tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316068874668178822012-02-03T22:29:35.954-05:00The Tall Dark Stranger There...Jack KellyRemembering
Jack Kelly--That Maverick Actor and MoreLa Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.comBlogger2071100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-87947738130281835962012-01-28T22:15:00.006-05:002012-01-28T22:53:08.283-05:00¡JK Olé! :)¡Hola!After what seemed like forever, ël sol (the sun) finally took center stage in the January sky here today. In honor of this enlightening event, here’s a photograph of Jack Kelly costumed in a traje de luces (suit of lights) for his role as Sidney Franklin in “My First Bullfight” which aired on the ABC series TV Reader’s Digest on June 20, 1955.Franklin was an adventurous American writer and La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-61111873267413902872012-01-01T01:11:00.005-05:002012-01-01T01:45:41.211-05:00Happy New Year from La Bartista & "TDS"! :)Thanks so much for reading TDS and for your comments and kind words during the past year. And, thanks most of all for being such a great group of Jack Kelly fans. I pray that you all have a blessed and safe 2012. :)Free Vintage New Year's Clip ArtLa Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-23035075351688688762011-12-23T21:24:00.008-05:002011-12-23T22:00:21.684-05:00Merry Christmas to All From La Bartista & "TDS"! :) Free Victorian Christmas cardsLa Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-43653211426434763792011-12-16T00:49:00.003-05:002011-12-16T02:25:00.033-05:00On Guard! :)Howdy All!Well, it happened again--while on YouTube, I stumbled upon a Jack Kelly performance I hadn't yet seen. It's in A Double Life. Unfortunately, it's not the 1947 feature film starring Ronald Colman. Nope, this is the 1978 pilot film for a short-lived NBC series called Sword of Justice.The late Dack Rambo stars as "Jack Cole", a "millionaire playboy" who was unjustly imprisoned for a crime La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-79367623870233226362011-12-09T23:55:00.006-05:002011-12-10T10:58:42.083-05:00Viva Maverick! :)Hola!A 1965 Chilean TV Guia (TV Guide) recently joined the Kellection, and I discovered that some familiar program titles are a bit different in Spanish. For example, Gunsmoke is La Ley Del Revolver. Bewitched is La Hechizada. The Addams Family is Los Locos Adams. Other titles are a little easier to guess, like El Santo (The Saint), Ruta 66 (Route 66), and Show de Dick Van Dyke (you know).And, La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-25373486370560813622011-11-28T21:36:00.007-05:002011-11-29T00:55:16.353-05:00FIRST LOOK: "A Maverick Life: The Jack Kelly Story" :)Hello Everyone!I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.I sure did. And, I am especially thankful because Linda Alexander, author of the newly released biography A Maverick Life: The Jack Kelly Story, graciously permitted me to have an advance peek at the book. Here's my review:With A Maverick Life: The Jack Kelly Story, author Linda Alexander lassoes the reader's interest and doesn't turn it La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-25142449907632907702011-11-22T22:14:00.004-05:002011-11-22T22:26:28.212-05:00Happy Thanksgiving From "TDS"! :)"Our old Pappy always says, 'There's nothing better than having the family all together at Thanksgiving...even if Bentley always gets the bigger piece of the wishbone!'"La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-40443628100968932992011-11-08T19:49:00.006-05:002011-11-08T20:00:11.459-05:00Yikes! :) "Don't be alarmed--it's just one of Bret's practical jokes."La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-2889371412316207312011-11-07T00:28:00.001-05:002011-11-07T00:30:40.318-05:00Remembering...La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-40656982994126586332011-11-06T00:09:00.011-04:002011-11-06T00:51:39.438-04:00"Hello Bart! Hello Bret!" :)Hello All!I found an unusual version of the Maverick theme song on YouTube. Performed by Johnny Gregory & his orchestra with the Michael Sammes Singers, this 1960 recording includes audio "cameos" from Bart and Bret, and even Dandy Jim Buckley! Plus, there are some mighty nice scenes of our boys in the video. Enjoy! :)And speaking of enjoying, I listened to the "On the Grid" broadcast featuring La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-35717397646448881192011-11-04T22:17:00.013-04:002011-11-05T11:06:11.041-04:00G'Day, Maverick! :)Howdy Everyone!I'm sorry I haven't posted much lately. I experienced a computer upgrade that tangled up some of my files, and then had some internet connection problems. Thankfully, it looks like things are getting back to normal, so let's take a look at Maverick as it was viewed Down Under--in Australia, that is. I recently found a trove of articles about Maverick and JK from The Australian La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-21569090914324647032011-10-31T01:59:00.002-04:002011-10-31T02:02:28.602-04:00Happy Halloween! :)La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-50783114728722541802011-09-15T23:57:00.004-04:002011-09-16T00:19:55.246-04:00Happy Birthday, JK! :)La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-68736647731168295192011-09-14T23:13:00.005-04:002011-09-14T23:48:00.722-04:00There's "Snow" One Like JK! :)Hello All!Well, it looks like the sultry days of summer may finally be on the way out. I took my dog for a walk this evening and there was definitely an autumnal tinge to the air. Fall will be here in no time at all, which means winter is just around the corner, too! :0While I'm certainly in no hurry for wintry weather to arrive, I do want to share this, uh, cool pic of Jack Kelly in 1964. It's La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-4486972053576353122011-09-10T21:58:00.003-04:002011-09-10T22:04:25.473-04:00Remembering...La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-21976779507602148152011-08-26T23:53:00.010-04:002011-08-27T11:04:57.373-04:00What About Jack? :)Hello All!
