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Leverage Season 3, Episode 4, The Scheherezade Job, Audio Commentary Transcript

John: From left to right on your radio dial this is John Rogers, executive producer.

Aldis: This is DJ Chocolate Skittles, also known as Aldis Hodge.

Chris: And this is Chris Downey, executive producer and writer of this episode, The Scheherazade Job.

John: Aldis has very kindly decided to join us for this commentary since he was-

Aldis: Hello!

John: He did a lot of work on this episode. This one rode-

Chris: Oh yeah

John: This was one of those ones where you're just like, ‘This actor's gonna be working his ass off for this.’

Aldis: Oh joy.

John: Well Chris, why don't you tell us the origin of this episode?

Chris: Ah well the origin came from a- my friend here to the left, Aldis, back in season one we were just talking about you know things we like to do in our spare time and Aldis mentioned that he loved the violin, he’d been studying it, it was the closest thing to the human voice for an instrument.

Aldis: Yes.

Chris: And coincidentally my wife is a violinist and at the time I said to you, ‘I'm gonna find a way in an episode of Leverage to have you play the violin’ and what did you say to me?

Aldis: I think I said, ‘Do it.’

[Laughter]

Chris: And then you laughed at me.

Aldis: Yeah, we were shooting what was that, the season finale?

Chris: Might've been the season finale

Aldis: That was- yeah, Pasadena?

John: Yup

Aldis: Yeah, yeah, I remember that conversation.

Chris: And this is Martha Boles, terrific actress from Los Angeles.

John: This is interesting actually, we had a- when we were setting up the bad guy here, we had an interesting conversation about- and this is one of those things you talk about in television. Should the reporter be white or not?

Chris: Yeah.

John: Yeah. We were looking at casting and we were like, no it should be a black reporter working with that. And then we got some, you know, feedback that's like, well now it's a white crew of criminals, apparently missing Aldis’s presence, helping out a black reporter.

Aldis: Don’t worry, they miss me all the time.

John: It's one of those- it’s tricky, it's one of those things where one of the reasons we kinda were leery of doing international crimes, first season and second season. And you kinda- because it's always a minefield, it just is. And now in third season, everyone’s comfortable and everyone knows the show well enough that you can kinda try to swing outside the box. I think Chris did a great job taking this outside the box for the first time on the show.

Chris: Yeah it was- it was interesting cause most- I think we talked about this, most episodes start with the bad guy and we kinda work our way from there. We kinda talk about ‘what's the bad guy, what does he want, what is his weaknesses’. And this is one of those episodes that started with a big idea late in the episode which was the orchestra heist, and we kinda worked from there to kind of try and figure out whose our bad guy? And that's- we decided- we hadn't done an African kleptocrat, we wanted to do that for a long time, and this seemed like a good opportunity to do that.

John: Now also when doing a straight heist, because we were coming at it as a straight heist, we wanted a small highly portable object. The cleaner the object, the cleaner the goal of the heist, the more you can work around the elegance of the heist itself. And when you're staring with an elegant heist, which is the music heist, you have to do something very clean, which was diamonds. And so it all sort of fed into this one storyline.

Chris: Yes, yes.

Aldis: Didn't you want to play the organ? At first I mean that's plain and portable and-

[Laughter]

John: Yes, originally it was a giant Wurlitzer organ.

Aldis: Yeah, just a whole thing.

John: This was a ton of fun, this was a great little fight scene.

Chris: Yeah.

Aldis: Kane had too much fun shooting this.

Chris: He had a lot of fun here. And these gentlemen are Garfield Wedderburn and- yeah, Garfield Wedderburn is the lead goon here; his name is goon.

Aldis: Goon.

[Laughter]

Chris: And there he is doing this- some kind of scary tai chi?

Aldis: That was actually a joke and it just made it on the reel, it was like-

John: You know what? We saw it in the dailies, we were gonna cut out of it but it was like- but the idea he would just scare the shit out of those guys to get them to go. ‘Can your dog do that?’ That was great.

Chris: ‘Can your dog do that?’

John: It is nice every now and then to remind people exactly why everyone on the team is there.

Chris: By the way, I love that you named the dog Megabyte.

Aldis: Megabyte, yeah, yes.

John: That was you, that’s right.

Chris: That was all you.

Aldis: If anybody can get that, Megabyte, yes. Now if one of those days we just see the dog, which will probably be a poofy little yorkie or something like that.

John: Dogs are too expensive; we can't afford them.

Chris: We can't afford them.

Aldis: We can't afford dogs.

Chris: We'll do a virtual dog.

Aldis: A virtual dog, yes.

John: That's sad.

Aldis: The little mechanical one with the batteries? Yeah.

Chris: Sure.

John: Now continuing the original conversation, so we knew we were working backwards towards an African kleptocrat, but how do you find a guy who’s like based in the states, so we’re not flying overseas, we’re not trying to fake a city you can't fake on our budget. And so that led us to the research and- did we find someone who was real, Chris?

Chris: Well, there's no similarities to persons living or dead. But, um-

John: We’d like to say for both legal reasons, and so we don't get shot in the face.

Chris: Yes, please.

John: Oh my god, this guy is real and he's horrible!

Chris: He's real, he's horrible. He's not a classical music fan, that was something we brought to it, to facilitate the story. But he is a very wealthy relative of an African kleptocrat who has a house here in the United States and in Paris and has a Bugatti and all the things you would imagine a kleptocrat would.

John: All the way down, actually, to the fact that the reason he does not fall under the- is not criminalized under some of the kleptocrat laws we have here in the States, with the same plot point we have in the show, which is he's been a friend in the war on terror.

Chris: Yes, yes that’s all true.

John: Which looks like he pretty much turns in political opponents.

Chris: Wow, we certainly don't want to say that he does that, but-

John: But oh come on.

Chris: And here we have-

John: Your name’s on the show, they're gonna kill you. I'm not too worried.

[Laughter]

John: And here's Elisabetta Canalis, the loveliest Elisabetta Canalis.

Aldis: Aldis Hodge was never here, was never here. This actually is the second time we've seen her in the entire arc of this third season. So now the audience is getting another taste of exactly who she is, because she just left us off with blackmail, and now, you know, we're digging into her story. Of course at the end of the show, we get to see that she's not as fair game as she comes up to be.

Chris: Yeah, and we wanted to make her kind of you know sexy and mysterious, and I like this scene cause-

Aldis: Sexy what? Sexy?

Chris: Yeah well she-

John: Well there's no reason we just shoot her legs in every scene.

[Laughter]

Aldis: Exactly, there's no reason to put her in heels and closeups on the face, no! Not at all.

John: This was a nice bit that you came up with: the idea that kind of flirting, sexy, dangerous. And Nate Ford being smart enough to realize it’s a very bad idea.

Chris: I love this, this is one of my favorite flashes.

John: It's one of my favorite zooms, it's a hypothetical zoom, it's something we never usually do.

Chris: I like it because right here she looks so bored,

[Laughter]

Chris: There's something about the insouciance of it, of her.

John: Oh another guy being garotted in front of me.

Chris: Oh stop the tape.

John: It's another Thursday for me.

Chris: And he was- Tim was great at, you know, holding his throat like that.

John: Yeah the- well the sort of implication, again, is again, it’s tricky the team has been playing a lot without ever being taken down themselves. Tim has to carry a lot of the weight acting because he's the one who interacts with Elizabetta the most, to convey the threat she portrays to make sure you take her seriously. And nice diagrams on the glass boards. I always love the glass boards

Aldis: Provided by…?

John: Who drew on that one? I don't think I drew on that one, I wasn't there for that one.

Aldis: Really?

John: No, that handwriting is too good that's not me. Usually- yeah, usually I spew the bullshit that goes up on the glass.

Chris: Now what's nice-

Aldis: And it- oh, sorry, go ahead

Chris: Oh I was gonna say it’s a nice opportunity to get a little bit into Eliot's backstory which we, in the early scene in the bar, he alludes to the fact that knows about these- what goes on in these countries, these Chinese- these child soldiers. And you know I think here you can kinda see this whole- this whole particular case is really, you know, affecting him directly.

John: Yeah it's part of the over the course of the arc, kind of peeling back everybodys past this season. And we gave Eliot you know- we really wanted to sort of reset and remind people for the finale that Eliot, you know Eliot killed people. Eliot was not a good guy and is trying to be a better guy.

Aldis: What I had to say was nowhere near as intuitive as that, but the prior scene a lot of- a lot of times you'll see Sophie wearing that dog tag, it’s blank. It's like a name tag, but it's blank, and that's an ode to the fact that she hasn't given Nate her real name. And it kind plays throughout the entire season so for those of you have paid attention-

John: We actually used it, we actually- the audience doesn't know those dog tags are blank because she doesnt show the dog tags. But when she told us she was doing it we wrote-

Aldis: Did I just give up a secret?

John: No, no, no it’s cool. What happened is: she wears them. And we were like, ‘What are those?’ And she told us dog tags are blank, it's a little private joke. So we wrote it into the show, that's why she gets the blank pendant in episode 13, cause we just thought that was really cool and that's something Gina came up with on her own.

Aldis: It's just gonna be a drinking game every time they spot the dog tags.

John: Sure, there's already a lot of drinking games.

Aldis: There are.

John: There are a lot on the web, you go on there's a lot of drinking games.

Aldis: Every time we say ‘seriously’, drink!

[Laughter]

Aldis: Not that we promote that here, no.

Chris: Not at all.

John: No, I don't do all of these with a beer in my hand.

Chris: No no drinking games.

Aldis: What is that you're drinking John, water?

John: It’s- yes, dark Irish water.

Aldis: Yes.

John: This was a nice again- we started splitting people up so we could- the coverage is a little easier. and it helped us remind- Third season we started taking a lot of the prep that was implied in act 0 of seasons 1 and 2 and moving it into act 1 and act 2 of this season. Where you see them doing the prep and putting together the plan on the fly as they get information.

Chris: Right.

John: Which both makes it more dynamic, and helps us with shooting.

Chris: Yeah, I mean this is a very plan-intensive episode, and you want to try and make the planning side interesting visually.

John: Yeah because there's so much pipe to lay in a believable way to get to that great fourth act. I mean you have to make sure the audience is utterly invested by that point.

Chris: I like this little bit with you guys right here.

Aldis: Me and Kane man, when we get together it's always a party.

Chris: But what's great about you guys is it's not always the bickering brothers, where you're yelling at each other that makes me laugh. It's just the little throwaway things of the two of you together.

Aldis: It's the little things that bring the sparkle to your eye, the little things.

[Laughter]

Chris: And they just the way we did this-

Aldis: This was a funny sequence to shoot.

John: Yeah this was great. This was- what did we name the reporter?

Chris: Guy Hamilton which is an ode to Mel Gibson's character in The Year of Living Dangerously.

[Laughter]

Chris: For all you folks out there keeping score. By the way, I forgot yesterday when we did Gone Fishing Job that you are- your names when you went into the bank and were Brody and Quinn from Jaws.

John: Because you're gonna need a bigger boat.

Chris: This looks great, by the way!

Aldis: I'm pretty sure you need another drink for that.

Chris: Look at that, he's there!

John: I've seen far less convincing stuff on CNN.

[Laughter]

John: I'm fairly sure, yeah

Chris: And there's Giancarlo Esposito fantastic.

John: Friend of Tim, came in and did this for us. Really really great, flew in.

