While Jack Webb's second Dragnet ended in 1970, Adam-12 was rolling into its 4th season in 1972. ABC and producer Aaron Spelling decided they wanted a piece of the action. They wanted a show that was their answer to Adam-12.
The end result was The Rookies, which bowed with a TV-movie pilot on the ABC Movie of the Week in March, and graduated to series six months later. The Rookies would last for four seasons, and spawn a spinoff, S.W.A.T., thanks to a backdoor pilot in season 3.
Though filmed in LA, Spelling opted to keep the real setting of the series vague, hence making his cops members of the (reputedly) Southern California Police Department (SCPD). I think this might've been to avoid any conflicts with Webb and his family of series, and Webb's association with the LAPD.
The series followed a trio of cops, played by Sam Melville, Michael Ontkean, & Georg Stanford Brown. Mike Danko (Melville) was the only one of the trio who was married (wife was played by Kate Jackson). The Rookies served as a suitable successor to The Mod Squad, which, I think, was either at the end of its run, or would soon get there, I can't remember at the moment.
After 2 seasons, Ontkean left and was replaced by Bruce Fairbairn for the rest of the series, playing another character. After the show ended, Brown gradually walked away from acting and was married to actress Tyne Daly for a number of years. Of course, Kate Jackson segued right into another hit series, Charlie's Angels, which replaced Rookies on the schedule.
Captsisko51 uploaded the familiar, kickin' theme, composed by Elmer Bernstein, followed by a short scene in which Officer Gillis (Ontkean) is made to look like a complete dunce.
Rating: A.
Friday, May 31, 2013
A little bit of this & a little of that
Will it ever end?
Yahoo! is reporting this morning that a 5 year old boy was suspended from his school for 10 days for bringing a toy cap gun with him to show a friend. What is so galling is that the school principal was so insensitive to the age of this poor kid, that she interrogated him for 2 hours before bothering to call the boy's mom. By the time mommy got there, the little guy had wet his pants. He was probably crying his eyes out, too, but Yahoo! didn't mention that. The story does say that the case is being appealed. If the suspension, harsh and improper as it is, stands, the kid will miss the rest of the season, and this incident will be on his permanent record.
Look. The child is in kindergarten. You can't expect these kids to understand that things have changed so quickly in the last 5 months since Sandy Hook. You have school administrators who are paranoid about guns of any kind that they're so quick to issue knee-jerk suspensions without regard to the prospect of traumatizing the poor kids. They're so afraid that these school massacres are doing the traumatizing, but fail to see that they're doing their own share with their stupidity.
Need I mention, then, that this was in Maryland, within shouting distance, perhaps, of the White House?
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When it was announced last year that Scooby-Doo would meet some of the stars of the WWE in an animated movie set at Wrestlemania, fans of both camps had to be excited. The movie won't hit stores until just before Wrestlemania 30 next spring, but even before that project is completed, WWE & WB have announced another collaboration, this time sending Vince McMahon, John Cena, et al, into the stone age.
Yes, you read that right. WWE in 2015 will visit the Flintstones. With news that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane's proposed Flintstones reboot for Fox has been buried in turnaround, fans will have to wait 2 more years to see some new stuff with Fred, Barney, and the gang. One can only wonder if Pebbles will be able to be a teenaged WWE diva...........! To think this all started because Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson made some cracks equating Cena with Fruity Pebbles cereal, which Fred & Barney have endorsed for more than 40 years.......
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Everyone, I think, expected the Yankees to dominate the annual Subway Series vs. the Mets. Nuh-uh. Not even close. The Mets completed a 4-game sweep Thursday, moving closer to the .500 mark with a 3-1 verdict. The Amazin's outscored the Bronx Bombers, 16-7, in the series. Granted, the Yankee apologists will point to the fact that the Yanks were missing several key players due to injury and hit just 2 homers in the series (Brennan Bosch on Wednesday, Robinson Cano on Thursday). They'll get Mark Teixiera & Kevin Youkilis back tonight for a series vs. Boston, and Andy Pettite is set to return Monday vs. Cleveland, but if George Steinbrenner were still with us, he'd have been raging and looking for scapegoats after getting swept off the field by the Mets.
