Steve Canyon On DVD

What's The Word?

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:35:00 +0000

...on Volume 2...

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Here's Steve Canyon (Dean Fredericks) on the T-33's ladder and helmeted guest star Lamont Johnson (who also directed 10 episodes of the series) in OPERATION NOSE WHEEL, from The Complete Steve Canyon on TV Volume 2 DVD set. Note the shadow of the camera crew in lower left!

While we're hard at work on THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV VOLUME 3 (due out by Xmas 2009)...here are a few "letters of comment" that have been sent to us since our Volume 2 release:

John!

I cannot thank you enough for the "Steve Canyon" Collection! I haven't seen these since they aired, and you know what? They are terrific! How cool to find out that it wasn't just nostalgia!

Good grief! The hardware on display is awesome.. and the picture is so crisp and clear that the beauty of the technology is breathtaking. There was a sequence in a B-29 cockpit that had my eyes popping out of my head!

Seriously though, you have done a magnificent job. The transfers are amazing. No one has ever seen these shows like this before. It a whole new experience, as during the shows first run, we were all watching it over fishbone\coathangar rooftop antennae! My wife and I are going through them one by one, and I am on to the 2nd disk. I wish that 12 O'Clock High would get this treatment.

This show must have had the complete and total cooperation of the Air Force. What do you know about the background on the making of the show? How did it happen. Who had the magic touch to get the Air Force behind it? I'm dying to know more!

Doug Drexler

California

USA

(Note that Mr. Drexler toils by day as an amazingly talented designing artist on such shows as Battlestar Galactica and most of the recent Star Trek TV series')

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Hi John!

I was delighted to find Volume 2 in my mail when I returned yesterday from a two-week business trip. Guess how I spent my time last evening? You’ve done a wonderful job with Volume 2 and I hope your work can continue through the rest of the episodes.

As a 12 year-old kid, I looked forward to EVERY episode of “Steve Canyon” and was crushed when I discovered it didn’t return in ’59-’60.

My boyhood best friend is a retired USAF colonel and I went to work on him recently. He’s a pilot who has restored 6 aircraft in recent years. I reminded him that he and I used to hook up at each other’s homes to watch “Steve Canyon”. I’m sending him the link to your website.

Warm regards,

Woody (Linwood C. Wiley, Jr.)

New Jersey

USA

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Dear John,

I got my DVDs in Monday. I have finished one disc so far. I am still enjoying the series, and I am glad I read about this project on my friend Tom Floyd's site. At least this treasure of the 50's is being restored and released. I like to thank you and all involved in this project, for all of your work on getting this great series out to us.

For your next project, you can colorize the series. Won't that be fun! LOL!!

Take care,

Lloyd Collins II

Alabama

USA

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My set arrived today, John!

That's super fast delivery to get from California to Florida.

Volume 2 is just as beautiful, if not more so, than Volume 1. Great dvd casing and wonderful artwork on the two discs in this second set. The audio and video is clean and crisp, just like the first volume.

John will probably be able to guess which episode I jumped to first in this set. "The Gift", which was the wonderful Christmas episode from this series. And can you imagine my surprise, while listening to the audio commentary from John Ellis and James Farmer, that I hear my own name mentioned!! My kids and wife just looked over at me with pleasantly shocked expressions and we all just grinned from ear to ear. I do appreciate that, John, and want you to know just how much we appreciated that early Christmas gift last year. This episode will always hold a special place in our hearts thanks to your generosity and kindness. Oh, and the commentary track had plenty of great information, as all of them I'm sure do.

Anyone on the fence with this release need not hesitate. This is a top rate dvd set in all ways. And as with V. 1, an added bonus is the original commercials and sponsor spots found on these discs.

I highly recommend this set!!!

Gary "thanks again John - you're the best, my friend" Osborne

Florida

USA

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Happiness is......Setting down in front of the TV with a full box of Tagalong Girl Scout cookies and my new set of Steve Canyon DVDs!

What a great job you guys have done, John......can't hardly wait to see volume 3.

Roger Jackson

Arizona

USA

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Dear friends

I have received Volume 2 in yesterday´s mail. Big THANK YOU.

I enjoy watching the films a great deal.

Good luck to your efforts and I am looking forward to Volume 3

Best regards

Jozef Maly

Bratislava

Slovakia

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Hi,

I remember rushing home from school in those days to watch the show.

My DVD Volume 2 Steve Canyon arrived today, looking forward to the 3rd one down the track

Cheers

Greg Long

New South Wales

Australia

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Dear John,

Yersterday my sample of Vol.Two arrived, ending a long long wait. It's really worth it!!

Congratulations again for all your effort in bringing us these valuable images, so magificiently restored!

Well, now I can only expect for you schedule for Vol.3!

Thanks again.

Yours sincerely,

Flavio Azevedo Estrella

Porto Alegre

BRAZIL

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Dear John,

The package just arrived today, and everything is ok!! This volume 2 is even better than 1. Magnificent!! .. but I have to make a few remarks about “Operation Crash Landing”.. Brazil`s did much to look like the real thing, even back in late 50s! Rio de janeiro, in that time was already a big city, and spanish was never spoken here... all Brazil speaks portuguese... the boy on the jeep, looks like a mexican kid!! But it`s OK!! It`s funny... and Steve Canyon is a true gem!! God bless you, and keep in touch.

See` ya in Steve Canyon Volume 3

Best Regards

Victor Kuster Tavares

Porto Alegre

Brazil

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Dear John: Got my Volume 2 in Kansas on Monday. Am enjoying the heck out of it. Can't wait for Volume 3. All the best and thanks for a GREAT product!

Joe Grasela

Kansas

USA

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Hi John,

I received the DVDs on saturday and started watching them last night, they look great (so far)! The flickering arrows had me alarmed until I realised that was so the broadcaster would no where to place the commercials. I've watched the first two episodes, very much looking forward to episodes directed by Lamont Johnson. I used to house sit for the Johnsons (Toni & Lamont) back in the 1980s when Lamont was working on location. At the time, big Milton Caniff fan that I was, I had no idea he had directed episodes of this wonderful and unnoticed show.

Anyroad, the DVDs have all kicked butt, so thanks for them! I'm still dithering about the cap...

Your pal,

John Dacey

California

USA

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The latest Volume of Steve Canyon arrived here yesterday and its everything that I expected from your wonderful project

Keep up the good work - and here's hoping for the final Volume in the not-too-distant future

Trevor Scott

New South Wales

Australia

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John,

The DVDs are fantastic. We're watching it slowly (only one a week) just to savor it. We are very lucky to have what we have and I'm very grateful. One thing I can't figure out is why I don't remember the show. Maybe it wasn't on up here? I remember some of the commercials from other shows but the show is a blank. It would have been my favorite show!

Rex Dean

California

USA

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John,

I have watched all the episodes on Volume 2 now (without commentary tracks),

and I have to admit, they were great. I was especially surprised by the sea

change from individual missions to Steve becoming the base commander. It

turned into a more traditional TV series, but I was surprised by the

excellence of the writing. I look forward to watching all the episodes

again with commentary tracks.

Hope to see you soon.

Tom Swyden

California

USA

(Tom has written episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Xena: Warrior Princess (among others) and is also on the Writer's Guild of America Education Commitee.

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I also want to point out that we have begun posting high quality promos of various Steve Canyon episodes on YouTube to help promote our restoration of the series to a wider audience. Here is the promo for PROJECT UFO which starts off with a brief look at our restoration effort:

Note that this 6 minute clip is a portion of the FULL 19 minute promo (featuring clips from 6 episodes, 3 of which are from our upcoming Volume 3!) which is included as an extra on THE STEVE CANYON SPECIAL EDITION DVD, our first release.

There's more in store (and news galore) from the Ace of Space coming right up, so stay tuned!

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THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV VOLUME 2!

ORDER VOLUME 2 NOW FOR ONLY $19.95 PER DVD WITH FREE SHIPPING AND HANDLING INCLUDED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!!

This is a limited time offer and it includes worldwide shipping and handling!

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NOTE that you DO NOT need a PayPal account to purchase this item, there is an option to pay with any major credit card!

This DVD was released on May 15, 2009 and is NOW SHIPPING via US Postal Service First Class mail or Global First Class Mail (for Non-US customers).
REMEMBER this DVD is ONLY available directly from us (for the time being)...so ORDER your copy TODAY!
By purchasing this and/or other items from this site you are helping us to get the COMPLETE Steve Canyon TV series out on DVD and we thank you for your support.
(Now with NEW consolidated shopping cart! You can add all of our items in one order together now! )

Click button above to pre-order

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Email us at Ye Olde Caniff/Canyon Shoppe if you have any questions, comments, or are in need of any assistance. Thanks again for remembering Milton and for making this project possible.

News From The Flight Line

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:57:00 +0000

Looking towards the future:

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Here's Steve Canyon creator/artist/writer Milton Caniff hamming it up with lovely actress Jeanne Crain, (from around the time of the Steve Canyon TV series)

Just a brief post to catch everyone up on what's happening on the Steve Canyon run-up pad! We have commenced work on Volume 3 and it's moving along nicely. Some of the VERY BEST episodes of the series are contained in this final edition, such as THE TRAP, SABOTAGE, THE BOMB, KOREAN STORY, THE SERGEANT and the one that everyone has been waiting for, OPERATION INTERCEPT! We are very excited to be working on this last DVD installment, and we want you to know that we are working hard to make sure the documentaries and episodes themselves are memorable and the best they can be!