Aldis: His daughters’ actually in the orchestra, they- one plays violin the other plays viola.

John: Oh cool.

Aldis: Yeah, so he had a lot to discuss.

John: I love seeing the evil dude Skype list; I just realized we could see it on there. It’s like ‘Lefou is away. Where is Lefou?’

Chris: Pizza Hut? Why does he have Pizza Hut on Skype?

John: On Skype? That's weird. And who is that lurking behind him?

Chris: Oh lurking behind him is Nnamdi Asomugha who is an all pro cornerback for the Oakland Raiders. Arguably the best cornerback in the NFL.

Aldis: And you have your Raiders ball here, it's perfect.

Chris: And I have my Raiders ball here to prove it.

John: Now how did he wind up on the show?

Chris: Well, you know, like any famous Hollywood story, it started at a hockey game.

[Laughter]

Chris: My- we have a mutual agent, and he invited me to a hockey game and said, ‘This is my friend Nnamdi.’ And although I am a big sports fan, for some reason the best cornerback in the NFL eluded me and I just met him as a guy. And we were chatting and found out he was- he acted and I asked him at the time, his families from Nigeria and I- this was a year ago, and I said, ‘Can you do a good African accent?’ He said, ‘Oh definitely.’ I said, ‘Alright, well if we get a part for, you know a big guy, menacing guy with an African accent I'll call you’. And lo and behold, episode came up and he did a fantastic job.

John: I think his family is from Ethiopia, actually.

Chris: No, I think he’s Nigerian.

John: Nigerian? Oh ok. And here- this is her playing Christie Connelly again.

Chris: Yes, yes.

John: Yes, this is why we started bringing back the- as we realized that they are gonna be roles that the- it also sort of came up as we did our research that con artists tend to settle into certain roles that they've done background on, and also that they've established the credentials to. We mention later actually on another episode that she's like, ‘I got seven years worth of work on this identity’, so she's doing a similar gig, so why not use the same name?

Chris: And let's be honest it's also our nod to James Garner, who was Jimmy Joe Meeker in multiple episodes of the Rockford Files.

John: Yes exactly, also she gets to use her native accent in this.

Chris: Yeah, that’s right!

John: Cause Gina is from New Zealand, not England. Most people- she grew up in England but she was born in New Zealand, and was a child in New Zealand, so she gets to use her kiwi accent here. Very kicky little gold chain going on there.

Chris: And I love this, this is a great kind of subtle sales pitch that she just sells so well.

John: Yeah. And again this is one of those great things in the show, not blowing smoke up our own skirts, but the fun of having great actors is you con, con, con, and then you park it on these little two-person scenes and it's fun, you know, it actually plays.

Chris: And here's- you know I like the idea that we've kind of developed with Hardison’s character that, you know, he's chafing a little bit around the crew, and, kind of, as the youngest member of the crew, kind of like, sees that he’d like to run his own crew someday and kind of expressing that here. I mean how did you approach this Aldis? Was that something that you kinda thought of for the character?

Aldis: I approached it, I stretched, I, uh, did a couple push ups.

John: Well we get a lot of emails from him ‘I should be the lead of the show,’ so it's a similar thing.

[Laughter]

Chris: But I know we had discussions about it not being a typical father/son kind of vibe. Right?

Aldis: Right, right, right. This is- this entire situation was newly presented to me in the script. That's when I found out that I was like, ‘OK, Hardison wants to step up.’ But I think that- I mean, it's a great premise and he is the youngest, so he has the most to learn because he hasn't figured out all of his bad habits just yet.

Chris: Right.

Aldis: And so he can sit back, watch his team, watch how they work, watch the mistakes they make, and then ten season later, hint hint, audience, hint hint-

Chris: Ten seasons when you'll be all of 35.

[Laughter]

Aldis: Exactly.

John: Then you'll be ready to lead the crew.

Aldis: Exactly.

John: Yeah no it's- we really played around with it. It's not father/son it's sort of- it’s really Paper Chase but for crime.

Chris: Yes, yes, very much, I think that's a great way of putting it. And I love, here, too, if I can blow some more smoke up you, that, you know, we play big characters in these cons that are, like, larger than life. I mean, I think, you know, the Ice Man Job character comes to mind-

Aldis: [Mimicking the accent he did] The Ice Man Job.

Chris: When you play a kind of a small reserved guy, all inside, it's such a nice change, and it’s like it adds a vulnerability to these con characters that I think is great.

Aldis: He's very not- he wasn't a meek character, but he's very, very humble.

Chris: Humble that's better.

Aldis: He came from a hard life, he knew how to appreciate what was there, he knows how to prioritize, you know, to put everything else before his own needs. And that's kinda where I felt this character was coming from. He couldn't be too big or else, you know, with all of the skills, his grandeur, he would have done something with that by now; he's a cab driver, so he's gotta be quiet about something.

John: And the- also, this was the first time I think we put- we had talked about the different skills, as you go into every season you talk about like, ‘How do we make sure we focus on the characters? How do we make sure nobody blends in the background?’ And one of the things is reminding everyone- and we did this really in the Jailbreak and especially in this one to set it up, Parker is great at three dimensional heists. Parker rotates objects in three dimensional space. So she's Nate's partner here; he might be able to cook up plans, but she's the one telling him the parameters of those plans with the physical heists.

Aldis: Right.

John: No one is better than her at physical insertion, and that's one of the things we kinda hammered during this season.

Aldis: I think our skills- I mean we’re all necessary to one another, but our skills kinda levy a system of checks and balances-

John: Yeah.

Aldis: The way the government should do it. But we can do one thing and take it only so far and then pass it off, then the next team member polishes it up and takes you to the very next level.

John: What- Chris why don't you talk about how we structured the heist?

Chris: Well you know the- back when we were trying to break the story the initial idea behind it was that there would be two levels of tension in the big act, in the big heist. There would be part of the team breaking in to steal the object, and there would be Hardison on stage sweating out having to play this impossible solo in front of people. And the problem that I was running into was: why did these two things have to happen at the same time? Why now? Why can't they be breaking in on a Wednesday, you know, when Hardison's not scheduled to play this. And John, you said- thought about it for a minute, and you said, ‘Well obviously it's the only time that they can do the heist is when there’s- when the orchestra is playing because that's when they have to turn off the motion detectors.’

Aldis: Because John has stolen from an orchestra before, when they-

[Laughter]

Aldis: He speaks from personal experience.

Chris: And I took a minute and I said, ‘I could kiss you on the mouth.’

[Laughter]

John: That was one of those ‘what's in the Arclight’ days? I contributed almost nothing else to this episode. I was busy off doing the season opener. We were banging these out before the rest of the staff- and I came up with that bit and I'm like, ‘You're gold, go have fun, I’m out.’ I got that, and then we basically- knowing the motion detectors couldn't be beaten and played us back into the other security measures, and created this impossible vault. And that was also fun, we started for the first time throwing stuff at the team where it's like, ‘yeah there's some stuff you just can't beat,’ you know, that you have to go sideways.

Aldis: I’d like to note here that I'm wearing every possible shade of gray that there is known to man.

[Laughter]

John: Why is that? Is that an emotional choice? Is that about his ambivalence about his role in the con? Or is that-?

Aldis: I have no idea

John: Always say- you know what? Do the thing I just did with him, start with ‘obviously’ it's a good way- when you wanna throw up an enormous amount of bullshit just start with ‘Obviously.’

Aldis: Obviously!

John: And then just, people buy it.

Aldis: What we wanted to do was confuse the audience.

John: Oh Scheherezade, exactly how'd you choose Scheherezade?

Chris: Well we needed- we needed a piece that was public domain, as a practical matter, because we have budget constraints in this show. And that ended on a violin solo. And it was- I forgot what the other candidates were, but my wife, I have to give her credit at least a little, fantastic violinist, picked Scheherezade and said, ‘You gotta listen to this.’ And I listened to the last 7 minutes because I knew we needed it to kind of roll out in real time over the course of the heist. And the solo just kinda like dropped me, I thought, ‘Oh my god, this is gonna be fantastic.’ And then when I did a little research on Scheherezade’s story, how she was the wife of a- in the story of the Arabian Nights he killed- every night he married a different wife, and killed them the next morning. And then Scheherezade walked in and figured she'd be finished, but every night she told him a story, and the story kept him on- you know, on the edge of his seat, she never told him the ending and finally after 1001 nights he married her. So I said OK, that’s the first grifter in history’. And that just kinda fit in thematically with the whole episode, and that's when we knew we had to use that piece.

John: And our music guy Joe Deluca putting a lovely little sort of spin, sort of-

Chris: Yeah he had a very nice-

John: -Arabian Nights spin on the score there. Now, you play violin. What did you think when we dropped Scheherezade on your lap?

Aldis: Well I was screaming inside, running for my life.

[Laughter]

Aldis: Jesus I've only been playing just for- not even five years, and when I took the music to my music teacher, she like- lord have mercy, she had a heart attack. She was like- she had been playing professionally for 20 years before she tackled Scheherezade. My other teacher had been playing, also, I believe between 20 and 30 years before she tackled Scheherezade so I had no confidence whatsoever. No, kidding, obviously I was very impressed with the piece. It's a beautiful piece. I love the song and I was actually very open to the challenge. I just wanted to make sure I did it well enough to do the song some justice. Now shooting these scenes being surrounded by actual musicians was awe-inspiring and-

John: Really? You really? Oh.

Aldis: Man, it was terrifying.

Chris: Yeah where did this rank among the scarier things you've done on the show? Where would you put this?

Aldis: This is the top right here.

Chris: This is the top right here.

John: So not running on top of a moving train.

[Laughter]

Aldis: Not at all man.

John: Really? That was fine, but this? This was terrifying.

Aldis: I'm a nut man, I'm a nut. I can do that because-

John: I can tell you as your executive producer with an insurance policy on you, you can do this whenever you want, don't do the train again.

Aldis: I shan't! I shall not.

Chris: And this actor, Michael Winther, fantastic New York stage actor who came in and did an amazing job. It was originally written I think he was Spanish and then I asked Michael-

John: Well you were kinda basing it on Dudamel.

Chris: Exactly it was based on Gustavo Dudamel who was the Venezuelan, kind of, rockstar conductor of the LA Philharmonic.

Aldis: Oh yeah.

Chris: Yeah, and Michael said that he could do German and I thought well there's nothing more intimidating than someone talking to you with a German accent.

Aldis: German accent, yeah.

John: Really?

Chris: And he was just great.

John: Even if it's like ‘I would like some hugs now,’ still it's creepy, it's not- yeah.

[Laughter]

John: Apologies, and now the angry letters from people with a German accent will be coming in.

Aldis: Exactly, you'll be getting a letter from the government.

John: A nice stall, you can't get it too far. And, you know, this again is kinda focusing on how everyone does things. Parker needs paper. Parker needs plans. Parker needs drawings. This is how she thinks. She was trained by an old school thief, and it's cool cause we're kinda hinting at the thing you're gonna find out in episode 5, like how she was trained, you know, trained by an old school thief, she thinks like an old school thief.

Aldis: Yeah

John: And then we do the fun- and this is, when you're constructing something based on a high concept, the fun of it was we have an impossible heist, stuff rolls back from that. Okay if it's impossible, that means we have to see the planning, we have to see the surveillance, we have to see the surveillance to establish to the audience the rules of the heist.

