#operation petticoat - tv series

[oldtvlover]

Hi guys,

and another week (and a bit longer) done with Randy and his series appearances.

Quite a lot, to be honest and still all not done, yet!! *grins*

Enjoy those.

P.S.: The movies might follow - later, much later as well.

[mydaddywiki]

Warren Berlinger

Physique: Chubby Build Height: 5′6″ (1.68 m)

Warren Berlinger (August 31, 1937 – December 2, 2020) was an American character actor, with Broadway runs, movie and television credits, and much work in commercials. He was known for Blue Denim, The Long Goodbye, The World According to Garp and That Thing You Do!. He also appeared in shows like Charlie’s Angels, Happy Days, Operation Petticoat, Murder, She Wrote and Grace and Frankie, his final TV work. Berlinger died from cancer on December 2, 2020, at the age of 83.

Berlinger went from playing juveniles on Broadway to naive, innocent teens in films and on TV, to somewhat rotund, average joes on the small screen, sustaining a career for more than 50 years. While channel surfing, I stumble upon an episode of Friends and thought I saw Charles Durning in it. Turns out, it was Berlinger. They had pretty much the same features, height and even sound alike with their NY accents. From then on Berlinger became my bootleg Durning.

He was married to Betty Lou Keim from 1960 until her death in January 2010, and they had four children. other online sources will tell you he was the nephew of Milton Berle, whose real last name was, yes, Berlinger. The truth, if you asked Warren, was that he was much more distantly related to Berle. He would sometimes however suggest jokingly that the legendary Berle phallus ran in the family.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Emergency! (TV Series 1973–1975) I Will… I Will… For Now (1976) Happy Days (TV Series 1975–1981) The Cannonball Run (1981) Murder, She Wrote (TV Series 1985–1989) Ten Little Indians (1989) Justice (1999)

[kwebtv]

TV Guide -  December 1 - 7, 1962

Martin Ingerman (March 9, 1936 – October 21, 2015), known professionally as Marty Ingels.  Actor, comedian, comedy sketch writer and theatrical agent, who is best known as the co-star of the 1960s television series I'm Dickens, He's Fenster.

He guest-starred on the CBS sitcoms Pete and Gladys, The Ann Sothern Show, and Hennesey. He also appeared in one episode of ABC's Bewitched as "Diaper Dan", who plants a microphone bug in Tabitha's rattle so a competing advertising agency can scoop and steal Darrin's ideas. He appeared twice as Sol Pomeroy, an army buddy of the character Rob Petrie, on CBS's The Dick Van Dyke Show. In 1978, Ingels guest starred in Season Two, Episode One of The Love Boat.  (Wikipedia)

John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) Stage, film and television actor and director who has appeared in numerous stage, television and film roles. He is best known for starring in The Addams Family (1964–1966), as patriarch Gomez Addams, reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) and the animated series The Addams Family (1992–1993).

Astin started in theater, making his first Broadway appearance as an understudy in Major Barbara, and also did voice-over work for commercials. His first big break in film came with a small role in West Side Story (1961).

During this period, his talent for also playing comedy was spotted by actor Tony Randall, leading to guest starring roles on the sitcom Dennis the Menace, starring Jay North; The Donna Reed Show; and Harrigan and Son, starring Pat O'Brien, the first carried on CBS and the latter two carried on ABC. In 1961, Astin appeared in the final episode of the ABC police drama The Asphalt Jungle.

During the 1962–63 television season, Astin had his first lead in a television series, the ABC sitcom I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, co-starring with Marty Ingels. Astin played Harry Dickens to Ingels's Arch Fenster, as two trouble-prone carpenters. The series combined witty dialogue with moments of slapstick comedy. I'm Dickens, He's Fenster received critical raves, but was against two high-rated shows, Sing Along with Mitch on NBC and Route 66 on CBS. By the time I'm Dickens, He's Fenster gained a following and started winning its time slot, ABC had already canceled the show. 32 episodes were produced.

Astin is perhaps best known for The Addams Family, a popular sitcom that ran on ABC from 1964 to 1966, based on cartoons created by Charles Addams. 

Astin joined the retooled The Pruitts of Southampton (re-titled The Phyllis Diller Show) for the second half of the 1966–67 season, playing Diller's brother-in-law, Angus Pruitt. He also played the Riddler in the second season of Batman (Frank Gorshin returned for the third and final season.) He played submarine commander Matthew Sherman on the 1970s television series Operation Petticoat. He also made several appearances in the first two seasons of the popular mystery series Murder, She Wrote, as scheming real estate developer (and finally Sheriff) Harry Pierce, who ends up as the murderer in his last episode.  Astin starred in the cult classic TV film Evil Roy Slade (1972).  He had a recurring role on the sitcom Night Court as Buddy, eccentric former mental patient and the father of lead character Harry Stone. Astin played the regular role of Ed LaSalle on the short-lived Mary Tyler Moore sitcom Mary during the 1985–86 television season. He also guest starred on numerous television series, including appearances on Duckman, Homeboys in Outer Space, Jack Palance's ABC circus drama The Greatest Show on Earth, and a 1967 episode of Gunsmoke as Festus Haggen's cousin Henry. (Wikipedia)

[oldshowbiz]

Hollywood Center Studios at 1040 Las Palmas, also known as General Service Studios, was - and is - the ultimate comedy factory.

Harold Lloyd had a piece of the studio and it was here that he made Grandma's Boy (1922), The Freshman (1925), Movie Crazy (1932), and Professor Beware (1938). It’s also where Laurel and Hardy filmed the interiors for Flying Deuces (1939) and where the Marx Brothers made A Night in Casablanca (1946). 

The many television comedies made here include I Love Lucy, The Burns and Allen Show, Our Miss Brooks, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Mister Ed, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Get Smart, The Addams Family, Pryor’s Place, The Cosby Show, Roc, Daddy Dearest starring Don Rickles, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Everybody Loves Raymond, Pee Wee’s Playhouse, The Ben Stiller Show, Mad TV, and Comedy Central programs hosted by David Spade, Norm Macdonald, Jeff Ross, Anthony Jeselnik, and Sarah Silverman.

Still a busy series of sound stages, it has been in continuous operation for 104 straight years!

[lonita]

Favourite Films

I first did this back in 2019, but I thought I'd dust it off, tidy it up, and maybe add to it. I need more categories.

Favourite classic film: Lawrence of Arabia

Favourite war film: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Favourite beautiful film that I actually hate so I never watch it but love watching it when I do: The Fall (Tarsem Singh)

Favourite 80s not-even-remotely-guilty-pleasures: Trading Places, Major League, Private Benjamin, Desperately Seeking Susan

Favourite silent film: Battleship Potemkin

Favourite Bond film: You Only Live Twice

Favourite old Hollywood musical: An American In Paris, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Favourite movies that I put on when I go to bed because sometimes I hate silence: three of the five Alien Nation post-TV series films: Dark Horizon, The Enemy Within, The Udara Legacy

Favourite John Hughes film: The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink

Favourite mindfuck: Altered States

Favourite film that was so emotionally affecting that I can never watch it again because it'll break my heart, again: A Taste of Honey

Favourite Star Trek film: Save the Whales (IV: The Voyage Home)

Favourite Christmas film: Scrooge (1951, Alistair Sim)

Favourite films to watch just for the colour: just about anything by Zhang Yimou, so Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower, and also Tarsem Singh's "The Fall".