What may be even more galling to the Yankees is the Mets' interleague record to date, a sparkling 7-1 (the lone loss was vs. the Chicago White Sox). Bear in mind, the Mets still have 1 game to make up vs. Minnesota, plus a 2-game return match vs. the ChiSox and series vs. Detroit, Cleveland, & Kansas City. Whodathunk they'd feast on the AL Central like this?
To think that it was supposedly leaked out in the tabloid press that moribound infielders Ike Davis & Ruben Tejada were threatened with demotion to Triple A earlier this week. Davis has avoided it again, but Tejada instead finds himself on the DL with a quad injury sustained Wednesday. Actually, if the tabloids weren't so obsessive-compulsive over every minute detail, the team could go about their business a little quieter. Impossible, of course, in New York.
Personally, I'd like to see the biggest gasbag in the city, Mike Francesca, try working out with the Mets or Yankees, or even train with any of the city's teams, before polluting the air with his self-centered opinions and attitude. Dude, you only think you know everything, and probably haven't admitted to being wrong since you were a child.
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So the New York Rangers fired coach John Tortorella earlier this week, less than a week after being eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs by Boston. The most likely place Tortorella will go next will be in the television studio. After all, where do most coaches go these days between jobs to make sure they get the attention of the other owners?
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This week's Dunce Cap winner, Amanda Bynes, is now denying she ripped on Rhianna, but then started looking for other people to rag on via Twitter. Actually, what she should be doing is taking a vacation from Twitter instead of reality.
If you think that's bad, consider that one of the supermarket magazines had a cover headline claiming the former child star wanted to "be the next Kim Kardashian". Oh, please, give me a break. I realize that mags like OK!, In Touch, and their ilk are desperate for readers, but these days, a majority of their headlines are probably fabricated in an effort to try to lure readers. Sorry, jabronies, but it ain't happening here. Bad enough that rags like Globe, which used to be reputable, have sunk to being almost totally fictional in their reporting. Better, then, to fold, and follow sister rag Weekly World News into online retirement.
Yahoo! is reporting this morning that a 5 year old boy was suspended from his school for 10 days for bringing a toy cap gun with him to show a friend. What is so galling is that the school principal was so insensitive to the age of this poor kid, that she interrogated him for 2 hours before bothering to call the boy's mom. By the time mommy got there, the little guy had wet his pants. He was probably crying his eyes out, too, but Yahoo! didn't mention that. The story does say that the case is being appealed. If the suspension, harsh and improper as it is, stands, the kid will miss the rest of the season, and this incident will be on his permanent record.
Look. The child is in kindergarten. You can't expect these kids to understand that things have changed so quickly in the last 5 months since Sandy Hook. You have school administrators who are paranoid about guns of any kind that they're so quick to issue knee-jerk suspensions without regard to the prospect of traumatizing the poor kids. They're so afraid that these school massacres are doing the traumatizing, but fail to see that they're doing their own share with their stupidity.
Need I mention, then, that this was in Maryland, within shouting distance, perhaps, of the White House?
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When it was announced last year that Scooby-Doo would meet some of the stars of the WWE in an animated movie set at Wrestlemania, fans of both camps had to be excited. The movie won't hit stores until just before Wrestlemania 30 next spring, but even before that project is completed, WWE & WB have announced another collaboration, this time sending Vince McMahon, John Cena, et al, into the stone age.
Yes, you read that right. WWE in 2015 will visit the Flintstones. With news that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane's proposed Flintstones reboot for Fox has been buried in turnaround, fans will have to wait 2 more years to see some new stuff with Fred, Barney, and the gang. One can only wonder if Pebbles will be able to be a teenaged WWE diva...........! To think this all started because Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson made some cracks equating Cena with Fruity Pebbles cereal, which Fred & Barney have endorsed for more than 40 years.......
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Everyone, I think, expected the Yankees to dominate the annual Subway Series vs. the Mets. Nuh-uh. Not even close. The Mets completed a 4-game sweep Thursday, moving closer to the .500 mark with a 3-1 verdict. The Amazin's outscored the Bronx Bombers, 16-7, in the series. Granted, the Yankee apologists will point to the fact that the Yanks were missing several key players due to injury and hit just 2 homers in the series (Brennan Bosch on Wednesday, Robinson Cano on Thursday). They'll get Mark Teixiera & Kevin Youkilis back tonight for a series vs. Boston, and Andy Pettite is set to return Monday vs. Cleveland, but if George Steinbrenner were still with us, he'd have been raging and looking for scapegoats after getting swept off the field by the Mets.
