Aired Friday 8:00 PM Mar 28, 1975 on ABC
See'ya later, alligater! The series bids farewell to us in an episode in which the government is keen to hush up a series of mysterious deaths at the Merrymount Institute, an underground archival facility. But they didn't count on Carl's astute investigating methods.
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CAST
Darren McGavin ... Carl Kolchak
Simon Oakland ... Tony Vincenzo
Kathie Browne ... Lieutenant Irene Lamont
Albert Paulsen ... Dr. James Verhyden
John Hoyt ... Dr. Beckwith
Frank Marth ... Colonel Brody
Tom Bosley ... Jack Flaherty
Cliff Norton ... Arnie Wisemore
Frank Campanella ... Ted Chapman
Margaret Avery ... Ruth Van Galen
Lew Brown ... 1st Detective
Keith Walker ... 1st Reporter
Bill Deiz ... 2nd Reporter
Greg Finley ... Dr. Phillips
Tom Moses ... Dr. Gordon
Robert Englund ... Willie
Tim Minear ... voice of Karma Chameleon [uncredited]
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WRITING CREDITS
Jeffrey Grant Rice ... (created by) (as Jeff Rice)
L. Ford Neale ... (written by) & John Huff ... (written by)
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DIRECTED BY
Peter Dang
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Reply by mad-pac
on May 21, 2017 at 2:02 PM
That's brilliant, and an apt tribute to both shows. Did you upload the complete story to your Brimstone website?
Reply by brimfin
on May 21, 2017 at 2:14 PM
[@HawkMan47 said]
I was wondering about that. I was doing my "By the number" statistics last night and had noticed that JohnQ, Lorkis, and Michaellevenson all disappeared just when HawkMan47 showed up, and wondered if you could have been one of them. That answers my question.
[@cloister56 said]
Yes. In fact, before we came they were missing episode 11. I added a title, description and even a photo for it.
[@BobPeters61 said]
Oh, my goodness, what memories. I started with a 127 camera where I had to spool the film and turn it manually to the next number after each picture. I have a few old B&W photos from that. I then moved up to a 126 camera with the easy drop-in cartridge film. Eventually, my wife got me a 35mm camera one birthday. Now, I'm all digital. It's difficult to find film anymore, and even getting the last few reels developed took some searching to find out who still developed it.
As for the series as a whole, I enjoyed watching it again. I'm glad to see some episodes still held up well, although I was reminded of what a jerk Kolchak could be at times. I'm glad I bought those DVDs some years back.
I hope the Sages can continue, especially now that we have a name. We seemed to be lost when IMDB closed, but we managed to set up shop here rather quickly and efficiently. No matter what happens, at least we pursued this series to the end.
Reply by brimfin
on May 21, 2017 at 4:59 PM
I did upload the complete story (more of a synopsis than a story) but unfortunately the free website my cable company used to provide was taken away some years back. I had a lot of neat stuff there. I keep promising myself I will get another one someday. This is just one more reason to do so.