? Can we see some of the impressions, Steve?" Steve glared at me. Everyone glared at me. But I knew I was safe because he was marvelous.

Will Jordan: Of course this is Chuck's version, so Chuck McCann is the hero.

Chuck McCann: In his mind he thought he had done well, but I saved his ass. He didn't realize it. To him it was a natural segue when I said, "What's the pork pie hat for?" He didn't know he was going to be asked to leave.

Will Jordan: It's probably not true…

Chuck McCann: He turned around, put on the porkpie hat and became Richard Widmark. It was perfect. He assumed the spirit and being of Richard Widmark. He did the voice spot on and everybody's mouth dropped. Then he did Kirk Douglas and so forth and so on.

Will Jordan: That scored heavy and he got the show.

Chuck McCann: Three weeks later he was on the show and I was off. No good turn ever goes unpunished. I was never on that show again.

Will Jordan: Bill Dana was there too and he says that's not the way it happened.

[mariemariemaria]

Found out about this recently and it's driving me insane lmao

[augustusaugustus]

14.121 S.A.D.

ACKLAND: All we can do is make her as comfortable as possible, and hope that the FME or the ambulance gets here soon. BOYDEN: Yeah, but what if he doesn’t come? ACKLAND: Then we need loads of hot water and clean towels. BOYDEN: Right. (pause) June? ACKLAND: Yeah? BOYDEN: What for? ACKLAND: …I don’t know. I’ll get the first aid book!

There’s a lot of great stuff in this one—the birth in the cells in particular—but there’s also just a lot of stuff full stop, which makes it feel a bit messy at times. Guest starring Judy Cornwell.

[dsboulton]

13.59 Calling Time

[steveloxton]

Series 11 Minor Appearances

[jimcarver]

15.2 Chasing Shadows

[reghollis]

14.30 No Doubt About It

[inspectormonroe]

13.119 Dishonour Among Thieves

[sgtsteele]

11.82 Over the Top

[johnmaitland]

9.36 The Short Straw

[forensicated]

WUC!

[dalekofchaos]

Mortal Kombat fancast(new)

Simu Liu as Liu Kang

Glenn Powell as Johnny Cage

Charlize Theron as Sonya Blade

Ken Watanabe as Raiden

Henry Golding as Sub-Zero/Noob Saibot/Bi-Han

Andrew Koji as Scorpion

Manu Benett as Kano

Rory McCann as Goro

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as SHang Tsung(Old, WHO ELSE???)

Tony Leung as Shang Tsung(Young)

Bill Skarsgard as Reptile

Iko Uwais as Kung Lao

Aldis Hodge as Jackson "Jax" Briggs

Elodie Yung as Kitana/Milenena

Zoe Saldana as Jade

Harry Shum Jr. as Sub-Zero/Kuai-Liang

Justin H. Min as Smoke

Brian Tee as Sektor

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Cyrax

Scott Adkins as Baraka

Conan Stevens as Kintaro

Dave Bautista as Shao Kahn

Eugene Brave Rock as Nightwolf

John Cena as Stryker

Jon Bernthal as Kabal

Michelle Yeoh as Sindel

Jade Cargill as Sheeva

Nathan Jones as Motaro

Doug Jones as Ermac

Because of Tumblr's stupid 30 picture limit, I cannot add more pictures, so here’s the rest.

Larry Lam as Rain

Jonathan Patrick Foo as Chameleon

Karen Fukuhara as Khameleon

Jet Li as Fujin

Sonoya Mizuno as Sareena

Brenda Song as Kia

Javicia Leslie as Jataaka

Anna Diop as Tanya

Jai Courtney as Jarek

Karl Urban as Reiko

Mads Mikkelsen as Shinnok

Hoon Lee as Quan Chi

Benedict Wong as Bo Rai Cho

Lewis Tan as Kenshi

Yvonne Chapman as Li Mei

Emma Myers as Frost

Peter Mensah as Drahmin

Derek Mears as Moloch

Charles Melton as Mavado

Ron Yuan as Hsu Hao

Alexandra Daddario as Nitara

Gordon Liu as Shujinko

Constance Wu as Ashrah

Donnie Yen as Hotaru

Daniel Wu as Dairou

Mahershala Ali as Darrius

Matt Smith as Havik

Dominic Sherwood as Kobra

Kristen Stewart as Kira

Tony Todd as Onaga

Ian McKellen as Argus

Eva Green as Delia

Tom Hardy as Taven

Mark Strong as Daegon

Ron Pearlman as Blaze

Jessica Henwick as Skarlet

Milly Alcock as Cassie Cage

Delainey Hayles as Jacqui Briggs

Mackenyu as Takeda Takahashi

Ludi Lin as Kung Jin

Winston Duke as Kotal Kahn

Tao Okamoto as D’Vorah

Jensen Ackles as Erron Black

Dafne Keen and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson as Ferra/Torr

Tony Jaa as Tremor

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Geras

Emily Blunt as Cetrion

Tilda Swinton as Kronika

[augustusaugustus]

14.5 Villain

ROBBINS: Seems a fair enough chap, your Mr. Meadows. We had a colonel like him in eight, and he’d always hear you out. Give you the benefit of the doubt. Get it wrong a second time, he’d be crawling all over you. I reckon your chief inspector is a bit like that, isn’t he. BOYDEN: You could say that. ROBBINS: Young Skase, though. I don’t think he’s got the patience to be officer material. BOYDEN: (noise of amusement) ROBBINS: Thought as much.

“Podge” is the same dog owned by the old lady who was mugged in 13.101 “This Land Is Ours”.

McCANN: You’re stretching the rules a bit tonight, aren’t you, Sarge? BOYDEN: Seems like the rules’ve been broken anyway. Shame a nice old boy like that has to end his days like this.

This is The Bill at its best, and Matthew at his best—being a quiet, sympathetic ear to those who need it, even if they’re under arrest. Brilliant writing and acting, including from Geoffrey Chater as Robbins. An episode that really kicks you in the guts.

[dsboulton]

10.13 Faith in the System