The Hottest Bradford
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
I didn’t tune into Eight Is Enough all that terribly often, but you can bet that even at a young age I had my opinion on the ladies of the Bradford family. Mary had that older/wiser thing going; Joanie was the smart, nerdy one; Susan was a delightfully cute freckle-faced redhead; Connie was on the verge of blossoming into a looker; and Nancy was just plain hot. Nancy was played by Dianne Kay, and during the run of the series, she’d also appear in the Steven Spielberg film 1941. Other than that, most of her other roles were sadly relegated to guest spots on such TV shows as Starsky & Hutch, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, and Murder, She Wrote. Read the rest of this entry »
Star Wars buffs would know that Jason Wingreen was the uncredited voice of Boba Fett in Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back. But only for a while. It only remained there for the original release and the 1997 re-release, but by the time the DVD rolled around in 2004, Boba’s voice had been re-dubbed by Temuera Morrison in order to create better continuity between the two trilogies. Anyway. Although I am certainly interested in Star Wars, that really had nothing to do with my interest in Jason Wingreen. 
Business first. That’s my motto. Although I was ready to indulge in plenty of Laurel and Hardy frolics and frippery with my fellow Sons of the Desert, there was a historical location nearby that I needed to get under my belt. Although Bob and I had driven by the New Hampshire state capitol in Concord the previous Friday, weren’t able to go though it since it was after-hours. I had thus far only compromised going inside a capitol building one time, and visiting this this one would give me six on this trip that were fully toured. So that’s how I started my day on Thursday, July 19, 2012. 
Sometimes I can place the face but don’t know the name. In this case, I really didn’t remember the face, but I let his name and list of credits speak for themselves. He had been in 18 episodes of Cagney & Lacey as the recurring character Detective Jonah Newman. He’d been Billy the Kid in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. He’d even had a small role as one of the deputies in Red Rock West. But it was on the strength of his Disney connection that I opted to pick up a signed photo of him. He had been the character RAM in Disney’s Tron – but without the blue glowing attire and dog bowl helmet, I’d have trouble placing him on the street. But rest assured, it was Dan Shor. Yes, I’m sure. 
Of course I had a crush on Annie. Of course I did. Although the movie Annie might have been a little beneath me in 1982 when it came out, or at least not one I’d want to admit to my fellow ten-year old friends that I enjoyed. However, we had video-taped the movie and my sister Denise watched it over and over and over again, so I had ample time to catch sight of that adorable freckle-faced redhead’s face as she bellowed out Tomorrow, It’s the Hard Knock Life, Maybe, and Dumb Dog. All of the music just stuck with you and at times, I still find myself singing it.