Joel Rapp, who had writing or co-writing credits on 16 feature films and more than 250 classic sitcoms, died Wednesday at home. He was 87 and no cause of death was given by his family.
Born on May 22, 1934 in New York City, Rapp grew up Beverly Hills in a family considered part of Hollywood royalty. His father, Philip Rapp, created radio series The Bickersons and Baby Snooks. His godmother was actress and singer Fanny Brice, and his godfather was actor-singer Eddie Cantor.
Joel Rapp went on to work with director Roger Corman on many films and wrote for such television hits as Gilligan’s Island, The Lucy Show, McHale’s Navy, My Favorite Martian, The Patty Duke Show, The Joey Bishop Show and The Donna Reed Show.
Later, he became VP Comedy Development at Universal Pictures. But in a departure, he left that position in 1969 to pursue two different passions: indoor gardening and cooking.
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Born on May 22, 1934 in New York City, Rapp grew up Beverly Hills in a family considered part of Hollywood royalty. His father, Philip Rapp, created radio series The Bickersons and Baby Snooks. His godmother was actress and singer Fanny Brice, and his godfather was actor-singer Eddie Cantor.
Joel Rapp went on to work with director Roger Corman on many films and wrote for such television hits as Gilligan’s Island, The Lucy Show, McHale’s Navy, My Favorite Martian, The Patty Duke Show, The Joey Bishop Show and The Donna Reed Show.
Later, he became VP Comedy Development at Universal Pictures. But in a departure, he left that position in 1969 to pursue two different passions: indoor gardening and cooking.
Jane Powell...
- 9/16/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Irma Kalish, a prolific comedy writer who blazed trails for women in television with a career that stretched from radio to 1980s sitcoms, died Monday in Woodland Hills due to complications from pneumonia. She was 96.
Kalish worked on a wide range of series, from “My Favorite Martian” and “Gilligan’s Island” to “All in the Family,” “Maude” and “The Bob Newhart Show.” She was also an active member of the Writers Guild of America West and had a long tenure as a board member and as vice president. She spent 20 years on the board of the Motion Picture and Television Fund and she was an early president of Women in Film.
Kalish was a partner in life and work with her husband, Austin “Rocky” Kalish, for seven decades until his death in 2016 at age 95. The two got their start together in radio as writers for “The Martin & Lewis Show” starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Kalish worked on a wide range of series, from “My Favorite Martian” and “Gilligan’s Island” to “All in the Family,” “Maude” and “The Bob Newhart Show.” She was also an active member of the Writers Guild of America West and had a long tenure as a board member and as vice president. She spent 20 years on the board of the Motion Picture and Television Fund and she was an early president of Women in Film.
Kalish was a partner in life and work with her husband, Austin “Rocky” Kalish, for seven decades until his death in 2016 at age 95. The two got their start together in radio as writers for “The Martin & Lewis Show” starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
- 9/6/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Irma Kalish, one of television’s first female producers whose writing and producing credits with her husband and writing partner include the Norman Lear series Maude, All in the Family and Good Times as well as My Favorite Martian, My Three Sons, Gilligan’s Island, I Dream of Jeannie, The Bob Newhart Show and Too Close for Comfort, died September 3 in Woodland Hills, CA due to complications from pneumonia. She was 96.
The news was confirmed Monday by a family spokesperson.
Kalish, born Irma May Ginsberg in New York City, was also a vice president and longtime board member of the WGA West, receiving the writers guild’s Valentine Davies Award and Morgan Cox Award. She also was one of the first presidents of Women In Film, and the recipient of that organization’s Founders Award. Kalish also spent 27 years on the board of the Motion Picture and Television Fund.
As a writing duo,...
The news was confirmed Monday by a family spokesperson.
Kalish, born Irma May Ginsberg in New York City, was also a vice president and longtime board member of the WGA West, receiving the writers guild’s Valentine Davies Award and Morgan Cox Award. She also was one of the first presidents of Women In Film, and the recipient of that organization’s Founders Award. Kalish also spent 27 years on the board of the Motion Picture and Television Fund.
As a writing duo,...
- 9/6/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Irma Kalish, the pioneering sitcom writer and producer who teamed with her late husband, Austin “Rocky” Kalish, on hundreds of television episodes, including emotional installments of All in the Family and Maude, has died. She was 96.
Kalish died Friday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, her family announced.
The couple had written for such shows as My Favorite Martian, I Dream of Jeannie, The Flying Nun and F Troop but achieved a breakthrough in 1965 when they were hired by producer Ed Hartmann to write for My Three Sons and then for another CBS comedy, Family Affair, for which ...
Kalish died Friday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, her family announced.
The couple had written for such shows as My Favorite Martian, I Dream of Jeannie, The Flying Nun and F Troop but achieved a breakthrough in 1965 when they were hired by producer Ed Hartmann to write for My Three Sons and then for another CBS comedy, Family Affair, for which ...
Irma Kalish, the pioneering sitcom writer and producer who teamed with her late husband, Austin “Rocky” Kalish, on hundreds of television episodes, including emotional installments of All in the Family and Maude, has died. She was 96.
Kalish died Friday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, her family announced.
The couple had written for such shows as My Favorite Martian, I Dream of Jeannie, The Flying Nun and F Troop but achieved a breakthrough in 1965 when they were hired by producer Ed Hartmann to write for My Three Sons and then for another CBS comedy, Family Affair, for which ...
Kalish died Friday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, her family announced.
The couple had written for such shows as My Favorite Martian, I Dream of Jeannie, The Flying Nun and F Troop but achieved a breakthrough in 1965 when they were hired by producer Ed Hartmann to write for My Three Sons and then for another CBS comedy, Family Affair, for which ...
John Erman, an Emmy-winning director-producer who helmed multiple episodes of such classic TV series as Star Trek, M*A*S*H and Peyton Place along with Part 2 of Roots and much of its sequel miniseries Roots: The Next Generations, has died. He was 85.
His friend, Charles Silver of SMS Talent, told Deadline that Erman died June 25 in New York City after a brief illness.
Born on August 3, 1935, in Chicago, Erman began his show business career as an actor, including an unbilled role in 1955’s Blackboard Jungle before working extensively as a casting director. His first job in that role was with Jim Lister at Republic Studios in New York, and Erman would go on to work with numerous Hollywood legends in this capacity, from Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland to Woody Allen, Angela Lansbury and Ann-Margret — with whom he’d have a long-running working relationship.
He got his first shot...
His friend, Charles Silver of SMS Talent, told Deadline that Erman died June 25 in New York City after a brief illness.