The excellent response to Volume 2 has been both overwhelming and gratifying, and we want to let everyone who has called or written (that we try but may not have been able to respond to personally) that we appreciate all the kind words and support, and it helps keep us going when things get tough. The current economic crisis has been hard on a lot of people and we acknowledge those that have contributed to help us and others genuinely in need. Thank you.

Be sure to keep up with what we are doing at our FaceBook Steve Canyon page and also on Twitter...sometimes it's just easier to post an update there than an official (officious? ;-) post here...

Note that even though we won't be hosting anything officially (such as a panel or screening) next month at the San Diego Comic-Con, we will be there and encouraging contact and get-togethers with fans during the show! More on this as the convention approaches...and let me know if you are planning to be there!

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So uh uh UH! Don't touch that dial! Stay tuned for more jet age action! Watch for more exciting Steve Canyon posts coming up right here SOON, with exclusive articles, artwork, photos, film clips and a surprise or three...and continuing news on THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV Volume 3 (coming later this year)!

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Shipping, 3D...MORE!

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:13:00 +0000

All domestic orders for THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON VOLUME 2 have been shipped as of yesterday May 15...there's still a few foreign orders that won't be able to be shipped until after the weekend, but we have essentially met our goal to get it released by today May 15th!

Now I'm going to try & shake this virus that's knocked me on my duff...Let me know what you think about Volume 2, either here on our blog comments, via email or on one of the various forums we post at please! You can also join us on our FaceBook Steve Canyon page by clicking here! I frequently do quick news items or updates there that don't appear anywhere else.

I hope everyone that has ordered enjoys our new DVD release and we thank you all for your interest and support!

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Coming up some long overdue news posts and articles about other happenings in the Milton Caniff/Steve Canyon world, with lots of previously unpublished photos and info that we've been promising. For the moment, how about a couple of 3D Steve Canyon photos?

Here's a taste of what we've got planned for an upcoming post...all you need is an old pair of red/blue 3d glasses:

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Here's a 3D image from the Volume 3 episode THE BOMB. That's Jerry Paris as Maj. "Willie" Williston driving, Dean Fredericks as Lt. Col. Steve Canyon in the passenger seat, and Steve's F-100 Super Sabre in the background. Pretty neat, eh? Click to enlarge and make sure you put the red lense over your LEFT eye.

Here's another with a familiar face:

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Here's a 3D image from the Volume 2 episode THE SEARCH. That is in fact Leonard Nimoy! Again, click to enlarge then make sure you put the red lense over your LEFT eye.

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That's all for now, but there's more neat stuff sneaking up on the horizon, so meanwhile watch your six and stay tuned for more exciting STEVE CANYON action coming right up!

They're HERE!! Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:51:00 +0000

Just a brief post to let everyone know we now have the DVDs in hand and are starting the shipping process TODAY...HOORAY!

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Volume Two DVD's still hot from the factory!

It's been a long haul on Volume 2 for everyone, but now we are flaps-up & blue skies ahead!

So now it's back to madly stuffing envelopes for us and we look forward to hearing your responses on THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV Volume 2!

And if you haven't done so yet... you can still order yours today! (scroll down)

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ONLY $19.95 POSTAGE-PAID WORLDWIDE(until further notice)
For more info click here!

THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV VOLUME 2!

ORDER VOLUME 2 NOW FOR ONLY $19.95 PER DVD WITH FREE SHIPPING AND HANDLING INCLUDED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!!

This is a limited time offer and it includes worldwide shipping and handling!

Click button below to Order this DVD.

NOTE that you DO NOT need a PayPal account to purchase this item, there is an option to pay with any major credit card!

This DVD will be released and shipped to all purchasers starting on May 15, 2009 via US Postal Service First Class mail or Global First Class Mail (for Non-US customers).
REMEMBER this DVD will ONLY be available directly from us (for the time being)...so reserve your copy TODAY!
By purchasing this and/or other items from this site you are helping us to get the COMPLETE Steve Canyon TV series out on DVD and we thank you for your support.
(Now with NEW consolidated shopping cart!)

Click button above to pre-order

(NOTE: that if you are viewing this in an email you'll have to visit our website at http://stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com for this button to work properly)

Email us at Ye Olde Caniff/Canyon Shoppe if you have any questions, comments, or are in need of any assistance. Thanks again for remembering Milton and for making this project possible.

VOLUME 2 RELEASE & SHIP DATE SET

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:30:00 +0000

We now have a FINAL and FIRM release and ship date, which is May 15, 2009! Discs are now finally "at the factory" (and being manufactured as I type this) and will be delivered to us by this release date. The test discs from the factory look and sound awesome, and we can't wait to ship out all of the pre-orders on May 15th! It won't be long now and we want to thank everyone for your patience and kindness.

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HERE'S the FINAL list of what's included in

THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON DVD VOLUME TWO:

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Here's the final front and back cover artwork by Johann Mitchell

The interior reversible cover insert with full color art version of the Volume 2 cover drawn by Milton Caniff in 1958! We were concealing the image of the right side artwork (the reversible cover) so that it would be a surprise for all of the people who pre-ordered...but here it is now in all it's glory!

Disc 2 Sample Menu

Description of Contents:

NOT SEEN IN THE US IN OVER 45 YEARS!

QUITE POSSIBLY THE RAREST "LOST SERIES" OF ALL TIME!

IN BEAUTIFUL BLACK AND WHITE FROM THE ORIGINAL 35MM FILM BROADCAST MASTERS

12 FULL HALF-HOUR EPISODES AND MORE, FEATURING THE FAMED COMIC STRIP HERO CREATED BY

and starring DEAN FREDERICKS as COLONEL STEVE CANYON

Featuring MANY classic late '50's USAF planes in footage that can only be seen ON THIS DVD! P-51 Mustang, F-84 Thunderjet, F-84 Thunderstreak, F-86 Sabre, F-100 Super Sabre, F-101 Voodoo, F-102 Delta Dagger, H-19 Chickasaw, H-21 Workhorse, C-47 Skytrain, C-54 Skymaster, C-121 Constellation, C-124 Globemaster, C-130 Hercules, KC-135 Stratotanker, B-36 Peacemaker, B-47 Stratojet, Martin B-51, B-57 Intruder, B-66 Destroyer, B-50 Superfortress, KB-50 Supertanker, B-52 Stratofortress, T-33 T-Bird, SA-16 Albatross and others (including the Soviet MiG-15)!

Featuring MANY WELL KNOWN GUEST STARS such as Richard Anderson, Sylvia Lewis, John Compton, Roxanne Berard, Nick Adams, Wesley Lau, William Schallert, Jack Hogan, George Brenlin, Sandy Kenyon, Grandon Rhodes, Sam Edwards, Larry Thor, William Bryant, Sean McClory, Celia Lovsky, Jerry Paris, Abel Fernandez, Ted de Corsia, Ken Lynch, Robert Hoy, Tom Gilson, Leslie Parrish, Chuck Courtney, Hal Baylor, Jeanette Nolan, Hayden Rorke, Ingrid Goude, Leonard Nimoy, Meg Wylie, Bobs Watson, Lamont Johnson, Robert Sampson, Teru Shimada, James Griffith, Karl Swenson, Lili Kardell, Morris Erby, Frank Kumagai, James Yagi, Rollin Moriyama, Elena Verdugo, Oliver Cliff, Jay Novello, Jack Grinnage, Read Morgan, Joyce Taylor, Lewis Charles, Mike Road, Frankie Van, Gavin MacLeod, Jack Weston, Vito Scotti, Norm Alden, Mary Tyler Moore...and many others!!

THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV VOLUME 2

340 MINUTES / BLACK AND WHITE

NTSC FULL SCREEN (1:33:1) 24 Frame Progressive

REGION 0 - PLAYABLE IN ALL REGIONS

DIGITALLY REMASTERED PICTURE & SOUND

12 FULL EPISODES ORIGINALLY BROADCAST IN 1958 & 1959 ON 2 DUAL-LAYER DISCS

Full Color Printing Inside And Out In An Industry Standard "Crystal Clear" Clamshell Case
Full Color Process Printed Factory Glass-Mastered Discs

EXTRAS:

COMMENTARY TRACKS ON ALL 12 EPISODES

(Featuring Abel Fernandez, Bob Hoy, Richard Anderson, Sylvia Lewis, James H. Farmer, Peter Kuran, Brad Ulvila & John Ellis)

ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS AND NETWORK PROMOS IN EACH EPISODE!

TWO ORIGINAL NETWORK COMING ATTRACTIONS FEATURING "Operation Diplomat" AND "Operation Souvenir"!!

Reversible Cover Art

Steve Canyon® is a Registered Trademark of the Milton Caniff Estate

A Milton Caniff Estate Releasing Release

#MCER1002

Celebrating The Steve Canyon TV Series' 50th Anniversary (1958/1959-2008/2009)

Executive Producer: Harry Grant Guyton

Producer: John R. Ellis

Color art and graphic design by Johann Mitchell

Disk 1 artwork and design by Johann Mitchell. We are using a different background color on each disc in all three volumes.

