Some may say that television hasn’t been too good to senior citizens in terms of their stereotypical depictions. Regardless of the unflattering portrayals there had been some memorable oldsters (in this case over 60) that have given us equal shares of both laughs and cries. In “For Mature Audiences Only”, let’s take a look at some of the more mature characterizations that had an impact on our daily doses of entertainment on the glorious boob tube.
Instead of doing a typical top ten or top twenty listing let’s go in between with a top fifteen selection, shall we? The “For Mature Audiences Only” choices are not necessarily a tasting that everyone will agree on. Perhaps you have your own preferences that were omitted or something that you feel should be added? Anyway, here are the candidates in alphabetical order…
Now for our pop cultural Pepto Bismol personalities:
1.) Doc Galen Adams,...
Instead of doing a typical top ten or top twenty listing let’s go in between with a top fifteen selection, shall we? The “For Mature Audiences Only” choices are not necessarily a tasting that everyone will agree on. Perhaps you have your own preferences that were omitted or something that you feel should be added? Anyway, here are the candidates in alphabetical order…
Now for our pop cultural Pepto Bismol personalities:
1.) Doc Galen Adams,...
- 5/27/2014
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
Chicago – As modern life becomes more toxic and technology uses more chemicals within everyday foodstuffs and products, the consequence for disease and sickness as a result is an increasing threat. Ed Brown, a filmmaker and concerned family man, explores this phenomenon in a new documentary, “Unacceptable Levels.”
Brown was in Chicago recently with actress Mariel Hemingway, who advocates healthy living and environmental cleansing. The two promoted a screening of the film at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. “Unacceptable Levels” makes its release premiere on Saturday, August 3rd, in Austin, Texas.
Director Ed Brown of ‘Unacceptable Levels,’ in Chicago on July 24, 2013
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Ed Brown talked with HollywoodChicago.com about the roots of his motivation to make this documentary, and how the subject matter affects everyone on earth.
HollywoodChicago.com: You were motivated to make this documentary because of personal issues having...
Brown was in Chicago recently with actress Mariel Hemingway, who advocates healthy living and environmental cleansing. The two promoted a screening of the film at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. “Unacceptable Levels” makes its release premiere on Saturday, August 3rd, in Austin, Texas.
Director Ed Brown of ‘Unacceptable Levels,’ in Chicago on July 24, 2013
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Ed Brown talked with HollywoodChicago.com about the roots of his motivation to make this documentary, and how the subject matter affects everyone on earth.
HollywoodChicago.com: You were motivated to make this documentary because of personal issues having...
- 8/2/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Network: NBC
Episodes: 198 (60-90 minutes)
Seasons: Eight
TV show dates: September 14, 1967 -- January 16, 1975
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Barbara Anderson, Elizabeth Baur, Gene Lyons, and Johnny Seven.
TV show description:
After 20 years of police service, San Francisco Police Department (Sfpd) Chief of Detectives Robert T. Ironside (Raymond Burr) was forced to retire because a sniper's bullet paralyzed him from the waist down, confining him to a wheelchair.
He later gets himself appointed (in a clever way) a "special department consultant" by his good friend, Police Commissioner Dennis Randall (Gene Lyons).
He requests that Detective Sargent Ed Brown (Don Galloway) and young socialite-turned-plainclothes officer Eve Whitfield (Barbara Anderson) be assigned to him.
Ironside also recruits angst-filled African-American ex-con Mark...
Episodes: 198 (60-90 minutes)
Seasons: Eight
TV show dates: September 14, 1967 -- January 16, 1975
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Barbara Anderson, Elizabeth Baur, Gene Lyons, and Johnny Seven.
TV show description:
After 20 years of police service, San Francisco Police Department (Sfpd) Chief of Detectives Robert T. Ironside (Raymond Burr) was forced to retire because a sniper's bullet paralyzed him from the waist down, confining him to a wheelchair.
He later gets himself appointed (in a clever way) a "special department consultant" by his good friend, Police Commissioner Dennis Randall (Gene Lyons).
He requests that Detective Sargent Ed Brown (Don Galloway) and young socialite-turned-plainclothes officer Eve Whitfield (Barbara Anderson) be assigned to him.
Ironside also recruits angst-filled African-American ex-con Mark...
- 2/5/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
New stills from Lovelace, The Impossible, The Raid, This Means War, concept art of the Quinjet in The Avengers, and the apparent first poster from The Bourne Legacy.