Chris: Right.

John: Cause you had already said, and I will say the first thing you said to me was ‘I wanna do a heist where there's no words.’

Chris: Yes.

John: And I said ‘You're out of your mind and it's unshootable’. I actually utterly dismissed you, and then you came back like, ‘We do it this way.’ And I was like, ‘Alright, that’s slightly less insane.’ But that required the rest of the episode to do an enormous amount of work.

Chris: Yeah, you need to know- once you got to the heist, you need to know exactly what people were doing and why, without any dialogue. And so- and that kinda required that the heist needed to be fairly simple.

John: Yes.

Chris: So, you know, that kinda was a little bit liberating for me, cause once I realized, OK, I drew this corridor, you know, we had to get past this keypad, and then there was a room, we had to blow a hole in the floor, it was like from a to b to c, as long as I made it fairly simple and easy to remember in the planning stages, we could carry it out.

John: And this is also one of the great things about physical production. You actually flew up and scouted this, right?

Chris: Yeah, we did.

John: You adjusted the heist based around the physical location.

Chris: Yeah well, we built this hallway here-

John: Is that a build? I thought it was a-

Chris: This is the hardest working hallway in show business.

John: I thought it was the hallway on the other side of the concert hall?

Chris: No, no.

Aldis: No, me and Chrisitan built it ourselves.

John: Oh that's where Elizabetta was. That's right, there you go.

Chris: That’s right.

John: Yeah, now we're establishing the rules, and a little hint there that Nnamdi is not your ordinary thug.

Chris: Yeah.

Aldis: Yes.

John: Yeah, just that little wince.

Chris: And here, again, you know, it was we had plans in front of Tim that he could actually trace the line and that's exactly where you were going. Those are the plans of the set.

John: Those are the plans for the set?

Chris: Yeah.

Aldis: Yeah!

John: That’s great!

Chris: I mean that showed him, he could draw- I showed him here's where you draw the hole, that’s where it’s gonna be.

John: Yeah and big props to Bekka Melino and everybody in production design this year. That vault looked gorgeous.

Chris: Yeah, it did.

John: Everything looked gorgeous, you know, set dec.

Chris: I have to give her credit for something else in that too. In the original script, the locker numbers in the vault were numbered; they were just numbered. And she called me up and said, ‘What do you think if we made like some kind of symbol or something for them, and maybe like musical terms?’ And I said, ‘That's fantastic.’ And it kinda helped build the character of Moto as someone who is just, you know, obsessed with music.

Aldis: Appreciates music.

John: Yeah.

Chris: And here's where-

Aldis: This is a tough thing, a tough deal for me. Not me personally, but for Hardison because of the fact that- I mean, this is a big deal trying to walk away from a mission with such reasonable cause.

Chris: Right.

Aldis: Only because of the fact that he's afraid, it's not because his life is endangered, it's simply because he's afraid.

Chris: Did you feel like that was- I mean, but performing without being prepared is like the, sort of, go to nightmare that people have, right?

John: Only if you were pantless could this be worse.

Aldis: Exactly, it's also the fact that if he performs poorly he could mess up the entire heist.

Chris: Yes

Aldis: But he was more afraid of himself performing badly then messing up the heist. And-

John: It's an interesting look into the character, because he's a perfectionist and he tends to- he’s tended to take the path he has in life because he's been able to be good at it.

Aldis: Yes.

Chris: Right.

John: You know, it's always interesting once you're past school and once you're an adult when you try to do things, you try to learn a new skill once you're out of your teens, and you realize ‘Oh, this is very hard.‘

Aldis: Yeah it's like learning violin.

John: Yeah exactly.

Aldis: As an adult, as I am doing now.

John: Really hard. But no, you just couldn't drop Scheherezade on you.

Chris: Here's a great-

John: This is a great shot actually, because we actually never shot this. This was footage of them actually getting into place.

Chris: Yes.

John: From the dailies that we had when we rolled the camera on. And that we wound up assembling together into a shot and then digitally placing the conductor into the middle of it.

Chris: Oh yeah, when we get to the later shot of the conductor there, that was- that’s totally digital. This the- orchestra is Marshall Tuttle is the conductor of the orchestra, it’s a local Portland community college orchestra. And they, you know, I have to give a lot of props to them because they got the music and they had to mock play the piece, but that meant they had to prepare for it, they had to know.

Aldis: Yeah I actually learned from them that day the rest of the piece. I mean all I knew up to that point was the solo. Until they said- and I knew bits and pieces of the other music until they said, ‘Hey, so we actually wanna shoot you playing the, you know, the bit before stuff.’ I’m like, ‘Right now, guys?’

John: Oh yes, a surprise by the way.

Aldis: Surprise!

John: This quick thing, they're gonna pop the camera on you there as you do this thing you just learned how to do.

Aldis: So I was just watching my fellow musicians around me as we shot, I was just watching their fingers and going off of them but hopefully you can’t tell.

John: That's a great little shake, that head shake like, ‘No, let's not get too heavily invested’.

Aldis: That was a real head shake that was ‘I do not wanna shoot this scene right now.’

[Laughter]

John: Could we please stop?

Aldis: None of the trepidation in this is faked, it’s real fear people. Real fear.

[Laughter]

Aldis: I dreaded this more than anything.

Chris: So there was less acting in this than typical episodes because you actually had fear.

Aldis: The fear yes, no acting at all, man, it was not hard to be afraid. At all. Whatsoever.

John: And here's Elizabetta, and it was interesting- I will be totally honest we knew we needed stuff for the finale-

Chris: Yeah.

John: And no idea what we needed it to be yet.

Chris: Right and right. And also to a certain degree, you know, when you have a MacGuffin, you know an item I want you to get, and you struggle as to what it could be, and we did struggle, we argued what is- what's in the envelope? And ultimately it's pretty cool when you don't know what it is.

John: Yeah it's point blank. It’s- yeah.

Chris: And you know we don't want to give anything away, but it did help us in the finale.

John: Yeah, well they've seen it by now, in theory.

Chris: Oh, okay.

John: Usually they watch all the way through and then do the commentaries.

Chris: That’s fine then. So that's fine, I'm not a spoiler.

Aldis: So what was in the envelope, fellows?

John: In the envelope is the evidence that the Italian needs because she's part of the shadowy international intelligence organization that launders money through Moto’s blood diamond accounts.

Chris: Yes.

John: And yeah that's actually- if you do a lot of research in money laundering, we did a lot of money laundering this year.

Aldis: Yes we did.

John: You find out that a lot of sort of black ops stuff, and a lot of the governments- there's a reason it's still around. You know governments find it useful, you know, and certain parts of governments find money laundering, international money laundering useful.

Chris: And here we go now we start- we start the clock and the dialogue is about to end pretty quickly.

John: Yeah I think we did like two touches, two clarifying things once we test screened it.

Chris: Yeah.

Aldis: We did an entire fourth act with just pure music.

Chris: Yeah, this is it here, we go.

John: Yeah this is it. Nnamdi did a great job in this, by the way, I want to say, because he's acting without dialogue and that's hard, you know, for a young actor.

Aldis: It’s like stare at this paper bag and make it interesting.

John: Yeah, exactly.

Chris: And I have to give Brian Gonosey here, our editor, a lot of credit here, too, because this was like editing a music video, because this was- we had to kinda time this stuff to the music, and this was, you know, this- in listening to the piece, you know, in my mind I had punching in numbers for this part, cause I could hear it in my head, and-

Aldis: Now this-

Chris: And now- oh.

Aldis: No, I’m sorry, go ahead.

Chris: Well this is just when you have an all pro quarterback from the NFL on your show, and you have Christian Kane who is a gigantic football fan, you're gonna have him knock him down in full run.

Aldis: Now Christian really took that hit.

Chris: He sure did folks.

John: He hit that wall hard, baby!

Aldis: This man is paid to hit people.

[Laughter]

John: Beth took this hit too.

Aldis: Yeah.

Chris: She did take that hit.

Aldis: She took it like a trooper.

John: Wait where'd- Chris played football for a while, what was he, tailback? What was Chris?

Chris: Well I know, back in high school, yeah.

Aldis: He played in it, and he wrestled, too. Nnamdi is a big guy.

John: Nnamdi is a big guy.

Aldis: He's like 6’ 4” something, 6’ 6”?

Chris: And he wanted to do all his own stunts and we were like, ‘Please, we do not want Al Davis on our ass.’

[Laughter]

John: ‘I'm sorry, did you hurt the greatest quarterback in the NFL in your little pretend show this weekend?’

Chris: He's like, ‘You know what the stunt mans doing? I can do that!’ And we said, ‘We know! Please don’t!’

Aldis: Now the NFL owns Leverage.

John: We’d have a bigger budget, that'd be alright.

[Laughter]

John: And then now down through the floor, this was fun playing around with- thank you Mythbusters, playing around with directional blowouts, and thermite and all the other sort of how to- oh that's a- and Nnamdi won't go down.

Chris: No, he won’t.

John: We were- this- he’s the thug who ate his Wheaties.

Aldis: I think that's a great part about this entire sequence and just the character in general is: cause he finally- somebody gave Eliot a challenge, a real challenge you know. It was kinda like the season finale for the first season.

John: But that guy had technique, you know, that was the thing. What Eliot is facing right now is another dude who kills people professionally.

Aldis: Yeah.

John: You know, and just with power. It's also fun cause it’s- all Eliot/Parker scenes are inherently fun.

Chris: And here, and this was all built around the music. We knew this was gonna- we were gonna build to- there's a giant gong hit here and that was gonna be- that was the whole thing was timed to the explosion and now one of the words ‘boom’.

Aldis: We really blew a hole in a floor and let Nnamdi fall through? He was a trooper, he took it?

John: Yes, please don’t tell the Raiders.

Chris: Please don't tell Al Davis.

Aldis: I'm kidding, guys. Kinda.

John: This was actually shot later, we actually rebuilt the ceiling and then dropped it in later.

Chris: Yeah, it’s great.

John: They did a great job because they- it was like ‘We need you to build that ceiling that we built a couple episodes, but put a hole in it.’ Like, ‘Alright.’ Yeah. And Nate being in the middle of it unexpectedly is a wonderful development.

Chris: Even this, all this all the editing was just timed perfectly to the music as he pulls, Walle is his character, pulls into the corner. And here it is.

John: That's a nice beat, actually, was Sophie- that's a nice choice by Gina, Sophie being totally confident because she knows, she's already in on the hypnosis thing. So she's already ahead of it, and what that was meant to be encouraging.

Chris: Now here it is.

Aldis: [Humming the song]

Chris: And, you know, I have to say my wife, violinist, gives you huge props here for your fingering and your bow work.

Aldis: Thank you. You do realize this song haunted me as I was practicing and preparing for it? It literally was playing in my head when no other sound was on in the room. I painted a picture called The Scheherazade. I painted the notes themselves because I had to get it outta my head. It was-

Chris: That’s great.

John: Where's the painting?

Aldis: It’s still back in Portland waiting for me to get back to it.

John: Nice.

Chris: Now what kind of response did you get from people when this aired?

Aldis: A lot of musicians actually said I did a good job, which I was proud about. I was- I was more concerned about how musicians would take it. Because they know what to look for, and as I watched I was like, ‘Alright,’ you know, cringing, but a lot of them they really, really dug it.

John: Well you always see the flaws in your performance, you know.

