It’s been six years since the last great pre-Covid movie, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. One of my favorite scenes shows Cliff Booth livin’ the trailer life. It reminds me a lot of how my brother lived for years, minus the dog, but with the cigarette and denim jacket.
Two Marvel Comics are shown — Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos and Kid Colt Outlaw. On TV, Cliff is watching Mannix, a show that’s mentioned earlier in the movie by Marvin Shwarz, the agent who meets with Cliff’s pal and ostensible boss, Rick Dalton.
As seen in the opening credits, the first season of the series had a computer gimmick, that was later dropped. On Facebook, actress Leslie Parrish was asked, “Are you the girl in Mannix who’s twirling around in tennis whites?”
Before Leslie appeared in an episode of Mannix, she had been in the Star Trek episode, “Who Mourns for Adonais?”
She even wore the same costume in Mannix.
Leslie’s reply to the question? “No, that isn’t me. That’s Thordis Brandt.” Brandt is also seen kissing Mike Connors in the opening credits.
Leslie is now 90 and Thordis is 85.
Lovely ladies and a favorite TV theme of mine. And here’s a true fact: Back in Acton, Jeff’s favorite dish was an entire box of macaroni and cheese, eaten in one sitting. Since they were so cheap and he was so thin, I think Mom threw a few extras in the Donelan’s cart for him. I remember watching him noshing it down once and saying “Damn!! I wish I could that!”