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Arnie (TV Series)
''Arnie'' is an American television sitcom that ran for two seasons (1970–72) on CBS. It starred Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi played the title character, Arnie Nuvo, a longtime Blue-collar worker, blue-collar employee at the fictitious Continental Flange Company, who overnight was promoted to an executive position. The story lines mainly focused on this Wiktionary:fish out of water, fish-out-of-water situation, and on Arnie's sometimes-problematic relationship with his well-meaning but wealthy and eccentric boss, Hamilton Majors Jr. (Bowen). Because he still held his union card, Arnie could negotiate tricky management/labor situations that no one else could. Arnie's surname was presumably a pun on ''nouveau riche'' (which his promotion effectively made him), and possibly also on Art Nouveau. In addition to Bernardi, Bowen, and Langdon (as Arnie's wife Lilian), cast members included Del Russel and Stephanie Steele as Arnie's son and daughter, Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-camera Setup
In filmmaking, television production and video production, the single-camera setup or single-camera mode of production (also known as portable single crew, portable single camera or single-cam) is a method in which all of the various shots and camera angles are taken using the same camera. The single-camera setup originally developed during the birth of the Classical Hollywood cinema in the 1910s and has remained the standard mode of production for cinema. In television production, both single-camera and multiple-camera setup, multiple-camera methods are commonly used. Description In this setup, all of the various shots and camera angles are taken using the same camera, or multiple cameras pointed in one direction, which are moved and reset to get a new angle. If a scene cuts back and forth between actor A and actor B, the director will first point the camera toward A and run part or all of the scene from this angle, then move the camera to point at B, relight, and then run the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olan Soule
Olan Soule (February 28, 1909 – February 1, 1994) was an American actor, who had professional credits in nearly 7,000 radio shows and commercials, appearances in 200 television series and television films, and in over 60 films. He was the only actor who performed on both the '' Captain Midnight'' radio and television shows. Early life Born in 1909 as Alan Evart Soule in La Harpe, Illinois, to Elbert and Ann (Williams) Soule (descendants of three ''Mayflower'' passengers), he left Illinois at the age of seven and arrived in Des Moines, Iowa, where he lived until he was seventeen. He then launched his theatrical career by joining Jack Brooks' tent show in Sabula, Jackson County, Iowa. Career Radio After leaving the tent show, Soule appeared on stage in Chicago for seven years before moving to radio in 1933, including a stint on '' Chandu the Magician'' (1935–36). On radio he performed for eleven years in the daytime soap opera '' Bachelor's Children''. Beginning in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Rafkin
Alan Rafkin (born Alfred Irwin Rafkin; July 23, 1928 – August 6, 2001) was an American director, producer, and actor for television. Biography Rafkin was born in New York City to Til and Victor Rafkin. He attended Admiral Farragut Academy in Pine Beach, New Jersey and Syracuse University in New York. Alan Rafkin was one of the most prolific sitcom directors of all time, helming such series as '' The Andy Griffith Show'', '' The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', '' What's Happening!!'', '' M*A*S*H'', '' It's Garry Shandling's Show,'' '' Murphy Brown'', '' Get Smart'', '' Coach'', '' The Tim Conway Show'', '' Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers'', and '' Viva Valdez''. According to his autobiography ''Cue the Bunny on the Rainbow'' (its title is taken from a direction on '' Captain Kangaroo''), Rafkin directed episodes of over 80 different sitcom series. He won an Emmy for an episode of "One Day At A Time" and two CableACE Awards for his work on "It's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Richardson (director)
Don Richardson (April 30, 1918 – January 10, 1996) was an American actor, director, acting teacher, as well as an author. Career Richardson was an original member of the Group Theatre, which was the nucleus of Acting in the United States. His fellow Group Theatre members included Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, Stella Adler, and Uta Hagen, although Richardson was the only student who said, "The Method isn’t what acting is about." Richardson directed three Broadway productions and over 800 television shows, including ''Get Smart'' (TV series) (1965), '' One Day at a Time'' (TV series) (1975–1976), ''Lost in Space'' (TV series) (1966–1968), '' The Defenders'' (TV series) (1961–1963), and ''Bonanza'' (TV series) (1968–1971). His work remains in the permanent collection of The Museum of Broadcasting, The Jewish Museum of New York, and UCLA Film and Television Archive. Richardson taught acting at UCLA, Colombia’s Barnard College and American Academy of Dramatic Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Nelson (director)
Gary Nelson (October 6, 1934 – May 25, 2022) was an American television and film director. He directed many television series, including ''Get Smart'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Have Gun – Will Travel'', ''The Patty Duke Show'', ''Gilligan's Island'' and ''Happy Days''. In addition, Nelson directed five feature films, including Disney's ''Freaky Friday (1976 film), Freaky Friday'' (1976), and many television movies, including ''Murder in Coweta County'' starring Johnny Cash and Andy Griffith. In 1978, Nelson was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series on ''Washington: Behind Closed Doors''. Nelson was born in Los Angeles, California. He was married to actress Judi Meredith, who died on April 30, 2014; the couple had two sons. During semi-retirement, Nelson continued to occasionally guest lecture at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He died in Las Vegas of congestive heart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Mayberry
