77 SUNSET STRIP 🌟 THEN AND NOW 2020

[Music] master start stewart bailey a sharp pi with shops set up on sunset boulevard in west hollywood helping bayley in his capers was gerald cookie cookson iii a neighboring parking lot attendant with a panchon for running a calm through his sleek hair thanks to cookie hep slang riddled the script the rock'n'roller tossed off turns like genji smog in the noggin and long green yet 77 sunset strip offered more than fashion and hipster speech the series was the creation of roy huggins the novelist behind the character-driven tv classics maverick the fugitive and the rockford files you're watching the next episode of how they changed and let's investigate some fun facts about 77 sunset strip the pilot film was theatrically released for one week in the caribbean only to put it bluntly huggins was duped warner purposefully released the series pilot briefly in the west indies as the film girl on their own say that the studio could claim 77 sunset strip was based on a movie not the writings of roy huggins as was actually the case the character of stu bailey had first appeared in his 1946 novel the double take the legal finagling worked as the loophole allowed the studio to withhold money from the creator ed burns went from serial killer to hipster burns appeared in girl on the run but is a far different character he was the twisted killer kevin smiley in the pilot film however there was one connection between burns's early murder row and cookie both characters compulsively ran calms through their hair [Music] the show spawned a hit novelty pop song in 1959 burns cut a novelty tune for the newly formed warner brothers records the actor teamed with connie stevens for a cookie cookie la mir carm a team pop number that would become the number 37 song of the year the opening was filmed outside of dean martin's restaurant in the intro we see bayley hop into his convertible at dinah's lodge cookie's workplace the restaurant was real a joint opened by dean martin at 8524 sunset boulevard in 1958. don't go looking for it a few years ago the entire block was demolished 77 sunset strip is a fake address sorry all the straight numbers on sunset boulevard have four digits richard nixon stopped by the set on the campaign trail on the 12th of october 1960 weeks before the election vice president richard nixon stopped by the studio to film some campaign spots he popped into the filming of 77 sunsets trip where he met with burns zemplest and guest star roger moore far right symbolists received one of the longest fan letters of the year speaking of dean martin in 1959 mrs robert blinn of hillsday new jersey learned that the rap pack crooner had received a 90-page letter from a fan in australia a loyal devotee of from zimbabwe junior she wrote the sunset strip star a 108 pages 11 345 words letter she told him i didn't want it to be second best to anyone the series took a dramatic turn in its sixth season in the summer of 63 after five successful years warner brothers looked to shake things up dragnet star jack webb was brought in as executive producer the entire cast was slashed save for symbolist the tone took a darker turn into film noir territory with stu bailey as lone api as even the theme music was replaced fans were not thrilled with the change to say the least cancellation quickly followed symbolist played batman's butler in five different series later in his career the actor went into voice work bringing bruce wayne's loyal helper alfred pennyworth to life in a handful of animated series batman the animated series 1992 superman 1996 the new batman adventures 1997 static shock 2000 and justice league 2001. zimbalist was buddies with j edgar hoover after 77 sunset zimbalist landed another hit series in the fbi bureau director j edgar hoover required all actors portraying agents to undergo a background check symbolists headed to headquarters to interview with hoover and the two struck up a friendship the tv star trained with fbi agents too there was an episode with no dialogue the pioneering action show broke new ground the silent caper was just that an episode without any spoken lines good thing the actors could let off steam singing on set another curious outlier of an episode is reserved for mr bailey which says simplest wandering a ghost town he's the only actor in the entire episode there was nearly a revival in 1995 led by clint eastwood in 1995 the wb network launched the studio looked to mine its own history for fresh content clint eastwood was lined up to produce a reboot with actors jim cavallazo and timothy ulifond a short pilot was filmed yet the series never made it past the testing phase this series was produced by warner brothers for abc and season 2 episode 2 the cookie caper had some inside jokes about other series produced by that studio for abc early in episode cookie ed burns indicated that he doesn't know that will hutchins is the star of sugarfoot 1957. later he can be seen reading an issue of tv guide with the stars of maverick 1957 james garner and jack kelly on the cover both of those shows were produced by warner brothers as was this one [Music] the building in which the detective's officers were located was in real life the home of the mary webb davis modeling agency the front of the building the diners lodge driveway and part of dinos were reproduced on a warner brothers soundstage which is where most of the scenes that took place in that area were filmed the doorknob on the real door was on the left and that's where it was on the markup in the earliest episodes later for some reason they moved the knob on the sound stage version to the right the merry web davies office was eventually replaced by the tiffany theatre the building has since been torn down the network handed the creative reigns of the show over to jack webb and william conrad for the show's final season webb and conrad proceeded to fire the entire cast except ephraim zimbalist jr and re-melded his characters to bailly into an international spy this was the first of warner brothers formulaic detective series abc was so impressed with its success that they ordered three identical series that differed only in their signing locales bourbon street bait 1959 hawaiian eye 1959 and surfside 6 1960. a fourth series the roaring 20s 1960 added variety by taking place in another era and that's all for now don't forget to leave a like subscribe and share this video with friends take care

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Length: 9min 32sec (572 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 01 2020