What may be even more galling to the Yankees is the Mets' interleague record to date, a sparkling 7-1 (the lone loss was vs. the Chicago White Sox). Bear in mind, the Mets still have 1 game to make up vs. Minnesota, plus a 2-game return match vs. the ChiSox and series vs. Detroit, Cleveland, & Kansas City. Whodathunk they'd feast on the AL Central like this?
To think that it was supposedly leaked out in the tabloid press that moribound infielders Ike Davis & Ruben Tejada were threatened with demotion to Triple A earlier this week. Davis has avoided it again, but Tejada instead finds himself on the DL with a quad injury sustained Wednesday. Actually, if the tabloids weren't so obsessive-compulsive over every minute detail, the team could go about their business a little quieter. Impossible, of course, in New York.
Personally, I'd like to see the biggest gasbag in the city, Mike Francesca, try working out with the Mets or Yankees, or even train with any of the city's teams, before polluting the air with his self-centered opinions and attitude. Dude, you only think you know everything, and probably haven't admitted to being wrong since you were a child.
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So the New York Rangers fired coach John Tortorella earlier this week, less than a week after being eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs by Boston. The most likely place Tortorella will go next will be in the television studio. After all, where do most coaches go these days between jobs to make sure they get the attention of the other owners?
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This week's Dunce Cap winner, Amanda Bynes, is now denying she ripped on Rhianna, but then started looking for other people to rag on via Twitter. Actually, what she should be doing is taking a vacation from Twitter instead of reality.
If you think that's bad, consider that one of the supermarket magazines had a cover headline claiming the former child star wanted to "be the next Kim Kardashian". Oh, please, give me a break. I realize that mags like OK!, In Touch, and their ilk are desperate for readers, but these days, a majority of their headlines are probably fabricated in an effort to try to lure readers. Sorry, jabronies, but it ain't happening here. Bad enough that rags like Globe, which used to be reputable, have sunk to being almost totally fictional in their reporting. Better, then, to fold, and follow sister rag Weekly World News into online retirement.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
What Might've Been: Joanie Loves Chachi (1982)
ABC figured there was room for one more spinoff from Happy Days, which had already begat Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, and the animated Fonz & the Happy Days Gang. The latter two series were coming to an end, but if the network thought help was on the way, well, were they ever wrong.
Joanie Loves Chachi put the spotlight on lovebirds Joanie Cunningham (Erin Moran) and Chachi Arcola (Scott Baio), the latter of whom was also the cousin of Fonzie (Henry Winkler). Chachi decided he wanted to form a rock band of his own, after having apprenticed with Richie, Potsie, & Ralph (Ron Howard, Anson Williams, & Don Most) in earlier episodes of Days. Meanwhile, Al DelVecchio (Al Molinaro) had married Chachi's mom, Louisa (Ellen Travolta), making him Chachi's stepfather. For the series, Al left Arnold's and Milwaukee, and relocated----with Chachi & Joanie in tow---to Chicago. Chachi's uncle (Art Metrano, ex-Chicago Teddy Bears) acted as the band's manager, which would explain why the band included a couple of cousins.
After a 4 week spring preview in March-April 1982, Joanie was given a full-season commitment the following fall, but then, ABC pulled the plug in December, then burned off the final two episodes in May '83. The storyline was concluded a year later on the series finale of Happy Days with Joanie & Chachi finally getting married.
Erin Moran had made her singing debut on Days a while earlier, in a short-term storyline that had her joining another band fronted by Leather Tuscadero (real-life singer Suzi Quatro, a 1-hit wonder in the late 70's), and the only other time she had sung on camera was when she appeared with some of the Days cast on Dinah!, not long before this series launched. Scott Baio could claim to have had his debut in the 1976 movie, "Bugsy Malone", but as was documented previously, all of the vocals were done by older singers in that film. However, as you can see in the opening provided by retrorebirth, the two actors acquit themselves pretty well. I believe Baio actually released an album, but if he thought he could parlay his teen idol status into pop stardom, as John Travolta did before him, nuh-uh.
Anyway, here's the open:
These days, Baio has sunk to reality-TV to remain relevant. Erin was last seen on Celebrity Fit Club, if memory serves, but has otherwise had some other issues.
