“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Gargoyles” (1972) with Bernie Casey, Jennifer Salt and Cornel Wilde, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth award-winning made-for-TV creature masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Gargoyles” (1972) with Bernie Casey, Jennifer Salt and Cornel Wilde

Fan-made compilation trailer for Bill Norton’s “Gargoyles” (1972) with Bernie Casey. Jennifer Salt and Cornel Wilde.

“They’re Coming For You!” Cover art for the out-of-print DVD edition of “Gargoyles” (1972), featuring Bernie Casey.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth sci-fi/creature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “Gargoyles” (1972), this Sat., March 30 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1972 made-for-TV sci-fi/supernatural/creature feature masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” was directed by veteran director Bill Norton, who received screen credit under the name of “B.W.L. Norton.”  After directing his own short feature film at the UCLA School of Film, Theatre and Television, titled “Coming Soon” (1966) and one year before production began on “Gargoyles,” Norton directed his own classic mammoth Columbia Pictures drama masterpiece production, “Cisco Pike” (1971) with Kris Kristofferson, Gene Hackman, Gene Hackman, Karen Black, Harry Dean Stanton, Roscoe Lee Browne, a pre-“WKRP In Cincinatti” Howard Hesseman, Allan Arbus and Wavy Gravy.   Norton worked primarily for television throughout the majority of his directorial career after working on his classic mammoth made-for-TV masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” (1972).  Other productions that Norton worked on throughout his directorial career alongside “Gargoyles” (1972) include several episodes of “Tour of Duty” (from 1987-89), “SeaQuest: DSV” (two episodes in 1993) with Roy Scheider and the brief Sci-Fi Channel (pre- “SyFy”) cable miniseries adaptation production  of H.G. Wells’ “The Invisible Man” (Norton directed three episodes in 2001).

The script for Norton’s classic mammoth made-for-TV masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” (1972) was written by the husband-and-wife screenwriting duo of Stephen Karpf and Elinor Karpf.  The Karpfs also worked on the script of Gordon Hessler’s Universal Studios–ABC television made-for-TV thriller production with George Kennedy, Joanna Pettet, Lee Montgomery and Bing Russell, “A Cry in the Wilderness” (1974), one episode of the brief Paramount Pictures TV adaptation of “Love Story” (1973’s “The Youngest Lovers,” adapted from the classic mammoth 1970 Paramount feature film masterpiece production of the same name).  Later in their career, the Karpfs created a television soap opera production for the CBS television network with Constance Towers, Debrah Farentino and Rory Calhoun; “Capitol” (1982-87).

Norton’s classic 1972 creature telefilm masterpiece was produced by veteran television producers Robert W. “Bob” Christiansen, Roger Gimbel and Rick Rosenberg.

Bill Norton’s classic mammoth sci-fi/supernatural creature feature masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” (1972) premiered on the CBS television network as part of the “New CBS Tuesday Night Movies” on Nov. 21, 1972; according to IMDB and a segment from  Broadcasting (Broadcasting and Cable) Magazine.  For the original CBS premiere of “Gargoyles,” Norton’s classic mammoth 1972 made-for-TV supernatural creature masterpiece production aired after an episode of “Hawaii Five-O,” according to the Nov. 21, 1971 edition of the Hanover Evening Sun Newspaper of Hanover, Pennsylvania.

For the original CBS television network premiere of “Gargoyles” (1972): Norton’s classic mammoth made-for-TV supernatural creature masterpiece production aired on CBS-owned WBBM-TV Channel 2 in Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois.  and on a regional scale around the home region/home office of “Silver Screen Reflections;” according to the Nov. 21, 1972 edition of the Hanover Evening Sun from Hanover, Pennsylvania; the classic mammoth 1972 Bill Norton made-for-TV supernatural creature masterpiece production was showcased on WTOP-TV Channel 9 (which later became WDVM in 1978 and became W*USA 9 in 1986) in the Washington, D.C./Frederick, Maryland/Northern Virginia region and on the “Keystone Network” trio of CBS-affiliated TV stations for the Hanover/Gettysburg/York/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania viewing area at the time- the now-former WLYH-TV 15 (which was affiliated with CBS until 1995), WHP-TV 21 (which became the primary CBS affiliate for the Hanover/Gettysburg/York/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area after 1995) and WSBA-TV 43 (once linked to Pennsylvania’s Pfaltzgraff pottery business– which lost its CBS network affiliation after the station was sold in 1983 and became WPMT-43).  

