'Tracy' is a goner
David Inman The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-JournalQuestion: My family and I were so excited about "The Tracy Morgan Show" because it was a good, funny, wholesome show that we could enjoy together. Now it doesn't seem to be on anymore. Do you know if it'll reappear at some point?
Answer: Unused episodes could reappear this summer, but the show was not renewed by NBC, so it won't be back in the fall.
Question: In 1977 there was a series with Bernadette Peters and Richard Crenna as two people in a May-December relationship. What was the title? Is it on video?
Answer: The show was called "All's Fair," and it ran on CBS in 1976-77. It was set in Washington, D.C. Peters played liberal photographer Charlotte "Charley" Drake, and Crenna played conservative newspaper columnist Richard C. Barrington. They argued and kissed and stuff. In 1977, Michael Keaton joined the cast as Lanny Wolf, a presidential speechwriter. This led to a lot of Jimmy Carter jokes and the show's cancellation a month or so later. It wasn't censorship -- the jokes were stupid. "All's Fair" isn't yet on video.
Question: In the late 1970s or early '80s, my mom, brothers and I watched a movie about an all-black baseball team. The name of the movie was "Palmerstown USA." I have been trying to find out information about this movie ever since but without success. As far as I know, it was never televised again. I have no idea who played in the movie. Do you know anything about the movie I'm referring to? If so, could you shed some light on who the characters were that played in the movie and if the movie is available on DVD or video?
Answer: "Palmerstown USA" was a series that ran on CBS in 1980- 81. It was about life in a small Tennessee town in the early 1930s, particularly the interaction between blacks and whites. It was co- created by "Roots" author Alex Haley and producer Norman Lear ("All in the Family"). The cast included Jonelle Allen, Beeson Carroll, Bill Duke and a young Michael J. Fox. "Palmerstown" isn't currently on video. The episode you mention is titled "Black Travelers." There is, of course, a film about black baseball players of the 1930s called "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings." It was released in 1976 and it stars James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor. It's on video.
Question: I remember a show called "That's My Mama." Didn't it star Clifton Davis Jr.?
Answer: Yes. Hey, did you know that Davis wrote the songs "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Dancin' Machine" for the Jackson Five? Anyway, "That's My Mama" ran on ABC in 1974-75. It was set in Washington, D.C., where Clifton Curtis (Davis) ran a barbershop. He lived with mother Eloise (Theresa Merritt), sister Tracy (Lynne Moody, replaced by Joan Pringle) and her stuffy husband Leonard (Lisle Wilson). Down at the shop, comic relief was provided by mail carrier Earl (Teddy Wilson, later Sweet Daddy on "Good Times"), smart-aleck Junior (Ted Lange, later Isaac on "The Love Boat") and old codger Wildcat (Jester Hairston, later Rolly on the NBC sitcom "Amen," which also starred Davis).
Question: Back in the 1950s there was an actor named Richard Greene who played in a Robin Hood TV series. I believe he was British. Would love to know what happened to him.
Answer: Greene played the title role on "The Adventures of Robin Hood," an English-produced series that ran on CBS from 1955 until 1960. Before that, he had a career in Hollywood playing Errol Flynn- ish roles. He died in 1985 at age 66.
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