Oh, the things one can find on YouTube...
You may have noticed a little item in Jack Kelly's filmography called What About Linda? This was an hour-long syndicated TV appeal for the 1961 March of Dimes campaign. It starred an adorable tyke named Linda Breese of Columbus, Ohio.
Its TV Guide listing says: "The March of Dimes sponsors this filmed show which features its 1961 poster La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-34585558515226588452011-08-21T21:52:00.005-04:002011-08-21T23:50:23.619-04:00Love and Kisses--And Roses--For Sis! :)
Howdy Everyone!
Here's another rare pic of Jack Kelly with his older sister, Nancy Kelly, in 1964. The siblings are having an impromptu family reunion in Chicago. The reason? I'll let the caption explain:
"Nancy Kelly, star of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which opened at the Studebaker Theatre, was pleasantly surprised by her brother Jack. He flew to Chicago from Los Angeles via AmericanLa Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-62354393031543304282011-08-15T19:55:00.011-04:002011-08-21T23:51:05.251-04:00Maverick: New, Young and Classic ;->Howdy Partners!
I just found a couple of interesting videos on YouTube.
The first is a 1979 promo for the ABC-TV film The New Maverick, which originally aired in 1978. It introduced yet another member of the Maverick clan--Cousin Beau's boy, Ben. Jack Kelly appears:
But, I'm not thrilled that they gave him third billing at the end, after that upstart new Maverick. I mean, the announcer couldLa Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-71316523569981118502011-08-14T14:16:00.005-04:002011-08-23T19:33:49.234-04:00"My Husband, Jack Kelly" - Pt. IVHowdy All!
Here's the fourth and final part of "My Husband, Jack Kelly" by Mae (May) Wynn:
"Kelly is a very good and careful driver, who sticks to the speed limit to the letter. Unfortunately, I'm one of those people who gets nervous if anyone but myself drives. And, I show it. His reaction the last time he slammed on his brakes because someone was cutting in front of us and I automatically La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-63390919640195074372011-08-10T22:15:00.006-04:002011-08-10T23:23:05.992-04:00"My Husband, Jack Kelly" - Pt. IIIHappy Wednesday!
Here's the third part of "My Husband, Jack Kelly" by Mae (May) Wynn:
"This feeling dates back to an unhappy experience as a boy. He had always wanted a new bicycle of his own, but was unable to save enough out of his allowance to afford one. One day, he told me, he got a bright idea that would solve his problem: get a job in a bicycle shop to earn the money he needed.
Upon La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-36476508341311041902011-08-07T19:40:00.006-04:002011-08-07T20:58:38.856-04:00"My Husband, Jack Kelly" Part II :)Hello All! Here's Part II of "My Husband, Jack Kelly" by Mae (May) Wynn: "Having been an actress myself, I knew the tensions, the conceit, the egotism and antagonism that invariably seems to go with the job. Consequently, I was certain of only one thing about my personal future--that I would never marry an actor. But, Kelly's attitude toward his career was so different than anything I had ever La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-54312686470494887612011-08-06T09:26:00.006-04:002011-08-06T09:45:49.487-04:00Top of the Mornin' To You! :)Wake up everyone--time to get out of bed!Because here's a pic of Jack KellyWith a dove on his head:(That's JK with Ann Blyth in Sally and Saint Anne.)DON'T FORGET - PT. II OF "MY HUSBAND, JACK KELLY" COMING UP NEXT! :)La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-59669000741009898952011-07-31T22:07:00.016-04:002011-08-01T00:44:58.681-04:00"A Most Unusual Guy" :) Part IHello All!It's been a while since I featured a magazine article here. So, I thought I'd share this klassic 1959 Jack Kelly story from the Kellection, which kontains some of the most kaptivating pix I've ever seen of JK:"MY HUSBAND, JACK KELLYby Mae* Wynn Kelly(*that's how they spelled it throughout the story)'A most unusual guy' is the way Mae describes the man she eloped with three years ago--La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-75544089613596713972011-07-29T23:41:00.012-04:002011-07-30T11:18:01.842-04:00Hotter Than July! :)Howdy Everyone!Like most everyone else in the US, we've been hit pretty hard lately by the heat. In fact, the Bartistamobile is equipped with a handy-dandy thermometer that measures the outdoor temperature. Here's what it read the other evening (the temp is in the upper right corner): That's hot, but here's something that's even hotter: An autographed photo of JK as Bart Maverick that just joinedLa Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-10294692725442419762011-07-09T20:28:00.011-04:002011-07-09T22:15:09.781-04:00A Wire From Mr. Kelly :)Hello All!First, a very warm "Welcome" to our newest follower. That makes a lucky seven now. :)A very special JK artifact was recently delivered into the Kellection: It's a telegram JK sent on April 29, 1961, to Peggy Rogers. I did some digging and learned that Ms. Rogers was the promotion director at WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, OH, at the time. Ms. Rogers, who passed away earlier this year at age 82,La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-24564405884177151532011-07-03T00:09:00.012-04:002011-07-03T00:46:27.966-04:00Maverick Dudes in Duds! :)Howdy Everyone!The following is: well, stupendously and amazingly coolhas fantastic photos of Jack Kelly and the rest of the posting is so spot-on (especially the part about JK not getting recognition)--that I'll forgive the ridiculous remark about Bart Maverick being "like a lesser version of Bret": http://stupendouslyamazinglycoololdtv.blogspot.com/2011/06/clothes-make-man-maverick.html