Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2015-01-30 Thread Bob Jersey
Back on August 25 last year, I wrote, in part: Back on July 21, I replied to Diner about CoziTV: Shows distributed by NBCU (*The Virginian, McCloud, *the bionic pair) ... don't suffer the credits edits. SPT is *not* exempt from the editing. The last scene of a *Hart to Hart* ended,

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-08-26 Thread Diner
On Monday, August 25, 2014 10:36:03 PM UTC-4, Bob Jersey wrote: Back on July 21, I replied to Diner about CoziTV: Shows distributed by NBCU (*The Virginian, McCloud, *the bionic pair) ... don't suffer the credits edits. SPT is *not* exempt from the editing. The last scene of a *Hart to

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-08-25 Thread Bob Jersey
Back on July 21, I replied to Diner about CoziTV: Shows distributed by NBCU (*The Virginian, McCloud, *the bionic pair) ... don't suffer the credits edits. SPT is *not* exempt from the editing. The last scene of a *Hart to Hart* ended, then they cut right to the SPT logo. *Here's Lucy*,

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-21 Thread K.M. Richards
I had Encore Westerns as part of my DirecTV service for a couple of years when they were running through all the Maverick episodes in order. I saved the Garner episodes to DVD but not the others. That should tell you what I thought of brother Bret compared to brother Bart, cousin Beau, cousin

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-21 Thread Diner
On Monday, July 21, 2014 11:57:20 AM UTC-4, K.M. Richards wrote: I had Encore Westerns as part of my DirecTV service for a couple of years when they were running through all the Maverick episodes in order. I saved the Garner episodes to DVD but not the others. That should tell you what I

[TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-20 Thread Brad Beam
James Garner, 86. http://www.wrex.com/story/26062568/police-movie-tv-legend-james-garner-dies (Ed. Note: At the time of The Rockford Files [1974-80], WREX was Rockford's ABC affiliate.) _ _ |_|_ Brad Beam- Belle WV |_|_ http://www.facebook.com/74bmw -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-20 Thread PGage
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 5:55 AM, Brad Beam b.b...@suddenlink.net wrote: James Garner, 86. http://www.wrex.com/story/26062568/police-movie-tv-legend-james-garner-dies One of the greats. My mother used to talk about how much she liked Maverick. For a couple of reasons I did not watch much of

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-20 Thread Jon Delfin
The Americanization of Emily is one of my Top 5 films. On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 10:03 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 5:55 AM, Brad Beam b.b...@suddenlink.net wrote: James Garner, 86. http://www.wrex.com/story/26062568/police-movie-tv-legend-james-garner-dies

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-20 Thread PGage
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 7:09 AM, Jon Delfin jondel...@gmail.com wrote: The Americanization of Emily is one of my Top 5 films. Good one. And the obits mention it was Garner's own favorite... -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-20 Thread Kevin M.
He was the real deal. I had a few interactions with him during my nefarious Hollywood years, once while interning for Tom Snyder and again a few years later when I was a page working on the Emmys. He was still very much the Oklahoma kid, humble, polite, and funny. I've also gotten to know his

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-20 Thread PGage
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: He was the real deal. I had a few interactions with him during my nefarious Hollywood years, once while interning for Tom Snyder and again a few years later when I was a page working on the Emmys. He was still very much

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-20 Thread Adam Bowie
Sorry - here's the obituary: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/movies/james-garner-actor-dies-at-86.html?referrer= On 20 Jul 2014 18:57, Adam Bowie a...@adambowie.co.uk wrote: A New York Times piece I read earlier said that it was 'reportedly' $14m. So pretty substantial and worth the fight.

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-20 Thread Adam Bowie
A New York Times piece I read earlier said that it was 'reportedly' $14m. So pretty substantial and worth the fight. Adam On 20 Jul 2014 18:35, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: He was the real deal. I had a few

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-20 Thread PGage
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Adam Bowie a...@adambowie.co.uk wrote: A New York Times piece I read earlier said that it was 'reportedly' $14m. So pretty substantial and worth the fight. Thanks. My inflation calculator puts that at about $26.8M in 2014 money. -- -- TV or Not TV The

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-20 Thread Michael
Although he rocked it as Rockford, he'll always be a Maverick to me. He was a riverboat-riding Robin Hood, and as much as Robert Conrad's James West, James Garner's Bret Maverick was the James Bond of cowboys (with effortless cool, more gambling and less espionage)! In the Maverick family

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-20 Thread Michael
Although he rocked it as Rockford, he'll always be a Maverick to me. He was a riverboat-riding Robin Hood, and as much as Robert Conrad's James West, James Garner's Bret Maverick was the James Bond of cowboys (with effortless cool, more gambling and less espionage)! In the Maverick family

Re: [TV orNotTV] From the NBC Rockford files

2014-07-20 Thread Diner
On Sunday, July 20, 2014 3:44:41 PM UTC-4, Michael wrote: Although he rocked it as Rockford, he'll always be a Maverick to me. He was a riverboat-riding Robin Hood, and as much as Robert Conrad's James West, James Garner's Bret Maverick was the James Bond of cowboys (with effortless