The show's creator and producer, Paul Henning is from Independence, Missouri, and donated for the Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area near Branson.

The show's theme song, " The Ballad of Jed Clampett ", was written by producer and writer Paul Henning and originally performed by bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs.

Kershaw was also a script writer for the programme and the show's producer between 1962 and 1971.

Bill Podmore was the show's longest serving producer.

In A Hole In The Heart ( part 2 ), to placate a director from charity organisation Rotary, she allows the executive producer to yell at her and pretend to fire her over one of the show's decisions, when in reality she is receiving a large pay rise in return for her part of the act.

The show's name was coined by show business talent manager and producer Bernie Brillstein and derives from a common English onomatopoeia used to describe the braying sound that a donkey makes.

According to the show's producer, Sam Lovullo, the ratings showed improvement with these classic reruns ; however, the series was finally canceled in 1993 at the conclusion of its 25th season.

Dick Ebersol, who replaced Lorne Michaels as the show's producer, said that Shearer was " a gifted performer but a pain in the butt.

According to the show's executive producer, Terry Lickona, this is the first and only time in the show's long history that an episode went unaired.

The show's producer told her, " You look like you could be Chinese.

In 1929, Gordon was starring in the title role of " Serena Blandish " when she became pregnant by the show's producer, Jed Harris.

An early screenplay draft called for the Defiant to be destroyed, but Deep Space Nine executive producer Ira Steven Behr objected to the destruction of his show's ship and so the idea was dropped.

Listener contributions are usually screened by a show's producer ( s ) in order to maximize audience interest and, in the case of commercial talk radio, attract advertisers.

* Two characters are given names related to cigarettes: Lucky Straeker, Bookman's director and Dora Belair, an assistant to a competing show's producer.

The hairy creature appeared in Addams cartoons as " It ", but was named " Cousin Itt " by the show's producer, David Levy.

On November 26, 2006 the network broadcast an hour-long documentary titled The Real Match Game Story: Behind The Blank featuring rarely-seen footage of the 1960s version, many odd or memorable moments from the main 1973 – 1982 runs, plus interviews with Rayburn, Somers, Dawson, DeBartolo, producer Ira Skutch, and others involved in the show's production.

Grammer usually joins the show's " table readings " ( wherein cast members read each script together for the first time ), and former executive producer David Mirkin described working with Grammer as very pleasant, due to his lively sense of humor.

Controversy erupted during the midst of the second season when series developer and executive producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe announced he had been released from the show's production, although his influence was felt until the completion of the second season ; at that point, Bob Engels was brought on to be an executive producer of the series.

John Ammonds, the show's producer, replaced Hills and Green with Eddie Braben, who had just parted from Ken Dodd.

* Lisa Miller ( Maura Tierney ), with whom Dave has an intermittent relationship, is promoted and demoted within the show's run, serving as reporter, on-air personality, producer and news director.

But shortly after production began, Cassidy convinced music producer Wes Farrell that he was good enough and he was promoted to lead singer for show's recordings.

The show's writers included Howard Harris, Hal Fimberg, Parke Levy, Don Prindle, Eddie Cherkose ( later known as Eddie Maxwell ), Leonard B. Stern, Martin Ragaway, Paul Conlan, and Eddie Forman, as well as producer Martin Gosch.

In 1983, antihero Len Fairclough ( Peter Adamson ), one of the show's central male characters since 1961, was killed off, and in 1984, Stan Ogden ( Bernard Youens ) died.

Although Stan is usually the Captain, both Zev and Xev have held the key to The Lexx at some point during the show's run.

Kyle is one of the show's four central characters, along with his friends Stan Marsh, Kenny McCormick, and Eric Cartman.

Stan is one of the show's four central characters, along with his friends Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, and Eric Cartman.

Stan is animated by computer in a way to emulate the show's original method of cutout animation.

During the show's first 58 episodes ( 1997 through the season 4 episode " 4th Grade " in 2000 ), Stan and the other main child characters were in the third grade.

Amongst the show's main characters, Kyle is defined as being the only Jewish kid, Cartman is recognized by his obesity, greed, and extreme bigotry, and Kenny is notable for being poor and frequently dying ; as opposed to having a prominent distinguishing trait, Stan is portrayed ( in words of the show's official website ) as " a normal, average, American, mixed-up kid ".

