Howdy!
No, the title doesn't refer to a Jack Kelly shopping spree on Rodeo Drive. ;->
It's the title of a picture story I found from a 1962 Japanese magazine. Naturally, the text is all in Japanese (if there are any Japanese translators out there in JK fan-land, could you please drop me a line?!)
UPDATE! (8/12/15) - I finally managed to track down some more details. Jack Kelly was the grand marshal of the parade at the annual Palm Springs Rodeo on Saturday, January 28, 1961. Actress Barbara Nichols (who memorably co-starred with JK in the Maverick episode "The Third Rider" ) was the rodeo "queen". More info about the rodeo is here.
Anyway, here are the pix:
Here, JK treats his poodle to a pre-rodeo Milk Bone. Actually, this is a familar sight at my house. Not because of Jack Kelly, of course, but because I give my own pooch at least two Milk Bones a day. And, the box hasn't changed much in 47 years! :)
The Grand Marshal and Queen in a convertible
JK is really into this rodeo! And, he's not paying much attention to Ms. Nichols, because...
JK is really into this rodeo! And, he's not paying much attention to Ms. Nichols, because...
...he has his own leggy lovely, his wife May Wynn!
A Jack and two queens...
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These photos are amazing. Oddly, they showcase how smashingly beautiful Kelly's wife actually was, better than any I've previously seen. You can look at any episode and immediately tell whether or not it's from the first season. Kelly sprouted bags under his eyes because, according to Garner in his Archive interview, Kelly's wife and he would get drunk and she'd get him worked up about getting inferior scripts when, with the killing schedule of a TV series lead, he should've been sleeping instead.
ReplyDeleteKelly always seems like such a good guy from all accounts by everyone. And he and Garner worked so well together that it was magical. The best screen team ever. When they were trying to come up with someone to rotate episodes with Garner on the Rockford Files because the schedule was literally killing him, for a moment they were going to go with a young actor as a detective named "Richie Brockelman" if memory serves but later dropped that approach. At the time, I almost sent Garner a telegram (as a joke) that they should go with Jack Kelly as Rockford's brother Jack Rockford!
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