La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-48004344319779870222011-07-02T10:01:00.002-04:002011-07-02T10:06:00.914-04:00Good Mornin' Everyone! :)La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-63856811457253147412011-06-29T22:55:00.007-04:002011-06-30T00:14:43.826-04:00Run to JK! :)Howdy All!Okay, so it's not the whole episode, but here's a sizzling scene from "Baby the World's On Fire" (from the series Run For Your Life).Watch as silver-tongued JK tries to convince Suzanne Pleshette that his dirty dealings are justified because the bomb might drop at any moment:And, don't forget to click here for more great shots of JK in "Baby the World's on Fire"!La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-2527615985501452682011-06-21T19:29:00.005-04:002011-06-21T19:56:32.545-04:00Jack Kelly: It's the First Day of Summer......and, since this is the season with the dog days, here's a pic of JK with a K9! :) This lucky pup is the dog who played "Little Doc", the canine companion of Parris Mitchell, the small-town psychiatrist portrayed by Jack Kelly in the Kings Row television series. La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-65971776112164456332011-06-19T22:45:00.003-04:002011-06-19T22:53:00.434-04:00Jack Kelly: Happy Father's Day! :)La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-47776719487338928762011-06-06T21:59:00.017-04:002011-06-10T22:04:04.571-04:00Jack Kelly: JK "Sallys" Forth! :)Howdy Everyone!Now, here's a true JK rarity: It's a still promoting an episode of Sally, a long-forgotten NBC sitcom starring perky Joan Caulfield. Ms. Caulfield, pictured center, played "Sally Truesdale", a young former salesgirl who served as traveling companion to wealthy widow "Myrtle Banford" (played by Marion Lorne, later of Bewitched fame). At least, that's what Sally did when the La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-17891048110609535332011-05-30T09:25:00.012-04:002011-05-30T10:47:43.373-04:00Jack Kelly: Remembering All Who ServedHello,In honor of Memorial Day, here's a still of Jack Kelly in To Hell and Back, the big-screen biography of Audie Murphy. Murphy, the most-decorated US combat soldier during World War II, played himself in the film.The caption for the photo says: "TYPE CAST - Irish Jack Kelly portrays an Irish doughboy named 'Kerrigan' in To Hell and Back, Universal-International's great war drama starring La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-63781768609883711382011-05-29T09:51:00.004-04:002011-05-29T10:07:21.821-04:00Jack Kelly: Howdy, Sis! :)Hello Everybody!At last, I have a photo of Jack Kelly with his sister, actress Nancy Kelly, to share with you:As you can see, there is definitely a family resemblance, especially around the eyes. The caption on this photo (which is stamped 10/17/1955) reads: "Nancy Kelly, who plays one of the leading roles in Warner Bros' production, The Bad Seed, is met at the airport by her brother, Jack Kelly,La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-55350119624093922752011-05-28T00:28:00.007-04:002011-05-28T10:37:38.263-04:00Jack Kelly: Hoppin' Along With Bart Maverick 2011, Pt IIHowdy Everyone!Continuing with my visit to the Hopalong Cassidy Festival...After paying the admission fee, I entered the dealers room, where mountains of western memorabilia were for sale. I didn't see much Maverick merchandise this year, though. In fact, the only thing I ended up buying in the dealers room was a commemorative mug with lovely color portraits of William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-8721849922167547252011-05-23T01:09:00.020-04:002011-05-28T09:56:03.509-04:00Jack Kelly: Hoppin' Along With Bart Maverick 2011! :)Howdy All!Before I start, I just wanted to say "Welcome" to our newest follower, and to say "Thanks" for all the cool comments and kind words for this blog.Now, finally, I have a moment to tell you about my recent visit to the "Hopalong Cassidy Festival" in Cambridge, OH. This is the same western festival I visited last year. However, this year, instead of unseasonal heat and sunny skies, the La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-57279444096955177392011-05-13T19:24:00.004-04:002011-05-13T19:35:51.246-04:00May Wynn Gives Jack Kelly the Boot! (The cowboy boot, that is! ;->)La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-898551920761509572011-05-08T13:20:00.002-04:002011-05-08T13:22:13.866-04:00Jack Kelly: Happy Mother's Day!La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-26052689283339002982011-05-07T00:38:00.006-04:002011-05-07T01:01:33.342-04:00Jack Kelly: Hoppin' Down the Kelly Trail! :)Howdy Everyone!As you know, I'm always scouting for Kellectibles. Yesterday (May 6), my kwest took me to a well-known western destination. Only, it was in the East!Find out more about my travels and my fabulous Jack Kelly find in the next TDS.La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-88760856128755212932011-04-24T01:14:00.003-04:002011-04-24T01:21:16.634-04:00Jack Kelly: Happy Easter! :) TDS and La Bartista Wish Everyone an "Eggstra" Special and Blessed Easter :)La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-41957297681836479342011-04-08T20:15:00.006-04:002011-04-08T21:17:50.698-04:00Jack Kelly: The Dreaded Ruffled Shirt, or, Look What Else I Found! :)Hi All! Jack Kelly seems to be popping up all over YouTube lately. Here he is in "Enemies and Brothers", the second of two episodes of Laredo in which he appeared. His nom de pistolet may be "Bart" in this episode, but JK's not a good-guy gambler here. He's a no-good outlaw. JK is so good at playing bad, however, that he's still worth watching even as a baddie. Even in that shirt...Speaking of La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-55163682142294386042011-04-03T22:51:00.009-04:002011-04-03T23:15:11.008-04:00Jack Kelly: Bart, Bret, and...Boone? :)Hello Everyone! Here's a pic of Bart and Bret. But, who's