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Dukes of Hazzard Reunion – John Schneider, Tom Wopat, & Denver Pyle

 
Cartoon Town

 
George James Interview

 
Spread Your Wings – Anessi in the Kingdom of Tonga, Tonga

 
Spread Your Wings – Joshua's First Carving

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 How Crayons are Made

 Errol Manoff and the Fantasy Factory Early Promo

 

 
Double Trouble – First Day

 
Double Trouble – Bad Chemistry

Zoom The White Dolphin

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The Tomorrow People Question & Answer Brit Sci Fi Leicester 01/03/14

Ottawa Comiccon 2017 – You Can't Do That On Television Panel

Dukes of Hazzard Reunion Panel/Q&A – SLCC 2016

Talking to the Biggest Stars of the 1970’s

Dan Haggerty Premier Access Network interview Chris Valentine

William Katt (The Greatest American Hero) Interview at Thunder Valley Casino Resort

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CATS Musical NBC News Interview

25 Things ’80s Kids Could Do That Today’s Kids Can’t 

Whiz Kids – The Network

Fawlty Towers Re Opened

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Jack Wild • Interview ~ 2002

The Bugaloos - Caroline Ellis and John Philpott Interview (2006)

The Bugaloos - John McIndoe Interview (2006)

Sigmund and the Sea Monsters - Johnny Whitaker and Scott Kolden Interview (2005) 

Lidsville - Butch Patrick Interview (2005)

Lidsville - Billie Hayes Interview (2005)

Attention Please

For Those Who Are Interested:

I would like to write an article, or put together a series of interviews, about those of you who were either contestants on **Double Dare** or for those of you who were in the audience. For now, I’m going to start putting together a list of interview questions for those who would like to participate.

***PLEASE NOTE***

This will be for former contestants or audience members only however. If this goes well and you could just like to throw in your comments as a fan I could do something separate for you in the future.

So, everyone please put on your thinking caps and take yourself back to that time when you where young and on the show or in the audience and I will get back to you when I’ve finished putting together your interview questions.

***IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE**
Send me a message to let me know that you'd like a set of questions. You can email me at peggysueclay@hotmail.com or send me a message on Facebook letting me know. 

Nic’s Interview with George James

Recently I got an email from a Pinwheel fan who had a few questions for Mr. George James who played “Jake” on Pinwheel. He asked if I would mind forwarding them to him and of course I didn’t. After Mr. George sent back the answers I asked if I could please blog the interview and was given consent.

So, with that I would like to say a huge thank you to Nic Nagel for allowing me to post this interview.

Re: Fan Questions

George James

Today, (Monday, December 4, 2017) at 3:03 PM

Dear Peggy Sue and Nic,

How great it is to have people like you continue to show interest in Pinwheel. It validates the idea that people were moved, involved and positively affected by the show; which was the hope of all who took part in creating Pinwheel.

Nic I hope that I can answer your excellent questions to your satisfaction.

1-How did he get to be on Pinwheel?

This could be a very long answer because I’m not sure where my road to Pinwheel began. My parents exposed me to the magic of theatre and music and fostered in me a love of people and of life of all types. I developed a passion for flexing the imagination in pursuit of expressing thoughts and feelings, which I had no lack of.

When I first saw Sesame Street I immediately realized what a powerful vehicle for presenting positive and informing ideas about the world children's television had become.

It was a time when children’s television was breaking new ground and creating programming for children of all ages. A new idea had emerged that children’s programming could and should entertain and inform everyone and play up to young people rather than down. It was very exciting. At the time that all of this was happening I was not involved in children’s programming, I was involved in recording and record production, but the thoughts of what was happening in children's television were ever present in my mind. And as luck would have it, someone who knew someone who was looking for someone to join a team developing a children’s show for the new and experimental initiative of creating programming specifically for cable tv called me to audition.

I auditioned and was hired by Warner Communications to be part of the Pinwheel creation team as developer, music director, song writer and actor. I was overjoyed!

I hope that this explanation adds to the information that Peggy Sue has already provided. If you want to know more specifics, I’ll be glad to answer.

2-Who was his favorite character on the show?

