#Stephen J. Cannell

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Booker is kind of great, actually

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The explosively entertaining TV series ‘The A-Team’ premiered this week 40 years ago. 🚐🔫💥

“𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛!”

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Ken Wahl as Vinnie Terranova in January 1988 (the main character of the late 80's tv show Wiseguy by Stephen J. Cannell & co.).

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17 december 1985, Los Angeles, California

The NBC passes on the national tv for the first time ever the "Uncle Buckle-up" episode from the elegant and rinomated tv show named A-Team

An episode rich of such class and strong valors to leave everyone asking only two questions :

"Who did this?"

"Why?"

Ok, now that this introdution it's over let's talk about real stuff XD

For how stupid and foolish this episode could seem, it contained such EVIDENT sexual references - male ones obviously - all performed by HM Murdock

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3 aka "Murdock spreading his gayness all over the world"

Of course have to deeply thank our dear story editor Bill Nuss and beloved creator Stephen J. Cannell for these pearls :>

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This list reflects just one individual’s personal opinion...  that said, let’s get started:

1). Sherlock Holmes created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 

2). Batman created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane

3). Auguste Dupin created by Edgar Allan Poe

4). Hercule Poirot created by Agatha Christie

5). Philip Marlowe created by Raymond Chandler

6). Jane Marple created by Agatha Christie

7). Frank Columbo created by Peter Falk, Patrick McGoohan and Steven Bochco

8). Sam Spade created by Dashiell Hammett

9). Virgil Tibbs created by John Ball

10). Nancy Drew created by Carolyn Keene

11). Alex Cross created by James Patterson

12). Dirk Gently created by Douglas Adams

13). Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

14). Jessica Fletcher created by Peter S. Fischer and Richard Levinson

15). Mma Precious Ramotswe created by Alexander McCall Smith 

16). Velma Dinkley and Fred Jones created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears

17). Jim Rockford created by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins

18). Shawn Spencer created by Steve Franks

19). Leroy ‘Encyclopedia’ Brown created by Donald J. Sobol

20). Harry Bosch created by Michael Connelly

21). Adrian Monk created by Andy Breckman

22). Nero Wolfe created by Rex Stout 

23). Shinichi Kudo created by Gosho Aoyama

24). Benoit Blanc created by Rian Johnson

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Just watched an interview with Stephen J. Cannell, one of the co-creators of the A-Team and here a list of things to love this man:

He loved Amy's character and wanted her to stay (he wanted someone girls could look up to)

He said about the show quote "It was not violent. It was stupid."

He loved B.A and Murdock chemistry and how they are important for each other

He wasn't interested in creating a show/writing episodes to put veterans in a good light (like in Magnum) cause he just wanted to write his silly stories (with his silly little characters)

He didn't care much for the war aspect of the show

He disliked the idea that the team had to work for Stockwell in season 5 but he had to find a way to keep the show going for an another year and said it was actually his fault cause he had been lazy and his little studio didnt have much resources left

He had literally written some interesting facedock episodes like 'Mind games' (the hug scene guys)

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Le 20 février 2001, les acteurs Andrea Parker et Michael T Weiss se sont rendus avec leurs conjoints/compagnons respectifs au dîner de Gala du 41ème Festival de la Télévision de Monte-Carlo (Monaco, Europe), pour représenter la série/Tv film Le Caméléon (V.O. : The Pretender).

A leurs côtés : Maria Grazia Cucinotta, son HSH Albert de Monaco, Gena Lee Nolin, Stephen J. Cannell.

Photos : Toni Anne Barson Sources : tvfestival.com, WireImage et gettyimages.fr  

Alias Jarod et Mlle Parker dans la série Le Caméléon.

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Hateration holleration, oddball selections:

MOTHERS' INSTINCT (2024): Peculiar drama-cum-thriller, set in 1960, starring Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway as suburban neighbors Alice and Celine, whose friendship is disrupted when Celine's young son Max (Baylen D. Bielitz) is killed in an accident. Afterward, Celine becomes unusually attached to Alice's son Theo (Eamon O'Connell), who was Max's best friend, which begins to make Alice very nervous. Does Celine mean Theo harm, or is Alice's guilt (she was watching Max at the time of his accident) making her paranoid? The way the plot plays out offers little tension and few surprises — it feels a little twist-deficient as a thriller, attempting to compensate with a surprisingly dark finale — and it doesn't offer a lot of motive for the eventual drastic escalations beyond "sometimes motherhood makes women crazy." Also, while one can see why Chastain and Hathaway were interested in these parts as actors, they both seem a little too old for their characters, and Anders Anielsen Lie and Josh Charles are both wasted as their respective husbands. CONTAINS LESBIANS? Early on, it seems like there's something between Alice and Celine, but the movie isn't interested in exploring or even acknowledging that. VERDICT: Grim and gloomy, but never very exciting, and it keeps flirting with the idea of making some kind of point about the sexual politics of its time that never gels.