Favourite weekend afternoon films when I was a kid: The World of Henry Orient, The Trouble With Angels, the two horrible Peter Cushing Doctor Who films

Favourite middle of the night film as a teen: Times Square

Favourite old comedic film: Operation Petticoat

Favourite worst adaptation of a book film: Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Favourite display of Ray Harryhausen's skill: The Valley of Gwangi

Favourite terrible Christmas movie: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

[aunti-christ-ine]

‘Love Boat,’ ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ star Gavin MacLeod dies at 90

By Associated Press 

| May 29, 2021 at 2:44 PM CDT - Updated May 29 at 5:15 PM 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gavin MacLeod, the veteran supporting actor who achieved fame as sardonic TV news writer Murray Slaughter on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and stardom playing cheerful Capt. Stubing on “The Love Boat,” has died. He was 90. 

MacLeod died early Saturday at his home in Palm Desert, California, said Stephanie Steele Zalin, his stepdaughter. She attributed his death to his age, saying he had been well until very recently. 

“He had one of the most amazing, fun blasts of a life of anybody I know. He enjoyed every minute of it,” Steele Zalin said. “I don’t even think in his wildest dreams he dreamt of the life that he ended up having and creating.” 

She called him the “best, sweetest, purest guy.” 

Ed Asner, who played opposite MacLeod on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” said on Twitter that “my heart is broken. Gavin was my brother, my partner in crime (and food) and my comic conspirator.” 

Known to sitcom fans for his bald head and wide smile, MacLeod toiled in near anonymity for more than a decade, appearing on dozens of TV shows and in several movies before landing the part of Murray in 1970. 

He had originally tested for Moore’s TV boss, Lou Grant, the role that went to Asner. Realizing he wasn’t right for playing the blustery, short-tempered TV newsroom leader, MacLeod asked if he could try instead for the wisecracking TV news writer, his jokes often at the expense of the dimwitted anchorman Ted Baxter. 

“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was a smash from the start and remains a classic of situation comedies. It produced two spinoffs, “Rhoda” and “Phyllis,” starring Valerie Harper and Cloris Leachman, respectively, who had portrayed Mary’s neighbors. 

It was still top-rated when Moore, who played news producer Mary Richards, decided to end it after seven seasons. 

MacLeod moved on to “The Love Boat,” a romantic comedy in which guest stars, ranging from Gene Kelly to Janet Jackson, would come aboard for a cruise and fall in love with one another. 

Although scorned by critics, the series proved immensely popular, lasting 11 seasons and spinning off several TV movies, including two in which MacLeod remained at the cruise ship’s helm. It also resulted in his being hired as a TV pitchman for Princess Cruise Lines. 

“The critics hated it. They called it mindless TV, but we became goodwill ambassadors,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 2013. 

Among his final TV credits were “Touched by An Angel,” “JAG” and “The King of Queens.” 

MacLeod’s lighthearted screen persona was in contrast to his private life. In his 2013 memoir, “This Is Your Captain Speaking,” MacLeod acknowledged that he had struggled with alcoholism in the 1960s and 1970s. He also wrote that losing his hair at an early age made it hard for him to find work as an actor. 

“I went all over town looking for an agent, but no one was interested in representing a young man with a bald head,” he wrote. “I knew what I needed to do. I needed to buy myself a hairpiece.” A toupee changed his luck “pretty quickly.” By middle age, he didn’t need the toupee. 

In a 2013 interview with The Associated Press, MacLeod frequently invoked the word “grateful” as he reflected on his born-again Christian faith, surviving two heart attacks and his robust life. 

“That’s a big word in my life. I’m just so grateful I’ve had another day, another day, another day, and that my kids are doing so well,” he said. 

MacLeod, whose given name was Allan See, took his first name from a French movie and his last from a drama teacher at New York’s Ithaca College who had encouraged him to pursue an acting career. 

After college, the native of Mount Kisco, New York, became a supporting player in “A Hatful of Rain” and other Broadway plays, and in such films as “I Want to Live!” and “Operation Petticoat.” 

He made guest appearances on TV shows throughout the 1960s, including “Hogan’s Heroes,” “Hawaii Five-O” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” He also appeared on “McHale’s Navy” from 1962 to 1964 as seaman Joseph “Happy” Haines. 

The reason MacLeod reluctantly signed up for the 42 weeks of guaranteed work on McHale’s Navy was because he was anxious about how he was going to make the payments on his new house in Granada Hills .

“I had like two lines a week … I started to feel sorry for myself, I started to drink and I became very, very unhappy,” he said in the TV Archive interview. “As an actor I felt I was going down the tubes.”

MacLeod said he put his foot on the brakes moments before driving his car off a cliff near Mulholland Drive.

He implored producer Eddie Montagne to let him off the show. “And then Robert Wise called me to do The Sand Pebbles in China with my old friend, Steve McQueen,” he said. “So my career started again, I had an identity, and I started to feel good about myself.”

One major role he auditioned for: Archie Bunker in “All in the Family.” But he quickly realized that the character, immortalized by Carol O’Conner, was wrong for him. “Immediately I thought, ‘This is not the script for me. The character is too much of a bigot.’ I can’t say these things,” MacLeod wrote in his memoir. 

Other movie credits included “Kelly’s Heroes,” “The Sand Pebbles” and “The Sword of Ali Baba.” 

MacLeod had four children with his first wife, Joan Rootvik, whom he divorced in 1972. He was the son of an alcoholic, and his drinking problems helped lead to a second divorce, to actor-dancer Patti Steele. After MacLeod quit drinking, he and Steele remarried in 1985. 

Raised Catholic, he credited Steele for their shared born-again faith. The couple hosted a Christian radio show called “Back on Course: A Ministry for Marriages.” 

Besides his wife, MacLeod’s survivors include his children, three stepchildren, 10 grandchildren and his first great-grandchild, who arrived in December, Steele Zalin said. 

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The late AP Entertainment Writer Bob Thomas contributed biographical material to this story. 

Copyright 2021 Associated Press. All rights reserved. 

Enjoy!  ↓ 

💙  https://www.metv.com/videos/metv-originals/MeTV-Presents-The-Best-of-Gavin-MacLeod  💙 

[papermoonloveslucy]

LIZ HAS THE FLIMJABS

December 30, 1950

“Liz Has the Flimjabs” (aka “A Severe Case of Flimjabs”) is episode #112 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on December 30, 1950.

This was the 14th episode of the third season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 31 new episodes, with the season ending on March 31, 1951.  

Synopsis ~  Liz wants a mink coat from George, so she pretends to be sick in order to get his sympathy - and the coat!  George is on to her tactics, and decides to give her the scare of her life - literally! 

Note: This program served as the basis for the “I Love Lucy” episode “Lucy Fakes Illness” (ILL S1;E16) filmed on December 18, 1951 and first aired on January 28, 1952.  The role of the Doctor was taken by Hal March, who was actually playing an actor friend of Ricky’s named Hal March pretending to be a doctor.  On television, Lucy also adopts a psychological illness in addition to her physical ailments. There was no mention of Christmas or New Years on the television show. 

