tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post9040276681805269039..comments2024-03-25T14:00:23.934-04:00Comments on The Land of Whatever: Forgotten TV: Lewis & Clark (1981)hobbyfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-61154087503343566102018-07-31T22:21:04.258-04:002018-07-31T22:21:04.258-04:00Yes, a pre-High Chapparal Leif Erickson. I will ha...Yes, a pre-High Chapparal Leif Erickson. I will have it up soon.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-85219363207754508312018-07-31T21:32:50.784-04:002018-07-31T21:32:50.784-04:00Thanks hobbyfan! I've run across it before, i...Thanks hobbyfan! I've run across it before, it's from 1958, and I believe Leif Erickson is in it too, right? I need to get around to reviewing that one and some of Tuck's other anthology appearances.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-12170135215976917902018-07-30T12:29:04.329-04:002018-07-30T12:29:04.329-04:00And I think today's generation might know Kapl...And I think today's generation might know Kaplan more as a poker player than a 70's icon. I think Harper Valley was also airing on Fridays at one point, given the constant schedule shuffling back then.<br /><br />Oh, and Hal? I found a little something on YouTube you might like. A GE Theatre, I believe it is, with Forrest Tucker co-starring with Bette Davis. If you haven't already seen it or reviewed it, LMK.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-91789230532209337182018-07-29T11:24:26.803-04:002018-07-29T11:24:26.803-04:00Well, it was basically a ghost town at the time (t...Well, it was basically a ghost town at the time (the purchase was actually around 1970, several years before Waylon Jennings immortalized it in song) and has an official population of 3 even today; the price was $30,000 total, with Koock being a one-third partner. <br /><br />I don't think there was a good landing spot for it on the NBC 1981 schedule. HARPER VALLEY was fairly compatible, at least, but everyone was watching MAGNUM P.I. from 7-8 PM CT Thursdays. Kaplan's hot streak was over at the time too (NOBODY'S PERFEKT bombed just two months earlier at theatres)--at least, away from the poker table.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-32261167417969414162018-07-27T08:23:22.015-04:002018-07-27T08:23:22.015-04:00Didn't know you could actually buy a city in r...Didn't know you could actually buy a city in reality. Thought that was just a plot device.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-51158377410900365212018-07-26T20:39:45.772-04:002018-07-26T20:39:45.772-04:00Guich Koock owned the town of Luckenbach, Texas - ...Guich Koock owned the town of Luckenbach, Texas - in real life.<br />He and a friend bought the place in the late '70s, and tried to turn it into a "tourist attraction" of sorts; permitting its use as a "locale" on <i>Lewis And Clark</i> (even though the whole show was done in Burbank) was part of that.<br /> True story … Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-7357548068494998112018-07-25T08:10:23.789-04:002018-07-25T08:10:23.789-04:00Oh, forgot about "She's The Sheriff"...Oh, forgot about "She's The Sheriff", and that was reviewed a while back. Maybe if NBC put Lewis & Clark on a different night other than Thursday to start, would it have succeeded? They were that desperate for a hit show not named Little House on The Prairie back then......hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-66187883966051739472018-07-24T22:31:35.623-04:002018-07-24T22:31:35.623-04:00Always liked Gabe Kaplan, but this show had no cha...Always liked Gabe Kaplan, but this show had no chance.<br /><br />Guich Koock was typecast for sure. My fellow Texan was later a regular on Suzanne Somers' syndicated series "She's the Sheriff", which lasted two years. He was essentially playing the same deputy character he had played on "Carter Country". He also turned up as a guest star several times on "Walker, Texas Ranger" and other TV projects filmed in Texas.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.com