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chris319

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« Reply #60 on: May 01, 2009, 06:36:18 PM »
[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'214636\' date=\'May 1 2009, 03:05 PM\']
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'214621\' date=\'May 1 2009, 04:49 PM\']
certain cranky A.D.
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Who was the AD? Bob Gray?
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I said "cranky". Worthy of the monicker "Little Breslow".
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Chief-O

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« Reply #61 on: May 01, 2009, 07:39:09 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'214643\' date=\'May 1 2009, 05:36 PM\']
[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'214636\' date=\'May 1 2009, 03:05 PM\']
Who was the AD? Bob Gray?
[/quote]
I said "cranky". Worthy of the monicker "Little Breslow".
[/quote]

Wouldn't happen to be a certain individual who, as of earlier this year, became an ex-director of "Price"??

/oh wait, he doesn't deserve any comparison to Breslow
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« Reply #62 on: May 01, 2009, 08:03:10 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'214632\' date=\'May 1 2009, 05:49 PM\']
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'214631\' date=\'May 1 2009, 05:46 PM\']
I'm under the impression Barker was a nice guy in the beginning, but got harder and harder to work with as time went on.  Am I on track?
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I read somewhere (prolly here) that a lot of it stemmed (understandably) from his wife Dorothy Jo's death in 1981. Someone mentioned that she held him in line in many cases, esp. his attitude.
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This is what I personally agree with, and why in the end I actually pity him.
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chris319

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« Reply #63 on: May 01, 2009, 08:48:40 PM »
[quote name=\'Chief-O\' post=\'214647\' date=\'May 1 2009, 04:39 PM\']
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'214643\' date=\'May 1 2009, 05:36 PM\']
[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'214636\' date=\'May 1 2009, 03:05 PM\']
Who was the AD? Bob Gray?
[/quote]
I said "cranky". Worthy of the monicker "Little Breslow".
[/quote]

Wouldn't happen to be a certain individual who, as of earlier this year, became an ex-director of "Price"??

/oh wait, he doesn't deserve any comparison to Breslow[/quote]
Naw, no WAY could it be the current former director as of several months ago :-P

I have to put in a good word for the original subject of this thread. Though he wasn't as creative or imaginative a director as Breslow, Paul Alter was the Rock of Gibraltar. He was gold to Goodson, always professional and much more even-keeled. He directed all of Goodson's pilots including rehearsals which went on until 10 o'clock at night.
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davemackey

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« Reply #64 on: May 01, 2009, 08:53:40 PM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'214643\' date=\'May 1 2009, 05:36 PM\']
[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'214636\' date=\'May 1 2009, 03:05 PM\']
Who was the AD? Bob Gray?
[/quote]
I said "cranky". Worthy of the monicker "Little Breslow".
[/quote]
Okay, we've outed Eskander.

Can any Price-niks remember who was Eskander's first AD? Was it Andy Felsher? I'm certain that Fred Witten joined in the middle of Eskander's reign - I think Freddy was still working on "Wheel of Fortune".
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chris319

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« Reply #65 on: May 01, 2009, 09:24:36 PM »
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who was Eskander's first AD? Was it Andy Felsher?
No, the building would have shaken so violently that it would have collapsed and there would be a shopping center today at the corner of Beverly and Fairfax.
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« Reply #66 on: May 01, 2009, 10:13:37 PM »
^Speaking of collapsing, I was in the building one day when the Fire Department was swarming all over with instruments and meters.  Turns out that TV City sits on a huge natural underground gas deposit connected to the La Brea Tarpits which besides being potentially toxic, could blow at anytime like a giant Molotov Cocktail, or dissappear into an imploding sink hole!  Kinda scary!  Think about that next time you attend a taping (hee, hee!).
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trainman

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« Reply #67 on: May 01, 2009, 10:23:41 PM »
[quote name=\'pentellit\' post=\'214668\' date=\'May 1 2009, 07:13 PM\']
^Speaking of collapsing, I was in the building one day when the Fire Department was swarming all over with instruments and meters.  Turns out that TV City sits on a huge natural underground gas deposit connected to the La Brea Tarpits which besides being potentially toxic, could blow at anytime like a giant Molotov Cocktail, or dissappear into an imploding sink hole!  Kinda scary!  Think about that next time you attend a taping (hee, hee!).
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Yep, that giant gas deposit was the cause of a 1985 methane explosion in the basement of a Ross store near TV City, which halted construction on the Wilshire subway, which is why it currently only goes as far west as Vermont Avenue.
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« Reply #68 on: May 01, 2009, 10:24:29 PM »
pentellit, welcome to the board. :) Being in the industry myself and felt those wraths you mentioned within this thread, you have my respect.

-Dan
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« Reply #69 on: May 01, 2009, 11:11:27 PM »
[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'214655\' date=\'May 1 2009, 08:53 PM\']Can any Price-niks remember who was Eskander's first AD? Was it Andy Felsher? I'm certain that Fred Witten joined in the middle of Eskander's reign - I think Freddy was still working on "Wheel of Fortune".[/quote]
I seem to remember that it was Bob Welsh, although I don't think he lasted very long.  I want to say Witten was there by the end of Season 29.
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chris319

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« Reply #70 on: May 02, 2009, 12:02:05 AM »
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I seem to remember that it was Bob Welsh, although I don't think he lasted very long.
Any relation to Barbara Hunter-Welsh?

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I was in the building one day when the Fire Department was swarming all over with instruments and meters. Turns out that TV City sits on a huge natural underground gas deposit connected to the La Brea Tarpits which besides being potentially toxic, could blow at anytime like a giant Molotov Cocktail
Pentellit, there have been days when I wished that whole building would have gone ka-blooey and taken all the CBS managers with it (with all of the Goodson people out of there, of course).
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« Reply #71 on: May 02, 2009, 12:07:05 AM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'214676\' date=\'May 1 2009, 09:02 PM\']

(Bob Welsh) Any relation to Barbara Hunter-Welsh?[/quote]
Husband, great guy, great lady!
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chris319

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« Reply #72 on: May 02, 2009, 12:33:17 AM »
[quote name=\'pentellit\' post=\'214678\' date=\'May 1 2009, 09:07 PM\']
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'214676\' date=\'May 1 2009, 09:02 PM\']

(Bob Welsh) Any relation to Barbara Hunter-Welsh?[/quote]
Husband, great guy, great lady![/quote]
Are they still married?
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tvrandywest

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« Reply #73 on: May 02, 2009, 01:00:44 AM »
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'214679\' date=\'May 1 2009, 09:33 PM\']
[quote name=\'pentellit\' post=\'214678\' date=\'May 1 2009, 09:07 PM\']
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'214676\' date=\'May 1 2009, 09:02 PM\']
(Bob Welsh) Any relation to Barbara Hunter-Welsh?[/quote]
Husband, great guy, great lady![/quote]
Are they still married?
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She still uses his name, Welsh.

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chris319

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« Reply #74 on: May 02, 2009, 02:56:25 AM »
So they're not married.
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