tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post6157435141494465218..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: Remembering: Shirley Temple, Sid CaesarMitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-91754144911480189882014-02-18T12:15:40.447-05:002014-02-18T12:15:40.447-05:00Re The Shirley Temple Show (as it was known in 196...Re <i>The Shirley Temple Show</i> (as it was known in 1960-61):<br /><br />Robert Culp's appearance was in an adaptation of <i>The House Of the Seven Gables</i>, which is available on DVD, which is how I know about it.<br /><br />So he couldn't have learned about JFK's assassination during its making, because the <i>Temple</i> series ended in 1961 - two years earlier.<br /> <br />The show in which Culp played Sam Houston was <i>The Great Adventure</i>, a CBS series from 1963-64, which was that network's bid for prestige that year.<br /><i>Adventure</i>, an anthology based on US history, was initially produced by John Houseman and narrated by Van Heflin; both were gone by the time Culp filmed his show.<br />That episode was produced by Bert Granet (who had left <i>Twilight Zone</i> to take over after Houseman's ouster) and narrated by Russell Johnson (before he got stranded on some island ...).<br />And Shirley had absolutely nothing to do with it.<br /><br />Many of these Academy interviews, while hugely entertaining to listen to, are heavily dependent on the memories of the raconteurs - which often are somewhat faulty, as Culp's is here.<br /><br />You can see this in the Sid Caesar clips, as well as his autobiographies, which are often confused in time and place sequences. It's at times like this that my <i>TV Guide</i> makes me my most obnoxious, because I can come up with the right name and date where the celebrity can't.<br /> ... which is probably just as well that I never got to meet any of these people ...<br />Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-12691865585162725632014-02-14T00:23:03.811-05:002014-02-14T00:23:03.811-05:00That's so neat that he did that interview, cap...That's so neat that he did that interview, capturing all those memories forever. Rest in Peace.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com