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- Recast items are on the Roger Articles page.
- Excerpt from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi, published in 1874. This
was kindly prepared by Brendacious, so that we could understand
what Heyes was reading in the episode "Something to Get
Hung About." It has been left in Microsoft Word format (as
Brendacious provided) so that it would be more readable. You'll
need Microsoft Word to open this.
- AS&J Shooting Call Sheets for the Pilot, October, 1970.
These are large scans of 6 pages (front and back) and will take
a while to load. These sheets belonged to Dennis Fimple (who
played Kyle on AS&J). Scans of them were kindly provided
to us by his son Chris.
- Ad and Listing for AS&J
Pilot Preview, TV Guide,
January 2, 1971. Thanks to Lisa.
- "Smith and Jones,
Just Highwaymen", Los Angeles Times, January 4, 1971.
TV writer Cecil Smith's column on
AS&J. This includes quotes from Pete. Sent by Ana.
- Excerpt from "Today's Best Bets",
Los Angeles Times, January 5, 1971.
Also courtesy of Jo.
- "TV Review: 'Smith' Based on 'Butch Cassidy'",
Los Angeles Times, January 6, 1971.Thanks
to Jo.
- Ad and Listing for AS&J
Premiere, TV Guide,
January 16, 1971. Thanks to Lisa.
- "New Life in Offing for Video Westerns",
Rochester Times Union, January 16, 1971. Thanks
to Gail, who cut this out of her local paper in 1971.
- "ABC Sparks Midseason Lineup...",
Chicago Tribune TV Week, January 16, 1971. Thanks
to Jeane. Notice that the Heyes and Curry photo in the article
is a reverse image. (Curry's gunbelt is on the wrong side.) Here it is
flipped to the correct orientation.
- "Filming New Series
Hectic", Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, January 17,
1971. Includes quotes from Pete.
Sent by Ana.
- "A Western Comedy for ABC Television",
tv prevues, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 17, 1971. Includes a rare photo.
- Excerpt from "January 21, Evening"
TV Schedule, Los Angeles Times, January 21, 1971. Thanks to Jo. The Flip Wilson Show listing
is also included here so that you can see what AS&J
was up against.
- "TV Review: Smith and Jones Launched
by ABC", Los Angeles Times, January 23, 1971. From Jo.
- "It's Really Alias
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", The Telegram (Toronto)
TV Weekly, February 5, 1971. Two
articles in one.
- "A Friend in Need", ABC Photo
Release, Februrary 9, 1971. A photo
for TV papers, along with info to put in the ad.
- "From a College Drop Out to a Murphy
Bed of Roses", Los Angeles Herald-Examiner TV Weekly,
February 21, 1971. See Ben and Paul
side-by-side, plus read about AS&J's hectic shooting
schedule. In case you don't understand the infamy reference,
December 7 (1941) is the day that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii.
- "Review: Alias Smith
and Jones", TV Guide, March 6, 1971.
- "Here's a Series
to Be Forgotten", Detroit Free Press Weekly TV Magazine,
March 21, 1971. What an interesting
photo!
- "Imitation to a
'Sundance'", The Cleveland Press TV Showtime, April
2, 1971. The
photo is a reverse image. Click here to see it in the correct orientation.
- Cover photo and caption,
Sunday Herald Traveler TV Magazine, April 4, 1971. Not really an article, just a photo and caption.
The photo is a reverse image.
- "Tricky Gent", ABC Photo Release,
April 13, 1971. A photo for TV papers,
along with info to put in the ad.
- TV Listings for the Start of Each
Season of AS&J, Radio Times (UK); April 19, 1971; September
18, 1972; October 22, 1973. What
is referred to in the UK as "series" is known as "season"
in the US. These are three large scans so that we can see what
has happening on TV during each series premiere. Thanks to John
Archbold.
- "If They Stay Out of Trouble!",
RadioTimes, April 22, 1971. Includes
several quotes from Glen Larson. Sent by Pamela.
- "'Zany' is the word for Smith and Jones",
The Muskegon Chronicle, May 9, 1971.
- "Smith and Jones:
'Nothing Phoney About It'", Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,
June 27, 1971. Includes quotes from
Ben. Thanks to Ana for this. The copy's photo was too dark so
I replaced it with the same photo that I cropped from a glossy
print. Here's a scan of the complete
glossy photo.
