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The Partners (TV Series)
''The Partners'' is an American sitcom that aired on September 18, 1971, through September 8, 1972, on NBC. Synopsis The program featured Don Adams and Rupert Crosse as bumbling detectives, and John Doucette their exasperated commanding officer. Dick Van Patten played the sycophantic desk sergeant. Robert Karvelas had a recurring role as Freddie, who compulsively confessed to crimes he did not commit. The pilot featured guest appearances by Joey Forman, Art Metrano, and Yvonne Craig. Production notes Unlike many television programs of its day, ''The Partners'' eschewed a traditional opening title sequence. The opening credits were merely interspersed during the first few minutes, akin to the technique that has become quite commonplace today. The theme music, which accompanied the closing credits and occasionally popped up during the program itself, was composed by Lalo Schifrin, best known for the theme to '' Mission: Impossible''. Characters Unlike many other sitcoms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Adams
Donald James Yarmy (April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005), known professionally as Don Adams, was an American actor. In his five decades on television, he was best known as bumbling Maxwell Smart (Secret Agent 86) in the television situation comedy ''Get Smart'' (1965–1970, 1995), which he also sometimes directed and wrote. Adams won three consecutive Emmy Awards for his performance in the series (1967–1969). Adams also provided voices for the animated series '' Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'' (1963–1966) and ''Inspector Gadget'' (1983–1986) as well as several revivals and spinoffs of the latter in the 1990s. Early life Adams was born Donald James Yarmy on April 13, 1923, in Manhattan, New York, a son of William Yarmy and his wife, Consuelo (née Deiter) Yarmy. His father was of Hungarian Jewish descent and worked as a restaurant manager; his mother was Irish American. Donald and his brother Dick Yarmy were each raised in the religion of one parent: Don in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Craig
Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16, 1937 – August 17, 2015) was an American actress who is best known for her role as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in the 1960s television series ''Batman (TV series), Batman''. Other notable roles in her career include Dorothy Johnson in the 1963 movie ''It Happened at the World's Fair'', Azalea Tatum in the 1964 movie ''Kissin' Cousins'', and the green-skinned Orion (Star Trek), Orion Marta in the ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'' episode "Whom Gods Destroy (Star Trek: The Original Series), Whom Gods Destroy" (1969). ''The Huffington Post'' called her "a pioneer of female superheroes" for television. Craig was a philanthropist and "an advocate for Labor unions in the United States, workers unions, free Mammography, mammograms, and Equal pay for equal work, equal pay for women". Early life and education Craig was born in Taylorville, Illinois, the first of Maurice Melvin and Pauline Virginia (née Rogers) Craig's three children. Craig's father' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 American Television Series Debuts
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclipse, February 10, and August 1971 lunar eclipse, August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 1971 Ibrox disaster: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Nyby
Christian Nyby (September 1, 1913 – September 17, 1993) was an American television and film director and editor. As an editor, he had seventeen feature film credits from 1943 to 1952, including ''The Big Sleep (1946 film), The Big Sleep'' (1946) and ''Red River (1948 film), Red River'' (1948). From 1953 to 1975 he was a prolific director of episodes in many television series, including ''Gunsmoke'' and ''Wagon Train''. As a feature film director, he is likely best known for ''The Thing from Another World'' (1951). Career Born in Los Angeles, and of Danish ancestry, he started his career as a film editor in the 1940s. He edited four films directed by Howard Hawks (''To Have and Have Not (film), To Have and Have Not'' (1944), ''The Big Sleep (1946 film), The Big Sleep'' (1946), ''Red River (1948 film), Red River'' (1948), and ''The Big Sky (film), The Big Sky'' (1952)). Nyby was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Academy Award for ''Red River''. He had begun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Pevney
Joseph Pevney (September 15, 1911 – May 18, 2008) was an American film and television director. Biography Born in New York City, Pevney made his debut in vaudeville as a boy soprano in 1924. Although he hated vaudeville, he loved the theatre and developed a career as a stage actor, appearing in such plays as ''Home of the Brave (play), Home of the Brave'', ''The World We Make'', ''Key Largo'', ''Golden Boy'', and ''Nature Son''. A short career as a film actor followed, his most significant appearance being in the classic boxing film ''Body and Soul (1947 film), Body and Soul'' (1947) with John Garfield, in which he played the role of Shorty Pulaski. Before turning to film, he served in the Signal Corps in World War II, then did more time on stage. Beginning with ''Shakedown (1950 film), Shakedown'' (1950), Pevney became a film director, film and television director, with a directing career that spanned over 80 productions from 1950 to 1984. Among his films were Robert Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Leon
Ferdinand Leon Jr. (January 29, 1922 – September 7, 1988) was an African-American writer who wrote for television shows. Life and career Leon was born in January 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Ferdinand Leon Sr. and Ida Leon. He attended school in Louisiana with his four sisters. During his youth, Ferdinand lived in New Orleans and Los Angeles, California. Upon attending African-American writing classes conducted by Earl Barret and Bob Goodwin, Leon was recognized as a "promising student" and gained enough recognition to be hired as a freelance writer. Leon wrote for television shows in the 1960s and 1970s, including storylines, screenplays, and teleplays. Among his most noted work was writing for the groundbreaking television show '' Julia''. He was one of multiple African-American writers for the show alongside Robert Goodwin, Harry Dolan, and Gene Boland. For ''Julia'', Leon wrote eight episodes between 1968 and 1970, one of which was a teleplay. These episodes include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emergency!