Born on August 3, 1935, in Chicago, Erman began his show business career as an actor, including an unbilled role in 1955’s Blackboard Jungle before working extensively as a casting director. His first job in that role was with Jim Lister at Republic Studios in New York, and Erman would go on to work with numerous Hollywood legends in this capacity, from Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland to Woody Allen, Angela Lansbury and Ann-Margret — with whom he’d have a long-running working relationship.
He got his first shot...
- 6/29/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Gavin MacLeod, who was the Love Boat captain and played Murray on the Mary Tyler Moore Show, two of the top television shows of the 1970s and 1980s, died today at his home in Palm Desert, Calif. MacLeod was 90 and his death was confirmed by his nephew, Mark See.
No cause of death was revealed, but MacLeod had been in ill health over the last few months.
The affable actor played head writer Murray Slaughter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and appeared in all 168 episodes over seven years, ending in 1977. He then pulled off a rarity, moving from one long-running hit show to another.
As Captain Stubing on The Love Boat, he appeared in 249 episodes, and later returned in the role for the TV movie The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage in 1990 and for the “Reunion” episode of the rebooted series Love Boat: The Next Wave in 1998.
MacLeod was...
No cause of death was revealed, but MacLeod had been in ill health over the last few months.
The affable actor played head writer Murray Slaughter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and appeared in all 168 episodes over seven years, ending in 1977. He then pulled off a rarity, moving from one long-running hit show to another.
As Captain Stubing on The Love Boat, he appeared in 249 episodes, and later returned in the role for the TV movie The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage in 1990 and for the “Reunion” episode of the rebooted series Love Boat: The Next Wave in 1998.
MacLeod was...
- 5/29/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran actor Gavin MacLeod, who starred in lead roles in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Love Boat, has passed away. He was 90.
MacLeod died early Saturday morning in the company of his loved ones and caretakers, his nephew Mark See told TMZ. The actor had been in and out of the hospital for months with varying illnesses, but an official cause of death has not been reported.
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MacLeod died early Saturday morning in the company of his loved ones and caretakers, his nephew Mark See told TMZ. The actor had been in and out of the hospital for months with varying illnesses, but an official cause of death has not been reported.
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- 5/29/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Shelley Morrison, who played Karen Walker’s sharp-tongued yet endearing maid Rosario Salazar on “Will & Grace” from 1999-2006, has died. She was 83.
Morrison died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from heart failure after a brief illness, Morrison’s publicist, Lori DeWaal, told The Associated Press.
Rosario, who hailed from El Salvador, was originally written to appear in just one episode of the hit NBC series, but her dynamic with Megan Mullally’s Karen resonated so well with audiences that the charater went on to appear in 68 episodes over eight seasons of the original series. According to co-creator Max Mutchnick, Morrison was asked to reprise her role for the revival of “Will & Grace,” but had decided to retire from acting completely.
Sean Hayes, who played Jack McFarland on “Will & Grace,” remembered Morrison in an Instagram post.
“She was absolutely hilarious and had the biggest heart,...
Morrison died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from heart failure after a brief illness, Morrison’s publicist, Lori DeWaal, told The Associated Press.
Rosario, who hailed from El Salvador, was originally written to appear in just one episode of the hit NBC series, but her dynamic with Megan Mullally’s Karen resonated so well with audiences that the charater went on to appear in 68 episodes over eight seasons of the original series. According to co-creator Max Mutchnick, Morrison was asked to reprise her role for the revival of “Will & Grace,” but had decided to retire from acting completely.
Sean Hayes, who played Jack McFarland on “Will & Grace,” remembered Morrison in an Instagram post.
“She was absolutely hilarious and had the biggest heart,...
- 12/2/2019
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
The Wrap revisits the string of flops based on the fourth planet from the sun, from “Mars Attacks!” to “John Carter“ Invaders From Mars (1986) The ’50s sci-fi remake opened to a disastrous $2 million and earned less than $5 million on a budget of $7 million. Mars Attacks (1996) Tim Burton‘s blockbuster streak was broken with the Earth-invasion flick, which earned less than $10 million in its opening weekend and ending just north of $100 million after costing $70 million. My Favorite Martian (1999) Starring Jeff Daniels, Christopher Lloyd, Daryl Hannah and Elizabeth Hurley, this big-screen adaptation of the 1960s TV series earned just under $37 million on a $65 million budget.
- 10/12/2016
- by Matt Hejl
- The Wrap
When Office Space hit theaters in February of 1999, it took in a paltry $4.2 million in its first weekend, landing in eighth place behind such widely-forgotten turkeys as My Favorite Martian, Blast From The Past, Message in a Bottle and Payback. Writer/director Mike Judge had proven himself in television with Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill, but this seemed like it would end his foray into movies and live-action work before it really began.
Office Space made such a tiny impact when it opened, it's easy to imagine...
Office Space made such a tiny impact when it opened, it's easy to imagine...
- 6/30/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Back to the Future left fans with plenty of burning questions. One of them: How exactly did Doc Brown weasel a full supply of plutonium out of a group of Libyan nationalists? That’s the question answered by a fan-made trailer for a fake Back to the Future prequel titled 1.21 Gigawatts. The all-important amount of power that propels the DeLorean through time had to come from somewhere. We know Doc Brown fooled the Libyans when he built them a “bomb” full of used pinball machine parts. What we didn’t know is Doc was basically the star of his own political thriller in his endeavor to get that plutonium. Below, watch the excellent trailer that seamlessly edits together clips from a number of movies: Edited by fan Tyler Hopkins, the trailer uses clips from Back to the Future (of course); Christopher Lloyd movies My Favorite Martian, Camp Nowhere, Things to Do...
- 2/19/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
This is one of the coolest fan-made trailers I've seen in a long time. Editor Tyler Hopkins created a trailer for a would-be Back to the Future prequel called 1.21 Gigawatts that shows how Christopher Lloyd's iconic scientist Emmett "Doc" Brown first got involved with the Libyan terrorists who "kill" him in Bttf.
This is a fan edit trailer of what I think would make a pretty awesome movie: a Back to the Future prequel that explores Doc's shady dealings with the Libyan terrorist group.This was made using clips from: Back to the Future, My Favorite Martian, Camp Nowhere, Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, Dennis the Menace, Zero Dark Thirty, Argo, The Sum of All Fears, Syriana, Iron Man, Dazed and Confused and Munich.
This is a brilliant concept, and Hopkins cut everything together in expert fashion. If there was enough footage out there to turn...
This is a fan edit trailer of what I think would make a pretty awesome movie: a Back to the Future prequel that explores Doc's shady dealings with the Libyan terrorist group.This was made using clips from: Back to the Future, My Favorite Martian, Camp Nowhere, Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, Dennis the Menace, Zero Dark Thirty, Argo, The Sum of All Fears, Syriana, Iron Man, Dazed and Confused and Munich.
