Table of Contents
Foreword Adam West xi
Preface Joel Eisenberg xiii
Introduction 1
Part I The Jacks of All Trades
1 (Dragnet/Adam-12/Emergency!) Jack Webb 13
2 (I Love Lucy/The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour/The Mothers-in-Law) Desi Arnaz 17
3 (The Nat King Cole Show) Nat King Cole 21
4 (Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show/Make Room for Granddaddy/The Practice) Danny Thomas 24
5 (The Dick Van Dyke Show/The New Dick Van Dyke Show/Van Dyke & Company) Dick Van Dyke 29
6 (The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson) Johnny Carson 34
7 (The Twilight Zone/Night Gallery) Rod Serling 39
8 (Star Trek) Gene Roddenberry 44
9 (All in the Family/Maude/Good Times/The Jeffersons) Norman Lear 47
10 (The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour/The Sonny Comedy Hour) Sonny Bono 51
11 (The Andy Griffith Show/The Smith Family/Happy Days) Ron Howard 54
12 (The Waltons/Three's Company) John Ritter 58
13 (Mark & Mindy) Robin Williams 62
Part II Darrins, Dobies, Dons, and Bobs
14 (Hogan's Heroes/The Bob Crane Show) and Darren McGavin (Riverboat/Kolchak: The Night Stalker) Bob Crane 69
15 (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis/Gilligan's Island) Dwayne Hickman Bob Denver 72
16 (The Andy Griffith Show) Andy Griffith Don Knotts 76
17 (Bewitched) Dick York Dick Sargent 80
18 (I Dream of Jeannie/Dallas) Larry Hagman 84
19 (Get Smart) Don Adams 87
20 (The Girl) Ted Bessell 90
21 (That's My Mama/The Jeffersons/Amen) Clifton Davis Sherman Hemsley 93
22 (The Bob Newhart Show) Bob Newhart 96
Part III The Johnny Angels
23 (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet) Ricky Nelson 103
24 (Father Knows Best) and Paul Petersen (The Donna Reed Show) Billy Gray 105
25 (Leave It to Beaver) Tony Dow Jerry Mathers 108
26 (My Three Sons) Tim Consldine Don Grady Stanley Livingston Barry Livingston 110
27 (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea) David Hedison 114
28 (Here's Lucy) Desi Arnaz Jr. 117
29 (Here Come the Brides/Getting Together) Bobby Sherman 120
30 (The Brady Bunch) Christopher Knight Barry Williams 123
31 (The Partridge Family) David Cassidy 127
32 (The Donny & Marie Show) Donny Osmond 130
33 (The Hardy Boys) Shaun Cassidy Parker Stevenson 133
Part IV Cowboys, Little Joes, John-Boys, and Jethros
34 (Gunsmoke/How the West Was Won) and Fess Parker (Davy Crockett/Daniel Boone) James Arness 139
35 (Bonanza/Little House on the Prairie) Michael Landon 142
36 (Maverick/Nichols/The Rockford Files) James Garner 146
37 (Rawhide) and Clint Walker (Cheyenne) Clint Eastwood 149
38 (The Beverly Hillbillies) Max Baer Jr. 152
39 (The Waltons) Richard Thomas 156
40 (The Dukes of Hazzard) John Schneider Tom Wopat 159
Part V The Bad Boys and Heavies
41 (Route 66/Adam-12) George Maharis Martin Milner 164
42 (Dark Shadows) Jonathan Frid David Selby 167
43 Henry Winkler:: (Happy Days) 174
44 (Welcome Back, Kotter) John Travolta 177
45 (The Mary Tyler Moore Show/Lou Grant), Carroll O'Connor (All in the Family), and William Conrad (Cannon) Ed Asner 180
Part VI The Supersleuths
46 (77 Sunset Strip/The FBI) Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 188
47 (Mission: Impossible) Peter Graves Martin Landau Greg Morris Peter Lupus 191
48 (The Man from U.NC.L.E.) and Patrick McGoohan (Secret Agent/The Prisoner) Robert Vaughn David McCallum 195
49 (The Mod Squad) Michael Cole Clarence Williams III 198
50 (Mannix) and Telly Savalas (Kojak) Mike Connors 203
51 (It Takes A Thief/Switch) Robert Wagner 208
52 (Dan August) and Rock Hudson (McMillan & Wife) Burt Reynolds 211
53 (Starsky & Hutch) David Soul Paul Michael Glaser 216
54 (CHiPs) Erik Estrada Larry Wilcox 220
Part VII The Super Men
55 (The Lone Ranger) Clayton Moore Jay Silverheels 227
56 (Adventures of Superman) George Reeves 229
57 (The Wild Wild West/Baa Baa Black Sheep/Black Sheep Squadron) Robert Conrad 233
58 Adam West Burt Ward (Batman) 236
59 Van Williams Bruce Lee (The Green Hornet) 241
60 (Star Trek) William Shatner Leonard Nimoy DeForcst Kelley 246
61 (My Favorite Martian/The Courtship of Eddie's Father/The Magician/The Incredible Hulk) and Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk) Bill Bixby 250
62 (Kung Fu) David Carradine Radames Pera 253
63 (The Six Million Dollar Man) Lee Majors 258
64 (Fantasy Island) Ricardo Montalban 264
Part VIII The Doctors, the Defenders, and the Dependables
65 (Dr. Kildare) and Vince Edwards (Ben Casey) Richard Chamberlain 271
66 (M*A*S*H) Alan Alda 275
67 (Marcus Welby, M.D.) and Chad Everett (Medical Center) James Brolin 279
68 (Perry Mason/Ironside) Raymond Burr 284
69 (Father Knows Best/Marcus Welby, M.D.) and Fred MacMurray (My Three Sons) Robert Young 287
70 (The Brady Bunch), Ralph Waite (The Waltons), and Dick Van Patten (Eight Is Enough) Robert Reed 292
Acknowledgments 297
Chapter Notes 299
Index 303
About the Author 305