Question: I have seen a timeless comedy on late-night TV about a mother who gives her daughter a dog-training book to use as a relationship guide for her hubby. I can't recall a title or the actors, but I would love to watch it with my daughter upon her engagement! Answer: It's the Bobby Darin/Sandra Dee comedy If a Man Answers (1962). Although not one of Dee's best-known films, its fans are very devoted. The strong supporting cast includes French actress Micheline Presle as Dee's mother, Cesar Romero as Darin's father and a very young
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The wheel thing: Wagon Train's Horton and Bond
Question: Sir, could you please tell me who the main stars were on Wagon Train? Thank you.
Answer: Thanks for the respect, Teri (I get so little), but as the old boot-camp admonishment goes, don't call me "sir" — I work for a living!
There are a few answers to that question, the first being the cast list (which I'll run down in a moment) and the second being a list of guest stars, since episodes revolved around one-shot characters who came and went. But any fan of the show would whittle it down to one actor: the opinionated, tough-as-leather Ward Bond.
In the series, which ran on NBC from 1957-62 before jumping to ABC and finishing out its run there in 1965, Bond played Major Seth Adams, who led the train each season from St. Louis to California with assistant wagon master Bill Hawks (Terry Wilson) and cook Charlie Wooster (Frank McGrath) by h
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