This is a brilliant concept, and Hopkins cut everything together in expert fashion. If there was enough footage out there to turn...
- 2/17/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Twenty years ago this week, an oddball NBC sitcom introduced viewers to a family of space aliens who, in the grand tradition of Alf, Mork and Mindy and My Favorite Martian, were attempting to hide out on Earth. It was a silly premise, but 3rd Rock from the Sun ended up outlasting those other three shows, running a full six seasons. And we can credit its success to a talented comedic cast that included John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who was only 14 when the show premiered.
Seriously, look at him – babyfaced and long-haired and oh-so Tiger...
Seriously, look at him – babyfaced and long-haired and oh-so Tiger...
- 1/13/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- People.com - TV Watch
Twenty years ago this week, an oddball NBC sitcom introduced viewers to a family of space aliens who, in the grand tradition of Alf, Mork and Mindy and My Favorite Martian, were attempting to hide out on Earth. It was a silly premise, but 3rd Rock from the Sun ended up outlasting those other three shows, running a full six seasons. And we can credit its success to a talented comedic cast that included John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who was only 14 when the show premiered. Seriously, look at him - babyfaced and long-haired and oh-so...
- 1/13/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
Twenty years ago this week, an oddball NBC sitcom introduced viewers to a family of space aliens who, in the grand tradition of Alf, Mork and Mindy and My Favorite Martian, were attempting to hide out on Earth. It was a silly premise, but 3rd Rock from the Sun ended up outlasting those other three shows, running a full six seasons. And we can credit its success to a talented comedic cast that included John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who was only 14 when the show premiered. Seriously, look at him - babyfaced and long-haired and oh-so...
- 1/13/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
As fans of shows like Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, and Mork & Mindy, we already knew we enjoyed the sitcom stylings of magical mishaps in real life, so we were kind of excited to check out this 60th Anniversary DVD collection by Mpi Home Video of My Favorite Martian. For those of you who don’t know (because we didn’t), My Favorite Martian aired on CBS from 1963 – 1966 and pretty much started the whole genre of fantasty/sci-fi TV comedies. The show is about Tim O’Hara (played by Bill Bixby), a newspaper reporter who meets a Martian (played by Ray Walston) and keeps him as his “Uncle Martin.” For three seasons, chaos and hilarity ensue as Uncle Martin’s Martian magic powers get in the way of living a regular Earthling life.
This is the first time all the episodes (107 of them – all unedited & digitally re-mastered) have been put...
This is the first time all the episodes (107 of them – all unedited & digitally re-mastered) have been put...
- 11/5/2015
- by Maddy and Anya Ernst
- Comicmix.com
The barkeeps and patrons of Matt’s Saloon in Prescott, Ariz. probably thought it was just another normal Friday night, but Sept. 29, 1989 — 26 years ago today — was not another normal night. What made it a rather unusual evening for the sleepy town was the presence of a rock star in Matt’s Saloon: Bruce Springsteen was playing an unannounced performance at the bar. He rolled into town on a motorcycle with some buddies and wound up in a jam session with the house band. Springsteen, wearing a leather vest and a bandana around his neck, played “I’m On Fire” from his 1984 album “Born In The U.S.A.,” but when the band asked him to play “Pink Cadillac,” the rock star said he couldn’t remember the words to his hit song, recalled Denny Orr, the rhythm guitarist for the house band. Orr also said that things “went nuts” in the bar...
- 9/29/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
“When television is good, nothing – not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers – nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your own television set when your station goes on the air and stay there, for a day, without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland. You will see a procession of game shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, western bad men, western good men, private eyes, gangsters, more violence, and cartoons. And endlessly commercials – many screaming, cajoling, and offending. And most of all, boredom. True, you’ll see...
- 9/15/2014
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
Canadian actor Larry D Mann has died, aged 91.
Mann was perhaps best known for playing the train conductor in The Sting and voicing Yukon Cornelius in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
He was also known for his many TV appearances including Howdy Doody and MacGyver.
Mann also had roles in dozens of other shows during his long career, including My Favourite Martian, Get Smart, The Man From Uncle, Quincy Me and The Dukes Of Hazzard.
The character actor also had a recurring role as a judge on Hill Street Blues.
In film, he had parts in Robin And The 7 Hoods, The Singing Nun, In The Heat of the Night and The Octogon.
Mann was perhaps best known for playing the train conductor in The Sting and voicing Yukon Cornelius in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
He was also known for his many TV appearances including Howdy Doody and MacGyver.
Mann also had roles in dozens of other shows during his long career, including My Favourite Martian, Get Smart, The Man From Uncle, Quincy Me and The Dukes Of Hazzard.
The character actor also had a recurring role as a judge on Hill Street Blues.
In film, he had parts in Robin And The 7 Hoods, The Singing Nun, In The Heat of the Night and The Octogon.
- 1/8/2014
- Digital Spy
Julian Myers, one of the last of the old time movie studio publicists, died December 21 from congestive heart failure at the age of 95. Born in Detroit, Michigan on February 22, 1918, Myers began his association with Hollywood in 1937 when he traveled west to be one of the first students at what would become the USC Film School. During his thirteen years at 20th Century-Fox (1949 – 1961), Myers was the “backup publicist” for Marilyn Monroe, a job that required pulling the notoriously late actress out of bed and getting her on time to interviews and photo shoots. He was known for such stunts as blacking out all the letters in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel sign except the Eve in Roosevelt the night of the “All About Eve” premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theater. Myers opened his own firm in 1962. Among the clients he represented were Ray Walston of “My Favorite Martian” and Cloris Leachman. After...
- 12/23/2013
- by Aljean Harmetz
- Thompson on Hollywood
"If the Martians land, they're gonna need a place to stay. Just like everybody else."
Mars. No other planet has inspired as much speculation about the possibility of extraterrestrial life as the Red Planet. There are currently five functioning spacecraft on the surface of Mars, or in orbit above it, searching for signs of life and, while we've yet to find any of the little green men of popular fiction, the latest data from Nasa's Curiosity rover indicates that Mars once supported a network of rivers capable of supporting life. But, enough about theoretical microbial Martians. More than anything, Curiosity's discovery got us to thinking about "real" Martians, the kind that thrill and terrify us in popular sci-fi movies, whether they be three-breasted mutant prostitutes, noble savages of a dying planet, or the icky, invader-y type.
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Mars Attacks!