- "Huggins: a man for two
seasons, western and now", LA Times TV Times, July 4,
1971. An interview with AS&J's
executive producer.
- "Round 2 for ABC's
'Alias Smith and Jones'", Los Angeles Herald-Examiner,
August 7, 1971. Includes quotes from
Pete. Sent by Ana.
- "Spot the Errors",
16 Magazine, August 1971. A contest.
One of the errors is too small to be seen on the screen--the
nail on Wheat's pinky finger is missing.
- "Pete Duel &
Ben Murphy Present: SPEC-tickles!", SPEC 16 Magazine,
September 1971. Scans of two complete
magazine pages.
- "Grandma Curry comes
to town...Oops, it's Walter Brennan", TV Guide, September
4, 1971. He must have changed his
mind about the last appearance, because Walter Brennan went on
to guest star in another second season episode, "21 Days
to Tenstrike" (which was filmed the first week of December
1971). According to the Internet
Movie Database, he also appeared in two more movies before
his death on September 21, 1974 of emphysema.
- Excerpt from "Telly
Time", 16 Magazine, October 1971. Short,
but you gotta love the photo.
- "Blurbs From the
Boob Tube: Alias Smith and Jones", Top Teen, Ocotber
1971. This includes two Fotos for
Framing.
- AS&J Shooting Call and Production Requirements, October 19, 1971.
Large scans of two pages. Thanks to Ana.
- "Clever Cutie", Syracuse Herald
Journal, November 14, 1971. Thanks
to Alice.
- Ad for "21 Days to Tenstrike",
TV Guide, January 2, 1972. Thanks
to Marilyn.
- "Debuts Dealing", Syracuse Herald
Journal, January 27, 1972. A short
item about singer Bill Anderson's dramatic debut, courtesy of
Alice. Anderson portrayed a casino dealer, not an owner as this
item states.
- "Wanted: More
of Alias Smith & Jones", Superstar, February 1972.
- "Story to Narrate Smith and Jones",
Syracuse Herald Journal, February 24, 1972.
Thanks to Alice.
- "('Los Dos Mosqueteros')
Una Pareja Deshecha", Spanish article, early 1972. Sent by Ana. This is a large (244 K) scan of
the article.
- "('Alias Smith and
Jones') A Partnership Dissolved", Spanish article, early
1972. Translation of the above article
by Elaine (from the UK). Original photos have been replaced with
better versions from other sources. Some of the statements about
Pete are not accurate, but there are interesting comments from
executive producer Roy Huggins about AS&J.
- "Una Nueva Serie
De Television "Los Dos Mosqueteros", Lecturas,
31.3.72, no. 1041. Thanks to Ana
for sending this. The Curry photo was a little dark, so I replaced
it with the same photo that was sent by Debbie.
- "A New Television
Series 'Los Dos Mosqueteros' (Alias Smith and Jones)",
Lecturas, 31.3.72, no. 1941. Article
above in English, with a wonderful translation provided by Jo.
- UK
AS&J Fan Club Package,
1972. Thanks to Leezz (Lisa), a fan
club member.
- "A Couple of Aliases: On Set with 'Smith
and Jones'", Superstar, April 1972. This
includes a nice photo of Pete on the set.
- "Special News For All the Fans of Alias
Smith & Jones", British AS&J Fan Club
Newsletter, Superstar, April 1972.
- Excerpt from "TV
Scoops & Secrets", TV Radio Show, May 1972. Brief item on the original AS&J casting.
- Introductory page,
from a Japanese magazine whose title translates to "The
Special View of 'Alias Smith and Jones'", The Magazine for
Young Age, May 1972. Both the Japanese
text and the English translation are given. Thanks go to Saori
for translating and Sandy for arranging and forwarding the translation.
- Japanese/English Wanted
Poster, The Magazine for Young Age (Japanese), May 1972.
- "The Scene from Alias Smith
and Jones",
The Magazine for Young Age (Japanese), May 1972. Three complete pages are scanned and two have
been made large enough for the text to be readable. This may
take a while to load.
- Next page of the Japanese magazine, The
Magazine for Young Age, (Japanese), May 1972.
- Excerpt from index
page of a Japanese magazine, The Magazine for Young Age (Japanese),
May 1972.
