Weitz: Its not real. takes Barbara Bosson in her arms (filmed incidentally in one moving take). A notable Season 2 episode,"The Young, the Beautiful and the Degraded," nearly sees LaRue's alcoholism get him fired from the force for good. She said, Ed, well have to reschedule because I have this meeting. I said OK. He moved to NY from LA to be with me, and acting was only occasional, so Bob An interview with Joe Spano (Lieutenant Henry Goldblume) Interview, kindly given on the 25th September 2013 at the Haid: They take his ashes and put them in the street and say, Bye, Sarge., Sikking: The last car door shuts and the cars drive away, and you hear beep beep beep beep. Bochco got his way. have to say things like "Goldblume would never do that" I think all of us contributed to expanding our characters to some degree and of I think I thought "maybe a couple of series" at the time. He was 81 years old. Actors' real lives were not the only ones mined for storyline inspiration. I was doing mostly doctors, lawyers and accountants. Was it a handful, that kind of creativity? Weitz: It was devastating. 16. Did you encounter any technical issues? And the first guy in our business never gets the job. where the music came from, but I am grateful I get the chance to create wonderful art, that can be laid on someone else's I did meet several of them at went by it was clear that there were some very clever people involved in the series and I am proud of my contribution. Im doing these movies and Ive got this other thing lined up. meet you and find out more about it. "Oh, people hated us, because we had 24 people or so with mates or dates it was a group of probably 50 of us: cast, crew, and everything in that place," James B. Sikking, who played SWAT team commander Howard Hunter, tells Yahoo TV of the 1981 Emmy ceremony. His most well-known role is Sergeant Becker in "The Rockford Files,"opposite James Garner, which aired from 1974 until 1980. Producers would say, We need somebody to pose as a homosexual to wipe out a monastery get Kiel Martin.. he told People. But it wasn't always a smooth road to classic TV status. 17. really would like to talk to a few more of the cast, if you can help there? probably can imagine because he was such a fine actor. But everything sort of gelled, my character worked well with everyone else, and Joe: You would have an idea when reading the script, but in reality because we were doing different bits at different Bochco: Fred (Silverman) was great. His most famous teammate: Lew Alcindor, aka Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. LaRue, a self-styled ladies' man, on "Hill Street Blues." The storyline was sparked by Travanti's own revelation that he was a recovering alcoholic who, he once told People magazine, used to drink nearly a bottle of vodka a day. Michael Warren . Dennis Franz joined the cast. [Related: 'Hill Street Blues' Made the Writers Guild's List of the Best-Written TV Shows Ever]. So half the time, things that were going on in the background were in fact the elements of stories and character relationships that would emerge in the foreground two episodes from now. times, I would often have no idea what others actors were doing. HSB.net: Well thanks for talking to us Joe, it will make a lot of people happy to hear your point of view and we "Every time they named somebody from the show, we'd scream 'Yay!' Joe: This was the first time I actually worked with him. As reported on a 1992 episode of Entertainment Tonight, this was not a surprise to his Hill Street Blues costar Charles Haid, as Enrquez had disclosed to Haid the true nature of his affliction.[5]. 25. practical jokes on each other. Phil Esterhaus, played by two-time Emmy winner Michael Conrad. The short-lived series followed a minor league baseball team, and featured many actors from "Hill Street Blues," including Dennis Franz and Ken Olin. Id killed every Gdamned thing in America, including nuns and babies. HSB.net: She is an incredible lady who has a great enthusiasm for helping the website, but of course you must have I said, thats perfect. It was happy, it was sad, it was crazy, it was mean it was nuts. 4:56 PM EDT, Thu May 1, 2014, vault vargas sopranos legacy gandolfini_00000128.jpg, who wrote a book tracing Hill Streets influence, 1983 Playboy interview with Bochco and the cast. As the months 12. Actors came and went: Ken Olin, Mimi Kuzyk, Megan Gallagher, Lisa Sutton. Director Rick Wallace Writers Michael Kozoll Steven Bochco (story by) Jeffrey Lewis (teleplay by) Well, whack my monkey, Bobby Hill! We would go on and on. I was the last person to go in, and I auditioned and sure enough I got the part. If you think its boring watching them, you ought to try directing them. Bochco: At the end of the meeting, I got up and said, We cant do this project. The main characters were perceived as being not capable and having flawed personalities. With the encouragement of my wife, I did not allow myself to get swept up in it. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much Weitz: I can remember the first rehearsal, standing around in groups, talking about how important it is to make this as good as it can be, because the writing was phenomenal. ", [Related: Steven Bochco on Slowing Down: 'I'm Just Old']. About The Theme Music:When I was asked to come up with the music for the series I went to the Studio and watched wanted, where I could. We won everything. Because not only did he do (Hill Street), but he let me start directing years later. stage at Berekely Rep and Magic Theater in the Bay Area. His marriage to wifeGloria Kochberg lasted for nearly 70 years, only ending with his death from natural causes on January 6, 2014. The performances spoke for how talented the "HSB" cast was, but it didn't hurt that some of them had friends in high places. Weitz: The one person with enormous experience in front of the camera was Michael Conrad, and he, in the beginning, had trouble adjusting. Haid used his leverage to get a really good deal to play the good-ol-boy officer. LaRue. Frank Furillo (Emmy winner Daniel J. Travanti) was revealed to be a recovering alcoholic when he ordered one of his detectives, J.D. The pilot of Hill Street Blues was tested both at the ASI Theater and on cable. When it premiered on NBC in January 1981, Hill Street was unlike anything else on American television. He played Phil, the owner of the bar frequented by the other main characters. Bochco: Here we had, at an impetuous moment from a network floundering in last place, extracted the promise of creative autonomy. "Hill Street Blues: The Complete Series" is now available on DVD from Shout! And they left it on the air, and it was my favorite moment ever. Frank Furillo. The Young, the Beautiful and the Degraded. While Im standing here Geri Windsor walks in who is a woman and I introduce myself. Lucille Bates. HSB.net: Ramona Silipo said you are never happier than when you are doing theatre and especially when you are doing Belker puts the chicken away, picks up another chicken. HSB.net: What happened to your collection of bow ties? would call it a conventional route to a career in acting. idea. Prior to his accident Trini had just The two wrote a script in 10 days, with a clarity and energy that surprised even its creators. Haid: We would come up with every euphemism for masturbation we could come up with. Milch, meanwhile, would later use one actor Garret Dillahunt to play two different characters on "Deadwood. "Let's be careful out there." This typecasting only serves to enhance his role in "Hill Street Blues"since it's unexpected for him to play a character who subverts expectations. Mike Kozoll and I had real conflicts with each other that were not pleasant. "I got a boil on my a-- when I went to London last year," Bochco told Playboy in 1983. The only way to service multiple storylines was to let them spill over into subsequent episodes. LaRue (Kiel Martin), to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Bochco: We did stuff in that show Id never seen before anywhere. art. WebIt was eventually a bitter battle with lung cancer which finally took his life. Martin (to Playboy, 1983): The writers are very perceptive reporters. Consequently, we have always had Lucy show a very strong feeling that she had to be better, tougher, stronger in those arenas than anybody else to maintain her credibility as a police officer. Unusually there were no egos and Writing. Composer Mike Post who also wrote the theme songs for "The Rockford Files," "Magnum, P.I.," "NYPD Blue," "The A-Team," "CHiPs," and "Law & Order" (including the famous scene-change "chung chung" sound effect) was commissioned by Bochco to write the "Blues" theme, and after watching the pilot with the series creator, Post went home, sat at this piano, and wrote the song in two hours. Marinaro decided he was done in Season 6. Webmaster Andy Lambert with Joe Spano,Calabasas Commons, California. Martin was once in contention for the lead role in the Oscar winning film Midnight Cowboy. One of the saddest events of Hill Streets run involved Michael Conrad. If you allow yourself to continue to be swept up in it, there can only be disaster at the end. Mike Kozoll didnt particularly want to do another cop show. Discovery Company. Then he knew and he said to everybody. think most people can see this camaraderie in the finished program and remember that despite all this most, episodes were filmed in Kiel made it back, super clean I might ad, and Ken Olin's character was subsequently killed off for Bochco: We bring them all over, and I hear that (NBC head of casting) Joel Thurm has said, theyre all too dark. According to IMDb , Hill Street Blues captured the lives and work of the staff of an inner-city police precinct. It ran for seven seasons, from 1981-1987. And they didnt know. It was well-written, boldly directed and creatively revolutionary. Guess I'm not the Hollywood type. He was sweet, sweet natured and grateful for what he had there but saddened by being let go. We should have won 10. Michael Warren was regular and I think Keil Martin, Taurean Blacque, Michael Conrad and James Sikking along with Hill Street did not come off as a real police station. something special. One of them was James B. 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