"Kiefer Sutherland says that he begins work shooting the "24" movie in April with events a direct continuation set within six months from the end of the last episode…" (full details)
"J.J. Abrams confirms that he begins a four month shoot for the 'Star Trek' sequel starting this Thursday and they're shooting on film in anamorphic so it will "match the look of the first one". Also "24" str Nazneen Contractor has been cast to play the wife of Noel Clarke's 'family man' character…" (full details)
"Joe Carnahan says he's talked to Ray Liotta about a possible sequel to his 2002 thriller "Narc"…" (full details)
"Sam Worthington says he's seen a cut of "Wrath of the Titans" and is very pleased with the result,...
"Kiefer Sutherland says that he begins work shooting the "24" movie in April with events a direct continuation set within six months from the end of the last episode…" (full details)
"J.J. Abrams confirms that he begins a four month shoot for the 'Star Trek' sequel starting this Thursday and they're shooting on film in anamorphic so it will "match the look of the first one". Also "24" str Nazneen Contractor has been cast to play the wife of Noel Clarke's 'family man' character…" (full details)
"Joe Carnahan says he's talked to Ray Liotta about a possible sequel to his 2002 thriller "Narc"…" (full details)
"Sam Worthington says he's seen a cut of "Wrath of the Titans" and is very pleased with the result,...
- 1/9/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
There are plenty of reasons to avoid seeing Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, namely your own self-respect and sanity after listening to 90 minutes of high-pitched Chipmunk screenings. So really, you could say that the patrons at a Chicago theater who paid to see Chipwrecked got what they deserved when a man sitting in the front row stripped naked during a 4 p.m. showing of the film. According to THR, 96 paying customers were witness to the unexpected show, at least until they were ushered out of the theater and offered vouchers while the offender, Edward Brown, was arrested. As you might expect, his explanation for what he did is even wilder than the action itself; apparently Brown claims that a woman who worked at the theater promised him sex and drugs and told him to wait naked in the front row of the theater. The woman has yet to be found,...
- 1/6/2012
- cinemablend.com
Is this what passes for the "unrated cut" of an "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movie?
A family film suddenly became adult entertainment in Chicago last week after a man was arrested for stripping down to his birthday suit at a screening of "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Edward Brown, 34 and dentally challenged, was found by Chicago police officers stark naked in the front row at North Riverside Park Mall’s Classic Cinema at a 4 p.m. showing of the film along with 96 fellow patrons. Brown apparently further upstaged the movie at one point by standing up and turning around to face the audience.
Audience members were ushered out of the theater and offered refund vouchers while Brown was arrested and later charged with sexual exploitation of a child and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
Why, Edward Brown, why? The streaker, who remains in custody with a...
A family film suddenly became adult entertainment in Chicago last week after a man was arrested for stripping down to his birthday suit at a screening of "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Edward Brown, 34 and dentally challenged, was found by Chicago police officers stark naked in the front row at North Riverside Park Mall’s Classic Cinema at a 4 p.m. showing of the film along with 96 fellow patrons. Brown apparently further upstaged the movie at one point by standing up and turning around to face the audience.
Audience members were ushered out of the theater and offered refund vouchers while Brown was arrested and later charged with sexual exploitation of a child and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
Why, Edward Brown, why? The streaker, who remains in custody with a...
- 1/6/2012
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
Don Galloway, the likable character actor best known for his long-running role as Sgt. Ed Brown on the NBC show "Ironside," died Thursday in Reno, Nev., after suffering a stroke. He was 71.
Galloway broke into show business in 1962 on the CBS soap opera "The Secret Storm" and over the years appeared in nearly 70 films and TV shows. His big break came in 1967 when he was cast as Raymond Burr's sidekick on "Ironside," and he stayed with the show for its entire eight-year run.
His first movie role came in 1966 on the Jimmy Stewart Western "The Rare Breed," but his most famous film role was on the 1983 feature "The Big Chill," in which he played JoBeth Williams' straight-arrow husband.
Galloway left show business in the 1990s and served briefly as a deputy sheriff for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department in Southern California. Since then, he worked as a corporate spokesman and consultant,...
Galloway broke into show business in 1962 on the CBS soap opera "The Secret Storm" and over the years appeared in nearly 70 films and TV shows. His big break came in 1967 when he was cast as Raymond Burr's sidekick on "Ironside," and he stayed with the show for its entire eight-year run.
His first movie role came in 1966 on the Jimmy Stewart Western "The Rare Breed," but his most famous film role was on the 1983 feature "The Big Chill," in which he played JoBeth Williams' straight-arrow husband.
Galloway left show business in the 1990s and served briefly as a deputy sheriff for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department in Southern California. Since then, he worked as a corporate spokesman and consultant,...
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