CONTENTS:

Disc 1

13. OPERATION B-52

NBC First Run Saturday November 15, 1958

Directed by Arthur Hiller • Written by Charles Beaumont • With: Richard Anderson. John Compton, Tom Greenway, Gene Miller, Bill Idelson, Sylvia Lewis, Roxane Berard, Peter Nelson, Jeff DeBenning, Stephen Roberts

Canyon and crew attempt to set a new around the world non-stop speed record in a B-52.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring actors Richard Anderson and Sylvia Lewis with producer John Ellis

14. OPERATION CRASH LANDING

NBC First Run Saturday December 6, 1958

Directed by Lamont Johnson • Written by Sidney Carroll • With: Nick Adams, Wesley Lau, George Brenlin, William Schallert, Gordon Polk, Sandy Kenyon, Michael Hinn, Jack Hogan

While piloting a B-52 bomber from Brazil to California, one of Canyon’s crew becomes seriously ill.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

15. OPERATION MUSHROOM

NBC First Run Saturday November 29, 1958

Directed by Don Taylor • Written by Sidney Carroll • With: Grandon Rhodes, Sam Edwards, Larry Thor, Vernon Rich, Norman Sturgis, Frank Harding

Steve is assigned to pilot the B-52 that drops the first test Hydrogen bomb.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring filmmaker Peter Kuran, aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

16. THE GIFT

NBC First Run Saturday December 20, 1958

Directed by Don Taylor • Teleplay by Ray Bradbury • Story by Ray Bradbury and Sidney Carroll • With: Barbara Beaird, Sean McClory, Celia Lovsky, William Bryant, Lillian Adams

Flying a group of children from an orphanage and displaced persons camp to spend the holidays with servicemen’s

families in Germany, Canyon finds a little girl who has never celebrated Christmas.

EXTRAS: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis
Original network "coming attraction" featuring OPERATION DIPLOMAT (after end credits)

17. OPERATION BIG THUNDER

NBC First Run Saturday January 3, 1959

Directed by Lamont Johnson • Written by Sidney Carroll • With: Jerry Paris, Ted de Corsia, Ken Lynch, Robert Hoy, Abel Fernandez,

Tom Gilson, Marjorie Hellen, Caroline Hughes, Chuck Courtney and Hal Baylor.

Canyon takes command at Big Thunder AFB and has to deal with local citizens who violently refuse to accept the airmen and the base.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring actors Bob Hoy, Abel Fernandez and producer John Ellis

18. THE SEARCH

NBC First Run Thursday January 15, 1959

Directed by Lamont Johnson • Written by Sidney Carroll • With: Jeanette Nolan, Hayden Rorke, Jerry Paris, Wilton Graaf, Abel Fernandez, Robert Hoy, Ingrid Goude, Leonard Nimoy, Bobs Watson and Meg Wylie.

Canyon searches for industrialist Peter Brendan, whose plane has been reported missing by his wife.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring actors Bob Hoy, Abel Fernandez and producer John Ellis

Disk 2 artwork and design by Johann Mitchell. We are using a different background color on each disc in all three volumes.

Disc 2

19. OPERATION NOSE WHEEL

NBC First Run Thursday January 8, 1959

Directed by Walter Grauman • Written and produced by David Haft • With: Lamont Johnson, Jerry Paris, Abel Fernandez, Ingrid Goude, Robert Sampson and Charles Lind

With a civilian passenger, Canyon discovers that his nose wheel is damaged, and he must try to eject the frightened man before he risks a dangerous crash landing.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

20. THE PRISONER

NBC First Run Thursday January 22, 1959

Directed by Lamont Johnson • Teleplay by William Spier • Story by Sidney Carroll • With: Teru Shimada, James Griffith, Karl Swenson, Lilli Kardell,

Morris Erby, Frank Kumagai, James Yagi and Rollin Moriyama

In New Guinea Steve finds Army dog tags which belonged to a flier listed as missing during WW II and investigates.

EXTRAS: Commentary track featuring television historian Brad Ulvila and producer John Ellis

Original network "coming attraction" featuring OPERATION SOUVENIR (after end credits)

21. OPERATION SOUVENIR

NBC First Run Thursday January 29, 1959

Directed by Lamont Johnson • Teleplay by William Spier • Story by William Spier and Sidney Carroll • With: Elena Verdugo, Jerry Paris, Oliver Cliff, Jay Novello, Tony Travis, Abel Fernandez, Jack Grinnage, Len Weinrib

Returning from Tapei to Big Thunder, Canyon finds that a souvenir he purchased there has placed an Air Force nurse and himself in danger.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring stars Bob Hoy, Abel Fernandez and producer John Ellis

22. THE FIGHT

NBC First Run Thursday February 5, 1959

Directed by Walter Grauman • Written by John Hawkins • With: Abel Fernandez, Jerry Paris, Read Morgan, Joyce Taylor, Robert Hoy, Lewis Charles, Ted de Corsia, Mike Road, Mark Scott and Frankie Van

After sadistic boxer Al Gorsky puts Sgt. Berger in the hospital, Airman Featherstone (a former pro-boxer) decides to provoke the fighter into a grudge match.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring stars Bob Hoy, Abel Fernandez and producer John Ellis

23. THE ROBBERY

NBC First Run Thursday February 19, 1959

Directed by Lamont Johnson • Teleplay by William Spier • Story by David Haft and Michael Meshekoff • With: Jerry Paris, Gavin MacLeod, Jack Weston, Vito Scotti, Harry Harvey, Jr., David Cross, John Craven, Carol Hill, Norm Alden

Canyon and Maior Williston are kidnapped by three men who take over their plane with a plan to rob the Penrose AFB bank.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

24. STRIKE FORCE

NBC First Run Thursday April 14, 1959

Directed by Lamont Johnson • Written by David Haft and Michael Meshekoff • With: Jerry Paris, William Bryant, Robert Sampson, Don Fenwick, Yvonne Preble, Mary Tyler Moore

Canyon leads a training exercise in which an aerial assault force is sent to attack an installation in the Cayman Islands.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

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RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW! ADVANCE ORDER VOLUME 2 NOW FOR ONLY $19.95 PER DVD WITH SHIPPING AND HANDLING INCLUDED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!!

This is a limited time offer and it includes worldwide shipping and handling!

Click button below to Pre-Order this DVD.

NOTE that you DO NOT need a PayPal account to purchase this item, there is an option to pay with any major credit card!

This DVD will be released and shipped to all pre-order purchasers on May 15, 2009 via US Postal Service First Class mail or Global First Class Mail (for Non-US customers).
REMEMBER this DVD will ONLY be available directly from us (for the time being)...so reserve your copy TODAY!
By purchasing this and/or other items from this site you are helping us to get the COMPLETE Steve Canyon TV series out on DVD and we thank you for your support.
(Now with NEW consolidated shopping cart!)

Click button above to pre-order

(NOTE: that if you are viewing this in an email you'll have to visit our website at http://stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com for this button to work properly)

Email us at Ye Olde Caniff/Canyon Shoppe if you have any questions, comments, or are in need of any assistance. Thanks again for remembering Milton and for making this project possible.

Volume 2 Is AT THE FACTORY!!!

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:33:00 +0000

Just a mini-update tonight to let everyone know that we turned in the Master Replication discs to our DVD manufacturer earlier today (Friday)!!!

We are now awaiting word that (1) they have passed their Quality Control standards and (2) exactly WHEN they will be manufactured and ready for us to pickup (which depends on how busy they are right now)!

Sorry they are so very late...I assure you it's not for lack of effort on our part...I can sum up the issues we've been experiencing with one word:

gremlins

Anyway...more details and news shortly...look for another post after this weekend!

And thanks again for your patience and words of encouragement...it really has helped to keep us going while dealing with all of the snafus and fubars we've been experiencing.

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Buy a hat...save a head! Buy a DVD...feed your head!

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RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW! ADVANCE ORDER VOLUME 2 NOW FOR ONLY $19.95 PER DVD WITH SHIPPING AND HANDLING INCLUDED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!!

This is a limited time offer and it includes worldwide shipping and handling!

Click button below to Pre-Order this DVD.

NOTE that you DO NOT need a PayPal account to purchase this item, there is an option to pay with any major credit card!

This DVD will be released and shipped to all pre-order purchasers May 15, 2009 via US Postal Service First Class mail or Global First Class Mail (for Non-US customers).
REMEMBER this DVD will ONLY be available directly from us (for the time being)...so reserve your copy TODAY!
By purchasing this and/or other items from this site you are helping us to get the COMPLETE Steve Canyon TV series out on DVD and we thank you for your support.
(Now with NEW consolidated shopping cart!)

Click button above to pre-order

(NOTE: that if you are viewing this in an email you'll have to visit our website at http://stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com for this button to work properly)

Email us at Ye Olde Caniff/Canyon Shoppe if you have any questions, comments, or are in need of any assistance. Thanks again for remembering Milton and for making this project possible.

Yet Another Volume 2 Update...

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:04:00 +0000

Just a BRIEF message to everyone out there that have pre-ordered or are waiting to order Volume 2...

All of the artwork has been finished (thank you Johann!), is at the factory and we have seen and approved their printing "proofs" for manufacture (as of yesterday).

With a little luck the master discs will be completely finished and handed over to the factory early this coming week for quality-control approval, replication and packaging.

In plain english this means Volume 2 should be ready to ship sometime before the end of this month! It IS coming and again we apologise for it taking so long. As soon as we have a date for delivery from the factory we will let you know right here!

NOTE: Updated release/ship date is May 15, 2009! Discs are "at the factory" and being manufactured right now (May 6th, 2009). Thanks to everyone for your patience.

Harry and I want to thank everyone for the words of encouragement and support and all of the lovely emails and communications during this time...and for your patience. We are trying to make these Steve Canyon DVDs just as nice and special as we can and sometimes it's just hard to predict problems and just how long things will take.

Most of the work and deciding and waiting is now over...here's our fearless leader Milton Caniff looking at publicity materials for the Steve Canyon TV series waay back in 1958! (Photo taken by Bob Goldwater (NBC) August 11, 1958 in the Caniff home in High Tor New York).

