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holmesandyoyofanblog · 8 months

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2021 Interview with John Schuck

I found an interview with John Schuck dated Aug. 9, 2021 on "Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast". I transcribed the parts related to "Holmes & Yoyo" below, but can listen to the whole interview at this link:

1:07:41

Gilbert Gottfried: Now-- Now we can't be nice to you any longer.

Frank Santopadre: Uh-oh.

GG: Talk to us about "Holmes and Yoyo".

FS: Also created by Leonard Stern!

John Schuck: Created by Leonard Stern… Well, it wasn't… [laughs] I must say…

[GG and FS laugh]

JS: All right guys, it was a crap show. Come on…

[GG and FS laugh]

JS: It was well-intended. It was an-- It was an attempt by Leonard to get back to two-man comedy like Abbott and Costello.

FS: Mm-hmm.

JS: I mean, you name your duo. Of course, it never turned out to be that. But several interesting things happened. The craftspeople that could make something funny no longer existed in Hollywood. For instance, if you wanted to take a phone and water squirt and some guy pours water in at one end it comes out and hits them-- the other guy in the face-- those gags, they didn't know how to recreate.

FS: How interesting.

JS: Um, we had a-- a radio that was supp-- I forget what it was. Um, and I remembered that it was-- it couldn't-- it couldn't do that-- there were a number of things… I'm-- I'm babbling here… um, maybe that was one of the problems with the show. But, we worked hard at it. John Astin directed most of them. We re-- we did a lot of naughty things. We rewrote, uh, Richard Shull, a wonderful actor, um, and an interesting man. Uh, we worked 18, 19-hour days for that show, and it just was definitely a dud. Interestingly enough, the previews for it were shown on ABC during the Super Bowl, and so, for our first night, we had the highest-rated show [chuckles] of the year!

[GG laughs]

FS: Oh, interesting!

JS: An-- And it went quickly down.

[GG laughs]

JS: I mean, by today's standards, with so many s-- We-- We went down like from a 22 to 16, you know.

FS: I always thought of it as Leonard trying to take Dick Gautier's Hymie the Robot from "Get Smart" and spin it off into-- into his own series.

JS: Uh yeah… no?…

FS: Although, you had th-- "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Man--

JS: no

FS: Uh, "Woman" were going strong at that time, so--

JS: That's right.

FS: You could understand the thinking.

JS: I also think we made a-- and here I had my-- my argument with Leonard.

[clearing throat]

JS: In the pilot… uh, there's an accident and I'm-- I fall apart on the street and, as a result, Dick Shull knows that I'm a robot. And I said that should never have happened. He shouldn't know that I'm, uh, a robot that way there's much more conflict about why can't I act like normal people and blah, blah, blah and all that kind of stuff. But, um, it-- it was what it was, and we did our 18 shows and… uh, I did have the honor that year, though, with it of being the first actor to be on two tele-- national television series on two different Networks.

FS: There you go! Oh, "McMillan & Wife" and "Holmes & Yoyo".

JS: Right.

FS: Very good. You know, we joke about it because it's easy to-- it's easy to poke fun at-- at-- at-- shows--

JS: I joke about it.

FS: Yeah, of course!

[GG laughs]

FS: But you-- you have to applaud Stern for trying to bring back that kind of classic comedy form to prime time.

JS: Yeah. And you know, we never made a pilot for it. [clears throat] Uh, Jackie Cooper directed the-- we had a-- a scene and Jackie Cooper directed it, and we went up into Sid Sheinberg's office and moved all his furniture away, and Dick and I did the scene. And on the basis of that performance, he-- he let the show go on the air. So, we never made a pilot which was unusual.

FS: Why did the r-- Why did the android have a Russian name?

[laugh]

FS: Why was he Yo…yo…

JS: Gregor Yoyonovich?

FS: Yoyonovich.

[GG laughs]

FS: Why wasn't he just "Yoyo"?

JS: I dunno. They couldn't find a Scandinavian one?

[laughter]

[projector starting up sound effect]

[The "Holmes & Yoyo" opening credits play.]

[Polaroid ejecting sound. Brass music sting]

Capt. Sedford: You've got four partners in the hospital! Come on, Alex! You're a good cop!

Alex: By the way, who's my new partner?

[Sounds of Polaroid ejection, typing, and typewriting bell]

Narrator Paraphrasing Dr. Babcock: We call him Yoyo. He weighs 427 pounds. He's a completely mobile computer specially programmed for police work.

Capt. Sedford: Is he indestructible?

Narrator: We think so.

Capt. Sedford: Send in Holmes.

[peppy funk theme music]

Narrator: This is top secret. No one, including Holmes, must know his identity.

Yoyo: Alex, no! Don't!

Alex: You're not a person!