- "The Special View of 'Alias Smith and
Jones'", The Magazine for Young Age (Japanese), May
1972. This is the main article. Three
complete pages were scanned and made large enough for the text
to be legible, so this may take a while to load.
- "'Smith & Jones':
Trouble on the Set!", flip, June 1972. The original owner cut out the "Love Portrait".
- Excerpt from "TV News", SPEC
16 Magazine, June 1972. Includes
a photo of Ben and Roger with an inset of Pete.
- "Cita con...'Los Dos Mosqueteros' Mas
de cincuenta aspirantes a los papeles de 'Hannibal Hayes' y 'Kid
Curry'", Tele-Pueblo, June 1972. Thanks to Ana.
- "Appointment with...'The
Two Musketeers' More Than Fifty Applicants for the Roles of 'Hannibal
Hayes' [sic] and 'Kid Curry'", Tele-Pueblo, June 1972. Thanks to Wild Dreamer, this is the English
translation of the Spanish article listed above.
- "The Alias Smith
and Jones Story, Part 1", Superstar, June 1972.
- "Special News For
All the Fans of Alias Smith & Jones", British AS&J
Fan Club Newsletter, Superstar, June 1972.
- Postcard from ABC Television
Network, mid-1972. Thanks to
bryanne.
- Excerpt from column, SPEC 16 Magazine or 16 Magazine,
late 1972.
From bryanne.
- "Alias Smith And Jones Saved!",
16 Magazine or SPEC 16 Magazine, mid-1972. The
writer had more confidence in the Smith And Jones fanatics than
proved to be justified. Courtesy of bryanne.
- "The Alias Smith and Jones Story, Part
3", Superstar, August 1972. Many
quotes from Ben, including about Pete and about fans. Sent by
Asialee.
- Excerpt from "The Grapevine",
SPEC 16 Magazine, August 1972.
- "Ben & Roger: 'We're Coming Back!'",
flip, August 1972. Not much here
but it shows that even the generally optimistic teenage magazines
had not expected AS&J to be renewed for a third season.
- "Special News For All the Fans of Alias
Smith & Jones", British AS&J Fan Club
Newsletter, Superstar, August 1972.
Thanks to Asialee.
- "Special News For All the Fans of Alias
Smith & Jones", British AS&J Fan Club
Newsletter, Superstar, September 1972. Thanks
to Asialee.
- "Alias Smith and Jones", Variety,
September 20, 1972. A review of the
third season premiere.
- "The Alias Smith and Jones Story, Part
5", Superstar, October 1972.
- "Special News For
All the Fans of Alias Smith & Jones", British AS&J
Fan Club Newsletter, Superstar, October 1972.
- "Reunited", Syracuse Herald Journal,
October 1, 1972. Thanks
to Alice.
- "La Proxima Semana Aparecera En La Pequena
Pantalla ROGER DAVIS El 'Tercer Mosquetero' En Busca De Su 'Redencion'...",
unknown Spanish magazine, 1972. Sent
by Ana.
- "Next Week ROGER
DAVIS Will Appear on the Small Screen, the Third Musketeer in
Search of an Amnesty", unknown Spanish magazine, 1972.
Translation of the above Spanish
article, courtesy of Elaine. This is a very interesting article
with a deceptive title. Very little is said in it about the recast.
Instead, this is primarily a discussion of the show from a Spanish
viewpoint. Pete's movie Cannon for Cordoba, which is mentioned
disparagingly here, was filmed in Spain in 1969.
- "Life is Always
Hard Among the Losers on TV", TV Channels, The Washington
Post, October 29, 1972. Focuses on
the tough competition that AS&J faced for ratings
in the US. Here's a better version of the Pete
photo shown in the article.
- "Super-Special New TV Season Guide! Saturday",
SPEC 16 Magazine, November 1972. Gangster-pranksters?
- "The Alias Smith and Jones Story, Part
6", Superstar, November 1972. Thanks
to Asialee.
- "Special News For All the Fans of Alias
Smith & Jones", British AS&J Fan Club
Newsletter, Superstar, November 1972. Thanks
to Asialee.
- "Special News For All the Fans of Alias
Smith & Jones", British AS&J Fan Club
Newsletter, Superstar, December 1972.
- "Con La Muerte De Pete Duel La Serie
Se Tambaleo, Pero Salvo El Bache", Spanish magazine,
1972 or 1973. Thanks to Ana.
