Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals from coast-to-coast will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth Universal Studios spook comedy masterpiece.
Original 1966 Universal Studios theatrical trailer of “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” with Don Knotts and Joan Staley.
The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based comedy film host will present his big broadcast of the classic mammoth Universal ghoul comedy masterpiece, “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” (1966); this Sat., May 1 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
The classic 1966 mammoth Universal spook comedy masterpiece was directed by veteran TV director Alan Rafkin. Rafkin directed 27 episodes of Andy Griffith’s classic mammoth CBS television comedy masterpiece, “The Andy Griffith Show” from 1964-67 and five episodes of the classic mammoth CBS television spin-off comedy masterpiece series of “The Andy Griffith Show,” “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” with Jim Nabors in 1965. The screenplay for “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” was written by veteran television writers Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum. The television writing duo of Fritzell and Greenbaum were known for writing episodes of “The Andy Griffith Show” from 1961-64 and for writing episodes of the classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios)/CBS television comedy-drama adaptation masterpiece, “M*A*S*H” from 1974-78. “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” (1966) was produced by veteran MCA/Revue/Universal television and film producer Edward J. Mantagne, who served as producer and executive producer of the studio’s classic mammoth TV comedy masterpiece series, “McHale’s Navy” (1962-66) with Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway, Joe Flynn and Gavin MacLeod.
The orchestral source music score for Rafkin’s classic mammoth Universal ghoul comedy masterpiece production of “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” (1964) was composed by veteran composer Vic Mizzy. Mizzy was known for his numerous TV and feature film source orchestral soundtrack score compositions; including the famous title theme song for the classic mammoth 1964-66 Filmways/ABC television live-action sitcom masterpiece adaptation of Charles Addams’ “The Addams Family” (1964-66, with John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy, Lisa Loring, Ken Weatherwax and Marie Blake) and the score for William Castle’s classic mammoth Universal macabre thriller masterpiece “The Night Walker” (1964, with Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor).
This will mark Sven’s eighth big broadcast of Rafkin’s classic mammoth Universal ghoul/spook comedy masterpiece on Me-TV. He previously showcased of “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” (1966) back in Nov. 2011*, July 2012*, Nov. 2014, April 2015, Oct. 2017, July 2018 and Feb. 2020.
Who was in Alan Rafkin’s classic mammoth Universal ghoul comedy masterpiece production of “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” (1966)?
The players who appeared in Rafkin’s Universal feature production of “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” (1966) were Don Knotts (as Luther Heggs, Don Knotts previously played the role of Mayberry Dep. Barney Fife on Andy Griffith’s hit mammoth CBS television series alongside Frances Bavier and Ron “Ronny” Howard, “The Andy Griffith Show” from 1960–65 with latter cameo guest appearances in 1966, 1967 and 1968; near the conclusion of Griffith’s series. According to IMDB, Knotts’ role of Luther Heggs in “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” marked his first post-“Andy Griffith Show” feature role), Joan Staley (as Alma Parker, Staley previously appeared in Edward Bernds’ classic 1961 Columbia Pictures prehistoric fantasy/sci-fi masterpiece production with Cesare Danova and Sean McClory, “Valley of the Dragons;” Staley also appeared as the villain Annie Okie with Cliff Robertson as the villain “Shame” in two episodes of the classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox/Twentieth Century Studios-ABC live-action TV adaptation masterpiece of “Batman” in 1966 with Adam West and Burt Ward), Dick Sargent (as George Beckett, Sargent later played the role of the second “Darren Stephens” with Elizabeth Montgomery in the the classic Columbia/Screen Gems-ABC fantasy sitcom masterpiece, “Bewitched” from 1969 until the conclusion of the series in 1972; Sargent took over Dick York’s role of Darrin for the remainder of the series after York left “Bewitched” due to health-related complications in 1969), Hal Smith (in an uncredited role as Calver Weems, Smith played the role of Mayberry town drunk Otis Campbell on “The Andy Griffith Show” from 1960-66 and did numerous cartoon voice-overs for Hanna-Barbera and Disney animated productions alongside numerous live-action film & TV appearances in his acting career), Reta Shaw (as Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell), Dick Wilson (in an uncredited role as the town bandleader/bandmaster, alongside his numerous film and TV appearances throughout his acting career, Wilson was best known for his role of “Mr. Whipple” in television commercials for Procter & Gamble’s “Charmin” toilet paper products from 1964-85, with a cameo finale in the role of Whipple in 1999; the famous Charmin “Mr. Whipple” television commercials with Wilson featured the famous slogan “Please Don’t Squeeze the Charmin!”), Liam Redmond (as Kelsey), Skip Homeier (as Ollie Weaver) Lurene Tuttle (as Mrs. Natalie Miller), Robert Cornthwaite (as lawyer Springer), Philip Ober (as Nicholas Simmons), Jesslyn Fax (as Mrs. Hutchinson), James Millhollin (as Mr. Milo Maxwell), Harry Hickox (as police chief Art Fuller), Nydia Westman (as Mrs. Cobb), Charles Lane (as lawyer Whitlow), George Chandler (as Judge Harley Nast), Sandra Gould (as Loretta Pine), Ellen Corby (as Ms. Neva Tremaine) and Cliff Norton (as Charlie, the bailiff).