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December 26, 2021 - January 1, 2022 WHATS UP! T11 Advance Pest Control 2 x 2 TAKE 5 Solution on page T23 Use the clues above and beside the grid to fill in the squares Gibson Chiro 3 x 2 BY ADAM THOMLISON TV Media Q: Did they ever remake "The Postman Always Rings Twice"? The original is such a classic. A: The fact that the original was a classic may have gone against the remake. The 1946 production (not technically the original as a French version was made in 1939, but it is the original English one) starred John Garfield ("Four Daughters," 1938) and Lana Turner ("Imitation of Life," 1959) and is considered a classic of the film-noir genre. It was remade in 1981 with film legend Jack Nicholson ("China- town," 1974) and Jessica Lange ("Frances," 1982) in the leading roles. That one's not nearly as well- remembered as the 1946 version, perhaps because most of the re- views measured it against the original and found it wanting. Roger Ebert called it "disap- pointing" and questioned why it was even made. But Nicholson, perhaps a little defensive about the bad recep- tion, made a solid point. It was successful in the most important metric: it made money. "Most people would surmise that it wasn't successful," he said in a 1985 interview with Film Comment magazine. "That is not true. I know it made money, because I received overages." Q: Aside from the series lasting longer than the war, was "M*A*S*H" actually ac- cepted as factually accurate? A: It depends a little on which facts you're referring to, but yes, generally speaking, "M*A*S*H" was a good reflection of life at a mobile army surgical hospital (hence the titular acronym) in the Korean War. The show, which premiered in 1972, was based on the film that was released in 1970, which was, in turn, based on the novel "MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors," published in 1968. The book was written by H. Richard Hornberger (under the pseudonym Richard Hooker), who actually served as a doctor at a MASH unit in the Korean War. He based the character of Hawkeye Pierce — played on the show by Alan Alda ("ER") in his most famous role — on him- self. Thus the core of the show — the practical and ethical chal- lenges of conducting quick-and- dirty surgery in tents just miles away from the front lines — is based on real life. Photos of such mobile hospitals from the time show that the show's set dress- ers took some pains to get the look right. However, Hornberger has said in subsequent interviews that he didn't approve of the anti-war spin that the film and TV series seemed to add to his story, say- ing in a 1983 interview with Newsweek that while the show got the details right, it "tramples on my memories." His son, William Hornberg- er, expanded on this a bit in a later interview with the New York Times, noting, "My father was a political conservative, and he did not like the liberal tendencies that Alan Alda por- trayed Hawkeye Pierce as hav- ing." Q: Who played Richard Splett on "Veep" and what has he done since? I feel like he was a highlight. A: Sam Richardson is an alum- nus of the Second City comedy troupe and a hard-working sup- porting comedian who seems to be finally coming into his own. The Michigan native took the hard road, starting out at the Second City Training Center in Detroit (not at either of the com- pany's hubs in Chicago or To- ronto) and then spent two years travelling North America as part of the troupe's touring company. After that, he started getting bit roles on TV and film before landing his breakout role on "Veep" as Richard Splett, per- haps the only kind-hearted per- son on that show. Things have taken off for him since. In 2017 he co-created and co-starred in his own sitcom, called "Detroiters," which ran for two seasons on Comedy Central. The next year he had his own web series, "Champaign ILL." He recently made another breakthrough, getting the lead role in a feature film that was marketed pretty hard by Netflix. In "Werewolves Within," re- leased earlier this year, he played a good-willed but unassertive park ranger transferred to a small town that soon experienc- es a mysterious threat (spoiler alert: the threat is werewolves). As a fan of his "Veep" charac- ter, you'll want to check this one out — he's essentially playing Richard Splett again, but this time he's surrounded by small- town sociopaths instead of ur- ban ones. On top of all that, he's been building up a significant sideline doing voice work on shows such as Netflix's "Hoops" and HBO Max's "The Fungies." Have a question? Email us at questions@tvtabloid.com. Please include your name and town. 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