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Volume 2 Update

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:57:00 +0000

First, I want to mention with great sadness that Abel Fernandez's wife Josephine Miller Fernandez passed away on March 23rd from complications from pneumonia following a long illness. They were married for 27 years, and she was a 30 year member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. She was 81. Contributions can be made in Josie's name to St. Judes Children's Hospital (Memphis, TN) OR the LA Children's Hospital.

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YES we are late with Volume 2 and unfortunately it couldn't be helped as there have been MANY contributing factors. YES Volume 2 will be shipping soon (in April for certain). YES we will update everyone just as soon as we know the EXACT DATE ourselves. YES we are asking everyone to be patient just a little bit longer. And YES it will be worth the wait.

NOTE: Updated release/ship date is May 15, 2009! Discs are "at the factory" and being manufactured right now (May 6th, 2009). Thanks to everyone for your patience.

Thanks to everyone who has pre-ordered and to those that have sent in words of encouragement! This has been a difficult task, and your kind words have made a HUGE difference and are always appreciated.

Stay tuned for our next announcement (which will be an IMPORTANT and EXCITING ONE), but in the meantime...

Here are some recent pictures of some of our commentators on THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON On TV Volume 2:

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Steve Canyon series regulars Bob Hoy (left), Abel Fernandez (right)...with Producer John Ellis (middle) taken March 20th. Bob and Abel contributed to 4 episodes on volume 2.

Artist and Classic Television Historian Brad Ulvila provided expert and insightful commentary on the Steve Canyon episode THE PRISONER.

Standing on far right is Aviation Film Historian James H. Farmer who contributed commentaries to no less than 6 episodes this time around. This was taken on Saturday March 14th at the Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio. Seated (L to R) are Korean War heroes Col. Milton (Mike) Bellovin, Col. Dean Hess, Col. Ernest Craigwell, and CMSgt. Joe VonRembow, all USAF (ret). Bellovin, Craigwell and VonRembow all served under Hess in Korea and they were at the Air Force Museum to film interviews for a 90-minute documentary about Dean Hess being written by Farmer! I interviewed Dean Hess later that day when we discovered he was the USAF Liason in Hollywood to the Steve Canyon TV series!

Guest stars Richard Anderson and Sylvia Lewis from OPERATION B-52. Taken March 4th 2009 after our wonderful and insightful recording session.

We are missing a picture of Peter Kuran, who along with James H. Farmer, provided dazzling commentary on Operation Mushroom...we hope to rectify this with a nice photo of Pete soon!

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ReelStuff Redux

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:14:00 +0000

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Here's fearless leader John Ellis at the REELSTUFF film festival in Dayton Ohio last Thursday, March 12th...just hours before our special presentation of the Steve Canyon standout episode OPERATION INTERCEPT. John also delighted the audience by "interviewing" Steve Canyon creator Milton Caniff interactively on stage by utilizing a promotional film Milton recorded in 1963. More on this later.

I'm back from the whirlwind Dayton excursion which will have some surprising benefits to Steve Canyon TV fans. We met two people at Reelstuff that will have an impact on the upcoming Volume 3. Suprisingly, it was revealed that famed Korean War flier Dean Hess was the USAF Hollywood Liaison Officer to our TV series, and we were able to shoot a brief interview with him for our Volume 3 documentary. Then our second new friend Marc Malis, Vice President of Television Casting at Universal Studios for many years, who is helping us to try and find some production materials from Steve Canyon that have so far eluded us.

I want to mention that I had a GREAT time meeting all of the fans that showed up, and it was a lot of fun having a chance to chat about the series. Ron Kaplan and the crew at NAHF are to be commended on putting on such a class-act of a show, and I appreciate and am honored to have been asked to participate. Hopefully we can be a part of next year's ReelStuff as well!

On Wednesday of last week my hometown newspaper, the Wilmington Ohio News Journal did a nice little front-page(!) article on me (and ReelStuff) that some of you might enjoy, you can find it here.

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Note that though Volume 2 is a bit late in being released it IS COMING and hopefully before the end of this month...and it is (in our humble opinion) really terrific! Please understand that there is a huge amount of work involved and we are unfortunately understaffed and underfunded...but hey, we are doing the very best we can to make this worth the wait.

We recently recorded OUTSTANDING commentary tracks with Aviation Historian James H. Farmer and Star Wars alumni Peter Kuran, also actors Sylvia Lewis and Richard Anderson. We are also about to finish recording the remaining two (of four) commentaries with Abel Fernandez and Robert Hoy together for the episodes they both appeared in, and commentary with artist and entertainment historian Brad Ulvila...and more!

Please reserve your copy of Volume 2 today! It's coming (right around the corner now) and we need as many pre-orders (as well as sales of the Special Edition DVD, caps, and Volume 1) in order to help us to bring you the remaining two volumes.

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More Volume 2 News

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:40:00 +0000

RELEASE DATE NEWS

Volume 2 is late and I'm sorry. I don't wish to get into the details but I will say that there have been a variety of issues that have affected this release and it will be released as quickly as possible, most likely this month (March) but ultimately depending on the speed our manufacturer can finish once it leaves our hands.

NOTE: Updated release/ship date is May 15, 2009! Discs are "at the factory" and being manufactured right now (May 6th, 2009). Thanks to everyone for your patience.

I also want to apologise for the need to have a separate shopping cart for Volume 2 (and eventually Volume 3) for Pre-Orders...it is necessary to keep the Pre-Orders separate (from what is currently shipping) in order to keep from making shipping errors on my end. I handle every package that leaves here and I send every letter and email myself, so understand that this way it makes it possible for me to NOT have to spend the entire day on shipping/organizational issues and can have more time to work on the episodes and extras myself.

NOW, having said all that...let's get to THE FUN PART!

HERE'S the near-final list of what's included in

THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON DVD VOLUME TWO:

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Here's the final front and back cover artwork by Johann Mitchell

Disc 2 Sample Menu

Description of Contents:

NOT SEEN IN THE US IN OVER 45 YEARS!

QUITE POSSIBLY THE RAREST "LOST SERIES" OF ALL TIME!

IN BEAUTIFUL BLACK AND WHITE FROM THE ORIGINAL 35MM FILM BROADCAST MASTERS

12 FULL HALF-HOUR EPISODES AND MORE, FEATURING THE FAMED COMIC STRIP HERO CREATED BY

and starring DEAN FREDERICKS as COLONEL STEVE CANYON

THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV VOLUME 2

340 MINUTES / BLACK AND WHITE

NTSC FULL SCREEN (1:33:1) 24 Frame Progressive

REGION 0 - PLAYABLE IN ALL REGIONS

DIGITALLY REMASTERED PICTURE & SOUND

12 FULL EPISODES ORIGINALLY BROADCAST IN 1958 & 1959 ON 2 DUAL-LAYER DISCS

Full Color Printing Inside And Out In An Industry Standard "Crystal Clear" Clamshell Case
Full Color Process Printed Factory Glass-Mastered Discs

EXTRAS:

COMMENTARY TRACKS ON ALL 12 EPISODES

(Featuring Abel Fernandez, Bob Hoy, Richard Anderson, Sylvia Lewis, James H. Farmer, Peter Kuran, Brad Ulvila & John Ellis)

ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS AND NETWORK PROMOS IN EACH EPISODE!

TWO ORIGINAL NETWORK COMING ATTRACTIONS FEATURING "Operation Diplomat" AND "Operation Souvenir"!!

Reversible Cover Art

Steve Canyon® is a Registered Trademark of the Milton Caniff Estate

A Milton Caniff Estate Releasing Release

#MCER1002

Celebrating The Steve Canyon TV Series' 50th Anniversary (1958/1959-2008/2009)

Executive Producer: Harry Grant Guyton

Producer: John R. Ellis

Color art and graphic design by Johann Mitchell

Disk 1 artwork and design by Johann Mitchell. We are using a different background color on each disc in all three volumes.

CONTENTS:

Disc 1

13. OPERATION B-52

NBC First Run Saturday November 15, 1958

Canyon and crew attempt to set a new around the world non-stop speed record in a B-52.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring actors Richard Anderson and Sylvia Lewis with producer John Ellis

14. OPERATION CRASH LANDING

NBC First Run Saturday December 6, 1958

Directed by Lamont Johnson • Written by Sidney Carroll • With: Nick Adams, Wesley Lau, George Brenlin, William Schallert, Gordon Polk, Sandy Kenyon, Michael Hinn, Jack Hogan

While piloting a B-52 bomber from Brazil to California, one of Canyon’s crew becomes seriously ill.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

15. OPERATION MUSHROOM

NBC First Run Saturday November 29, 1958

Directed by Don Taylor • Written by Sidney Carroll • With: Grandon Rhodes, Sam Edwards, Larry Thor, Vernon Rich, Norman Sturgis, Frank Harding

Steve is assigned to pilot the B-52 that drops the first test Hydrogen bomb.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring filmmaker Peter Kuran, aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

16. THE GIFT

NBC First Run Saturday December 20, 1958

Directed by Don Taylor • Teleplay by Ray Bradbury • Story by Ray Bradbury and Sidney Carroll • With: Barbara Beaird, Sean McClory, Celia Lovsky, William Bryant, Lillian Adams

Flying a group of children from an orphanage and displaced persons camp to spend the holidays with servicemen’s

families in Germany, Canyon finds a little girl who has never celebrated Christmas.

EXTRAS: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis
Original network "coming attraction" featuring OPERATION DIPLOMAT (after end credits)

17. OPERATION BIG THUNDER

NBC First Run Saturday January 3, 1959

Directed by Lamont Johnson • Written by Sidney Carroll • With: Jerry Paris, Ted de Corsia, Ken Lynch, Robert Hoy, Abel Fernandez,

Tom Gilson, Marjorie Hellen, Caroline Hughes, Chuck Courtney and Hal Baylor.

