Comments for Ralph's Cinema Trek

Comment on The Undergraduate by Cheryl Senensky

Cheryl Senensky — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:27:41 +0000

Ralph,
Hope you are keeping well!
Thanks for sending the Partridge Family episodes. I’ve watched every single one of them…they are all repeats for me but watching them again brings back memories of my childhood tv shows. They even mean more to me now that I personally know the Producer!
I have been forwarding these e-mails to my girlfriends who all had a crush on David Cassidy (LOL). They are really enjoying them too! Please keep them coming!!
Take Care,
Cheryl

Comment on The Jack Is High by Ashcan

Ashcan — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:25:43 +0000

It’s bad enough (I guess) to drown in water…But GASOLINE!? YIKES!!!!!

I want this on DVD!

Comment on Guess Who’s Coming To Drive? by Daniel Rudolf

Daniel Rudolf — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:05:12 +0000

Vic Tayback is also remembered as an “outer space Chicago” gangster boss in a comedy-themed episode of Star Trek, A Piece of the Action, which was directed by none other, than Jimmy Komack. I guess this is really a small world.

Comment on By Fires Unseen by Mark Holcomb

Mark Holcomb — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:01:57 +0000

Nice to find out that Barbara Stanwyck was such a class act, as I always suspected she was. Here’s to Brooklyn girls.

Great post — makes me want to watch this episode again, and soon.

Comment on Bread And Circuses by Mark Holcomb

Mark Holcomb — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:54:23 +0000

Wasn’t interested in this one as a kid, but having watched it more than a few times in adulthood it’s become a favorite. Definitely not kid stuff, it works on every level — from action to satire to social commentary. And you succeeded in masking the payoff; even now the “sun”/”son” distinction takes me by surprise. Great work!

Comment on The Plunderers by Ralph

Ralph — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:36 +0000

Well then James check out DETOUR ON A ROAD GOING NOWHERE on THE FUGITIVE and JOURNEY TO SUNRISE on DR. KILDARE to see more of your dad.

Comment on The Plunderers by James Quine

James Quine — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:43:33 +0000

Thanks for showing that, it was great watching my dad, Don Quine, act in that episode!

Comment on Hastings’ Farewell by Phyllis L.

Phyllis L. — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:21:36 +0000

Thank you so much for this! I dug out my old diary from 1962, and here was what I wrote about that show on Nov. 1 (I was a teenager):

I watched ‘Kildare’ – it was the best show I’ve ever seen in my life! It was about a man with aphasia, or brain damage, whose wife wanted him committed. When he tried to speak, it was all mixed-up and backwards-jumbled, but he thought that of normal language, and what he was saying, he considered right. Finally, Dr. Kildare visits a clinic, and teaches the man one word, ‘wife.’ It was so touching that I cried.

You touched so many people with that show, Mr. Senensky. I’ve always been a lover of words, but I think that was my first encounter with the word “aphasia,” and that was how I knew what it was when my father developed Alzheimer’s. Incidentally, my mom kept him at home for as long as she possibly could. She positively did not want to put him into a nursing home until she finally had no other choice, but when she did, we used to visit him there every day.

Comment on Narcissus On An Old Red Fire Engine by Pat Renella

Pat Renella — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:43:10 +0000

I was “Paul” the Greek Dancer and enjoyed shooting this!
Best,
Pat Renella

Comment on Girl In The Night by Ralph

Ralph — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:07:19 +0000

Not totally true, if you mean I directed only one episode of Dan August. I directed 5 episodes and Don was in the first one. But Don was also in an episode of Breaking Point and one of THE FUGITIVE. As for MANNIX, I doubt that I will be discussing it. It was one of the shows about which I just don’t have a lot of memories
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