tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post2141559023959190313..comments2024-03-29T06:02:15.882-07:00Comments on Jerry's House of Everything: FORGOTTEN BOOK: HE IS LEGENDJerry Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-18866897173556904862015-09-19T08:21:12.302-07:002015-09-19T08:21:12.302-07:00Ah, Mumbles McGavin doth live on, in our memories ...Ah, Mumbles McGavin doth live on, in our memories at least, dost he not (did I really write that?). You're so right about the other shows. I shoulda Googled him instead of Night Stalker. According to IMDb, Hammer aired from '58-'59, and Riverboat from '59-'61. The Rose Bowl game was in '60. So McGavin shoulda been in the clover--unless Uncle Jordan knew a secret. I never saw the Martian Chronicles series ('80). Wonder if there's a DVD? Thanks for setting me straight. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-21899041270921329412015-09-18T17:14:42.321-07:002015-09-18T17:14:42.321-07:00I've always enjoyed McGavin in any role I'...I've always enjoyed McGavin in any role I've seen. The cancelled show you cited, Mathew, wasn't YANCY DERRINGER (which starred Jock Mahoney -- who had his own problems); it was probably MIKE HAMMER (cancelled in 1959) or RIVERBOAT (cancelled in 1961). Of the two, RIVERBOAT was not much of a loss.<br /><br />McGavin, BTW, also played Sam Parkhill in Matheson's 3-part television adaptation of Ray Bradbury's THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-85913356451705850842015-09-18T16:59:37.544-07:002015-09-18T16:59:37.544-07:00Mathew, my wife's parents had a summer place o...Mathew, my wife's parents had a summer place on a lake on Cape Cod. We don't know exactly what happened but one day either her older brother swam into McGavin's boat or McGavin's boat ran into him. Either way, McGavin (who was appearing in a show in Hyannis) was mad at Kitty's brother. Alcohol may have been involved.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-82573447191531701522015-09-18T13:38:15.092-07:002015-09-18T13:38:15.092-07:00I forgot to add that McGavin was muttering all the...I forgot to add that McGavin was muttering all the while, during the pounding and then the peeing. He was a world-class mutterer.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-34000619239082828732015-09-18T13:36:19.356-07:002015-09-18T13:36:19.356-07:00Now you've gone and done it. In L.A. with the ...Now you've gone and done it. In L.A. with the family, 1960, we drove out from Wisconsin for the Rose Bowl game and to visit my dad's brother. We're riding with Uncle Jordan down Sunset Boulevard (or is it called Sunset Strip?) when my dad and I had to pee. Urgently (don't ask me what led up to that--if I remembered it would be part of this story). Jordan parked across Sunset from a filling station. (it was at nite, undoubtedly a miracle we both made it across all 4 lanes). While we're in the pisser some drunk starts pounding on the door. We finish, zip up and exit. By then the drunk, unable to hold it any longer, is peeing in some nearby bushes. Back in the car, Uncle Jordan is laughing. "Know who that was?" he said. "That was Darrin McGavin." His show, <i>Yancy Derringer</i>, had just been canceled, his wife had kicked him out and he was living with his sister. (Jordan was an L.A. lawyer and knew all this stuff). 12 years later, McGavin sobered up and landed his defining role. First the movie, then the series: <i>Kolchak: The Night Stalker.</i> Didn't know until just now that Richard Matheson wrote the movie's screenplay.<br /><br />Thanks for pricking that old memory! Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.com