Russell Bradley Mayberry (December 22, 1925 – July 27, 2012) was an American television director. Early life and career Mayberry was born on December 22, 1925, in Duluth, Minnesota. He later moved to Chicago, Illinois, after serving as a Navy aviator during World War II. He was educated at Northwestern University. Throughout a career that started in 1947, Mayberry amassed a number of credits in television. His credits include ''The Monkees'', ''Bewitched'', ''I Dream of Jeannie'', ''That Girl'', ''The Brady Bunch'', ''The Partridge Family'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Alias Smith and Jones'', '' McCloud'', '' Marcus Welby, M.D.'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''Kojak'', ''The Fall Guy'', ''Baa Baa Black Sheep'', ''Miami Vice'', ''Dallas'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' , '' In the Heat of the Night'', '' Matlock'', '' The Rebels'' and other series. Later career He directed ''Unidentified Flying Oddball'' (1979) starring Dennis Dugan for Walt Disney Productions. He also di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Sandrich
Jay Henry Sandrich (February 24, 1932 – September 22, 2021) was an American television director who primarily worked on sitcoms. In 2020, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. Early life Jay Sandrich was born in Los Angeles, the son of film director Mark Sandrich. The younger Sandrich attended the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating with a B.A. in 1953. Career Preferring to work in television rather than feature film production (which would keep him apart from his young family), Sandrich began his television work in the mid-1950s as a second assistant director with Desilu Productions as an assistant director on ''I Love Lucy'', '' December Bride'', and ''Our Miss Brooks''. As Sandrich later noted, :The reason I got that job was my father had directed Lucy's first picture. She later told me she was very nervous and kept blowing her lines, and he was really lovely to her. So if my father hadn't been in the business and been the person he was, I pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Baron
Allen Baron (born April 14, 1927) is an American television and film director, actor, and comic book artist. He wrote, directed, and starred in the 1961 film ''Blast of Silence''. Biography Early life Baron was born and raised in the Brooklyn borough of New York City to Polish and Russian immigrant parents. He lived on Logan Street and Sutter Avenue in his youth, which saw him lose his father at 11 years old. He lived in Lewiston, Maine for a time with his mother before moving back to Brooklyn. He dropped out of high school at the age of 16 to get a job, which saw him work with the War Department, where he apparently unknowingly worked on the atomic bomb. He later joined the Navy a year later. At the age of 19, he enrolled at the School of Visual Arts, intending to become a visual artist, and later worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, and taxi driver. He first took an acting class at the age of 25, which also saw him meet his future wife. Career In his early 20s, Baron drew roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Three Sons
''My Three Sons'' is an American television sitcom that aired from September 29, 1960, to April 13, 1972. The series was filmed in black-and-white and broadcast on ABC during its first five seasons, before moving to CBS for the remaining seven seasons, which were filmed in color. ''My Three Sons'' chronicles the life of widower and aeronautical engineer Steven Douglas ( Fred MacMurray) as he raises his three sons. The series originally featured William Frawley (who had first co-starred with Fred MacMurray 25 years earlier in the film '' Car 99'') as the boys' maternal grandfather and live-in housekeeper, William Michael Francis "Bub" O'Casey. In 1965, "Uncle Charley" ( William Demarest), playing Bub's brother, replaced Frawley in 1965 because of Frawley's declining health. In September 1965 (when the show moved from ABC to CBS and began to be filmed in color), eldest son Mike ( Tim Considine) married fiancée Sally Ann Morrison ( Meredith MacRae), and his character was wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All In The Family
''All in the Family'' is an American sitcoms in the United States, sitcom television series that aired on CBS for nine seasons from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979, with a total of 205 episodes. It was later produced as ''Archie Bunker's Place'', a continuation series, which picked up where ''All in the Family'' ended and ran for four seasons through April 4, 1983. Based on the British sitcom ''Till Death Us Do Part'', ''All in the Family'' was produced by Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin. It starred Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, and Rob Reiner. The show revolves around the life of a working-class man and his family. It broke ground by introducing challenging and complex issues into mainstream network television comedy: racism, antisemitism, infidelity, homosexuality, women's liberation movement, women's liberation, rape, religion, miscarriage, abortion, breast cancer, the Vietnam War, menopause, divorce, and impotence. The series became arguably one of televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Kerr
Graham Victor Kerr (born 22 January 1934) is a British cooking personality who is best known for his television cooking show ''The Galloping Gourmet,'' which aired from 30 December 1968 to 14 September 1972. Early life Kerr was born in Brondesbury, north London. His Scottish parents, Major John Douglas Kerr and his wife were hoteliers at the Dorset Arms in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England, then at Alexandra Hotel, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. On the pronunciation of his family name, Kerr wrote in ''The Graham Kerr Cookbook'' that "my name is pronounced ‘care’ — not ‘cur’ , as in the case of Bill Kerr and not ‘car’ , as in the case of Deborah Kerr," respectively. As a youth, he attended Michael Hall, a Waldorf school at Kidbrooke Park in Forest Row, East Sussex. In 1945, Kerr met Treena Van Doorne, later, his wife, at Michael Hall. Although he dropped out of school at age 14 and began training in kitchens, he returned years later and attended Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chef
A chef is a professional Cook (profession), cook and tradesperson who is proficient in all aspects of outline of food preparation, food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term (), the director or head of a kitchen. Chefs can receive formal training from an institution, as well as by apprenticing with an experienced chef. Different terms use the word ''chef'' in their titles and deal with specific areas of food preparation. Examples include the ''sous-chef'', who acts as the second-in-command in a kitchen, and the ''chef de partie'', who handles a specific area of production. The kitchen brigade system is a hierarchy found in restaurants and hotels employing extensive staff, many of which use the word "chef" in their titles. Underneath the chefs are the ''kitchen assistants''. A chef's standard uniform includes a hat (called a ''toque''), neckerchief, Double-breasted, double-breasted jacket, apron and sturdy shoes (that ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
