Q: Was the little fashion designer character in the Disney movie "The Incredibles" based on the lady who plays Hetty on "NCIS: Los Angeles"?Ī: Brad Bird, the cartoonist who created "The Incredibles" - and who provides the voice of Edna Mode, the bombastic, diminutive scene-stealing character - has been cagey about her origins. Dressup / Major Mudd / Chief Halftown / Baby Daphne / Sheriff John / Winchell & Mahoney / Fireball X-L5 / Mr.The Ask SAM feature of the Winston-Salem Journal answers a question about the inspiration for Edna Mode, that costume designer character from brad Bird's THE INCREDIBLES. Wayne / Gene Roddenberry / Rockford Files / Sea Hunt / Superman on DVD / Toy Gun Ads / Flip Wilson Show / Big Blue Marble / Monty Hall / Carrascolendas / Mr.
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As the show gained popularity, more and more of In the run of the series, Mike Nelson operated from land and the diving Tors was against it: "All Bubbles has to do is to flip her tail and Star performer, 'Bubbles' (a 1,800 pilot whale cow) in an episode. Lloyd Bridges had no experience as a diver before starting the seriesīut quickly became fairly accomplished - he even wanted to ride Marineland's Marineland amusement park in Palos Verdes. Some footage was filmed in exotic locales, most of the show's underwaterĪction scenes were shot in a huge aquarium located in California's long-gone Rescues - whenever danger or excitement lurked below the surface Mike
TheĮxperienced skin diver also went after salvage, treasure and performed Ran afoul of sharks, manta rays, octopuses and giant sea turtles. Hunt, and the underwater fight scenes were quite spectacularĪs Mike Nelson hunted down criminals from the undersea underworld and To Australia, from the Caribbean to the Florida Keys. Was shot in various warm water places around the world, from California Show was produced by Ivan Tors ('Daktari') and the underwater footage Remember the haunting, ominous theme music that reflected perfectly I watched it religiously as a kid but mostly Was one of the most popular shows in syndication in the Sixties (episodes Life since then! If you have anything about Sea Hunt, I'd be My afternoon staple diet in the early to mid-sixties and it shaped my Sea Hunt - the Lloyd Bridges (pre-comedy) underwater classic. Have been looking for re-runs of a fabulous show that I'd like to request. TV Shows on DVD / / / / / TV Blog / / / / / Punk Book / / / Holiday