that tenderfoot in the middle with the white bucks? Another long-lost Maverick cousin? Zoom out a little, and we can see, of course, that it's really Pat Boone, playing host to ABC's "top guns" (there's that phrase again!) Can you name the other Warner Bros. western stars shown here? La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-78660670419926746572011-04-03T00:43:00.006-04:002011-04-03T01:01:54.705-04:00Jack Kelly: That Tall Dark Stranger Strikes Again! :)Howdy Folks! As I've mentioned before, I especially love it whenever Jack Kelly is pictured as Bart Maverick wearing his dark cowboy clothes. So, I was delighted when the pic below recently joined the Kellection. I have a feeling you'll be delighted when you see it, too. :-) La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-46532996131545633962011-03-28T19:50:00.007-04:002011-03-28T20:49:39.619-04:00Jack Kelly: Look What I Found! :)It's Jack Kelly in an episode of Marcus Welby, MD! It was posted on YouTube by a Randolph Mantooth fan--they probably had no idea it would thrill JK fans, too! Enjoy! :-) La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-5339323150706357232011-03-25T23:25:00.006-04:002011-03-25T23:48:16.751-04:00Jack Kelly: Happy Birthday Nancy Kelly "TDS" remembers Jack Kelly's older sister, acclaimed actress Nancy Kelly, who was born 90 years ago today in Lowell, MA. Ms. Kelly is shown above at age 18 as "Zee" in the 1939film "Jesse James"La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-17300164495482709612011-03-24T23:59:00.010-04:002011-03-25T01:08:00.347-04:00Jack Kelly: Kings Row - The Rest of the Story Pt. IIHowdy Everyone!I'm sorry for not posting Part II of the Kings Row photo feature sooner. I've been having some problems with my router. It appears the router problems have been routed for the time being, so let's go on with the show:The natty gentlemen pictured above are"Doctors Mitchell (L, Jack Kelly) and Tower (Victor Jory)" whoare enjoying "a light moment in the mail order romancebetween a La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-37847420632479076002011-03-16T23:41:00.007-04:002011-03-16T23:50:28.171-04:00Jack Kelly: Happy Saint Patrick's Day! :) When Irish Eyes Are Smiling--watch out! ;->La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-66668949897225715022011-03-15T23:47:00.014-04:002011-03-17T00:01:59.877-04:00Jack Kelly: Kings Row - The Rest of the Story - Part IHello All!As you may remember, I wrote a post in 2009 about Jack Kelly's short-lived (1955-'56) television series Kings Row. After purchasing a number of rare stills from the series online last summer, I'd planned to do a photo feature about it, as well. But, there are so many JK photos, only one Bartista, and so little time...I saw some of the same images from Kings Row on the JK Facebook page La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-5306502768067371432011-03-06T22:09:00.009-05:002011-03-06T23:19:45.042-05:00Jack Kelly: TV's Reluctant Top Gun Sounds Off - Pt. II :) Hello Everyone!Here's Part Two of the 1960 TV Weekly article: "'I [JK] banged my head against a wall for two years before the thing finally equalized itself. It wasn't anyone's fault. It's just a peculiarity of the audience that it picks out one guy in shows like this and makes him No. 1. Sort of the same situation exists this time, but I really hope the same condition doesn't arise. 'After all,La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-39448081558935297782011-03-05T19:23:00.009-05:002011-03-06T09:34:49.908-05:00Jack Kelly: TV's Reluctant Top Gun Sounds Off - Pt. I :)Howdy All!Just a few posts back, we saw Jack Kelly dubbed one of "TV's Top Guns" by the writer of a 1962 magazine article about television westerns.However, JK actually shunned the title of top gun on Maverick. The following 1960 TV Weekly story explains why: "'Don't call me a top gun,' asks Jack 'Maverick' KellyBeing a 'top gun' can have its disadvantages--even if it's only in a TV series.WhichLa Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-50098163232333184392011-02-26T20:04:00.006-05:002011-02-26T21:11:27.589-05:00Jack Kelly: Out of the Shadows :)Hello All!It will be a few weeks before Spring officially arrives. There's still some snow on the ground here. However, there are already buds on the maple tree in my front yard. The hostas are sending up some spiky shoots in the garden. It looks like the crocuses are starting to peek through the frozen soil, too. And, the days are getting longer. So, it won't be long before the world emerges La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-84474818160512030002011-02-13T23:43:00.007-05:002011-02-14T00:42:02.381-05:00Jack Kelly: Happy Valentine's Day! :)"Hello, Acme Florists? Could you please deliverfour hundred dozen roses for me? The card should read'Happy Valentine's Day to:Jo, Nicole, Linda, Sue, Janet, Sharon, Julia, Liz, Geri, Betty, Debbie--are you getting all this?-- oh yes, and Cindy Lou, and Samantha, and Clover, and Nancy, and Stella, and...'"HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAYTO ALL JK FANS EVERYWHEREFROM LA BARTISTA :)La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-24306580965072283622011-01-25T20:17:00.005-05:002011-01-26T00:39:23.663-05:00Jack Kelly: The Missing Maverick :(Hi Everyone,I spent almost 10 minutes yelling at the TV this evening.Why?I was witnessing an outrage.No, not an episode of Two and a Half Men.Actually, it was an episode of the PBS documentary series Pioneers of Television focusing on the western genre.It opened with grainy Dust Bowl footage, over which narrator Kelsey Grammer solemnly intoned the tale of a young man named "Jimmy" who overcame La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-27383437100528366672011-01-21T23:38:00.010-05:002011-02-26T23:10:25.695-05:00Jack Kelly: TV's Top Guns Sound Off! :)Howdy