The original CBS network airing of “Gargoyles” (1972) was pre-empted in Baltimore, Maryland by then-CBS affiliate WMAR-TV 2.  Since it was near the then-ninth anniversary of the tragic Nov. 22, 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a syndicated movie airing of the filmed memorial tribute to President Kennedy, “John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums” (1964/65, released theatrically by Joseph E. Levine’s Embassy Pictures, syndicated to television in the early 1970s by Embassy’s then-successor, Avco-Embassy) aired in its place.    CBS later switched affiliations with Hearst-owned (and future Me-TV affiliate) WBAL-TV 11 in 1981 (WBAL returned to NBC in 1995)– CBS later moved to Westinghouse/Group W-owned WJZ-TV 13 in Jan. 1995– shortly before Westinghouse/Group W (which also bought Chicago’s WXRT-FM 93.1/93XRT that same year) merged with CBS. 

Sidebar: Since the original Nov. 1972 CBS airing of “Gargoyles” (1972) competed with a re-airing of another major network made-for-TV feature film that same evening, that will be mentioned in a section of this blog in this week’s “Silver Screen Reflections.” -C.H.

1973 production logo for General Electric’s TV production subsidiary at the time, Tomorrow Entertainment with the familiar GE “monogram” script logo byline. This was introduced about a year after their production of “Gargoyles” (1972).

“Gargoyles” (1972) was produced by Tomorrow Entertainment, the film & TV production arm of industrial giant General Electric at the time; according to IMDB and Broadcasting (Broadcasting and Cable) Magazine; the production firm was set up by GE in 1970 for the three major television networks’ original “movie of the week” series of big broadcasts, along with broadcasts that were entirely sponsored by GE and for television syndication purposes that were either self-syndicated programs and/or syndicated by other studios/distribution firms for local stations.  GE’s “Tomorrow Entertainment” subsidiary was spearheaded by former ABC television network executive Thomas W. Moore.

GE’s Tomorrow Entertainment unit was also involved in Rankin/Bass Productions (a.k.a. Videocraft International); the legendary animation studio that was founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass; both the junior Rankin and Bass were known for their classic mammoth “Animagic” stop-motion animation holiday masterpiece specials on television for many years.

13 years after the original network television premiere of “Gargoyles” (1972), GE later acquired rival network National Broadcasting Company (NBC) as part of their acquisition of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in 1985 and would later acquire Universal Studios from France’s Vivendi Group in 2004 to form NBCUniversal in 2004; GE later sold off their NBCUniversal broadcast and entertainment properties to cable conglomerate Comcast in 2013, according to the Washington Post  and Encyclopaedia Britannica.

GE’s Tomorrow Entertainment and GE’s Rankin/Bass library was later acquired by veteran producer Lorne Michaels (of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” fame) and his Broadway Video Enterprises firm.  Michaels’ Broadway Video firm later sold the Tomorrow Entertainment-Rankin/Bass holdings to Golden Books (the former Western Publishing Company) in 1996, the Tomorrow-Rankin/Bass holdings were then sold to Classic Media after Golden Books’ financial problems in 2001.  Dreamworks Animation acquired Classic Media in 2012 to form Dreamworks Classics, Dreamworks Animation/Dreamworks Classics was later acquired by Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit in 2016; according to the Associated Press, CNN, the Hollywood Reporter and Variety.  Universal Studios/Universal Television/NBCUniversal Syndication Studios handles the Dreamworks Animation/Dreamworks Classics/Tomorrow Entertainment holdings under the “Dreamworks Classics” and/or “Classic Media” monikers.

Sidebar: In an ironic twist, “Gargoyles” (1972) eventually wound up with a major studio (Universal) that was once owned by the former industrial conglomerate (GE) that produced the aforementioned made-for-TV feature film production. -C.H.

This will mark Sven’s sixth big broadcast of Bill Norton’s classic mammoth made-for-TV supernatural creature movie masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” (1972) on the airlanes of Me-TV. Sven previously showcased the classic mammoth 1972 made-for-TV creature/supernatural movie masterpiece production as a Sven big broadcast premiere on the airlanes of Me-TV back in May 2017 and as regular Sven/Me-TV big broadcasts back in Nov. 2018, May 2020, April 2022 and Sept. 2022.

Who was in Norton’s classic mammoth made-for-TV sci-fi/supernatural/creature masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” (1972)?

