tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55734005159583746272024-03-05T12:12:41.861-06:00ForgottenTVdvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-44833483571399802772024-02-29T12:05:00.016-06:002024-03-05T12:11:52.287-06:00FORGOTTEN TV MOVIES: Mazes and Monsters (1982)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtz1a2MbCCGRv1HaPtVKvUT6K1TZIQvUpWOn_3cXEgONvO41nkQp2UuLw_SHwVTOECY5BFI13tFvzhKgu6OxWY11BqYG1XOWScOIq4dpSxiBUL6uQPuSuuNhWqENrjFD0I-JHp9LpHYX2105UvCJrbx_SMzTDg6AAdOZngobntziMq9WsbsYEQbx0yw1k_/s1280/Mazes%20and%20Monsters%20title.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtz1a2MbCCGRv1HaPtVKvUT6K1TZIQvUpWOn_3cXEgONvO41nkQp2UuLw_SHwVTOECY5BFI13tFvzhKgu6OxWY11BqYG1XOWScOIq4dpSxiBUL6uQPuSuuNhWqENrjFD0I-JHp9LpHYX2105UvCJrbx_SMzTDg6AAdOZngobntziMq9WsbsYEQbx0yw1k_/w400-h225/Mazes%20and%20Monsters%20title.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Noto Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #404040;">On August 15, 1979, 16-year-old James Dallas Egbert III left his dorm room at Michigan State University and disappeared. Feared kidnapped or dead, the efforts to locate the precocious genius lasted a month before he was inexplicably found 1000 miles away in a Louisiana coastal town few have heard of. During this time, his vanishing became a national story, was the source of endless media speculation which invented a national moral panic lasting a decade over a game sold at hobby shops which was weaved into a larger mythology said to involve the devil himself. Egbert’s tragic story inspired a sensationalized novel and subsequent TV movie adaptation airing in 1982, with this fictionalized narrative often conflated with or remembered instead of the more mundane version of events that really happened. This is the story of </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040;">Mazes and Monsters</em><span face=""Noto Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #404040;">.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Noto Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Noto Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://wearesecondunion.com/forgotten-tv-movies-mazes-and-monsters-1982/" target="_blank">READ FULL ARTICLE AT SECOND UNION</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Noto Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Noto Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/forgottentv" target="_blank">MUCH MORE ABOUT THE SATANIC PANIC, DALLAS EGBERT, THE MISSING BOYS OF THE EARLY 80S, AND THE DUNGEONS & DRAGONS PANIC AT THE FORGOTTEN TV PATREON.</a></b></span></div><p></p>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-28262977633820606852024-01-02T12:02:00.001-06:002024-03-05T12:05:27.562-06:00Forgotten TV ep 55 - Korg 70,000 B.C. (1974)<div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="300" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?from=embed&i=qw37v-153d0c7-pb&square=1&share=1&download=1&fonts=Arial&skin=1b1b1b&font-color=auto&rtl=0&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=ff6d00&size=300" style="border: none; height: 300px; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Forgotten TV ep 55 - Korg 70,000 B.C." width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A complete look at <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Korg 70,000 B.C.</b></em> airing on ABC's 1974-75 Saturday morning lineup. Produced by Hanna-Barbera. Starring Jim Malinda, Bill Ewing, Naomi Pollock, Christopher Man, Charles Morteo, and Janelle Pransky. Created by Fred Freiberger.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3RBGGc4" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Buy <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Korg 70,000 B.C.</em> on DVD</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/forgottentv" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;">SUPPORT FORGOTTEN TV ON PATREON!</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A5RJGW85CWRF8&source=url" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;">Support Forgotten TV with Paypal</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/forgottentv" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Buy Me a Coffee!</span></span></a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Amazon links are affiliate, and Forgotten TV earns royalties from qualifying purchases made at no additional cost to you. <a href="https://amzn.to/3K8O3Tq" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Please support Forgotten TV</a> while doing your regular Amazon shopping.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="TextRun SCXW183851915 BCX8" lang="en-us" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Original audio clips included are for the purposes of historical context, review, commentary, and criticism only and are not intended to infringe.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sound effects/some music used under license from Epidemic Sound. 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dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-62523557956319832842023-10-30T18:22:00.001-05:002023-12-11T18:26:02.319-06:00Forgotten TV ep 54 - Monsters (1988)<div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="300" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?from=embed&i=g9ejx-14e4a70-pb&square=1&share=1&download=1&fonts=Arial&skin=1b1b1b&font-color=&rtl=0&logo_link=&btn-skin=ff6d00&size=300" style="border: none; height: 300px; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Forgotten TV ep 54 - Monsters" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A complete look at <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Monsters</em>, the syndicated series from Laurel Entertainment which ran 1988-1991. The origins of George Romero, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Night of the Living Dead</em>, the birth of the modern zombie, Romero's Laurel Entertainment, and the films that led up to the creation of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Monsters</em>. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Full episode guide and behind the scenes of show production, structure, writing, effects, and the people involved in the making of your favorite show. <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Intro/episode rundown 0-1:10:00</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Behind the Scenes 1:10:00-end</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the credits I mistakenly omitted Martin Grams' well-researched book <span class="TextRun SCXW84943903 BCX8" lang="en-gb" style="box-sizing: border-box;" xml:lang="en-gb"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW84943903 BCX8" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://amzn.to/45P2TIR" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Way Out: A History and Episode Guide to Roald Dahl's Spooky 1961 Television Program</a>, </em>which was key in being able to include the details about that series.</span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="TextRun SCXW84943903 BCX8" lang="en-gb" style="box-sizing: border-box;" xml:lang="en-gb">Also be sure to read <a href="https://amzn.to/40esTwh" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Terror Television: American Series, 1970-1999</em></a> by John Kenneth Muir</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Buy <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Creepshow </em><a href="https://amzn.to/3SniFaP" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">on Bluray</a> / <a href="https://amzn.to/3s1vkWo" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">4K/UHD</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/46QItAx" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Buy <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tales from the Darkside</em> complete series on DVD</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Please support Forgotten TV</a> while doing your regular Amazon shopping.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="TextRun SCXW183851915 BCX8" lang="en-us" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Original audio clips included are for the purposes of historical context, review, commentary, and criticism only and are not intended to infringe.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sound effects/some music used under license from Epidemic Sound. If you need music for your podcast or YouTube channel, please visit <a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/7cvhtv/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Epidemic Sound</a>. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned. 'Monsters' is the copyright and property of Laurel Entertainment, Tribune Entertainment, and possibly additional rights holders.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Copyright 2023 Forgotten TV Media</span></p></div>
dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-55440047131190655492023-09-30T11:26:00.002-05:002023-10-23T11:27:29.598-05:00Forgotten TV ep 53 - More Animated Spin-Offs of Live-Action Shows: 1980s<div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="300" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?from=embed&i=m4kp8-14bb351-pb&square=1&share=1&download=1&fonts=Arial&skin=1b1b1b&font-color=&rtl=0&logo_link=&btn-skin=ff6d00&size=300" style="border: none; height: 300px; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Forgotten TV ep 53 - More Animated Spin-Offs of Live-Action Shows: 1980s" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A trip through Saturday mornings of the 1980s with a focus on animated spin-offs or adaptations of live-action TV shows and characters. Background and behind the scenes of production are given for most shows covered. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The <a href="https://amzn.to/46nTGbq" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Tarzan</a>/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour 1980-1982 (<a href="https://amzn.to/3EZJVEu" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Lone Ranger/Zorro Vol 1</a> /<a href="https://amzn.to/3thdUoP" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> Vol 2</a>)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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A full episode rundown, a look at the unfilmed finale, behind the scenes of production, and revival attempts are all comprehensively discussed.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Timecodes</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Episode rundown 0-1:35</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Behind the scenes 1:35-3:00 </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Next time/credits 3:00-3:08</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3AsZ9zq" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Buy V: The Series DVD on Amazon </a> <a href="https://amzn.to/3NaEWpB" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">(Amazon Video link)</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/44j0i9e" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kenneth Johnson's books on Amazon</span></a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/forgottentv" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;">SUPPORT FORGOTTEN TV ON PATREON!</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A5RJGW85CWRF8&source=url" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;">Support Forgotten TV with Paypal</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Amazon links are affiliate, and Forgotten TV earns royalties from qualifying purchases made at no additional cost to you. <a href="https://amzn.to/3K8O3Tq" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Please support Forgotten TV</a> while doing your regular Amazon shopping.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="TextRun SCXW183851915 BCX8" lang="en-us" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Original audio clips included are for the purposes of historical context, review, commentary, and criticism only and are not intended to infringe.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sound effects are used under license from Epidemic Sound. If you need music for your podcast or YouTube channel, please visit <a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/7cvhtv/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Epidemic Sound</a>. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/dreamstatelogic/endless-void" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Endless Void By Dreamstate Logic</a> is used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">V: The Final Battle </em>&<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> V: The Series </em>medley cover by <a href="https://didiermartini.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Didier Martini</a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="a-size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned. 'V' is the copyright and property of Warner Bros. Television Studios, </span>Kenneth Johnson Productions, <span class="a-size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box;">and possibly additional rights holders.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Copyright 2023 Forgotten TV Media</span></p></div>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-57185886563938267512023-05-01T12:26:00.005-05:002023-08-05T12:35:46.714-05:00Forgotten TV ep 51 - V and V: the Final Battle<div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="300" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?from=embed&i=qartx-13f8610-pb&square=1&share=1&download=1&fonts=Arial&skin=1b1b1b&font-color=&rtl=0&logo_link=&btn-skin=ff6d00&size=300" style="border: none; height: 300px; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Forgotten TV ep 51-V and V-The Final Battle" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A complete look at 1983's <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">V</em> and 1984's <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">V: The Final Battle!</em> Originally airing on NBC, created by Kenneth Johnson. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">V </em>review and behind the scenes of V 0-1:26:40</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">V: The Final Battle</em> review/behind the scenes 1:26:40-2:14:45</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next time/credits 2:14:45-end</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Lpu1am" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Buy V on Bluray on Amazon</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/3N8VJtc" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">(DVD link)</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://amzn.to/442JsfW" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">Buy V: The Final Battle on Amazon</span></a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3AsZ9zq" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Buy V: The Series DVD on Amazon </a><a href="https://amzn.to/3NaEWpB" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">(Amazon Video link)</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/forgottentv" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">SUPPORT FORGOTTEN TV ON PATREON!</span></a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A5RJGW85CWRF8&source=url" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;">Support Forgotten TV with Paypal</a>! 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If you need music for your podcast or YouTube channel, please visit <a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/7cvhtv/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Epidemic Sound</a>. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">City In Panic Sound Effect / Sound Of Sirens and Screaming People In Panicking City / Royalty Free courtesy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@playednfaved-soundeffectss776" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Played N Faved - Sound Effects & Stock Footage</a> YouTube channel.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="a-size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned. 'V' is the copyright and property of Warner Bros. Television Studios, </span>Kenneth Johnson Productions, <span class="a-size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box;">and possibly additional rights holders.</span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Copyright 2023 Forgotten TV Media</span></span></p>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-26720369170538802092023-01-31T17:32:00.003-06:002023-01-31T20:30:49.741-06:00Charles Sellier and Sunn Classic Pictures<p><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial;">Charles Sellier and Sunn Classic Pictures</span></span></b></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial;">By Chris Cooling<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB">1974’s <i><b>The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams</b> </i>introduced
America’s original mountain man to film audiences and was an early effort of
producer Charles E. Sellier Jr., having just joined Utah’s Sunn Classic
Pictures. However, Sellier’s story begins well prior to his stint with Sunn
Classic. Charles Sellier was born a Roman Catholic in 1943 and grew up in
Denver, Colorado. Showing an interest and aptitude in photography, his first
job was as a dark room technician. In the wake of his parent’s divorce at the
young age of 12, he had also converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints, commonly known as the Mormons. Dropping out of school in 10</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9.5pt;">th</span></sup></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB"> grade, he married his high school sweetheart when
they were both 15 years old. Sellier became a technician and salesman for a
film supply company in Denver, and by 21 was earning an incredible $65,000
salary (the equivalent of over $500,000 today.) In later years, he claimed to
have become fascinated with the new world of information processing being made
possible by computer technology during this time.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">[1]</span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB">At 26 he formed his own company, Creative Visual
Dynamics, making industrial films, TV commercials, and travelogues. Two years
later, CVD constructed a production facility in a Denver suburb that enabled
them to do in-house commercial film editing and processing at one-fifth the average
national cost. </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB"> Sellier eventually tried his hand at making a
theatrical motion picture using funds from private investors. <b><i>The
Brothers O’Toole</i></b>, a comedy western starring John Astin and Lee
Meriwether, began filming near Canon City, Colorado in October 1972. </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">[3]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6r4CX4acfDM" width="320" youtube-src-id="6r4CX4acfDM"></iframe></div><br /><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">John Astin had kind words for CVD: <i>“I really can’t
say enough kind things about these people and their film. Somehow, I feel that
CVD is going to revolutionize the movie industry and I’m happy to have been a
little part of it.” </i></span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">[4]</span></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>With positive press and a theatrical film on the way,
Sellier was able to swing a $6 million 12 picture deal with a New York
investment firm. The films would be G-rated, feature length, shot on location
in Colorado, and would be produced over the next two years. </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">[5]</span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB">In April 1973, during post-production of <i>Brothers
O’Toole</i>, Sellier's<span style="color: black;"> CVD company was acquired by
Salt Lake City studio American National Enterprises. </span></span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[6]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> Not to be confused with American
International Pictures, known for teenage exploitation films and sci-fi monster
movies in the 1950s and 1960s, </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">
were primarily known for such films as <i>Alaskan Safari</i> and <i>Cougar
Country, </i>nature documentaries told in a narrative style, marketed under the
banner Rainbow Adventure Films. </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">
was also known for a particular non-traditional theatrical distribution
practice we’ll examine shortly.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Prior to Sellier coming onboard, </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> had also dipped its toe into
pseudo-documentaries such as <i>Bigfoot: Man or Beast?, </i>which notably
introduced the infamous Patterson-Gimlin film to audiences;<i> </i>and <i>Encounter
with the Unknown</i>, narrated by Rod Serling. After merging with </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">, Sellier signed a second production deal,
this time with Vidtronics for a 12-picture combination theatrical and
television syndication package. These films would continue </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">’s exploration of the paranormal, with
each film named after a sign of the Zodiac and focusing on a different
paranormal topic. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB">Meanwhile, <i>The Brothers O’Toole </i>opened in May
in Colorado, and also played in Utah, Florida, Texas, Wisconsin, and a cluster
of New England states during its initial run. Characterized in puff pieces at
the time as a hit film, I can find no box office information on it at all, and
years later, Sellier expressed disappointment at its performance, as he told
researcher Gary Edgerton in 1982:</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">“What I discovered is that there is a lot
more to making a theatrical picture than a script, a location and some actors.
