TRIVIA TROVE ONE
Trivia Troves are collections of memories
of the many, many happy hours spent
at one of your local motion picture theaters
transfixed to the mesmerizing images
projected on their big silver screen ~
or right there at home sitting in front
of the Motorola radio with the wee orange dial
~ Stromberg-Carlson, if you were pretty well off ~
or watching the exciting action on television.
As we travel down the entertainment trail
reliving the wonders of sight and sound,
bear with me a bit should I repeat things
because I am reaching into my fact cells
and listing most of it from memory.
Don't be surprised to discover
a wild card or two from time to time
to spice it up a bit for variety.
Thank you for taking the time
to enjoy reminiscing, and in so doing,
celebrating some of the truly good stuff
with which our busy lives
are so profusely inundated.
Cybercub
LOVE STORY
Ali MacGraw as Jennifer Cavilleri
Ryan O�Neal as Oliver Barrett IV
Ray Milland as Oliver Barrett III
HEARTS AFIRE
John Ritter as John Hartman
Markie Post as Georgie Hartman
Fran Drescher as Fran Fine
Charles Shaughnessy as Maxwell Sheffield
Nicholle Tom as Maggie Sheffield
Madeline Zima as Grace Sheffield
Benjamin Salisbury as Brighton Sheffield
Daniel Davis as Niles
Lauren Lane as C. C. Babcock
Renee Taylor as Sylvia Fine
Steve Lawrence as Morty Fine
Rachel Chargall as Val
Ann Guildford as Yenta
Fran Drescher created THE NANNY
as a special medium for her most
unusual, one of a kind
voice and Jewish accent,
which she can most professionally
play down at will.
LONESOME DOVE: THE SERIES
Scott Bairstow as Newt Call
Christianne Hirt as Hannah Call
Eric McCormack as Francis Clay Mosby
Paul Johansson as Austin Peale
Paul Le Mat as Josiah Peale
Diahann Carroll as Ida Grayson
Billy Dee Williams as Aaron Grayson
Bret Hart as Luther Root
Lorne Cardinal as Spotted Elk
Dennis Weaver as Buffalo Bill Cody
Graham Greene as Red Hawk
Kelly Rowan as Mattie Shaw
THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor
Ronny Howard as Opie Taylor
Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor
Aneta Corsaut as Helen Crump
Don Knotts as Barney Fife
Betty Lynn as Thelma Lou
Elinor Donahue as Ellie Walker
Howard McNear as Floyd Lawson
Hal Smith as Otis Campbell
Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle
George Lindsey as Goober Pyle
Howard Morris as Ernest T. Bass
Hope Summers as Clara Johnson
Jack Dodson as Howard Sprague
Denver Pyle as Briscoe Darling
Margaret Ann Peterson as Charlene Darling
Doug Dillard as Doug Darling
Rodney Dillard as Rod Darling
Dean Webb as Dean Darling
Mitch Jayne as Mitch Darling
Jack Prince as Rafe Hollister
Bernard Fox as Malcolm Merriweather
Parley Baer as Mayor Roy Stoner
Dick Elliot as Mayor Pike
Clint Howard as Leon
Cheerio Meredith as Emma Watson
Conway Twitty�s real name
is Harold Jenkins.
Sonja Henie won her sixth
World Woman�s Figure Skating
title in Montreal, Canada
on February 18, 1932.
THE REBEL
Nick Adams
Nick Adams real name
is Nicholas Adamshock.
Dick Tracy married Tess Trueheart
on December 25, 1950.
Later Tess gave Dick a baby girl
they named Bonnie Braids.
Muhammad Ali�s real name
is Cassius Marcellus Clay II.
Willie Shoemaker and Joe Culmone
~ both 19 years old ~
became the first jockeys
to ride 388 winners in a single year
on December 31, 1950.
June Allyson�s real name
is Ella Geisman.
THE CISCO KID
Duncan Renaldo as Cisco
Leo Carrillo as Pancho
Don Ameche�s real name
is Dominic Felix Amici.
BUFFALO BILL
Dick Jones as Buffalo Bill
Nancy Gilbert as Calamity Jane.
Fred Astaire�s real name
is Frederick Austerlitz.
WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
Steve McQueen as Josh Randall
Lauren Bacall�s real name
is Betty Joan Perske.
The studio planned to call her
Betty Bacal; however, they changed
Bacal to Bacall for fear
perople would call her Betty �Backull�.
Lauren sounded sexier than Betty
and there you have it.
HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL
Richard Boone as Paladin
HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL
THEME SONG
Have gun will travel
Reads the card of a man,
A knight without armor
In a savage land.
His fast gun for hire
Heeds the calling wind,
A soldier of fortune
Is the man called Paladin.
Paladin, Paladin
Where do you roam?
Paladin, Paladin
Far, far from home.
Festus Hagen
played by Ken Curtis
was first introduced on
HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL
and later appeared
as a series regular on
GUNSMOKE.
THE LAWMAN
John Russell as Marshall Dan Troop
Peter Brown as the deputy
Anne Bancroft�s real name
is Anna Maria Louisa Italiano.
