tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post9028444375191186750..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "Art In The Ordinary"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-44885278140685246612016-12-19T12:36:57.582-08:002016-12-19T12:36:57.582-08:00I hadn't thought about Death Valley Days for a...I hadn't thought about <i>Death Valley Days</i> for a long time until your post here. I had to look it up and according to Wikipedia, the stories were based on real events or legends. I don't know which stories were based on real events though. Thinking that the story you mentioned might be real makes it even better to me. When they first thought about bring the story to TV in a half-hour format, it must have been tough to decide what to include and what to leave out but from the sound of it, they found a way to shoehorn the whole thing into the time they had.<br /><br />By the way, when I looked that episode up, it said the fun-loving cowboy was played by an actor named James Best. I immediately thought that was where you got the name for the lead in your <i>Best of the West</i> series but when I looked that up, I saw the name you selected was Sam Best. Then I noticed the list of guest stars you had on the show and wondered if you had any stories about working with Andy Griffith, Dixie Carter, Slim Pickens, Al Lewis, Richard Moll, Betty White (the "Mail Order Bride" - come on, Earl, that must have been great) and Christopher Lloyd. I know you've worked with a lot of stars over the years but these short visits must have added some pressure.JEDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538398157297345338noreply@blogger.com