Rating: C+.
Joanie Loves Chachi put the spotlight on lovebirds Joanie Cunningham (Erin Moran) and Chachi Arcola (Scott Baio), the latter of whom was also the cousin of Fonzie (Henry Winkler). Chachi decided he wanted to form a rock band of his own, after having apprenticed with Richie, Potsie, & Ralph (Ron Howard, Anson Williams, & Don Most) in earlier episodes of Days. Meanwhile, Al DelVecchio (Al Molinaro) had married Chachi's mom, Louisa (Ellen Travolta), making him Chachi's stepfather. For the series, Al left Arnold's and Milwaukee, and relocated----with Chachi & Joanie in tow---to Chicago. Chachi's uncle (Art Metrano, ex-Chicago Teddy Bears) acted as the band's manager, which would explain why the band included a couple of cousins.
After a 4 week spring preview in March-April 1982, Joanie was given a full-season commitment the following fall, but then, ABC pulled the plug in December, then burned off the final two episodes in May '83. The storyline was concluded a year later on the series finale of Happy Days with Joanie & Chachi finally getting married.
Erin Moran had made her singing debut on Days a while earlier, in a short-term storyline that had her joining another band fronted by Leather Tuscadero (real-life singer Suzi Quatro, a 1-hit wonder in the late 70's), and the only other time she had sung on camera was when she appeared with some of the Days cast on Dinah!, not long before this series launched. Scott Baio could claim to have had his debut in the 1976 movie, "Bugsy Malone", but as was documented previously, all of the vocals were done by older singers in that film. However, as you can see in the opening provided by retrorebirth, the two actors acquit themselves pretty well. I believe Baio actually released an album, but if he thought he could parlay his teen idol status into pop stardom, as John Travolta did before him, nuh-uh.
Anyway, here's the open:
These days, Baio has sunk to reality-TV to remain relevant. Erin was last seen on Celebrity Fit Club, if memory serves, but has otherwise had some other issues.
Rating: C+.
On DVD: Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
I've been watching the "Mr. Wong" movie series out of order. And, so, we are back to the 3rd film in the series, "Mr. Wong in Chinatown".
An Asian Princess (Lotus Long) is admitted into the home of detective James Lee Wong (Boris Karloff), but before the sleuth can take the case, his royal client-in-waiting is killed via poison dart shot from an open window. What follows is a winding case that involves forgery and other deceptions. Enterprising reporter Bobbie Logan (Marjorie Reynolds) pulls Wong from a parked cab before it blows up, which doesn't endear Bobbie to Capt. Street (Grant Withers), although it only proves that Bobbie has proved her worth.
Anyway, scope out the movie:
It's too bad Monogram didn't spin Bobbie off into her own series to cash in on the emergence of Lois Lane in the Superman comics, which had started a little while prior. Then again, Bobbie would've been used mostly for comedy instead of serious adventure.
Rating: B.
An Asian Princess (Lotus Long) is admitted into the home of detective James Lee Wong (Boris Karloff), but before the sleuth can take the case, his royal client-in-waiting is killed via poison dart shot from an open window. What follows is a winding case that involves forgery and other deceptions. Enterprising reporter Bobbie Logan (Marjorie Reynolds) pulls Wong from a parked cab before it blows up, which doesn't endear Bobbie to Capt. Street (Grant Withers), although it only proves that Bobbie has proved her worth.
Anyway, scope out the movie:
It's too bad Monogram didn't spin Bobbie off into her own series to cash in on the emergence of Lois Lane in the Superman comics, which had started a little while prior. Then again, Bobbie would've been used mostly for comedy instead of serious adventure.
Rating: B.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Classic TV: The Big Valley (1965)
ABC, in the mid-60's, was looking for a tentpole Western along the lines of CBS' Gunsmoke or NBC's Bonanza. What they got fell closer to the latter than the former, but didn't have the staying power of either one.