Canyon takes command at Big Thunder AFB and has to deal with local citizens who violently refuse to accept the airmen and the base.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring actors Bob Hoy, Abel Fernandez and producer John Ellis

18. THE SEARCH

NBC First Run Thursday January 15, 1959

Canyon searches for industrialist Peter Brendan, whose plane has been reported missing by his wife.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring actors Bob Hoy, Abel Fernandez and producer John Ellis

Disk 2 artwork and design by Johann Mitchell. We are using a different background color on each disc in all three volumes.

Disc 2

19. OPERATION NOSE WHEEL

NBC First Run Thursday January 8, 1959

Directed by Walter Grauman • Written and produced by David Haft • With: Lamont Johnson, Jerry Paris, Abel Fernandez, Ingrid Goude, Robert Sampson and Charles Lind

With a civilian passenger, Canyon discovers that his nose wheel is damaged, and he must try to eject the frightened man before he risks a dangerous crash landing.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

20. THE PRISONER

NBC First Run Thursday January 22, 1959

Directed by Lamont Johnson • Teleplay by William Spier • Story by Sidney Carroll • With: Teru Shimada, James Griffith, Karl Swenson, Lilli Kardell,

Morris Erby, Frank Kumagai, James Yagi and Rollin Moriyama

In New Guinea Steve finds Army dog tags which belonged to a flier listed as missing during WW II and investigates.

EXTRAS: Commentary track featuring television historian Brad Ulvila and producer John Ellis

Original network "coming attraction" featuring OPERATION SOUVENIR (after end credits)

21. OPERATION SOUVENIR

NBC First Run Thursday January 29, 1959

Returning from Tapei to Big Thunder, Canyon finds that a souvenir he purchased there has placed an Air Force nurse and himself in danger.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring stars Bob Hoy, Abel Fernandez and producer John Ellis

22. THE FIGHT

NBC First Run Thursday February 5, 1959

After sadistic boxer Al Gorsky puts Sgt. Berger in the hospital, Airman Featherstone (a former pro-boxer) decides to provoke the fighter into a grudge match.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring stars Bob Hoy, Abel Fernandez and producer John Ellis

23. THE ROBBERY

NBC First Run Thursday February 19, 1959

Canyon and Maior Williston are kidnapped by three men who take over their plane with a plan to rob the Penrose AFB bank.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

24. STRIKE FORCE

NBC First Run Thursday April 14, 1959

Directed by Lamont Johnson • Written by David Haft and Michael Meshekoff • With: Jerry Paris, William Bryant, Robert Sampson, Don Fenwick, Yvonne Preble, Mary Tyler Moore

Canyon leads a training exercise in which an aerial assault force is sent to attack an installation in the Cayman Islands.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

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ReelStuff Update

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:18:00 +0000

VOLUME 2 DVD NEWS: this week we are wrapping up the rest of the extras and have added Richard Anderson and Sylvia Lewis as audio commentators. Series regulars Bob Hoy and Abel Fernandez are also finally on board to record commentaries this week. Bob and Abel's wives have both had serious health issues recently and we wish them both speedy recoveries!

Volume 2 is officially late at this point and will be ready to ship sometime this month, hopefully by mid-March. We thank everyone for their patience and advise to watch for more details in our next post (within a day or two).

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The embroidered caps arrived late this past week from the manufacturer and have been shipped (yesterday, Saturday 2/28/09) to those that pre-ordered them. We have a few more...

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Here's a last minute update from our friends at the National Aviation Hall of Fame, which has the information on the Reception. It promises to be fun and I am looking forward to screening OPERATION INTERCEPT and meeting those of you who are able to attend! You can also go to the ReelStuff webpage to view a trailer for Operation Intercept!

Reel Stuff is almost here – reserve your tickets today!

Don’t miss thirteen star presenters screening thirteen great aviation movies, all in just four days

and all in the Birthplace of Aviation!

March 12-15, 2009

Tickets are $10 per movie at the door

Save $35 by purchasing your Full Festival Ticket Package at

www.reelstufffilmfest.com

(full schedule and venue listing posted online)

Also, plan on attending the

Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation

“Opening Night of the Stars Reception”

Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009

Place: Engineers Club of Dayton

Time: 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM

Cost: $35 per person (by advance registration only – deadline is March 5, 2009)

Reception features heavy hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and admission to the 7:30 PM special screening of Steve Canyon: Operation Intercept episode, presented in the Engineers Club theatre by producer and restorer, John Ellis, representing the Milton Caniff Estate.

John Ellis prepares a miniature helicopter for filming for the feature film INVADER (1993)

Help the National Aviation Hall of Fame welcome its Reel Stuff Film Festival “star” presenters and patrons to Dayton at this historic venue

Meet the producers, writers, directors and other talented people that will present their exciting films throughout the four-day film festival

Learn more about Dayton native and Hall of Fame supporter, the late Milton Caniff, and the 1958 TV series based on his Steve Canyon comic strip.

All Reel Stuff proceeds support the 501(c)(3) non-profit National Aviation Hall of Fame Learning Center

Call or reserve your tickets online at:

(937) 256-0944 x11

www.reelstufffilmfest.com

Steve Canyon Volume Two Update

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:32:00 +0000

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Here's the final front cover artwork by the illustrious Johann Mitchell

If this image of Dean Fredericks in the cockpit of an F-100 Super Sabre looks a wee bit familiar, another version of it appeared in our very first post here back on October 4th, 2006!

We're finalizing work on the back cover (and WOWEE it's smokin'!) and inside and disc artwork which should be posted within a few days. Work has been progressing on finishing restoration on the episodes and completing the bonus commentary tracks for our March release of this volume.

I will say we have gotten bogged down with certain aspects of this release and are a little bit behind, so we will advise WHEN in March we will actually be shipping Volume 2, so stay tuned. Obviously we will release as close to the original date as possible, but I want to stress that we WON'T jeopardize the quality of this release just to meet the "deadline", we want this to look as good or better than Volume One.

NOTE: Updated release/ship date is May 15, 2009! Discs are "at the factory" and being manufactured right now (May 6th, 2009). Thanks to everyone for your patience.

This week we are recording commentary tracks with Aviation Historian James H. Farmer and Peter Kuran, whose Visual Effects work on the original Star Wars and Star Trek films (among many others) is only surpassed by his awesome documentaries featuring his amazing restorations of historical atomic bomb footage. We are also about to record commentaries with Abel Fernandez and Robert Hoy together for the episodes they both appeared in, and several commentaries with artist and entertainment historian Brad Ulvila...and more!

I am going to keep this brief and get it posted here now. Stay tuned for more Volume 2 news coming right up!

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Operation Intercept Screening

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:19:00 +0000

On Thursday, March 12, 2009 The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) will be starting their annual 4 day aviation film festival ReelStuff Film Festival in Dayton Ohio, which will be featuring a whole bunch of classic films being presented by an impressive array of personalities...from their ReelStuff Press Release

"...Among Reel Stuff’s presenters are Cliff Robertson and Clay Lacy/The Pilot, Catherine Wyler/Memphis Belle, Nikolai Mullerschoen/The Red Baron, and Steve Hinton/Always. Robertson, who both starred and directed The Pilot, is an Academy Award-winning actor, pilot and 2006 enshrinee of the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Aerial cinematographer Clay Lacy and aerial coordinator Steve Hinton, both also pilots, are each nominees for enshrinement into the Hall of Fame.

Additional Reel Stuff Film Festival presenters and projects include Jeffrey Roth/The Wonder of it All, Paul Glenshaw/Barnstorming, John Ellis/Steve Canyon, Richard Hoerle/Captain Eddie, James Farmer/Twelve O’clock High and Strategic Air Command, Cliff & Cathy Fleming/We Were Soldiers, and Rocco DeVilliers/The Fly Boys.

Among our original film screenings in Dayton’s historic Victoria Theater is the Cold War classic, Strategic Air Command, starring Jimmy Stewart, who happens to also be a true-life aviation hero and one of our incoming Hall of Fame enshrinees this July,” explained Kaplan.

Catherine Wyler, daughter of Oscar-winning director, William Wyler, will screen both the 1944 documentary of her late father’s, the Memphis Belle, and the 1990 Warner Brothers action-drama of the same name, which she co-produced."

(NOTE that our very own James Farmer, who provides expert commentary on many episodes in our Steve Canyon DVD series, will be there presenting the WWII aviation epic Twelve O'clock High!)

"They look like snowmen!"...Scene from the Steve Canyon episode OPERATION INTERCEPT, arguably the most memorable show of the series (which will be included in Volume 3 DVD later this year) but will be shown at ReelStuff on March 12th.

You can get more info at "ReelStuff". including a movie clip from the episode.

Of special interest to Steve Canyon fans will be the rare public screening of OPERATION INTERCEPT at 7:30pm Thursday March 12th. The 28th episode filmed, this wildly popular episode will be screened (digitally projected) in the Engineers Club Theatre of Dayton (one of Milton Caniff's old haunts) and will be preceded by a reception (from 6:00pm to 7:30) and discussion/Q&A with me, John Ellis, Restoration Producer for Steve Canyon.

Admission to this presentation and screening (and all individual screenings) is $10.00, admission to the reception will be separate and is at this writing To Be Determined. Further information on tickets to all screenings and the special reception etc. is available at their website.

It is interesting to note that this episode premiered originally on NBC on Tuesday March 31, 1959, almost 50 years to the day of this rare public screening. Don't miss it!

News Flash: Hats R Back!