All!Let's take the Wayback Machine to 1962:The place? A conference room in Los Angeles, California, where writer Jim Goode has corralled the stars of five popular western series--"TV's Top Guns"--to "talk intimately about their profession" for Show Business Illustrated, a lively but short-lived magazine published by (gasp!) Hugh Hefner.The top guns? Well, you might recognize them, La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-89341556142006689212011-01-08T18:36:00.016-05:002011-01-09T20:04:33.405-05:00Jack Kelly: Dutch Treat! :)Hello Everyone!Hmm--what's this? Oh, a Maverick comic book! :->Wait a minute. The familiar title lettering is there, but the cover has a drawing instead of a photo.And, what's that wording at the bottom--"Dieven in de Nacht"? "De Laars"?Yes, this Maverick comic is different--because it's in Dutch."Dieven in de Nacht" ("Thieves in the Night") and "De Laars" ("The Boot") are titles of two of the La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-61322368213426763582010-12-31T22:27:00.005-05:002010-12-31T22:44:44.893-05:00Jack Kelly: Happy New Year 2011! :) "It's almost midnight--let's all get ready to ring in the new year!"La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-72504858898331723442010-12-24T23:32:00.006-05:002010-12-24T23:52:31.627-05:00Merry Christmas from Barta Claus & TDS! :)Wishing You All a Joyful Christmas and a Blessed New Year! From La Bartista and "The Tall Dark Stranger There." :)La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-46335807946143856992010-12-09T23:10:00.004-05:002010-12-09T23:25:37.143-05:00Jack Kelly: This Morning at the Water Cooler :)La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-57476238506905405662010-11-27T23:52:00.017-05:002010-11-28T02:00:04.154-05:00Jack Kelly: A Kornucopia of Kellectibles! :)Hello Everybody,I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I did. I traveled to visit family. It was great sharing a meal and memories with them. Never seems to last long enough, though.I drove home on Friday, but I didn't stop at any antiques stores along the way like I did last year. However, on Saturday (11/27) I attended the same antiques show as I did last November. It was crowded with La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-21822761759948305162010-11-24T23:05:00.001-05:002010-11-24T23:07:31.828-05:00Jack Kelly: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! :)La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-24627366675789353722010-11-20T19:32:00.016-05:002010-11-20T23:51:25.716-05:00Jack Kelly: At Home With JK! :)Hello Again!If you opened a copy of the latest New York Sunday News on this date (November 20) exactly 50 years ago, you would see this story:AT HOME WITH JACK KELLY The text reads:"On ABC-TV, Bart Maverick roams the Wild West in search of a good card game with nary a thought of settling down with a wife in a permanent home. Though he has become identified with Bart, actor Jack Kelly doesn't La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-61369466846532735142010-11-15T23:37:00.005-05:002010-11-16T01:19:13.599-05:00Jack Kelly: "Broken Hand Mystery" - SOLVED! :)Hello All! These days, I don't often get to see the Maverick episodes on Encore Westerns, since they air when I'm usually on the freeway, bound for work.However, last week I had an unscheduled day off after my water heater sprung a leak and began making ominous noises. I tried to remember when it had been installed. When all I could come up with was "Uh, nineteen something?", I knew it was time La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-58576708056792288942010-11-12T22:19:00.007-05:002010-11-13T00:33:21.399-05:00Jack Kelly: WHOOOA! Look What I Found :)Howdy Everyone,Look what I found on YouTube:It's the opening of "Fly Me If You Can Find Me", the episode of Banacek where Jack Kelly plays "Lou Wayne", the owner of a chartered flight service whose airplane mysteriously goes missing. JK shows up at about 5:33 into the clip. I love it when he suddenly yells "WHOOOA!" when he's talking to the pilot on the phone. And, throughout the rest of the La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-91732608439090929462010-11-07T00:38:00.002-04:002010-11-07T00:41:50.098-04:00Jack Kelly: Remembering...La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-36378150656146951612010-11-05T23:59:00.005-04:002010-11-06T00:11:33.597-04:00Jack Kelly - Jack the Joker :)"Jack (Bart Maverick) Kelly tells of a fellow who went to a Halloween party as an olive and the host couldn't keep him out of the martinis all evening." (Matt Weinstock, Los Angeles Times, November 3, 1960)La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-30882030598577159052010-10-30T21:14:00.009-04:002010-10-30T22:10:20.970-04:00Jack Kelly: Happy Halloween! :)Trick or Treat!Halloween just wouldn't be complete Without a JACK-o-lantern. ;-> La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-14758411243475481492010-10-10T21:30:00.017-04:002010-10-11T00:15:37.357-04:00Jack Kelly - The "Kellt" of the Cobra! :)Howdy Everyone!I'm not really a fan of the tasteless sitcom Two and a Half Men. I would never purposely watch it. However, it's one of those shows that I'm invariably subjected to when I'm a captive audience, like in the waiting area of the 30-minute oil change place.The only laugh-out-loud moment I've encountered on Men is where a boy is watching the film Jaws on TV with his uncle. The kid La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-42918675936941901442010-09-26T21:25:00.009-04:002010-09-26T23:02:39.501-04:00Jack Kelly: A 'Date' With the Maverick Brothers! :)Hello Everyone!How about a Date with the Maverick brothers? I have one right here. A Date Magazine, that is, from December 1960, with this fantastic full-page foto of Bart and Bret:Date was a teen magazine published weekly in England starting