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Pat Buttram is known by today's youth as the yodel-y voice in the
Disney animated films The Rescuers, Robin Hood, The Fox and the
Hound, The Aristocats and A Goofy Movie. To their parents, he's Mr.
Haney, the hilarious con-man from Green Acres; and to their
grandparents, he's Gene Autry's humorous sidekick. Pat was one of
Hollywood's truest success stories. He lived his dream of making
people laugh, winning honors from the The Pacific Pioneers
Broadcaster's award all the way up to an Emmy, and everyone who
knew him loved him. No one could keep an audience laughing as well
as Pat could.Born in 1915 in rural Alabama, the seventh of eight
children grew up to be one of the most interesting voices in movies
and television. This is his story, told for the first time by his
many friends, family members, co-stars, and co-workers at Gene
Autry Enterprises. Interspersed throughout the book are many of
Pat's original one-liners. If they make you laugh, they will have
earned their keep.
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No Retakes (Paperback)
Sandra Grabman
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R463
Discovery Miles 4 630
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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That's right! Can you imagine flubbing your line in front of the
whole country without a chance to try again to make it right?
That's what it was like back in the 1940s and 1950s. Week after
week we saw these brave actors and actresses take on the challenge,
and they did an amazing job. Wright King was there on our screens
in such shows as Studio One, Robert Montgomery Presents, and Kraft
Television Theatre, and has fond memories of those exciting days.
He and his fellow actors tell us the circumstances that led them to
their first live television production, what it was like on the set
as the time of the broadcast drew nigh, and the reactions they got
from people on the street when they left the studio. So come on in
and relive with us the days of yore when everything we saw on
television was being broadcast live and absolutely anything could
happen.
You know the face. You know the credit list: Lost in Space, Escape
from the Planet of the Apes, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Kung Fu, The
Twilight Zone and hundreds more... But who was Albert Salmi? Born
of Finnish parents in the Finnish section of Brooklyn, Albert Salmi
had a childhood he would recall fondly, even though it was plagued
by the hardships of the Great Depression. In an attempt to earn
money as a teenager, he broke the law; and the very wise judge gave
him a sentence that turned his life around. Salmi set his sights
for an acting career and, thanks to the GI Bill, got the best
training possible. The result was that for forty years he appeared
on the Broadway stage (Bus Stop, etc.), national television (Alfred
Hitchcock Presents, I Spy, That Girl, Dallas, etc., etc.), and in
countless films (The Unforgiven, Caddyshack, etc.). Sandra
Grabman's biography is a frank and loving tribute, combined with
many memories from Salmi's family, friends, and co-stars, and
includes never-before-published memoirs from the man himself. From
humble beginnings -- to a highly successful acting career -- to a
tragic death that shocked the world -- Albert Salmi's story is
unlike any other you'll ever read. This is the updated, second
edition
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