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:13:00 +0000

Due to popular demand (and we aren't kidding...youse guys are persistent!) we have ordered another batch of our popular embroidered Steve Canyon military-style hats (pictured below), in both black and grey.

Click on the picture to go to our store

"These hats are the cat's meow" says lovely Nala, another satisfied customer...the kitty not the girl! You can pre-order purchase (and get more info) at "Our Online Store".

NOTE that we have finally finagled a decent deal and have ordered a batch of these from the manufacturer and are anticipating delivery around the third week in February 2009. These feature embroidery on the front AND BACK (the back says "Caniff/Canyon 100th/60th-1907/1947-2007" commemorating Milton Caniff's 100th birthday and Steve Canyon's 60th birthday, both occurred in 2007!). The famous Steve Canyon logo is featured on the front.

These high-quality hats are $24.95 each with worldwide shipping included! This is a limited time offer, so don't miss out...reserve yours today!

And in the meantime expect more news on THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV Volume 2 coming right up, so nyah-ah-ah, don't touch that dial! Stay tuned for more exciting jet-age action coming right up!

Volume Two DVD News!

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:06:00 +0000

Today is yet another anniversary! Exactly 50 years ago today, on Saturday January 3rd, 1959, the Steve Canyon episode OPERATION BIG THUNDER premiered on NBC. This episode is special as it marked a change in format for the series, one which the cast and crew thought would be well received by both the general public AS WELL AS the network, the sponsor, the aircraft industry at large, and the United States Air Force.

Chuck Courtney, Leslie Parrish (then known as "Marjorie Hellen") and Tom Gilson in the 17th Steve Canyon episode "Operation Big Thunder"

New continuing supporting characters were added and Steve was made commanding officer of the fictitious "Big Thunder" California Air Force Base to allow for more character development and to make the show more like Milton Caniff's newspaper comic strip. And it worked beautifully as you will soon see...

From left, Abel Fernandez, Dean Fredericks, Robert Hoy, Jerry Paris and Ken Lynch in the 17th Steve Canyon episode "Operation Big Thunder"

So now that we have your attention, and we know that you really want to see "Operation Big Thunder"...

On this auspicious occasion we are announcing that THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV Volume 2 DVD is slated for a March 3rd release and that we are now making available advance Pre-Order sales of this 2 disc DVD through the PayPal "Add to Cart" button below. Continuing from the first 12 episodes in volume one, this second-of-three-volumes set will include the following episodes of the series:

13) Operation B-52 aired 15Nov58
14) Operation Crash Landing aired 6Dec58
15) Operation Mushroom aired 29Nov58
16) The Gift aired 20Dec58
17) Operation Big Thunder aired 3Jan59
18) The Search aired 15Jan59
19) Operation Nose Wheel aired 8Jan59
20) The Prisoner aired 22Jan59
21) Operation Souvenir aired 29Jan59
22) The Fight aired 5Feb59
23) The Robbery aired 19Feb59
24) Strike Force aired 14Apr59

There will also be extras on the discs (similar to what was included on Volume One) such as episode commentary tracks...we are still finalizing the artwork and contents at this time. Further details are TO BE ANNOUNCED here in the pages of our blog and we recommend subscribing to Steve Canyon On DVD by using the form on the right hand sidebar on this page (it's free!). We have been getting a lot of mail about Volume Two and we don't want to delay any longer to make advance orders available even though the DVDs won't be available until early March.

I will say that there will definitely be audio commentary tracks for OPERATION B-52 and OPERATION MUSHROOM for added value since versions of these episodes were included on THE STEVE CANYON SPECIAL EDITION. These will also be fully restored versions and look and sound much nicer that they did on the earlier DVD.

There's plenty of cool aircraft again (as you would expect in Steve Canyon) and there are bunches of well known performers in these shows, such as Sylvia Lewis, Richard Anderson, Nick Adams, William Schallert, Leonard Nimoy, Hayden Rorke, Jeanette Nolan, Elena Verdugo, Jay Novello...and many, many more!

We learned our lesson last with Volume One, so we are just going to say the our TARGET release date is on or around the week of March 3rd, 2009. That way if we're a bit late, we won't feel like criminals. Stay tuned for more up to the minute news RIGHT HERE on this channel!

NOTE: Updated release/ship date is May 15, 2009! Discs are "at the factory" and being manufactured right now (May 6th, 2009). Thanks to everyone for your patience.

For more detailed information about what EXACTLY is included in The Complete Steve Canyon On TV Volume 2, click here for More Volume 2 News!

So now the wait is over... you can advance pre-order yours today! (scroll down)

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THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV VOLUME 2!

RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW! ADVANCE ORDER VOLUME 2 NOW FOR ONLY $19.95 PER DVD WITH SHIPPING AND HANDLING INCLUDED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!!

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Happy Holidays!

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:45:00 +0000

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Harry and I and Steve and Santa and Milt and Dean...our best wishes go out to each and every one of our friends, fans and Steve Canyon Airagers everywhere in this holiday season.

Dean Fredericks, Celia Lovsky, Sean McClory (as Santa) and a pack and passel of young fans in the Steve Canyon episode "The Gift".

Click here for last year's Christmas post with more info, pictures and a 6 minute long movie clip from this holiday themed episode!

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We hope everyone is enjoying their new Steve Canyon Volume One DVD's...oh, and be sure to stay tuned for exciting news about THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV Volume Two coming right at you at mach 3!

Please note that we also offer these same DVDs and other products through our eBay store at:

http://stores.ebay.com/Milton-Caniff-Estate

Inside Cover Art Revealed

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:44:00 +0000

PRICE REDUCTION ANNOUNCEMENT

Due to the current state of affairs in the US (i.e. the financial crisis that has touched pretty much everyone) Harry and I have decided to lower the price on Volume One to $19.95 (still postage-paid anywhere in the world) until further notice. We have been operating (and pricing) under expert advisement...but this was before the announcement of the national recession and after requests from some of you that we consider valid. We are feeling the financial crunch here as well...so we have listened and this new reduced price will remain in effect through the holidays and until further notice.

We hope that this helps us all in some way and we want to wish all of our friends around the world HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON DVD VOLUME ONE

Inside Cover Art FINALLY Revealed:

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The interior reversible cover insert. We concealed the right side image so that it would be a surprise to those that pre-ordered the DVD. This artwork was originally drawn by Milton Caniff as a promotional piece for the TV Series and was later given to Dean Fredericks as a gift from Milton.

Newly colored by Johann Mitchell. We told you it was cool!

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You can help make this DVD release into a success. Word of mouth is our greatest asset, so please help us spread the word. It truly helps and makes a difference, and we thank you for your support!

Series regular Jerry Paris (left) and star Dean Fredericks from the episode "Operation Nose Wheel", one of the episodes on the upcoming COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV Volume 2! Photo courtesy of Mrs. Frank Ball

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By purchasing this and/or other items from this site you are helping us to get the COMPLETE Steve Canyon TV series out on DVD and we thank you for your support.

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Email us at Ye Olde Caniff/Canyon Shoppe if you have any questions, comments, or are in need of any assistance. Thanks again for remembering Milton and for making this project possible.

They're HERE!!

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:10:00 +0000

Just a brief message to let everyone know we now have the DVDs in hand and started the shipping process this past Saturday November 22...HOORAY!

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Volume One DVD's still hot from the factory!

We shipped the first third out on Saturday, the second third today (Monday), and the remaining pre-order DVDs will be shipped tomorrow (Tuesday November 25)...so most of the domestic US addressees will arrive sometime this week, and the overseas locations probably the first week in December.

We heard today from a number of you that actually got theirs in today's mail ... that was exciting for us to hear and we hope more of you will let us know what you think.

We also decided that we are going to extend the $24.95 pre-order offer until at least December 1st (while we finish our discussions on what to do about the final pricing for this and the other two volumes to come).

So now it's back to stuffing envelopes for us and we look forward to hearing from you!

And if you haven't done so yet... you can still order yours today! (scroll down)

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REMEMBER this DVD is ONLY available direct from us...and just in time for Xmas!
By purchasing this and/or other items from this site you are helping us to get the COMPLETE Steve Canyon TV series out on DVD and we thank you for your support.

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Email us at Ye Olde Caniff/Canyon Shoppe if you have any questions, comments, or are in need of any assistance. Thanks again for remembering Milton and for making this project possible.

Heads-Up Display

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:34:00 +0000

While we're all waiting for the DVD's from the factory, we thought you'd like to see what the HUD...err...menus look like on THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV Volume One, so...

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Volume One Disc One "Episodes" menu

Volume One Disc Two "Episodes" menu

"Operation Jettison" Chapter menu

One thing we also want to point out (that is just so cool!) is how nice these shows look now. We've been using the original non-restored versions of these shows for general use for the last year or so, and it's great now to finally unleash the cleaned up versions for EVERYONE to see. Here are a few frame blowups from one of our favorite episodes, "Operation Jettison" (it's on disc one!):

"Operation Jettison" frame blowup, from left, Michael Galloway, Sue Randall and Dean Fredericks. Notice you can even read the words "Lockheed Hercules" on the rear of the plane. This scene was shot at Van Nuys Airport.

"Operation Jettison" frame blowup of an F-102 Delta Dagger taking off to get in on the aerial action in the episode...most likely shot at George AFB, California. I Love this plane!

"Operation Jettison" frame blowup of Tige Andrews inside the very real C-130 Hercules...you can even read the words on his life-vest! He played the second EVER Klingon "Kras" in the original Star Trek episode "Friday's Child". Like Steve Canyon's star Dean Fredericks, Tige too was wounded serving in the US Army during WWII.

"Operation Jettison" frame blowup of "Radar Major" (DeForest Kelley, right) and F-102 pilot Lt. Evans (John Ward, left)...Kelley of course everyone knows as Star Trek's doctor McCoy, Evans played the obnoxious "Detective Foley" years later on Baretta.

"Operation Jettison" frame blowup of Sue Randall and lucky guy Michael Galloway! Sue is (of course) best known as school teacher "Miss Landers" on "Leave It To Beaver", and Galloway was featured several years later as "Lt. Russ MacDonald" on the "Blue Angels" TV series! That's another one I know we'd all like to see again...

I think we're just as excited as everyone we've heard from over the last few weeks, and we can't wait to ship out all of your pre-orders next week, with these brand new DVDs hot off the factory presses! Stay tuned for more up to the minute news RIGHT HERE on this channel!

And if you haven't done so yet... below you can order yours today!

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This DVD will be shipped to all purchasers starting the week of November 25, 2008 via US Postal Service First Class mail or Global First Class Mail (for Non-US customers).
REMEMBER this DVD will ONLY be available direct from us...and just in time for Xmas!
By purchasing this and/or other items from this site you are helping us to get the COMPLETE Steve Canyon TV series out on DVD and we thank you for your support.

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Email us at Ye Olde Caniff/Canyon Shoppe if you have any questions, comments, or are in need of any assistance. Thanks again for remembering Milton and for making this project possible.

Happy Veteran's Day

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:00:00 +0000

Harry and I (and Milton Caniff and Dean Fredericks in absentia) wish to acknowledge our past and present service men and women on this day, for their loyalty and devotion and patriotic service and sacrifices made, that we as americans and citizens of planet earth can enjoy a safe life and live as free individuals. Thank you one and all.

Dean Fredericks & Milton Caniff (and two young Steve Canyon Airagers!) at the 34th Street Macy's promotion in 1959. Photo by Sam Goldstein. Photo courtesy of OSU.

News From The Front (and Back)

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:22:00 +0000

RELEASE DATE CHANGE

Before we get to the good news I need to mention that the Volume 1 release has been regrettably delayed for (hopefully) only a week at this point. This is due to a number of factors (not the least of which is the massive logistics involving multiple discs/episodes/soundtracks) manufacturing issues, and our resolve to put out a superior product. Several of our celebrity commentaries have been added at the very last minute as well which has slowed us down (but I'm sure is worth it). IN ANY EVENT I apologise for the delay and take full responsibility for it. THEREFORE I am resetting the counter to Tuesday November 25th today and am extending the $19.95 early-bird pre-order price to that date as well.

NOW, having said all that...let's get to THE GOOD STUFF!

HERE'S the final list of what's included in

THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON DVD VOLUME ONE:

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Here's the final front and back cover artwork by Johann Mitchell

The interior reversible cover insert. We are concealing the image of the right side artwork (the reversible cover) so that it will be a surprise for all of the people who pre-ordered. We will reveal the hidden image here in early December. Let's just say it's really cool!!

Description of Contents:

NOT SEEN IN THE US IN OVER 45 YEARS!

QUITE POSSIBLY THE RAREST "LOST SERIES" OF ALL TIME!

IN BEAUTIFUL BLACK AND WHITE FROM THE ORIGINAL 35MM FILM BROADCAST MASTERS

12 FULL HALF-HOUR EPISODES AND MORE, FEATURING THE FAMED COMIC STRIP HERO CREATED BY

and starring DEAN FREDERICKS as COLONEL STEVE CANYON

Featuring MANY classic late '50's USAF planes in footage that can only be seen ON THIS DVD! F-84 Thunderstreak, F-86 Sabre, F-89 Scorpion, F-94 Starfire, F-100 Super Sabre, F-101 Voodoo, F-102 Delta Dagger, F-104 Starfighter, H-19 Chickasaw, H-21 Workhorse, C-47 Skytrain, C-119 Flying Boxcar, C-130 Hercules, B-26 Invader, B-50 Superfortress, B-52 Stratofortress, SM-65 Atlas missile, MGM-1 Matador missile, Q-2A Firebee and others (including the Soviet MiG-15)!

THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV VOLUME 1

345 MINUTES / BLACK AND WHITE

NTSC FULL SCREEN (1:33:1) 24 Frame Progressive

REGION 0 - PLAYABLE IN ALL REGIONS

DIGITALLY REMASTERED PICTURE & SOUND

12 FULL EPISODES ORIGINALLY BROADCAST IN 1958 & 1959 ON 2 DISKS

Full Color Printing Inside And Out In An Industry Standard "Crystal Clear" Clamshell Case
Full Color Process Printed Factory Glass-Mastered Discs

EXTRAS:

COMMENTARY TRACKS ON 10 EPISODES

(Featuring Marion Ross, Russell Johnson, Morgan Woodward, James H. Farmer, John Nitka, Ron Miller, Brad Ulvila & John Ellis)

ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS AND NETWORK PROMOS IN EACH EPISODE!

Reversible Cover Art

Steve Canyon® is a Registered Trademark of the Milton Caniff Estate

A Milton Caniff Estate Releasing Release

#MCER1001

Celebrating The Steve Canyon TV Series' 50th Anniversary (1958-2008)

Executive Producer: Harry Grant Guyton

Producer: John R. Ellis

Color art and graphic design by Johann Mitchell

Disk 1 artwork and design by Johann Mitchell. This is from a vastly superior quality image than what we used on the Special Edition.

CONTENTS:

Disc 1

1. OPERATION TOWLINE

NBC Premiere Saturday September 13, 1958

Directed by Ted Post • Written by Joseph Landon, Shelly Colbert & Milton Caniff • With: Harry Townes, Susan Alexander, Paul Frees, Morgan Woodward

Steve is working on a dangerous mission to develop an anti-missile system of towing Convair F-102 jet fighters from a KB-50 tanker.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring actor Morgan Woodward and producer John Ellis

2. OPERATION ZERO LAUNCH

NBC First Run Saturday September 27, 1958

Directed by Don Taylor • Written by Sidney Carroll • With: Ward Wood, Marion Ross, Doro Merande, Nelson Leigh

Steve is assigned to aid his friend, a test pilot, in a hazardous project to launch F-100 Super Sabres from mobile platforms with rocket boosters.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring actress Marion Ross and producer John Ellis

3. OPERATION THUNDERBIRDS

NBC First Run Saturday September 20, 1958

Directed by Don Taylor • Teleplay by Norman Katkov • Story by Sidney Carroll • With: Larry Pennell, Ronnie Knox, Burt Metcalfe

Steve takes charge of re-educating a "hot shot" team of devil-may-care flyboys to basic Air Force principles.

EXTRA: Commentary Track featuring Composer Nathan Scott (with family members Tom Scott, Linda Colley) & producer John Ellis

4. PROJECT HEARTBEAT

NBC First Run Saturday October 4, 1958

Directed by Don Taylor • Teleplay by Robert L. Green • Story by Sidney Carroll • With: Russell Johnson, Jacqueline Scott, John Doucette, Jason Wingreen

Steve and his friend Major Pitch Hammer prepare for an around the world flight in jet fighters.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring actor Russell Johnson, television and aviation enthusiast Brad Ulvila and producer John Ellis

5. FEAR OF FLYING

NBC First Run Saturday November 1, 1958

Directed by Andrew McCullough • Written by Joseph Landon • With: Philip Abbott, Robert Brubaker, Donald Freed, Tom Middleton, and Robert De Cost

A much decorated pilot is court martialed for reckless flying and negligence. The pilot asks for Canyon to defend him.

6. OPERATION JETTISON

NBC First Run Saturday October 11, 1958

Directed by Andrew McCullough • Written by Sidney Carroll • With: Tige Andrews, John Hoyt, Sue Randall, Michael Galloway, Paul Comi, De Forest Kelley

There’s king size trouble for Steve when his passengers become hysterical after the plane develops engine trouble.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

Dick 2 artwork and design by Johann Mitchell. This is from a vastly superior quality image than what we used on the Special Edition.

Disc 2

7. PROJECT UFO

NBC First Run Tuesday May 19, 1959

Directed by Don Taylor • Written by Sidney Carroll • With: Julie Adams, Walter Brooke, George Mitchell, Jim Boles, Joe Jefferson, Dana Elcar

Steve goes to Altora Kansas to investigate reports of a flying saucer sighting.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

8. PILOT ERROR

NBC First Run Saturday December 13, 1958

Directed by Walter Grauman • Written by Joseph Landon • With: Robert F. Simon, Paul Langton, Douglas Henderson, Barney Phillips, Parley Baer, Paul Maxwell, Robert Sampson

Canyon investigates a jet crash in which the pilot was killed. The cause appears to be the pilot’s fault. Urged by the pilot’s father, Steve investigates further.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

9. OPERATION MOBY DICK

NBC First Run Saturday November 8, 1958

Directed by Don Taylor • Teleplay by Raphael Hayes, Story by Sidney Carroll • With: Barry Atwater, Karl Lukas, Frank Bella, Ken Becker

Canyon has to transport the first Atlas missile to Cape Canaveral for launching.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring author and space artist Ron Miller and producer John Ellis

10. OPERATION SURVIVAL

NBC First Run Saturday October 25, 1958

Directed by Don Taylor • Written by Richard Tregaskis • Story by Sidney Carroll • With: Eddie Firestone, Anthony Eisley, Buck Young, Frank Gerstle, Max Slaten, Pete Peterson

Canyon is accidentally thrown from a plane while observing a training jump by Air Force paramedics.