in 1960. I'd never heard of it until recently. It incorporated the more famous Picturegoer fan magazine.Date offered advice columns, fashion tips, short La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-65715819728215772972010-09-16T00:42:00.007-04:002010-09-16T00:52:33.398-04:00Jack Kelly - Happy Birthday, JK! :) "This should come in handywhen it's time to cut the cake." La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-39706316812555735532010-09-10T23:29:00.006-04:002010-09-11T00:25:59.413-04:00Jack Kelly - A "Plum" of a Post! :)Hello All!After a very hot summer, the weather finally seems to be cooling down a bit. And, it was so nice to have a holiday weekend. Last Sunday was a beautiful day, and I drove out into the country to visit The Olde Mill ice cream attraction. What a treat! :)And, speaking of treats: I have a special one for you. It's the guest post from "Prof. Plum", the winner of my recent photo contest. And, La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-58309926238825475972010-08-31T23:54:00.005-04:002010-09-01T00:22:16.453-04:00Jack Kelly: JK on Upcoming DVD! :)Hi Everyone,I just wanted to give you a "heads up" about the upcoming DVD release of the complete 1975-'76 Ellery Queen TV series on September 28. Jack Kelly guest-starred in the episode "The Adventure of the Lover's Leap" along with his Forbidden Planet co-star Anne Francis. Click here for more info and a couple of preview videos for the 6-disc set.La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-27554008931765281432010-08-12T19:20:00.009-04:002010-08-12T19:49:02.205-04:00Jack Kelly - Who Is That Tall Dark...Stranger? :)Hi Everyone!The Jack Kelly Facebook page has posted links to an endlessly entertaining blog called "Inner Toob - A Look at TV as An Alternate Reality". This clever blog puts forth the notion that our favorite TV characters all live in one big universe and makes whimsical (but logical) connections between them. The most recent postings focus on Maverick. One posting is about the most mysterious La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-90904625959957366102010-08-10T22:02:00.007-04:002010-08-10T22:49:05.497-04:00Jack Kelly - Kraft Made More Than Just Cheese :)Hi All!I wanted to direct your attention to an entertaining new blog I just found which is "dedicated to the NBC Television show Kraft Suspense Theatre that ran from 1963 to 1965". It provides a comprehensive look at the anthology series, which is currently rerun under the syndication title Crisis on the "Retro TV Network". Luckily, I receive RTV and have seen all three episodes of Suspense La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-35283002517930873152010-08-01T22:18:00.018-04:002010-08-02T00:03:09.830-04:00Jack Kelly - The Shoot-In Continues! :)Hello Everybody!Now, we continue with more screen captures of Jack Kelly in "The Shoot-In At NBC".Here, Bob Hope nervously eyes the "enemy":(They probably didn't use real booze in these scenes, but I get the feeling the participants may have enjoyed liberal libations before the filming started! ;->)JK asks Phil Carey who the "two characters" are at the end of the bar. PC tells him they look like La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-718497890086081232010-07-28T22:15:00.004-04:002010-07-28T22:24:52.538-04:00Jack Kelly - Breaking News! "Young Billy Young" on Hulu :)Yep, it's the whole movie! JK plays a baddie, but he does a great job of it:La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-3687816401060045022010-07-28T18:55:00.027-04:002010-08-02T00:49:29.720-04:00Jack Kelly: Oh, the Cowboy and the Funnyman Should Be Friends... :)Howdy!Our guest post is coming in the near future. In the meantime, I have another exciting Jack Kelly treat to share with you: screen captures from a TV special that we've all been "Hope"-ing to see: The Shoot-In at NBC.Yup, it's the 1967 Bob Hope show which pits TV comics against TV cowboys. The premise: The funnymen (everyone from Don Adams to Danny Thomas) are fuming because westerns are La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-23780153037681539562010-07-26T19:53:00.005-04:002010-07-26T23:07:12.085-04:00Jack Kelly - We Have A Winner! :)Hello All!And "thanks" to everyone who entered the guest blogger contest.We have a winner:Reader "Prof. Plum" has correctly identified Jack Kelly's mystery date as Cora Sue Collins. JK and Ms. Collins, a former child actress, were an "item" at one time. Newspaper gossip columnists had them this close to announcing an engagement or an elopement. However, as we know, JK moved on to May Wynn, and La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-81453073989485650322010-07-24T12:20:00.007-04:002010-07-24T14:38:17.477-04:00Jack Kelly - Be My Guest...Blogger! :)Howdy Everyone!Have you ever wanted to try your hand at blogging? Would you like to review your favorite Jack Kelly movie or TV performance, or do you have an item of JK memorabilia you'd like to discuss here on The Tall Dark Stranger There?Well, here's your chance to be a guest blogger! All you have to do is identify JK's mystery companion in the photo below:A couple of hints: Obviously, the La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-62578426702918148002010-07-22T22:22:00.011-04:002010-07-23T01:22:47.234-04:00Jack Kelly - Bundle From Britain :)Hi Again!Wow, it seems like we were just talking about Summer starting, and now it's practically August! Where does the time go...Lately, I've been passing the time by reading an enchanting little book titled Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley. It's a novel about a lady who's launched on an adventure by an amazing collection of books. So, I thought we could enjoy a little adventure of our La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-83039792934581084142010-07-17T21:37:00.021-04:002010-07-18T21:41:10.537-04:00Jack