I just discovered that there is a lot more to the movie business than met the
eye.... Obviously, my first picture was a failure, a very painful failure to me
because it cost a lot of money, and I raised a lot of money on it...I was
interested in not having it happen again, it was such a negative experience for
me ... so I began to analyze the elements of what is a film, and what are you
trying to achieve, and so forth. Well, that became a very complex thing, it
took me many, many years...“ </span></i></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[8]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB">Sellier thus became quite interested in pre-release
audience testing and research, something Hollywood had done in one form or
another since the days of silent film, but he had plans to apply this type of
research before a film even began production. One benefit now available to
Sellier was </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB">’s research and marketing department, which began to
adopt the use of computers <span style="color: black;">for not only keeping daily
accounting records of production expenses, but also to tabulate the extensive
pre-production research he began implementing. By the beginning of 1974,
Sellier claimed of </span></span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">: <i>"We're the only ones in the
business to use computers. It tells us how much we can spend, who our potential
audience is, what time of year is best to release a movie and what to expect in
grosses from different theaters in an area.”</i></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[9]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Sellier was excited to apply his methods
of research to his next project, the docudrama <b><i>Pieces of Eight</i></b><i>,</i>
to be filmed in Florida in the summer of 1974; </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[10]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> but he found himself snatched from </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> by rival Utah film studio Sunn Classic
Pictures.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[i]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">The history of Sunn Classic is also tied
to ANE. In 1971, Rayland Jensen, who had managed film distribution for ANE,
broke off and joined a competing studio. Mel Hardman Productions (MHP) had been
founded by Mel Hardman in 1965. Hardman had worked as the cinematographer for
ANE’s </span><i></i></span><i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Cougar
Country. </span></span></i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Together with
Hardman, Jensen formed Sun International, initially as a distribution company
subsidiary of Mel Hardman Productions. </span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" paraeid="{69ba7506-beda-4ea3-9812-b00e6ad3cdd8}{25}" paraid="176710065" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; margin: 0in; overflow-wrap: break-word; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">One financier of MHP, Patrick Frawley, increased his stake in the company to the point of becoming majority shareholder, owning 80% of company stock. </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[11]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Frawley, a staunch anti-communist Catholic and supporter of far right-wing causes, had used his profits from developing the </span>Paper Mate <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;">ballpoint pen to purchase controlling interest in everything from the Schick razor company to Technicolor- the very company who had pioneered a proprietary three-color process of film development and provided this service to Hollywood studios. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Patrick Frawley’s acquisition of MHP was
part of his burgeoning media empire; he had founded the Twin Circle Publishing
Co. </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #202122;">as a subsidiary of
Schick. Twin Circle published </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Faith & Family,</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> a Catholic magazine that promoted marriage and motherhood, as well as
two Catholic newspapers, and distributed </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #202122;">a 5-minute daily radio program and
weekly half-hour television show; all of these promoting traditionalist
Catholic views. </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">He
also acquired the <i>Classics Illustrated</i> brand, known for its comic book </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #202122;">adaptations of literary classics.
Frawley immediately began to insert his political and personal views into MHP
films in a ham-fisted manner, prompting the resignation of founder Mel Hardman.
</span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #202122;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #202122; line-height: 115%;">[12]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: #202122;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">With Hardman gone, Frawley changed the
studio’s name to <b>Sunn Classic Pictures </b>- initially spelled with one ‘N,’
and later with two - interestingly enough - to differentiate themselves from a
producer of pornography. </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[13]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> (They also did business as Schick Sunn
Classics.) </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #202122;">Frawley’s
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">conservative
worldview would set the tone for the early productions of Sunn Classic; several
of which would depict a strong White male character surviving alone in the
North American wilderness against all odds.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;">Sunn was also known for
something else they borrowed from ANE, which was touched on earlier. Sunn practiced
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">‘four-walling,’ a
film distribution strategy where a studio would rent individual theaters,
usually in smaller town markets for a limited exhibition – typically a week at
most - and keep virtually all the revenue from ticket sales, while the theater
kept the concession revenue, the real profit center for movie theaters. In
traditional wide-release theatrical distribution, a movie booking agent would
be used to get a film exhibited and shipped to as many theaters in major
markets as possible, with the theater’s and agent’s percentages as well as film
print replication, shipping, and national marketing all eating into the
studio’s box office revenue. A four-walled film release would get by with far
fewer film prints that travelled regionally over many months, and the studio
would saturate each local market with advertising along the way. This was a
favored distribution method used by exploitation film promotor H. Kroger Babb
in the 1940s and 50s<span style="background: white;">; and </span></span></span>notably used by actor Tom Laughlin when he bought his film Billy Jack from Warner Brothers after a lackluster standard release and four-walled it to the tune of a $32 million gross. <span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"> Several of the former
employees of ANE, now at Sunn, were the very ones who helped develop ANE’s
four-walling strategies. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="eop"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;">Four-walling enabled
small studios like ANE and Sunn to target the audience in areas they felt would
be most responsive to the types of films they offered – an audience demographic
that had largely stopped going to </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">theaters.
The beginning of the 1970s had seen a slump in the movie business, and at least
some of that downturn had been a result of a portion of the moviegoing public
avoiding what they perceived as </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">an</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">
increase in </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">profane, </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">sexual,
violent, and occult content in mainstream Hollywood films. </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">The
recent institution of the movie ratings system was also no guarantee that these
largely religious audiences wouldn’t still find objectionable material </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">even
in</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">
films given a mild rating. </span></span><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--></span><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: x-small; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">[ii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;">In addition to their
films being rated </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">G, Sunn</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> Classic’s</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">
reassuring</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> motto was “wholesome family
entertainment always” and their first effort set the archetype for the
‘wilderness’ genre of film they would first find success with: 1971’s </span><i></i></span><i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Toklat</span></span></i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">.</span></span> <span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB">Starring and narrated by long-time character actor
Leon Ames, he recounts the entertaining story of a grizzly bear cub growing up
first in the wild, then after being rescued by a nameless aging mountain
sheepherder firmly aware that man was the intruder of Toklat’s domain. Years
later, when a grizzly preys on the sheep of the old man’s brother who is
injured in the process, the old man is reluctantly charged with hunting down
the 1,000-pound bear, which the narrative reveals to be none other than Toklat.</span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="eop"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DYCC_TkY1T0" width="320" youtube-src-id="DYCC_TkY1T0"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;">Toklat </span></i></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">was filmed in Utah’s </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Uinta</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">
Mountains and the film’s title was taken from an Inuit word meaning “a valley
formed by a glacier.” During the film’s promotion however, the producers said
the title was derived from an Indigenous word meaning ‘ferocious.’ </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;">[15]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"> Animal handler and
outdoorsman Dick Robinson contributed to the cinematography</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">
and </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">acted
in the film</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">. </span></span></span></span>Robinson, who had evolved his parking lot animal show into a career providing animals for various productions including TV’s <i>Wild Kingdom, Lassie, </i>and <i>The Wild Wild West,</i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">[16]</span> was co-owner of the nascent studio’s Springdale, Utah menagerie of 125 animals including the real star of <i>Toklat</i>, Willie the grizzly bear. <span style="font-size: x-small;">[17] </span>The film contained footage shot over five years as Willie grew into an adult. Released during the very early days of Sunn when it was still using the Mel Hardman name, it was on this film that Patrick Frawley, a recovered alcoholic, attempted to insert an anti-alcohol message Hardman insisted didn’t belong in the film. Frawley also objected to a song about ecology that Hardman used in the film, calling it ‘communist dogma.’ <span style="font-size: x-small;">[18]</span></span> </p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Toklat</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB">
grossed $3.9 million in its first year of release. It was never released on any
form of home video but did enjoy some TV airings on local stations throughout
the 1980s, and was shown on the Disney Channel in 1990, then completely
disappeared. Until someone produces a film print or uploads a recording, <i>Toklat
</i>is apparently a lost film. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/05giPJtr5VY" width="320" youtube-src-id="05giPJtr5VY"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;">The following year’s </span><b><i></i></b></span><b><i><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Trap on Cougar Mountain</span></span></i></b><i><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> </span></span></i><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">featured young Eric Larson, son of actress Vera Miles and writer/director Keith Larsen. 12-year-old Erik was the ultimate 70s free-range kid-roaming the countryside of Virgin, Utah alone on his three-wheeler saving wildlife from traps and interfering with hunters with little regard for his own safety. Also released in late 1972, </span><b><i></i></b></span><b><i><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Brother of the Wind </span></span></i></b><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">with Dick Robinson now in the lead role, depicted a modern-day mountain man in the Canadian Rockies saving four wolf cubs after their mother dies. Filmed in southern Alberta, </span><i></i></span><i><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Brother </span></span></i><span data-contrast="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">notably featured long, long stretches of wildlife shots interspersed with scenes relating the narrative. All of these were low-budget productions shot entirely on location with largely non-union crews and actors, many of which had little prior film experience, and notably filmed on 16mm without location sound, having soundtracks post-produced in their entirety.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="background: white; color: black;">However,
Sunn’s first release in 1974 wasn’t a wilderness film, but an additional genre
they would become known for.</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K_17SUfxI5A" width="320" youtube-src-id="K_17SUfxI5A"></iframe></div><span style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></span></div></span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Yes, it was <b><i>Chariots of the Gods</i></b>, the highly questionable 1970 German ‘documentary’ based on the 1968 Erich von Däniken book that introduced ‘ancient alien’ theory to the world. <i>Chariots </i>had already been shown on US television in January 1973, repackaged as <i>In Search of Ancient Astronauts</i> and narrated by Rod Serling; but this didn’t stop Sunn from picking up U.S theatrical distribution rights and running it using ANE’s tried and true four-walling technique, collecting a cool $12.5 million. Sunn also snatched the distribution rights for the 1971 Richard Winer film <i>The Devil’s Triangle</i>, narrated by Vincent Price; often running it with <i>Chariots </i>as a double feature. </span></div>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">This is when Charles Sellier along with
several others left </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> and moved from Denver to Salt Lake City
to join Sunn Classic in June 1974. </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[19]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> Bringing with him his newfound obsession
with audience concept testing, Sellier immediately went to work, having
computers installed at Sunn (four years before Jimmy Carter would install any
at the White House) and analyzed what moviegoers were buying tickets for <i>Chariots</i>.
