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Perry Mason: The Case of the Final Fade-Out (1966)
The Series Ended With a Hit!
I got to visit the Set during the Final Day of Filming this Episode. I was 9 years old and my Great Uncle Jesse Hibbs was the Director. I got to meet all the Actors, including Raymond Burr. A very nice man, who was leaving the next day to visit our military in South Vietnam with the USO. Burr was very Patriotic.
In the one scene, where a Recess of Court was called, and Della Street (wonderful Barbara Hale) was coming into the courtroom, they played a joke on her. All of the extras and actors who were exiting the courtroom were told by Director Jesse Hibbs to get close and prevent her from entering. It was very funny, and Hale took it with good humor. A very relaxed and pleasant set with an Ensemble Cast who were like family after 9 years together.
I loved the TV Show American Bandstand, and it was a treat meeting Dick Clark. Another very friendly and warm person.
I like how they brought in Erle Stanley Gardner from his Ranch in Riverside to be the Judge! I probably met him, but at age 9, did not know who he was.
A great TV Series put together by Beautiful Actress/Businesswoman Gail Patrick and her husband, Agent Thomas Jackson (Paisano Productions), that still is worth watching. My Great Uncle Jesse Hibbs directed 44 Episodes of this Series along with many other TV Shows, such as The FBI, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, and The Fugitive. 1966 was during the Golden Age of Television, with many Terrific Shows!