Wish for Maverick Season Sets - Page 2

Carabimero · 07-24-2008, 01:42 AM

Approx how many episodes feature Jim Garner...I'm only around episode 10 and already Brother Bart is replacing him full-time.

FanCollector · 07-24-2008, 08:28 AM

For the first three seasons, they mostly alternate, with 10 or 11 shows in which both are important and 7 or 8 Garner shows in which Kelly makes a brief, often surprise appearance. The fourth season contains one show featuring both, left over from the prior year's filming. I counted once, and over the course of the whole series, Garner stars in about 52 and Kelly in about 70, giving credit to each actor for the shows in which they team up.

The issue was that the shows were being filmed too slowly, losing about one day's shooting per episode. After filming seven shows, the production was behind by an entire show, so they came up with the idea of alternating stars, allowing two crews to be shooting two shows simultaneously. Thereafter, the scripts simply referred to "Maverick", and would simply be assigned to one or the other, based on availability or, when possible, Garner's choice.

Joseph Bolus · 07-24-2008, 09:48 AM

I really believe that Warner would have no problem at all "garnering" interest in -- at least -- the first four seasons of Maverick. The first three prominently feature James Garner; and I think Roger Moore shows up in 15 episodes in Season Four.

Of all the Western series that were produced in the late fifties / early sixties, this is the one that holds up the best. It had "Sting" episodes *before* the Sting. It satirized other popular series of the day *way* before "Moonlighting" made that popular. And it still found time for some "hard core" Western stories.

With the enduring popularity of James Garner and Roger Moore; and the sturdy work from the affable Jack Kelly -- all combined with the attributes mentioned above -- it's more than baffling that this series is not available on DVD!

Garysb · 07-24-2008, 03:48 PM

Roger Moore appeared once with James Garner but played a different character than Beau Maverick. Interestingly enough he changes identities with and pretends to be Bret Maverick as part of the story. Roger Moore essentially replaced James Garner in the fourth season and then quit himself because he thought the scripts he was asked to do were weak. Robert Colbert playing Brent Maverick finished the fourth season and appeared as Maverick only twice. Once with Jack Kelly and one solo episode. Before Roger Moore quit I believe Moore, Kelly, and Colbert were all going to rotate as Maverick as there is a picture of the three of them together. After Moore quit
it was decided to just use new Kelly and Garner reruns for the fifth season.

Carabimero · 07-24-2008, 04:43 PM

Just watched THE QUICK AND THE DEAD and COMSTOCK CONSPIRACY. Really liked THE QUICK AND THE DEAD a lot.

GlennH · 07-25-2008, 10:31 AM

I smiled seeing a younger Colonel Klink (Werner Klemperer) in COMSTOCK CONSPIRACY.

FrosteyV · 07-25-2008, 12:04 PM

I am recording the Encore's Maverick series now, and have noted that the WB fanfare is present in some of the Season one episodes and absent in others, plus the opening credits seemed to change not only season to season, but usually episode to episode. Still almost every episode that I've recorded the total time still is tightly between 49:40-49:50. I wonder if WB just added and subtracted bumpers, intros, fanfare etc, just so they could consistently tailor the episodes to that time frame?

Richard Gallagher · 07-25-2008, 07:51 PM

Beginning on August 1 Encore Westerns will be airing Maverick twice each weekday. At 9:00 a.m. eastern time they will start the series over again, meaning that "War of the Silver Kings" will air on August 1, "Point Blank" on August 4, etc. In the meantime, at 6:00 p.m. they they will continue showing season one in chronological order. So on August 1 "Silver Kings" will be on at 9:00 a.m., and "The Savage Hills" will be on at 6:00 p.m.

This will give fans who missed some episodes a chance to catch up.

Stephen Bowie · 07-26-2008, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by FrosteyV

Still almost every episode that I've recorded the total time still is tightly between 49:40-49:50.

Every episode I've checked so far (#s 5-15) has come in between 49:18 and 49:20, so I'm not sure how you're getting that figure.

FrosteyV · 07-26-2008, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen Bowie

Every episode I've checked so far (#s 5-15) has come in between 49:18 and 49:20, so I'm not sure how you're getting that figure.

Actually I went back and checked and you are right. Not sure why I initially said that.



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