When their data showed uneducated adult males were the most interested, they
focused television advertising on programs they felt that met that demographic,
such as <i>The Six Million Dollar Man</i>. Also finding a great deal of public
fascination in a variety of unexplained phenomena, this would heavily influence
a shift in the types of films they would be known for releasing. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[20]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">But those would have to wait, as Sellier’s
first film project for Sunn would be none other than <b><i>The Life and Times
of Grizzly Adams</i></b>. In the summer of 1973, on the heels of the success of
<i>Brother of the Wind</i>, experienced animal handler Dick Robinson had signed
with Sunn to create two <i>Grizzly Adams</i> films, featuring himself in the
title role. Robinson, who was making films for both </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> and Sunn, had worked with Sellier making
the coyote film <i>Birth of a Legend</i>, when Sellier was still at </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">. When a three-hour assembly cut of
Robinson’s footage was screened, Sunn executives seemed not to be pleased with
what had been filmed, resulting in Sellier completely taking over the Grizzly
Adams production, filming an entirely new version featuring an animal handler
that had been ‘discovered’ by Patrick Frawley on a film being shot in Alberta.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="eop"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wCvwqmqX1Yo" width="320" youtube-src-id="wCvwqmqX1Yo"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">When the North Wind Blows</span></i></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">, </span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">a continuation of Sunn’s ‘wilderness’
formula,<i> </i>broke in mid-November in smaller Pennsylvania and Ohio markets.
For this film, Sunn enlisted Stewart Raffill, who had supervised the wild
animal sequences in Disney’s <i>Lt. Robinson Crusoe, U.S.N.,</i> <i>Doctor
Doolittle, </i>and the Ron Ely <i>Tarzan </i>series. Also appearing in <i>North
Wind</i> was an unknown actor and animal trainer that had appeared in a handful
of biker films by the name of Dan Haggerty, who would be enlisted as Sunn’s new
Grizzly Adams. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="eop"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4LsRHIVsGAs" width="320" youtube-src-id="4LsRHIVsGAs"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;">While Sunn would release
a couple more ‘wilderness’ films; </span><b><i></i></b></span><b><i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">The Adventures of Frontier Fremont </span></span></i></b><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">in 1975, again with Haggerty, and </span><b><i></i></b></span><b><i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Guardian of the Wilderness </span></span></i></b><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; widows: 2;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">in late 1976, starring Denver Pyle; the remaining majority of their 1970s film </span>lineup <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">would represent a shift to what </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i></i></span></span><i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Variety </span></span></i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">would call ‘speculation’ films. Taking a cue from the enormous success of </span></span><span class="scxw192005723"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; color: black; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">Erich von </span>Däniken’s <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; color: black; user-select: text;">book, Sellier shrewdly managed to retain the rights to adapt each screenplay he
produced into a book. Thus, a tie-in paperback from Bantam books was released
in conjunction with most films Sunn produced or distributed, starting with </span><span style="background-color: white;"><i></i></span></span><i style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Grizzly Adams </span></span></i></span><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; widows: 2;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">going forward. </span>While these books would carry Sellier’s name as author, and often give the impression that the movie was based on the book, proclaiming ‘now a major motion picture’; they were in fact ghost-written adaptations of screenplays already in production.<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; border-left-color: var(--clrCommentsHighlightPipeRest, #424242); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;">[21]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2yWtfljT4vQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="2yWtfljT4vQ"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;">Sunn </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">next
picked</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">
up theatrical distribution for 1975’s </span><b><i></i></b></span><b><i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">The Outer Space Connection</span></span></i></b><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">. </span></span>Hosted by Rod Serling and written and produced by Alan Landsburg,
who had created <i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">I</span></span></i><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">n Search of Ancient Astronauts</span></span></i></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> and </span><i></i></span><i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">In Search of Ancient Mysteries </span></span></i></span><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">for television in the prior two years. Two years later, Landsburg continued exploring mysterious phenomena on television, with the popular syndicated series </span><i></i></span><i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">In Search Of...</span></span></i></span><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">With Rod Serling passing away before production started, the series was hosted by Leonard Nimoy.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="eop"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="eop"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DCg4mQDkcRU" width="320" youtube-src-id="DCg4mQDkcRU"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #202122;">Also in 1975, Sunn finally produced
their own pseudo-documentary on one of the topics </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #202122;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #202122;"> had already visited. </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Bigfoot: The Mysterious Monster</span></i></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> featured Peter Graves examining the
alleged sightings, photos, and footprints left by America’s popular cryptid, as
well as others such as the Loch Ness Monster and the Yeti. The Patterson-Gimlin
footage that had debuted in </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">’s <i>Bigfoot: Man or Beast?</i> was used,
over which they were promptly sued by </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">,
alleging film piracy, based on their claim that the footage had been
exclusively licensed to them. </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[22]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> The film was quickly retitled <b><i>The
Mysterious Monsters</i></b> in the wake of the suit, likely to avoid confusion
with </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">’s film. The lawsuit was settled, but
ironically </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> were themselves being sued by Robert
Gimlin, who had been left out of negotiations when Patterson licensed the
footage to </span></span><span class="findhit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">ANE</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">. It didn’t end there; the legal history
of the Patterson-Gimlin film is incredibly complex and went on for another
seven years. Meanwhile, <i>Monsters </i>scared up $11 million of ticket sales.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="eop"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jy-sFi8VqQs" width="320" youtube-src-id="Jy-sFi8VqQs"></iframe></span></div><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></span></p>There was <b><i>The Amazing World of
Psychic Phenomena</i></b> released June 1976. <span style="background: white;">But
probably no film epitomized this era of Sunn Classic Pictures more than their
next release. When their research repeatedly showed the topic of Noah’s ark to
be a high-testing film concept, spurred by accounts in popular media such as
the childhood recollections of Armenian-American Georgie Hagopian as well as
several recent reports from people that claimed to have found the ancient
vessel, Sunn began work on a film that would prove as much a money-maker for
the studio as </span><i></i></span><i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Grizzly Adams...</span></span></i></span><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: arial; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">1976’s </span></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">In Search of Noah’s Ark</span></span></i></b><i style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">.</span></span></i><span style="font-family: arial;"> In true Sunn fashion, host Brad
Crandall mixed fact and fiction to present an intended narrative that Noah’s
ark from the Biblical account of Genesis had indeed been found on the slopes of
Mount Ararat in what is now Eastern Turkey. </span><span class="eop" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;"><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span><p></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="eop" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;"><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="eop" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6TS8hpDa_YQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="6TS8hpDa_YQ"></iframe></div><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white;">However, Sunn was again
treading on ground already covered by competitor ANE, who had released the
admittedly less engaging </span><i></i></span><i style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">The Ark of Noah </span></span></i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: arial; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;">the prior year, but undoubtedly had primed audience interest in the topic. Unlike ANE’s drier version, </span>Sunn’s $360,000 production filmed dramatic recreations of the Biblical account, using their menagerie of animals, as well as some 40-50 actors.<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; border-left-color: var(--clrCommentsHighlightPipeRest, #424242); font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">[23]</span></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white;"> </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Sunn’s</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">
<i></i></span></span><i style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Search </span></span></i><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: arial; font-variant-ligatures: none; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">would find </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">about $26 million in box office revenue. To put that in perspective, this places it ahead of hit films <i>Network</i>, <i>Logan’s Run</i>, and <i>Carrie</i>, all also released that year. </span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">[24]</span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;">Fast forward some 17
years later and the film’s topic was revisited in the Sellier-produced 1993 CBS
TV special <b><i>The Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark</i></b>, hosted by
Darren McGavin. During the production of this TV special, Sellier’s production
company found itself the victim of what we would now call a troll. Presented
uncontested in the special were the claims of George </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Jammal</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">,
who showed what he called "sacred wood from the ark,” the supposed product
of a tragic expedition said to have claimed the life of his friend. Just over
four months later, </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; border-left-color: var(--clrCommentsHighlightPipeRest, #424242); user-select: text;">Jammal was revealed to be an out-of-work Israeli actor from Long Beach who had never been
to Turkey, and the "sacred wood" were </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">actually
pieces</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">
of railroad tracks he had collected near his California home that he baked in
his oven with barbeque and teriyaki sauce. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">The story behind the hoax is equally
absurd, and it turned out it was all part of a years-old practical joke that
stemmed from a creation/evolution debate Jammal had heard on KABC radio in
1985. Jammal fabricated the account of his expedition to Turkey’s Mount Ararat
and sent it to the Institute for Creation Research, who had participated in the
debate. In his story, the outrageous Jammal used names he felt were obviously
preposterous such as ‘Mr. Asholian,’ ‘Vladimir Sobitchsky,’ and ‘Allis Buls
Hitian.’ Ironically, Jammal watched 1976’s <i>In Search of Noah’s Ark</i> in
preparing his false account. Years passed, and the ICR had sent Jammal’s story
to Sunn Classic. Coached by Gerald Larue, a USC professor of religion and
archaeology who felt he had been misrepresented on previous Sunn productions,
Jammal was interviewed for 1993’s <i>Incredible Discovery</i> special. </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small; mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[25]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">When Larue revealed the hoax, he was
rightly critical of Sunn’s failure to vet evidence presented on their programs.
Even after being revealed, Charles Sellier was incredulous that Sunn had been
hoaxed at all, seemingly not comprehending that Jammal’s original
eight-year-old story had been fabricated. The whole account was thoroughly
investigated in a 1993 issue of <i>Skeptic </i>magazine, which also pointed out
other inaccuracies, omissions, and misrepresentations contained in the 1993
special. </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small; mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[26]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>This resulted in CBS heavily vetting an
upcoming already-produced special <i>Mysteries of the Ancient World</i> but
scrapping any future projects with Sunn. </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[27]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;">Back in 1977, Sunn’s
researchers were working on their next project. When concept testing two years
earlier had revealed strong interest in political conspiracies, among the film
concepts Sunn tested was one that would explore if there had been a conspiracy
to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Sunn head researcher David </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Balsiger</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">
put their investigators to work, spending some $200,000 in research assembling
their own alternate history surrounding the presidential assassination, based
in part on a supposed transcript of the 18 pages said to be missing from the
diary of John Wilkes Booth. </span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; widows: 2;" xml:lang="EN-GB"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xBbVPbCYCP0" width="320" youtube-src-id="xBbVPbCYCP0"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; widows: 2;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">The product was <i><b>The Lincoln Conspiracy</b></i>, produced for a total of $1.2 million, a monumental budget for Sunn. So sure were they of their audience research, Sunn dropped their typical gradual four-wall distribution in favor of a wider release, demanding upfronts from theaters, and spending a massive $5 million on marketing – including an agreement with 7-11 convenience stores to display the tie-in paperback, as well as prolific television advertising for its October 1977 <span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">release.</span></span></span> <i>Lincoln </i>was Sunn’s first clear box office falter, earning only $5.6 million, and was quickly sold to TV partner NBC to air on broadcast television only seven months after theatrical release. <span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">[28]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Sunn produced several specials for NBC,
such as 1977’s <b><i>Last of the Mohicans</i></b><i>, </i>and their version of<i>
<b>The Time Machine</b> </i>in 1978, both presented under the Classics
Illustrated brand. <b><i>Greatest Heroes of the Bible</i></b><i> </i>was a
limited series NBC aired during National Bible Week in November 1978 as 10
episodes airing across five nights. The series would return in late spring with
seven more one-hour installments. Classic TV fans that seek out the episodes will
be delighted to see Mark Lenard, Frank Gorshin, Robert Culp, Gene Barry, David
Birney, Victoria Principal, Barry Williams, Eve Plumb, Don Most, and William
Daniels all make appearances.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;">A comment left by a Mike
M. at the bottom of a Diabolique article on Sunn Classic gives us an idea what
it may have been like on this Sunn production. <i>“I worked on a Sunn Classic
production ‘Greatest Heroes of the Bible’ in Utah and Arizona in the late
1970’s. Was an extra in several segments, made $25 a day. I didn’t really know it
at the time, but it was the cheapest production you could imagine and us extras
were put into danger on a regular basis, things that might have gotten a
production shut down now were shrugged off because it was the 70’s and people
needed the money. Half the extras were Navajos and maybe a 1/4 were rural
Mormons. Interesting times!”</i> </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[29]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5m_8dWMO1fs" width="320" youtube-src-id="5m_8dWMO1fs"></iframe></div><p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Two of their late-70s entries are still remembered by some as nightmare-inducing.
