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Introduction to series “Super ‘70s and ‘80s.”
Introduction to subseries “Legends of the Superheroes” (including list of interviewees).
I began looking for Barbara Joyce in January 2010 and found her in January 2011.
But she had passed away in March 2010.
I was disappointed in general and even more so because she had been alive when I started to look for her. I was too late. However, I had the fortune to find her family, and both her ex-husband and her niece, who was closest to Barbara, kindly shared some recollections.
Once I found that Barbara had died, I stumbled into the fact that she had an ex-husband in checking a public records database. Barbara was born in 1941 and her ex in 1920. I was pleasantly surprised to find that he was alive and well and most kind.
He didn’t know about LOTS. To verify we were talking about the same Barbara Joyce, he asked if mine is “big-busted”; I said according to the photos I’ve seen, it seems so.
He then told me the following:
- Barbara Joyce was her theatrical name.
- They separated around 1978 (just before LOTS).
- She had no children.
- Her parents are dead.
- She never remarried.
- A niece of Barbara’s had called to tell Stan that Barbara had died but he didn’t get her name, it went so fast.
- Her brother was a dentist in Florida.
Barbara and her brother, somewhat recently.
Luckily, Barbara’s brother had an unusual last name through which I was able to connect with her famil
Introduction to series “Super ‘70s and ‘80s.”
Introduction to subseries “Legends of the Superheroes” (including list of interviewees).
[NOTE: I did not interview them at the same time; I combined their answers since they were part of the same production.]
Garrett Craig as Captain Marvel
Rod Haase as Flash
Bill Nuckols as Hawkman
How old were you when you appeared in LOTS?
Bill Nuckols: 26.
What was your background before appearing in LOTS?
Garrett Craig: I came to LA to do comedy. I did stand-up at the Ice House, Troubadour, and Comedy Store starting when Sammy Shore first gave comics a shot at open mike night. But I quickly found an even easier way to make money. On a good night, comics love to say they “killed.” When they would come offstage, I would show them that I could mimic their rhythm, characters, and personality. I came with one-liners to fill the dead air. It didn’t get me that sweet crib in Malibu but I did get to meet people like Johnny Carson, Redd Foxx, and George Carlin.
Back in the day, you could pick up the price of a dinner by standing in a police lineup. This particular evening was a three-card Monte of flasher…flasher…who can find the flasher? Everybody in the lineup had to open his trench coat, one at a time. To my confidence-shattering surprise, when I opened my coat, the lady screamed, “That’s him, that’s the guy!” The detective leaned forward and squinted in my direction and said, “I don’t see anything.” The frantic woman: “I know…and I know what I didn’t see…and that’s him!”
Rod Haase: I don’t recall when LOTS came up in my illustrious film career; however, I played a number of superheroes ar
with Jody Spence and Reyna Blasko, Sea World skiers
with Bo Rucker, the pimp from Superman: The Movie
with Liberty Williams and Michael Bell, the Wonder Twins from Super Friends
2 Comments on Super ‘70s and ‘80s: Thank you to all who participated, last added: 10/14/2011
It was an excellent series, Marc. Thank you for compiling it and, moreover, thank you for sharing it with us. "Super Friends," "Superman: The Movie" and "Scooby Doo" are integral pieces of my childhood and I really enjoyed learning more about the often-unacknowledged people behind them.
Thank you so much for this kind message, Michael. It was my pleasure and passion. I'm sad it's over. Maybe I will need to do a sequel...ideas?