Mars. No other planet has inspired as much speculation about the possibility of extraterrestrial life as the Red Planet. There are currently five functioning spacecraft on the surface of Mars, or in orbit above it, searching for signs of life and, while we've yet to find any of the little green men of popular fiction, the latest data from Nasa's Curiosity rover indicates that Mars once supported a network of rivers capable of supporting life. But, enough about theoretical microbial Martians. More than anything, Curiosity's discovery got us to thinking about "real" Martians, the kind that thrill and terrify us in popular sci-fi movies, whether they be three-breasted mutant prostitutes, noble savages of a dying planet, or the icky, invader-y type.
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Mars Attacks!
- 3/19/2013
- by BrentJS Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
Transforming a beloved TV show into a movie is a dicey proposition. For every 21 Jump Street, there’s an A-Team, a Bewitched, a (shudder) My Favorite Martian. But there are reasons to be hopeful about Good Times. EW has confirmed the Deadline report that Sony and Scott Rudin are teaming to bring the ’70s sitcom about a working-class black family to the big screen. The project is being scripted by Phil Johnston, who wrote the nifty little comedy Cedar Rapids and co-wrote Wreck-It Ralph.
And the source material offers lots of possibilities. Good Times was spun off from Maude — itself...
And the source material offers lots of possibilities. Good Times was spun off from Maude — itself...
- 3/12/2013
- by Darren Franich
- EW - Inside Movies
This year, no new sitcom was met with as much disdain as ABC’s The Neighbors. The half-hour comedy is about a New Jersey family that moves into a gated community entirely populated by aliens. The premise, though definitely weird, isn’t problematic. How could it be when sitcoms like Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie are beloved and, more recently, we’ve seen just how funny a modern, high concept sitcom can be with FX’s dark, surreal comedy Wilfred? No, the real problem with The Neighbors is that it is all premise and never says anything important or even remotely compelling about real life, which all of the best fantasy and sci-fi shows do. To me, 3rd Rock from the Sun is the gold standard when it comes to alien sitcoms. Sure, My Favorite Martian, Mork & Mindy, and Alf are all treasures and important parts of the proud alien sitcom tradition but 3rd Rock was...
- 12/14/2012
- by Amber Humphrey
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
ABC’s The Neighbors concerns a family that moves into a community…full of human-looking aliens…who communicate via something called a Pupar…and cry green goo from their ears. Yep, you’re thinking: Did TV time-travel back to 1996, when “wacky” sitcoms (see: 3rd Rock From the Sun) were all the rage?
How’d the season’s oddest new comedy come to be? Looking for answers, we grilled everyone who helped bring The Neighbors (which debuts tonight at 9:30 p.m., before moving to 8:30 p.m. starting Oct. 3) to life to discover how this wild concept — Pupar and all — landed on Earth.
How’d the season’s oddest new comedy come to be? Looking for answers, we grilled everyone who helped bring The Neighbors (which debuts tonight at 9:30 p.m., before moving to 8:30 p.m. starting Oct. 3) to life to discover how this wild concept — Pupar and all — landed on Earth.
- 9/26/2012
- by Tanner Stransky
- EW - Inside TV
Someone suggested making a novel of my screenplay that started out as this sitcom idea: Sigmund Freud is reincarnated as a co-ed in rural Alabama. She remembers her past life as miserable, wants no part of psychology in this life but can't help talking depressed students off ledges. The sitcom was for network TV, so the dumbed-down sales pitch ended: "It's 'My Favorite Martian,' except instead of Ray Walston, it's a super-hot girl!" The networks loved it. And rejected it. Why? They didn't feel viewers would know who Freud was. At that moment, pitching...
- 6/21/2012
- by Peter Mehlman
- The Wrap
The networks announced their 2012/13 seasons this week. Many years ago, this was a big event. It isn't anymore. But the media still trots out a few column inches on the new shows we can expect to see cancelled next fall. And I always look, hoping to find some vestige of brief, glorious part of America's cultural past.
Most current sitcoms can be traced to one of several family trees. You can still see the spawn of Lucy and Ricky in Mike and Molly, just as you can scratch The Middle hard enough and find Father Knows Best. The Seinfeld/Friends juggernaut is visible in the Fox hit The New Girl, among others. And workplace comedies that sprang from The Dick Van Dyke Show make up most of NBC's current line-up.
The networks' new shows mostly fall into these generic categories. Chances are, one or two will strike a chord, most will flounder.
Most current sitcoms can be traced to one of several family trees. You can still see the spawn of Lucy and Ricky in Mike and Molly, just as you can scratch The Middle hard enough and find Father Knows Best. The Seinfeld/Friends juggernaut is visible in the Fox hit The New Girl, among others. And workplace comedies that sprang from The Dick Van Dyke Show make up most of NBC's current line-up.
The networks' new shows mostly fall into these generic categories. Chances are, one or two will strike a chord, most will flounder.
- 5/20/2012
- by Jon Eig
- Aol TV.
by Ryan Rigley
This weekend marks the release of Disney's newest blockbuster, "John Carter," an adaptation of the popular sci-fi novels first published in 1912 and featuring a hero of the same name. Largely based on the novel "A Princess of Mars" in which John Carter makes his first appearance, Disney's "John Carter" tells the story of a Civil War veteran that is brought to Mars and imprisoned by the 12 foot tall, savage-like Martians that inhabit the planet. Eventually, John Carter makes his escape and is subsequently put to the task of rescuing the Princess of Helium, Dejah Thoris.
It's a tale as old as time, being equal parts romance and action/adventure movie. However, that's not the reason we're looking forward to it. Sure, Taylor Kitsch plays quite the hunky John Carter. But it's the 12 foot tall Martians and handful of other deadly space beings that's got us really excited!
This weekend marks the release of Disney's newest blockbuster, "John Carter," an adaptation of the popular sci-fi novels first published in 1912 and featuring a hero of the same name. Largely based on the novel "A Princess of Mars" in which John Carter makes his first appearance, Disney's "John Carter" tells the story of a Civil War veteran that is brought to Mars and imprisoned by the 12 foot tall, savage-like Martians that inhabit the planet. Eventually, John Carter makes his escape and is subsequently put to the task of rescuing the Princess of Helium, Dejah Thoris.
It's a tale as old as time, being equal parts romance and action/adventure movie. However, that's not the reason we're looking forward to it. Sure, Taylor Kitsch plays quite the hunky John Carter. But it's the 12 foot tall Martians and handful of other deadly space beings that's got us really excited!
- 3/8/2012
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
There have been a lots of strange aliens throughout TV history. Shows like Star Trek, My Favorite Martian, V, and Battlestar Galactica are full of them but, none have been crazier than the aliens of 3rd Rock from the Sun!
In the popular sitcom, four extra-terrestrials materialize in an Ohio college town and take human form as the Solomons -- Dick (John Lithgow), Sally (Kristen Johnston), Tommy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and Harry (French Stewart). They look like a typical family but are completely clueless about our ways of doing things.
