tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post2832021078325630073..comments2024-03-25T14:00:23.934-04:00Comments on The Land of Whatever: What Might've Been: On The Rocks (1975)hobbyfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-69308000041800968282021-01-23T09:13:09.548-05:002021-01-23T09:13:09.548-05:00Why was Stone cut, Mike? As I wrote, he appeared i...Why was Stone cut, Mike? As I wrote, he appeared in the ad, taken from the pilot (w/Ernie Anderson voice-over), and, like Tom Poston, seemed to be available for just about anything back in those days. <br /><br />IIRC, I think the reason Mel Stewart left All in The Family was because of being cast in "Roll Out" as a DI.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-69960863157897995032021-01-23T00:47:13.363-05:002021-01-23T00:47:13.363-05:00The two guards in the photo - Leonard Stone and th...The two guards in the photo - Leonard Stone and the other one whom I don't recall - were in the pilot; both were replaced when the series order came through.<br />Tom Poston played a sympathetic guard, who was usually played for a patsy by the inmates.<br />Mel Stewart (the original Jefferson on <i>All In The Family</i>) was the other replacement guard; he was a real hard-nose, and the one Fuentes had to outwit most weeks.<br />Also added after the premiere was the warden, who was Logan Ramsey (you'd know the face); he was a weaselly bureaucrat who wanted to know as little as possible about what was going on in the prison.Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.com