The Worst Film Ever

That was an excellent one.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

I watched this show and loved it. The company that my dad was Secretary/Treasurer of had a quarry near Camarillo, CA. One episode was filmed at that quarry. While it wasn't anywhere near the ocean, when you saw the show, it looked as though the quarry was right at the beach. The company held up a dynamite blast in case the show wanted to film it. The production company declined and said that they would do their own. My dad watched it and told me that they made up a little pile of rocks and dirt and set off a very small detonation. When it was shown on TV, it looked like they had taken down an entire mountain! In the opening lead in, they showed Keenan Wynn riding a crane hook. My dad saw that and commented that they never let anyone ride the hooks.

Yes, a simple TV show like Troubleshooters was one of my favorites. I've often wondered why they haven't done reruns on cable or satellite. Growing up loving heavy equipment, I would go anywhere earth moving or ditch digging equipment was operating. When Troubleshooters started, I was in Heaven! Solving situational problems with heavy equipment was a bonus. The one I remember the best is the episode where the push a pipe through a wall of dirt at a cave-in to get air to the trapped people in the cave. Of there were a few more involving personnel issues. But overall a decent show. You could set down and watch it with family and come away with a positive message. Keenan and Bob became favorite actors. Sorry, I can't right off recall the others. Maybe I will if I ever see a rerun. Let's hope that is soon!

For some reason I was recently thinking about this TV show. It is my earliest recollection of TV. I'm 54. I could not remember the name of the show, only that Hartz Mountain (the flea collar people) sponsored it at one time. I looked all over the internet to no avail then remembered for some reason that Keenan Wynn was in the show as some tough guy. So I looked on IMDb and got the answer. I had many Tonka toy construction trucks and used to emulate the show by myself in the house. My parents would not let me take the trucks outside. How messed up is that? I wanted to grow up to blow stuff up. It didn't work out. I'm a lawyer. So I sort of blow stuff up on paper now. I think it is wonderful that people have posted on here about this obscure bit of history. I would pay $1000 for the DVDs if they existed.

This is a very obscure, essentially forgotten construction-based show from NBC from 1959-1960. My father, Chet Allen, played the role of "Slats" on the show. He has for many years tried to obtain VHS/DVD copies of the show but with no success. There is rumor that the archives were destroyed due to neglect over the years. I've never seen the show and would be delighted to be able to do so. Anyone out there with any concrete information about how to obtain copies of this show or who is in contact with former cast members or who have any memorabilia from the show, please feel free to contact me. My Dad would be really grateful if you have any information. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks.