60. “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap,” Prod. #34241, script, Nov 19, 1971: 1.
61. “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap,” Prod. #34241, script, Dec 17, 1971: 1.
62. Larson interview, Feb 2003.
63. “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap,” Prod. #34241, story notes, Oct 28, 1971: 27.
64. Swerling interview, 2002.
Chapter Six
1. Singer interview, 2003.
2. Swerling interview, 2002.
3. Fimple interview.
4. The Lakers did win the game against the Seattle Supersonics — 122 to 106.
5. Swerling interview, 2004.
6. Laird interview, 2002.
7. Fimple interview, 2002.
8. David D. Burns, MD, Feeling Good (New York: Avon Books, 1999) 9.
9. Lou Larkin, “Peter Deuel: He Kisses The Girls And Makes Them Cry,” Modern Screen, Mar 1967.
10. Dora Albert, “Peter Deuel: We’re In Love — But We’re Not Getting Married!” TV Picture Life, Jun 1967.
11. Morris Townsend, “Peter Duel: He Cared Too Much To Live…” Silver Screen, Apr 1972.
12. Ben Murphy, interview on Granada Plus, UK Cable Channel, aired Mar 2002.
13. Swerling interview, 2002.
14. Brooke Scott, “Tormented Peter Duel Commits Suicide: Was He Only Trying To Grab Some Peace?” TV Radio Talk, Apr 1972.
15. Swerling interview, 2004; Huggins interview.
16. Murphy interview, 2004; Huggins interview.
17. Singer interview, 2003.
18. Price interview, 2003.
19. Swerling interview, 2002 and 2004.
20. Harry Castleman and Walter J. Podrazik, Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982) 13.
21. Les Brown, Televi$ion: The Business Behind The Box (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971) 312.
22. Price interview, 2003.
23. Davis interview, 2003.
24. Jobes telephone interview by Sagala, May 10, 2004.
25. Murphy interview, 2004.
26. Davis interview, 2004.
27. Davis interview, 2003.
28. Ibid.
29. Swerling interview, 2004; Murphy interview, 2004.
30. Singer interview, 2003.
31. Singer interview, 2003 and Apr 27, 2004.
32. Murphy interview, 2002.
33. Davis interview, 2003.
34. Swerling interview, 2002.
Chapter Seven
1. Davis interview, Feb 22, 2003.
2. Singer interview, Apr 27, 2004.
3. Davis interview, Apr 24, 2004.
4. Earl Holliman, telephone interview with Sagala, Mar 12, 2003.
5. Chris Fimple, interview with the authors, Feb 16, 2003.
6. Another exception is the Alcalde of Santa Marta who was played by two different actors because of protests by Hispanic activists. See “The Clementine Ingredient.”
7. Huggins interview.
8. Gary L. Roberts, “The Search for Order on the Last Frontier,” in With Badges & Bullets: Lawmen & Outlaws in the Old West, eds. Richard W. Etulain, Glenda Riley. (Golden, CO: FulcrumPublishing, 1999) 10-23.
9. Gary Topping, “Vigilantism with Honor,” in With Badges & Bullets: Lawmen & Outlaws in the Old West, eds. Richard W. Etulain, Glenda Riley. (Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1999) 94-103.
10. “Don’t Get Mad, Get Even,” Prod. #34242, story notes, Dec 16, 1971: 1, 6.
11. “Don’t Get Mad, Get Even,” Prod. #34242, story notes, Dec 16, 1971: 8.
12. “Don’t Get Mad, Get Even,” Prod. #34242, story notes, Dec 16, 1971: 11.
13. “Don’t Get Mad, Get Even,” Prod. #34242, script, Jan 24, 1972: 9.
14. “Don’t Get Mad, Get Even,” Prod. #34242, script, Jan 18, 1972: 37.
15. “Bernhardt, Sarah,” “Paganini, Nicolo.” Microsoft® Encarta® 98 Encyclopedia. © 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation.
16. Huggins interview.
17. Ed Robertson, Maverick: Legend Of The West (Beverly Hills, CA: Pomegranate Press, Ltd., 1994) 61.
18. “How To Change A $10 Bill,” Prod. #34240, rewrite notes, Nov 29, 1971: 2.
19. “How To Change A $10 Bill,” Prod. #34240, rewrite notes, Nov 29, 1971: 10.
20. Twain, Mark. The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson (American Publishing Co. 1897).
21. Roy Huggins. 25 Years down the Tube (Unpublished biography) 61.
22. “Bad Night in Big Butte,” Prod. #34201, undated script: 35.
23. “Bad Night in Big Butte,” Prod. #34201, rewrite notes, Oct 12, 1971: 20.