THE POKER HOUSE (2008): Lori Petty made her directorial debut with this semi-autobiographical drama, scripted by David Alan Grier from Petty's story about an eventful and upsetting day in the life of a 14-year-old girl named Agnes (Jennifer Lawrence), growing up dirt poor in a rough, mostly Black neighborhood, where her mother Sarah (Selma Blair) turns tricks when her boyfriend/pimp Duval (Bokeem Woodbine) isn't running illegal poker games, leaving Agnes in loco parentis for her younger sisters (Chloë Grace Moretz and Sophi Bairley), who hang out at the local bar while Agnes is at school. The story takes some dark turns — it centers on Agnes being sexually assaulted by Duval — but because it's based on Petty's own life, it's never indulgently sordid, and, with the notable exception of Sarah, it has a lot of compassion for the people in Agnes' neighborhood, who are doing the best they can with almost nothing to work with. As a result, the film is heartfelt if not particularly polished. (Curiously, it was produced by prolific TV writer-producer Stephen J. Cannell, best known for detective and action shows including THE ROCKFORD FILES, THE A-TEAM, HUNTER, and SILK STALKINGS, with a score by TV perennial Mike Post.) CONTAINS LESBIANS? Nope. VERDICT: If you like Lori Petty and can handle the subject matter (CWs apply for sexual violence), it's worth a look.

THE RAINBOW (1989): Earnest but somewhat awkward Ken Russell dramatization of the last section of the 1915 D.H. Lawrence novel, set around the end of the 19th century, about a young woman from Derbyshire, Ursula Brangwen (Sammi Davis), who has affairs with both her swimming instructor Winifred (Amanda Donohue) and a young soldier named Anton (Paul McGann), while striving for financial, intellectual, and romantic freedom that her era doesn't offer or encourage, especially for women. It's sort of a prequel to Russell's 1969 adaptation of Lawrence's WOMEN IN LOVE, which follows Ursula and her sister Gudrun 20 years later. I have not read either novel, so I can't say how Russell's versions compare, but taken strictly on its own terms, THE RAINBOW feels like something director Stephanie Rothman might have made for Roger Corman in the '70s, with dollops of Second Wave feminist idealism in what often plays like an exploitation movie. The uneasiness of that mixture leaves no space to interrogate some troubling aspects of the plot, like Ursula's racist ideas about moving to India with Anton, or her violent outburst at a student in the school where she becomes a teacher. CONTAINS LESBIANS? Ursula is bisexual, and part of the plot deals with her relationship with Winifred. VERDICT: At the risk of undermining my literary bona fides, I thought it worked far better as an exploitation movie than a feminist drama.

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currently watching The Rockford Files S4.E8

Irving the Explainer, Episode aired Nov 18, 1977

Director - James Coburn

Writers - Roy Huggins, Stephen J. Cannell, & David Chase

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If you remember the series Riptide here is a link to episodes on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id1PqsEK5q0&list=PL6rj1b7vga5WUmoal9bR_JgVuaH9nU_gD&index=1

The series also run on German TV and was popular. It was called Trio mit 4 Fäusten, Trio with 4 Fists. I watched it with my parents. :-)

It was a typical Stephen J. Cannell series with humor and action. With Joe Penny, Thom Bray and Perry King

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Bob Conrad you are a fucking delight

Also what in god's name is your outfit. You are supposed to be a tough Chicago boxer. Why do you look like you're on your way to the Studio 54

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Simon & Simon (1981)

Teniendo en cuenta que en muchas series de la actualidad (no todas) montones de veces se evoca o se hace referencia a recuerdos de la década del 80’, especialmente del cine y la TV.Dicha década trajo cambios muy significativos y marcó un hito en las artes, ya sea música, pintura, cine o televisión.A tener en cuenta las series del siglo XXI, hace que nos olvidemos de series que fueron inmensamente populares hace 40 años atrás.

