I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing…
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
It’s not everyday that you find someone who appeared in both the original Star Wars and one of the Superman films. But I find your lack of faith that I could do it disturbing. Richard LeParmentier would be one such gentleman who fits the bill – and I was able to meet him at the Hollywood Show on February 11, 2012. His role in Star Wars IV: A New Hope was much more memorable than his abbreviated role as a reporter in Superman II. Although since he was married to Sarah Douglas, who played Ursa in the Superman films, it makes sense that he was present, even if only in the small part. Read the rest of this entry »
If Abby Dalton couldn’t remember it, then what hope is there for the rest of us? After all, I had never actually seen an episode of The Joey Bishop Show, a relatively popular sitcom from the early 1960’s. It’s one that’s always been on my radar to see, but the only thing I knew about it was that it was the only sitcom to regress from color back to black and white when it switched networks, and that Abby Dalton was in it. When I met her at the Hollywood Show on October 8, 2011, I was counting on her to remember her character’s name. 
OK, he’s still a nice guy, but the title just proved too darn tempting to not use it. It just so happens that in the past he was a super nice guy, who willingly signed autographs and posed for pictures for free, at least when my friend Bob met him at a golf tournament a decade ago. Now he’s charging an arm and a leg (and might even use them in his next concert, covered in blood) for the same thing. But Alice Cooper, despite the fact that he nearly drained me of 100 bucks, is still a very nice and cordial guy, who was a pleasure to meet at the Chiller Theatre Show in Parsippany, New Jersey, on April 28, 2012. 
Exhausted in Burbank, I awoke at David’s house on the morning of Saturday, April 21, 2012, ready for another day – my eighth in a row to be exact – of excitement and adventure. I moved with acceptable slowness and got ready for the day. David and I departed his house shortly after 9am and headed to the Tallyrand restaurant for some breakfast. After eating, he dropped me off at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel & Convention Center, a place that was now feeling like a second home to me. The occasion, of course, was the Spring Hollywood Show – where celebrities and opportunities to spend cash abounded. 
The novelty of meeting Dave Ketchum will likely escape those readers who have never watched Get Smart. It’s true that his faced popped up often in a variety of sitcoms – including but not limited to The Andy Griffith Show, I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster, That Girl, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Green Acres, The Odd Couple, Alice, Mork & Mindy, Happy Days, and Perfect Strangers. But for all of the popping up he did in these shows, these roles pales in comparison to the way that he popped up in Get Smart in (ironically) thirteen episodes of the series.