The players who appeared in Bill Norton’s made-for-TV movie production of “Gargoyles” (1972) were Bernie Casey (as the lead Gargoyle), Jennifer Salt (as Diana Boley), Cornel Wilde (as Dr. Mercer Boley), Scott Glenn (as James Reeger), Grayson Hall (as Mrs. Parks), Woody Chambliss (as Uncle Willie), John Gruber (as Jesse), Mickey Alzola, Rock Walker and Greg Walker (the three aforementioned actors played other Gargoyle creatures in the 1972 made-for-TV feature), Timothy “Tim” Burns (as Morris Ray), Vic Perrin (in an uncredited role as the voice of the lead Gargoyle, dubbing in Bernie Casey’s dialogue) and Jim Connell (as Buddy).

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of Steven Spielberg’s “Duel” (1971), plus “Sventoonie;” this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals will be dancing & jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth Universal Studios action-adventure-thriller masterpiece directed by one of the legendary film directors.

A snippet from Steven Spielberg‘s classic mammoth Universal Studios action-adventure-thriller masterpiece production of “Duel” (1971) with Dennis Weaver.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of Steven Spielberg’s “Duel” (1971); plus “Sventoonie”

“The killer’s weapon.. a 40-ton truck! The victim’s only defense (defence)- a startling trip!” 1970s Universal Studios Australian theatrical poster art for Steven Spielberg’s production of “Duel” (1971) with Dennis Weaver.

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based thriller film host will present his big broadcast of “Duel” (1971) this Sat., Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1971 Universal action-adventure-thriller masterpiece production was directed by veteran feature film & TV director-producer Steven Spielberg.  Alongside “Duel” (1971), Spielberg is best-known for numerous critically-acclaimed classic mammoth feature film masterpiece productions, including “The Sugarland Express” (1974, with Goldie Hawn and Ben Johnson), the feature film adaptation of Peter Benchley’s novel, “Jaws” (1975, with Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider, Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton), “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977, with Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, François Truffaut, Bob Balaban and Cary Guffey), “1941” (1979, with Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, John Candy, Robert Stack, Joe Flaherty, David L. Lander, Michael McKean, Slim Pickens, Warren Oates, Hammer horror legend Christopher Lee, Toshirô Mifune and Ned Beatty; though Spielberg’s”1941″ was not a major success during the original theatrical release, the film has become a cult classic mammoth masterpiece farce favorite in later years), “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981, with Harrison Ford, Karen Allen and Paul Freeman; the first film in the “Indiana Jones” series of feature films released through Paramount Pictures, co-produced between Spielberg and veteran director-producer George Lucas), “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” (1982, with Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace and Peter Coyote), “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” (1984, with Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan and a guest cameo by Aykroyd), the feature film adaptation of Alice Walker‘s novel, “The Color Purple” (1985, with Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Rae Dawn Chong and young Laurence Fishburne), “Empire of the Sun” (1987, with young Christian Bale, Miranda Richardson, John Malkovich and Emily Richard), “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (1989, with Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody and Denholm Elliott), “Hook” (1991, with Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Smith. Bob Hoskins and rock legend Phil Collins), “Schindler’s List” (1993, with Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall and Jonathan Sagall), “Jurassic Park” (1993, with Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Samuel L. Jackson, B.D. Wong and Wayne Knight of TV’s “Seinfeld” fame), “Saving Private Ryan” (1998, with Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, young Vin Diesel, Ted Danson of TV’s “Cheers” & “Becker” fame, Dennis Farina and Paul Giamatti) and “Lincoln” (2012, with Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones and Bruce McGill).

On the TV side, Spielberg was involved in producing several classic mammoth TV series, including the Universal Studios/NBC TV fantasy anthology series, “Amazing Stories” (1985-87) and of interest to fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me”/fellow super aficionados of classic mammoth Warner Bros. cartoon masterpieces, he produced three classic mammoth Warners animated TV masterpiece series that were inspired by Warners’ classic cartoon masterpieces, “Tiny Toon Adventures” (1990-95), “Animaniacs” (1994-98, including the 2020-23 Warner Bros./Hulu streaming revival rendition of the series) and an “Animaniacs” spin-off series; “Pinky & the Brain” (1995-98, to paraphrase Rob Paulsen‘s famous saying for his vocal styling of Pinky and a frequent sound bite used by Sven from time-to-time, “Narf!”).