1978’s <b><i>Beyond and Back</i></b> was a Sunn Classic look at 'near death
experiences,’ then a recently coined term. Called a "death-sploitation
flick" by some critics, </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">[30]</span></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"> based partly on evangelist Ralph
Wilkerson’s 1977 book, and authoritatively narrated by Sunn regular Brad
Crandall, <i>Beyond </i>re-enacted NDE accounts – one of which depicted a
suicidal woman’s frightening decent <i>into Hell</i>. The film was incredibly
still given a G-rating. The following year’s <b><i>Beyond Death’s Door</i></b>
was a scripted narrative rated PG, the first Sunn film to receive this rating.
Of course, all the NDEs related were consistent with the popular Christian
narrative of the afterlife.</span></span><span class="eop" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="eop"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d3AtP65hTpE" width="320" youtube-src-id="d3AtP65hTpE"></iframe></span></div><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB">Sunn’s two 1979 offerings were their
by-now typical mix of the paranormal and the religious. January’s <b><i>The
Bermuda Triangle</i></b> rehashed Charles Berlitz’s highly specious 1974 book
as well as prior film and TV efforts to the tune of $10.8 million. Sunn’s
August release was <b><i>In Search of Historic Jesus</i></b><i>.</i> Heavily
promoting the authenticity of the religious relic known as the Shroud of Turin,
the film recycled scenes produced for <i>Greatest Heroes of the Bible </i>and
presented a narrative about Jesus Christ consistent with Mormon teachings. Both
the film as well as Sunn’s advertising and distribution methods were absolutely
excoriated by Siskel and Ebert in <i>Sneak Previews</i>. Still, the film earned
$10.6 million at the box office. They didn’t know it at the time, but this film
would effectively mark the end of Sunn Classic Pictures as it was known. </span></span><span class="eop"> </span></p><p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iVKhSBlhj0o" width="320" youtube-src-id="iVKhSBlhj0o"></iframe></div><p></p></span></span><p></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yes, there were more films; Sunn's <i><b>Hangar 18</b></i>, released in June 1980, was perhaps the most mainstream of their non-wilderness films. Also rated PG and released alongside the typical tie-in novelization by Bantam, the film purported to tell the story of a government cover-up regarding a UFO observed by the space shuttle crew that subsequently crash landed in the Arizona desert and was taken to an Air Force Base in Texas and tucked away in Hangar 18. True to form, what was real and what was fiction was intentionally blurred and the trailers gave the impression that the film was based on real events – even though it pre-dated the first manned flight of the space shuttle. The fact that the marketing plays up the film in documentary style is hardly surprising, given the fact that the film was borne out of pre-production research for yet another of their documentaries. When Sunn researchers found insufficient evidence for a Texas Air Force Base hanger housing extra-terrestrial spacecraft, they took the concept and turned it into a screenplay. <span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;">[31]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; widows: 2;" xml:lang="EN-GB"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-MX0lIpXb1k" width="320" youtube-src-id="-MX0lIpXb1k"></iframe></span></div><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: arial; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; border-left-color: var(--clrCommentsHighlightPipeRest, #424242); user-select: text;"><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: arial; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; border-left-color: var(--clrCommentsHighlightPipeRest, #424242); user-select: text;"><br /></span></span></p>Starring recognizable actors Gary Collins, Darren McGavin, Robert Vaughn, and several others, the film took decades of UFO lore and [spoiler alert!] combined it with <i>Chariots of the Gods</i>-style ancient alien theory. Straying out of Utah for this one, filming at the defunct Webb Air Force Base in Big Spring, Texas ran over schedule and cost more to produce than Sunn initially planned<span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">[32]</span></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white;"> </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">[33]</span></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Wrapping the first week of April, the film was playing in theaters only 12 weeks later.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Relying on their typical practice of TV ad saturation, they didn’t even seem to release a press kit with artwork for the film, with all newspaper theater listings simply listing the film in plain text; and the one-sheet movie poster was a very lackluster design. Even though Sunn had commissioned accomplished artist Tom Chantrell to do full movie art for the print materials, they only used the single element of three of the actors peering into what is perceived to be the door to the UFO, surrounded by a sea of black and large credits emphasizing the lead actors. Chantrell’s full artwork was seen on the UK quad sheets and years later on DVD covers.</span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;">P</span></span>erhaps Sunn bit off more than they could chew with <i>Hangar 18</i>, or its UFO conspiracy theme didn’t appeal as much to their typical audience. Or it was simply steamrollered by box office competitors <i>The Empire Strikes Back, Airplane, </i>and <i>Urban Cowboy</i>; as well as the near-universal bad reviews. But by now, the studio was in serious decline due to several factors. Yes, there was the financial failure of <i>Hangar 18 </i>– but for years advertising costs had started to eat into their business model, which depended heavily on TV ad saturation. Sunn EVP Clair Farley had complained as early as 1977 that TV advertising rates had gone up 26%. <span style="font-size: x-small;">[34]</span> There was also a little-publicized legal battle with Dick Robinson over the Grizzly Adams brand that had dragged on for some six years, which is its own story. <span style="font-size: x-small;">[35]</span> And perhaps most importantly, in yet another serious blow to their business model, theaters began realizing they were getting the short end of the stick with Sunn’s four-walling strategy, and many had stopped participating. <span style="font-size: x-small;">[36] </span>The same summer <i>Hangar 18</i> was released, Sunn and an interest in future releases of their film library were acquired by multimedia conglomerate Taft Broadcasting in a $5 million deal. <span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;">[37]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Taft proceeded to dust off properties from
Sunn’s library. 1981’s <i><b>Earthbound </b></i>with Burl Ives and <i>Whiz Kids’</i>
Todd Porter in likely his first role, featured an old man and his grandson hiding a crash-landed extra-terrestrial family with a green monkey from the government. Filmed two
years earlier, <i>Earthbound </i>had been a TV movie pilot delivered to NBC in
the fall of 1979, with the hope of a 13-episode mid-season order. </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[38]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> Shelved when rejected by the network, it
was later pulled out of the Sunn catalog and released theatrically to generate
revenue. Surprisingly, <i>Earthbound </i>included a mild profanity, as well as
the name of Jesus Christ used as an expletive, both seemingly inserted in post
to obtain a PG rating for the theatrical release.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-family: arial;">In September 1981, Taft resurrected the Grizzly Adams franchise, selling NBC on the TV special <i><b>The Capture of Grizzly Adams,</b></i> which aired the following February. The TV movie performed moderately well in the weekly ratings and there were plans for a two-hour Christmas special for 1982, but this never materialized.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> [39]</span> However, several <i>Grizzly Adams</i> episodes were patched together into a 93-minute VHS release called <i>Legend of the Wild</i>, which was released theatrically in overseas markets.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0DdMSdul15w" width="320" youtube-src-id="0DdMSdul15w"></iframe></div><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white;">The 1981 R-rated horror
film </span></span><span class="findhit" style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white;">The
Boogens</span></i></b></span><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white;"> produced by Sellier under Taft/Sunn, as well as the
racy and even then-highly problematic <b><i>Private Lessons</i></b> (in which
an adult European housemaid seduces a 15-year-old boy, distributed under
recently formed subsidiary Jensen Farley Pictures after no mainstream Hollywood
studio would touch it) both represented a complete departure from their
previous G-rated wholesome studio identity.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: black;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">[40]</span></span></span></span><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white;"> The fact that during
filming of </span></span><span class="findhit" style="font-family: arial;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white;">The Boogens</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white;">, a propane-fueled
pyrotechnic device ignited a fire which burned down the building they were
filming in perhaps adds additional symbolism here. The Sunn Classic Pictures
that once promised “wholesome family entertainment always” was no more.</span></span><span class="eop" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">[41]</span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="eop"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">I’ll conclude this examination of Sunn
Classic with Sellier’s 1981 film <b><i>The President Must Die</i></b>. </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="background: white; color: black;">In researching this documentary that purported to expose a
cover-up of the JFK assassination, I found that Sunn performed their usual
audience concept testing and, like <i>The Lincoln Conspiracy</i>, found the subject
matter to be highly rated with their testing participants. When it came to ticket-buyers,
however, the film fell far short of expectations when played in the initial
release markets of Arizona and Virginia in January. The film was then
completely </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; user-select: text; widows: 2;">shelved <span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">by Taft/Sunn, never to be seen again.</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Evidence for the existence
of this film seems to only exist on IMDB and in surviving copies of the
incredibly rare tie-in Bantam paperback (released as </span><i style="background-color: white; color: black;">Conspiracy to Kill a
President</i><span style="background-color: white;">.) The fact that there was a competing book released that year sharing
the film’s title and the extremely unfortunate timing of an assassination
attempt on then-President Reagan that March almost certainly killed any ability
to further market the film. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">However, discussing this film,
screenwriter Brian Russell was unusually frank regarding Sunn’s research and
writing process in an interview with journalist Patricia Morrisroe: <i>“After
feeding our data into the computer, we went with the conspiracy theory – the
premise that was closest to what the majority believed.” </i>When asked what if
their data had shown the majority of the public believed the official report
that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone and not part of a conspiracy?<i> “We
would have gone with that angle instead. We’re interested in drama, not
politics.”</i></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[42]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Yes-Russell admitted Sunn allowed their
audience research to shape the narrative of films they presented to the public
as documentaries. Much the same was later confirmed by James Conway, director
of <i>The Lincoln Conspiracy</i> in a 2018 interview for Diabolique Magazine: <i>“In
my mind we were making a docudrama. I never minded the criticism because we
weren’t trying to make a pure documentary story...There was no authentication
process.” </i></span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">[43]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">This harks back to Sunn lead researcher
David Balsiger’s simple response to criticisms of their 1993 <i>Noah’s Ark</i>
TV special: <i>“This is an entertainment show."</i></span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">[44]</span></span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" />
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span class="fontstyle01"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Edgerton,
Gary (1982) “Charles E. Sellier, Jr. and Sunn Classic Pictures.” Journal of
Popular Film and Television, 10:3, 106-118</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn2" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> “Growth
Unlimited Focus Is on Self-Development.” Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph 01
Aug 1971, Sun · Page 55</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn3" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “CVD
Studios Begin Filming of Western.” Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph 18 Oct
1972, Wed · Page 24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn4" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “’G’
Film Gambles on Humor.” Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph 11 Nov 1972, Sat ·
Page 57<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn5" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “CVD
to Produce 12 Films Under $6 Million Deal.” Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph 08
Feb 1973, Thu · Page 26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn6" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “Utah
Firm Acquires Colorado Company.” Deseret News 02 Apr 1973, Mon · Page 32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn7" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “CVD
Signs Film Pact For TV.” Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph 23 Jun 1973, Sat ·
Page 84<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn8" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> <span class="fontstyle01"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Edgerton,
Gary (1982) “Charles E. Sellier, Jr. and Sunn Classic Pictures.” Journal of
Popular Film and Television</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn9" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Wright,
Christopher. “He Produces Films by Computer.” The Tampa Tribune 06 Feb 1974,
Wed · Page 49<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn10" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span>
Ibid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[11]</span></span></span> “Lights,
Camera, Action-S.L. ‘Firm’ Rolling.” The Salt Lake Tribune 07 Nov 1971, Sun ·
Page 49</span></p></div><div id="ftn11" style="mso-element: footnote;"><p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn12" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “Internal
Dissension Splits S.L.-Based Movie Firm.” Deseret News 19 Feb 1972, Sat · Page
8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn13" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Barth,
Ray. “State-born Author Finds a Plot Against Lincoln.” The Capital Times 04 Oct
1977, Tue · Page 33<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn14" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span>
Wasser, Frederick. “<span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #333333;">Four Walling Exhibition: Regional Resistance to
the Hollywood Film Industry</span>.” Cinema Journal, Winter 1995, Vol. 34, No.