Kelly - This "Way" For JK! :)Hello Everyone!Hope you're ready to do some time travelin'. And, be sure to dress warmly, because the Wayback Machine is set for December 1964. Location: The historic Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, PA. A new comedy is having a try-out in Philly before heading on to Broadway. It stars an erstwhile TV gambler and a young actress who had recently played an important role in a now-legendary La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-51915827498322257192010-07-13T20:33:00.008-04:002010-07-14T23:51:33.715-04:00Jack Kelly - Coming Attactions! :)Hi All!I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while. Actually, I'm hard at work on some nifty Jack Kelly photo features that I hope you'll enjoy. Stay tuned for:Bart Maverick goes on the town!The play was a flop--but the Playbill is boffo! ;->Next stop: King's Row, where JK meetsan easy riderWho's the boss of Rocking H Ranch? La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-5705727240543417012010-07-02T23:46:00.011-04:002010-07-03T00:30:36.519-04:00Jack Kelly - Have a GREYt Fourth of July! :)Hi Everyone!We usually associate the Fourth of July with the colors red, white and blue. However, I noticed that someone on the JK Facebook page said they wanted to see more photos of Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick wearing the grey coat he sometimes donned instead of his customary black jacket. Well, it just so happens that some pictures of a grey-coated Bart have recently joined the Kellection. I La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-26546925858419955272010-06-27T21:48:00.014-04:002010-06-28T00:19:48.721-04:00Jack Kelly - Road Trip! :)Hi Everyone!Yesterday, I made like Willie Nelson and went on the road again. This time, the Bartistamobile breezed down rustic two-lane roads flanked by cornfields to reach historic Hardin County, OH. My destination? The 17th annual Gene Autry Days festival, which took place at the Hardin County Fairgrounds. It honors the legendary singing cowboy who was namesake to cast iron cap guns which La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-53208502480492133192010-06-27T00:43:00.008-04:002010-06-27T01:10:29.145-04:00Jack Kelly - Bart Maverick's Greatest Hits! :)Wow! Look what I just found on YouTube--an original Maverick commercial starring "that rambling gambling man BART MAVERICK"!!! :->La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-78797531522264042842010-06-22T08:32:00.014-04:002010-06-23T08:56:41.929-04:00Jack Kelly - It's Summer (Stock) Time! :) Hello Everyone!Well, it's officially summer now. However, it's felt like summer for a month here. I remember when it never used to get really hot until August. This year, it got hot in May and has stayed that way. It was 90 degrees when I was driving home from work this evening and 83 degrees when I took my dog for a walk later. But, there was a nice breeze blowing so it wasn't unbearably warm. La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-68048326686462610432010-06-20T22:32:00.013-04:002010-06-21T01:10:27.840-04:00Remembering Dads on Father's DayHello Everyone,I was thinking about my dad today. Actually, I think about him (and my mom) every day, but, today, on Father's Day, he was especially on my mind.Dad passed away in June 2002, only a couple of days after Father's Day. The anniversary of his passing always falls around (and sometimes on) Father's Day. And, my older brother, who was also a dad, is gone now, too. So, the third Sunday La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-82524433652635635842010-06-16T21:43:00.005-04:002010-06-16T22:56:35.925-04:00Jack Kelly - More "Lost" Maverick Episodes! ;->Hi Everyone!I did some additional research and discovered there are actually more "lost" episodes of Maverick. I wondered why these episodes have never been shown on the Encore Westerns Channel. Well, according to the book Maverick: A Definitive History of The Beloved TV Classic Starring James Garner and That Other Guy by Burl Robertson, these episodes featured the Pappy Roy character and it was La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-47649788283401627912010-06-14T19:22:00.011-04:002010-06-15T01:00:37.736-04:00Jack Kelly - A 'Lost' Maverick Episode! ;->Hello!The existence of a hitherto-unknown Maverick episode, "Pappy Roy Likes Me Better", was recently brought to light by one of the fabulous JK ladies on Facebook:"In one memorable episode, 'Pappy Roy Likes Me Better', Garner appears at least 8' tall and Kelly about 4'7". Kelly reportedly did not resent this, telling one interviewer: 'Jim may be taller, but not that much taller. And I'm cuter. La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-12266329820260265932010-06-05T16:54:00.012-04:002010-06-05T19:29:58.252-04:00Jack Kelly - How the West Was Fun - Again! :)Hi Everybody,Today's post may look like a rerun, but I just found some additional information about the When the West Was Fun special--and a much better copy of it on DVD--and I wanted to share it with you.While watching the DVD I bought last Saturday, I noticed that the picture quality left a lot to be desired, as you could tell by the grainy screen caps I posted. Plus, a news brief scrolled La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-66707428112372207362010-05-31T23:17:00.017-04:002011-05-30T10:38:33.018-04:00Jack Kelly - "Will He Be Drafted?"Hello Everyone,One of the movie magazines I bought over the weekend contains an unusual story which fits in with Memorial Day.To get a better perspective on the story, let's take the Wayback Machine and travel back to the fall of 1961:Service quotas were increasing in the US military due to Cold War tensions building in Berlin, Germany. According to an AP news story at the time, the draft was