“My Favorite Husband” was based on the novels Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage (1940) and Outside Eden (1945) by Isabel Scott Rorick, which had previously been adapted into the film Are Husbands Necessary? (1942). “My Favorite Husband” was first broadcast as a one-time special on July 5, 1948. Lucille Ball and Lee Bowman played the characters of Liz and George Cugat, and a positive response to this broadcast convinced CBS to launch “My Favorite Husband” as a series. Bowman was not available Richard Denning was cast as George. On January 7, 1949, confusion with bandleader Xavier Cugat prompted a name change to Cooper. On this same episode Jell-O became its sponsor. A total of 124 episodes of the program aired from July 23, 1948 through March 31, 1951. After about ten episodes had been written, writers Fox and Davenport departed and three new writers took over – Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Pugh, and head writer/producer Jess Oppenheimer. In March 1949 Gale Gordon took over the existing role of George’s boss, Rudolph Atterbury, and Bea Benaderet was added as his wife, Iris. CBS brought “My Favorite Husband” to television in 1953, starring Joan Caulfield and Barry Nelson as Liz and George Cooper. The television version ran two-and-a-half seasons, from September 1953 through December 1955, running concurrently with “I Love Lucy.” It was produced live at CBS Television City for most of its run, until switching to film for a truncated third season filmed (ironically) at Desilu and recasting Liz Cooper with Vanessa Brown.

MAIN CAST

Lucille Ball (Liz Cooper) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. With Richard Denning, she starred in a radio program titled “My Favorite Husband” which eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon.

Richard Denning (George Cooper) was born Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger Jr., in Poughkeepsie, New York. When he was 18 months old, his family moved to Los Angeles. Plans called for him to take over his father’s garment manufacturing business, but he developed an interest in acting. Denning enlisted in the US Navy during World War II. He is best known for his  roles in various science fiction and horror films of the 1950s. Although he teamed with Lucille Ball on radio in “My Favorite Husband,” the two never acted together on screen. While “I Love Lucy” was on the air, he was seen on another CBS TV series, “Mr. & Mrs. North.” From 1968 to 1980 he played the Governor on “Hawaii 5-0″, his final role. He died in 1998 at age 84.

Bea Benadaret (Iris Atterbury) was considered the front-runner to be cast as Ethel Mertz but when “I Love Lucy” was ready to start production she was already playing a similar role on TV’s “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show” so Vivian Vance was cast instead. On “I Love Lucy” she was cast as Lucy Ricardo’s spinster neighbor, Miss Lewis, in “Lucy Plays Cupid” (ILL S1;E15) in early 1952. Later, she was a success in her own show, “Petticoat Junction” as Shady Rest Hotel proprietress Kate Bradley. She starred in the series until her death in 1968.

Ruth Perrott (Katie, the Maid) was also later seen on “I Love Lucy.” She first played Mrs. Pomerantz, a member of the surprise investigating committee for the Society Matrons League in “Pioneer Women” (ILL S1;E25), as one of the member of the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League in “Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress” (ILL S3;E3), and also played a nurse when “Lucy Goes to the Hospital” (ILL S2;E16). She died in 1996 at the age of 96.

Bob LeMond (Announcer) also served as the announcer for the pilot episode of “I Love Lucy”. When the long-lost pilot was finally discovered in 1990, a few moments of the opening narration were damaged and lost, so LeMond – fifty years later – recreated the narration for the CBS special and subsequent DVD release.

Gale Gordon (Rudolph Atterbury) does not appear in this episode.

GUEST CAST

Frank Nelson (Dr. Stevenson) was born on May 6, 1911 (three months before Lucille Ball) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He started working as a radio announcer at the age of 15. He later appeared on such popular radio shows as “The Great Gildersleeve,” “Burns and Allen,” and “Fibber McGee & Molly”.  Aside from Lucille Ball, Nelson is perhaps most associated with Jack Benny and was a fifteen-year regular on his radio and television programs. His trademark was playing clerks and other working stiffs, suddenly turning to Benny with a drawn out “Yeeeeeeeeees?” Nelson appeared in 11 episodes of “I Love Lucy”, including three as quiz master Freddy Fillmore, and two as Ralph Ramsey, plus appearance on “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” - making him the only actor to play two different recurring roles on “I Love Lucy.” Nelson returned to the role of the frazzled Train Conductor for an episode of “The Lucy Show” in 1963. This marks his final appearance on a Lucille Ball sitcom.

The doctor’s surname may be a reference to noted costume designer Edward Stevenson, who designed gowns for Lucille Ball in more than a dozen RKO films and would eventually become costume designer of “I Love Lucy” after the departure of Elois Jenssen in 1955.

EPISODE

ANNOUNCER: “And now, let’s look in on the Coopers. It’s evening, and Liz and George are sitting in the living room admiring their Christmas tree."

George wonders if it is time to take the Christmas tree down but Liz doesn’t want to. They agree to put away their presents instead and start to talk about the gifts they didn’t give or get.  

Liz nearly bought George a set of matching golf clubs. George says he nearly bought her a mink jacket. He says he saw it in the window at Millers, but realized he couldn’t afford it. Liz sadly reminds him that she has never had a fur coat and wonders if they could afford it if they all their Christmas gifts to the store. George says it still wouldn’t be enough, but Liz wants to wear something special to the Atterbury’s New Year’s Eve party. 

Next morning, in the kitchen, Katie the Maid asks Liz why she is so sad. Liz tells her about her mink jacket dreams. Liz solicits Katie’s opinion on how she can’t best get George to get her a mink jacket in time for the party.  Liz decides to play sick since George always gets her what she wants when she’s ill. 

After dinner, Liz and George contemplate what to do. Liz suggests going to the movies to see Harvey starring Jimmy Stewart, which is playing at the Strand. 

Harvey is a comedy about a man whose best friend is a six-foot tall imaginary rabbit. It premiered just ten days earlier before this broadcast and starred James Stewart. The film won an Oscar for Josephine Hull. The screenplay was based on the 1944 Broadway play of the same name by Mary Chase which won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. 

Before Liz can tell George the second feature, she starts to writhe in pain!  Amid moans and groans, Liz details the pain for George. She says she used to have these attacks as a child. When she says the only thing that sometimes helps is little gifts to make her happy, George gets suspicious.  He quickly leaves the room to make a phone call, which Liz thinks is to buy her a mink jacket, but he has actually called the doctor! 

End of Part One

Bob LeMond presents a live Jell-O commercial, giving a basic recipe for preparation of all delicious six flavors!

ANNOUNCER: “As we look in on the Coopers once again, Liz is pretending to be sick and George, who is worried about her, has called the doctor.”

The doorbell rings and George admits Dr. Stevenson (Frank Nelson). Before seeing Liz, George tips him off that Liz may have a rare disease and that the only cure is a mink coat! George asks him to give her a good scare and the Doctor agrees to play along.  

Entering the bedroom, Liz immediately tells the Doctor she feels much better.  But after a quick exam, the Doctor diagnoses Liz with a rare tropical disease from the West Indies called the ‘Flimjabs’. The only cure is to operate and remove her ‘torkle’ but warns her that she will never be able to ‘yammle’ again. The Doctor explains that ‘yammling’ is an involuntary peristalsis of the transverse clavis. 