2, p. 57<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn15" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[15]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “Utah’s
‘Toklat’ Premieres Wednesday.” The Salt Lake Tribune 01 Nov 1971, Mon · Page 9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn16" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[16]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Robinson,
Dick. “Never Kick a Bear In Your Bedroom Slippers.” Osmond, 1980. Chapters 11,
17, 19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn17" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[17]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Esplin,
Fred. “Utah Wild Animal Compound Lists Film, TV ‘Stars.’” The Salt Lake Tribune
24 Jan 1971, Sun · Page 32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn18" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[18]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “Internal
Dissension Splits S.L.-Based Movie Firm.” Deseret News 19 Feb 1972, Sat · Page
8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn19" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[19]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Robinson,
Dick. “Never Kick a Bear In Your Bedroom Slippers.” Osmond, 1980. P. 312.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn20" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[20]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Kilday,
Gregg. “Film-Making by the Numbers?” The Los Angeles Times 29 Mar 1975, Sat ·
Page 33<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn21" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[21]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> O’Malley,
David. Email interview with author, Nov. 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn22" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[22]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “Lawsuit
Alleges Piracy of Films.” Idaho State Journal 30 Nov 1975, Sun · Page 9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn23" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[23]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Cantwell,
Becky. “Film Proves Ark Exists.” The Park Record 15 Jan 1976, Thu · Page 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn24" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[24]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Thomas,
Bob. “Find out what the People Want to see…” The San Francisco Examiner 01 Jun
1977, Wed · Page 30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn25" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[25]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Cerone,
Daniel. “Admitting ‘Noah’s Ark’ Hoax.” The Los Angeles Times 30 Oct 1993, Sat ·
Page 59, 71<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn26" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[26]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span>
Lippard, Jim. “Sun Goes Down in Flames.” Skeptic Magazine, Volume 2 Number 3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn27" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[27]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Rosenburg,
Howard. “CBS’ Credibility Sinks in Wake of Hoax.” Record Searchlight 04 Nov
1993, Thu · Page 33<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn28" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[28]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Knoedelseder
Jr, William. “Sunn Classics: Risk Reducers in a Chancy Business.” The Los
Angeles Times </span><span style="font-size: small;">06 Nov 1977, Sun · Page 345</span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn29" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[29]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Skvarla,
Robert. “Mormons, Aliens, and Dan Haggerty: The (Mostly) True Story of Sunn...”
Diabolique Magazine, 5 July 2018,
diaboliquemagazine.com/mormons-aliens-and-dan-haggerty-the-mostly-true-story-of-sunn-classic-pictures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn30" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[30]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “Beyond
and Back (1978).” Video Detective,
www.videodetective.com/movie/beyond-and-back-144032.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn31" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[31]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Knoedelseder
Jr, William. “Sunn Classics: Risk Reducers in a Chancy Business.” The Los
Angeles Times </span><span style="font-size: small;">06 Nov 1977, Sun · Page 344</span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn32" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[32]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Kientz,
Renee. “Collins Content not to be at Top of Hollywood Heap.” San Angelo
Standard-Times 04 Apr 1980, Fri · Page 15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn33" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[33]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “Big
Spring Filming Date Nears for ‘Hangar 18.’” Abilene Reporter-News 20 Jan 1980,
Sun · Page 29<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn34" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[34]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “<span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #333333;">Sunn's 7-8 a Year: TV Blurb Cost up 26% of Late.” Variety
March 23, 1977, p. 28</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn35" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[35]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> <i><span style="background: white; color: #212121;">MEL HARDMAN PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. ROBINSON</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #212121;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">, 604 P.2d 913 (Utah 1979)</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn36" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[36]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “Director
James L. Conway.” Movie Geeks United podcast, Mar 22, 2020. moviegeeksunited.com/mgu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn37" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[37]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “Taft,
Schick Sunn Sign Contract.” The Cincinnati Post 29 May 1980, Thu · Page 18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn38" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[38]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Ligon,
Betty. “TV Series May be Shot in El Paso.” El Paso Herald-Post 07 Nov 1979, Wed
· Page 11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn39" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[39]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Moulder,
Marsha. “’Grizzly’ Anything But.” Victoria Advocate 21 Aug 1982, Sat · Page 1,
12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn40" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[40]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “’Private
Lessons’: How it Went From Bomb to Blast.” The Los Angeles Times 04 Oct 1981,
Sun · Page 311-312<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn41" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[41]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> “Taft’s
Filming of ‘The Boogens’ Brings Down the House.” The Newspaper 05 Feb 1981, Thu
· Page 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn42" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[42]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span>
Morrisroe, Patricia. “Making Movies the Computer Way.” Oakland Tribune 03 Feb
1980, Sun · Page 174<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn43" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[43]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Skvarla,
Robert. “Mormons, Aliens, and Dan Haggerty: The (Mostly) True Story of Sunn...”
Diabolique Magazine, 5 July 2018,
diaboliquemagazine.com/mormons-aliens-and-dan-haggerty-the-mostly-true-story-of-sunn-classic-pictures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;">[44]</span></span></span> Lippard,
Jim. “Sun Goes Down in Flames.” Skeptic Magazine, Volume 2 Number 3</span></p></div><div id="ftn44" style="mso-element: footnote;"><p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[i]</span></span></span> Although
IMDB and multiple sources list a 1973 release for <i>Pieces of Eight</i>, I
never found any theatrical listing for the film, but it was listed in a trade
ad for a television syndication package later sold by Gold Key Entertainment, and I found several 1981 TV airings. News articles
about the film’s production also give conflicting information. This cited Tampa
Tribune article called it Sellier’s “next picture” to be filmed in the Tampa
Bay area with underwater footage to be filmed off the Bahama Islands and put
out a call for local talent to work on the film. Admittedly, this is a
difficult one to research since the film’s title is a common phrase, and that
it shares a title with several books and other films.</span></p></div></div><div style="mso-element: endnote-list;">
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[ii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span> Four-walling
also benefited other studios in this era, including (perhaps ironically) the
infamous <i>Deep Throat</i>, the first well known pornographic film in the U.S.,
which introduced pornography to mainstream audiences. This method of distribution
ended up causing disputes over the copyright to this film which extended into
the 21<sup>st</sup> century.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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The initial Grizzly Adams film attempt with Dick Robinson, which was scrapped, starting over with Dan Haggerty. A look behind the scenes of both the Sunn Classic Pictures film and NBC TV series. Due to length, the following timestamps are provided.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The History of Sunn Classic Pictures 00:03:06</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The real Grizzly Adams 00:50:42</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dick Robinson's Grizzly Adams 1:10:00</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Casting of Dan Haggerty 1:22:10</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams: The 1974 Film 1:33:06</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Behind the Scenes of NBC's Grizzly Adams 1:52:20</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Next time/credits 3:35:15</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; font-weight: bolder;">Buy <a href="https://amzn.to/3eFpanX" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams</em></a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/3CAKNO4" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Capture of Grizzly Adams</em></a> DVDs on Amazon!</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; font-weight: bolder;">New! 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If you need music for your podcast or YouTube channel, please visit <a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/7cvhtv/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d6efd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Epidemic Sound</a>. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </em>is the copyright and property of Sunn Classic Pictures, Paramount Global, and possibly additional rights holders. Other series mentioned are the property of their respective copyright holders and no infringement is intended.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Copyright 2022 Forgotten TV Media</span></span></p></div>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-33966227726415293952022-08-25T14:41:00.002-05:002022-08-25T14:54:34.598-05:00Grizzly Adams TV Guide Article January 28, 1978<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yyAZK8voapOQgN4hiD83_x1dTv6v6i-WBa_ZkQL_Mn5NQVwQkl_j9ObhtSO4LJ-5qmjg8Ic5S_xiYGsS8s_wmDwmUD69e7zqwu3-ivrbNkoG9JsliUxqJna8hrJvQ-Tai1fgM4sTdHr3OiUxkkxdPVNorCi5byQBRWuE7rFizP0naovX4fvTV1jYow/s501/GA%20TV%20Guides%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="339" height="676" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yyAZK8voapOQgN4hiD83_x1dTv6v6i-WBa_ZkQL_Mn5NQVwQkl_j9ObhtSO4LJ-5qmjg8Ic5S_xiYGsS8s_wmDwmUD69e7zqwu3-ivrbNkoG9JsliUxqJna8hrJvQ-Tai1fgM4sTdHr3OiUxkkxdPVNorCi5byQBRWuE7rFizP0naovX4fvTV1jYow/w458-h676/GA%20TV%20Guides%20(3).jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The computer labored and brought forth a bear. TV GUIDE January 28, 1978</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The simple characters and plots of 'Grizzly Adams' are the products a highly sophisticated data-processing system</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">By Don Freeman</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Among television producers, admittedly a diverse lot, Charles E. Sellier Jr. holds the distinction of being (1) a Mormon, which means that he is deeply family-oriented and neither smokes nor drinks and will countenance neither vice in his shows, (2) a highly trained computer programmer and (3) a proponent of the most intricate and costly audience pre-testing concepts known to the industry. Phrases such as "test bias" and "data bank" flow easily from this intense, articulate young man who is, at 34, a millionaire, a producer of more than 26 money-making movies (all G-rated and nonviolent) and NBC's highly rated animal series, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">"I believe God wants me to do the kinds of films I do." Sellier says, “otherwise He wouldn't have made me a success." In more secular terms, Sellier puts his faith in computer technology and a testing system that he devised in 1971 and which, he says, has been "finely tuned" over the years.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">"We're in the Stone Age of testing. We're making the first wheel,” Sellier says. "Someday all films will be made as we do, pretesting every step of the way. But if what we did was simple, everybody would be doing it. It’s not only complex, it requires millions of dollars. Two years ago, 20th Century Fox spent around $250,000 for testing, I spent $1 million. It’s a matter of priorities.”</span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8e1812c-7fff-cc78-2c5e-66146150cd1a"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sellier is president of Sunn Classic Pictures. A native of Pascagoula, Miss., he was born a Cajun Catholic - he converted in his teens to Mormonism - and earned a reputation as a whiz kid in photography and chemistry. At 20, he poured himself into the study of computers, and, a few years later in Denver, he formed his own company, producing commercials and then feature-length films. In 1974, he joined Sunn Classic, where he installed his own computer systems. </span></span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-e50ae800-7fff-3230-4ad8-44f418c5e67c"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sitting in his bleakly antiseptic office at the Sunn Classic building in Los Angeles - his home and production facility are in Park City, Utah, a ski resort 30 miles from Salt Lake City - Chuck Sellier talked about his systems tentatively, like a man slowly pulling back the leaves of an artichoke. Some aspects of the Sellier method - the heart of the artichoke - he declines to reveal. For example: “One of the hardest elements to test is whether an audience will respond to a scene designed to be heartwarming. We can do it, but it’s our secret and I intend it to remain so.”</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">This vital secret is also guarded, apparently, by the computer that spins out these heartwarming scenes. It's an obvious advantage for a producer of an animal series to have a computer with sentimental leanings.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grizzly Adams</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was spawned out of a Sellier movie,<i> The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams</i>, with bearded Dan Haggerty, a one-time animal trainer, portraying the mountain man of the 1850s who befriends a lovable grizzly bear-in a Sellier production, even grizzly bears are lovable. "Going into the TV spinoff, we already had a data bank from pre-testing the movie," Sellier points out. "The movie was a hit. The series couldn't miss."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d3527a0a-7fff-2236-3ed3-a73d21d1d953"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After every test, the results are fed into the computer, which then disgorges printouts that run to several thousand pages. The printouts are compressed into what Sellier terms "thumbnail reports" and distributed to the director, story editor and writers for a guidance that is absolute. "We select only high-test stories, and we eliminate any negatives our audience consistently dislikes," Sellier notes.