''Emergency!'' is an American Action fiction, action-adventure medical drama television series jointly produced by Mark VII Limited and Universal Television. Debuting on NBC as a midseason replacement on January 15, 1972, replacing two situation comedy series, ''The Partners'' and ''The Good Life (1971 TV series), The Good Life'', it ran for a total of 122 episodes until May 28, 1977, with six additional two-hour television films in 1978 and 1979. The show's ensemble cast stars Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe as two rescuers, who work as paramedics and firefighters in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The duo formed Squad 51, a medical and rescue unit of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, working together with the fictional Rampart General Hospital medical staff (portrayed by Robert Fuller (actor), Robert Fuller, Julie London and Bobby Troup), and with the firefighter engine company at Station 51. ''Emergency!'' was produced by Jack Webb and created by Robert A. Cinade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good Life (1971 TV Series)
''The Good Life'' is an American sitcom that was aired on NBC as part of its 1971–72 lineup. The series stars Larry Hagman and Donna Mills, and was produced by Lorimar, in association with Screen Gems. Synopsis ''The Good Life'' is the story of a middle class American couple, the Millers (Hagman and Mills), who have tired of their mundane existence. Instead of following the time-honored premise of "hitting the road" to seek adventure or engaging in a stereotypical period activity such as joining a communal farm, they just decide to seek new employment as the live-in butler and cook of a millionaire industrialist, Charles Dutton. He notices that they are not particularly talented at their jobs, but finds them to be agreeable enough. Their limited skills most definitely are ''not'' enough for his stuffy sister Grace, however, and she constantly works to get them fired. Dutton's teenaged son, Nick, is the only one aware of what the Millers are doing in their new roles, but, findi ... [...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] |
Agent Larabee
Agent may refer to: Espionage, investigation, and law *, spies or intelligence officers * Law of agency, laws involving a person authorized to act on behalf of another ** Agent of record, a person with a contractual agreement with an insurance policy owner ** Election agent, a person responsible for the conduct of a political campaign ** Free agent, a sports player who is eligible to sign with any club or franchise ** Literary agent, an agent who represents writers and their written works ** Modeling agency, a person or a corporation which represents fashion models ** Press agent, a professional publicist ** Foreign agent, a person who carries out the interests of a foreign country ** Political agent (other) ** Patent attorney, an attorney who represents clients in patent matters ** Real estate agent, an intermediary between sellers and buyers of real estate ** Registered agent, in the US, receives service of process for a party in a legal action ** Shipping agent, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONTROL (Get Smart)
''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, and had its television premiere on NBC on September 18, 1965. It starred Don Adams (who was also a director on the series) as agent Maxwell Smart (Agent 86), Barbara Feldon as Agent 99, and Edward Platt as The Chief. Henry said that they created the show at the request of Daniel Melnick to capitalize on James Bond and Inspector Clouseau, "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today". Brooks described it as "an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy". The show generated a number of popular catchphrases during its run, including "sorry about that, Chief", "...and ''loving'' it", "missed it by ''that much''", and "would you believe...". The show was followed by the films ''The Nude Bomb'' (a 1980 theatrical film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