Aldis: Yeah of course because I’m looking for it, as the actor. By the way, this scene when Beth has the tear, that wasn't a tear she just had allergies, but played to her strengths and- right there the yeah.

John: It's just the smoke and stuff, the allergies.

Aldis: Very dusty, you know, we just kept it, we kept it. I’m kidding Beth’s a great actress, she did that on her own.

Chris: She’s fantastic. She did that, I mean, that's pretty amazing.

Aldis: Yeah was that her choice there?

Chris: Yeah.

John: Yeah, that wasn’t in the script.

Chris: And we didn't have a lot of time for that, too, we were really running out of time for that scene and they, boy were they great reacting to it.

Aldis: The boy did it! Uh!

[Laughter]

Aldis: Y'all know what this is! Sexual chocolate!

John: We’re gonna have to make t-shirts now, I hope.

Aldis: We are gonna have to make t-shirts.

Chris: Now in the original script, you got a girl's phone number; we had to cut it for time but there was.

John: Sexy violinists.

Aldis: It's alright, Hardison gets numbers.

Chris: You know, Hardison, we've been trying to hook you up and I'm sorry we ran out of time.

John: Well, you know that's alright, there's- I don't think the fans would like the girl.

Aldis: I think if I ever got hooked up, fans would just murder Hardison because-

John: They would not be happy.

Aldis: They're waiting on Parker.

John: Well also, you know, and what's interesting is: you've kind of changed looks since the first season. You were a very skinny kid when you came in that first season. You turned 21 the night we hired you.

Aldis: Yeah 21, I'm 24 now.

John: Yeah, you put a little man weight on you now.

Aldis: Man weight, shaved the whiskers a little bit, try to give you a little something different each year. Next year I'm gonna come in about 250 pounds.

John: Nice, maybe with a cane cause you can't quite walk, you got the gout.

Aldis: Cankles baby.

John: Rock the gout. This is brutal- just looking for the rematch.

Chris: I love the look.

John: Every time I see this, I try to figure out a way to bring that character back.

Chris: Can we bring him back?

John: Seriously man, that look as he rolls forward is like, I want that rematch.

Chris: You know he makes more money than everyone in- you know, I mean he's- he’ll fly out on a private jet and come do it.

John: Just I gotta figure out something. And then I remember cause it was great, cause- I was actually out of town and then you shot this, and I didn’t see anything until I saw the first cut of this. I didn't see any dailies and so I saw the first cut of this and when he rolled forward that time I'm like ‘Oh! No wait, I know there's no rematch’ but-

Aldis: Yeah.

John: It’s- it was fun it was being able to watch this episode as a fan was a big treat.

Chris: Yeah, and here it was trying to pay off the Scheherezade story by having Nate make up something on the fly.

John: Yeah, it's the- thematically it yeah it starts with a con, it has a heist in the middle, and ends with a con.

Chris: Ends with a con.

Aldis: Yeah.

John: And you just the balls- the sheer stones it takes, ‘I have no idea what's in this.’

Chris: Yeah, right?

John: Just absolute sheer stones. To just bet on a sealed deck. We actually talked about that, we had played around with poker episodes and just what kind of- we talked at length- and it's one of those things that will never wind up in the show but we wind up talking in the room, what kind of gambler Nate is. And Nate is a guy who will bet on whole cards he hasn't seen.

Chris: Right, yes.

John: Yeah which is not necessarily the smartest thing in the world, but that’s that guy.

Aldis: He's the kind of guy who loses all his money first at the table, but eventually gains a couple chips back.

John: Yeah, yeah. Or manages to just be luckier than smarter, but smart enough to know he's lucky.

Chris: And I have to say Marcel Davis here played Simian Moto the president, and did an amazing job. I mean he's a local Portland actor.

John: Yeah, really- Portland. Never disappoints, Portland is a great place with great actors.

Chris: Now you can kinda see Gina slipping in there. It was- I know we had a couple of comments.

John: We had ten people on that set!

Chris: It was hard.

John: She's that black shape that kinda moves in with the secret service.

Aldis: I just saw her slip in there, keep your eyes open.

Chris: Keep your eyes open folks. She had- apparently she had a great time assembling this gun.

John: She was kinda rocking out the Helen Mirren in RED there.

Chris: She was.

John: She was really kinda- that was hot. She did- I watched the dailies on that like eight times, come on, she's very good at this. And the gloat, the drag out, the gloat.

Chris: The gloat and the drag away.

John: Very nice and the president. Oh Nnamdi wants to go! Let them go! Let them fight! That drinking game for Enter the Dragon. It’s like every time.

Chris: There we go, another time we’ll bring him back.

Aldis: Let's just send this out to all the Oakland raiders fans and see if they put in a vote, do you want Nnamdi back?

Chris: Do you wanna see Nnamdi back, please?

Aldis: Let's see what happens.

John: Promised by the DVD. Yeah.

Aldis: I feel it'll be promising.

John: And this was a nice set up, and again it was interesting because she had such the upper hand in the first episode, this is the one where Chris really kinda reset that, yeah, Nate Ford is not a patsy.

Chris: Yeah.

John: You know he is- there's a reason they’re using him. He's a dangerous guy, and he's become more of a dangerous guy this year because he's acknowledged who he is. Last year this would've played out differently.

Chris: Yeah, no it was- you know, the sequence was flirty, dangerous, a little bit of banter then she puts the screws to him and then he puts the screws to her here.

John: Yeah cause he knows. He knows, he dealt with these types of people, you know, he's not ignorant of exactly how big a game he's playing in right now. Great, great shot. She- this is a 1960s shot, that shot right there, I really love this. And she's got a very classic late 60s look and that was interesting because we used it- we actually called the character the Italian as shorthand because it was an archetype from the 60s, and then when she came on the show we were trying to come up with a name it's like, we're not gonna beat The Italian.

Chris: No no, it’s the best.

John: Just keep it there. And it kinda kept her in the headspace, when we wrote the scripts it kept her in that zone.

Aldis: And when she happened to actually be Italian!

John: We started with that, that was the-

Aldis: Ahhh, ohhh, ahhhh!

John: Did we not explain that to you?

Aldis: Ahhhh!

John: We just happened to get Elisabetta. Yeah, there you go.

Aldis: There go- ahhh!

Chris: And this is a nice kind of close out to, you know we sort of set up earlier that Eliot has some regrets of things that he may have done back when he was a soldier. Things he saw in Africa. And I thought Tim had a nice ad lib here, cause he kinda indicated that it was Eliot's idea to provide money for kids in the community based on them selling the violin.

John: And that's- and yeah it was another thing, too, as we moved into the third season of, why are these people still together. You know the second year they had realized they were family but were not emotionally evolved enough to explain, to acknowledge that. Third year where they are together and you begin to see- you know Hardison sees this as his crime college. And he loves these people, but this is his crime college. You know, Eliot is beginning to see the path to his redemption. You know, Nate is the acknowledgement of his identity. Parker is becoming a human being. You know, everyone has their reason they're there. You know, Sophie's reason to be there is basically, she had come back to run the crew while Nate was in prison. And to be acknowledged as the co-lead. This is a great scene. By the way, you play this wonderfully, this is a big turn here.

Chris: Yeah.

Aldis: Thanks.

Chris: It was- you know this was a tricky reveal here because- and I'll say that on the hypnosis front I consulted with a hypnotist-

[Laughter]

Chris: This is not just me making stuff up out of thin air.

John: I'm the one to make stuff up out of thin air, Chris actually researches shit.

Chris: And in fact, the hypnotist said to me that if somebody had a- was extremely proficient in something at an early age, whether it was athletics or music, that he could put someone in a deep trance state and return them to their ability, that their life experience is kinda what's gotten in the way of their ability, that it's all up there in their head. And that's all that we’re saying here, we’re not saying that he made you- Nate made Hardison able to play, Hardison always knew how to play, it was just cleaning out the cobwebs to get you back.

Aldis: Right.

John: Also Sophie's- Gina's playing that complicitness in a really nice way, which is she went with it, she didn't like it, and she doesn't necessarily like what Nate’s become. Also fun, you had really focused on this is, during the research, the idea that prison is a bad idea for most criminals. Most criminals just go in and become better criminals. It's- they call it crime college, you know, and what tricks had Nate picked up while he was inside.

Chris: And look ultimately that the one of the things that makes Nate able to run this crew from- is that he's not a nice guy. And that he will push any button to get whatever he wants done. And that makes him, I think, a better leader, and a more interesting character than if he's just you know got your back every time you're in trouble.

John: We cannot say this enough: Nate Ford is not a nice man.

Chris: Yeah.

Aldis: Right.

John: But that's what's required in the world that we set up in this show. And that's Scheherezade Job! Amazing job, both of you. I really wanna say this, I came to this as a viewer and this is one of my favorite episodes of the season, and of the entire run.

Aldis: It's one of my favorites.

John: I told the first time I watched this, I told Chris I wish my name was on it. I wish that I had the ‘Written by’ credit.

Chris: And you, you know I made a little comment to you back in season one, and boy did you make me happy.

Aldis: It happened.

John: It’s great.

Aldis: Well thank you man I enjoyed it. The script was one of my best scripts, one of my favorite scripts from the entire three seasons, so.

John: Thanks man.

Chris: Thanks.

John: Alright stay tuned more coming up.

Aldis: Peace.

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ABBOTT Joseph Abbott + Patricia (nee Stimpson) ◄ -- -- Abbott, thirty six ◄ -- -- Abbott, thirty three ◄ -- -- Abbott, twenty-nine ◄ -- -- Abbott, twenty-six ABERCROMBIE Euan Abercrombie + Lauren (nee Fitch) ◄ -- -- Abercrombie, thirty ◄ -- -- Abercrombie, twenty-four ◄ -- -- Abercrombie, twenty-four ◄ -- -- Abercrombie, twenty-two * the twenty-four year olds are twins. ACKERLY Stewart Ackerly + Natalie (nee McDonald) ◄ -- -- Ackerly, twenty-eight ◄ -- -- Ackerly, twenty-seven ◄ -- -- Ackerly, twenty-three AVERY Mauricius Avery + Hestia (nee Carrow) ► -- -- Avery, twenty-seven ► -- -- Avery, twenty-three BADDOCK Malcolm Baddock + Laura (nee Madley) ◄ -- -- Baddock, thirty one ◄ -- -- Baddock, thirty BARBARY Heathcote Barbary + Mandy (nee Brocklehurst) ◄ -- -- Barbary, thirty four ◄ -- -- Barbary, thirty two ◄ -- -- Barbary, twenty-six ◄ -- -- Barbary, twenty-one BELBY Marcus Belby + Tracey (nee Davis) ◄ -- -- Belby, thirty one ◄ -- -- Belby, thirty ◄ -- -- Belby, twenty-three BOLE Lucian Bole + Rebecca (nee Hoffman) ◄ -- -- Bole, thirty ◄ -- -- Bole, twenty-nine BOOT Terry Boot + Sally (nee Smith) ◄ -- -- Boot, thirty two ◄ -- -- Boot, twenty-seven ◄ -- -- Boot, twenty-five BONES-HOPKINS Wayne Hopkins + Susan Bones ◄ -- -- Bones-Hopkins, twenty-eight ◄ -- -- Bones-Hopkins, twenty-five ◄ -- -- Bones-Hopkins, twenty-two BOTT Cyprien Bott + Florence (nee Slughorn) ► -- -- Bott, forty ► -- -- Bott, thirty eight ► -- -- Bott, thirty four ► -- -- Bott, thirty one BURKE Icarus Burke + Rosetta (nee Borgin) ► -- -- Burke, thirty six ► -- -- Burke, twenty-eight ► -- -- Burke, twenty-three CARMICHAEL Eddie Carmichael + Claire (nee Trotwood) ◄ -- -- Carmichael, thirty one ◄ -- -- Carmichael, thirty CAULDWELL Owen Cauldwell + Elise (nee Montague) ◄ -- -- Cauldwell, thirty one ◄ -- -- Cauldwell, twenty-eight CHAPMAN Elias Chapman + Marissa (nee Stewart) ▼ -- -- Chapman, thirty one ▼ -- -- Chapman, twenty-nine ▼ -- -- Chapman, twenty-eight COOTE Ritchie Coote + Rose (nee Zeller) ◄ -- -- Coote, twenty-nine ◄ -- -- Coote, twenty-seven ◄ -- -- Coote, twenty-five * this family is (half) black. CORNER Michael Corner + Parvati (nee Patil) ◄ -- -- Corner, twenty-six ◄ -- -- Corner, twenty-five ◄ -- -- Corner, twenty-two ◄ -- -- Corner, twenty-two * this family is half indian. * the youngest two children are twins.