GEORGE: “Doctor, do you have to remove the whole torkle?” DOCTOR: “Maybe we’ll be lucky and can save half of it. After all, half a torkle is better than none.” LIZ: “Well, I should say so!  I’d hate to think of never yammeling again!”

The Doctor says that they must now wait 24 hours and see if she turns green. 

DOCTOR: “If you turn green, three hours later (snaps his fingers) gone.” LIZ:  (snaps) “Gone?”  DOCTOR: (snaps) “Gone.”

For the television script, the ‘Flimjabs’ was renamed the 'Gobloots’ - a rare tropical disease that carried into America on the hind legs of the 'boo-shoo bird.’ It can necessitate a person having to undergo a 'zorchectomy’ – total or partial removal of the 'zorch’. Even if doctors are able to save half a person’s 'zorch,’ the patient will never be able to 'trummle’ again. 'Trummling’ is a mysterious involuntary internal process. Finally, if you turn green while suffering from the 'gobloots’ you will be dead in 30 minutes!  

Iris Atterbury drops by to see Liz on her way to the Bridge Club meeting. Liz tells her that she has been diagnosed with the Flimjabs. 

IRIS: “Oh, how exciting! This will make Betty Ricky’s gallstones look sick! She’ll be absolutely green.” LIZ: “She's not the only one. That’s one of the danger signs. I may turn green.”  IRIS: “With a green face and red hair, you’ll be out of this world.” LIZ: “Yes, that’s what I’m afraid of.”

Iris is overcome with emotion at the thought of losing Liz. She doesn’t want to leave, but the ice cream for the Bridge Club meeting is in the car and it’s melting! 

That night, Doctor Stevenson returns to check on Liz. Answering the door, George confesses that he’s put a green light bulb in Liz’s bedroom light. As soon as George turns on the lights, Liz shrieks seeing her green hands! Her face and hair have turned green, too!  Liz thinks the men have Flimjabs too, because they are also green, but then the truth sets in. 

LIZ: “Oh, no!  This is the end!  I’m looking at the world through green colored eyeballs!” 

Liz dramatically declares that she’s dying. George accuses her of being over-dramatic. 

LIZ: “I’m sorry, George. But I don’t die every day and it’s new to me.”

Before her imminent demise, Liz confesses to all the car accidents she’s had and hidden by having the car fixed without telling him.  

LIZ: “In fact, the only thing left of the original car you bought is the ashtray in the back seat!”

Then Liz bravely confesses to pretending to be sick to get him to buy her a mink coat. George also needs to make a confession: it was all a trick. There is no such thing as ‘Flimjabs’ and the light is from a green light bulb!  

The phone rings and it is Iris, tearfully calling from the Bridge Club meeting. The girls have just had a memorial ceremony for Liz by turning her chair to the wall and smashing her teacup in the fireplace. Before Liz can tell Iris that it was a joke, she learns that they all chipped in and bought her a goodbye present: a mink coat!  Liz hangs up in tears. George is confused.

GEORGE: “Isn’t that what you wanted?” LIZ: “Yeah, but I have to die to get it!”

END OF EPISODE

In the live Jell-O commercial, Lucille Ball and Bob LeMond play a couple of nomads lost in the desert. Lucy uses her ‘Isabella Clump’ voice as ‘Smith’. Bob is looking for his camp, near a big dune. 

LUCY / ‘SMITH’: “A dune? What’s a dune?” BOB: “What’s a dune????” LUCY / ‘SMITH’: “I dunno. What’s a-dune with you?” 

Smith sees a mirage - a big bowl of Jell-O! After describing the six delicious flavors, Bob suggests they go home. 

BOB: “Go home? We’re lost in the desert!”  LUCY / ‘SMITH’: “Why don’t we each take one of those cars.” BOB: “What cars?” LUCY / ‘SMITH’: “The ones over there. That’s a two-car mirage!” 

The same date this episode was broadcast, columnist Sid Shalit in the New York Daily News reported that a television situation comedy was being prepared starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in the mold of “My Favorite Husband”.  Clearly, the radio series was winding down. This was the final episode of 1950 with only 16 episodes left. 

Meanwhile, in addition to radio and television, Ball was on the nation’s movie screens in two 1950 films: The Fuller Brush Girl and Fancy Pants. 

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“OPERATION PETTICOAT” (1959) Review

“OPERATION PETTICOAT” (1959) Review

Many would find this hard to believe, but I first came aware of the 1959 comedy, “OPERATION PETTICOAT”, when its television spinoff aired during the late 1970s.  Mind you, the television series was no where as good as the 1959 movie, but it was enough to attract my attention.