La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-33355619355546630842010-05-29T22:44:00.021-04:002010-05-30T15:17:41.182-04:00Jack Kelly - How the West Was Fun! :)Howdy Everyone!Before we begin another jaunt into JK Land, I just want to thank Linda Alexander and those two other Wise Girls (Debbie Barth and Dori DeCarlo) once more for inviting my "alter ego" to speak on their wonderful podcast last Thursday. I've heard from several TTDST readers who heard the show. I hope you all enjoyed it and that it was helpful to you.And, I want to again thank you all La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-56872585782560183932010-05-21T23:50:00.014-04:002010-05-22T02:19:21.493-04:00Jack Kelly - The Tenderfoot :)Howdy All!I thought you might enjoy seeing more pix of young Jack Kelly in his pre-Maverick western film days. I guess you could call him a "tenderfoot" at this point. (Just don't call him "Sugarfoot"--that was Will Hutchins. ;->) Recognize the guy in the center? (Uh, the guy standing in the center, wearing a star.) That's Randolph Scott, of course. But, who's the dusty dude on the right?It's 22 La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-54053415181153669332010-05-14T21:48:00.014-04:002010-05-15T09:47:37.666-04:00Jack Kelly - "I Hated Horses When I Was a Kid" :)Howdy Everyone!After reading Jack Kelly's stirring column about the Lone Ranger and Silver, I got to wondering: How did JK really feel about horses himself? We know he rode Sickle, a.k.a. Goldie, and other mounts in Maverick. And, of course, he rode horses in the western films in which he appeared. So, I did a little digging and found an article from 1960 which reveals how JK felt about horses La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-53411334346724987222010-05-10T21:14:00.009-04:002010-05-12T20:38:06.586-04:00Jack Kelly - Who Was That Masked Columnist? :)Hello All!The late Jim Croce sang a song titled You Don't Mess Around With Jim. In addition to not messing around with Jim, the lyrics advise, "You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger".But, in 1979, someone did pull the mask off the Lone Ranger. Clayton Moore was renowned for portraying the legendary masked man in films and on television. However, when the Wrather Corporation decided to La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-63019555658295248092010-05-01T22:56:00.015-04:002010-05-08T16:39:05.542-04:00Jack Kelly - Hoppin' Along With Bart Maverick! :)Hey Everybody!I'm sorry I haven't blogged much lately. I've been on the go. Last weekend, I visited the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington to watch the exciting cross-country portion of the Rolex 3-Day Event. Beautiful park, beautiful horses. I visited a couple of antiques stores while in KY, too, but found no Kellectibles.I had better luck this Friday (4/30) at the Hopalong Cassidy Festival in La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-36428969692547190582010-04-19T22:24:00.005-04:002010-04-19T22:35:38.548-04:00Jack Kelly - Cool Maverick Video! :)Hello Everyone!I just found a cool Maverick video on YouTube. It features several nice pix of JK and is set to what sounds like the version of the Maverick theme song used in the show's fifth season (with the clanging bell and tooting whistle). Enjoy! :->La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-57033934573750286692010-04-12T22:01:00.008-04:002010-04-13T00:01:40.291-04:00Jack Kelly - Pause for the Cause :)Howdy!Before traveling on to today's topic, I wanted to answer all the questions I've received about yesterday's post.JK's "spring break" photos are actually stills from "One Embezzlement and Two Margaritas", an episode of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater originally presented on May 18, 1966. JK portrayed private eye "Fred Piper" in a plot that involved high-society embezzlement. The La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-53059932869907380462010-04-11T23:36:00.025-04:002010-04-12T01:37:15.386-04:00Jack Kelly - Spring Break With JK!It's spring break time for JK--and we're allinvited to join in the fun! :) "Hola, room service? Hundreds of my amigas justarrived. Could you send up mucho Mexican food,por favor?""Caution: soft shoulder ahead.""Now, honey, if you want to learn how to play tennisyou're going have to keep your eye on the ball,not on me!""I love that tattoo on your tummy, Bartista!"La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-46277760857951065132010-04-04T00:10:00.003-04:002010-04-04T00:14:12.438-04:00Happy Easter From The Tall Dark Stranger There :) "The Easter Bunny gave me my favorite candy bar!"La Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-36266542995400157772010-04-03T12:17:00.019-04:002010-04-03T16:51:48.950-04:00Jack Kelly - "I'm a Home-Stayer, Course-Charter, a Follow-Througher" :)Hi Again!Before continuing with our 1958 tour of the Kelly home, let's pause for a quick cup of joe with Jack:Oops! Looks like JK just lost a game of Chinese checkers to Donna. And who's that sitting on the TV? Our old friend Mr. Clown Doll! Glance just past him and you can see into the Kellys' backyard:The caption to the pic below says that JK "cuts his own firewood, and he himself has made mostLa Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-54094080948049672992010-04-02T23:39:00.012-04:002010-04-03T12:16:27.736-04:00Jack Kelly - "These Are Our Old Masters" :)Hello Everyone!I guess something strange happened with this blog on April 1. I heard some of the pictures and links were acting funny. Must have been sunspots or something. ;->Anyway, I hope everything's working okay today, because you'll definitely want to see this: It's a pic of Jack and Donna/May Kelly from a wonderful 1958 TV Radio Mirror article I found which ties right into my earlier postsLa Bartistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227921520815394593noreply@blogger.com1