The popular sitcom ran for six seasons and 139 episodes on NBC. The final episode of 3rd Rock aired in May 2001 as the crazy aliens finally completed their mission on Earth.
The complete first two seasons of 3rd Rock from the Sun have been re-released on DVD. They include all...
In the popular sitcom, four extra-terrestrials materialize in an Ohio college town and take human form as the Solomons -- Dick (John Lithgow), Sally (Kristen Johnston), Tommy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and Harry (French Stewart). They look like a typical family but are completely clueless about our ways of doing things.
The popular sitcom ran for six seasons and 139 episodes on NBC. The final episode of 3rd Rock aired in May 2001 as the crazy aliens finally completed their mission on Earth.
The complete first two seasons of 3rd Rock from the Sun have been re-released on DVD. They include all...
- 12/27/2011
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Let’s face it. We can’t hide it. We all have those movies that we like that others would shun. These are guilty pleasures: the ones that aren’t that great but we love for some reason or another. Here are mine. Be sure to list yours in the comments, if you’d like.
Last Action Hero (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes: 38%
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O’Brien, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance
Director: John McTiernan/Writers: Shane Black and David Arnott
Here’s the thing: I will defend this movie’s concept till Doomsday. A movie about a kid with a magic ticket that gets pulled into an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie? Genius concept. Yes, the kid is annoying. Yes, the movie doesn’t reach the heights of a McTiernan/Black team-up as well as one might think. It’s interesting to note that McTiernan isn’t working as much...
Last Action Hero (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes: 38%
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O’Brien, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance
Director: John McTiernan/Writers: Shane Black and David Arnott
Here’s the thing: I will defend this movie’s concept till Doomsday. A movie about a kid with a magic ticket that gets pulled into an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie? Genius concept. Yes, the kid is annoying. Yes, the movie doesn’t reach the heights of a McTiernan/Black team-up as well as one might think. It’s interesting to note that McTiernan isn’t working as much...
- 12/20/2011
- by Zack Parks
- GeekTyrant
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
Andrews McMeel
Dilbert How’s That Underling Thing Working Tp, $12.99
Antarctic Press
Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #1, $3.99
Gold Digger Christmas Special #5, $3.50
Very Zombie Christmas #3, $3.50
Arcana Studio
Scrooge And Santa Gn (resolicited)(not verified by Diamond), $14.95
Archaia Entertainment
Cyclops #7, $3.95
Everlast Hc, $19.95
Jim Henson’s The Storyteller Hc, $19.95
Killing Pickman Hc (resolicited), $24.95
Secret History #17, $5.95
Sigh Hc, $10.95
Tale Of Sand Hc, $29.95
Archie Comics
Archie Cyber Adventures Tp (not verified by Diamond), $9.95
Archie Double Digest #224, $3.99
Mega Man #8, $2.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Select Volume 4 Zone Wars Tp, $11.95
Avatar Press
Stitched #2 (Mike Wolfer Regular Cover), $3.99
Stitched #2 (Mike Wolfer Gore Cover), $3.99
Stitched #2 (Mike Wolfer Wraparound Cover), $3.99
Stitched #2 (Movie Photo Variant Cover), Ar
Black Library
Faith And Fire Mmpb (Warhammer 40K)(New Edition), $8.99
Hammer And Anvil Mmpb (Warhammer...
Andrews McMeel
Dilbert How’s That Underling Thing Working Tp, $12.99
Antarctic Press
Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #1, $3.99
Gold Digger Christmas Special #5, $3.50
Very Zombie Christmas #3, $3.50
Arcana Studio
Scrooge And Santa Gn (resolicited)(not verified by Diamond), $14.95
Archaia Entertainment
Cyclops #7, $3.95
Everlast Hc, $19.95
Jim Henson’s The Storyteller Hc, $19.95
Killing Pickman Hc (resolicited), $24.95
Secret History #17, $5.95
Sigh Hc, $10.95
Tale Of Sand Hc, $29.95
Archie Comics
Archie Cyber Adventures Tp (not verified by Diamond), $9.95
Archie Double Digest #224, $3.99
Mega Man #8, $2.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Select Volume 4 Zone Wars Tp, $11.95
Avatar Press
Stitched #2 (Mike Wolfer Regular Cover), $3.99
Stitched #2 (Mike Wolfer Gore Cover), $3.99
Stitched #2 (Mike Wolfer Wraparound Cover), $3.99
Stitched #2 (Movie Photo Variant Cover), Ar
Black Library
Faith And Fire Mmpb (Warhammer 40K)(New Edition), $8.99
Hammer And Anvil Mmpb (Warhammer...
- 12/14/2011
- by geekmaster
- GeekRest
Elia Cmiral has been hired to score the horror sequel Piranha 3Dd. The movie is directed by John Gulager who is best known for helming the Feast trilogy. Ving Rhames, Christopher Llyod and Paul Scheer are reprising their roles from last year’s original film. They are joined by new cast members Danielle Panabaker, Gary Busey, Katrina Bowden, David Koechner, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka, Megan Tandy and David Hasselhoff. The film is reportedly set in a newly opened waterpark. Marcus Dunston and Patrick Melton (Saw IV, V, VI and The Final Chapter) wrote the project’s screenplay and Mark Canton (300, Immortals), Joel Soisson (Dracula 2000) and Marc Toberoff (My Favorite Martian) are producing. Michael Wandmacher was the composer of last year’s first part of the rebooted horror series. Piranha 3Dd has originally been scheduled for a release this November, but The Weinstein Company has recently pushed back the release...
- 10/29/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
Here’s the Movies That Became Available to Stream on Netflix Over the Past Week: Red State (R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #2340
Times Ranked: 2096
Win Percentage: 53%
How Many Top-20′s: 13 Users
________________________________________________
I was pleasantly suprised by how much I liked Red State. It’s a tight little 90 mimute thriller with fantastic performances and it mixes genres quite effectively. The HD version on Netflix looks pretty nice too.
Directed By: Kevin Smith
Starring: Michael Parks • John Goodman • Melissa Leo • Kevin Pollak • Michael Angarano
Genres :Drama • Horror • Religious Drama • Thriller
• • • • • • • •
The Next Three Days (PG13 | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #2302
Times Ranked: 3616
Win Percentage: 48%
How Many Top-20′s: 3 Users
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Directed By: Paul Haggis
Starring: Russell Crowe • Elizabeth Banks • Olivia Wilde
Genres: Crime • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller • Drama • Romance • Romantic Drama • Thriller
• • • • • • • •
Winnebago Man (Nr | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #3403
Times Ranked: 2363
Win Percentage: 54%
How Many Top-20′s: 5 Users
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Directed By: Ben Steinbauer
Genres: Biography • Documentary
• • • • • • • •
F/X (R | 1986)
Flickchart Ranking:...
