tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post3478573617775258647..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: Around the dialMitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-91690278915387223412018-02-06T03:09:03.555-05:002018-02-06T03:09:03.555-05:00I gave my reply to Rick on his own blog.
I'd c...I gave my reply to Rick on his own blog.<br />I'd call it a standoff; no touche.<br />So there too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-34012124474739665812018-02-05T17:19:52.539-05:002018-02-05T17:19:52.539-05:00Many, many, many thanks, Sean!Many, many, many thanks, Sean!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-66360293255073603792018-02-05T17:19:34.815-05:002018-02-05T17:19:34.815-05:00Touché, Mike! :)Touché, Mike! :)Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-50569429507786898612018-02-03T12:58:27.100-05:002018-02-03T12:58:27.100-05:00Mike, one of the sources was Donald Dewey's 19...Mike, one of the sources was Donald Dewey's 1996 biography JAMES STEWART. He states that Andy Griffith was "the original choice for the role of Billy Jim Hawkins."Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-10544721384801878132018-02-02T23:16:45.853-05:002018-02-02T23:16:45.853-05:00Mitchell, I have three of the TV Guides that Melis...Mitchell, I have three of the TV Guides that Melissa Thomas needed. I am going to email the to you soon. Check your email for them.<br />Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08378333389919276031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-4182668624761319772018-02-02T19:58:05.342-05:002018-02-02T19:58:05.342-05:00About Hawkins:
I read Rick's post at the Cafe...About <i>Hawkins</i>:<br /><br />I read Rick's post at the <i>Cafe</i>, and he doesn't say that Andy Griffith was "first choice" for the part.<br />What he says is that "some sources say" that he was.<br />"Some sources" can mean almost anything, from your two drunk buddies arguing in a bar, up to and including "the always reliable Wikipedia", and anything else in between.<br />What I remember from 1973 is that CBS was all puffed up about getting Jimmy Stewart to do a TV-movie called "Hawkins On Murder" - with no indication that a series was even being thought about (and no mention whatever of Andy Griffith).<br />James Stewart was a Major Get for CBS in any form; when they somehow talked him into a "limited series" (the term of the time), that was the headline of that particular fall announcement season.<br />Between 1973 and 1986, Andy Griffith did perhaps half-a-dozen pilots, several of which became short-lived series (but that's another story - several of them, as a matter of fact).<br />Frankly, the idea that Jimmy Stewart would be a second choice to Andy Griffith at any time ... unlikely at best.<br /><br />Summarizing:<br />In '73, Jimmy Stewart played a Southern lawyer in <i>Hawkins</i>.<br />In '86, Andy Griffith played a Southern lawyer in <i>Matlock</i>.<br />You know what that's called?<br /><b><i>COINCIDENCE.</i></b><br /><br />(... and maybe we all ought to start reading these things a bit more closely ...)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-51660960814829242872018-02-02T19:08:15.054-05:002018-02-02T19:08:15.054-05:00Thanks, Mitchell! I agree with you about the endin...Thanks, Mitchell! I agree with you about the ending and the poor cat.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.com