User talk:Hoppy Uniatz

Simon Templar
Welcome aboard! Obviously with a username like yours you have familiarity with the Simon Templar books. I look forward to your contributions. I did revert one of your changes, only because it contradicts Charteris himself, and that's the nature of the "collaborations". Charteris used the term "ghost writing" and acknowledged this to be the case, though he also called them a team effort. He didn't actually write any of the post-1962 books (except the two novels noted) so it would be incorrect to say he did. Harry Harrison claims Vendetta for the Saint is all his, so unless there's a source that says otherwise, we need to go with that. I have Burl Barer's massive history book on order through Amazon so it might clear things up a bit, but for now I just have Charteris' word on these things. (Also, the changes rendered a few sentences gramattically incorrect so I needed to fix that as well). You might have noticed that articles have been created on all the Saint books; what's missing from many of these are story plot summaries and other information of note. Please feel free to add any information you might have on these books. Cheers! 23skidoo 13:00, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the correction on "Salvage for the Saint". Do you know which episode this adapts? I couldn't find an episode of this title in the episode lists for the Moore or Ogilvy shows, so I assume it was retitled. (This also applies to a few of the other 70s-era books that also appear to involve scriptwriters but use titles that don't correspond with the episodes.) 23skidoo 15:29, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

"Collision Course" (aka "The Saint and the Brave Goose"). Feel free to correct my entry...I'm still learning!
 * You're doing fine! Thanks for adding the info. I had a feeling it must have been a novelisation since Kruse was connected to both TV series. 23skidoo 00:39, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Good edit re:Mystery Wheel. Do you have any idea what other films formed the series? Burl Barer's book doesn't say anything (in fact he seems to imply the Saint was indeed the only component of the Wheel). I'm hoping to start an article on Mystery Wheel eventually. 23skidoo 17:33, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


 * 3 x 2 hour Dick Francis adaptations starring Ian McShane. This is the sales blurb:

"The master of mystery comes to television with a series of three fast-paced, two-hour thrillers which take audiences from the high stakes world of thoroughbred racing to the inner circles of British intelligence. Based on the best-selling novels of internationally acclaimed author, Dick Francis, these movies star television, film and stage actor, Ian MacShane, as investigator David Cleveland.

Three two-hour movies include: BLOOD SPORT. A prize racehorse disappears and an attempt is made on its owner's life. Investigator David Cleveland soon finds himself bound for Canada and hot on the trail of some sinister suspects. Co-Starring Partick MacNee, Lloyd Bochner and Heath Lamberts. IN THE FRAME. Investigator David Cleveland arrives in Germany to clear his friend's name in an insurance scam. This leads him to a life or death struggle for survival, surrounded by art fraud, vintage wine and a seductive woman. Co-starring Lymann Ward and Barbara Rudnick. TWICE SHY. Heading to Ireland to unravel the mysterious death of a friend, Investigator David Cleveland becomes involved in a sophisticated computer gambling scheme. Once in possession of the key computer disks, he finds himself among the hunted as well as the hunter. Co-stars Partick MacNee and Geraldine Fitzgerald."
 * Excellent! I'll create an article on the Mystery Wheel when I have a chance (or of course feel free to do so yourself if you get there before me). Thanks! 23skidoo 13:59, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Hoppy Uniatz
I recently wrote up an article on the Saint character Patricia Holm, and another user has expressed interest in starting one on Inspector Teal. Since Hoppy Uniatz, your namesake, was a major player in the later books, I figure he deserves one too, but I don't know enough about him having not yet read any of the later Saint books (I'm just up to Once More the Saint). If you're interested, please feel free to start one up. 23skidoo 22:00, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I've just started reading The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal which features the first appearance of Hoppy (I didn't realize he appeared so early in the series). Assuming he continues to appear in the books following, I might be able to start the article soon. 23skidoo 14:33, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Capture the Saint question
I just checked out the Saint.org blog (glad to see the site is being updated again) and I see you've posted some comments there. Do you happen to know if Burl Barer's Capture the Saint novel is still available? I sent an e-mail to the Saint Club about 4 months ago and never received a reply, and when Burl Barer himself registered an account and posted a few edits I also asked him about the book, but got no reply. I get the feeling that unless Capture the Saint gets reissued it's going to be pretty tough to get ahold of. Any ideas? 23skidoo 21:04, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * It will almost certainly get reissued sometime over the next 12 to 18 months, but I'm not sure what format that will be in. It also depends on what happens with the TV show.And apologies for not responding to your e-mail...I had to rebuild my PC a few months ago and lost loads of e-mails.--Hoppy Uniatz 07:56, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I didn't realize you were the same person - cool. Glad to hear it'll be reissued (and I hope the plans for more novels come to fruition. Over the summer I managed to find copies of all of Charteris' solo books and am currently missing about 8 or 9 of the collaboration books, so it'll probably take me a while before I get to Barer's novel anyway ;). Any word on the Dickerson Son of the Saint novel that was also mentioned at saint.org? 23skidoo 12:42, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

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Radio shows and public domain
It just occurred to me that depending where that radio show site is hosted, the Price shows might indeed be public domain. If the site is hosted in Europe, many recordings automatically go PD there after 50 years - even stuff like Rock Around the Clock and early Elvis. There's been a bit of a kerfuffle about this in recent years when people realized how much money was going to be lost on Elvis recordings, and last I heard the owners of the Beatles' copyrights were trying to get the laws changed before those songs go to public domain. The radio site might be American, in which case it's worth trying to find out the source for their assertion that the radio shows are public domain, but if it's a UK or other European site, they might be correct. 23skidoo 02:57, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Ian Dickerson


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Proposed deletion of Ian Dickerson


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