As Bonanza was set in Virginia City, Nevada, and built around the Cartwrights, The Big Valley was set in Stockton, California, and centered on the Barkleys. Victoria (Barbara Stanwyck) was a widow with three sons and a daughter, which trumped the men of the Ponderosa. Heath (Lee Majors) was sort-of the black sheep of the family, as he was allegedly an illegitmate son. Jarrod (Richard Long) was a lawyer. Nick (Peter Breck, ex-Black Saddle) was the ranch foreman. Audra (Linda Evans), the daughter, was the predictable damsel in distress. While the Cartwrights had an Asian cook, the Barkleys had an African-American butler (Napoleon Whiting) who was treated with the utmost respect. Some reference sources referred to the butler as the "major domo" who was put in charge when the family was away.
The Big Valley, a Four Star production, lasted four seasons (1965-9), and attracted an eclectic collection of guest stars. Comedian Marty Allen, for example, appeared in at least two episodes. Adam West (Batman), who'd previously worked for Four Star on The Detectives with Robert Taylor, reunited with Linda Evans, his co-star in the movie, "Mara of the Wilderness", in one episode, which I believe came after Batman ended. He wasn't the only one to swap his cape for an encounter with the Barkleys. Yvonne Craig also made a guest appearance, as you'll note in the following video, but that was before she was cast as Batgirl.
Post-Valley, Richard Long shifted to sitcoms, starring in Nanny & The Professor (1970-2) and the short-lived Thicker Than Water before his untimely passing while the latter series was in production, if memory serves. Of course, Lee Majors & Linda Evans each achieved iconic status much later. Majors in The Six Million Dollar Man, and Evans in Dynasty. It happens that they're also the only two core cast members still around.
SpudTV uploaded a season 1 open & close, taken from Encore Westerns. Currently, Me-TV & INSP share cable rights.
Rating: A-.
As Bonanza was set in Virginia City, Nevada, and built around the Cartwrights, The Big Valley was set in Stockton, California, and centered on the Barkleys. Victoria (Barbara Stanwyck) was a widow with three sons and a daughter, which trumped the men of the Ponderosa. Heath (Lee Majors) was sort-of the black sheep of the family, as he was allegedly an illegitmate son. Jarrod (Richard Long) was a lawyer. Nick (Peter Breck, ex-Black Saddle) was the ranch foreman. Audra (Linda Evans), the daughter, was the predictable damsel in distress. While the Cartwrights had an Asian cook, the Barkleys had an African-American butler (Napoleon Whiting) who was treated with the utmost respect. Some reference sources referred to the butler as the "major domo" who was put in charge when the family was away.
The Big Valley, a Four Star production, lasted four seasons (1965-9), and attracted an eclectic collection of guest stars. Comedian Marty Allen, for example, appeared in at least two episodes. Adam West (Batman), who'd previously worked for Four Star on The Detectives with Robert Taylor, reunited with Linda Evans, his co-star in the movie, "Mara of the Wilderness", in one episode, which I believe came after Batman ended. He wasn't the only one to swap his cape for an encounter with the Barkleys. Yvonne Craig also made a guest appearance, as you'll note in the following video, but that was before she was cast as Batgirl.
Post-Valley, Richard Long shifted to sitcoms, starring in Nanny & The Professor (1970-2) and the short-lived Thicker Than Water before his untimely passing while the latter series was in production, if memory serves. Of course, Lee Majors & Linda Evans each achieved iconic status much later. Majors in The Six Million Dollar Man, and Evans in Dynasty. It happens that they're also the only two core cast members still around.
SpudTV uploaded a season 1 open & close, taken from Encore Westerns. Currently, Me-TV & INSP share cable rights.
Rating: A-.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Musical Interlude: Goody Two-Shoes (1982)
Here's a gem from the Golden Age of MTV.
Adam Ant, minus the Ants, released a solo record, "Friend or Foe", in 1982. It seemed at the time that just about anything from the CBS Records family of labels (Columbia, Epic, et al, now part of Sony-BMG) was assured of heavy MTV airplay. The first single, "Goody Two-Shoes", presents Adam as a playboy who quickly charms a reporter into losing her inhibitions.
Y'see, pilgrims, I didn't get to see any of the Ants' videos until after I'd seen this back in the day, and if I had to pick a favorite from that period, it'd be "Antmusic". Anyway, from Adam's VEVO channel, here's "Goody Two-Shoes":
Adam Ant, minus the Ants, released a solo record, "Friend or Foe", in 1982. It seemed at the time that just about anything from the CBS Records family of labels (Columbia, Epic, et al, now part of Sony-BMG) was assured of heavy MTV airplay. The first single, "Goody Two-Shoes", presents Adam as a playboy who quickly charms a reporter into losing her inhibitions.