24. Jack Elam, note to Sagala, Aug 19, 1997.
Chapter Eight
1. Swerling interviews, 2002 and 2004.
2. Swerling interview, 2004.
3. Singer interview, 2003 and Apr 27, 2004.
4. Swerling interviews, 2004; Murphy interview, 2002 and 2004.
5. Laird interview, 2002.
6. Davis interview, 2003.
7. Murphy and Davis, interview by the authors, Feb 22, 2003.
8. Murphy interview, 2002.
9. Murphy and Davis interview, 2003.
Chapter Nine
1. The other two are “The Biggest Game in the West” and “What Happened at the XST?”
2. “The Long Chase,” Prod. #35508, script, Jun 27, 1972: 2.
3. “The Long Chase,” Prod. #35508, script, Jun 27, 1972: 2.
4. “The Long Chase,” Prod. #35508, script, May 10, 1972: 30.
5. Huggins interview.
6. Swerling interview, Apr 23, 2004.
7. “High Lonesome Country,” Prod. #35503, story notes, Apr 21, 1972: 20.
8. Alex Singer, interview by the authors, Apr 21, 2004.
9. “High Lonesome Country,” Prod. #35503, story notes, Apr 18, 1972: 5; Singer, op cit.
10. Buscombe, Edward, ed. The BFI Companion to the Western (New York: Atheneum, 1988) 217.
11. “High Lonesome Country,” Prod. #35503, script, Oct 11, 1972: 46.
12. Davis interview, Feb 22, 2003.
13. Mike Shiloh, “The Shiloh Files: Death of A Television Genius,” Apr 21, 2002, http://www.thelatest.net/shiloh8.html, accessed Dec 16, 2003.
14. “The McCreedy Feud,” Prod. #35506, story notes, May 3, 1972: 11.
15. “The McCreedy Feud,” Prod. #35506, story notes, May 3, 1972: 2.
16. “The McCreedy Feud,” Prod. #35506, story notes, Apr 19, 1972: 1.
17. “The McCreedy Feud,” Prod. #35506, script, May 31, 1972: 2.
18. “The McCreedy Feud,” Prod. #35506, story notes, May 3, 1972: 23.
19. Huggins interview.
20. Jennie Calder. There Must Be a Lone Ranger — The American West in Film and in Reality (New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., 1974) 158.
21. William Goldman. Adventures in the Screen Trade (New York: Warner Books, 1983, paperback 1984) 470-1.
22. Huggins, op cit.
23. Daily Variety, Aug 16, 1972: 1, 40.
24. Swerling interview, Aug 8, 2002.
25. “Bushwhack!” Prod. #35501, rewrite notes, May 19, 1972: 31.
26. Leon Claire Metz, The Shooters (New York, NY: Berkley Books, 1976) 172-174.
27. “Bushwhack!” Prod. #35501, rewrite notes, May 19, 1972: 8.
28. “Bushwhack!” Prod. #35501, rewrite notes, May 19, 1972: 10.
29. “Bushwhack!” Prod. #35501, script, May 17, 1972: 32.
30. “Bushwhack!” Prod. #35501, rewrite notes, May 19, 1972: 24.
31. “What Happened at the XST?” Prod. #35505, script, Jul 3, 1972: 4.
32. “What Happened at the XST?” Prod. #35505, script, Jul 3, 1972: 24.
33. “What Happened at the XST?” Prod. #35505, story notes, Apr 19, 1972: 3; script, Oct 23, 1972: 4.
34. “What Happened at the XST?” Prod. #35505, story notes, Apr 19, 1972: 1.
35. Bruce J Schulman, The Seventies (New York: The Free Press, 2001) 96-99.
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sp; 36. “What Happened at the XST?” Prod. #35505, story notes, Apr 19, 1972: 25.
37. “The Kidnap Story,” Prod. #35510, story notes, Jun 1, 1972: 12.
38. Ibid.
39. “The Kidnap Story,” Prod. #35510, story notes, Jun 1, 1972: 17.
40. “The Kidnap Story,” Prod. #35510, story notes, Jun 1, 1972: 21.
41. Gloryette Clark, interview by Bagwell, Jun 19, 2004.
42. “The Day The Amnesty Came Through,” Prod. #35511, story notes, Jul 28, 1972: 2.
43. “The Day The Amnesty Came Through,” Prod. #35511, script, Sep 26, 1972: 3.
44. http://www.gunnyragg.com/redsash.htm, accessed May 23, 2003.
45. “The Day The Amnesty Came Through,” Prod. #35511, story notes, Jul 28, 1972: 9; script, Sep 26, 1972: 18.
46. “The Day The Amnesty Came Through,” Prod. #35511, script, Aug 30, 1972: 17.
