tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post3048070374724355019..comments2024-03-25T14:00:23.934-04:00Comments on The Land of Whatever: What Might've Been: Stoney Burke (1962)hobbyfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-3114582945472395912016-12-16T22:10:12.213-05:002016-12-16T22:10:12.213-05:00"More Than You Wanted To Know" sounds li..."More Than You Wanted To Know" sounds like a good title for a blog, Mike. Of course, Dowdell is better known for his work on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Cannon was destined to be a supporting player for the rest of his career (i.e. McCloud).hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-76230781299388937862016-12-16T22:06:46.544-05:002016-12-16T22:06:46.544-05:00This was a "backdoor pilot" for a prospe...This was a "backdoor pilot" for a prospective J.D. Cannon series that didn't sell (note Leslie Stevens's mega-involvement).<br />In the regular <i>Burke</i> series, Warren Oates and Bob Dowdell were more prominently featured, along with Bruce Dern (with an appearance by Cloris Leachman as his "Cousin Eunice"; this was also a backdoor pilot).<br /><br />Leslie Stevens was trying to be a mogul of sorts with his Daystar Productions deal with ABC.<br />Dominic Frontiere, an old friend, was there to do the music, and had equity in Daystar.<br />If all had gone as planned, <i>Stoney Burke, The Weapons Man,</i> and <i>The Outer Limits</i> would have all had prime-time slots on ABC in '63.<br />But <i>Burke</i> was a "bubble" show, <i>Weapons</i> didn't sell, and <i>Outer Limits</i> was all that was left.<br />After <i>Outer Limits</i>'s first season, ABC forced Stevens and Frontiere out and took over production itself; Daystar was reduced to collecting a weekly royalty check, and the company folded along with the series not long thereafter.<br /><br />"More Than You Wanted To Know" will return ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.com