A Jolly Holly Encounter
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
I stayed blissfully out of the evening TV drama scene throughout the 90’s. I simply didn’t watch them, concentrating solely on sitcoms and movies. But there was one exception and it was a most pleasant one: Picket Fences. I faithfully recorded each and every episode of this amazing, entertaining show, and watched them and shared them with friends ad nauseum. I loved each and every character, and had a particular fondness for the red-hot red-headed character of Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart – played to perfection by equally attractive Lauren Holly. Read the rest of this entry »
In the old days of going to California – like in the 1980’s and 90’s – my trips to southern California were usually to see Bob, and thus I would generally spend most of my time with him. But usually during my weekends, it doesn’t often work out that I get to spend much time with Bob as he lives about an hour and a half away from the Hollywood Shows, and I am usually out of there by Sunday or Monday. For this particular trip, I chose to set aside two days so that he and I could maneuver about the L.A. area like the old days. So he took off Monday from work and we planned out a few things to hit on Sunday and Monday. 
I can’t resist a good Seinfeld quote for a title, this one relating to George Costanza’s irrational fear of contracting systemic lupus erythematosus when a psychic advises him not to take a trip to the Cayman Islands. But this has absolutely zero to do with the subject of this posting. The posting has to do with actor Peter Lupus – best known for his role as Willy Armitage on the TV series Mission: Impossible. Well… I say that is what he is best known for, but some out there may know him because he was the first well-known male actor to pose fully nude for Playgirl Magazine. I had cursory knowledge of the former when I met him, no knowledge of the latter. 
I can’t honestly say that I remember seeing Jimmy McNichol move much in the past. That is to say, I don’t recall any television shows or movies in which he appeared prior to meeting him at the Hollywood Show on January 12, 2013. Back then, I only knew him from photographs. After I got returned from California, in a remarkable twist of fate, I saw him in motion – accidentally – for the first time in an episode of Little House on the Prairie as one of the Ingalls girls’ classmates, Harry Baker. In fact, I saw him in three episodes during the first season.