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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 II / Re: WELCOME JOE/NATHAN!
« on: September 23, 2002, 08:52:15 PM »
Dear Joe/Nathan, glad to hear you are an admirer of our favorite show. I hope you have enjoyed the post 1795 episodes; some fans feel that the series never improved upon that storyline (my personal favorite storyline is Leviathans, which is a real dark horse; a lot of fans think the show really "jumped the shark" during that period).
Interestingly, Joel Crothers is mentioned a couple of times in Felice Picano's late 1970s diaries published in the compilation The Violet Quill Society (I think that's the title). There's also a very interesting interview with him that was done in 1969 shortly after he left the series. From reading that, it would seem that his reasons for leaving involved broader areas of discontent beyond the usually stated ones of his DS roles not giving him sufficient range (I used to wonder about that, given what the writers did to Joe during the character's final months on the series!).
Best wishes, Gothick
Interestingly, Joel Crothers is mentioned a couple of times in Felice Picano's late 1970s diaries published in the compilation The Violet Quill Society (I think that's the title). There's also a very interesting interview with him that was done in 1969 shortly after he left the series. From reading that, it would seem that his reasons for leaving involved broader areas of discontent beyond the usually stated ones of his DS roles not giving him sufficient range (I used to wonder about that, given what the writers did to Joe during the character's final months on the series!).
Best wishes, Gothick