CORNFOOT Stephen Cornfoot + Orla (nee Quirke) ◄ -- -- Cornfoot, thirty ◄ -- -- Cornfoot, twenty-three CREEVEY Dennis Creevey + Gabrielle (nee Delacour) ▲ -- -- Creevey, twenty-five ▲ -- -- Creevey, twenty-three * this family is one-eighth veela through gabrielle, a quarter veela. CRUMB Gideon Crumb + Juno (nee Santini) ◄ -- -- Crumb, thirty eight ◄ -- -- Crumb, thirty three ◄ -- -- Crumb, twenty-six DAVIES Chester Davies + Jane (nee Court) ◄ -- -- Davies, thirty five DAVIES Roger Davies + Martha (nee Murphy) ◄ -- -- Davies, twenty-five ◄ -- -- Davies, twenty-four ◄ -- -- Davies, twenty-one DUKE Kirley Duke + Lisette (nee Hollingberry) ◄ -- -- Duke, thirty four ◄ -- -- Duke, thirty one DURSLEY Dudley Dursley + Azalea (nee Scott) ▼ -- -- Dursley, twenty-six * this family is half black. EDGECOMBE-CHANG Marietta Edgecombe + Cho Chang ◄ -- -- Edgecombe-Chang, twenty-six ◄ -- -- Edgecombe-Chang, twenty-five ◄ -- -- Edgecombe-Chang, twenty-four ◄ -- -- Edgecombe-Chang, twenty-three ◄ -- -- Edgecombe-Chang, twenty-two * all children in this family are adopted. ENTWHISTLE Kevin Entwhistle + Sally-Anne (nee Perks) ◄ -- -- Entwhistle, twenty-five

FAWLEY Grim Fawley + Megan (nee Jones) ◄ -- -- Fawley, twenty-four ◄ -- -- Fawley, twenty-one ◄ -- -- Fawley, twenty FINCH-FLETCHLEY Justin Finch-Fletchley + Sue (nee Li) ◄ -- -- Finch-Fletchley, twenty-three * this family is half chinese. FLETCHER Mundugus Fletcher + Multiple Women ► -- -- Fletcher, thirty two ► -- -- Fletcher, twenty-nine ► -- -- Fletcher, twenty-six ► -- -- Fletcher, twenty-four * all children in this family are half-siblings. FLINT Marcus Flint + Alice (nee Selwyn) ► -- -- Flint, twenty-seven ► -- -- Flint, twenty-five ► -- -- Flint, twenty-four ► -- -- Flint, twenty-one FORTESCUE Fabian Fortescue + Violet (nee Montgomery) ◄ -- -- Fortescue, thirty two ◄ -- -- Fortescue, thirty ◄ -- -- Fortescue, twenty-eight ◄ -- -- Fortescue, twenty-five FUDGE Cornelius Fudge II + Adria (nee Pike) ◄ -- -- Fudge, forty ◄ -- -- Fudge, thirty seven ◄ -- -- Fudge, thirty four ◄ -- -- Fudge, thirty two GOLDSTEIN Anthony Goldstein + Emma (nee Vane) ◄ -- -- Goldstein, thirty one ◄ -- -- Goldstein, twenty-five ◄ -- -- Goldstein, twenty-four * this family is jewish. GOYLE Gregory Goyle + Flora (nee Carrow) ► -- -- Goyle, twenty-nine ► -- -- Goyle, twenty-eight ► -- -- Goyle, twenty-seven GRAVES Merton Graves + Cora (nee Pinkstone) ◄ -- -- Graves, forty ◄ -- -- Graves, thirty eight GREGORoVITCH Gedeon Gregorovitch + Ildiko (nee Barta) ► -- -- Gregorovitch, 46 ► -- -- Gregorovitch, 44 ► -- -- Gregorovitch, 40 GREYBACK Wulfric Greyback + Multiple Women ▲ -- -- Greyback, thirty seven ▲ -- -- Greyback, thirty six ▲ -- -- Greyback, twenty-eight ▲ -- -- Greyback, twenty-seven ▲ -- -- Greyback, twenty-one ▲ -- -- Greyback, nineteen * wulfric is the son of fenrir greyback. * all children in this family are half-siblings. JENKINS Alexander Jenkins + Jennifer (nee Morgan) ▼ -- -- Jenkins, thirty two ▼ -- -- Jenkins, thirty ▼ -- -- Jenkins, twenty-nine ▼ -- -- Jenkins, twenty-seven JORDAN Lee Jordan + Allison (nee Harper) ◄ -- -- Jordan, twenty-nine ◄ -- -- Jordan, twenty-eight * this family is (half) black. KAMA Clément Kama + Marie-Ange (nee Stuart) ► -- -- Kama, forty KARKAROFF Andrei Karkaroff + Magda (nee Romanova) ◄ -- -- Karkaroff, twenty-eight ◄ -- -- Karkaroff, twenty-five KRUM Viktor Krum + Samantha (nee Whitehouse) ◄ -- -- Krum, twenty-seven ◄ -- -- Krum, twenty-five ◄ -- -- Krum, twenty-four LESTRANGE Cyrus Lestrange + Melinda (nee Nott) ► -- -- Lestrange, thirty ► -- -- Lestrange, thirty ► -- -- Lestrange, twenty-eight * cyrus is the son of rabastan lestrange. * the oldest two children are twins. LONGBOTTOM Neville Longbottom + Hannah (nee Abbott) ◄ -- -- Longbottom, twenty-eight ◄ -- -- Longbottom, twenty-six ◄ -- -- Longbottom, twenty-four LUPIN Remus Lupin + Nymphadora (nee Tonks) ▲ Edward Remus Lupin, thirty four MACDOUGAL Morag MacDougal + Lavender (nee Brown) ◄ -- -- MacDougal, twenty-six MACMILLAN (1) Ernest Macmillan + Amanda (nee Travers) ► -- -- Macmillan, thirty two ► -- -- Macmillan, thirty * Ernest and Amanda are divorced. MACMILLAN (2) Ernest Macmillan + Rochelle (nee Chamberlain) ◄ -- -- Macmillan, twenty-eight ◄ -- -- Macmillan, twenty-six ◄ -- -- Macmillan, twenty-two * Ernest and Rochelle are divorced. MALFOY Draco Malfoy + Astoria (nee Greengrass) ► Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy, twenty-six

MALONE Roger Malone + Isobel (nee MacDougal) ◄ -- -- Malone, twenty-six ◄ -- -- Malone, twenty-four ◄ -- -- Malone, twenty-three MCLAGGEN Cormac McLaggen + Lily (nee Moon) ◄ -- -- McLaggen, thirty ◄ -- -- McLaggen, twenty-eight ◄ -- -- McLaggen, twenty-seven * this family is korean. NOTT Theodore Nott + Millicent (nee Bulstrode) ► -- -- Nott, twenty-nine ► -- -- Nott, twenty-seven ► -- -- Nott, twenty-five ► -- -- Nott, twenty-four OGDEN Kieran Ogden + Alys (nee Simpson) ◄ -- -- Ogden, thirty five ◄ -- -- Ogden, thirty OLLIVANDER Graham Ollivander + Kellah (nee Shacklebolt) ► -- -- Ollivander, twenty-nine ► -- -- Ollivander, twenty-nine ► -- -- Ollivander, twenty-eight * this family is (half) black. * this family has a history of names starting with the letter g. PARKINSON Pansy Parkinson + Daphne (nee Greengrass) ► -- -- Parkinson, age PEAKES Jimmy Peakes + Eleanor (nee Branstone) ◄ -- -- Peakes, twenty-two ◄ -- -- Peakes, twenty POTTER Harry Potter + Ginevra (nee Weasley) ◄ James Sirius Potter, twenty-seven ◄ Albus Severus Potter, twenty-six ◄ Lily Luna Potter, twenty-four PRITCHARD Graham Pritchard + Emma (nee Dobbs) ◄ -- -- Pritchard, twenty-seven ◄ -- -- Pritchard, twenty-five ◄ -- -- Pritchard, twenty-three ◄ -- -- Pritchard, twenty-one PUCEY Adrian Pucey + Lisa (nee Turpin) ◄ -- -- Pucey, thirty two ◄ -- -- Pucey, thirty one RIVERS Oliver Rivers + Padma (nee Patil) ◄ -- -- Rivers, twenty-five ◄ -- -- Rivers, twenty-three * this family is (half) indian. ROSIER Caliban Rosier + Portia (nee Shafiq) ► -- -- Rosier, thirty four ► -- -- Rosier, thirty three ► -- -- Rosier, thirty ROWLE Emeric Rowle + Leanne (nee Travers) ► -- -- Rowle, twenty-nine ► -- -- Rowle, twenty-seven RUNCORN Derek Runcorn + Romilda (nee Vane) ◄ -- -- Runcorn, twenty-eight ◄ -- -- Runcorn, twenty-six ◄ -- -- Runcorn, twenty-two SCAMANDER Rolf Scamander + Luna (nee Lovegood) ◄ Lorcan --- Scamander, twenty-four ◄ Lysander --- Scamander, twenty-four * the children are twins. SHACKLEBOLT Caius Shacklebolt + Idris (nee Kempley) ► -- -- Shacklebolt, twenty-three ► -- -- Shacklebolt, twenty ► -- -- Shacklebolt, eighteen * this family is black. SHAFIQ Cicero Shafiq + Pandora (nee Ogden) ► -- -- Shafiq, thirty seven ► -- -- Shafiq, thirty four SMITH Zacharias Smith + Millie (nee Barker) ◄ -- -- Smith, thirty one THOMAS-FINNIGAN Dean Thomas + Seamus Finnigan ◄ -- -- Thomas-Finnigan, twenty-seven ◄ -- -- Thomas-Finnigan, twenty-six ◄ -- -- Thomas-Finnigan, twenty-four * all children in this family are adopted. THRUSTON Orsino Thruston + Penelope (nee Clearwater) ◄ -- -- Thruston, thirty three TOWLER Kenneth Towler + Hilda (nee Beamish) ◄ -- -- Towler, thirty ◄ -- -- Towler, twenty-nine TREMLETT Donaghan Tremlett + Pamela (nee Chambers) ◄ -- -- Tremlett, thirty eight TUCKETT James Tucket II + Sabrina (nee Mannering) ◄ -- -- Tuckett, twenty-two ◄ -- -- Tuckett, twenty-one ◄ -- -- Tuckett, nineteen WAGTAIL Myron Wagtail + Carly (nee Redfern) ◄ -- -- Wagtail, twenty-nine ◄ -- -- Wagtail, twenty-eight WARRINGTON Cassius Warrington + Anita (nee Diggs) ◄ -- -- Warrington, twenty-nine ◄ -- -- Warrington, twenty-three ◄ -- -- Warrington, twenty-one WEASLEY William Weasley + Fleur (nee Delacour) ▲ Victoire --- Weasley, thirty two ▲ Dominique --- Weasley, twenty-eight ▲ Louis --- Weasley, twenty-five * this family is one-eighth veela through fleur, a quarter veela. WEASLEY Percy Weasley + Audrey (nee Chen) ► Molly --- Weasley, thirty ► Lucy --- Weasley, twenty-five * this family is half chinese. WEASLEY George Weasley + Angelina (nee Johnson) ► Fred --- Weasley, twenty-seven ► Roxanne --- Weasley, twenty-four * this family is half black. WEASLEY Ronald Weasley + Hermione (nee Granger) ◄ Rose --- Weasley, twenty-six ◄ Hugo --- Weasley, twenty-four WHITBY Kevin Whitby + Cassandra (nee Purcell) ◄ -- -- Whitby, twenty-two WINGTRINGHAM Herman Wintringham + Rosalind (nee Evercreech) ◄ -- -- Wintringham, thirty two ◄ -- -- Wintringham, thirty WOLPERT Nigel Wolpert + Hestia (nee Punnet) ◄ -- -- Wolpert, twenty-nine ◄ -- -- Wolpert, twenty-two ◄ -- -- Wolpert, nineteen WOOD Oliver Wood + Katie (nee Bell) ◄ -- -- Wood, twenty-six ◄ -- -- Wood, twenty-six ◄ -- -- Wood, twenty-three* the twenty-six year olds are identical twins. YAXLEY Cyrus Yaxley + Sophie (nee Roper) ► -- -- Yaxley, twenty-eight ► -- -- Yaxley, twenty-three ► -- -- Yaxley, twenty ZABINI Blaise Zabini + Hypatia (nee Travers) ► -- -- Zabini, twenty-eight ► -- -- Zabini, twenty-six * this family is (half) black. ZONKO Wilbert Zonko + Nancy (nee Reed) ◄ -- -- Zonko, thirty nine ◄ -- -- Zonko, thirty six ◄ -- -- Zonko, thirty one