Nine years after his 1971 production of “Duel,” Spielberg made a brief cameo acting appearance in the role of the Cook County, Illinois Assessor’s Office Clerk in John Landis‘ classic mammoth Universal musical-comedy masterpiece production of “The Blues Brothers” (1980) with John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, the legendary Cab Calloway, John Candy, Frank Oz, the legendary James Brown, the legendary Carrie Fisher, the legendary Aretha Franklin, Kathleen Freeman, Steven Williams, the legendary Ray Charles, Paul Reubens (in his pre-“Pee-Wee Herman” days), the legendary John Lee Hooker, Memphis rock legends Steve Cropper and Donald “Duck” Dunn, Steve Lawrence, Twiggy, Henry Gibson, Charles Napier and legendary rock musician Joe Walsh.

Recently, Spielberg directed his own critically-acclaimed modern classic mammoth Universal-Amblin masterpiece production that was inspired by his real-life experiences of his early interests in filmmaking during his childhood, titled “The Fabelmans” (2022) with Gabriel LaBelle, Mateo Zoryan, Julia Butters, Alina Brace, Keeley Karsten, Birdie Borria, Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch, Jeannie Berlin and Sophia Kopera.

Spielberg’s classic mammoth Universal action-adventure-thriller masterpiece production of “Duel” (1971) was produced by veteran producer George Eckstein. Some of Eckstein’s best-known classic mammoth masterpiece productions that he produced during his career include  episodes of Quinn Martin‘s classic mammoth ABC television mystery-crime drama masterpiece series with David Janssen, “The Fugitive” (Eckstein produced 49 episodes of Martin’s series from 1965-67), 12 episodes of the Universal/NBC television rotating character anthology series, “The Name of the Game” (1968-71) with Gene Barry, Susan Saint James, Robert Stack and Anthony Franciosa (until he was dismissed from the production and replaced with various guest actors taking over his character’s series on the final season of the program in 1970-71); executive producer of the Universal/NBC mystery series “Banacek” with George Preppard (Eckstein supervised 17 episodes of the series from 1972-74) and the latter Paul Wendkos/Warner Bros./ABC television made-for-TV movie thriller adaptation of William March‘s novel and Maxwell Anderson‘s stage play, “The Bad Seed” (1985) with Blair Brown, Lynn Redgrave, David Carradine and David Ogden Stiers (also inspired by the earlier 1956 classic mammoth Mervyn LeRoy-Warners feature film thriller masterpiece adaptation of the same name with Patty McCormack, Nancy Kelly and William Hopper of TV’s “Perry Mason” fame).

The screenplay for Spielberg’s Universal production of “Duel” (1971) was written by veteran sci-fi/horror screenwriter and author  Richard Matheson.  Matheson wrote the original story treatment for  Jack Arnold’s classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi/fantasy/visual effects masterpiece, “The Incredible Shrinking Man” (1957) with Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton, a pre-“Beverly Hillbillies” Raymond Bailey, William Schallert,  Lock Martin of 1951’s “The Day the Earth Stood Still” fame and “Orangey the Cat” of 1951’s “Rhubarb,” 1955’s “This Island Earth” and 1961’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” fame.  He also wrote the screenplay adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe‘s 1845 gothic poem for Roger Corman‘s classic mammoth horror-macabre masterpiece adaptation of “The Raven” (1963) for Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff,  Hazel Court, Olive Sturgess and young Jack Nicholson.

This will mark Sven’s third big broadcast of Steven Spielberg’s classic mammoth 1971 Universal Studios action-adventure-thriller masterpiece on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased “Duel” (1971) as a big coast-to-coast broadcast premiere back in Nov. 2016 and as a regular Me-TV big broadcast back in Oct. 2017.

Who was in Steven Spielberg’s classic mammoth Universal action-adventure-thriller masterpiece production of “Duel” (1971)?

The players who appeared in Spielberg’s classic mammoth 1971 Universal action-adventure-thriller masterpiece were Dennis Weaver (as David Mann), Jacqueline Scott (as Mrs. Mann), Lucille Benson (as the woman at Snakearama), professional stunt driver/stunt performer Carey Loftin (as the Truck driver), Eddie Firestone (as the cafe owner), Lou Frizzell (as a Bus driver), Gene Dynarski (as a cafe patron), Tim Herbert (as a gas station attendant), Shirley O’Hara (as a waitress), the vocal stylings of Dick Whittington (as a radio interviewer), Amy Douglass (as an elderly woman in a car), Alexander Lockwood (as an elderly man in a car), Shawn Steinman (in an uncredited role as a student on a school bus) and Dale Van Sickel (as an automobile driver).

“Svengoolie”presents his big broadcast of “Gargoyles” (1972) with Bernie Casey, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth award-winning made-for-TV supernatural/creature masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Gargoyles” (1972) with Bernie Casey

A latter highlight preview/collage for Bill “B.W.L.” Norton’s “Gargoyles” (1972) with Bernie Casey.