Over a decade had past before I first saw the movie. And I became an even bigger fan of the film than the TV series. Directed by Blake Edwards, "OPERATION PETTICOAT" is basically a flashback tale in which U.S. Navy Admiral Matthew Sherman visits the U.S.S. Sea Tiger, an old and obsolete submarine scheduled to be sent to the scrapyard. Because Sherman was the Sea Tiger's first commanding officer, he begins reading his old log book, which recounted the submarine's time during its first difficult month following the Japanese Navy's attack at Pearl Harbor in December 1941. On December 10, 1941, the Sea Tiger is sunk by a Japanese air raid, while it is docked at the Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines. Sherman, then a Lieutenant-Commander, and his crew begin repairs, hoping to sail the Sea Tiger to Darwin, Australia. The submarine squadron's commodore believes there is no chance of saving the Sea Tiger and begins to transfer some of Sherman's crew to other boats. Sherman convinces the commodore otherwise and the latter begins to replace Sherman's crew, beginning with an admiral aide with no submarine experience named Lieutenant (junior grade) Nick Holden. Unfortunately for Sherman, Holden had become a naval officer to escape poverty and find a wealthy spouse. Fortunately for the submarine commander, Holden proves to be a very effective supply officer, due to his skills as a scavenger and con artist. Thanks to Holden, the Sea Tiger acquires enough parts for repair and their departure from the Philippines. Once restored to seaworthy condition - barely - with only two of her four diesels operational, the Sea Tiger reaches Marinduque, where Sherman reluctantly agrees to evacuate five stranded Army nurses. Between dealing with Holden's reluctance to reveal officer material, a partially operating submarine and five nurses with no where to go and causing mayhem on board, Sherman's first month at war proves to be very difficult. When I first saw "OPERATION PETTICOAT", I wondered if I would like it as much as I did the television series. Needless to say . . . I did. I enjoyed this movie very much. It had a lot going for it. One, it had Blake Edwards as director. Before he directed "OPERATION PETTICOAT", Edwards had worked as an actor, screenwriter and the occasional producer/director or writer of a series of television shows. The 1959 World War II comedy proved to be his first feature movie as a director . . . and he scored big. The movie featured every aspect of first-rate Blake Edwards comedy - the director's unique humor; a cast of some very interesting and offbeat characters; and most importantly a well-written story. Because of his past as a screenwriter, I had assumed that Edwards had written the movie's script. I was wrong. Credit went to four writers - Paul King, Joseph B. Stone, Stanley J. Shapiro, Maurice Richlin. And I must that they had written one hell of a story. I liked how they and Edwards managed to recapture those desperate, early days of the war's Pacific Theater, when the Japanese seemed to be grabbing a great deal of territory in the Pacific. I liked the fact that despite the presence of Cary Grant, Tony Curtis and five attractive actresses portraying nurses, neither Edwards or the four screenwriters did not glamorize the movie's setting . . . aside from the spotless uniform worn by Nick Holden upon his arrival at the Sea Tiger or the characters. The Sea Tiger remained in a questionable condition throughout most of the film. And believe it or not, a good deal of the events featured in this film actually happened during those early months of the war in the Pacific . . . including the evacuation of military nurses from the Philippines, a submarine being forced to paint its surface pink, due to the lack of enough red or white lead undercoat paint. The movie nearly ended on an ironic note, when it faced great danger of being sunk . . . but not by the Japanese Navy. I did have a few problems with "OPERATION PETTICOAT". Although most of the movie was set between December 1941-January 1942, the hairstyles and makeup for the actresses portraying the nurses clearly reflected the late 1950s. Hollywood tend to be rather sloppy about women's hairstyles and fashion in movies set in the near past. And "OPERATION PETTICOAT" was mainly set seventeen to eighteen years before its release. The nurses proved to be another problem in the film. The moment the nurses boarded the Sea Tiger, a hint of sexism seemed to permeate the movie. Nearly every scene that featured the nurses, the score written by David Rose and an uncredited Henry Mancini would shift into a cheesy tune fit for a soft core porn film . . . 1950s style. The biggest problem proved to be two characters - the commanding officer of the nurses, Major Edna Heywood; and the Sea Tiger's Chief Machinist's Mate Sam Tostin. The latter proved to be something of a misogynist, who could not stand the idea of women aboard the submarine. I could have tolerated that. I could have tolerated his dismay over Major Heywood's interest in the Sea Tiger's engines, due to her father being an engineer. What I could not tolerate was Tostin's lack of respect toward Major Heywood's status as an officer . . . and the fact that the screenwriters allowed him to get away with such lack of respect due to her being a woman. And the fact that the screenwriters wrote a romantic subplot for the pair struck me as ridiculous. The moment Tostin said these words to Major Heywood: Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin: [speaking to Maj.Heywood in the engine room] You know, I spent alot of years disliking women. But I don't dislike you. Maj. Edna Heywood, RN: Oh? Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin: You're not a woman. You're more than a woman. You're a *mechanic* I hope the screenwriters and Edwards did not expect audiences to take this relationship seriously. A deep-seated misogynist like Tostin had no business being given a romantic interest in this film . . . especially with an upright woman like Major Heywood. In my opinion, the two best aspects of any movie are usually the screenplay and the performances. I have already expressed my views of the movie's plot. As the performances, "OPERATION PETTICOAT" was blessed with a first-rate cast. I was surprised to see that a few cast members went on to become television stars - Gavin MacLeod ("THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW" and "THE LOVE BOAT"), Dick Sargeant ("BEWITCHED"), and Marion Ross ("HAPPY DAYS"). Ross did not get much of a chance to strut her stuff in this film. But MacLeod gave a hilarious performance as the high-strung and nervous Yeoman Ernest Hunckle, who worked closely with supply officer Nick Holden. Sargeant gave a very endearing, yet funny performance as the young Ensign Stovall, who seemed to be Holden's number one fan aboard the Sea Tiger and possessed a penchant for putting his foot into his mouth. Gene Evans was equally funny as the gruff Chief of the Boat (COB) Chief Torpedoman "Mo" Molumphry. Joan O'Brien seemed to display a talent for physical humor as the well-meaning, yet clumsy Second Lieutenant Dolores Crandall. And Clarence Lung made a great straight man for Tony Curtis as Holden's "partner-in-crime" U.S.M.C. Sergeant Ramon Gallardo. Other fine supporting performances came from Ross, Madlyn Rhue, Robert F. Simon, Robert Gist and George Dunn. Despite my dislike of the Major Heywood/Chief Tostin relationship, I must admit that both Virginia Gregg and Arthur O'Connell did great jobs in capturing the essence of their characters. Especially O'Connell, who still managed to be funny, despite portraying one of the most misogynist characters I have ever seen on screen. Dina Merrill gave a solid performance as Second Lieutenant Barbara Duran, the lovely nurse who managed to captured the attention of the very engaged Nick Holden. Before he did "OPERATION PETTICOAT", Tony Curtis worked on Billy Wilder's famous Roaring Twenties comedy, "SOME LIKE IT HOT". In that film, he did an impersonation of Cary Grant that caught a great deal of attention at the time. Ironically, the two ended up co-starring in this film in less than a year. And they clicked very well on screen, despite the clash between their characters. Curtis was smooth as ever as the morally gray Nick Holden, who hid a larcenous and opportunist nature behind a charming and affable façade. Looking back, it occurred to me that if Curtis had been older than Grant, he could have easily portrayed the Matt Sherman character . . . and that Grant could have portrayed Holden. I realize that many people might disagree with me, but the acting styles of both actors seemed strongly similar to me. And although Grant could have easily portrayed a character like Nick Holden, I cannot deny that he did a superb job as the harried, yet strong-willed Matt Sherman. Watching Grant convey Sherman's confusion, resolve, and quick thinking over a series of personal and military crisis was a joy to behold. In a way, Grant marvelously managed to keep the story together, thanks to his performance. The television series, "OPERATION PETTICOAT" did not last beyond its second season. The ABC network made too many changes to the show. Besides, the idea of five Army nurses aboard a Navy submarine for such a long period of time seemed a bit too ludicrous to accept. I did enjoy its first season. However, I enjoyed even more its predecessor, the 1959 film. During his first stint as a movie director, Blake Edwards took a gritty and realistic setting - namely the early weeks of World War II for the United States forces in the Pacific - a sly sense of humor, a crazy premise of nurses aboard a pink-coated submarine and a superb cast led by Cary Grant and Tony Curtis; and created a comedic piece of cinematic gold. I could watch this movie over and over again.

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I, my wife and children mourn the passing of a great a friend. In June of ‘87 within 78 hours I was best man at his wedding and he became a godfather of my 1st child. Smart is nominated for Emmy Awards for her performances Hacks, about a veteran comic working with a Gen-Z comedy writer, and the crime drama Mare Of Easttown.

