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  • Nashville Beat night shoot. Me and the late Bernie Kowalski. Conversation went this way: Me (producer/writer): "Bernie, you're gonna be 2 days behind. What can we do to move faster?" Bernie (director): "The day was too long. Cut the script." Me: "Not gonna happen. I'm pulling the plug at midnight. You'll have to make it up tomorrow."  Compromise - we went a day over. Loved Bernie.
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  • Nashville Beat, on location. Kent was way more dressed up than I was.
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  • Me and Jean Hester in Nashville. I hired her as production manager and she was so fantastic she became co-producer. And my friend to this day.
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  • One of the many successful screenings of the MOW/Pilot starring two of my favorite guys.
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  • The amazing Randy Mantooth, in character as Abraham Kent in "The Seekers", based on John Jakes' novel.
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  • "The Rebels", based on John Jakes' novel. From left: Bob Cinader, Don Johnson (gorgeous even with a beard) as Judson Fletcher, the late Doug McClure (what a nice man!) as Eph Tait, Andrew Stevens as Philip Kent (character originated in "The Bastard"), and Gino Grimaldi, co-producer. I'm in the front, of course, always the shortest. I love being surrounded by these guys.
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  • Randy and me at a party in the late 80's. I love this picture. Still friends after all this time.
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  • Emergency!
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  • One of the last scenes of the movie - Marty, Kent and John singing The Beatles on a country music stage. They were such good sports.
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  • Baseball
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  • Baseball
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  • Knight Rider
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  • Knight Rider
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  • Soap Operas
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  • Soap Operas
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  • Star Trek
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  • Emergency!
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  • Star Trek
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  • Emergency!
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  • adam-12-rac-kent-marty
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  • Baseball
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  • Baseball
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