Nic, I’m sure you’re aware that the characters in the world of Pinwheel were by design diverse. Each with their own particular charm and appeal. I grew to appreciate the specialness of each of the characters and never considered which one I liked best. Sal, Smitty and Kim were as sweet and lovable off set as they were on camera. The brilliance of the puppet design and puppetry of Craig Marin, Brad Williams and Olga Felgemacher (now Ola Marin) was always a source of fascination and wonder. The artwork and puppetry of Jim Jinkins was as fresh, clever and imaginative as it gets. What I’m getting at is that I held everyone on the show in such high regard that picking one out as my favorite would be difficult. I did like working with Minus thought.

3-What does he think of Nickelodeon from the the 90's-now days? And did he think that Nickelodeon would become this big when working for it?

We had a saying between cast and crew that floated around the set which provided much laughter as well as thought. It was “Life is change…how it differs from the rocks”.

Of course, we knew that rocks changed too but the point was made. What this meant to many of us was that it was important to stay flexible and positive to the prospect of and even the. inevitable of change. To resist change is stagnating, to prepare for and initiate change is growth. I do regret that Pinwheel was not given a chance to develop and grow, there was much more to be achieved. In the early days of Pinwheel and Nickelodeon, although there were some rough edges, the intentions and objectives of all involved were.

Heartfelt and genuine. We knew that it was something new for television and we cared deeply about what we were presenting to our audience. I am not that aware of what Nickelodeon is like today, but I hope that some, if not all, of that initial excitement and commitment is still present.  I really had no idea how big Nickelodeon would get, I don’t think that anyone did. But one did get a sense of how big programming for cable tv was going to be. Although Pinwheel aired into the 90’s we taped our last season in the mid 80’s in the infancy of programming for cable tv.

4-Apparently in the shows early years their where 3 more birds (besides Admiral) that came from Zintar. Is this true?

The Wonkles! 

5-Does he have any funny behind the scenes story's?

See answer 3

6-If Pinwheel where to come back would he return to his role as Jake?

If Pinwheel came back and I was asked to be a part certainly I would, but I would be different, Pinwheel House would be different, with hopefully the same feeling from the heart!

Nic, thanks for your great questions and for sharing the experience with me.

All best,

George “Jake” James

My 1st Pod Cast!

In 2012 I got an email from a lady who writes a blog called, “Old School Lane,” she had seen my ‘80’s Nickelodeon blog and asked if she could interview me about those older shows on Nickelodeon that I write about and I said yes. Well, the other day I got an email from her saying that she was doing a pod cast on Skype for Nickelodeon’s 40^th anniversary. She was going to do it this weekend and post it to her YouTube channel in December and she asked me to be a part of it! So, I’m getting ready to do that here in a couple of hours and I’m so excited! Here’s the link to the interview she first did with me.

Interview with Peggy Sue Clay
http://oldschoollane.blogspot.com/2012/11/old-school-lanes-nickelodeon-tribute_29.html

Special Delivery – Gerry Laybourne Interview

For those who know your history she needs no introduction.

Gerry Laybourne: Oral and Video Collection Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ByoQgTLoa0

Special Delivery – Micky Dolenz Interview

The Monkees originally aired from 1966 to 1968 and became a real band when their hits singles like "Last Train to Clarksville", "Pleasant Valley Sunday", "Daydream Believer", and "I'm a Believer". They have sold more than 75 million records worldwide and had international hits and at their peak in 1967, the band outsold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones combined.

1986 saw the Monkees’ 20^th anniversary and once again they found themselves in the limelight singing their longtime fan favorites but adding new hits like, “That Was Then This Is Now,” with Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork. By that time, Davy Jones had joined them once again as they released “Heart and Soul.” 

Micky Dolenz - Raw, Uncut, Unedited Interview (February 1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK3mCl8lzh8

George James Interview Questions

Classic Nickelodeon Wednesday

George James Interview Questions

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

 

For those of you who are not on my Facebook page or may not have heard, Andy Anderson and I are, as we speak, putting together interview questions for George James who played “Jake” on Pinwheel. If any of you have any questions for Mr. James please post them to me and we’ll try to fit them into the interview.

Mike Holoway Interview

For those of you who are fans of the original series The Tomorrow People and remember actor Mike Holoway who played Mike Bell Andy Potter from BBC Local Radio conducted an interview with him but if you want to hear it you need to heard because the link is only good for five more days from today (Friday, February 25, 2011)!!!

Thank you to Jackie and Sue for the information about this interview.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=mike+holoway