"The Colby's": UFO's taking Fallon...
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"The Colbys" (originally titled Dynasty II: The Colbys) was a primetime television soap opera which aired from November 1985 to March 1987. This Aaron Spelling-produced series was spun off from the more successful "Dynasty". The series was set in Bel Air, California, and focused on the Colby family, introduced peripherally in "Dynasty". It was because of it's location that I fell in love with the series! Bel Air, CA who doesn't dream of that place... Intended to surpass its predecessor in opulence, the series' producers were handed an immensely high budget, and cast a handful of film actors among its leads, including Charlton Heston, Katharine Ross, Barbara Stanwyck, Ken Howard and Maxwell Caulfield (3 years after Grease 2).The major storyline that drove the series was the migration from Denver (and Dynasty) of Jeff Colby and Fallon Carrington. Jeff was Jason Colby's nephew, who came to California to start his life anew after the apparent death of his wife, Fallon. Fallon, having survived the plane crash which supposedly claimed her life, in fact was suffering amnesia and found her way to California, and Jeff's cousin (and rival) Miles Colby. Using the name Randall Adams, she married her ex-husband's cousin, setting in motion a love triangle that spanned the series. Although Fallon eventually re-married Jeff, Miles held a torch for her. The major characters of The Colbys were introduced in the audience through appearances in Dynasty. Jason (Charlton Heston) and Constance (Barbara Stanwyck) were first seen in the sixth season episode "The Californians" and the rest of the Colby family were introduced a special two-part episode called "The Titans". There were also a number of cross-overs featuring members of the Dynasty cast in the early episodes of The Colbys, most notably Blake Carrington (John Forsythe), his sons Adam Carrington (Gordon Thomson) and Steven Carrington (Jack Coleman) and half-sister Dominique Devereux (Diahann Carroll). Alexis Carrington Colby did not appear in the series (actress Joan Collins led a "boycott" of the spin-off show), even at the re-marriage of her daughter Fallon, and son-in-law (and nephew by marriage) Jeff Colby, and neither did Krystle Carrington (Linda Evans). It was explained in the storyline that Alexis's was grounded in Denver due to fog. Actress Joan Collins once said that she never will appear with Charlton Heston in one scene cause he just thinks he is GOD! When you look back at Charleston's career there can be some truth in it! Although everything was there to make it as huge a success as "Dynasty", it never really received the ratings it should have! From all characters it was actress Stephanie Beecham (Sable Colby) who stole the show in every scene she was in! Maybe that was the reason the show failed. Stephanie had no one that could take her on like Joan Collins had with Linda Evens as her on screen "rival" in "Dynasty"! The most watched scene from "The Colby's" was also their very last! Based upon Steven Spielberg's "Close encounters of the third kind" Fallon has her meeting with Extra terrestrials"
Here's a link to the famous opening credits that made me fall in love with sunny glamorous California:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQ0D7WQn6U
Here's the very last scene of a series that could have become big but never did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju8YH6ewoqQ
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"The Colbys" (originally titled Dynasty II: The Colbys) was a primetime television soap opera which aired from November 1985 to March 1987. This Aaron Spelling-produced series was spun off from the more successful "Dynasty". The series was set in Bel Air, California, and focused on the Colby family, introduced peripherally in "Dynasty". It was because of it's location that I fell in love with the series! Bel Air, CA who doesn't dream of that place... Intended to surpass its predecessor in opulence, the series' producers were handed an immensely high budget, and cast a handful of film actors among its leads, including Charlton Heston, Katharine Ross, Barbara Stanwyck, Ken Howard and Maxwell Caulfield (3 years after Grease 2).The major storyline that drove the series was the migration from Denver (and Dynasty) of Jeff Colby and Fallon Carrington. Jeff was Jason Colby's nephew, who came to California to start his life anew after the apparent death of his wife, Fallon. Fallon, having survived the plane crash which supposedly claimed her life, in fact was suffering amnesia and found her way to California, and Jeff's cousin (and rival) Miles Colby. Using the name Randall Adams, she married her ex-husband's cousin, setting in motion a love triangle that spanned the series. Although Fallon eventually re-married Jeff, Miles held a torch for her. The major characters of The Colbys were introduced in the audience through appearances in Dynasty. Jason (Charlton Heston) and Constance (Barbara Stanwyck) were first seen in the sixth season episode "The Californians" and the rest of the Colby family were introduced a special two-part episode called "The Titans". There were also a number of cross-overs featuring members of the Dynasty cast in the early episodes of The Colbys, most notably Blake Carrington (John Forsythe), his sons Adam Carrington (Gordon Thomson) and Steven Carrington (Jack Coleman) and half-sister Dominique Devereux (Diahann Carroll). Alexis Carrington Colby did not appear in the series (actress Joan Collins led a "boycott" of the spin-off show), even at the re-marriage of her daughter Fallon, and son-in-law (and nephew by marriage) Jeff Colby, and neither did Krystle Carrington (Linda Evans). It was explained in the storyline that Alexis's was grounded in Denver due to fog. Actress Joan Collins once said that she never will appear with Charlton Heston in one scene cause he just thinks he is GOD! When you look back at Charleston's career there can be some truth in it! Although everything was there to make it as huge a success as "Dynasty", it never really received the ratings it should have! From all characters it was actress Stephanie Beecham (Sable Colby) who stole the show in every scene she was in! Maybe that was the reason the show failed. Stephanie had no one that could take her on like Joan Collins had with Linda Evens as her on screen "rival" in "Dynasty"! The most watched scene from "The Colby's" was also their very last! Based upon Steven Spielberg's "Close encounters of the third kind" Fallon has her meeting with Extra terrestrials"
Here's a link to the famous opening credits that made me fall in love with sunny glamorous California:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQ0D7WQn6U
Here's the very last scene of a series that could have become big but never did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju8YH6ewoqQ
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posted by Patrick at Wednesday, November 29, 2006
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