I rarely watch TV but this is my opportunity to show how important I used to look and my 'contribution' to the history of television and movie making......
Even though I never watched it .... I cast a vote for THE ROCKFORD FILES.
While I was on that set one day, James Garner kept on flubbing his lines during a dramatic scene between his character ad the character played by Noah Berry.
It took about 14 retakes to get it right and as soon as it did get done right, Mr. Garner walked directly over to me and said, "Sorry about that!"
Realizing that he was speaking to me and for lack of something better to say, I said, "Oh, that's OK!"
And then during the filming of THE PERILS OF PAULINE. Edward Everette Horton needed a good number of retakes to shoot the scene where they are freezing Pam Austin (Pauline) and the word 'congeal" was in the script.
Mr Horton had never heard that word before and kept on flubbing it until he got it right after numerous retakes.
And once the scene was shot correctly (in the can) , he walked over to me and apologized
And once again I said , "Oh, that's OK!"
And I ended up saying the same thing to KIM NOVAk during the filming of PAL JOEY when she complained that her make-up was melting all over her face under the very hot lights.
"Oh, that's OK!"
And I stood beside the camera while PERRY MASON (Raymond Burr) sat in a wheelchair completely silent in front of a burning fireplace. (The very first Perry Mason scene filmed, I believe!)
But he had no reason to apologize, so I left to see if the Munsters had anything to be sorry for.
They didn't either!
Living proof that history does repeat itself within the world of entertainment even though I never have supported the TV induustry.
Nor do I look so damn important any longer.
But I gotta admit that I have encouraged a few who have made it big in LA LA LAND.
So my vote is for The Rockford Files.
I guess it was a detective series.