Flickchart Ranking: #2340
Times Ranked: 2096
Win Percentage: 53%
How Many Top-20′s: 13 Users
________________________________________________
I was pleasantly suprised by how much I liked Red State. It’s a tight little 90 mimute thriller with fantastic performances and it mixes genres quite effectively. The HD version on Netflix looks pretty nice too.
Directed By: Kevin Smith
Starring: Michael Parks • John Goodman • Melissa Leo • Kevin Pollak • Michael Angarano
Genres :Drama • Horror • Religious Drama • Thriller
• • • • • • • •
The Next Three Days (PG13 | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #2302
Times Ranked: 3616
Win Percentage: 48%
How Many Top-20′s: 3 Users
________________________________________________
Directed By: Paul Haggis
Starring: Russell Crowe • Elizabeth Banks • Olivia Wilde
Genres: Crime • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller • Drama • Romance • Romantic Drama • Thriller
• • • • • • • •
Winnebago Man (Nr | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #3403
Times Ranked: 2363
Win Percentage: 54%
How Many Top-20′s: 5 Users
________________________________________________
Directed By: Ben Steinbauer
Genres: Biography • Documentary
• • • • • • • •
F/X (R | 1986)
Flickchart Ranking:...
- 10/24/2011
- by Daniel Rohr
- Flickchart
TV is full of shows set in their own universes, worlds different from our own (sometimes slightly, sometimes drastically) that open up new avenues for storytellers to explore. It can be a lot of fun to ponder what it would be like to live in a particular universe, to explore that different world, but would it be a positive or negative experience? Here is a list of which TV universes you would and would not want to live in.
Would Want to Live In
10. Community
Pros: You get to earn a degree, however slowly, and live out your favorite movie moments through the constant homages structuring your life. Plus, paintball!
Cons: Chang.
9. Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Pros: You get to do magic, which seems to be lots of fun, incredibly convenient (at least come spring cleaning), and seems to have very few down sides. Plus you get to live longer.
Would Want to Live In
10. Community
Pros: You get to earn a degree, however slowly, and live out your favorite movie moments through the constant homages structuring your life. Plus, paintball!
Cons: Chang.
9. Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Pros: You get to do magic, which seems to be lots of fun, incredibly convenient (at least come spring cleaning), and seems to have very few down sides. Plus you get to live longer.
- 9/29/2011
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
The creator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch
In the 1960s, no one had his finger closer to the pulse of the great American television-watching public than Sherwood Schwartz, who has died aged 94. Schwartz created both Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch, two shows that defied critical opprobrium to become hits, and through endless sequels and repeats in syndication have become icons of their era.
Looking back, it is possible to find some cultural weight in each. Gilligan, which, as its theme song, co-written by Schwartz, explained, was the tale of seven people on a "three-hour cruise" who wind up cast away on a lost island, was sold to the CBS network as "a microcosm, but a funny microcosm", and it made its debut in 1964.
As played by Bob Denver, the clumsy first mate Gilligan might be seen, when the show debuted in 1964, as a prototype hippie, interacting with...
In the 1960s, no one had his finger closer to the pulse of the great American television-watching public than Sherwood Schwartz, who has died aged 94. Schwartz created both Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch, two shows that defied critical opprobrium to become hits, and through endless sequels and repeats in syndication have become icons of their era.
Looking back, it is possible to find some cultural weight in each. Gilligan, which, as its theme song, co-written by Schwartz, explained, was the tale of seven people on a "three-hour cruise" who wind up cast away on a lost island, was sold to the CBS network as "a microcosm, but a funny microcosm", and it made its debut in 1964.
As played by Bob Denver, the clumsy first mate Gilligan might be seen, when the show debuted in 1964, as a prototype hippie, interacting with...
- 7/15/2011
- by Michael Carlson
- The Guardian - Film News
There were two television comedies that influenced my lifelong taste in TV sitcoms that I watched as a tot. They were the original "Get Smart" written by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, and "My Favorite Martian," starring Bill Bixby and Mr. Hand (Ray Walston) from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." They were ridiculous in premise, completely absurdist, politically incorrect and demanded that the viewer just sit back and suspend all disbelief. And they were well served by the right casts (and writers) who were able to pull off the wink with style. So it is with FX's taste in comedies. Their canceled "Testees" was a brave buddy comedy that was rude and wrong. I loved it. "Wilfred"...
- 6/23/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Last week I did a piece on how early syndication of movies to TV provided a culturally unifying base for Baby Boomers. Most of us, however, probably think of syndication as being less about movies and more about recycling old TV shows. And, in time, so it became.
TV writer/producer/director Bill Persky remembers syndication being a movie-driven business in the medium’s early years since “…there weren’t that many series to syndicate…” By the 60s, however, TV production companies had amassed enough defunct TV shows to turn syndication into an increasingly profitable series-recycling business feeding a bottomless market. Independent stations filled their days with a patchwork quilt of old TV shows, old movies, local news and sports, and even network affiliates had hours to fill between blocks of network programming.
The recycling of old TV shows had the same impact on Boomers recycling old movies did; it...
TV writer/producer/director Bill Persky remembers syndication being a movie-driven business in the medium’s early years since “…there weren’t that many series to syndicate…” By the 60s, however, TV production companies had amassed enough defunct TV shows to turn syndication into an increasingly profitable series-recycling business feeding a bottomless market. Independent stations filled their days with a patchwork quilt of old TV shows, old movies, local news and sports, and even network affiliates had hours to fill between blocks of network programming.
The recycling of old TV shows had the same impact on Boomers recycling old movies did; it...
- 6/11/2011
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
Former Dallas villain Larry Hagman is selling off his collection of memorabilia, art and antiques from the Ojai, California ranch he recently sold.
The treasure trove of personal stuff includes scripts from the original Dallas TV series, J.R. Ewing's cowboy boots and memorabilia from his other TV hits I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched and My Favorite Martian.
Hagman is also putting personal antiques, fine and decorative art and furniture up for sale - and there will also be items he collected from his actress mother Mary Martin's career.
The sale, to be held at the prestigious Julien's Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills, will take place on 4 June.
All the items were stored at Hagman's hilltop estate Heaven, which he built in 1991.
Among the art pieces is an 18th century Spanish Colonial painting of the Madonna and Child and works by Barton Benes and Bruce Killen, while the antiques include an Italian credenza, a Rosewood Regency drop leaf table and a set of 10 Chippendale-style dining chairs with needlepoint upholstery.
Also up for grabs are a custom-made mounted parade saddle, a pair of monogrammed boots Hagman wore as Ewing in Dallas, and items from his collection of guns and knives.
