Steve Ihnat fans are in for a treat, as a few of his scenes from a variety of TV shows have been uploaded to YouTube.
I've been a fan of Darren McGavin since seeing him in Kolchak, Nightstalker, over 30 years ago. He was the original Mike Hammer.
Here's a scene from Mike Hammer in which a very young Steve Ihnat, in one of his very first roles, tries to intimidate Hammer.
Then there's the case of Dr. Kildare, starring Richard Chamberlain. Another series very popular at one time, that is not out on commercial DVD.
Here's two scenes that feature Steve:
Friday, November 6, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
What's Going on With the Inheritors?
I have a counter on my Steve Ihnat Tribute Site (Brief Candle) which not only tells me that someone has visited, but also where they are from, what kind of browser they use, and how they found the site.
99% of my visitors find the site from the link on Steve's wikipedia page, but today, I've gotten three times as many visitors as normal...and they all come to the site after having done a search on The Outer Limits The Inheritors.
And being a curious soul, I wonder why. I checked the IMDB and the episode isn't being shown anywhere (which is a pity. Much as I love the Twilight Zone marathons on the SciFi channel, I wish they'd show The Outer Limits once in a while!) but it's too much of a coincidence to think of dozens of people throughout the US just choosing today to look up The Inheritors. Perhaps it's being screened on some country-wide online film class, or something.
Anyway, in one way it's a pity. I had interviewd Steve's widow, Sally Ihnat-Marshall, a couple of weeks ago, and haven't had time to upload it yet. But one of the things she told me was that Steve had ad-libbed the entire final speech he makes to Ballard, when Ballard (Robert Duvall) is trying to get the mind-controlled men to fight back and release the children that they are taking away in the space ship. And it's that speech that many fans of this episode say has them sitting there with tears on their faces...
That would have been a nice little paragraph to share on my website's Inheritor's page, but I just haven't done it yet!
99% of my visitors find the site from the link on Steve's wikipedia page, but today, I've gotten three times as many visitors as normal...and they all come to the site after having done a search on The Outer Limits The Inheritors.
And being a curious soul, I wonder why. I checked the IMDB and the episode isn't being shown anywhere (which is a pity. Much as I love the Twilight Zone marathons on the SciFi channel, I wish they'd show The Outer Limits once in a while!) but it's too much of a coincidence to think of dozens of people throughout the US just choosing today to look up The Inheritors. Perhaps it's being screened on some country-wide online film class, or something.
Anyway, in one way it's a pity. I had interviewd Steve's widow, Sally Ihnat-Marshall, a couple of weeks ago, and haven't had time to upload it yet. But one of the things she told me was that Steve had ad-libbed the entire final speech he makes to Ballard, when Ballard (Robert Duvall) is trying to get the mind-controlled men to fight back and release the children that they are taking away in the space ship. And it's that speech that many fans of this episode say has them sitting there with tears on their faces...
That would have been a nice little paragraph to share on my website's Inheritor's page, but I just haven't done it yet!
Best performance of Julius Caesar EVER
Okay, I exaggerate a little bit. But theater majors will get a kick out of this.
Eric Morecambe as Marc Anthony. Ernie Wise as the body of Julius Ceasar.
Eric Morecambe as Marc Anthony. Ernie Wise as the body of Julius Ceasar.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Morecambe & Wise and Peter Cushing
Morecambe & Wise were the most popular comedy duo in England for some time. Peter Cushing, star of many a Hammer film, including The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes, and of course Grand Moff Tarkin from Star Wars.
In 1969, Peter Cushing guest-starred on the show, in a sketch about King Arthur. Every year for the next 10 or so years, he would show up periodically on the show, asking for his money.
His first appearance, July 1969:
More reapperances, trying to get paid:
2nd appearance in the year, Sept 1969:
1970 Christmas Special
1978 - moved from BBC to different Network
1980 Christmas special:
In 1969, Peter Cushing guest-starred on the show, in a sketch about King Arthur. Every year for the next 10 or so years, he would show up periodically on the show, asking for his money.
His first appearance, July 1969:
More reapperances, trying to get paid:
2nd appearance in the year, Sept 1969:
1970 Christmas Special
1978 - moved from BBC to different Network
1980 Christmas special:
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Who Goes There?
I've written a few pieces of fan ficton regarding the "Whom Gods Destroy" episode of Star Trek, which of course starred one of my favorite actors, Steve Ihnat.
They are downloadable as free PDFs here: http://volcanoseven.com/BriefCandle/StarTrek/Garthfanfiction.html
There's a prologue to the episode, called "The Madness of Garth of Izar" which attempts to explain why Garth's madness took the form it took, and then there's Who Goes There? which is a complete re-envisioning of the episode, as it should have been!
To explain some of the in-jokes:
1. The title refers to the John Campbell sci-fi story, Who Goes There?, which in turn was the basis of The Thing From Another World, the great 1950s movie, and The Thing, a 1990s remake with Kurt Russell. In the short story, the alien is able to appear as anybody he wants (or can possess anyone he wants, I forget now, as it has been a long time I'since I've read it, I confess.)
2. All of the male characters - who are not actual Star Trek characters - possess names of characters that Steve Ihnat played during his career. I'd originally intended for Who Goes There? to be much longer, and to take place entirely with the cast of the Enterprise, but for various reasons I changed my mind, so only half of Steve's character names are used...
3. Gus Keller, Garth's ultimate persona, is of course from Mannix: End Game. I echo a few of Gus's lines in the story...as well as a couple of Lt. Minns' lines...
So, I hope you enjoy.
They are downloadable as free PDFs here: http://volcanoseven.com/BriefCandle/StarTrek/Garthfanfiction.html
There's a prologue to the episode, called "The Madness of Garth of Izar" which attempts to explain why Garth's madness took the form it took, and then there's Who Goes There? which is a complete re-envisioning of the episode, as it should have been!
To explain some of the in-jokes:
1. The title refers to the John Campbell sci-fi story, Who Goes There?, which in turn was the basis of The Thing From Another World, the great 1950s movie, and The Thing, a 1990s remake with Kurt Russell. In the short story, the alien is able to appear as anybody he wants (or can possess anyone he wants, I forget now, as it has been a long time I'since I've read it, I confess.)
2. All of the male characters - who are not actual Star Trek characters - possess names of characters that Steve Ihnat played during his career. I'd originally intended for Who Goes There? to be much longer, and to take place entirely with the cast of the Enterprise, but for various reasons I changed my mind, so only half of Steve's character names are used...
3. Gus Keller, Garth's ultimate persona, is of course from Mannix: End Game. I echo a few of Gus's lines in the story...as well as a couple of Lt. Minns' lines...
So, I hope you enjoy.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Captain Kirk climbs a mountain
This must have been a TV doc on William Shatner and rock climbing... from 20 years or so ago... he looks very young and fit.
The original poster doesn't explain where it's from, but it's been edited, as you can see.
Still fun to watch.
The original poster doesn't explain where it's from, but it's been edited, as you can see.
Still fun to watch.
Steve Ihnat in The Young Rebels
You've just got to laugh. Two days or so after I complete The Ultimate Steve Ihnat TV and Movie appearance video, I find screencaps of Steve in The Young Rebels. Playing the villain, of course.
Irritatingly, the person who has these episodes on VHS or DVD or whatever, doesn't appear to want to make them available to fans...(at least, he/she has posted a message on their fan site saying, no, I don't have any videos...well, where'd the screencaps come from, then???
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