Yoyo: You're not going to tell them?

Alex: In my book, you got the makings of a good cop. That's what I put in my report.

[music]

[laughter]

FS: One episode was directed by, uh, Jack Arnold. I don't know if--

JS: Yes.

FS: --you'd remember this, Gilbert, the director of "Creature from the Black Lagoon", "Incredible Shrinking Man", and "Tarantula".

1:51:28

FS: By the way, Richard Shull-- I was talking to John, by the way, who, uh, who starred with Richard Shull in "Holmes & Yoyo"-- By the way, you worked with Richard Shull and Richard Stahl.

JS: Yep.

FS: But possibly not Richard Schaal--

JS: No.

FS: --who was married to Valerie Harper…

JS: To Valerie, yeah.

FS: Okay, okay but there you go. But he told me, what? He was a throwback who drove a car from the '40s? Richard-- Richard Shull?

JS: He-- He and his wife, Marilyn, lived in the '40s.

[FS laughs. GG laughs.]

JS: They bought u-- all their clothes from the '40s. It's-- it's various stores. He would write only with a-- a fountain pen. He had a 1940 Chevy or something. A Buick or Chevy. He had-- He was a railroad aficionado, and he owned his own railroad car.

FS: Wow!

JS: And for the opening gift, uh, because he knew of my affection for, as a kid, of-- of taking the train from Buffalo, New York to New York-- to New Jersey to see my grandparents, and I had remarked on the-- on this doeskin type, uh, blankets that they used to have, he gave me one of those blankets numbered so you could find out where it came from. Which compartment on which-- which train.

FS: That's cool.

JS: Very thoughtful, but he was-- he was eccentric. And their-- their house was all, um, from the '40s. All their furniture. Everything.

FS: He was like a-- sort of a-- a-- a-- a curmudgeonly actor. A little bit like a Matthau.

JS: Yes.

FS: In some ways.

JS: Yes, he had this wonderful, unusual, mobile rubbery face, and, uh, very distinctive and--

FS: Loved him!

JS: Um, he was doing a Neil Simon play, went home between shows in New York, and never c-- you know, the break, never came back.

FS: Oh.

GG: Ohh.

JS: It was a bit of a shock. I hate to end this on such a downer but…

FS: All right then, sing us a little more from "Annie".

#holmes and yoyo #holmes & yoyo #70s tv shows #1970s tv #retro scifi #1970s #john schuck #retro science fiction #sitcom #robots #scifi comedy #70s tv series #70s sitcoms #70s tv #70s television #actor interviews #character actors #richard b shull #obscure media

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oldshowbiz · 1 year

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The obscure film HAIL (1972)

#richard b. shull #rare film #richard nixon #nixon

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gameofthunder66 · 4 months

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'Trapped in Paradise' (1994) film

-watched 12/20/2024- 2 [1/4] stars- on Tubi (free)

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brokehorrorfan · 8 months

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Scream Factory has revealed the specs for its The Pack Blu-ray, which releases on September 12 via Scream Factory. The 1977 natural horror movie is based on the 1976 novel by David Fisher.

Robert Clouse (Enter the Dragon, Deadly Eyes) writes and directs. Joe Don Baker, Hope Alexander-Willis, Richard B. Shull, and R.G. Armstrong star.

The Pack has been newly scanned in 2K from a color reversal intermediate. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Lee Gambin (new)

Interview with actress Hope Alexander (new)

Audio interview with actress Sherry Deboeur (new)

Audio interview with first assistant director Thomas Lofaro (new)

Audio interview with composer Lee Holdridge (new)

The Pack preview clip

Trailer

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Set on a remote island where vacationers have senselessly abandoned their unwanted pet dogs, The Pack shows man’s inhumanity coming back to haunt him with fanged fury. The confused, starving pets form a rampaging pack – and man’s best friend becomes his worst fiend. Joe Don Baker stars as the heroic marine biologist who comes up with a do-or-die scheme that will either reestablish man as top dog – or turn him into a tasty tidbit. The suspense is ferocious.

Pre-order The Pack.

#the pack #horror #70s horror #1970s horror #robert clouse #david fisher #joe don baker #70s movies #1970s movies #scream factory #dvd #gift #natural horror

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retrorewind-kid · 5 years

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HOLMES AND YOYO

ABC 1976

Starring Richard B Shull and John Schuck

#richard b shull #john schuck #holmes and yoyo #70s TV series #retro tv #TV Guide Ad

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erstwhile-punk-guerito · 3 years

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#Victor/Victoria #julie andrews #tony roberts #michael nouri #rachel york #richard b. shull #gregory jbara #blake edwards #matthew diamond #goro kobayashi #1995

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science70 · 5 years

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Richard B. Shull, John Schuck, Holmes and Yoyo (USA, 1976-77).