“They’re coming for you!” Latter 2004 Classic Media/VCI Entertainment DVD cover art for “Gargoyles” (1972) with Bernie Casey. The VCI DVD is currently out of print.

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth sci-fi/creature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “Gargoyles” (1972), this Sat., Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1972 made-for-TV sci-fi/supernatural/creature feature masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” was directed by veteran director Bill Norton, who received screen credit under the name of “B.W.L. Norton.”  After directing his own short feature film at the UCLA School of Film, Theatre and Television, titled “Coming Soon” (1966) and one year before production began on “Gargoyles,” Norton directed his own classic mammoth Columbia Pictures drama masterpiece production, “Cisco Pike” (1971) with Kris Kristofferson, Gene Hackman, Gene Hackman, Karen Black, Harry Dean Stanton, Roscoe Lee Browne, a pre-“WKRP In Cincinatti” Howard Hesseman, Allan Arbus and Wavy Gravy.   Norton worked primarily for television throughout the majority of his directorial career after working on his classic mammoth made-for-TV masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” (1972).  Other productions that Norton worked on throughout his directorial career alongside “Gargoyles” (1972) include several episodes of “Tour of Duty” (from 1987-89), “SeaQuest: DSV” (two episodes in 1993) with Roy Scheider and the brief Sci-Fi Channel (pre- “SyFy”) cable miniseries adaptation production  of H.G. Wells’ “The Invisible Man” (Norton directed three episodes in 2001).

The script for Norton’s classic mammoth made-for-TV masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” (1972) was written by the husband-and-wife screenwriting duo of Stephen Karpf and Elinor Karpf.  The Karpfs also worked on the script of Gordon Hessler’s Universal Studios–ABC television made-for-TV thriller production with George Kennedy, Joanna Pettet, Lee Montgomery and Bing Russell, “A Cry in the Wilderness” (1974), one episode of the brief Paramount Pictures TV adaptation of “Love Story” (1973’s “The Youngest Lovers,” adapted from the classic mammoth 1970 Paramount feature film masterpiece production of the same name).  Later in their career, the Karpfs created a television soap opera production for the CBS television network with Constance Towers, Debrah Farentino and Rory Calhoun; “Capitol” (1982-87).

According to the Feb. 1973 article on Bill Norton’s 1972 made-for-TV production of “Gargoyles” (1972) for The Monster Times, Karpf recalled that his wife; Elinor was inspired by a nightmare that she experienced of Gargoyle-style creatures taking over the world.  Elinor was interested in the topic of Gargoyles and Stephen elaborated on her accounts for Norton’s classic 1972 made-for-TV creature masterpiece.

Norton’s classic 1972 creature telefilm masterpiece was produced by veteran television producers Robert W. “Bob” Christiansen, Roger Gimbel and Rick Rosenberg.  Bill Norton’s classic mammoth sci-fi/supernatural creature feature masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” (1972) premiered on the CBS television network as part of the “New CBS Tuesday Night Movies” on Nov. 21, 1972; according to IMDB and a segment from  Broadcasting (Broadcasting and Cable) Magazine.

This will mark Sven’s fifth big broadcast of Bill Norton’s classic 1972 made-for-TV creature “movie of the week” masterpiece on the airlanes of Me-TV. Sven previously showcased “Gargoyles” (1972) as a big broadcast premier back in May 2017 and as regular big broadcasts back in Nov. 2018, May 2020 and April 2022.

Who was in Norton’s classic mammoth made-for-TV sci-fi/supernatural/creature masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” (1972)?

Bernie Casey and Cornel Wilde in “Gargoyles” (1972).

The players who appeared in Bill Norton’s made-for-TV movie production of “Gargoyles” (1972) were Bernie Casey (as the lead Gargoyle), Jennifer Salt (as Diana Boley), Cornel Wilde (as Dr. Mercer Boley), Scott Glenn (as James Reeger), Grayson Hall (as Mrs. Parks), Woody Chambliss (as Uncle Willie), John Gruber (as Jesse), Mickey Alzola, Rock Walker and Greg Walker (the three aforementioned actors played other Gargoyle creatures in the 1972 made-for-TV feature), Timothy “Tim” Burns (as Morris Ray), Vic Perrin (in an uncredited role as the voice of the lead Gargoyle, dubbing in Bernie Casey’s dialogue) and Jim Connell (as Buddy).