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Category Archives: Television
Kiss with history
Like a triangle in an orchestra – Ping – and then it would be gone. — Dean Stockwell on the “kiss with history” moments in some episodes
Silly and serious
Some [episodes] were kind of laughers, even fluffy episodes – where the situation wasn’t of any social significance, it wasn’t a heavy-duty morality type of episode. But then there were others that were important issues, and we kind of gravitated … Continue reading
Fan base
The reality is that in television the fans make the show. Because if they’re not there, eventually the shows go off. And they were a part of the show. There was a great sense of entitlement with our fans because … Continue reading
Fan base
There’s not a doubt in mind that the fan base of Quantum Leap went a long way towards getting that show picked up at a very critical time. The fans are still out there. I was fortunate to be given … Continue reading
5 years
I feel fortunate. I mean, there are some actors, I don’t know how they do it, they’re lucky – they get in these big movies, and they have scenes at the beginning, and here, and there, and next thing you … Continue reading
Unique
It is no doubt the most unique show i’ve ever made, and probably the one that gives me more satisfaction and pleasure than any. — Donald P. Bellisario
Bakula and Stockwell
I’m overwhelmed to this day about how it has affected people around the world and that’s the magic of what Don, and all of us, created for 4 1/2 years. — Scott Bakula
1957
You know, I had a lot of people working for me who would put the show together. All younger than me. And many times I’d come on the set and see something, a hat, a scarf, a piece of material, … Continue reading
Family of fans
Although I’ve been recognized my whole life from films, that recognition … it took a Quantum Leap. The Quantum Leap fans started to become part of a family a little bit. — Dean Stockwell
Tribute to Sweeney Todd
Edward has an awesome post commemorating the original television production of Sweeney Todd. If you are only familiar with Lansbury as crime-solving mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher on TV’s Murder, She Wrote or as the malevolent manipulator Mrs. Iselin in The … Continue reading