11. OPERATION DIPLOMAT

NBC First Run Saturday December 27, 1958

Directed by Don Taylor • Written by Sidney Carroll • With: Joanna Barnes, Oliver McGowan, Robert Patton, John Hackett, Eddie Ryder

While Canyon is transporting an American diplomat from Istanbul to Pakistan, he is forced to land just outside friendly territory.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring aviation film historian James H. Farmer and producer John Ellis

12. OPERATION FIREBEE

NBC First Run Tuesday June 2, 1959

Directed by Don Taylor • Written by Sidney Carroll • With: Martin Milner, Richard Crane, Patricia Blair, Jane Langley, Don Devlin

Guided missiles are used for target practice by jets. Canyon and another pilot have a contest to see who shoots down more.

EXTRA: Commentary track featuring aviation historian John Nitka and producer John Ellis

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This DVD will be shipped to all purchasers the week of November 25, 2008 via US Postal Service First Class mail or Global First Class Mail (for Non-US customers).
REMEMBER this DVD will ONLY be available direct from us...and just in time for Xmas!
By purchasing this and/or other items from this site you are helping us to get the COMPLETE Steve Canyon TV series out on DVD and we thank you for your support.

Click button above to order

(NOTE: that if you are viewing this in an email you'll have to visit our website at http://stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com for this button to work properly)

Email us at Ye Olde Caniff/Canyon Shoppe if you have any questions, comments, or are in need of any assistance. Thanks again for remembering Milton and for making this project possible.

MORE Volume One News

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:54:00 +0000

Here's more exciting news about what's in Volume 1:

Marion Ross as Rita Bradshaw in "Operation Zero Launch"

Yesterday we were finally able to interview the incomparable MARION ROSS as a commentary track on the episode OPERATION ZERO LAUNCH on Volume One. We want to thank Marion for being just as nice as can be and for her interesting insights as Steve's first onscreen girlfriend! We also want to wish her a happy birthday from us and all of our readers as her birthday was last saturday (October 25th).

We are glad this worked out with her as we wanted to have something special for this episode as it was previously included on our "sampler" DVD as an "NBC" print. In addition to her comments this episode will be the "ABC" print with different commercials and promos than what was included previously.

Russell Johnson as Major "Pitch" Hammer in "Project Heartbeat"

Yesterday we also recorded an audio interview with the legendary RUSSELL JOHNSON which will be a commentary track on his lone Steve Canyon outing PROJECT HEARTBEAT. Russell remembers the experience with fondness and talked about Milton Caniff, director Don Taylor and the other actors in the show. Thank you so much Russell and Connie Johnson!

Julie Adams as Amanda Crown in "Project U.F.O."

We recently recorded interesting commentary tracks for a slew of episodes with aviation film historian James H. Farmer, including OPERATION JETTISON, PROJECT U.F.O. (see picture above), PILOT ERROR and OPERATION DIPLOMAT. Jim lent his considerable knowledge of aircraft and events to the mix and I'm sure you all will enjoy the added detail.

Martin Milner and Dean Fredericks in "Operation Firebee"

Finally, author and educator John Nitka also recorded commentary with us for the episode OPERATION FIREBEE. John's father worked on the USAF Firebee Target Drone program, about which John is writing a book, and his research has enriched not only our knowledge but also our picture archive, as he turned up a bunch of behind the scenes pictures for the episode.

We're just about done with all of the other artwork for Volume One (previews coming up shortly) along with other last-minute details.

That's it for now! Remember to tune in regularly and spread the word that Steve is flying out of the past and into our living rooms again in just a few short weeks! (And don't forget to save a few bucks by pre-ordering below).

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NOTE that you DO NOT need a PayPal account to purchase this item, there is an option to pay with any major credit card!

This DVD will be shipped to all purchasers the week of November 18, 2008 via US Postal Service First Class mail or Global First Class Mail (for Non-US customers).
REMEMBER this DVD will ONLY be available direct from us...and just in time for Xmas!
By purchasing this and/or other items from this site you are helping us to get the COMPLETE Steve Canyon TV series out on DVD and we thank you for your support.

Click button above to order

(NOTE: that if you are viewing this in an email you'll have to visit our website at http://stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com for this button to work properly)

Email us at Ye Olde Caniff/Canyon Shoppe if you have any questions, comments, or are in need of any assistance. Thanks again for remembering Milton and for making this project possible.

Volume One News Update

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:24:00 +0000

Concerning extras on Volume one, we have been working on last minute additions and here are several we can talk about...

Morgan Woodward as Major Tex Berry from "Operation Towline"

We just recorded actor Morgan Woodward's excellent audio commentary track for Operation Towline, the first episode of the series, which is an extra on the upcoming THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV Volume One. Morgan is a heck of a nice guy and we had a great time learning about not just his acting career, but also his restoration of vintage aircraft and his lifelong love of flying (he has been a pilot since the age of 16!). By the way, that's legendary voice artist (and Steve Canyon narrator!) Paul Frees in the dark uniform behind Morgan.

Composer Nathan Scott

We also spent a lovely morning recently recording audio commentary for "Operation Thunderbirds" with series composer Nathan Scott and his family, including Daughter Linda Colley and son Tom Scott (who is a famous musician and composer in his own right). We learned a lot about the music for the series, and this also will be another extra on Volume One.

Details on the rest of Johann's amazing package artwork and more extras are zooming on the horizon, so be sure to check back here frequently for details!

As a parting shot, here's ALL of the Steve Canyon episodes transferred to Digital format and on the shelf in our office! We can't wait to share them! Reminds me of the old joke, "Does the name 'Pavlov" ring a bell?".

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This is a limited time offer only!

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NOTE that you DO NOT need a PayPal account to purchase this item, there is an option to pay with any major credit card!

This DVD will be shipped to all purchasers the week of November 18, 2008 via US Postal Service First Class mail or Global First Class Mail (for Non-US customers).
REMEMBER this DVD will ONLY be available direct from us...and just in time for Xmas!
By purchasing this and/or other items from this site you are helping us to get the COMPLETE Steve Canyon TV series out on DVD and we thank you for your support.

Click button above to order

Email us at Ye Olde Caniff/Canyon Shoppe if you have any questions, comments, or are in need of any assistance. Thanks again for remembering Milton and for making this project possible.

And The Winner Is...

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:05:00 +0000

Here is the Official cover art for THE COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV Volume One as voted for by you, the fans, in a landslide win. Out of 163 votes, 99 (61%) voted for this version, while 44 (27%) voted for the red/blue cover, and a measly 20 (12%) voted for the white/blue cover (my personal favorite).

We want to thank each and every one of you that voted and made this poll a success!

For those of you that have been following the MAREK FIRE in the Angeles National Forest today, we are located...well, right there. So I am going to keep this post VERY brief, because we are concerned about being forced to evacuate our home and studio today. We are in no immediate danger, and I SERIOUSLY DOUBT we will be affected but the high winds keep changing direction and we're near enough to see the fires from our yard...these things can get ugly quickly. Have no fear though, besides the animals the first things to get evacuated with us are the hard drives, films, tapes and everything relating to Steve Canyon, some of which I've already loaded into my vehicle. It'll all be fine. (UPDATE 10/15/08-All is fine here, didn't have to evacuate and everything almost back to normal, thanks to everyone who wrote or called!).

Lastly, I am adding the list of episodes that are included on Volume One, and here they are:

01) Operation Towline (originally aired 13Sep58)

02) Operation Zero Launch (originally aired 27Sep58)

03) Operation Thunderbirds (originally aired 20Sep58)

04) Project Heartbeat (originally aired 4Oct58)

05) Fear of Flying (originally aired 1Nov58)

06) Operation Jettison (originally aired 11Oct58)

07) Project U.F.O. (originally aired 19May59)

08) Pilot Error (originally aired 31Dec58)

09) Operation Moby Dick (originally aired 8Nov58)

10) Operation Survival (originally aired 25Oct58)

11) Operation Diplomat (originally aired 27Dec58)

12) Operation Firebee (originally aired 2Jun59)

Although some of these shows have later airdates, this is the actual "production order" of the shows, in other words, the order in which they were made, which (after careful scrutiny) is the only order that makes sense for our release. They were originally pretty much all shown out of order (ruining whatever little continuity they were trying to establish) so this now becomes the official running order.

That's it for now...more details coming up soon, so don't touch that dial!

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Click button below to Order this DVD.

NOTE that you DO NOT need a PayPal account to purchase this item, there is an option to pay with any major credit card!

This DVD will be shipped to all purchasers the week of November 18, 2008 via US Postal Service First Class mail or Global First Class Mail (for Non-US customers).
REMEMBER this DVD will ONLY be available direct from us...and just in time for Xmas!
By purchasing this and/or other items from this site you are helping us to get the COMPLETE Steve Canyon TV series out on DVD and we thank you for your support.

Click button above to order

Email us at Ye Olde Caniff/Canyon Shoppe if you have any questions, comments, or are in need of any assistance. Thanks again for remembering Milton and for making this project possible.

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Reminder

noreply@blogger.com (John Ellis) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:46:00 +0000

Just a quick reminder that there is only a few hours left at this point to cast your vote for your front cover choice for the COMPLETE STEVE CANYON ON TV Volume One. Be sure to flex your voting muscles and dare to be counted!

Following the poll closing late tonight we will post the winning design and even more details concerning the contents of the upcoming Volume One DVD (including episode titles and MORE!). And remember to pre-order the DVD now (a limited time offer) and save $5 or more on the final retail price!

Click here to vote and to pre-order the DVD.
(You can also scroll down here on the blog and use the links in the previous post to vote and pre-order the DVD).

DON'T LEAVE US FLYING BLIND!VOTE!