Ivan,ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:08 amActually "The Guarnerius Caper" gave sole writing credit to Ken Pettus. Lenny Freeman had nothing to do with this one. Lenny did write or co-write a few episodes (not many) but this wasn't one of them. If you're looking at IMDB then you'll see Freeman credited under every episode (since he was the exec. producer) but that doesn't mean he was the writer. If you watch the episode you'll see "Written by Ken Pettus". That's it.Luther's nephew Dobie wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 4:43 am Meanwhile, back to the Hawaiian Eye thread:
Tonight MeTV Plus ran episode 2, season 4 of Hawaiian Eye(10-9-62) titled "Somewhere There's Music".
Ten minutes in I knew I had seen it before and I had.
No it wasn't another case of Warner Brothers switching scripts between their TV series.
Rather it was those goniffs from CBS's Hawaii 5-0.
Airing Oct 14. 1970, almost 8 years to the day after ABC ran the original,the Hawaii 5-0 episode "The Guarnerius Caper" is a clone of the Hawaiian Eye version, though it's a toss up as to which is better.
I have to give it to Hawaiian Eye as any show that features the hauntingly beautiful face of Connie Stevens plus her singing is hard to top.
I was perplexed by the script sharing, as these two series were from different studios.
So I did some quick research.
The credits for the Hawaiian Eye version list one Ken Pettus as the author, while Hawaii 5-0 lists Leonard Freeman and then Ken Pettus.
I guess Freeman grabbed himself a writing fee for changing a few names for his remake. How nice for Pettus that he is listed after Freeman.
Frankly I am surprised because Hawaii 5-0 had a big budget,why was CBS recycling old Warner Brothers scripts?
And how many more times was this done?
Am I am going to come across a Hawaii 5-0 episode titled The Maui Falcon where McGarrett crosses swords with private dick Sam Spade?
The Treasure of the Sierra Makaleha? How about Knute Rockne, All Hawaiian?
As to which episode is better? Come now, of course "Guarnerius"! Two words - ANTHONY JAMES! The scuzziest creep (along with his equally creepy buddy) in all of Five-O-dom! Terrific character actor with a great looking (creepy) face who never gave a bad performance! Sorry, but Connie Stevens just can't compare.
As you thought, IMDB is indeed where I saw Freeman being credited as the writer. Why would they do that? Why not give him directing and lighting credit as well.
I'm surprised the writers guild don't go after them with a vengeance.
Anthony James(best known as the killer in "In The Heat of the Night") and Timothy Carey (various Kubrick films) may be the most repellent loser bad guys ever.
Kudos to a fellow appreciator of that art, though it no longer seems to be cultivated. Perhaps the studios would rather cast these parts with journeyman actors
than develop the next Strother Martin because you'd have to pay them a lot more.
A guy I worked with saw Connie a couple of times in the USO shows when they came to Vietnam. He said she owned the tours, she could sing, dance, do comedy
and when singing an aching, heart breaking version of White Christmas, the most hard core vets would weep.
While Raquel Welch was the big sex symbol she was one dimensional - ahem - while Connie was beloved.