Y justamente la serie 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 & 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 (𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟭) sea junto con otra gran serie de aquellos años, como 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝘂𝗺 (𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟭); las más representativas del espíritu ochentero popular de la televisión estadounidense y con un tono de entretenimiento liviano y con humor.

La serie en cuestión 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 & 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 (𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟭), se emitió a través de ocho temporadas entre los años 1981 y 1989, para un total de 156 capítulos. 𝗟𝗼𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀 𝗔.𝗝. 𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 (𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗬 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗗 𝗠𝗰𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗬) tienen una agencia de detectives en la ciudad de San Diego.Ambos tienen personalidades bien definidas y distintas entre sí, ya que 𝗔.𝗝. tiene un título universitario y es una persona refinada tanto en sus gustos como en su comportamiento y 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗸 es un ex marine, prototipo del macho alfa y además rudo y vulgar.A pesar de las enormes diferencias que los separan y que siempre causan pequeños conflictos continuos, se las arreglan para resolver de manera eficaz los casos que les llegan a su agencia.

La serie nació gracias a un guionista de un estudio de los grandes (Universal) y que colaboraba con otros grandes guionistas de la época como Stephen J. Cannell y Donald Belisario.El estudio decidió darle la oportunidad de crear una serie al estilo de 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗱 con 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 (salvando las diferencias obvio).El guionista 𝗗𝗲𝗚𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗲 (el elegido) escribió un guion piloto que se llamó 𝗣𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲’𝘀 𝗞𝗲𝘆 y la acción se iba a desarrollar en los cayos de Florida y con dos detectives. 𝗟𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝘁𝘂𝘃𝗼 𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝘂𝗺 (𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟭), 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗶.

Dado el éxito de esta última, se refloto el tema de la serie con dos detectives y la acción paso de Florida a San Diego.Su estreno y primera temporada en 1981, pasó desapercibida tanto para el público como para la critica.La cadena decidió darle otra chance programando su segunda temporada, tras el horario de 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝘂𝗺 (𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟭) e incluso hubo un crossover (algo muy actual hoy, en series de la misma franquicia) entre ambas para darle más promoción.La estrategia funcionó a pleno llevando la serie hasta los 5 programas más vistos de la semana e incluso en algunas el más visto.

La trama era muy sencilla y de tono amable y uno de los puntos más positivos era la diferencia de carácter entre ambas estrellas lo que provocaba discusiones infinitas, sin que eso interfiriera en la resolución de los casos.Las discusiones se daban en tono de humor y sin que las cosas pasaran a mayores y olvidando sus diferencias cuando había que resolver un problema.Los casos eran muy al estilo de la serie 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 (𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿), es decir insignificantes y escasos de encanto o atractivo.Una de las particularidades de los guiones era mostrarnos las enormes diferencia entre ellos, desde aspectos de su vida personal, hasta que autos usaban. Viéndolo de una manera simple, siempre dio la sensación que 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 & 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 era el pariente pobre de 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝘂𝗺 y quizás nunca convenció demasiado.Reconozco que los protagonistas tenían mucha química, pero eso solo no alcanzaba, dado que los secundarios eran descartables y para el olvido, salvo alguna excepción.

Lo que sorprende de esta serie no es su guion o la química entre sus estrellas sino los índices de audiencia alcanzados tras su primer año desastroso, pero su traslado de ubicación y día de emisión cambio por completo su rating. Aunque la serie seguía teniendo la misma dinámica, es decir un show sin pretensiones ni complicaciones y muy sencillo.Las cadenas de TV siempre tienen a mano en su arcón, series como esta, ya que tiene un público fiel y numeroso y vale decirlo menos ruidoso que el otras series, que quizás no dan la talla para tantos años de permanencia.Para el caso cito dos como ejemplo en la actualidad (ya culminaron) y son 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲 que son muy dignas y pertenecen a la TV comercial, pero son un producto digno y bien hecho.

𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 uno de los protagonistas, había iniciado su carrera en telenovelas matinales y la cadena lo contrato para incluirlo en sus proyectos y tras varia películas para la televisión, insistió en que era la persona ideal para interpretar a 𝗔.𝗝.Tuvo quizás la desgracia o mala suerte de compartir pantalla con 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗰 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘆 quien tenía una carrera plagada de personajes secundarios y finalmente fue 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗸, después de que los productores no encontraban el actor ideal y solo faltaba un día para empezar las filmaciones.Una cuestión por destacar es que había un abismo actoral entre 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗬 𝗠𝗰𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘆, el segundo era mucho mejor actor y con el correr de las temporadas se notó cada vez mas.Por consiguiente luego del fin de la serie (1989), consiguió muchos trabajos e incluso aprovechando su paso por la serie tomo experiencia en hacer guiones y hasta dirigir, cosas que le sirvió para sus años siguientes, en cambio 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 se retiró hace 20 años y nadie lo extraña.