#science fiction #comedy #television #Holmes and Yoyo #Richard B. Shull #John Schuck #USA #1970s

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moviesandmania · 2 years

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THE PACK (1977) Reviews and overview of killer dogs movie

‘They’re not pets anymore.’ The Pack is a 1977 American horror film about abandoned starving dogs that turn against humans and kill them for food on Seal Island. Written and directed by Robert Clouse (Deadly Eyes aka The Rats; Game of Death; The Ultimate Warrior; Enter the Dragon) from a novel by David Fisher (as Dave Fisher). The Warner Bros. production stars Joe Don Baker (Mars Attacks!;…

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#1977 #Hope Alexander-Willis #horror #Joe Don Baker #killer dogs #movie film #nature-strikes-back #R.G. Armstrong #review reviews #Richard B. Shull #Robert Clouse #The Pack #trailer clip

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holmesandyoyofanblog · 1 year

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Some Alex reaction GIFs!

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oldshowbiz · 2 years

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Familiar 1970s character actor Richard B. Shull

#richard shull #Character Actors

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abs0luteb4stard · 2 years

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W A T C H I N G

#TRAPPED IN PARADISE (1994)#NICOLAS CAGE #JON LOVITZ #DANA CARVEY #George Gallo #John Ashton #Mädchen Amick #Donald Moffat #Richard Jenkins #Florence Stanley #Angela Paton #Sean McCann #Sean O'Bryan #Richard B. Shull #Gerard Parkes #WATCHING #Comedy #robbery film #Christmas movie

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brokehorrorfan · 10 months

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The Pack will be released on Blu-ray on September 12 via Scream Factory. The 1977 natural horror movie is based on the 1976 novel by David Fisher.

Robert Clouse (Enter the Dragon, Deadly Eyes) writes and directs. Joe Don Baker, Hope Alexander-Willis, Richard B. Shull, and R.G. Armstrong star.

Special features are in progress and will be announced at a later date.

Set on a remote island where vacationers have senselessly abandoned their unwanted pet dogs, The Pack shows man's inhumanity coming back to haunt him with fanged fury. The confused, starving pets form a rampaging pack – and man's best friend becomes his worst fiend. Joe Don Baker stars as the heroic marine biologist who comes up with a do-or-die scheme that will either reestablish man as top dog – or turn him into a tasty tidbit. The suspense is ferocious.

Pre-order The Pack.

#the pack #horror #70s horror #1970s horror #joe don baker #scream factory #dvd #gift #robert clouse #david fisher #70s movies #1970s movies #natural horror #enter the dragon

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cluboftigerghost · 5 years

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Richard B. Shull, John Schuck, Holmes and Yoyo (USA, 1976-77). http://bit.ly/2W1w6Ra

#SCIENCE70

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retrorewind-kid · 5 years

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HOLMES AND YOYO

ABC 1976

Starring Richard B Shull and John Schuck

#richard b shull #john schuck #holmes and yoyo #70s TV series #retro tv #TV Guide Ad

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eyeliketwowatch · 7 years

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Sssssss - Snake Happy

A rather bizarre horror film that I vaguely remember seeing part of when I was quite young. I mostly remember the ‘freak show’ scene with the ‘snake man’ which I found quite disturbing at the time. I saw it on the Starz streaming list, and couldn’t resist revisiting it. Interesting to see Strother Martin, the memorable character actor from such films as ‘Cool Hand Luke’ and ‘True Grit’ and any number of Sam Peckinpah films used as the leading actor, and while he is able to be sufficiently creepy, he didn’t seem to have enough power to save this film from being incredibly ssssssilly. He plays a ‘snake researcher’ who we meet in the opening reel selling some sort of pathetic mewling creature in a large box to a man with a pickup truck for 80 bucks. He is next looking for a new lab assistant, and giving hasty and flimsy excuses about what happened to his previous lab assistant to any and all who are asking about him. The job for the new lab assistant seems pretty easy, occasionally assist in feeding snakes, but mostly let the doctor inject you with various ‘snake venom inoculations’ for some flimsy reason. Meanwhile we also have a sort of love relationship growing between the lab assistant and the doctor’s pretty daughter and vague allusions to ‘adam and eve’ and ‘the serpent’ (including a hilarious ‘skinny dipping scene’ with fig leaves actually pasted to the screen to hide the naughty bits).

The scene I remembered as a child was still pretty creepy, but the rest of the film was laughable at best.

Possible double features with: Frogs, Food of the Gods, Willard, etc

2 stars out of 5

Released 1973, First (complete) Viewing 2017 (with a possible viewing sometime around 1975 perhaps)

#1973 #Bernard Kowalski #Strother Martin #Dirk Benedict #Heather Menzies #Richard B. Shull #Horror

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