Ben Casey episode with Larry Hovis making a cameo as an elevator operator. larryhovis.net
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How heartwarming to read your comment. The late great Larry Hovis was such a talented performer. I miss him. How sweet & nice of you & liarsclub75 to share this episode with him! Bless you both!
does anyone know where i can find the song about Dr ben Casey called
”CALLIN Dr CASEY” ” on video . can’t find it any where. please help.
choeysangel
For the younger people:The opening symbols-as drawn by Sam Jaffe-were seen as graffiti everywhere in this country where there was an open space.
Penny is played by Sharon Farrell, Florence on ‘The Young and the Restless’.
VCI Entertainment is currently looking into releasing Ben Casey on DVD. It would be a good idea if every fan of the show emails them to encourge them to do so.
Their email is
I remember, as a kid, being impressed at how skillfully the hand drew the infinity symbol on the blackboard. The line joined up so smoothly.
My hand is raised !
Not quite Jon and Kate…
I second that.
Those of you who want Ben Casey on DVD or on some retro channel, raise your hand.
Does C.B.S./Paramount, who owns the rights to “Hogan’s Heroes” (for which they acquired from Bing Crosby Productions) own “Ben Casey”? If they do, they better put this show out on D.V.D. before it lapses into Public Domain.
Earlier, Tone played an alcoholic doctor in an episode of “Ben Casey” who Casey tries to rehabilitate. By the way, Edwards spoke the introduction for the show’s fifth and final season.
And Vince has a twin brother!
During the 1970′s there was a comedy show in Cleveland called “Hoolihan and Big Chuck” that ran a parody of this show called “Ben Crazy”. After they showed the 5 symbols on the blackboard the unseen person wrote a “$” sign and you heard the sound of a cash register.
man,
woman,
birth,
death,
infinity.
At the time I thought that was the greatest opening I had ever heard…
The intro always started out with “Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity”, which would be an iconic opening title of “Ben Casey”. The voice in that part would be Sam Jaffe, who played Doctor David Zorba{Until 1965 and was replaced by Franchot Tone who played Doctor Daniel Niles Freeland.}.
Thanks a lot for this! Everybody is great in this. The writing is great as well.
Nice! Made my father smile! He was a fan!
Thank you for the upload! My era. Much appreciated
I haven’t heard this theme song since the summer of ’66, when I was only 8 years old. They were showing the reruns of it during the day.
Vince Edwards was also the target of the movie magazines as well. He was first married to that Kathy Kersh (Miss Rheingold of 1962), they had a baby, then they got divorced. He also married that Linda Foster, and he also married and divorced a few more times after that.
I do remember Larry wrote me a nice letter after I sent him the tape. Also gave me his phone number. Looking back, I wished I had called him.
It was probably me. It’s been a while so I might have sent it to you first.
This is the one I sent Larry. It’s the only reason I have the episode. A fan recorded it and sent it to me to give to Larry.
I found out that Larry Hovis was looking for this episode of Ben Casey. I sent him a copy about a year before he passed away.
This is the only one I have.