tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post6218687186037147632..comments2024-03-13T23:42:41.022-07:00Comments on We Are Controlling Transmission: Spotlight on THE SENATOR!John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-29175394047697936842019-03-05T13:07:31.303-08:002019-03-05T13:07:31.303-08:00I loved Theodore Marcuse in the Bonanza epsiode Th...I loved Theodore Marcuse in the Bonanza epsiode The Abduction. He made that episode shine. He was the greatestAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04897265015321904775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-8519868523042883882014-12-04T16:16:19.247-08:002014-12-04T16:16:19.247-08:00Oh, this is crazy. So in one fell swoop, I learn t...Oh, this is crazy. So in one fell swoop, I learn that Theo Marcuse played "The Senator"-- but had his voice dubbed by the guy who fed Jim Phelps all his Impossible Missions!!! I never would have connected this.<br /><br />"Catspaw" (the 1st episode produced for season 2) has been a favorite of mine since the day it premiered. I've long seen it as a more fun stylistic ./ thematic folow-up to "The Squire Of Gothos" (the one with William Campbell, also in a castle). Both feel like LOST IN SPACE episodes, and "Catspaw", in particular, feels like it may well have started life as a LIS script that got rewritten for STAR TREK. Sheer mood and character wins out over gaping plot-holes. (Why was Scotty down on that planet, anyway? Don West, I could have seen...)<br /><br />It strikes me as very odd that neither Theo Marcuse or Roger C. Carmel ("Harry Mudd") ever turned up on LIS. They would have been naturals, don't you think?<br /><br />And Antoinette Bower... HUBBA HUBBA!Henry R. Kujawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607373491331529952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-43406504022361244702011-02-09T00:44:52.347-08:002011-02-09T00:44:52.347-08:00The Marcuse thing is fascinating. For sure they ha...The Marcuse thing is fascinating. For sure they had planned to use him AND his voice; why else hire a fairly well-known character guy? Stefano must not have liked the finished product, and decided to wipe the voicetrack. Marcuse's voice certainly would have lacked the cavernous majesty of Johnson's.<br /><br />The call sheet is extremely cool to lay eyes upon; any more of them laying around?<br /><br />LRLarry Rapchaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-25191174432918895482011-02-08T21:59:58.913-08:002011-02-08T21:59:58.913-08:00What a truly curious bit of casting, and for such ...What a truly curious bit of casting, and for such a curious role. Marcuse's acting mostly consists of twisting dials, clenching a fist, doing some limited business with that baton, and jerking his head in synch with dialogue bites. I'm sure Marcuse voiced the part in his actual performance, before it was replaced by Johnson on the soundtrack. It's interesting to consider what his readings might have sounded like, based on knowing this actor's voice from other performances. "His" Senator might have played as a tad more disagreeable, more shrill... Robert Johnson's deep tones enable him to relish the participants' agony, to chortle in a dark way and yet still be kind of charming, the ideal, eager-to-please Ringmaster from Hell... obviously what Stefano was aiming for.Gary Geraninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-50289494367059795582011-02-08T18:48:11.573-08:002011-02-08T18:48:11.573-08:00Larry B---
You know choice genre moviemaking, bud...Larry B---<br /><br />You know choice genre moviemaking, buddy. Definitely a '50s favorite. I love the Richard Denning reminiscences about working with Mara Corday in Tom Weaver's THEY FOUGHT IN THE CREATURE FEATURES!Ted Rypelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-48367335064898959622011-02-08T12:04:27.467-08:002011-02-08T12:04:27.467-08:00Never mind Marcuse--your document shows stuntman-b...Never mind Marcuse--your document shows stuntman-bit player Jack Perkins WAS one of the poker players (look for what looks like Gordon Jump's meaner big brother). Another player: the great Charles Horvath!<br /><br />Good stuff, though. Marcuse was such a 60s TV staple bad guy, woulda stuck right out at that card game. Trekkies (trekkers, whatever Trek fans call themselves) know him from "Cat's Paw" (I think it's called) with Antoinette Bower, which must have been shortly before he died.<br /><br />And hail Johnson!<br /><br />Ted: BLACK SCORPION = choice monster movie.Larry Blamirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-58303226864296287222011-02-08T10:26:34.567-08:002011-02-08T10:26:34.567-08:00Nice stuff, Dave! Yeah, it's funny---when I r...Nice stuff, Dave! Yeah, it's funny---when I read your earlier advisement about Marcuse as one of the poker players, I simply thought, "Oh, cool," and then just took your word for it and never even bothered to focus on the players that closely to see which one he might be.<br /><br />A fine actor, though, and it's indeed a shame that he died so young. My mind keeps summoning the image of him as the arrogant Russian delegate in TZ's "To Serve Man."<br /><br />Bob Johnson sounds like someone all of us TOL fans would have benefitted from talking with. I love these significant film folks who maintain humility enough to feel honored when they're sought out for their work. What a magnificent voice! He positively steals this episode.<br /><br />And BLACK SCORPION---! A beloved Obie/Corday/Denning confection that I've watched two dozen times without identifying that voice! Thanks for that one, too.Ted Rypelnoreply@blogger.com