COLT 45 starred
newcomer Wade Preston
as Christopher Colt.
COLT 45
THEME SONG
There was a gun
that ruled the West
There was a man
who used it best,
No faster gun
nor man alive
A lightning bolt
when he drew that Colt ~ 45.
There was a right,
there was a wrong
The gun was quick,
the man was strong
No faster gun
nor man alive
A lightning bolt
when he drew that Colt ~ 45.
Preston drew his Colt 45
and fired straight
at the viewers
as each letter
appeared on the screen
simultaneously in succession
spelling . . .
C O L T ~ 4 5.
Tony Bennet�s real name
is Antonio Dominic Benedetto.
BAT MASTERSON
Gene Barry
Gene Barry�s real name
is Eugene Klass.
CHEYENNE
Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie
one of the Western good guys
Jack Benny�s real name
is Benjamin Kubeisky.
BRONCO
Ty Hardin as Bronco Lane
Ty Hardin�s real name
is Orison Hungerford II.
MAVERICK
James Garner as Bret Maverick
Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick
Roger Moore as Beau Maverick
James Garner�s real name
is James Scott Baumgarner.
GUNSMOKE
began as a radio show
with William Conrad.
GUNSMOKE
James Arness as Marshall Matt Dillon
Amanda Blake as Kitty Russell
Milburn Stone as Doc Adams
Dennis Weaver as Chester Good
Burt Reynolds as Quinton ~Quint~ Asper
Ken Curtis as Festus Hagen
Glenn Strange as Sam the bartender
James Arness� real name
is James Aurness.
Amanda Blake�s real name
is Beverly Louise Neill.
Bruce Gordon is the gunslinger
Matt draws against at the first
of each episode during credits.
THE LEGEND OF WYATT EARP
Hugh O�Brien as Wyatt Earp
Douglas Fowley as Doc Holiday
THE LEGEND OF WYATT EARP
THEME SONG
Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp
Brave, courageous and bold
Long live his fame
And long live his glory
And long may his story be told.
Joey Bishop�s real name
is Joseph Abraham Gottlieb.
TOMBSTONE TERRITORY
Pat Conroy as Sheriff Clay Hollister
TOMBSTONE TERRITORY
THEME SONG
Whistle me up a melody
Whistle me back where I want to be
Whistle a tune that will carry me
To Tombstone Territory.
Randolph Scott�s real name
is George Randolph Crane.
THE GRAY GHOST
Todd Andrews as John Singleton Moseby
a resourceful Confederate Major.
THE GRAY GHOST PROTOCOL
We took our men from Kentucky,
Mississippi and Virginia,
From the mountains
and the backwoods
and the plains.
We put them under orders
guerrilla fighting orders
and what we lacked in numbers
we made up in skill and brains.
Both North and South
they knew our fame.
Gray Ghost is what they called me.
John Moseby is my name.
Susan Sarandan�s real name
is Susan Abigail Tomalin.
SUGARFOOT
Will Hutchins as Sugarfoot
Charlie Sheen�s real name
is Carlos Irwin Estevez.
THE ROY ROGERS SHOW
Roy Rogers and Trigger
Dale Evans and Buttermilk
Pat Brady and Nellie Belle
Roy Rogers� real name
is Leonard Slye.
Dale Evans� real name
is Frances Octavia Smith.
THE GENE AUTRY SHOW
Gene Autry and Champion
Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse
Robert Bobby Blake�s real name
is Michael Gubitosi.
HOPALONG CASSIDY
William Boyd as Hopalong
Russell Hayden as Lucky
Andy Clyde as California
Sonny Bono�s real name
is Salvatore Phillip Bono.
Cher�s real name
is Cherilyn Sarkisian.
Chastity Bono leads
a Gay Rights Group
in California.
WILD BILL HICKOK
Guy Madison as Wild Bill
Andy Devine as Jingles
Charles Bronson�s real name
is Charles Bunchinsky.
KIT CARSON
Bill Williams as Kit Carson
Bill Williams�s real name
is William Katt.
Bill Williams is married
to actress Barbara Hale
and their son is actor
William Katt.
THE LONE RANGER
began as a radio show.
THE LONE RANGER
Clayton Moore as The Lone Ranger
and his horse Silver
Jay Silverheels as Tonto
and his horse Scout
Dr. Joyce Brothers� real name
is Joyce Diane Bauer.
ANNIE OAKLEY
Gail Davis as Annie Oakley
Jimmy Hawkins as Tagg Oakley
George Burns� real name
is Nathan Birnbaum.
HIGH CHAPARRAL
Lief Ericson as John Cannon
Linda Kristal as Victoria Cannon
Cameron Mitchell as Buck Cannon
Mark Slade as Blue Cannon
Henry Darrow as Mano
Michael Caine�s real name
is Maurice J. Micklewhite.
BONANZA
Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright
Michael Landon as Little Joe
Pernell Roberts as Adam
Dan Blocker as Hoss
Ray Teal as Sheriff Coffee
David Canary as Candy
Michael Landon�s real name
is Eugene Michael Orowitz.
My blink will not work now, Master ~
no matter how well I cross my lovely arms ~
you must perform our magic here.
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