Friday, January 27, 2017

BLOG THEMES ............TABLE OF CONTENTS



Yes,there was a childhood....

          Bones and Pennies
          Spaghetti Sunday
          Monopoly and Batman
          An Attitude Adjustment

I was a bungling, fumbling boy scout

           ScoutHOOD #1
          ScoutHOOD #2           
          ScoutHOOD #3

I Found my true niche with BRLT

           My BRLT Adventures (1958 through the 60s)
          My BRLT - The 70s

When WBRZ (Ch 2) was in its infancy I was there
          
           Shirley Temple
          WBRZ and the Mike Boom Era 
          Hit or Miss (1955 - 56)
          Oran (Doc) Teague (Always Acadia)

When GSRI (Gulf South Research Institute) was born and when it died,  I was there

          John Wayne 
          Let's go "Joy-Flying"       
         The Pelican "Grief"

Development of the Motion Picture Industry in Louisiana   Click here for access
     

Stars, Stars and More Stars 

          Kim Novak
          Ralph Waite
          Carrol O'Conner
          Dennis Hopper
          Ed Asner 
          Bette Davis
          Clint Eastwood
          John Wayne
          Paul Newman
          Oliver Stone
          Cicely Tyson
          Orson Welles
          Jackie Gleason
          James Wong Howe
          Jean Trippenhorn
          Sam Shepard
           Steve McQueen
          Yosemite Sam
          Rex Reed, et al          
                      

Family and Lifestyle anecdotes

          Antics at the Governor's Mansion
          My "Clutter Angel"
          The Plymouth Belvedere
          The BATMOBILE
          NEVER FORGET
          SMILEY ANDERS
          ESSO and the Whisk Broom
          Gualtiero Jacopetti  
         The Terror Experiment
          QUANTUM APOCALYPSE
         TRILOGY via blog
        The Caprice and DOG PATCH USA
         Yes, Virginia, there really was a BATMOBILE
          The Body, the Goobers, the movie
        Heroes of Harding Field
        Bucks for the Bookie
       New Orleans Mardi Gras 1957
    From the Begining to the START

  


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HEROES OF HARDING FIELD



In September of 2016 Gloria and I enjoyed a weekend together in Shreveport as guests of the LAFP (Louisiana Film Prize).  I had had the good fortune of being cast in a leading role for a LAFP short film project entitled "Memorial Drive".  Expertly and artistically directed by Austin Alward, Gloria and I both agreed that we will be seeing more film productions from Austin.  He is a true, young genius.

 Anyhow, about 2 weeks after LAFP I read for a major supporting role for a major feature film, but when I got a call-back I was suffering from Laryngitis and had to decline.  A few days later my agent called me back and said that the director still wanted to see me, but my voice was not back.  My loss.  

 Then some 3-4 days after that loss my friend Larry Hubbard called and told me about a project that he thought I'd enjoy being a part of.  Because my voice was still a little shaky I told Larry about my bout with Laryngitis.  He said he would have the producer call me.  The following day I got a call from Marc Goldstein, President of Creative Video Productions, Inc.  He wanted to hear my voice and I told him I was just now recovering from a week-long bout of laryngidis.  He said "no problem.  I'll send you a script.  Read it then call me in a day or two and we can arrange a work date."  

 I gave him my email, got the script, familiarized myself with it, called him, we agreed on a fee and we set a date. 

 On the appointed date Larry was also there (serving as technical  consultant) and we ran the narration.  In the course of our session I was made aware that this script was based on a book written by my long ago friend, Louisiana historian William (Billy) Spedale who himself appears briefly at the beginning of the documentary and who told Marc that he was happy that I was going to be doing the narration. 

 Marc had written this documentary script based on Billy's book entitled "The Heroes of Harding Field".  This documentary would be appearing in kiosks at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport as well as other venues, i.e. libraries, museums, etc.  Since this was for public domaine, Marc said he had no problem with my posting it on Facebook.

 For those of you who might enjoy learning of the Airport's history, I am sure you will enjoy this documentary......

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_5GttkrexM&feature=youtu.be


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Sunday, January 8, 2017

BLOG THEMES ............TABLE OF CONTENTS



Yes,there was a childhood....

