Showing posts with label Richard Benjamin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Benjamin. Show all posts

Friday, May 20, 2022

Wu's TV Corner #24: Quark

 



https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/quark.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0681198/

1978 NBC. "Vanessa 38-24-36." Richard Benjamin garbage scow in space sitcom. Created by Buck Henry. Tim Thomerson, Richard Kelton, Patricia and Cyb Barnstable, Conrad Janis as Palindrome, and Alan Caillou as The Head. United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser. Episodes of Quark come and go all the time on Youtube. Short run of eight. This was the last show of the season.

Directed by Hy Averback. It's the holiday season. #11. "What should I give Ficus? Give him a plant. Ficus is a plant." The Head is going to use Commander Quark for an experiment. The new commander is a computer. Vanessa is a fancy new infallible computer. Vanessa's perfection will make the rest of the crew obsolete. But it's up to human ingenuity and Commander Quark when real trouble arrives. Quark's space walk turns into a walk with death when his hose is snipped. Robot Andy - "I can think of a few reasons to panic!" Quark has some spare air but will there be enough time? "A man can take so much but when it comes to having his hose snipped, that's where I draw the line."

I really enjoyed Quark the first time I watched it. One of the good early sitcom finds. I've watched it several times since. Good show.

Monday, September 20, 2021

Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss: Part One on Amazing Colossal Podcast

 


https://www.gilbertpodcast.com/richard-benjamin-and-paula-prentiss-part-one/

In the first part of a 2-part episode, Gilbert and Frank talk to celebrated actors and longtime Hollywood couple Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss about their seven-decade careers in front of (and behind) the camera, co-starring in a groundbreaking sitcom, co-hosting “Saturday Night Live,” meeting Stan Laurel and Buster Keaton and working with legendary directors Howard Hawks, Mike Nichols and Billy Wilder. Also, Jack Cassidy plays a superhero, Jack Benny exits “The Sunshine Boys,” Paula shares the stage with Hope and Crosby and Richard teams Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood. PLUS: Uncle Goopy! “Goodbye, Columbus”! Remembering Jim Hutton! Walter Matthau plays the ponies! And Richard and Paula gush over Gilbert’s James Mason impression!

https://soundcloud.com/gilbertgottfried/paula-prentiss-and-richard-1

In this conclusion of a 2-part episode, veteran screen actors Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss talk about sharing the stage with their children, celebrating 60 years of marriage, casting the comedy classic "My Favorite Year" and filming "The Stepford Wives," "Westworld," Diary of a Mad Housewife" and "The Parallax View." Also, Mel Brooks produces "The Elephant Man," Orson Welles intimidates the cast of "Catch-22," Paula's mom chats up William S. Burroughs and Richard lists his favorite Paula Prentiss performances! PLUS: "Captain Nice"! Elsa Lanchester! The genius of Michael Crichton! The irrepressible Bill Macy! And Richard and Paula remember friends Yul Brynner, Buck Henry, Jack Klugman and George Segal!