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sellier says: "We test by carefully worded questionnaire, by open-end interview, by telephone, by video tape, by audio tape and by other ways that I'd rather not disclose. And we start with a basic fact-<i>Grizzly Adams</i> is a 'bimodal’ show That means its appeal is primarily to the young and the old and those are the people we test. For us, any testing of the age group in the middle wouldn't be the 'real world.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Usually, Sellier dispatches his researchers to shopping centers across the country "We use the 'Identity mask.’ They might say they're from the Acme Research Company, never Sunn Classic or </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grizzly Adams</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This is to avoid test bias, people telling us what they think we want to hear. We might take the people we're testing to a nearby rented office and show them one short film about a new bicycle, another about a new soap and then a scene from </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grizzly Adams</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This technique is known as the 'dummy wrap.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">They don't know what's being tested and they respond more honestly. We show them actors' faces to test potential guest stars. We show them scenes from our show mixed in with scenes from other shows. We get reactions on keywords, phrases, ideas, moods, plot sequences, clothes, types of dwellings. And we prefer to test on a 21-inch screen, rather than the large screen, which is not the 'real world' for the average viewer.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sellier conceived of a curious but highly workable idea for testing a television storyline-he reverts to old- time radio. Actors, none with familiar voices, are hired to perform a <i>Grizzly Adams</i> script into a tape cassette with character names altered as though it were a radio drama. The cassette is then played for the test subjects, who are later questioned in detail. Only one actor's voice is constant in all the audio tapes and TV segments tested-it belongs to Brad Cranford, an old radio announcer who is also the spokesman for Sunn Classic in its commercials. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brad’s voice was pretested first, of course, before we used it for testing," Sellier says with a hint of a smile. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">After every test, the results are fed into the computer, which then disgorges printouts that run to several thousand pages. The printouts are compressed into what Sellier terms "thumbnail reports" and distributed to the director, story editor and writers for a guidance that is absolute. "We select only high-test stories and we eliminate any negatives our audience consistently dislikes," Sellier notes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The cost goes up to $200,000 to test every element in a production, and from this research Sellier has acquired a bedrock of conclusions, beginning with the bear. "We tested a variety of bears, but our audiences preferred the awesome grizzly, with the big claws and the silver-tipped look. They had no fear of the grizzly because Grizzly Adams had no fear. Sellier learned that his audience delights in otters, chipmunks, beavers, skunks, but horses, surprisingly, test poorly. Instead of a horse, a burro is employed in the series. "Our audience," Sellier says, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">“dislikes</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> animals being violent to humans and to other animals, and humans being violent to animals and other humans. They dislike hunting, either for sport or food </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Grizzly</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> can fish but he doesn't </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">hunt,</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and he doesn't eat meat. He's portrayed as one of the first vegetarians. He wears only homespun clothes, never any animal skins. It’s not whim, it's all tested."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But there may be a measure of whim in those being tested. Sellier admits: "We keep trying to narrow the gap between what people say and what they really mean. No testing is foolproof - not yet." </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grizzly Adams</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> share-of-audience ratings score in the high 20s, a figure that pleases Sellier. "As our testing grows more sophisticated, our ratings should rise, but we don't expect 50-plus Nielsens because we're not shooting for the total audience, just the lower- and upper-age groups."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sellier concedes ruefully that his search was not as probing several years ago, when he produced a film called </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Adventures of Frontier Fremont</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, which also starred Dan Haggerty. "At the end, we see Fremont from the back staring at a burned forest. He turns around and it's obvious that this man who has loved anima all through the picture is now wearing a bearskin coat. Audiences spotted it at once and they hated it."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last year, an NBC directive instructed Sellier to put women into an episode. He contends the order was prompted by women executives at the network. "NBC has creative control of all scripts, so I went ahead against my own judgment and shot an episode we called ‘Woman in the Wilderness.’ Then we put it through testing and got a sharply negative reaction-our audience didn't want any women in the wilderness. I proved my point, but it was expensive. We scrapped half of the show, reshot the scenes involving the women and changed the emphasis to an Indian and a 12-year-old boy.” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visual aspects also fall under intense scrutiny. "Our audience," Sellier says, “likes waterfalls, pretty vistas and high mountain ridges, preferably with actors and animals as a part of the scene. They dislike snow, except at Christmas. What they like is eternal summer in the primeval, womanless wilderness.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">One objection to Seller's methods is voiced by his outspoken star, Dan Haggerty. "People change, the testing doesn't always hold up," Haggerty reasons. "I'd like more growth, more pizazz. Isn't it logical that Adams would fall in love with something other than that damned bear? What would be more logical for a mountain man than to have an Indian woman? But they say it wouldn't test."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Industry reaction to Sellier is mixed. Paul Klein, NBC's volatile programming chief, lauds Sellier as a "brilliant and amazing Innovator.” Grant Tinker, president of MTM Enterprises, says: “I’ll always choose visceral feeling, genuine creativity, over any computer." Norman Lear, remembering how poorly his </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All in the Family</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> originally tested, says “You can learn something from this kind of testing, but I have more faith in gut instinct."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the other hand, Orson Welles visited Sellier not long ago and, after a lengthy conversation, he said “Young man, you are light-years ahead of the rest of the industry."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Seller bestows full credit for </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grizzly Adams’</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> success on the computer. Often, he plays chess or backgammon with the computer and invariably he loses. He is undismayed by such defeats. "With the ratings the computer brings us," Sellier says, "it seems only fair.” END</span></p>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-52484190206137542562022-08-23T17:23:00.000-05:002022-08-23T17:23:20.393-05:00Grizzly Adams TV Guide Article June 11, 1977<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkVcZ2374Sj4KQnvU93CGHD4g34H0d4o4wVoa112OlGcIjWk5QRd45SENU1KJ4M5HE0pPd0zCXucuhmWqQ5WsgHOV-A0tJcZwfrY-1kVM8lFy8cLdWhu6Okm6NTXAN2VoKVHxctn22FIeCRVFZ73N9K1ZDsF4D89XdLz5mL8N-jLgMzJVZA1JseaOaA/s620/TVG%20June%2011%201977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="425" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkVcZ2374Sj4KQnvU93CGHD4g34H0d4o4wVoa112OlGcIjWk5QRd45SENU1KJ4M5HE0pPd0zCXucuhmWqQ5WsgHOV-A0tJcZwfrY-1kVM8lFy8cLdWhu6Okm6NTXAN2VoKVHxctn22FIeCRVFZ73N9K1ZDsF4D89XdLz5mL8N-jLgMzJVZA1JseaOaA/w318-h465/TVG%20June%2011%201977.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Bozo and Dan are an item! TV GUIDE JUNE 11, 1977</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">With the possible exception of Raymond Burr, the only TV star who ever gained more than 100 pounds in a successful network series is Ben, the bear in NBC's The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams. In only 13 weeks of production, Ben, who is really a female grizzly named Bozo, ballooned up from 501 to 607 pounds because of the steady offerings of marshmallows, hot dogs and jelly sandwiches with which her trainer, Terry Rowland, rewards her after each of her acting performances.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Also," mused trainer Rowland, "she has a tendency to put on weight when she's in love." Rowland seemed somewhat jealous. It has been no secret at the Payson, Ariz., locations where Grizzly Adams is filmed that Bozo is in love with her co-star Dan Haggerty.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">And the affection shows on the screen-which may be the principal reason why the midseason entry has been one of NBC's rare pleasant surprises this year, often beating Good Times and usually running fairly close to another hit, The Bionic Woman, in its time slot. Who can forget the memorable scene in which Bozo awakened Haggerty by pulling the blanket from his bed, then chased him coquettishly through a meadow, then allowed Haggerty to chase her-equally coquettishly-and finally rolled over on her back in the grass to allow Haggerty to scratch her belly. None of this was in the script. It just happened.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are two factors that make such sequences utterly remarkable. For one thing, every university zoologist consulted told me that the grizzly bear is the most ferocious and untamable of animals, "totally incompatible with man." Even Bozo's four bear doubles can be utilized only when their movements are restrained by charged electric wires, lest they be tempted to eat an unwary carpenter or cameraman.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The second factor in the Bozo-Haggerty relationship is that NBC and the producers of the show. Sunn Classic Productions, wisely decided to allow the part of Grizzly Adams to be played by an animal trainer rather than an actor. Haggerty, now 35, has been working with wild beasts since he was 18. With his 6-foot-1-inch weightlifter's build and all those flashing white teeth set amid that dazzling. blond-streaked beard, he looks as if he's been taking Charlton Heston lessons for years. He hasn't.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Up until just a couple of years ago, Haggerty was perfectly content dealing solely with animals. He comes from a family of Hollywood movie technicians (his father, Don Haggerty, is business representative of Local 683, the film </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">technician's</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> union) and he never aspired to rise above the invisible caste line that delineates the Hollywood blue-collar worker from </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">the</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> white-collar actor and other so-called "creative people.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unhappy with toiling in the confines of a film-processing darkroom, young Haggerty acquired his first wild animal, a lion cub named Simba, in 1960. Simba was then two weeks old and still on the bottle. Haggerty was 18, just a year out of high school and married to Diane Rooker, the Queen of a rival high school in Burbank. They had a daughter and another on the way. They also had a half-dog, half-fox named Lady, a decrepit cabin in the wild mountains north of Malibu- and no money.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The purchase of Simba (for whom they hocked their living-room couch) seemed crazy at the time. Haggerty had been raised in military schools because his One parents were separated; and not being allowed to possess a dog or a cat when he was a child, he had become a lion buff at zoos and circuses. He bought Simba at an animal park called Jungle Land in Thousand Oaks, Cal., with only vague ideas of how to make a living out of the beast. Simba, accordingly, became a rather large pet.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">But while buying food for the pet at Jungle Land, Haggerty made the acquaintance of Stewart Raffill, an English animal trainer who was tarrying in California with an elephant, lion, bear, leopard and six chimpanzees after doing a TV series with them in Mexico. Impressed with the natural affection between Haggerty and Simba, Raffill invited the young man to join forces with him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">He moved all his animals to Haggerty's mountain retreat, gave his new partner advanced instruction in training techniques, and soon thereafter they were hired by Walt Disney to work their menagerie in the films "Lt. Robin Crusoe, USN," with Dick Van Dyke, and "Monkeys, Go Home!" starring Yvette Mimieux. (Raffill later had a long personal relationship with Yvette and gave her a pet jaguar that ate her dog and had to be donated to a zoo.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Raffill-Haggerty combine did well throughout the 1960s, working their animals in such films as William Holden's "The Christmas Tree" (featuring nine wolves raised from cubhood by Haggerty) and in the Ron Ely Tarzan TV series (made in Brazil with the entire menagerie). Haggerty was in Europe with the wolves when Raffill sold a script about Siberian tigers to Pat Frawley, the Schick razor millionaire who also owns Sunn Classic Pictures. The film, "When the North Wind Blows," began production near Calgary, Can ada, and Haggerty was called home to handle the tigers, Raffill was the director. Haggerty's wife, Diane, was the script supervisor.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">One day Frawley was grumpily watching the daily film footage from the Canadian location and wondering why he had strayed from Sunn Classic's tried-and-true formula movies (like "Chariots of the Gods" and "In Search of Noah's Ark"). Suddenly, as he peered up at the screen, he leaned forward and said, "Who's that Mongolian?" The script supervisor, Diane, said, "That Mongolian is my husband, who is Irish. He's doing bit parts in the picture because the tigers won't listen to anyone else."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Frawley said, "Tell Raffill to make the Mongolian the star." Diane said, "We can't. We already have a </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">star,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the picture is nearly finished." "Then make the Mongolian's part bigger," said Frawley. "He's got great screen presence.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">When Frawley realized the young man really wasn't a Mongolian, he hired him for $5000-to star in another movie, "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams," based loosely on the historical character James Capen Adams, who committed a crime in 1853 and then fled into the Rocky Mountains, where he became a friend to all animals.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The real Adams wasn't that altruistic, selling his friends-of-the-forest to carnivals and circuses, but Haggerty played him with the tender loving care that had become his hallmark as an animal trainer. His acting was of </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">pre-high</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">-school caliber, but it didn't matter as he cavorted charmingly and naturally with raccoons, owls, rabbits, skunks, foxes, bobcats, porcupines, mountain lions-and especially with Bozo, the grizzly bear with whom it was a case of love at first sight.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bozo is owned by Lloyd Beebe, a famous animal impresario in the state of Washington, but no one knows her origins. Now 10 years old, she was found by Beebe working in a circus, but she obviously had been raised from infancy as someone's pet. Puzzled scientists have studied her to try to determine how the natural ferocity of her breed has somehow been exorcized from her genes. No previous grizzly has ever been docile enough to work without restraint in films or elsewhere. Gentle Ben (of the old TV series of that name) was a much more domesticable black bear.