![]() ![]() He also was the narrator in a personal favorite of mine, the late 1970s miniseries, Centennial. Aside from The Fugitive, he's well known for work like Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957-1960, the series where Mary Tyler Moore got her start), and Harry O (1974-1976), an excellent short-lived detective series. Janssen starred in movies like The Green Berets (1968), but his real success was in TV. David Janssen was born David Harold Meyer in Naponee, Nebraska, in 1931 Janssen was his stepfather's last name. There was no way this guy murdered his wife. The narrator in the opening credits of The Fugitive made that clear every week, and after watching Kimble run around from episode to episode, you would have known anyway. Yes, TV has plenty of excellent roles models to choose from, and, yeah, Kimble was an escaped prisoner, convicted of murder, on the run from the police and especially the dogged Lieutenant Philip Gerrard.īut if you want a role model and somebody to emulate in order to better yourself, Kimble’s your guy. There has been much speculation about the identity of the uncredited man in the photo.If you’re looking for a role model, TV’s very best was Richard Kimble, the main character on the 1960s drama, The Fugitive. Since Old Ben's subjects are unable to tell them apart, they are forced to return with both of them.Īt the end of the episode, host Rod Serling holds up an 8-by-10 black-and-white photograph of a handsome young man, noting that the photo shows Old Ben's true appearance and that when Jenny grows up, she will become his queen. She has Ben change himself into her identical twin. Jenny comes up with a plan that will keep them together. Old Ben is granted a moment alone with Jenny to say goodbye after he promises not to run away. ![]() Old Ben knows he must go back to his planet, but regrets that it would be against the rules for Jenny to go with him. The strangers tell Jenny that Old Ben's people love him as much as she does they want him to return and continue the remainder of his 5,000-year reign. Accordingly, Ben came to Earth for a self-authorized vacation. He grew weary from the pressures of ruling his world, from having so much of his authority overridden by red tape.and by "the Council". They begin addressing him as "Your majesty." Old Ben explains to Jenny that he is not a criminal but the king of his planet. As she thanks him, she sees the two men watching Old Ben. Old Ben comes back to Jenny's room and makes her well again. The plot thickens as the men use a device identical to Old Ben's to make Jenny temporarily deathly ill, forcing Ben to return and save her. The two strangers meet Jenny walking down the stairs without her brace. Old Ben decides it's time for him to "skedaddle" again, but before departing he uses a strange device to heal Jenny's leg. Old Ben lets Jenny in on his secret that he is actually from another planet, a planet Jenny has never heard of, and that his appearance is only a disguise. Jenny, who has been sent to bed without supper for spending time with Old Ben, overhears the conversation and limps upstairs to Old Ben's apartment to warn him about the two men. She believes him to be of questionable character. Agnes is not surprised, assuming the police are interested in Ben. The two men enter the apartment building and question Agnes about Ben. ![]() This phenomenon is observed by two well-dressed men who are watching the house from across the street. As they approach the rowhouse, Ben causes his roller skates to dematerialize. Old Ben carries Jenny home (she walks with a leg brace that restricts her movement), where she lives with her abrasively unsympathetic aunt, Agnes Gann. Old Ben then reappears from behind the tree and announces that the spaceman is gone, and the camera then pans to Rod Serling seated on a park bench as he introduces this episode, noting that it combines science fiction ("the improbable made possible") with fantasy ("the impossible made probable"). When Old Ben emerges (looking like a nightmarish, shelled monster), the children "zap" him with pretend guns, and Old Ben's creation is dispatched to the next life. Jenny declines, saying she can't make herself into as convincing a spaceman as Old Ben, so Old Ben assumes his customary role. Old Ben, who usually plays the spaceman, suggests that Jenny play the visitor from outer space this time. They then decide to play "Spaceman", one of their favorite games. When it is Old Ben's turn at bat, he hits the ball in close to his hands, but the ball carries over the fence and out of sight, ending the game. ![]() They are accompanied by Old Ben, a kindly, grandfatherly gentleman, whom the kids adore. The story opens at a public park, where a group of children are playing softball. ![]()
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