I've seen his father, Alan Hale Sr, in several movies recently. Too bad Jr didn't inherit his acting skills.
You might be selling Alan Hale, Jr. a little short, Mr. Willis. Granted, he was no Anthony Hopkins, but I've seen Mr. Hale, Jr. in a number of things, pre-Gilligan's Island, where he played dramatic characters, and he did a creditable job. Admittedly, he had a hard time overcoming his tendency to bluster---that was the problem with his portrayal of the lead in the series Biff Baker, U.S.A. But he could do it. Case in point, his portrayal of Secret Service agent Ned Brown in the Wild, Wild West episode "The Night of the Sabbatini Death" (first aired 09 February 1969). This was during the period when co-star Ross Martin was laid up after a heart attack, and Jim West was given temporary partners for six episodes. Hale played the rôle straight (except for a comical tag in the epilogue) and did a respectable job.
Still, it was hard for him to shale off the image and personality of the Skipper in most of his post-Gilligan's Island work. I will point out one thing, the quality that led Sherwood Schwartz into selecting Mr. Hale for the part of the Skipper---the Baron alluded to it above. Mr. Hale had the ability to bluster and browbeat Gilligan and still come off as warm and likeable to the viewers. That's a thin needle to thread.
And yes, we met Andrew Smith. Well, sort of.... More later.
We were on vacation for a couple of weeks-- headed to Washington, DC, because we wanted to see it while we could, and then on a cryptid/small town mystery trail, since I'm co-authoring a book on that topic. Here are two quick vacation videos with music, for those interested:
... real and imaginary spaceships, historical artifiacts weighty and poppy, the guy we met who was living in a parking garage (what's Washington without meeting someone in an underground parking garage?), the sign on the rural roadhouse door that reads "Please don't feed the whores drugs," petting a skunk and a raccoon (both on my wife's bucket list-- and occuring by chance in different states), and Andrew Smith. No, not the Captain, but the namesake curator of the Flatwoods Monster Museum. Incidentally, we were in Flatwoods on the anniversay of the monster's alleged appearance back in 1952. It felt strangely like... wandering around a small town.
I decided, for fun, to keep up with the Cover a Day posts.
Back home now, eh?
Richard Willis > JD DeLuzioSeptember 19, 2024 at 11:56pm
I enjoyed both videos. Did a lot of frame freezes on the second one.
JD DeLuzio > Richard WillisSeptember 20, 2024 at 7:13am
Thanks!
The shot of the plane flying over the Washington Monument was taken, grimly, on 9/11.
Good stuff, Richard. There is a place near Waco, TX where they found a bunch of fossils. Instead of digging them up and putting them in a museum or whatever. They built a building around it. It has one or two camels, a few Columbia mammoths, and some other stuff. They thought was it was a watering hole and they got caught in a flash flood and weren't able to get out. Pretty neat.
Jeff of Earth-J > Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)September 22, 2024 at 12:07pm
I've been there. It is pretty neat. They think two herds were caught in two floods at two different times.
Richard Willis > Jeff of Earth-JSeptember 23, 2024 at 1:16am
The museum at the La Brea Tar Pits has skeletons. Trapped in the tar, everything beyond the bones was destroyed. Excavations of the tar pits continues. It’s a long time ago, but more recent than the dinosaurs. Anywhere that has permafrost (Russia, etc) can produce full bodies of the ancient mammals, including hides, flesh and DNA. A few years ago, transporting the bones of a T-Rex (in the middle of the country), a leg bone was accidentally dropped. The fossil rock broke in two and revealed soft tissue inside. They didn’t expect DNA to have survived. I assume it didn’t or we would have heard about it. Since California was under the ocean at the time of the dinosaurs, none are found here. They do find ancient whales and the jaws of sharks.
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Well, to be fair, he found a role that he was perfect for.
I've seen his father, Alan Hale Sr, in several movies recently. Too bad Jr didn't inherit his acting skills.
You might be selling Alan Hale, Jr. a little short, Mr. Willis. Granted, he was no Anthony Hopkins, but I've seen Mr. Hale, Jr. in a number of things, pre-Gilligan's Island, where he played dramatic characters, and he did a creditable job. Admittedly, he had a hard time overcoming his tendency to bluster---that was the problem with his portrayal of the lead in the series Biff Baker, U.S.A. But he could do it. Case in point, his portrayal of Secret Service agent Ned Brown in the Wild, Wild West episode "The Night of the Sabbatini Death" (first aired 09 February 1969). This was during the period when co-star Ross Martin was laid up after a heart attack, and Jim West was given temporary partners for six episodes. Hale played the rôle straight (except for a comical tag in the epilogue) and did a respectable job.
Still, it was hard for him to shale off the image and personality of the Skipper in most of his post-Gilligan's Island work. I will point out one thing, the quality that led Sherwood Schwartz into selecting Mr. Hale for the part of the Skipper---the Baron alluded to it above. Mr. Hale had the ability to bluster and browbeat Gilligan and still come off as warm and likeable to the viewers. That's a thin needle to thread.
And yes, we met Andrew Smith. Well, sort of.... More later.
We were on vacation for a couple of weeks-- headed to Washington, DC, because we wanted to see it while we could, and then on a cryptid/small town mystery trail, since I'm co-authoring a book on that topic. Here are two quick vacation videos with music, for those interested:
... real and imaginary spaceships, historical artifiacts weighty and poppy, the guy we met who was living in a parking garage (what's Washington without meeting someone in an underground parking garage?), the sign on the rural roadhouse door that reads "Please don't feed the whores drugs," petting a skunk and a raccoon (both on my wife's bucket list-- and occuring by chance in different states), and Andrew Smith. No, not the Captain, but the namesake curator of the Flatwoods Monster Museum. Incidentally, we were in Flatwoods on the anniversay of the monster's alleged appearance back in 1952. It felt strangely like... wandering around a small town.
I decided, for fun, to keep up with the Cover a Day posts.
Back home now, eh?
I enjoyed both videos. Did a lot of frame freezes on the second one.
Thanks!
The shot of the plane flying over the Washington Monument was taken, grimly, on 9/11.
This is pretty interesting:
8 Massive Ice Age Animals That Roamed North America
Story and Pictures
Good stuff, Richard. There is a place near Waco, TX where they found a bunch of fossils. Instead of digging them up and putting them in a museum or whatever. They built a building around it. It has one or two camels, a few Columbia mammoths, and some other stuff. They thought was it was a watering hole and they got caught in a flash flood and weren't able to get out. Pretty neat.
I've been there. It is pretty neat. They think two herds were caught in two floods at two different times.
The museum at the La Brea Tar Pits has skeletons. Trapped in the tar, everything beyond the bones was destroyed. Excavations of the tar pits continues. It’s a long time ago, but more recent than the dinosaurs. Anywhere that has permafrost (Russia, etc) can produce full bodies of the ancient mammals, including hides, flesh and DNA. A few years ago, transporting the bones of a T-Rex (in the middle of the country), a leg bone was accidentally dropped. The fossil rock broke in two and revealed soft tissue inside. They didn’t expect DNA to have survived. I assume it didn’t or we would have heard about it. Since California was under the ocean at the time of the dinosaurs, none are found here. They do find ancient whales and the jaws of sharks.
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