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">In any event, the chemistry between Haggerty and Bozo was such that Frawley's little $140,000 film earned over $65,000,000 at the box office. It was bought by NBC as a feature movie for television, and when it aired on the network last year, its ratings were high enough to make the NBC brass very excited. In the network's desperate struggle to catch up with ABC in the Nielsens, a Grizzly Adams regular weekly series then became inevitable. Sunn Classic rushed back into production and Haggerty and Bozo became TV stars.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The series was kicked off with a second theatrical movie, "The Adventures of Frontier Fremont," which Haggerty, in the meantime, had made for Sunn Classic. The genre being what it is, Frontier Fremont was indistinguishable from Grizzly Adams and NBC didn't worry about it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today, Haggerty still has difficulty comprehending what has happened to him. I met him for lunch recently at the super posh Bel-Air Hotel and he unhinged the staid doorman by arriving in a pickup truck and wearing the hand-sewn leather clothing he makes for himself-both for on-screen and off-screen use. At lunch, he marveled at his sudden popularity as a talk show guest with Dinah, Johnny, Merv and the rest; but it was obvious that the animal work in his own show still interests him far more than the acting.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">He talked excitedly about how eight trainers are needed in the series, each a specialist in handling birds, small animals, large animals and such.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">"With a small animal like a bobcat," he explained, "you can teach him a certain trick like knocking over a pot, and he learns that when he does it on cue--the sound of a buzzer-he gets rewarded with food. In the show, when you see a cute bunny hopping toward you or a cute skunk sitting up and staring directly into the camera, a trainer is right behind him, buzzing his buzzer. That's how we got that great scene where a grizzly bear-not Bozo-stands up with his front paws on the edge of the roof of my cabin, and a raccoon drops a </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">pinecone</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on his head. We made the bear reach up for some hidden meat on the roof, and the raccoon dropped the </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">pinecone</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when his trainer pressed the buzzer."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">But mostly, during that lunch, Haggerty talked about Bozo, his one-of-a-kind grizzly-bear co-star. "We couldn't do the show without her," he said. Bozo, lunching somewhere with other bears, would probably be saying the same thing about Haggerty. (END)</span></p>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-16723185944509689752022-07-11T22:12:00.002-05:002022-08-23T22:17:37.186-05:00Forgotten TV ep 48 - The Powers of Matthew Star <iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?from=embed&i=dhm22-126f0de-pb&square=1&share=1&download=1&fonts=Arial&skin=1&font-color=&rtl=0&logo_link=&btn-skin=7&size=300" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Forgotten TV ep 48-The Powers of Matthew Star" width="100%"></iframe>
<p><span style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The complete history of the origins and production of NBC's 1982 series </span><em style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Powers of Matthew Star</em><span style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> is presented. Produced by Paramount Television; starring Peter Barton, Lou Gossett, Jr., and Amy Steel. </span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Timecodes</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Intro and episode rundown. 0-1:19:35</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Behind the scenes pt 1: Origins, casting, first pilot, troubles at NBC, show production, music. 1:19:35-2:15:55</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Behind the scenes pt 2: Directors, writers, filming locations, show retooling, after Matthew Star. 2:15:55-3:05:05</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Next time/credits. 3:05:05-end</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3IrT3Tk" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>The Powers of Matthew Star</strong></a> on DVD</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/forgottentv" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">SUPPORT FORGOTTEN TV ON PATREON!</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A5RJGW85CWRF8&source=url" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Support Forgotten TV with Paypal</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Amazon links are affiliate, and Forgotten TV earns royalties from qualifying purchases made at no additional cost to you. <a href="https://amzn.to/3K8O3Tq" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Please support Forgotten TV</a> while doing your regular Amazon shopping.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="TextRun SCXW183851915 BCX8" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183851915 BCX8">Original audio clips included are for the purposes of historical context, review, commentary, and criticism only and are not intended to infringe. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dreamstatelogic/beyond-the-veil" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Beyond the Veil</a> by</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW183851915 BCX8"> Dreamstate Logic is used with permission and under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">All remaining underscore music is used under license from Epidemic Sound. If you need music for your podcast or YouTube channel, please visit <a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/7cvhtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Epidemic Sound</a>. </span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned. <em>The Powers of Matthew Star </em>is the copyright and property of Paramount Television, Daniel Wilson Productions, Harve Bennett Productions, Bruce Lansbury Productions, Ltd, and possibly additional rights holders. Other series mentioned are the property of their respective copyright holders and no infringement is intended.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Copyright 2022 Forgotten TV Media</span></p><p><br /></p>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-73984655912433551252022-04-02T21:05:00.004-05:002022-04-26T21:12:41.980-05:00Forgotten TV ep 47-The Popcorn Kid: Special Edition<div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?from=embed&i=8hkr7-11eaded-pb&square=1&share=1&download=1&fonts=Arial&skin=1&font-color=&rtl=0&logo_link=&btn-skin=7&size=300" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Forgotten TV ep 47-The Popcorn Kid: Special Edition" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The MTM/CBS 1987 sitcom The Popcorn Kid is fully considered. Also, looks at the historic Brunson Theater in Baytown, Texas and Plaza Theater in Kansas City, Missouri are included.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Watch full episodes of <em>The Popcorn Kid</em> on the<strong> <a href="https://archive.org/details/ytplaylist-PLULHdqLrlB0ChV0bLetbcoJKmCaQ4Oogp" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Internet Archive.</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://youtu.be/doHdihxfov0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong><em>When the Lights Went Down</em></strong></a> documentary</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/forgottentv" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">SUPPORT FORGOTTEN TV ON PATREON!</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A5RJGW85CWRF8&source=url" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Support Forgotten TV with Paypal</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>More at <a href="http://www.forgotten.tv/" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Forgotten TV</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Amazon links are affiliate, and Forgotten TV earns royalties from qualifying purchases made at no additional cost to you. <a href="https://amzn.to/3K8O3Tq" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Please support Forgotten TV</a> while doing your regular Amazon shopping.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="TextRun SCXW183851915 BCX8" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183851915 BCX8">Original audio clips included are for the purposes of historical context, review, commentary, and criticism only and are not intended to infringe.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW183851915 BCX8"> </span>All remaining underscore music is used under license from Epidemic Sound. If you need music for your podcast or YouTube channel, please visit <a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/7cvhtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Epidemic Sound</a>. </span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned. <em>The Popcorn Kid </em>is the copyright and property of MTM Productions, 20<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> Television, The Walt Disney Company, and possibly additional rights holders. Other series mentioned are the property of their respective copyright holders and no infringement is intended.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Copyright 2022 Forgotten TV Media</span></p></div>
dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-52945135656917262122022-03-01T14:39:00.001-06:002022-03-04T14:41:45.044-06:00Forgotten TV ep 46-Flo<div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?from=embed&i=q4dvb-11bea5f-pb&square=1&share=1&download=1&skin=f6f6f6&btn-skin=8bbb4e&size=300" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Forgotten TV ep 46-Flo" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A complete look at the CBS 1980-81 TV series <strong>Flo </strong>starring Polly Holliday.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Timecodes</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Alice film to Alice series and Flo episode rundown 0-1:02:25</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u>Behind the Scenes</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Technical, taping, origins, casting 1:02:25-1:59:30</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Flo's Yellow Rose bar, History of 'Cowtown,' and the 70s CB craze 1:59:30-2:16:40</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Writing Flo, production issues, cancellation, after Flo 2:16:40-2:48:00</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://amzn.to/35nMaDl" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Flo on DVD</a></strong> from Amazon. </span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3sAYSas" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Alice on DVD"><strong>Alice on DVD</strong></a> from Amazon.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/forgottentv" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">SUPPORT FORGOTTEN TV ON PATREON!</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A5RJGW85CWRF8&source=url" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Support Forgotten TV with Paypal</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book links:</span></p><ul style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3hsh53X" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Alice: Life Behind the Counter at Mel's Greasy Spoon</a> by Barry M. 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If you need music for your podcast or YouTube channel, please visit <a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/7cvhtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Epidemic Sound</a>. </span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned. <em>Flo </em>is the copyright and property of Warner Bros Home Entertainment and possibly additional rights holders.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Copyright 2022 Forgotten TV Media</span></p></div>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-10100074278857136472021-12-07T15:04:00.014-06:002021-12-13T15:09:01.076-06:00Forgotten TV ep 45-The Immortal<p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?from=embed&i=55muz-114e01d-pb&square=1&share=1&download=1&skin=f6f6f6&btn-skin=8bbb4e&size=300" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Forgotten TV ep 45-The Immortal" width="100%"></iframe><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A complete look at ABC's 1970 TV series <strong>The Immortal</strong> starring Christopher George. Adapted by Robert Specht from James Gunn's novel 'The Immortals.'</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Timecodes</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">0-46:30 Intro/episode rundown</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">46:30-end Behind the Scenes</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3DYgl00" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Immortal on DVD</a> from Amazon. </span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3E4gOhm" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Immortals novel</a> by James Gunn.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/forgottentv" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">SUPPORT FORGOTTEN TV ON PATREON!</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A5RJGW85CWRF8&source=url" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Support Forgotten TV with Paypal</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>More at <a href="http://www.forgotten.tv/" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Forgotten TV</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Book links:</span></p><ul style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2XVmHNC" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Science Fiction Television Series 1959 through 1989</a> by Mark Phillips and Frank Garcia</span></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3ounKid" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Carol Lynley: Her Film & TV Career in Thrillers, Fantasy & Suspense</a> by Tom Lisanti</span></p></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3GnRzXP" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Quinn Martin, Producer</a> by Jonathan Etter</span></p></li></ul><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Amazon links are affiliate.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/dreamstatelogic/emergence" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Emergence by Dreamstate Logic</a> is used with permission and under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned. 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dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-21008399661563771572021-11-04T22:02:00.000-05:002021-11-04T22:02:04.148-05:00Upcoming episodes of Forgotten TV!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iqNESihN_fUK9Yep3AOB2XvJJgqoc2RpQ0GdQeo8N9G3HTQsobISjDmU7RTFRoPbnvo4TLh9SKICcputrrrcXu-mExotgXLE32RLi-WaFoxg_8jTxhvdDcFqDwIntuW-KiULi0pre6Ok/s2048/Upcoming+episodes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="2048" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iqNESihN_fUK9Yep3AOB2XvJJgqoc2RpQ0GdQeo8N9G3HTQsobISjDmU7RTFRoPbnvo4TLh9SKICcputrrrcXu-mExotgXLE32RLi-WaFoxg_8jTxhvdDcFqDwIntuW-KiULi0pre6Ok/w488-h346/Upcoming+episodes.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Next six episodes of Forgotten TV.</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">-1970: The Immortal. How a book by James Gunn was adapted into an ABC movie of the week, then a weekly series. The 'sci-fi' show that wasn't sci-fi; and how an FCC ruling that changed the face of prime time evenings for the nation led to its cancellation.</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">-1982: The Powers of Matthew Star. Steven E. de Souza's response to NBC's request for a 'teenage Superman' became a Friday night sci-fi popcorn series that later made TV Guide's "50 Worst TV Shows of All Time." The details on the tragedy that struck the lead actor and the network meddling that...you guessed it-'re-tooled' the show.</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">-1980: Flo. Another mid-season series CBS flung against the wall that briefly stuck and was a short-lived hit. The Linda Lavin/Polly Holliday drama; why Joyce Bulifant left the show; and who didn't get along? Dudes and Darlin's alike will want to tune in.</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">-1977: The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams. A G-rated Sunn Pictures family film that got a 43 share when aired on NBC was a no-brainer for a series. The story of Bozo the bear; how Charles Sellier Jr. was told he'd never make money with G-rated films-but 'Grizzly Adams' became one of the most profitable films of all time; and was there really...a 'Grizzly Adams?'