The treasure trove of personal stuff includes scripts from the original Dallas TV series, J.R. Ewing's cowboy boots and memorabilia from his other TV hits I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched and My Favorite Martian.
Hagman is also putting personal antiques, fine and decorative art and furniture up for sale - and there will also be items he collected from his actress mother Mary Martin's career.
The sale, to be held at the prestigious Julien's Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills, will take place on 4 June.
All the items were stored at Hagman's hilltop estate Heaven, which he built in 1991.
Among the art pieces is an 18th century Spanish Colonial painting of the Madonna and Child and works by Barton Benes and Bruce Killen, while the antiques include an Italian credenza, a Rosewood Regency drop leaf table and a set of 10 Chippendale-style dining chairs with needlepoint upholstery.
Also up for grabs are a custom-made mounted parade saddle, a pair of monogrammed boots Hagman wore as Ewing in Dallas, and items from his collection of guns and knives.
- 5/9/2011
- WENN
The treasure trove of personal stuff includes scripts from the original "Dallas" TV series, J.R. Ewing's cowboy boots and memorabilia from Larry Hagman's other TV hits "I Dream of Jeannie", "Bewitched" and "My Favorite Martian".
Hagman is also putting personal antiques, fine and decorative art and furniture up for sale - and there will also be items he collected from his actress mother Mary Martin's career.
The sale, to be held at the prestigious Julien's Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills, will take place on June 4.
All the items were stored at Hagman's hilltop estate Heaven, which he built in 1991.
Among the art pieces is an 18th century Spanish Colonial painting of the Madonna and Child and works by Barton Benes and Bruce Killen, while the antiques include an Italian credenza, a Rosewood Regency drop leaf table and a set of 10 Chippendale-style dining chairs with needlepoint upholstery.
Also...
Hagman is also putting personal antiques, fine and decorative art and furniture up for sale - and there will also be items he collected from his actress mother Mary Martin's career.
The sale, to be held at the prestigious Julien's Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills, will take place on June 4.
All the items were stored at Hagman's hilltop estate Heaven, which he built in 1991.
Among the art pieces is an 18th century Spanish Colonial painting of the Madonna and Child and works by Barton Benes and Bruce Killen, while the antiques include an Italian credenza, a Rosewood Regency drop leaf table and a set of 10 Chippendale-style dining chairs with needlepoint upholstery.
Also...
- 5/9/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Hamsterdam, MD - News at 4:20. As part of the celebration for the upcoming season of Weeds, Glick University polled over 4,000 Americans about what TV News personalities they wanted to see get high during a broadcast.
Naturally there were ground rules including the disqualifications of news organizations that contain notorious on air potheads. This meant no votes were collected for the cast of The Daily Show, Colbert Report and Fox and Friends. You think Steve Doocey is sober? Hard to think that any of those folks have eyes that aren’t pied 24-7.
10, Bill O’Reilly (Fox News) had a lot of folks who reacted that it’d be like, “Dude, I’m getting high with dad.” Of course this initial elation is cut down with the horrifying fact of “Dude, I’m getting high with dad and it’s just not someone I need to party with.”
Rick Sanchez...
Naturally there were ground rules including the disqualifications of news organizations that contain notorious on air potheads. This meant no votes were collected for the cast of The Daily Show, Colbert Report and Fox and Friends. You think Steve Doocey is sober? Hard to think that any of those folks have eyes that aren’t pied 24-7.
10, Bill O’Reilly (Fox News) had a lot of folks who reacted that it’d be like, “Dude, I’m getting high with dad.” Of course this initial elation is cut down with the horrifying fact of “Dude, I’m getting high with dad and it’s just not someone I need to party with.”
Rick Sanchez...
- 7/23/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
The new remake of The A-Team will put a modern spin on a popular television series of the eighties, bringing nostalgic feelings to old fans of the show while introducing a new generation to one of their fathers' favorites. The A-Team is just the latest in a very long line of classic TV shows that have received a big screen makeover.
The appeal of these small-screen-to-big-screen revamps is twofold. One purpose is to recapture older audiences who grew up on classic TV and who may not go to the movies very often anymore, but the lure of seeing one of the shows they grew up with on a the silver screen might entice them to visit their local theater. The second advantage is that Hollywood executives always feel safer using proven ideas rather than gambling on new ones, hence the reason so many sequels are made.
For the sake of brevity,...
The appeal of these small-screen-to-big-screen revamps is twofold. One purpose is to recapture older audiences who grew up on classic TV and who may not go to the movies very often anymore, but the lure of seeing one of the shows they grew up with on a the silver screen might entice them to visit their local theater. The second advantage is that Hollywood executives always feel safer using proven ideas rather than gambling on new ones, hence the reason so many sequels are made.
For the sake of brevity,...
- 5/24/2010
- by Rob Young
- JustPressPlay.net
Richard Delvy was drummer and composer for such early surf-rock groups as the Bel-Airs and the Challengers. He also provided the rockin’ theme song for the 1968 cult sci-fi film The Green Slime, starring Robert Horton, Richard Jaeckel, and Luciana Paluzzi. Delvy belted out the unforgettable lyrics “Will you believe it when you’re dead? Gree-ee-eenn Slii-ii-ii-iime!! Gree-ee-eenn Slii-ii-ii-iime!! Gree-ee-eenn Slii-ii-ii-ii-ii-iime!!!!.”
Delvy was born Richard Delvecchio in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on April 20, 1942, and moved to Southern California in the late 1950s. He played on several minor surf-rock hits including “Mr. Moto,” and acquired the rights to such hits as “Wipe Out” and “Chick-a-Boom (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It)”. He also contributed music for such animated series as Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, My Favorite Martian, The Archies, and The Groovy Ghoulies.
Delvy died after a long illness in a West Hills, California, hospital on February 6, 2010, at age 67.
Delvy was born Richard Delvecchio in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on April 20, 1942, and moved to Southern California in the late 1950s. He played on several minor surf-rock hits including “Mr. Moto,” and acquired the rights to such hits as “Wipe Out” and “Chick-a-Boom (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It)”. He also contributed music for such animated series as Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, My Favorite Martian, The Archies, and The Groovy Ghoulies.
Delvy died after a long illness in a West Hills, California, hospital on February 6, 2010, at age 67.
- 3/24/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
"Journies" is the story of an online journalist who gets a one-on-one interview with a hot celebrity and snags a date with her. You know this is make believe because I ask out all the hot celebrity chicks and they just laugh in my face. Which means they would never date a journo because nobody is better looking than I am.Here's more from THR:Grant Boucher will write and direct the romantic comedy feature "Journies" for Death Ray Films. Jaime King is attached to star."Journies" takes place in the world of online entertainment news, where an aspiring online journalist gets the scoop of a lifetime when a one-on-one interview turns into a date with Hollywood's hottest young ingenue. HBO is developing a series called "Tilda," which is also about an entertainment blogger.Robert Sanchez, Kyle Newman and King are producing "Journies.""It's 'Notting Hill' with a touch of 'Entourage' for the younger,...