47. Huggins interview.
48. “The Day The Amnesty Came Through,” Prod. #35511, rewrite notes, Sep 5, 1972: 18.
49. “The Day The Amnesty Came Through,” Prod. #35511, script, Aug 30, 1972, 25-6.
50. “The Day The Amnesty Came Through,” Prod. #35511, rewrite notes, Sep 5, 1972: 18.
51. The Day The Amnesty Came Through,” Prod. #35511, story notes, Jul 28, 1972: 24.
52. Lane Bradbury, interview by the authors, Feb 20, 2003.
53. http://www.sosaz.com/public_services/Arizona_Blue_Book/1999_2000/ch02.htm, accessed Feb 23, 2004; http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/Zulick.html, accessed Feb 25, 2004.
54. “The Strange Fate of Conrad Meyer Zulick,” Prod. #35509, story notes, Jun 1, 1972: 7.
55. “The Strange Fate of Conrad Meyer Zulick,” Prod. #35509, story notes, Jun 1, 1972: 14.
56. www.labyrinth.net.au/~muffin/faqs_c.html; www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-mcg1.htm, accessed May 25, 2003.
57. “McGuffin,” Prod. #35512, script, Aug 23, 1972: 24.
58. “McGuffin,” Prod. #35512, script, Aug 31, 1972: 39.
59. “McGuffin,” Prod. #35512, script, Aug 31, 1972: 46-7.
60. “Witness to a Lynching,” Prod. #35504, story notes, Apr 24, 1972: 6.
61. http://legendsofamerica.com/WE-CattleKate.html, accessed May 29, 2004.
62. “Witness to a Lynching.” Prod. #35504, story notes, Apr 24, 1972: 42.
63. “Only Three to a Bed,” Prod. #35502, story notes, May 27, 1972: 14.
64. Stephen G. Hyslop.” The Puritans,” The History Channel Magazine, May/June 2004: 61.
65. http://www.humanismbyjoe.com/Puritans Dark Side.htm, accessed Sep 30, 2003.
66. Monty Laird, interview by the authors, Aug 5, 2002.
67. Singer interview, Apr 21, 27, 2004.
Chapter Ten
1. Huggins interview.
2. E-mail from Jo LaVerde, Nielsen Media Research, to Jo Bagwell, Sep 26, 2001; McDonald, 123.
3. BBC TV Viewing Barometer, Week 16, Monday, Apr 19, 1971.
4. “An Audience Research Report,” BBC, Aug 17, 1971.
5. Price interview, 2003.
6. Interoffice memo from Steve Heilpern to Roy Huggins, Apr 13, 1972.
7. Daily Variety, review of “The Long Chase,” Sep 20, 1972.
8. Davis interview, 2003.
9. Swerling interview, 2002.
10. Swerling interview, 2004.
11. Huggins interview.
12. Frank Price, telephone interview, Apr 24, 2004.
13. Davis interview, 2004.
14. Swerling interview, 2002.
15. Murphy interview, 2002.
16. Murphy and Davis interview, 2003.
17. Ibid.
18. Huggins interview.
19. Ibid.
20. World Tennis, Oct 1985.
21. Murphy interview, 2002.
22. Jerry Gladman, “After years of lucking out, Murphy wins a lottery,” Sunday Sun Television Magazine (Toronto, Canada), Nov 20, 1983.
23. Murphy interview, 2002.
24. Gladman, op cit.
25. Rosemary Lord, “I’m a Highly-Paid Bum, I got just what I wanted…” Oct 19, 1975.
26. Dutch TV interview with Ben Murphy, aired March 2002; ibid.
27. Diane Wedner, “Driven up the wall,” Los Angeles Times, Feb 16, 2003: 1K.
28. Davis interview, 2003.
29. Davis interview, 2004; Singer interview, Apr 27, 2004.
30. Davis interview, 2004.
31. Murphy interview, 2004.
32. Los Angeles Times, Apr 6, 2002.
33. Glen Larson, interview by the authors, Apr 29, 2004.
34. “The Posse That Wouldn’t Quit,” rewrite notes, July 7, 1971: 13.
35. Murphy interview, 2002.
Appendix A
Maverick vs. Alias Smith and Jones
Roy Huggins said in an interview with the authors that of all the shows he did over the course of his career, Maverick was his favorite, partly because of the show itself and partly because of the enormous influence it had over other television Westerns. When Frank Price asked Huggins to take over as showrunner for Alias Smith and Jones, he agreed because it offered him the opportunity to remake Maverick, but in a format that took advantage of there being two characters who were together all the time. The Maverick influence in Alias Smith and Jones becomes very apparent when the two shows are compared. The following list shows how often an old story was given new life:
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