Now THIS is sad trivia!

[PCIntern]

So I'm doing the hop-around thing on Wikipedia and - don't ask -somehow I wound up on Johnny Crawford's entry - many of you certainly recall him as the son of The Rifleman, played by Chuck Connors. It must be said that they had about the best father/son relationship on TeeVee then or now. As a kid, I thought the conversations and life-lessons which they discussed were terrific.

So it turns out that Johnny Crawford did some summer stock work with none other than Victoria Jackson, that moranic (sic) RW nutjob, and convinced her to pursue a career in Hollywood. So we have him to thank for THAT.

Sheesh....

[NYC_SKP]

1. He cut an album or two. My sister had a BIG crush on Johnny Crawford.

"Cindy's Birthday", by Johnny Crawford:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j03RWXoGoYU

:P

[PCIntern]

3. Oh yeah...he was a big star in his day...

My BIL was President of his fan club in his town in NY....

people loved him and of course, his on-screen father was the peace-loving guy, who according to MAD magazine, stacked more bodies than anyone in the West. Great parody of The Rifleman in MAD, btw.

[notadmblnd]

2. And to think, I had a crush on Mark McCain

:eyes:

[Scuba]

4. I always thought their on-screen relationship was a little creepy. n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

8. More Paterno than Paternal?

:hide:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

10. Sad to see this retort sink into oblivion.

:cry:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

11. Not as good as I thought it was?

:shrug:

[treestar]

12. I just saw it, and IMO it's pretty good.

Very up to date and relevant.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

13. lol

:D

[GoCubsGo]

5. No....

We have the folks at NBC/SNL, and all the others who actually hired this nut job to thank for THAT. If nobody had given her jobs, we'd never have heard of her.

[Lucky Luciano]

6. I have heard of none of those people. nt

[SpiralHawk]

9. "Well now your have." - Chuck & Johnny

[lunatica]

7. Victoria Jackson used to be funny till Bush came along

She was pretty popular. Then she decided to stop Occupying her brain and let Fox Occupy it for her.

[Quantess]

14. I remember The RifleMan b&w TV show

My dad loved that show, and I watched reruns with him before he died.

[RebelOne]

15. I loved that show, but I must be as old as your dad,

because I used to watch the original shows.