Monday, June 14, 2010

Jack 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. All the Facebook ladies say so'".
Armed with this amazing new info, I drove 150 miles, paid $20 admission, and dug diligently through 200 stacks of disorganized photos at the Chubby Johnson Memorial Western Film Festival held in Walgreen Corners, Ohio, this weekend. Eureka! I managed to find a publicity still from the "lost" Maverick episode, along with the original caption:
"SIZE MATTERS: The powers that be didn't think 8' tall James Garner ('Bret Maverick') looked tall enough, so they ordered 4' 7" Jack Kelly ('Maverick's brother') to hunker down some more for this scene from 'Pappy Roy Likes Me Better', an upcoming episode of the Maverick TV series. Kelly is pictured shooting at guest star Billy Barty (not shown)."

4 comments:

  1. This is just too funny...I know our Julie from JK site mentioned Pappy Roy...classic...and you took it to an even funnier level!! --
    Janet Theador

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  2. Bret: "Uh, brother Bart, I think it's a little more to the right".

    Bart: "NOW you tell me!"

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  3. This is quite funny. By the way, is there really a "Chubby Johnson Memorial Western Film Festival" or was that part of the joke? He made eighty appearances in Western movies and television episodes, half of them as stagecoach drivers and deputy sheriffs in "Maverick."

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