Los actores y actrices secundarios como dije, era un defecto dado que ninguno tenía identidad propia salvo el 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲 “𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻” 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 (𝗧𝗜𝗠 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗗) que interactuaba con ellos y era detective de la policía y finalmente quien sacaba del lio a los hermanos, cada vez que estaban en problemas.Su salida de la serie al final de la 6ta temporada, marco el declive total de la serie y las audiencias volvieron a lo que fue su primera temporada.La fórmula de la serie permaneció inalterable por lo cual termino en el cementerio televisivo de los sábados para la 7ma.La 8va temporada fue reducida a 13 capítulos y no se emitieron los dos últimos dos, algo inmerecido para los seguidores y fans.Estos dos últimos capítulos si se pudieron ver años después en las continuas repeticiones del show.

La serie quiso ser reflotada para mediados de la década del 90, con un film para la TV llamado 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 & 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 (𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟱), la performance fue muy pobre y el posible relanzamiento de los personajes quedo en el olvido.

Para concluir, perdura en la memoria de la gente que la vio en su momento, tanto cuando estaba en la cresta de la ola como cuando empezó el declive, pero esos recuerdos son muy lejanos, pero su intro o apertura era una de las cosas que más representaba la nostalgia de aquellos años 80’.Finalmente mi puntaje para esta entretenida y divertida serie es 7/10.

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Birthdays 2.5

Beer Birthdays

Henry C. Moffat (1844)

John L. Hoerber Jr. (1848)

Roger Protz (1939)

Jim Kirk (1971)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Hank Aaron; Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves RF (1934)

William S. Burroughs; writer (1914)

Nolan Bushnell; computer designer, Atari founder (1943)

H.R. Giger; artist (1940)

Jennifer Jason Leigh; actor (1962)

Famous Birthdays

Yuko Aoki; model (1977)

Bobby Brown; pop singer (1969)

Red Buttons; actor, composer (1919)

Stephen J. Cannell; television producer, writer (1941)

John Carradine; actor (1906)

Debra Jo Fondren; model, Playboy Playmate of the Year (1955)

Zsa Zsa Gabor; actor (1917)

Don Goldie; jazz trumpeter (1930)

Christopher Guest; actor, comedian (1948)

Barbara Hershey; actor (1948)

Robert Hofstadter; physicist (1915)

Al Kooper; rock musician (1944)

John Lindley; botanist (1799)

Laura Linney; actor (1964)

Michael Mann; actor, film director (1943)

Errol Morris; film director (1948)

Craig Morton; Dallas Cowboys QB (1943)

Robert Peel; politician, modern police founder (1788)

Charlotte Rampling; actor (1945)

Ronaldo; soccer player (1985)

Marie de Sevigne; French writer (1626)

Norton Simon; philanthropist, art collector (1907)

Belle Starr; outlaw (1848)

Roger Staubach; Dallas Cowboys QB (1942)

Adlai Stevenson; politician, U.S. Vice-President (1900)

Barrett Strong; pop singer (1941)

Jeremy Sumpter; actor (1989)

Cory Wells; pop singer (1942)

Chuck Winfield; rock musician (1943)

John Witherspoon; clergyman, signer of the Declaration of Independence (1723)

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September 26, 2022 The Creative Multiverse presents: #scifitember #scifitember2022 Day 26 Overcome The Greatest American Hero is an American comedy-drama superhero television series that aired on ABC. Created by producer Stephen J. Cannell, it premiered as a two-hour pilot movie on March 18, 1981, and ran until February 2, 1983. The series features William Katt as teacher Ralph Hinkley, Robert Culp as FBI agent Bill Maxwell, and Connie Sellecca as lawyer Pam Davidson. The lead character's surname was changed from "Hinkley" to "Hanley" for the latter part of the first season, immediately after President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. on March 30, 1981. The character's name was reverted to "Hinkley" after a few months had passed. #CreativeMultiverse #GreatestAmericanHero #art #artwork #artistofinstagram #artist #artistforhire #Custom #create #drawing #drawingaday #draweveryday #illustration #pencil #sketch #ink #colordrawing #fabercastell #copic #twitchstreamer #blickartmaterials https://www.instagram.com/p/CjzVo-bM0vm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=