</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">-1983-1985: V! A complete look at the mega TV blockbuster mini-series and regular Friday night series. To the heroism of the Resistance Fighters — past, present, future — this podcast will be respectfully dedicated. Prepare yourself for V! The Podcast!!</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">-1987: The Popcorn Kid. Yes, celebrate 5 years of Forgotten TV in this 50th episode with a return to the one that started it all as I cover new behind the scenes information not presented in the original podcast. </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Lots of 70s/80s TV goodness ahead. Subscribe to Forgotten TV on your favorite platform.</div></div>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-67690408561837386542021-10-31T21:50:00.004-05:002021-11-04T21:55:53.316-05:00Forgotten TV ep 44-Beyond Westworld<div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=bpfgr-111c76f-pb&from=embed&square=1&share=1&download=1&skin=f6f6f6&btn-skin=8bbb4e&size=300" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Forgotten TV ep 44-Beyond Westworld" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><span style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A complete look at CBS's 1980 series Beyond Westworld starring</span><span style="background-color: #e2e2e2; 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dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-21944841658666566552021-09-27T21:39:00.000-05:002021-09-27T21:39:06.855-05:00Forgotten TV ep 43-A Leslie Stevens Retrospective Part 2<div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=xc7np-10ee659-pb&from=embed&square=1&share=1&download=1&skin=f6f6f6&btn-skin=8bbb4e&size=300" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Forgotten TV ep 43-A Leslie Stevens Retrospective part 2" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The conclusion of the look at the contributions of TV/film creator Leslie Stevens. His 1972 NBC TV series SEARCH, The Invisible Man, Gemini Man, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the return of his classic The Outer Limits, and his final years and legacy.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3y99LzR" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Outer Limits season 1</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/3DbiPZ2" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Outer Limits season 2</a> are available on Bluray from Amazon.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3m6Q08a" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">SEARCH</a> on DVD from Amazon.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3oeK13J" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">The Invisible Man (1975)</a> on DVD/Bluray from Amazon.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2XNb1wd" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Battlestar Galactica</a> on DVD from Amazon.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large product-title-word-break" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3yb8458" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Leslie Stevens Goes to Hollywood</a> by Dore Page</span></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3CSNrNW" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Leslie Stevens: The Unsung Hero of Battlestar Galactica</a> Written By Justin Murphy</span></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Y9kEWq" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">So Say We All: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Battlestar Galactica</a> by Mark A. Altman and Ed Gross</span></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3m3H4jX" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">An Analytical Guide to Television's Battlestar Galactica</a> by John Kenneth Muir</span></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3AZclKY" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">By Your Command Vol 1</a> by Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore</span></li></ul><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Amazon links are affiliate.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Music credits:</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Water</strong> by DJ Answer is used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Solstice </strong>by Spectacles Wallet and Watch is used under license by Epidemic Sound. If you need music for your podcast or YouTube channel, please visit <a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/7cvhtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Epidemic Sound</a>. </span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned in this podcast. All mentioned TV series, specials, movies, commercials, and clips are the property of their respective copyright holders. </span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Copyright 2021 Forgotten TV Media</span></p></div>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-4002769961296207462021-08-23T19:28:00.001-05:002021-09-01T19:33:04.842-05:00Forgotten TV ep 42-A Leslie Stevens Retrospective Part 1<div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=mnfeq-10c0394-pb&from=embed&square=1&share=1&download=1&skin=f6f6f6&btn-skin=8bbb4e&size=300" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Forgotten TV ep 42-A Leslie Stevens Retrospective Part 1" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The early life and contributions of TV/film creator Leslie Stevens is considered. His entry into film with Private Property and Incubus; his TV work Stoney Burke and The Outer Limits; and his book <strong>est: The Steersman Handbook, Charts of the Coming Decade of Conflict</strong> and Earthside Missile Base project are discussed.</p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3y99LzR" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Outer Limits season 1</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/3DbiPZ2" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Outer Limits season 2</a> are available on Bluray from Amazon.</p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/forgottentv" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">SUPPORT FORGOTTEN TV ON PATREON!</a></strong></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A5RJGW85CWRF8&source=url" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Support Forgotten TV with Paypal</a></strong></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Book links:</p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3yb8458" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Leslie Stevens Goes to Hollywood</a> by Dore Page</p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/38m8bk1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Outer Limits Companion</a> by David J. Schow</p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3sE4boe" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Tragic Death of Marina Habe</a> by Tighe Taylor</p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Amazon links are affiliate.</p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Music credits:</p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Dark Moment by Pollyanna Maxim, Creepy Thoughts by Phoenix Tail, Eye For Detail by Jay Varton, and Solstice by Spectacles Wallet and Watch are used under license by Epidemic Sound. If you need music for your podcast or YouTube channel, please visit <a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/7cvhtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Epidemic Sound</a>. </p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/dreamstatelogic/density-of-being" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Density of Being</a> by Dreamstate Logic is used with permission and under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license.</p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large">Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned in this podcast. All mentioned TV series, specials, movies, commercials, and clips are the property of their respective copyright holders. </span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large">Copyright 2021 Forgotten TV Media</span></p></div>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-77031490249189068012021-06-25T18:00:00.009-05:002021-06-27T11:51:27.696-05:00Forgotten TV ep 41-Street Hawk<iframe title="Forgotten TV ep 41-Street Hawk." allowtransparency="true" height="300" width="100%" style="border: none; overflow: scroll; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; min-width: 100%; *width: 100%; width: 1px;" scrolling="no" data-name="pb-iframe-player" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=u2esf-1073872-pb&from=embed&square=1&share=1&download=1&skin=1&btn-skin=8&size=300" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
<div><br /><p><span style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;">The 1985 ABC series Street Hawk is fully considered. The show starred Rex Smith, Joe Regalbuto, and Jeannie Wilson and was created by Bruce Lansbury, Paul M. Belous, and Robert Wolterstorff.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">This podcast is designed to be listened to in three segments. Timecodes:</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">0-1:03:05 Intro, episode rundown</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1:04:52-2:04:12 Behind the Scenes, The Machine</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">2:04:12-end Troubled Production, The Music, Toys/Merchandise, After Street Hawk</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2TwxGuK" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;"><strong>Buy Street Hawk now on DVD!</strong></a></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/forgottentv" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">SUPPORT FORGOTTEN TV ON PATREON!</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A5RJGW85CWRF8&source=url" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Support Forgotten TV with Paypal</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3xPj4VS" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">The Green Hornet: A History of Radio, Motion Pictures, Comics and Television</a> by Martin Grams Jr.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2UvEQQc" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Knight Rider Legacy</a> by Joe Huth IV and Richie F. Levine</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Amazon links are affiliate.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Music credits:</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Superhero Story 2 by Fredrik Ekstrom is used under license by Epidemic Sound</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/synthoid/the-safety-dance" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Synthoid’s cover of The Safety Dance</a>-<a href="https://soundcloud.com/synthoid" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Follow Synthoid on SoundCloud</a></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Music from Street Hawk Begins, Street Hawk Adventures, and Street Hawk Returns by Giuliano Pilati Is used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Please support <a href="http://www.madeofme.com/aboutme.htm" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Giuliano Pilati</a> by <a href="http://www.madeofme.com/compositions.htm" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">making a donation</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned in this podcast. All mentioned TV series, specials, movies, commercials, and clips are the property of their respective copyright holders. </span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Copyright 2021 Forgotten TV Media</span></p><p><br /></p>
</div>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-50956365706787320182021-03-22T19:59:00.004-05:002021-03-22T20:04:33.907-05:00Forgotten TV ep 40-Angie<div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=ywpkr-fe845e-pb&from=embed&square=1&share=1&download=1&skin=1&btn-skin=7&size=300" style="border: none;" title="Forgotten TV ep 40-Angie" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The 1979-80 ABC series Angie is fully considered. Starring Donna Pescow, Robert Hays, Sharon Spelman, Doris Roberts, and Debralee Scott. Series developers Alan Eisenstock & Larry Mintz appear in the interview segment.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Timecodes:</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">0-52:05 Intro-series overview</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">52:05-2:01:05 Behind The Scenes</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2:01:05-2:45:50 Conversation with Alan Eisenstock & Larry Mintz</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2:45:50-end After Angie/wrapup</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3f5URF0" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Buy Angie on DVD!</a></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robert Hays can be found on <a href="https://www.cameo.com/rchase7" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Cameo</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; 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All mentioned TV series, specials, movies, commercials, and clips are the property of their respective copyright holders. </span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Copyright 2021 Forgotten TV Media</span></p></div>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-14549516401444625382020-12-26T21:18:00.000-06:002020-12-26T21:18:19.206-06:00Forgotten TV ep 39- Automan<iframe data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/media/player/85jih-f5f8dd?from=usersite&vjs=1&skin=1&fonts=Helvetica&auto=0&download=1" style="border: none;" title="Forgotten TV ep 39-Automan" width="100%"></iframe><div><span style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://youtu.be/v_Kl7qZMJak" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Wolf Heathen - Chiptune & Synthwave</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://youtu.be/kvig9I9mKo8" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">The Time Warp</a></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/forgottentv" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">SUPPORT FORGOTTEN TV ON PATREON!</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A5RJGW85CWRF8&source=url" style="color: #838383; 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</div>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-55872718291589651742020-10-30T21:10:00.004-05:002020-12-26T21:15:22.289-06:00Forgotten TV ep 38-Spooky Retro Clip Show<iframe data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/media/player/kspnz-f0dc00?from=usersite&vjs=1&skin=1&fonts=Helvetica&auto=0&download=1" style="border: none;" title="Forgotten TV ep 38-Spooky Retro Clip Show" width="100%"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Just some fun on this episode featuring a trip down memory lane throughout the 70s and 80s with commercials, special episode promos, long-forgotten TV specials, clips, songs, old PSAs, bumpers, horror host intros....its a spoooky clip show on this episode of Forgotten TV! </span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/forgottentv" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">SUPPORT FORGOTTEN TV ON PATREON!</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A5RJGW85CWRF8&source=url" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Support Forgotten TV with Paypal</a>-one time or recurring</strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://a.co/brDjrxq" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Forgotten TV Amazon Wishlist</a></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Amazon links are affiliate.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned in this podcast. All mentioned TV series, specials, movies, commercials, and clips are the property of their respective copyright holders. </span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span class="a-size-large" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Copyright 2020 Forgotten TV Media</span></p></div>dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573400515958374627.post-31008323731106544162020-10-07T23:28:00.002-05:002020-10-08T11:05:49.599-05:00Forgotten TV ep 37-James at 15<iframe data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/media/player/cu4ji-eea94d?from=usersite&vjs=1&skin=1&fonts=Helvetica&auto=0&download=1" style="border: none;" title="Forgotten TV ep 37-James at 15" width="100%"></iframe><div>
</div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A complete look at the 1977-78 NBC series James at 15. Including interviews with show creator <a href="https://danwakefield.com/" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">Dan Wakefield</a> and writer <a href="https://aprilsmith.net/" style="color: #838383; text-decoration-line: none;">April Smith.</a></span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Timecodes</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">0-1:21:45 Intro and episode review</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1:21:45-2:08:45 Behind the Scenes</span></p><p style="background-color: #e2e2e2; 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