Y'see, pilgrims, I didn't get to see any of the Ants' videos until after I'd seen this back in the day, and if I had to pick a favorite from that period, it'd be "Antmusic". Anyway, from Adam's VEVO channel, here's "Goody Two-Shoes":
On DVD: Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
If I mention the name Jack Webb, what to you comes to mind first? Dragnet, of course. But can you picture ol' deadpan Jack playing anything but a lawman?
In 1955, Webb directed himself and a fairly credible ensemble cast in "Pete Kelly's Blues", which was produced by Webb's Mark VII Productions for Warner Bros.. Webb plays a jazz bandleader who has his hands full with a crime boss (Edmund O'Brien) who has him and the Big 7 under contract. Of course, Webb and his crew didn't really play, as the music was dubbed over by an all-star jazz ensemble, comprised of guys I'm not familiar with, including Matty Murdock. However, when you consider the band on screen includes movie tough guy Lee Marvin and Martin Milner (who'd appeared on the original Dragnet and would be considered a part of Webb's repertory company pre-Adam-12), you'd think these guys would've mixed it up with the mob if need be. As it was, drummer Joey Firestone (Milner) is whacked by machine gun fire 1/3 of the way in.
Actress-singer Peggy Lee earned an Oscar nomination as Rose, a singer added to the band at the boss' insistence, but when she gets a little too tipsy one night, she's remanded to an asylum, where she's regressed mentally to the age of 5. The last scene Lee shares with Webb was, I think, what got her the nomination. Pete Kelly (Webb) also finds love in the form of Ivy (Janet Leigh). If you thought that Webb could never get the girl just because he was a stone-faced square on Dragnet, well.........! As you'd expect, Webb also narrates, as if this was Dragnet or his other radio gigs, The Lyon's Eye or Pat Novak For Hire. Of course, there's also the smart-aleck analogies and wisecracks that I became acquainted with on the latter series.
Speaking of series, "Blues" was transitioned to television, perhaps not long after the movie, but that's for another time.
Something else to look forward to are a couple of solo numbers by jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald. Enough said.
Following is a sample clip of Pete Kelly's Big 7 "performing" "Sugar":
Webb didn't make too many movies. A pity, as he might've earned himself an Oscar or two if he made a few more pictures before transitioning permanently to television.
Rating: A.
In 1955, Webb directed himself and a fairly credible ensemble cast in "Pete Kelly's Blues", which was produced by Webb's Mark VII Productions for Warner Bros.. Webb plays a jazz bandleader who has his hands full with a crime boss (Edmund O'Brien) who has him and the Big 7 under contract. Of course, Webb and his crew didn't really play, as the music was dubbed over by an all-star jazz ensemble, comprised of guys I'm not familiar with, including Matty Murdock. However, when you consider the band on screen includes movie tough guy Lee Marvin and Martin Milner (who'd appeared on the original Dragnet and would be considered a part of Webb's repertory company pre-Adam-12), you'd think these guys would've mixed it up with the mob if need be. As it was, drummer Joey Firestone (Milner) is whacked by machine gun fire 1/3 of the way in.
Actress-singer Peggy Lee earned an Oscar nomination as Rose, a singer added to the band at the boss' insistence, but when she gets a little too tipsy one night, she's remanded to an asylum, where she's regressed mentally to the age of 5. The last scene Lee shares with Webb was, I think, what got her the nomination. Pete Kelly (Webb) also finds love in the form of Ivy (Janet Leigh). If you thought that Webb could never get the girl just because he was a stone-faced square on Dragnet, well.........! As you'd expect, Webb also narrates, as if this was Dragnet or his other radio gigs, The Lyon's Eye or Pat Novak For Hire. Of course, there's also the smart-aleck analogies and wisecracks that I became acquainted with on the latter series.
Speaking of series, "Blues" was transitioned to television, perhaps not long after the movie, but that's for another time.
Something else to look forward to are a couple of solo numbers by jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald. Enough said.
Following is a sample clip of Pete Kelly's Big 7 "performing" "Sugar":
Webb didn't make too many movies. A pity, as he might've earned himself an Oscar or two if he made a few more pictures before transitioning permanently to television.
Rating: A.
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