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The 71-year-old was married to Emmy-winning actress Jean Smart and suffered from a. Late into the shoot for Mare of Easttown, the grim HBO limited series in which Smart plays Helen, a plain-spoken great-grandmother with a Fruit Ninja. "He was Jesus and I was Judas," Mantegna tweeted. "Beginning a friendship of 50 yrs. Richard Gilliland, an actor known for roles in 'Designing Women' and ' Airplane II: The Sequel ,' has died. Jean Smart is an American actress and the mother of two children, Connor Douglas Gilliland and Forrest Kathleen Gilliland. It is said that her parents, Kay and Douglas Smart, were teachers and housewives. The second child of her parents’ four children, Jean Smart was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. In 2018 she will celebrate her 67th birthday. She studied at Ballard High School in Seattle and graduated in 1969. Born on September 13, 1951, in Seattle, Washington, Smart was raised by her parents Kay Smart and Douglas Alexander Smart. "Criminal Minds" star Joe Mantegna shared a throwback picture of himself and Gilliland, who starred together in the Goodman School of Drama's 1972 production of "Godspell." The actress was born Jean Elizabeth Smart on September 13, 1951. Smart Reportedly Has 4 Million Net Worth. The actress is married to Richard Gilliland, her starsign is Virgo and she is now 70 years of age. She made her 185 million dollar fortune with Call Me Crazy: A Five Film, A Royal Romance, Life As We Know It. "Rest peacefully dearest Richard," Potts captioned a picture of her, Gilliland and Smart on set. On 13-9-1951 Jean Smart (nickname: Jean) was born in Seattle, Washington, United States. In an Instagram tribute Thursday, Potts asked her late "Designing Women" co-star to "please give Dixie and Meshach a squeeze for me," referring to co-stars Dixie Carter, who died in 2010, and Meshach Taylor, who died in 2014. More: Jessica Walter, 'Arrested Development,' 'Archer' star, dead at 80 In the LGBTQ world, certainly I have friends and family, but I don't have to have the direct experience in order to feel the compassion that I truly feel for acceptance and equality in all areas.His other acting credits include "Operation Petticoat," "Just Our Luck," "McMIllan & Wife" and "Heartland," in addition to guest appearances on "Criminal Minds," "Dexter," "Scandal," "Thirtysomething" and "Desperate Housewives." and advocated for the rights of children. She went on explaining her support for the community, "You don't have to have your own experience in order to feel compassion and the need for justice and equality. With loads of versatility and a high coolness quotient, Jean Smarts fan base. " make-up artist was gay, the playwright that she did a play with was a great friend of our family who was gay," she said. In a 2019 interview with Pride Source, Jamie also talked about growing up comfortable around gay people thanks to her Hollywood parents, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.

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(from a trans teacher)." Later in 2020, she signed on to direct and star in a TV movie about GLAAD Media Institute alum Sara Cunningham. Smarts recent career surge could be traced back to her role as Floyd Gerhardt in the black comedy crime-drama series Fargo (2016), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nominations for. In 2017, she shared a Huffington Post article on Twitter which was titled "Dear Trans Kids. However, the veteran actress stopped the crowd in its standing tracks with her moving acceptance speech for Best. Smart was later cast in a leading role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on. Jean Smart scored the first standing ovation of the night at the 2021 Emmy Awards. After beginning her career in regional theater in the Pacific Northwest, she appeared on Broadway in 1981 as Marlene Dietrich in the biographical play Piaf. Jamie has been showing her support for trans community. Jean Elizabeth Smart is an American actress. "Not yet, but I do hope to," so she says. The " Halloween" star says she currently has no grandchildren, but she is looking forward to the day she becomes a grandparent.

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Warren Berlinger (August 31, 1937 – December 2, 2020)  Character actor, with Broadway runs, movie and television credits, and much work in commercials.

He guest-starred on the original Howdy Doody television show, with roles following on Kraft Television Theatre and other programs. He also guest-starred on John Cassavetes's detective series, NBC's Johnny Staccato. 

In 1965, Berlinger was the star of Kilroy, a segment of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color.  Later appearances included episodes of Charlie's Angels, Happy Days (including an appearance as "tough-as-nails" United States Army recruiter Sergeant Bechler), on Marlo Thomas' TV show That Girl, as Thomas' stingy cousin Howard (Season 1, Episode 27), Love, American Style, Operation Petticoat, Friends, Columbo and Murder, She Wrote. In 1973, he was a regular cast member of the short-lived situation comedy A Touch of Grace. He also starred in an Archie Bunker type sitcom, entitled "Warren." In 1975, he was a special guest member of the show Emergency! playing the role of a heart transplant patient Mr. Frank Fenady alongside Jeanne Cooper. (Wikipedia)

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The Scottish actor Angus Lennie was born on April 18th 1930 in Glasgow.

Lennie was born and raised in Glasgow receiving formal education there at Eastbank Academy. During his childhood he was a member of the 94th Glasgow (1st Shettleston) Company of Scotland's Boys' Brigade.

He started his career in show business at the age of 14 whilst engaged in an apprenticeship as a stockbroker's clerk,and began in show business as a dancer and stand up comedian. He was a song and dance man, performing at the Glasgow Metropole and was then on the variety circuit prior to making the transition into stage acting at Perth Theatre in the late 1940's.

Angus appeared in many well known TV series of the 60's and 70's including The Saint, The Vital Spark, Z Cars, Dr Who and of course what many people will know him for, the ITV Soap opera Crossroads as Shughie McFee.

Lennie also enjoyed a film career among them Tunes of Glory, Petticoat Pirates and Operation Snatch, but it is one role that I will always remember him by the part of Flying Officer Archibald "the mole" Ives in The Great Escape. Ives, met a shocking end when he was machine-gunned after walking despondently to the perimeter wire of Stalag Luft III in broad daylight as if in a daze, a scene that still gets me, we seen how the interment was affecting him as the film progressed and knew he was about to break. despite criticism about many inaccuracies in the film, Lennie's character was based on a real prisoner, who climbed the fence in broad daylight seemingly knowing it was suicide

Most of Ives scenes are in "the cooler" after the failure of their latest plan, Ives reminisces to Hilts played by Steve McQueen, about his days as a jockey. "They were the days - some of these Saturday nights in towns like Musselburgh and Hamilton you had to fight off the birds," he says. In another scene the American prisoners manage to produce some moonshine liquor to celebrate American Independence Day. Flight Lt Andrew MacDonald (Gordon Jackson) assures Ives that he will be back walking down Argyle Street in a few weeks and they dance a wee jig, singing about marching through the Broomielaw. 

In one of his two roles in Dr Who, The Doctor is in the north of Scotland, where Lennie runs a local hostelry and relates a tale about people going missing on the misty moor that would have fitted nicely into Private Frazer's routine. Subsequently Lennie's character discovers they are being spied on by the aliens and is killed, but in due course the Doctor defeats the Zygons and reveals that the Loch Ness Monster is their cyborg creation.

Lennie died on 14 September 2014 in Acton, West London, in his 85th year

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Thank you TURN: Washington’s Spies

I just finished watching the series finale of Turn. Anyone who knows me well knows how much this shows means to me, so I’ve obviously got a lot of thoughts I want to get out of me. Long feelings and slight spoiler-y ramblings follow. 

I first learned about the Culper Ring when I was fourteen, when I went to DC for the first time and visited Mount Vernon. There was this tiny movie screen that was playing a short clip about spies during the American Revolution. The narrator (Robert Townsend, lol) talked about all the different ways spies operated during the war, the invisible ink, the petticoats. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I never forgot that clip. I always hoped I could see something more on the Culper Ring beyond just some cheesy little bit at Mount Vernon--but knowing how historical dramas very rarely ever touched on topics I was interested in, and also realizing the obscurity of this particular topic, I never really got my hopes up. 

Flash-forward a few years later. I learn that not only is there going to be a TV show about the American Revolution, which I had been dying for, but it was going to be about the exact very subject I had been most wanting to see on the screen. I am not exaggerating when it was truly a dream come true. Never in a million years did I think I’d ever see the Culper Ring on TV. I eagerly waited the next few months, jumping at every new promo and ad that was released. First thoughts: This Ben Tallmadge character is attractive. (No change there.) 

