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Leonioid
bless ME-TV for bringing Kolchak back to the airwaves. I watch him stalk weekly. He is too fun. His show 12000% gave birth to X-Files. Kolchak could/should have been written as Mulder's Dad... maybe its not too late
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Leonioid
bless ME-TV for bringing Kolchak back to the airwaves. I watch him stalk weekly. He is too fun. His show 12000% gave birth to X-Files. Kolchak could/should have been written as Mulder's Dad... maybe its not too late
And still another fun fact:
Gil Mellé, who composed the theme for Kolchak: The Night Stalker,
also did the theme for Rod Serling's the Night Gallery --
the first all-electronic theme on television!
Night Gallery opening, season 1: [www.youtube.com]
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dmay
Interesting how a thread topic can lead to all sorts of connections re music or shows we all remember. I still dig watching Sanford and Son. Though it didn't last long, Redd Foxx had a variety show after leaving Sanford. The show was funny and offbeat. Foxx's party albums were a staple among the adults in my family when I was growing up. They'd go to put one of his albums on and shoosh us kids out of the room. Some of Foxx's old comedy stuff was on YouTube. It may still be. I can tell you - he's hilarious - but, if you're sensitive about things, there's nothing PC about his humor.
Darren McGavin has passed away unfortunately, but he DID do an episode of the X-Files, where he played the father of The X-Files themselves:Quote
Leonioid
In closing bless ME-TV for bringing Kolchak back to the airwaves. I watch him stalk weekly. He is too fun. His show 12000% gave birth to X-Files. Kolchak could/should have been written as Mulder's Dad... maybe its not too late
Just read an interview with Cliff Burton's (Metallica's legendary deceased bassist) 93-year old father, Ray, and he said that the Barney Miller theme is what got Cliff interested in playing the bass back in the '70s. Gotta love trivia.Quote
Leonioid
How can you stop there when discussing opening themes?
Not even mention the Barney Miller or Night Court bass lines?
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keefriff99Darren McGavin has passed away unfortunately, but he DID do an episode of the X-Files, where he played the father of The X-Files themselves:Quote
Leonioid
In closing bless ME-TV for bringing Kolchak back to the airwaves. I watch him stalk weekly. He is too fun. His show 12000% gave birth to X-Files. Kolchak could/should have been written as Mulder's Dad... maybe its not too late
[x-files.wikia.com]
Some fun production notes too:
-McGavin is, indeed, something of a "father" to the X-Files having played intrepid reporter Carl Kolchak in two TV movies and a one season show, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, an acknowledged influence for Chris Carter, when creating The X-Files.
-Darren McGavin was originally spearheaded by Chris Carter to portray Agent Mulder's father during season 2, but scheduling problems didn't allow it.
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keefriff99Just read an interview with Cliff Burton's (Metallica's legendary deceased bassist) 93-year old father, Ray, and he said that the Barney Miller theme is what got Cliff interested in playing the bass back in the '70s. Gotta love trivia.Quote
Leonioid
How can you stop there when discussing opening themes?
Not even mention the Barney Miller or Night Court bass lines?
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stonehearted
Another interesting fact about Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
The final episode of the series, The Sentry, has Lieutenant Irene Lamont played by Kathie Browne...
...in real life married to Darrin McGavin. It may strike you how good their onscreen rapport and chemistry is in that episode. Well, that's why.
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stonehearted
Another interesting fact about Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
The final episode of the series, The Sentry, has Lieutenant Irene Lamont played by Kathie Browne...
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...in real life married to Darrin McGavin. It may strike you how good their onscreen rapport and chemistry is in that episode. Well, that's why.
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dmay
Nice little read on Andy Griffith and the music on his show. Though I've seen the show many times - at least the episodes when Barney/Don Knotts was still a regular - they still make me laugh. This show and The Beverly Hillbillies were my intro to bluegrass with my dad's listening to The Grand Ole Opry on radio Saturday nights was my intro to country music back in the late 1950s, early 1960s. Thinking back on it, there's was a wealth of various music genres on the radio and t-v- back then. Ain't much like that today.
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