Word: goldberg
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Stripes screenplay, by Len Blum, Dan Goldberg and Harold Ramis, was tailor-made for Murray, who plays the role of John Winger, a lazy, listless yet lovable failure. After losing his job, his car and his girlfriend in that order. Winger, along with his sidekick Russell Zisky (Ramis), decides to join the Army simply because he is too lazy to do anything else. The problems quickly (and predictably) begin when Winger--an incessant clown--meets up with the brass of the United States Military...
...walls, and thousands of gum-chewing adolescents imitated her long, layered hairdo. But celebrity was an ordeal. Armed guards had to be hired to keep the clutching fans at bay. But at fees of up to $30,000 per week, the Angels got rich. Producers Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg got even richer, and so did the merchandisers who hawked the cornucopia of pop junk: 4 million Angel dolls, 3 million lunch pails, etc. "It was a milestone," says Doyle. "There won't be another one like it-which opens the way for a lot of people...
...with many epochal ideas, nobody seems to remember exactly where Charlie's Angels came from. Perhaps somewhere deep in the tribal memories and seaside fantasies of Southern California. It was Goldberg who suggested, in the summer of 1974, some kind of adventure series featuring female detectives. In the first brainstorming sessions, the heroines were apparently very fierce, all leather jackets and karate chops...
Kate Jackson, then working in another Spelling-Goldberg series, The Rookies, claims credit for some key changes. Says she: "I was pacing the floor in Aaron's office, saying 'O.K., suppose these three girls work for this detective named ... Harry.' And then I saw the intercom on Aaron's desk, and I said, 'Suppose you never see Harry. He always calls them on that squawk box. And suppose instead of tough-mmm ...' And then I saw a picture on the wall of three angels. 'Suppose they're, like, Harry's angels...
...Angels now spins off into syndication, harvesting new millions not only in the U.S. but in England, Brazil, Taiwan, the men who produce the fodder prepare for new challenges. "Our next show," smiles Goldberg, "is about garbage collectors...