I’ll be honest, it took me a bit to really get into the show. I wasn’t totally in love with any of the characters, and I honestly had a hard time following some of the plot lines. But would I keep watching it? Absolutely. Like I said, this was something I thought I would never have, so I’d support it no matter what. I remember being obsessed with ratings--they weren’t the best and I was so nervous, even expecting, to see one day TURN had been canceled. And then we weren’t, and I was again, thrilled. That’s just 10 more episodes about history I love. 

Again, Season 2 didn’t grab me in right away. I actually didn’t watch it until it had completely finished airing. Seeing gifs of bby Lafayette on Tumblr definitely encouraged me to hurry my ass up and finish it, tbh. I watched it several times, until I had settled on a favorite character: Robert. With that, I was gone I watched his scenes on repeat, and I was suddenly so impatient for the next season, but I was again, so on edge about the ratings. I joined in on the #RenewTURN campaign, tweeting and commenting on Facebook--and huzzah! We were confirmed for a third season!

I think Season 3 is that one that fans agree is when shit reaallly started to hit the fan in the series. Things were really heating up. Each episode somehow was able to top the next. Plus this is the season when the Arnold-Andre plot was unfolding, in some sense the climax of the series. And I was of course overjoyed that Robert/Nick had been elevated to starring role. Anyway, this season is the starting point when TURN started to stress me out each episode. As usual, I was nervous again around renewal, but even more so because I really felt that we just needed to do it one more time, and then we could finish things out on our own terms. I would have been pissed beyond words if it had been canceled and over with the war still on. BUT IT WASN’T. 

And now, Season 4. I was of course sad to come to terms it would be the last, but more relieved that us fans would be delivered a satisfying end to the whole adventure. And I say right now, on August 12, 2017, that we certainly were. This season was a nonstop thrill ride from start to beginning and I’m so glad I was able to be there for all of it. This final episode really hit me in all the right ways. The closing monologue was so beautiful. I really can’t describe it any other way. The writing, the music, the scenery, seeing all the characters with their resolutions--it honestly was so wonderful. I can’t have asked for a better way for a series to finish, especially one that means so much to me. It really broke my heart in a lot of ways, but I suppose that’s what good TV does. And I loved that it ended the way it began--Abe at his farm, playing with his son. I think that’s what made me so emotional. Abe, for all his faults, never once wavered in being nothing less than a loving father to Thomas. And to see him back in that role just brought everything full circle. It reminds you why Abe ever got involved in the Ring in the first place.

Thank you TURN, for an amazing cast and crew who indulge us with live-tweets and so many behind-the-scenes pictures and tid-bits. Not every fandom has that. 

Thank you TURN, for keeping me on the edge of my seat more often that not. I usually don’t audibly react when I’m watching things, but I did on more than one occasion while watching this season. 

Thank you TURN, for writing such brilliant characters and for giving ALL of them such complexity. The character development was seriously unreal, but Mary and Hewlett deserve special recognition. It’s been such a treat to see them change over the last four years. But also thank you for portraying some of my favorite figures in history so well: Washington, Lafayette.

Thank you TURN, for shining light on an otherwise oft-forgotten piece of history. For whatever reason, the American Revolution is strangely under-represented in the media. As my favorite time in history, I am so lucky to have 40 hours that bring it to life so vividly and accurately.

And so now I say goodbye to a show that has held a piece of my heart for the past four years. It now joins the likes of John Adams, Band of Brothers, and Rome as some of the best TV I’ve ever seen. Thank you, TURN. I’ll miss you immensely, but will be forever grateful for everything. It’s been so incredible.

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So the week started as usual with me getting up, feeding the animals, taking the dogs out and then getting down to work. My sister visited on Wednesday with her kids and we had a lovely time. I even made banana bread, shortbread and sponge cake. It was lovely.

However, come Thursday morning I felt unwell and I’m still a bit yucky today. I don’t know what it is, but I’m exhausted and my throat is raspy and my ears ache. I suspect I’ve just been overdoing it recently and this is my body’s way of telling me to slow down. Anyway, I’ve spent the last couple of days lying on the sofa watching telly. First, I watched Operation Petticoat, one of my favourite Cary Grant/Tony Curtis movies. I LOVE that film. It’s funny and exciting and a great way to spend a Thursday afternoon when you’re feeling ill.

And then I moved on to an old favourite. I find watching familiar tv series and films comforting, so I dug True Blood out of Sky and I’ve been watching it ever since. I really LOVE this series. It’s so good and the books are great too. It feels like I’m back in the presence of an old friend.

I’d forgotten how good this tv series is. I’m in heaven right now. I still feel a bit yuck, but I’ll have a good night’s sleep tonight and hopefully feel better tomorrow.

Right, this was just a quick post to say hi and I’ll post again soon. Til next time.

Dawn xx

  It’s been a weird kind of week So the week started as usual with me getting up, feeding the animals, taking the dogs out and then getting down to work.

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James Ronan's Top 5 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Film Moments

The second article in this series counting down my Top 5 film moments looks at the 1997 Jurassic film The Lost World: Jurassic Park. The Lost World: Jurassic Park expanded the Jurassic Park franchise in a major way introducing a new Island: Isla Sorna (Site B), adding backstory to the dinosaurs creation as well as how they survived the Lysine contingency. It also showcased the financial state of INGEN after the events of the first film and added further backstory to what was planned before Jurassic Park with Jurassic Park San Diego.

The film also brought back major characters from the first film: John Hammond, Dr. Ian Malcolm, Lex and Tim whilst providing audiences with characters who also appeared in the 1995 Lost World novel: Dr. Sarah Harding, Eddie Carr and Kelly Curtis. Like Jurassic Park 1993, The Lost World: Jurassic Park provided audiences with an engaging story a brilliant soundtrack and some really fantastic dinosaur movie moments. So let’s break down what moments really impacted me shall we?

5. Why would Hammond send two teams? (The INGEN Round Up Sequence)

33 minutes in and we get our second big main dinosaur sequence after the Stegosaurus attack. ILM stepped up their dinosaur movement work from Jurassic Park with more CGI dinosaur sequences of running, flocking and herding. The cinematography in the this sequence is so brilliant. The camera pans up from behind Roland’s jeep to show the running Parasaurolophus, the camera catches the glare of the sun in this scene which also partially covers the dinosaur. After this the camera pans up to show a whole host of different dinosaurs running away from the hunters who intend to capture them. I think this is one of the best filmed shots in the entire franchise. 

In the round up sequence we are introduced to two new dinosaurs not seen in the first film, the Pachycephalosaurus and the Mamenchisaurus. The Mamenchisaurus showcases a cool sequence with an INGEN hunter passing under it’s body on a motor bike. We then get an epic scene which introduces us to Pachycephalosaurus with the INGEN hunters trying to subdue the dinosaur before it uses it’s domed skull to smash Carter through the INGEN jeep. I really love how dusty the whole round up sequence is. Dinosaur footprints move dust on the ground and later on when the Parasaurolophus is cornered and pulled down it’s body displaces lots of dirt which is great attention to detail.

4. Life will Find A Way

The Lost World: Jurassic Park has a fantastic ending. Not only does it show various different dinosaurs living on Isla Sorna together (the Tyrannosaurus Rex family reunited, a herd of Stegosaurus walking together with a group of flying Pteranodons overhead) showing Life Finding a Way. But it also bookends John Hammonds story throughout the film as well. The video footage of the late Richard Attenborough as John Hammond on the TV interview was the last actual film footage that Richard Attenborough would film for the Jurassic Park series. I think for many Jurassic Park fans the ending of The Lost World is a bitter sweet ending showing the change in character progression for John Hammond who wants to protect the dinosaurs now that Jurassic Park failed and showing that Dr. Ian Malcolm was right that Life would Find a Way, with the audience seeing that a new ecosystem has now developed on Isla Sorna. The movie sequence is  shot in one continuous take which is brilliantly done and Hammonds speech ends the film on a really positive note.

3. Don’t go into the long grass! (Velociraptor Attack Sequence)

Number 3 of my Top 5 film moment’s is probably one of the most visually thrilling sequence in The Lost World. After the camp discussion after the Tyrannosaur attack on the trailers that Velociraptors would be a problem earlier on in the film. The hunters and gatherers run straight into the long grass after being chased by the female Tyrannosaur. I think the most striking scene in this film is that of the Velociraptors moving towards the hunters from both sides. We see how tactical and intelligent the raptors are which was already established in the first film, working as a team together. Even though the sequence is very quick and the group scatters quickly due to the ensuring chaos of being hunted it is very well filmed and gives the audience another dinosaur attack sequence straight after the Tyrannosaur chase. This scene is also the first we get a look at the tiger striped pattern of the raptors which we only see briefly (we get a better look at this design in the worker village). I really love the tiger striped raptor design and even till this day it remains my favourite raptor designs behind the Jurassic Park 3 and Jurassic World raptors.

2. Mommy’s Very Angry (Eddie Carrs Death) 

Many people would agree that this is one of the most thrilling and tense Jurassic Park film moments in the entire franchise. Just when you think that the Tyrannosaurs have left after finding their infant, both Tyrannosaur parents make a very dramatic return, turning the whole gatherers trailer upside down and trying to push it over the cliff. In true Spielberg style there is no music at all in this sequence, it all just happens before our eyes. Tension is quickly built up when Sarah Harding falls onto the glass window, which starts to crack under her weight. Music is gently brought into this sequence amping up the tension and peril of the situation. The Tyrannosaurs then disappear when Eddie Carr returns to save the day. 

What happens in the next sequence is probably one of the most unjust deaths in the entire Jurassic Park franchise, with Eddie Carr succeeding in saving Sarah, Ian and Nick through a rope line from his car but dying at the jaws of both returning T. Rexes. I think one the most incredible things about Eddie Carrs death is just how practical the scene is. Both Tyrannosaur animatronics are right there knocking the car to pieces with the actor inside. When Eddie is lifted out the car the actor (stunt double) is lifted as well and we see this. The film then switches to a CGI shot of the Rexes ripping Eddie in two. Having succeeded with the animatronic performances in Jurassic Park, Steven and Stan Winston Studios really upped the game in terms of what was possible with the animatronics second time around, making the entire trailer attack sequence in the Lost World an exciting, tense and thrilling movie sequence.

1. Jurassic Park: San Diego  (Finding the Infant Tyrannosaur)

I think many people will be surprised by this scene being my Top film moment in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. But on much reflection and on watching this entire scene multiple times it really is my favourite moment and here is why. 1. We get to see the Jurassic Park: San Diego facility properly. Having already seen concept images and a model of the facility during the hunter camp sequence earlier on in the film we get to see the still in development and unfinished Jurassic Park: San Diego amphitheatre which has a very cool design and would have been used to display dinosaurs in shows. The amphitheatre would have been the main dinosaur display arena of Jurassic Park: San Diego and from the images we have seen would have probably been multiuse to display a mixture of herbivores or carnivores.

2. The use of a updated (upbeat/Lost World) Jurassic Park theme. In this sequence we get another updated Jurassic Park theme similar to the one we heard when Nick Van Owen sees the Jurassic Park mural in the INGEN operations base. What this does is bring about a huge amount of nostalgia and reminiscence of Jurassic Park as well as set the tone of entering Jurassic Park: San Diego. 3. The third reason why I love this entire scene is that the amphitheatre is a complete model and the car driving through it is as well, it is not a set with actors on stage at all. Clever models like these are used a lot throughout the Lost World, the SS Venture crashing through the dock is another example. I love how detailed the model of Jurassic Park: San Diego actually is though. 4. Context. The fourth and final reason why this scene is my favourite Lost World: Jurassic Park scene is the context Jurassic Park: San Diego has in terms of the overall backstory of Jurassic Park’s creation and the future that Jurassic Park ultimately will have, which is failure. 

In the original Jurassic Park novel Isla Nublar is not the only Jurassic Park theme park resort that was planned. John Hammond planned on expanding Jurassic Park to Japan with Jurassic Park: Japan which would have been situated on an island near Guam, he also planned on building Jurassic Park: Europe which would have been built on an island of the Azores. Whilst JP 93 and the Lost World are very different story wise I think it is fantastic that Jurassic Park was planned to be built in San Diego before Hammond got the lease for Isla Nublar. The fact that the facility sits unused and unfinished is not only a mirror reflection of Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar, which was abandoned and unfinished but also reflects John Hammond’s dream not being able to be fulfilled. We saw this in the first film with The Petticoat Lane scene and also see it in the Lost World with Nick Van Owen seeing the Jurassic Park Mural in the INGEN operations centre in the worker village. For these reasons the use of Jurassic Park: San Diego is my favourite extension of world building within The Lost World: Jurassic Park and my number one moment from the film. 

Written by: James Ronan

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Marion Ross was born on October 25, 1928 in the small Minnesota town of Albert Lea. At the young age of 13, she changed the spelling of her name from “Marian” to “Marion” considering that she thought it would appear better on a marquee. A few years later, the Ross family moved to San Diego, California, and Marion enrolled in San Diego State College.

As a freshman, Ross was referred to as the school’s most outstanding actress. She kept busy in numerous college plays until her graduation in 1950. Then she performed in summer theater in La Jolla, California. The director was really impressed by her talent, and urged her to give Hollywood a shot. With the assistance of an old college professor, Ross worked her way into a contract for Paramount.

In 1953, Ross made her huge-screen debut in “Forever Female,” where she appeared with Ginger Rogers. A steady stream of film work followed, including elements in “The Glenn Miller Story” (1954), “Sabrina” (1954), and “Operation Petticoat” (1959). But she was not destined for big-screen success; television would prove to be her medium.

Ross’ fame on the small screen began in 1953 when she played the Irish maid on the series “Life With Father” for two years. Her checklist of credits spans the history of classic TV, from “The Burns and Allen Show” to “Love Boat” and “Night Court.” Marion Ross’ prolific television career contains an exhaustive 400-plus appearances on different shows, in addition to her lengthy-running role as Mrs. Cunningham on “Happy Days.”

Name Marion Ross Height 5' 5″ Naionality American Date of Birth 25 October 1928 Place of Birth Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA Famous for

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