          Bones and Pennies
          Spaghetti Sunday
          Monopoly and Batman
          An Attitude Adjustment

I was a bungling, fumbling boy scout

           ScoutHOOD #1
          ScoutHOOD #2           
          ScoutHOOD #3

I Found my true niche with BRLT

           My BRLT Adventures (1958 through the 60s)
          My BRLT - The 70s

When WBRZ (Ch 2) was in its infancy I was there
          
           Shirley Temple
          WBRZ and the Mike Boom Era 
          Hit or Miss (1955 - 56)
          Oran (Doc) Teague (Always Acadia)

When GSRI (Gulf South Research Institute) was born and when it died,  I was there

          John Wayne 
          Let's go "Joy-Flying"       
         The Pelican "Grief"

Development of the Motion Picture Industry in Louisiana   Click here for access
     

Stars, Stars and More Stars 

          Kim Novak
          Ralph Waite
          Carrol O'Conner
          Dennis Hopper
          Ed Asner 
          Bette Davis
          Clint Eastwood
          John Wayne
          Paul Newman
          Oliver Stone
          Cicely Tyson
          Orson Welles
          Jackie Gleason
          James Wong Howe
          Jean Trippenhorn
          Sam Shepard
          Yosemite Sam
          Rex Reed, et al          
                      

Family and Lifestyle anecdotes

          Antics at the Governor's Mansion
          My "Clutter Angel"
          The Plymouth Belvedere
          The BATMOBILE
          NEVER FORGET
          SMILEY ANDERS
          ESSO and the Whisk Broom
          Gualtiero Jacopetti  
         The Terror Experiment
          QUANTUM APOCALYPSE
         TRILOGY via blog
        The Caprice and DOG PATCH USA
         Yes, Virginia, there really was a BATMOBILE
          The Body, the Goobers, the movie
        Heroes of Harding Field
        Bucks for the Bookie
        New Orleans Mardi Gras 1957
      New Orleans Mardi Gras 1957
    From the Begining to the START


  



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The body, the Goobers, the Movie




In 1967 my brother-in-law, Tommy, said 
   "Jerry, let's take the kids to a movie".  I said 
   "OK, what movie?" He said 
   "Fantastic Voyage".  

 I was not familiar with that film at that time, so I asked 
   "Is this a kiddie movie?" He said 
   "Well, I know they will enjoy it." 


At the time my oldest child, Jerry III, was 7 and Tommy's oldest, Theresa, was 7. I then asked 
   "What makes you think they'll enjoy it?  I don't want to have to leave in the middle because the kids are getting restless and bored."  He said    "Believe me, they will enjoy it."

 So I decided to trust my brother-in-law's judgement.  He had seen that movie before, but wanted me to see it now. We loaded the kids in the car and headed to the Dalton Theater, which at that time was located on N. Acadian just south of Winbourne Av. We parked and while walking to the ticket booth, Tommy pulled me aside and said in a low tone that the kids could not hear: 
   "I really want you to see this fine chick who is in this film." 

 Then I said 
   "So this is NOT a kiddie movie?" He said 
   "I never say it was." I said: 
   "This had better not be a porno." He said 
   "Jerry, you know I would never bring kids to a porno."  

 We got to the box office, got our tickets and while entering the theater Tommy said 
   "You're going to go nuts when you see this chick." 

 Needless to say I was getting more and more curious about this "fantastic chick" who was the leading lady in FANTASTIC VOYAGE.

 At the concession stand we all loaded up on snacks.  My 5 year old daughter, Felicia, wanted a box of Goobers (chocolate-coated peanuts), My oldest child Jerry got some kind of gummies, others (myself included) got popcorn.  Not with us at the time were my 2 youngest kids, Mike and Darrell.  Mike was about 3 1/2 and Darrell was two ... both too young to enjoy a grown-up movie. 

 We settled into our seats.  Felicia wanted to sit next to her daddy (me) and the others sat between Tommy and Felicia.


The film began and I immediately saw the "chick".  I knew right away who Tommy was referring to.  Until seeing this film I had never before seen Raquel Welsh. Tommy was seated 4 seats to my left.  I looked in his direction and he looked my way thrusting a thumbs-up.  I nodded and we both continued watching the movie. I would later compliment Thommy's taste.  Raquel was indeed a gorgeous and sexy woman, though no where near my wife, Gloria. 

 At one point Felicia decided to give me some Goobers.  A little later she gave me some more. I was concerned that maybe this batch of Goobers was perhaps a little tainted. They tasted somewhat old and stale. Just as I turned in her direction, she cupped her hand under her mouth, spit out about 8 Goobers that she had sucked the chocolate off of and said 
   "Here's some more, Daddy."  

 How sweet.  I thanked her and said 
   "Daddy has had plenty, Sweetheart. Thank you, though." She said   "I didn't want the peanuts, just the chocolate."  So she gives me the  saliva-soaked  "chocolate-free" peanuts.  She meant well knowing how much I loved peanuts.

 I changed my mind about complaining to the concession stand about the "stale Goobers".  

 But I certainly didn't complain about the movie.  With an A-list cast including Stephen Boyd, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasance, Arthur Kennedy and new-comer Raquel Welsh this film was probably the most masterfully executed production in Cinematic Science Fiction history, winning numerous awards for special effects and art direction.  It was truly a gripping production garnering, at the time this post was created, an IMDB rating of 6.8 out of 10 with nearly 14000 votes.... truly worth seeing.

And the kids enjoyed it too.  

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