Sunday, January 5, 2025

THE HAT SQUAD 2024 - BEHIND THE SCENES

 


BEHIND THE SCENES


DIRECTORS
Norman Jewison ('The Chevy Showroom starring Andy Williams', 'The Big Party', 'Your Hit Parade', "An Hour with Danny Kaye", "Belafonte, NY19', MANY movies!)
Jerry Foley ('Late Show with David Letterman', 'The Alec Baldwin Show')
Laurent Cantet ('2000 vu par... Une collection internationale')
Jim Riswold (Creator of Nike ads [Air Jordan & "Bo Knows"])
Shyam Benegal ('Bharat Ek Khoj', 'Samvidhaan, 'Katha Sagar')

WRITERS
Tom Shales (Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic, Books - "Live From New York" [SNL] & "Those Guys Have All The Fun" [ESPN])
Dan Wilcox ('M*A*S*H', 'America 2-Night', 'Sesame Street', 'Diagnosis Murder')
Douglas Snauffer (Books - "Crime Television", "The Show Must Go On")
Brian McConnachie ('Saturday Night Live', 'SCTV')
Edward Bond ("The Sea", "Identities: Derek", "Bingo: Scenes of Money And Death")
E.S. "Bud" Lamoreaux III ('CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite', 'CBS Sunday Morning')
Dan Wakefield (Creator, 'James at 15/16')
Trevor Griffiths ('Adam Smith', 'Bill Brand', 'The Fall of Eagles', 'Sons and Lovers')
Bob Ellison ('The Mary Tyler Moore Show', 'Dear John', 'Rhoda', 'The Corner Bar', 'The Julie Andrews Hour', 'Phyllis' Also script fixer for 'Cheers', 'Amen', 'Becker', 'Caroline In The City', 'Wings', 'It's All Relative', 'Kristin', 'Bob', 'Pearl', 'In-Laws')
Shirley Conran ('Lace', "Lace II')
Caleb Carr ('The Alienist')
Robert Towne ('The Lloyd Bridges Show', 'The Outer Limits', 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.', 'Welcome To The Basement', plus it has to be mentioned - "Chinatown")
Howie Cohen (Alka-Selzer ads - "Try it, you'll like it.", "I can't believe I ate the whole thing.")
Barbara Taylor Bradford (Wrote the following novels which turned into TV productions - "A Woman of Substance", "Remember", "Her Own Rules", "A Secret Affair", "Love In Another Town", "Everything To Gain", "Act of Will", " To Be The Best", "Voice of the Heart", "Hold the Dream")
Marshall Brickman ('Candid Camera', 'Tonight Show', 'The Muppet Show', 'Julie')

PRODUCERS
Barry-John "Baz" Davies (FOX News Foreign Affairs producer)
Paula Weinstein ('Grace and Frankie', "Recount", "Truman", "Citizen Cohn")
Betty Cole Dukert ('Meet The Press')
James Houtrides ('CBS Sunday Morning')
Fred Roos ('The Outsiders', 'The Godfather Saga')
Jac Venza (Instrumental at the beginning of National Education Television, and especially its successor, PBS.  He created 'Great Perormances' and produced 'NET Playhouse', 'American Masters', 'American Playhouse', 'The Adams Chronicles' and "Between Time And Timbuktu")
Martin Starger ("Friendly Fire", "The Muppets Go Hollywood", "The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd", "Escape From Sobibor", "Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Afair")
Russell Morash ('The French Chef', 'This Old House', 'The Victory Garden')
Bob Booker ('Out Of This World', 'Hit Squad', 'NBC Follies', 'Foul-Ups, Bleeps, and Blunders', "Paul Lynde Halloween", "The Love Boat Fall Preview Special '83 & '84')
George Schenck ('NCIS' [also showrunner], 'Crazy Like A Fox', 'Cosby Mysteries', 'Bring 'em Back Alive', 'Soldier of Fortune, Inc.', 'Hack')
Bob Tischler ('Boy Meets World', 'Empty Nest', 'The People Next Door', 'Carol & Company', but especially 'Saturday Night Live' where he was also head writer)
Ofra Bikel ('Frontline', 'Frontline World', 'Enterprise')
Tom Bradford
 (CBS News)
Megan Marshack (CBS News)
Lynda Obst ('Hot In Cleveland', 'Helix', 'The Hot Zone', 'Good Girls Revolt', 'The Soul Man')
Woody Fraser ('The Mike Douglas Show', 'Good Morning, America')

MUSIC
Richard Sherman ('Mini-Adventures of Winnie the Pooh', 'It's A Small World: The Animated Series', 'The Timberwood Tales', 'Welcome To Pooh Corner', 'The Magical World of Disney'
Doug Ingle (Member of Iron Butterfly who wrote and sang "In A Gadda Da Vida" which was used in 'Saturday Night Live', 'Seinfeld', 'That 70s Show', '3rd Rock From The Sun', 'House', 'Cheers', 'Quantum Leap', 'Criminal Minds', 'The A-Team', 'Supernatural', 'Mr. Belvedere', 'Home Improvement', 'La Femme Nikita', 'Hightown', 'The Gentlemen', 'Titans', 'The Last Ship', 'American Horror Story', 'Good Girls Revolt', 'An Unknown Enemy', 'The Mystery Science Theater 3000' + 'The Wonder Years' [2X each], but especially 'The Simpsons' (5X including being performed by the congregation at Reverend Lovejoy's church)


PUPPETRY

COSTUMES
Carrie Robbins ('SNL', "Macbeth", "Samson et Delilah", "The Seagull")

SET DESIGN


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