TV Trivia

[tv star collector]

Producer William Dozier considered dozens of candidates for the role of the
dramatic voiceover narrator for BATMAN. He needed someone who could
deliver just the right tone of mock seriousness while asking such burning
questions as: "Is this the end for the Dynamic Duo?" Eventually William Dozier
decided the man best suited for the job was William Dozier.

On ABC's ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS, the first story focused on a secret rocket
formula and went on for months. Bill Scott, the voice of Bullwinkle, explained
that there was a very good reason for the meandering nature of the tale--
they really didn't know how long the new series was going to be. So they just
kept on going with the plot.

Throughout the entire run of the series COLUMBO, Peter Falk wore the same
battered trench coat, thus earning the distinction of being the hit series with
the least expensive wardrobe for its star.

William Katt (star of THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO) was the son of PERRY
MASON's Barbara Hale and KIT CARSON's Bill Williams.

Like THE COSBY SHOW, Bill Cosby's real-life family also consists of four
daughters and a son.

The idea of involving an alien in HAPPY DAYS (in what would turn out to be
the pilot for MORK & MINDY) came from producer Garry Marshall, who said
that one of his children had asked if there could be a space invader story.

(Source: TV & MOVIE FACTS by Walter J. Podrazik (1985))

[treky]

for that last one; it was Garry Marshalls son who asked his father if he'd put an alien in an episode of "HAPPY DAYS", since he (the son) liked the movie "STAR WARS".



Jack Webb used to keep the budget down on "DRAGNET" by having Joe Friday, Bill Gannon, and Fridays partner on the 50s version-I forget his name-wear the same clothes all the time, and only wear something else VERY, VERY rarely.

[tv star collector]

Originally Posted by treky

for that last one; it was Garry Marshalls son who asked his father if he'd put an alien in an episode of "HAPPY DAYS", since he (the son) liked the movie "STAR WARS".



Jack Webb used to keep the budget down on "DRAGNET" by having Joe Friday, Bill Gannon, and Fridays partner on the 50s version-I forget his name-wear the same clothes all the time, and only wear something else VERY, VERY rarely.

For the record, Joe Friday had three partners in the '50s. The first was Ben
Romero (Burton Yarborough), who had been his partner on the radio version.
The second was Ed Jacobs (Barney Phillips). But the most familiar (and the
one who played his sidekick for six seasons) was Frank Smith (Ben Alexander).