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suffragettecity100 · 5 years

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First Woman to Vote Happened in 1870!!!

23. First of Many

On September 6, 1870 in the town of Laramie in territory of Wyoming, 70-year-old mild-mannered Louisa Gardner Swain officially cast a vote in a democratic election becoming the first woman in the world to do so. This was a full 23 years before the country of New Zealand granted the first national woman’s suffrage. A total of 93 women across the territory voted that day earning Wyoming the nickname of the “Equality State.”

It would be wonderful to say that it happened because the settlers decided it was the fair thing to do but, in the end, it was politics and self-preservation. In December of 1869, very late in the legislative session, William Bright introduced a bill to grant women the right to vote in the territory of Wyoming. Although there are no records of the actual debate and crafting of the law, personal recollections after the fact and newspaper articles have given historical insights about the factors giving the women of Wyoming Territory full voting rights.

*DISCLAIMER: The political parties of the late 1800s have the same titles as today’s major parties of Republican and Democrat but ideologies have evolved greatly over the decades. Lincoln’s Republican Party favored larger government including supporting federal rights over state rights, was against free trade, and pro income tax. It was considered the more liberal of the two parties at the time. Party names should not be taken out of historical context and used in current political points which is why historical versions will have quotations around the name.

While the “Republicans” (1860s version) who controlled both the Territorial and Federal Congress were guaranteeing the right to vote for both newly-freed slaves and no discrimination based on racial identity, women’s rights were being put to the side. The “Democrats” (1860s version) had not only wanted a political point to use against them, they also had some issues with the rights of women—notably white women—being less than non-white men. The Wyoming “Democrats” suddenly becoming pro-suffrage had strong racist undertones.

The main incentive why Wyoming started becoming more woman friendly was that they had a ratio of six adult men to every adult woman and very few children. (Native Americans were not included in these statistics.) Wyoming Territory needed good national publicity and feminine appeal. The 1869 territorial legislature passed some very progressive laws to encourage women to stay, have families, and help grow the population.

Some of the first laws allowed women to sit in on legislative sessions. Soon laws passed to allow them to hold office and serve on juries. Wyoming had the first female judge (justice of the peace Judge Esther Hobart Morris) and the first coed jury of six women and ten men including creating a necessary appointment of the first female bailiff (Martha Symons Boles) to supervise the female jurors. Laws were passed for women to be able to own and inherit property, have guardianship of their minor children, and even offered equal pay for teachers regardless of gender.

The “Democrats” hoped not only to garner loyalty of women voters by championing suffrage in the territory but also were trying to embarrass the “Republican” governor, John Campbell, if he dared to veto it. It is quite likely that many in their own party were hoping it would be vetoed and not come to pass because woman’s suffrage was still an extremist political idea at the time. One of the first versions of the bill which absolutely would have killed the legislation tried to include “all colored women and squaws.”

Ironically, since the 93 women chose to vote their own political values in the 1870 election instead of straight party loyalty to the “Democrats,” a bill was immediately introduced to repeal women’s right to vote and in 1871, Governor John Campbell vetoed the attempted repeal thus the women of Wyoming got and retained full suffrage a full 50 years before the 19th amendment.

This week’s song pick

“Let the River Run” by Carly Simon arranged and sung by the Gordano Gorgeous & Gurt Lush Choir https://youtu.be/z8Lb1O8n0A0

#FightForThe19th #SuffragetteCity100

Episode 23 Sources:

https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/right-choice-wrong-reasons-wyoming-women-win-right-vote

http://www.thelouisaswainfoundation.com

https://visitlaramie.org/laramie150women

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Republican-Party

https://online.norwich.edu/academic-programs/resources/major-american-political-parties-of-the-19th-century

Newspaper clipping photo: Albany County Historical Society, Wyoming

Statue is located in Laramie, Wyoming

#louisa gardner swain #Laramie #wyoming #first vote #women's rights #equality state #let the river run #carly Simon #gurt lush #choir #esther hobart morris #martha symons boles #william bright #suffrage #suffragette #suffragist #votes for women #19th Amendment

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scullydubois · 5 years

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thoughts on Chimera (7x16)

Written by David Amann Directed by Cliff Bole

The episode description for this is so weird….a menacing raven? Alright

Easter Sunday…

Drama between the mamas

Methinks something bad’s gonna happen on this Easter egg hunt

Creepy raven, creepy lady

Bitch get out

Who dafuq

Mulder what you doing

Ahh a joint effort

Just a nice stakeout over a cup of coffee

Maybe there’s more than this...maybe there’s more

Mulder please learn some communication skills

Skinner’s like ‘Ravens. Right up Mulder’s alley’

The raven made the woman disappear

Is it really necessary to use the newspaper as an umbrella? Clown tactics

A broken mirror….bad luck

Scully’s just out there on the stakeout alone

Birth control pills?

PLEASE stop incorporating parenthood into this

An affair...juicy

She’s having an affair with the raven, end of episode

Housewife drama out here on the street

Uh at this freaking neanderthal looking thing

Mulder’s chilling out in these people’s house...good for him

Also, Scully’s gonna be pissed

“That, and I’ve witnessed a couple hundred things I’d like to erase from my brain” me by the time I finish this show probably

Dinner!

Those ravens be feeding on her

Fancy reflection shot...I appreciate

Mirror=doorways

The raven...summoned to attack?

This woman’s literally disparaging this murdered woman while trying to convince them she’s not involved

Scully said I’m gonna die here and it’s because of you, enjoy!

Wait, what’d she see

NOT THE BABY

The sheriff doesn’t believe her? Dude, she’s gonna die if y’all don’t resolve this, listen to Mulder!

What’s up with this key

Pineview Lodge…

Of course the sheriff’s in on it

Suspicious lady??

I did not come here to see this

They’re washing Mulder’s shirts for him...he’s living the dream

And Scully? How’s she doing?

“Do you have a significant other?” “Not in the widely understood definition of that term” we know already

All the talk about family...and settling down...shut up shut up! My knowledge of things that have not happened yet is smacking me in the face!

Martha was pregnant...bet you can guess my thoughts on that!

This episode is...triggering the exact shift re: settling down and having a family that I thought it might….I did not expect to be right though

Looks like it’s over for her

It’s Martha’s sister I guess?

Does Scully’s stakeout even have a point

Wait...what

Wow...it’s a happy story

He’s about to use this to solve his case

I honestly don’t understand who’s who at this point

Yikes

Goddamn

You ever get almost drowned in a bathtub?

She transformed

So a sort of dissociative identity disorder

Probably formed by her necessity to protect her family

Hmm...much to think about

Consensus: Interesting, if not confusing.

4 out of 5 stars

#the x files #txf #season 7 #chimera #7x16 #4 stars #david amann #cliff bole #gillian anderson #dana scully #david duchovny #fox mulder #thoughts on

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klosswrites · 6 years

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Looking for a different new face claim? Under the read more, you’ll find a diverse cast list of 100+ models, all gorgeous girls who are making their own marks as fashion’s muses. Included are an array of popular and lesser known models, with notes of age and background, as well as some icons. Resources vary significantly between the names you’ll recognise and the ones you might not -- but if there’s someone you really want to use, I’m sure there’s always someone out there who can help you out with that ( myself included! ). A lot of time went into making this, so I’d really appreciate a like/reblog if you check it out!

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alanna arrington -- age 19 (1998). born usa, with african american background.

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alexina graham – age 28 (1990). born uk.

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aneta paja – age 24 (1993). born poland.

antonina petkovic -- age 22 (1992). born serbia.

ashley graham -- age 30 (1987). born usa.

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barbara palvin – age 24 (1993). born hungary.

barbie ferreira -- age 21 (1996). born usa.

behati prinsloo – age 30 (1988). born namibia, with afrikaner background.

bella hadid – age 21 (1996). born usa, with dutch/palestinian background.

binx walton – age 22 (1996). born usa, with african american/irish/dutch/german/indian/eastern asian background.

bregje heinen – age 25 (1993). born netherlands.

bridget malcolm -- age 26 (1991). born australia.

camille rowe – age 28 (1990). born france.

candice swanepoel – age 29 (1988). born south africa, with afrikaner background.

cara delevingne – age 25 (1992). born uk.

chanel iman – age 27 (1990). born usa, with african american/korean background.

charlee fraser -- age 22 (1995). born australia, with indigenous australian background.

charlie barker – age 21 (1997). born uk.

coco rocha – age 29 (1988). born canada, with irish/russian/welsh-canadian background.

dalianah fernandez – age 22 (1996). born spain.

dana taylor – age 25 (1993). born usa.

daphne groeneveld – age 23 (1994). born netherlands.

