tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095204398904387930.post102892988754664006..comments2023-09-27T17:44:00.021-07:00Comments on Eventually Supertrain: 92!Eventually Supertrainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17278813191720595850noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095204398904387930.post-34210955814288844672020-08-27T13:10:47.505-07:002020-08-27T13:10:47.505-07:00Is this the fourth or fifth of my comments that yo...Is this the fourth or fifth of my comments that you're going to spike?<br /><br />I'm still waiting for some sort of explanation here; if I am indeed barred from this site, I'd like a reason.<br /><br />My email is <b>mike.doran9740@att.net</b> ; don't even bother with the gmail, because I can't figure out how to make that work.<br /><br />Meanwhile, to show my goodwill here, a fun fact or two in regard to Episode 93 (with a bit of history thrown in):<br /><br />I've mentioned before that the showrunners of this version of <i>Nero Wolfe</i> were Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, who came to this more or less directly from having done the same job on <i>Mannix</i> for seven years.<br />Goff & Roberts were Hollywood veterans; their best known screenplay was <i>White Heat</i> with Jimmy Cagney.<br />G&R wanted to do <i>Wolfe</i> for many years, and chased the screen rights for a long time.<br />Circa 1958, Screen Gems (Columbia Pictures's TV shop) bought the rights to an old radio show called <i>The Fat Man</i>, based on Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op.<br />SG hired Goff & Roberts to make the pilot;<br />Ivan and Ben in their turn decided that since no one remembered the radio show, they'd turn their <i>Fat Man</i> into a Wolfe clone; "Lucius Crane" had a big house in LA, with a young handsome sidekick to do the legwork (no orchids, but you can't have everything).<br />Robert Middleton (you'd know the face) was "Crane" and somebody named Tony Travis was the sidekick; the story was a Goff-&-Roberts original, and the whole thing went nowhere, thereby dodging what would have been a whopping plagiarism suit from Rex Stout (still alive in '58).<br />Anyway, in '68 G&R took over <i>Mannix</i> and had the biggest success of their TV careers.<br />Fun Fact:<br />A couple years in, G&R used the plot of their <i>Fat Man</i> pilot for an episode of <i>Mannix</i>.<br />Hoping that nobody would notice, G&R put a pseudonym on the <i>Mannix</i> show:<br />The script credit read <b>Written By BLAKE RITCHIE</b>.<br />(This show aired in '68-'69 - and that's <i>not</i> the name from Rex Stout's 1951 novel.)<br />Just thought you'd like to know ... <br /><br />Oh, by the bye, <i>Richie Brockelman</i> was in deed a spin-off - from <i>The Rockford Files</i>.<br />Backdoor pilot on <i>Rockford</i>, short-run series (six episodes as I recall), and a couple of post-series guest shots, but it counts. <br /><br />'Til next time!<br />( ... if there <i>is</i> a next time ...)Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11930808996270803850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095204398904387930.post-53014814872865348882020-08-19T08:40:27.349-07:002020-08-19T08:40:27.349-07:00The Story So Far:
For each of the past three posts...The Story So Far:<br />For each of the past three posts (Episodes 90, 91, and 92), I have sent in comments of opinion of fairish lengths.<br /><br />In each case, after proofreading them for possible errors, I entered Publish, and was informed that my comments were being held, pending review.<br /><br />In all three cases, my comments were not published here.<br /><br />Last time out, I inquired as to why the comments were rejected; specifically, as to whether my comments were no longer welcome here, for whatever reason.<br /><br />To date, I haven't received any sort of reply, one way or the other.<br /><br />I believe that common courtesy would require such a reply.<br /><br />That said, I've just noticed that the Notify box at the bottom here gives a G-mail address for me, and I think this may be the problem:<br /><br />The fact is that I cannot access G-mail: the times that I've tried, I've been unable to decipher Technoslavian instructions.<br />So if you've been replying to me there, I simply haven't been getting them - and most likely never will.<br /><br />Most recently, I sent along my AT&T E-mail, which is the only kind I can receive and reply to.<br />Here it is again, for the record:<br /><br /><b>mike.doran9740@att.net</b><br /><br />If you have a reply for me <i>in re</i> the lost comments, and it's too sensitive or personal to publish here, send it to the E-mail address above.<br /><br /><b>Do not</b> send it to the G-mail, because I'll never get it.<br /><br />I do hope that we can straighten this out, because I don't care for feeling like an outsider here; I'm coming up on seventy years old, and that's not a pleasant feeling.<br /><br />Thanx in advance, from Mike Doran.Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11930808996270803850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095204398904387930.post-25276887697565951442020-08-14T18:54:30.614-07:002020-08-14T18:54:30.614-07:00Have I been barred from this site?
I put up what ...Have I been barred from this site?<br /><br />I put up what I thought were friendly and informative comments at the posts for both Episodes 90 and 91.<br /><br />I previewed both my comments (proofreading), to see that any mistakes, typos, and suchlike were dealt with.<br /><br />Having done that, I hit Publish, and the little notice informed me that the comments were being held, pending approval.<br /><br />Neither comment was published; no explanation was given; and I think I deserve some kind of explanation.<br /><br />Did I break a rule (which was never explained to me)?<br /><br />Are you withholding certain info from the posts for whatever reasons?<br /><br />I believe I deserve an explanation - common courtesy, if nothing else.<br /><br />My Email address is:<br /><br /><b>mike.doran9740@att.net</b><br /><br />OR you can put it up right here, in front of God and everybody (or at least in front of Tim …).<br /><br />But I would appreciate an answer, one way or the other.<br /><br />If I'm no longer welcome here, have the consideration to say so.<br /><br />Otherwise, all the best.Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11930808996270803850noreply@blogger.com