" Stan is the only character in the group to have had a steady girlfriend, Wendy Testaburger, and their relationship was a recurring topic in the show's earlier seasons.

In the tradition of the show's animation style, Stan is composed of simple geometrical shapes and primary colors.

Ever since the show's second episode, " Weight Gain 4000 " ( season one, 1997 ), Stan, like all other characters on the show, has been animated with computer software, though he is portrayed to give the impression that the show still utilizes its original technique.

The only adult on the show that Stan consistently trusted was Chef, the cafeteria worker at his school, as Stan generally holds the rest of the show's adult population in low regard due to their tendency to both behave irrationally when subjected to the scams, cults, and sensationalized media stories of which he is often skeptical, and engage in hypocritical behavior.

In the show's fifteen seasons, Stan has addressed other topics such as homosexuality, hate crime legislation, civil liberties, parenting, illegal immigration, voting, alcoholism, and race relations.

Stan was an unseen character during the show's run, despite being mentioned in many episodes.

He also had a brief run on the MTV series Undressed, where he played Stan during the show's third season.

His guidance was often sought by the show's core group of child protagonists – Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick – as he was usually the only adult whom they consistently trusted.

" While writing, he says, the show's creators imagined Ted and Dougal as " just two people who happen to be ".

The show's main character, Larry David, says the phrase inadvertently to his rabbi once he and his wife are ready to go out and renew their vows, who then becomes offended because of a relative of his died on September 11, 2001 (" You knew my brother-in-law died on September 11th, how dare you say something like that ?!").

In his book, Barris says that at the height of the show's popularity in the late 1950s, the individual panelists became major celebrities in Canada.

Boyd Kirkland, the show's producer, says his favorite X-Men: Evolution season is Season 3.

* Garfield and Friends – The series had three very different theme songs during its run, but they all ended the same way – after the show's logo and Garfield appears, he says a quick and often humorous message.

On George Carlin's 1969 debut album, Take-Offs and Put-Ons, the character Congolia Breckinridge appears on a similar show called Truth or Penalties ( although at one point Carlin says the original show's name ).

2 says his first work as announcer was on the daytime version of Password ); three years later, he began a long association with Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions, where he worked on Beat the Clock as its announcer from 1969 to 1972 ; after the departure of the show's host, Jack Narz, Wood then took over as host of Beat the Clock, with Nick Holenreich serving as announcer.

Despite the show's popularity over two continents, Joly says he will not make any more in Britain, as his face and voice are now too well known.

However, during the show's final season, Schiff says he felt let down by the writers as some of his episodes were cut " purely on a financial decision ".

Judge Stone in Night Court was also a Tormé fan ; the show's creator Reinhold Weege says the fact that Anderson was also a Tormé fan was completely coincidental.

Many shows have begun to use a main character's voice for this voiceover rather than a neutral narrator ( Chuck ), and some series such as Boston Legal and Stargate Atlantis alternate which main character says " Previously on ... show's name ".

For example, in his book Planet Simpson, Chris Turner describes " The Principal and the Pauper " as the " broadcast that marked abrupt plunge " from The Simpsons < nowiki >'</ nowiki > " Golden Age ", which he says began in the middle of the show's third season.

" In the book, Gray says this scene is used by the show's producers to criticize " how often the news is wholly toothless, sacrificing journalism for sales, and leaving us not with important public information, but with America's Favorite Pencil.

Madden declares the episode a slap to the show's fanbase, who he says have taken " so much nonsense " from the franchise.

The show's official web site says it profiles " puzzling, often baffling cases whose riddles are ultimately solved by forensic detection.

In it, the show's Executive Producer / Writer Paul Dowling says he was inspired to create the show because he had been present in Philadelphia during the outbreak of Legionellosis in 1976, as well as by the murder of Helle Crafts.

In his book Planet Simpson, Chris Turner describes " The Principal and the Pauper " as the " broadcast that marked abrupt plunge " from The Simpsons < nowiki >'</ nowiki > " Golden Age ", which he says began in the middle of the show's third season.