- "With The Death of Pete Duel The Series
Tottered, But It Overcame The Hole", Spanish magazine, 1972 or 1973. Thanks to Jo, this is an English
translation of the above Spanish article. In a few places where
the translation was unknown, what is known of the Spanish text
is highlighted in bold italics.
- "A Sad Farewell to Alias Smith &
Jones!",
flip, March 1973.
- "Special News:
For All Fans of Alias Smith & Jones", British AS&J
Fan Club Newsletter, Superstar, January 1973.
- "Weekly 'Kung Fu'", Syracuse Herald Journal,
January 14, 1973.
Thanks to Alice.
- Excerpt from "Spec-tickles",
SPEC 16 Magazine, February 1973. Thanks
to Beth.
- "Special News:
For All Fans of Alias Smith & Jones", British AS&J
Fan Club Newsletter, Superstar, February 1973. Thanks
to Asialee.
- Excerpt from "Talk
Around Town", TV Star Parade, March 1973. A paragraph regarding the cancellation of AS&J.
- "Special News: For All Fans of Alias
Smith & Jones", British AS&J Fan Club
Newsletter, Superstar, March 1973. Sent
by Asialee.
- "El Regreso De 'Los Mosqueteros'",
Teledia, March 4, 1973. Captions
with four photos, which are unfortunately scans of dark photocopies.
The article was sent by Ana, and English translations by Elaine
are given with scans of the Spanish. The English title is "The
Return of Alias Smith and Jones".
- "Alias Smith and
Jones", The Magazine for Young Age (Japanese), Issue
3, March 1973.
- "Special News: For All Fans of Alias
Smith & Jones", British AS&J Fan Club
Newsletter, Superstar, April 1973. Includes
some interesting quotes from Ben and a nice photo of Pete and
Jack Cassidy. Thanks to Asialee.
- "Special News: For
All Fans of Alias Smith & Jones", British AS&J
Fan Club Newsletter, Superstar, May 1973.
The club has a financial crisis.
- "Special News: For All Fans of Alias
Smith & Jones", British AS&J Fan Club
Newsletter, Superstar, July 1973. Thanks
to Ana.
- "Special News: For
All Fans of Alias Smith & Jones", British AS&J
Fan Club Newsletter, Superstar, September or October 1973. Thanks to Ana.
- "Special News: For All Fans of Alias
Smith & Jones", British AS&J Fan Club
Newsletter, Superstar, November 1973.From
Ana.
- "Special News: For All Fans of Alias
Smith & Jones", British AS&J Fan Club
Newsletter, Superstar, December 1973. Thanks
to Ana.
- "Bang,
Bang, They're Dead", Probably Manchester (UK) Evening
News, 1973. A newspaper article about
the cancellation of AS&J. Thanks to Leezz.
- "Learning to love
- with a little help from Starsky & Co.", Teenage
View by Patricia Finney, unknown UK magazine, mid-1970s. Thanks to Linda and Thorne.
- "Unseen Voices", source and
date unknown. This may be from a UK publication.
- "Alias Kid Curry",
Alias Smith and Jones Annual 1976 (UK).
An article comparing the fictional and real Kid Curry. An anonymous
gift.
- Sheet music of the AS&J
theme, Fifty TV
Themes for Keyboard, 1976 or later. Thanks
to Edward.
- Sheet music of the AS&J
theme, Themes from
Universal TV Shows, MCA Music, 1976 or later. Thanks to Kathy.
- Photo of Earl Holliman (Wheat) and
AS&J fan Beverly LaRue,
late 1970s (probably 1977 or 1978). Not
really an article, but a photo with some information. Thanks
to Beverly.
- "Alias Smith and
Jones", Television Age, Aal [sic] About "Alias
Smith and Jones" (Japanese), issue 3, March 1978. This is the cover and title page.
- "The Fact Sheet &
Series Concept of 'Alias Smith & Jones'", Television
Age, Aal [sic] About "Alias Smith and Jones" (Japanese),
issue 3, March 1978.
- "Episode Guide",
Television Age, Aal [sic] About "Alias Smith and Jones"
(Japanese), issue 3, March 1978."
- "Alias Smith and Jones",
Television Age, All About "Alias Smith and Jones" (Japanese),
issue 4, April 1978. This is the
cover and title page. The cover photo is from the 1970 movie
Cannon for Cordoba.