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doutzen kroes – age 33 (1985). born netherlands.

du juan – age 35 (1982). born china.

duckie thot – age 22 (1995). born australia, with sudanese background.

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fei fei sun -- age 29 (1989). born china.

fernanda ly – age 21 (1996). born australia, with chinese background.

florence kosky – age 22 (1996). born uk.

freja beha erichson – age 30 (1987). born denmark.

gemma ward – age 30 (1987). born australia.

georgia fowler – age 26 (1992). born new zealand.

georgia gibbs -- age 23 (1995). born australia.

georgia may jagger – age 26 (1992). born uk.

gigi hadid – age 23 (1995). born usa, with dutch/palestinian background.

grace hartzel – age 22 (1995). born usa.

hailey gates – age 28 (1990). born usa.

hollie-may saker – age 23 (1995). born uk.

hoyeon jung -- age 24 (1994). born south korea.

imaan hammam -- age 21 (1996). born netherlands, with egyptian/moroccan background.

irina shayk – age 32 (1986). born russia.

jacquelyn jablonski – age 27 (1991). born usa.

jasmine tookes -- age 27 (1991). born usa, with african/brazilian/european background.

jess hart – age 32 (1986). born australia.

jess picton warlow -- age 20 (1997). born uk.

joan smalls -- age 30 (1988). born puerto rico, with west indian/spanish/taino background.

josephine skriver – age 25 (1993). born denmark, with dutch/danish background.

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karlie kloss – age 25 (1992). born usa.

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kate wasley – age 24 (1994). born australia.

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malaika firth – age 24 (1994). born kenya.

maria borges – age 25 (1992). born angola.

marihenny rivera pasible – age 24 (1994). born dominican republic.

marilhea peillard – age 23 (1994). born france.

martha hunt – age 29 (1989). born usa.

ming xi -- age 29 (1989). born china.

miranda kerr – age 35 (1983). born australia.

nadine leopold – age 24 (1994). born austria.

natalia vodianova – age 36 (1982). born russia.

natalie westling – age 22 (1996). born usa.

nicole trunfio – age 32 (1986). born australia.

nina agdal – age 26 (1992). born denmark.

olympia campbell – age 22 (1995). born uk.

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ruby campbell – age 24 (1994). born australia, with african american/greek background.

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papermoonloveslucy · 6 years

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HOLLYWOOD WITHOUT MAKE-UP

1963

Produced by Ken Murray

Music by George Stoll

Written by Royal Foster

Ken Murray (Himself, Host) is billed as “the man who makes movies of the people who make movies.” He was born Kenneth Abner Doncourt in 1903 to vaudevillian parents. Murray got his start in show business on the stage in 1920s as a stand-up comedian. He performed his comedy act on the vaudeville circuit. He found success as a stage performer after appearing in Earl Carroll's Vanities on Broadway in 1935. In the 1940s, Murray became famous for his Blackouts, a racy, stage variety show at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. The Blackouts played to standing-room-only audiences for 3,844 performances, ending in 1949. Later that year, the show moved to Broadway and closed after six weeks. He made his film debut in the 1929 romantic drama Half Marriage, followed by a role in Leathernecking in 1930. He was also the host of “The Ken Murray Show,” a weekly music and comedy show on CBS Television that ran from 1950 to 1953. The show was the first to win a Freedom Foundation Award. Over the course of his career, Murray filmed Hollywood celebrities using his 16mm home movie camera. He began filming the footage to send back home to his grandparents in lieu of writing letters. His grandmother saved the footage, which Murray later used in compilation films like Hollywood Without Make-Up. He died in 1988 at age 85.

Features footage of: Eddie Albert, June Allyson, George K. Arthur, Mary Astor, Lew Ayres, Max Baer, Lucille Ball, Richard Barthelmess, Rex Bell, Edgar Bergen, Sally Blane, Humphrey Bogart, John Boles, Pat Boone, Eddie Borden, Hobart Bosworth, Clara Bow, William Boyd, Fanny Brice, Paul Brooks, Joe E. Brown, Johnny Mack Brown, Virginia Bruce, Polly Burson, Rory Calhoun, Leo Carrillo, Charles Chaplin, Lew Cody, William Collier Jr., Russ Columbo, Gary Cooper, Jackie Cooper, Jeanne Crain, Robert Cummings, Linda Darnell, Marion Davies, Joan Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Dolores del Rio, Cecil B. DeMille, Jack Dempsey, Walt Disney, Kirk Douglas, Marie Dressler, Irene Dunne, Josephine Dunn, Stuart Erwin, Ruth Etting, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Charles Farrell, Todd Fisher, Errol Flynn, Joan Fontaine, Glenn Ford, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Reginald Gardiner, Cary Grant, Alan Hale, Oliver Hardy, William Randolph Hearst, Jean Hersholt, William Holden, Bob Hope, Hedda Hopper, Walter Huston, Sam Jaffe, Van Johnson, Buck Jones, Hope Lange, Charles Laughton, Stan Laurel, Gertrude Lawrence, Mervyn LeRoy, Charles Lindbergh, Carole Lombard, William Lundigan, Fred MacMurray, Jayne Mansfield, George Marshall, Herbert Marshall, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Joel McCrea, Victor McLaglen, Adolphe Menjou, Mayo Methot, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Morgan, Wayne Morris, Jean Parker, Louella Parsons, Mary Pickford, Dick Powell, Tyrone Power, George Raft, Gregory Ratoff, Donna Reed, Debbie Reynolds, Buddy Rogers, Charles Ruggles, Albert Schweitzer, George Seaton, Norma Shearer, George Stevens, Lewis Stone, Margaret Sullavan, Robert Taylor, William T. Tilden, George Tobias, Spencer Tracy, Lupe Velez, Jimmy Walker, John Wayne, Johnny Weissmuller, Mae West, Claire Windsor, Robert Woolsey, Jane Wyman, and others.

The show is also available on DVD from Sprocket Flicks It has been aired on TV on Turner Classic Movies.

In 1963, when this documentary was released, Lucille Ball was starting her second season of “The Lucy Show” on CBS TV.

In June 1950, one year before “I Love Lucy” premiered, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were guests on “The Ken Murray Show” on CBS TV. Tap dancer Bunny Briggs and 'Little Rascal' Darla Hood were also guests.

In 1966, Lucy and Murray were both guests on “Bob Hope's Leading Ladies.” Murray played a television executive named Harvey Sarnoff. Lucy played herself. Sort of.

Lucy returned to Sun Valley to film an episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour,” using the same locations scene in this documentary.

Twenty minutes into the documentary, the location turns to Sun Valley, Idaho, where Hollywood stars went for winter sports. June Allyson, Errol Flynn, Martha O'Driscoll, Johnny Weissmuller, Wayne Morris, and Reggie Gardiner have a snowball fight while making a snowman.

Lounging at the Lodge are Rory Calhoun (center) and Lucille Ball. Sun Valley was one of the Arnaz's favorite vacation spots, accessible by train from Hollywood. Desilu would film “Lucy Goes To Sun Valley” (1958) there. Lucy's good friend Ann Sothern also loved Sun Valley, and is buried nearby.

Murray says that this is not the only home movies of Lucille Ball that he has. First is a quick clip of Lucy at Chatsworth Ranch with one of her cherished dogs. Lucy and Desi had three dogs at the time.

This leads to footage of Lucille Ball filming Fancy Pants in 1950 with director George Marshall and co-star Bob Hope. Murray also mentions that Lucy has done quite a few pictures with Hope, including Critic's Choice, which was released in 1963, the same year as this documentary. In 1969, when Lucy wanted to film episodes of “Here's Lucy” on location, including on the Colorado River, she hired Marshall, remembering his expertise with location filming in rough terrain.

Ball also poses with Marshall and her Fancy Pants stunt double, Polly Burson, although Murray does not specifically mention her name.

Ball is shown doing a stunt where she falls onto a break-away table, not once...

not twice...

but three times!

Murray: “Someone once said that Lucille Ball stands alone as the greatest comedienne of our time. That goes for sitting down, too!”

Lucy Without Make-Up: Literally!

A movie star, Lucille Ball was rarely scene without full make-up, but when a scene demanded she take a blast of water to the face, she removed her false eyelashes, as she did here in “Never Do Business With Friends” (ILL S2;E31) in 1953.

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Northwestern State University inducted new members into Phi Delta Kappa, an international organization for educators dedicated to research, service and leadership. New members received certificates and graduating seniors received honor cords to be worn at commencement. From left are NSU faculty Dr. Dan Seymour and Dr. Terrie Poehl with Morgan Burris of Natchitoches, Autumn Blanchard of St. Martinville, Ashley Rico of Natchitoches, Maycy English of Callisburg, Texas; Megan Tucker of Leesville, Bergen Oge of Robeline, Amanda Crawford of Bogalusa, Karlie Kennedy of DeRidder, Heidi Knight of Many, Sarah Moore of Folsom and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Vickie Gentry. Other inductees are Katelyn Boles, Martha Hopewell, Pamela Jordan, Caroline Matthews and Sabrina Ross.

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Jan. 18, 2017: Obituaries

Mr. Richard “Denham” Cramer, 55

Mr. Richard “Denham” Cramer, 55, of North Wilkesboro passed away Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Wilkes Regional Medical Center.

Denham was born on Saturday, September 23, 1961 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Patrick O’Donnell Cramer and Flora May Wright Cramer.

He is preceded in death by his parents.

Denham is survived by his fiancée, Jeanette Minton of the home; daughter, Natalie Cramer of Colorado; sisters, Katherine Green of Oklahoma City, Jacklyn Carlucci of California; brothers, Patrick O. Cramer II of Oklahoma City, Mark Cramer of Hickory, Stephen Cramer of Wilkesboro and several nieces and nephews.

Memorial service for Denham will be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123 or American Liver Foundation, 39 Broadway, Suite 2700, New York, NY 10006.

A special thank you to Dr Jerry Pinkerton and the staff in the ICU at Wilkes Regional Medical Center for there compassionate care through Denham’s illness.

Condolences may be sent to: www.adamsfunerals.com

Adams Funeral Home of Wilkes is honored to be serving the Cramer Family.

Mrs. Elizabeth “Juanita” Hayes Wyatt

Mrs. Elizabeth “Juanita” Hayes Wyatt, age 82 of Moravian Falls passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Sunday at Moravian Falls Baptist Church with Rev. Joe Sturgill and Rev. Chris Goforth officiating. Burial will be in Mountlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive from 1:00 until 2:00 PM prior to the service at the church.

Mrs. Wyatt was born April 4, 1934 in Wilkes County to Grover Cleveland and Mattie Matilda Johnson Hayes. She was a member of Moravian Falls Baptist Church and had worked for Tyson and Children’s World Day Care.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by four sisters; Ruby Lee Smith, Lexie Walsh, Helen Eller, Irene Crawford and three brothers; J. Parks Hayes, Henry Clay Hayes and Earl Hayes.

She is survived by two sons; Edward Clinton Wyatt and wife Gerri, Allen York Wyatt all of Moravian Falls, five grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, three great great grandchildren, one sister; Ina Earp of Wilkesboro and one brother; Franklin P. Hayes of Ferguson.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Moravian Falls Baptist Church, Moravian Falls Road, Moravian Falls, NC 28654.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com

Mr. Marvin Lincoln Billings

Mr. Marvin Lincoln Billings, age 90, husband of Naomi Cheek Billings of Roaring River passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Willowbrook Rehabilitation and Nursing Care in Yadkinville.

Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Arbor Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Kenneth Anderson and Rev. Elliott Smith officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:30 until 2:45 PM prior to the service at the church.

Mr. Billings was born September 10, 1926 in Wilkes County to Billy “Little Bill’ and Ollie Bauguess Billings. He was a member of Arbor Grove Baptist Church and Honorary Deacon.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter; Shelby Gentry Miller, grandson; Darius Billings, three sisters; Martha Lowe, Mary Blevins, Pansy Bauguess and three brothers; Ezra, Sherman and Ted Billings.

He is survived by his wife; Naomi Cheek Billings, one daughter; Tina Sprinkle and husband Mack of North Wilkesboro, two sons; Mayford L. Billings and wife Patsy of Roaring River, Ronnie E. Billings and wife Kathy of Millers Creek, 6 grandchildren; Derek Billings, Justin Billings, James Gentry, Jason Gentry, Michele Russell, Chad Sprinkle, twelve great grandchildren; Sonya Lovette, Kayla Billings, Jacob Billings, Madison Billings, Kacey Gentry, CJ Gentry, Jessica Gentry, Tamara Morrison, Alisha Poplin, Connor Sprinkle, Halah Sprinkle, and Mathan Sprinkle, and 7 great great grandchildren, one brother; Fred Billings and wife Betty of Elkin.

Pallbearers will be: Derek Billings, James Gentry, Justin Billings, Jason Gentry, Chad Sprinkle, Connor Sprinkle, Lewis Russell, Jacob Billings.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Arbor Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, PO Box 196, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com

Mr. James “Jim” Alfred Boles, Jr., age 65

Mr. James “Jim” Alfred Boles, Jr., age 65 of Roaring River, went home to be with the Lord, January 11, 2017 at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson.

Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM Sunday, January 15th, 2017 at Oak Grove Baptist Church, Hwy 268 East, with Rev. Joel Blevins officiating. The Body will lie in state from 2:30 until 3:00 prior to the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 Saturday evening at Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home.

Mr. Boles was born March 14th, 1951 in Wilkes County to James Alfred Boles, Sr. and Agnes Inez McNeil Boles. He was a former Plant Manager and worked in Human Resources at PSC Components of Mt. Airy. Mr. Boles was a dedicated member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and served as a deacon for 25 years in two churches; Roaring River Baptist Church and Oak Grove Baptist Church. Jim was also a Gideon of the Wilkes North Camp. He was a retired Fire Chief of the Roaring River Volunteer Fire Department where he served 25 years. He was also an EMT and served as the President of the Wilkes County Fireman’s Association for 4 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Mr. Boles is survived by his wife; Deborah Elaine Raines Boles of the home, a son; Jimmy Boles and wife Sheri of Roaring River, a daughter; Elaine Boles Key and husband Mikle of Pleasant Hill Community, five grandchildren; Haleigh Boles, Jenna Boles, Brady Key, Keshia Key and Paige Key, one great grandchild; Cooper Trivette, a sister; Lela Cross and husband Tim of Wilkesboro and a niece; Kathryn Cross.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Mountain Valley Hospice 401 Technology Lane, Suite 200, Mount Airy, NC 27030 or Gideon’s North Camp PO Box 1791 North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

A Special Thank you to his Caregivers at Chatham Nursing and Rehab and Mt. Valley Hospice.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com

Mrs. Ida Lee Ballenger Miller

Mrs. Ida Lee Ballenger Miller, age 86 Wilkesboro, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care in Lenoir.

Funeral services will be held 1:00 Friday, January 13, 2017 at Bible Way Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Siceloff officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:00 until 1:00 prior to the service at the church.

Mrs. Miller was born July 6, 1930 in Johnston County to William and Annie Stallings Moore. She was retired from Burlington Mills. Mrs. Miller was a member of Bible Way Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband; Donald Wharton Ballenger, a sister; Christine Jones and a brother; Edward “Red” Moore.

She is survived by her husband; Barrie Mayford Miller, a daughter; Ann Peterson and husband Mark of Williamsburg, VA, a son; Donald Lee Ballenger and Debbie of Garner, two step-daughters; Crystal Johnson and husband Tony of Wilkesboro, Melissa Larsen and husband Tom of Purlear, ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care 902 Kirkwood Street NW, Lenoir, NC 28645.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinststurdivant.com

Brian Keith Anderson, age 41

Brian Keith Anderson, age 41, of North Wilkesboro, died Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born November 29, 1975 in Wilkes County to Roy Lee Anderson, Sr. and Margie Geneva Anderson. Mr. Anderson was preceded in death by his father; and sister, Kathy Jeanette Mecimore.

Surviving are his mother, Margie Anderson of North Wilkesboro; brothers, Ricky Lee Anderson and Roy Lee Anderson, Jr. both of North Wilkesboro, Scott Anderson and wife Cindy of Traphill; sisters, Tammie Eller and husband Wayne of Wilkesboro, Teresa Anderson of North Wilkesboro.

Memorial service will be held 7:00 p.m. Monday, January 16, 2017 at Miller Funeral Chapel with Pastor Philip Moore officiating. Flowers will be accepted. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be made to www.millerfuneralservice.com

Mr. Neil Wakefield Souther

Mr. Neil Wakefield Souther, age 81, husband of Edna Souther of North Wilkesboro passed away Monday, January 9, 2017 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC.

Funeral services for Mr. Souther will be held 11:00 AM Friday, January 13, 2017 at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church, Hwy. 115 North Wilkesboro, with Rev. Don Myers and Rev. Tony Bunton officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with full Masonic Rights. The family will receive friends from 9:30 until 10:45 prior to the service at the church.

Mr. Souther was born November 14, 1935 in Wilkes County to Kermit and Lucille Hayes Souther. He was a lifelong member of Mount Pisgah Baptist Church, serving as a deacon, and other offices. He served in the National Guard and was a 59 year member and past Master of the Grassy Knob Masonic Lodge #471 in Union Grove, NC.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister; Maxine Souther Felts and one brother-in-law; Frank Bentley.

He is survived by his wife; Edna R. Souther of the home, two daughters; Audrey S. Greene and Beverly S. Hersey and husband Michael; three grandchildren; Adam Hersey, Alex Greene and Anne Greene; two great grandchildren; Landon Neil Hersey and Emma Kate Hersey, one sister; Bertha S. Bentley, brother-in-law; Donald Felts and nephews; Ben Bentley and Keith Felts.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mount Pisgah Baptist Church Bus Fund, c/o Rose Speece, PO Box 40, Union Grove, NC 28689 or to Kate B. Reynolds Hospice House, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com

Michael Wayne Whittington, age 51

Michael Wayne Whittington, age 51, of Purlear, died Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

He was born February 25, 1965 in Wilkes County to Richard Gwyn and Gladys Parsons Whittington. He was a 1983 graduate of West Wilkes High School and attended Stony Hill Baptist Church. He worked for GG Parsons as an Engine Builder. In March 1989, he co-founded WBT Services, Inc. Trucking Company, operating in 48 states. In 1993 WBT Services was named small business of the year by Wilkes Chamber of Commerce. Michael always had a desire to work outside. He bought a backhoe and dump truck and started Big Ivy Transport, in which he operated until his death. He enjoyed riding Harley Davidson motorcycles, hunting, fishing and spending time with his family. Mr. Whittington was preceded in death by his parents.

Surviving are his wife, Robin Dancy Whittington; daughters, Amanda Miller Wilmoth and husband Chad of Millers Creek, Brittney Chambers of Rock Creek; brothers, Larry Whittington and wife Fran, Dennis Whittington and wife Sharon all of Purlear; grandchildren, Hannah Miller and Bradyn Bare.

Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Stony Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Jay Johnson and Rev. Chad Hendren officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at Stony Hill Baptist Church from 12:30 until 2:00 on Saturday, prior to the service. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Stony Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, PO Box 97, Purlear, NC 28665. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be made to www.millerfuneralservice.com

Mr. Wavely Martin Hunt, age 83

Mr. Wavely Martin Hunt, age 83 of Roaring River, husband of Bobbie Hunt, passed away Sunday, January 8th, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Friday, January 13th, 2017 at Poplar Springs Baptist Church with Rev. James Joyce, Rev. Keith Knox and Rev. Dr. Harold Hudson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 Thursday evening at Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister; Billie Hunt Martin and four brothers; Ralph William Hunt, Jr., Chester Hunt, Bobby Hunt and Freddie Hunt.

Mr. Hunt was born May 18th, 1933 in McDowell WV to Ralph William and Connie Martin Hunt. He was retired from Chatham Manufacturing where he worked for 47 years. He served on the Board of Blue Ridge Water Association, the School Board of East Wilkes High School, Social Service Board and the Roaring River Fire Department Board. Mr. Hunt was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church.

In addition to his wife of 63 years, Bobbie Jean Brown Hunt, he is survived by three sons; Ron Hunt and wife Susie of North Wilkesboro, Don Hunt and wife Janet of Christiansburg, VA and Bill Hunt and wife Shay of Columbus, OH, six grandchildren and one sister; Dorothy Hunt Mitchell of Roaring River.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 5950 Fairview Suite 708, Charlotte, NC 28210.

Online condolences may be made at www.reisnsturdivant.com

Mrs. Judy Spears

Mrs. Judy Spears, age 60, wife of Bennie Spears of Roaring River passed away Saturday, January 7, 2017 at her home.

Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Richard Blevins officiating. Burial will be in the Cranberry Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 PM Wednesday evening at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home.

Mrs. Spears was born, May 16, 1956 in Wilkes County to John Junior and Mary Annalee Royal Nelson.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister; LouAnn Nelson.

She is survived by her husband; Bennie Spears of the home, one daughter; Barbara Ann McCoy and husband Denny of McGrady, one son; Billy Ray Garris and wife Patricia of Hays, two grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, one sister; Wilma Shoupe and husband, Tony of Wilkesboro, four brothers; Harvey Nelson and wife Robin of Wilkesboro, Marvin Odell Nelson and wife, Marla of Wilkesboro, Jimmy Nelson and wife Holly of McGrady and Oliver Nelson of Roaring River.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society-Relay for Life, c/o Annette Battle, PO Box 9, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

Online condolences may be made at www.reisnsturdivant.com

Mrs. Jacqueline Teresa Osborne Brooks, age 57

Mrs. Jacqueline Teresa Osborne Brooks, age 57 of North Wilkesboro, passed away Friday, January 5, 2017 at Iredell Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 14th, 2017 at Reins Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Derick Kilby officiating. The family will receive friends from 12:30 until 1:30 prior to the service at Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home.

Mrs. Brooks was born June 18th, 1959 in Wilkes County to Hobert and Phyllis Wyatt Osborne. She had previously worked as a Cashier.

Mrs. Brooks is survived by her husband Glenn Brooks, a daughter; Crystal Tedder of Millers Creek, a son; Brandon Osborne of North Wilkesboro, step children; Ane Renee Brooks of Millers Creek and Glen Douglas Brooks, Jr of North Wilkesboro, a sister; Angie Hall of McGrady, a brother; Shane Osborne of McGrady and eleven grandchildren.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the American Red Cross of Western North Carolina, 2425 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28203.

Online condolences may be made at www.reisnsturdivant.com

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