Thanks for sharing this good news, Midnite.  I don't recall seeing that shot of Grayson on the balcony before.  The lighting really reminds me of the scene in the 1967 storyline where Julia surprises Barnabas in her boudoir and rolls out her famous "I've been waiting for you a long, LONG time" shtick.

Absolutely gorgeous shot of Chris and Thayer at the top, too--another one I don't recall having seen before.

What a great site!

Steve

Many thanks again for sharing these wonderful images, Midnite darling.

Grayson reminisced about her and Telly's improv work that created the "coffee cup scene" on Kojak during the "Grayson Gathering" of August 1982.

G.

OMG, there are two scenes in this showing that aren't on my tape of the episode!

*Steve bounces up and down in elderly scholar's version of happy dance*

I'm sure that GH herself considered those clothes frumpus maximus!  The curlers in the wig are a hoot!

Heather Dahling,

may your Birthday prove as utterly Divine as your fabulous Self!

Sweetie, give yourself a little luxury--you've earned it, Dahling!

kiss kiss

G.

Well, now they ARE showing up!

And they're gorgeous!  Thanks for sharing.

The one for End of the Road is so clever... love the bottle!

I think Briscoe would have made an excellent Jake!

So... we know there will be a scene where a sweaty-palmed priest requests a choir-boy to come with him to the vestry... the door shuts into a tight camera close-up, the screen goes dark and the music goes goes ... bum bum BUMMMMM!!

please do not think I am making light of the situation this movie documents, btw.  THAT is the sort of thing I find horrifying.  particularly considering that the damage done to the victims often can never be fully healed, even with years of therapy.

G.

I want a song for Julia.  It could sample Grayson's intoning "On your feet, or on your KNEES!" from her late Seventies commercial for Blue Oyster Cult--if the tape of that ever surfaces...

Another appropriate sample would be dialogue of the good Dr. reading Barn the riot act in one of those wacky '67 episodes.

G.

That's cool to know that Thayer David appeared in two episodes of Kojak.  A friend was kind enough to remind me that he had seen one of these shows last year (unfortunately, I cannot recall the title), and here's his description of Thayer's appearance:

>>Thayer David's appearance on Kojak turned out to be a major letdown.  His character was shot to death in the first minute or so of the episode, giving him only scant screen time and maybe 3 or 4 lines.

He played a sleazy, drunken lout of a businessman.   His hair was the same shock-white color as in some of his other 70's roles.  He stumbled drunkenly through his brief scene, slurring his speech while carrying a cigar in one hand and a cocktail glass in the other.

He was in a small office browbeating his meek accountant (played by Eugene Roche) who was assisting Thayer's character in juggling the company books.  Thayer had embezzled a large sum from his own company and was ordering the accountant to help him cover it up.

Thayer was standing with his back to the window in the office, when a sniper in another building shot Thayer in the back, causing Thayer to drop lifeless to the floor in front of Roche's desk.  Roche called the cops and the remainder of the episode was the aftermath of the murder.   I FF'ed through the tape to see if there were any flashback sequences of Thayer, but there weren't.

I thought Thayer must have been desperate to accept such a tiny role.  I can see why they hired him though.  They needed a strong actor who would make a vivid impression very quickly."

I've seen guest appearances by Thayer David on several other 1960s and 70s series:  The Wild Wild West, Coilumbo, The Rockford Files, and Hawai'i 5--0.

G.