- Japanese descriptions of 14 Alias Smith and
Jones episodes, Television Age, All About "Alias Smith
and Jones" (Japanese), issue 4, April 1978. This has scans of 3.33 pages, so it may take
a while to load.
- Cover and Actor Bios, Television Age,
All About "Alias Smith and Jones" (Japanese), issue
5, May 1978. This is the cover and
pages about Pete and Roger. Thanks to moonface.
- "Alias Smith and
Jones", Television Age, All About "Alias Smith
and Jones" (Japanese), issue 5, May 1978. An
article with some great photos. Thanks to moonface.
- "Alias Smith and Jones", The
Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs, 1979. Thanks to Alice.
- "Ninety Minute Movies, 49 made-for-TV
features from MCA TV", announcement for the release
of "The Day They Hanged Kid Curry" as a TV movie, 1979.
Includes a description, photos, sample
ads, and music cue sheets. The description, which is from the
summer of 1971, says that Sam Jaffe will play Soapy Saunders.
There must have been a last minute casting change because, in
the actual show, Walter Brennan played Silky O'Sullivan. Note
that there is a frequently used piece of music entitled "Bath
Time".
- "Glen A. Larson -
the man with the Midas touch", The Fall Guy Annual,
1983. A short item about AS&J's
creator and producer. Thanks to Paul.
- "Sympathieke boeven rijden weer: 'Alias
Smith and Jones'", Veronica, June 1, 1985. This is from a Dutch TV paper. Thanks to Nancy,
we now have the English translation. The title in English is
"Sympathetic Outlaws Ride Again: 'Alias Smith and Jones'".
- "Alias Smith and Jones", unknown
UK book, date unknown. Thanks to
Ana. This exaggerates the role of Sally Field, but that's to
be expected from a source that says they have a deal with the
Governor of Kansas. Note that in the leaning-at-post photo Heyes and Curry
have slightly different facial expressions than in other similar
photos (photo
1 and photo
2) on the website.
- "Alias Smith and
Jones", The Official TV Western Book, vol. 3,
by Neil Summers, 1987. Some erroneous
statements, especially regarding Clementine Hale. Sent by Ana.
- "Alias Smith and Jones", Television
Westerns: Major and Minor Series, 1946-1978, by Richard West,
1987, pp. 15-16. You'd think that
a book of Westerns could manage a better entry than this.
- Excerpts from Prime Time, Prime
Movers: From I Love Lucy to L.A. Law--America's Greatest TV Shows
and the People Who Created Them by
David Marc and Robert J. Thompson, 1992. I've
only copied the AS&J related material. This includes
a section from the Roy Huggins chapter (pp. 149-150) and Glen
Larson chapter (pp. 172-173). The Larson section has some obvious
errors. For example, it says that Sally Field was a regular and
that Pete died while watching the show.
- Alias Smith & Jones, Encore Programs
Ad, date unknown (probably mid-1990s).
- "Alias Smith &
Jones", Classic TV Westerns, 1994. Thanks to Ana. The photos were dark xerox copies,
therefore, where possible I replaced them with the same photos
from other sources.
- "Smith and Jones:
the cowboy years", Independent, December 30, 1994. This is from a weekly newspaper in the UK.
- Riding the Video Range:
The Rise and Fall of the Western on Television, by Gary A. Yoggy, 1995, pp 471-484.
Very interesting and thorough, although
with numerous inaccuracies. The book, which can be purchased
over the Internet from Amazon, contains 702 pages of great stuff
about all TV Westerns.
- "Remember This?", Daily Mail,
January 11, 1997. From a British
newspaper.
- "Buried Treasure",
RadioTimes, April 19-25, 1997. Thanks
to Thorne.
- "Last of the Loveable
Cowboys", Coffee Break Page, Daily Mail, 26 August 1997.
Thanks to Jacquie.
- "Special Report: TV Westerns",
Cult TV, June 1998. From Ana and Thorne. The
pre-Maverick discussion is missing, but the important
and interesting text (AS&J, of course) is here. The
last graphic may take a while to load, but it should be worth
the wait. Doesn't this writer have a way with words!
- "Dennis Fimple: Character Actor",
Variety, September 5, 2002. Thanks
to Jo.
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