- 2/11/2010
- LRMonline.com
Grant Boucher will write and direct the romantic comedy feature "Journies" for Death Ray Films. Jaime King is attached to star.
"Journies" takes place in the world of online entertainment news, where an aspiring online journalist gets the scoop of a lifetime when a one-on-one interview turns into a date with Hollywood's hottest young ingenue. HBO is developing a series called "Tilda," which is also about an entertainment blogger.
Robert Sanchez, Kyle Newman and King are producing "Journies."
"It's 'Notting Hill' with a touch of 'Entourage' for the younger, hipper, Comic-Con crowd," said Death Ray partner Sanchez. "Grant's writing is amazing and his take on our story nailed it."
King, who is repped by Gersh and Raw Talent, has recently appeared in "Sin City," "The Spirit" and "My Bloody Valentine 3D." She will next star in the remake of the horror film "Mother's Day."
A visual effects producer, Boucher has worked on "Phantoms,...
"Journies" takes place in the world of online entertainment news, where an aspiring online journalist gets the scoop of a lifetime when a one-on-one interview turns into a date with Hollywood's hottest young ingenue. HBO is developing a series called "Tilda," which is also about an entertainment blogger.
Robert Sanchez, Kyle Newman and King are producing "Journies."
"It's 'Notting Hill' with a touch of 'Entourage' for the younger, hipper, Comic-Con crowd," said Death Ray partner Sanchez. "Grant's writing is amazing and his take on our story nailed it."
King, who is repped by Gersh and Raw Talent, has recently appeared in "Sin City," "The Spirit" and "My Bloody Valentine 3D." She will next star in the remake of the horror film "Mother's Day."
A visual effects producer, Boucher has worked on "Phantoms,...
- 2/10/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Established 1974! Our news column tires of remakes.
Sci-fi
Listen up! There’s one more New genre show airing tonight (that we forgot about yesterday). NBC has a first-run episode of The Listener at 10 p.m.: “Foggy Notion.” It’s Chinatown, Toby.
The Remake Game
Thankfully, the mostly mediocre TV movie reunions recapitulating past series are extinct, but the ongoing effort to reincarnate many hits of the 1960s-1990s as either “reimagined” new TV shows or big-budget movies continues. Alas, for every good film version (Star Trek, The Fugitive, Get Smart, the Addams Family movies, Maverick, George Of The Jungle), there are plenty of awful ones (The Mod Squad, Dudley Do-right, The Beverly Hillbillies, McHale’S Navy, Car 54, Where Are You?). And for every hit (Charlie’S Angels, the Mission: Impossible movies, Starsky & Hutch, The Untouchables, Dukes Of Hazzard, Dragnet), there are lotsa misses (The Avengers, Land Of The Lost,...
Sci-fi
Listen up! There’s one more New genre show airing tonight (that we forgot about yesterday). NBC has a first-run episode of The Listener at 10 p.m.: “Foggy Notion.” It’s Chinatown, Toby.
The Remake Game
Thankfully, the mostly mediocre TV movie reunions recapitulating past series are extinct, but the ongoing effort to reincarnate many hits of the 1960s-1990s as either “reimagined” new TV shows or big-budget movies continues. Alas, for every good film version (Star Trek, The Fugitive, Get Smart, the Addams Family movies, Maverick, George Of The Jungle), there are plenty of awful ones (The Mod Squad, Dudley Do-right, The Beverly Hillbillies, McHale’S Navy, Car 54, Where Are You?). And for every hit (Charlie’S Angels, the Mission: Impossible movies, Starsky & Hutch, The Untouchables, Dukes Of Hazzard, Dragnet), there are lotsa misses (The Avengers, Land Of The Lost,...
- 7/9/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (DAVID McDONNELL)
- Starlog
“Wolverine” ready to rip through the weekend. 20th Century Fox’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” unspools into a massive 4,099 theatres. Directed by Gavin Hood, the Academy Award®-winning helmer of South African film “Tsotse,” “Wolverine” has had its hurdles thanks to its bootlegged availability and review of the leaked, incomplete material by entertainment blogger Roger Friedman. Still, “Wolverine” is ready to carve up a hefty slice of the box office pie. “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” looks to attract fans of the romance and comedy genres with Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner frontlining. Mark Waters, director of “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” “Mean Girls” and the “Freaky Friday” remake, helms from the writing by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The film debuts in 3,175 locations. (Read the Review) The next widest release comes in “Battle for Terra,” the animated sci-fi flick from Roadside Attractions. Film is directed by Canadian-born Greek Aristomenis Tsirbas, an experienced digital...
- 5/1/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
20th Century Fox’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” unspools into a massive 4,099 theatres. Directed by Gavin Hood, the Academy Award®-winning helmer of South African film “Tsotse,” “Wolverine” has had its hurdles thanks to its bootlegged availability and review of the leaked, incomplete material by entertainment blogger Roger Friedman. Still, “Wolverine” is ready to carve up a hefty slice of the box office pie. “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” looks to attract fans of the romance and comedy genres with Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner frontlining. Mark Waters, director of “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” “Mean Girls” and the “Freaky Friday” remake, helms from the writing by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The film debuts in 3,175 locations. The next widest release comes in “Battle for Terra,” the animated sci-fi flick from Roadside Attractions. Film is directed by Canadian-born Greek Aristomenis Tsirbas, an experienced digital artist who has worked in films including “Titanic,” “My Favorite Martian” and “Hellboy.
- 5/1/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
20th Century Fox’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” unspools into a massive 4,099 theatres. Directed by Gavin Hood, the Academy Award®-winning helmer of South African film “Tsotse,” “Wolverine” has had its hurdles thanks to its bootlegged availability and review of the leaked, incomplete material by entertainment blogger Roger Friedman. Still, “Wolverine” is ready to carve up a hefty slice of the box office pie. “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” looks to attract fans of the romance and comedy genres with Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner frontlining. Mark Waters, director of “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” “Mean Girls” and the “Freaky Friday” remake, helms from the writing by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The film debuts in 3,175 locations. The next widest release comes in “Battle for Terra,” the animated sci-fi flick from Roadside Attractions. Film is directed by Canadian-born Greek Aristomenis Tsirbas, an experienced digital artist who has worked in films including “Titanic,” “My Favorite Martian” and “Hellboy.
- 5/1/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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