BROADCAST DATE: November 30, 1990

PLACE: One hour south of Big Sur, California

DATE: September 1, 1958

LEAPEE: Shane "Funny Bone" Thomas

 

SONGS:

"Jailhouse Rock" -- Elvis Presley

"The Great Pretender" -- Freddie Mercury

"Be-bop-a-lu-lu" -- Gene Vincent (?)

 

KISS WITH HISTORY:

Sam meets and talks to Jack Kerouac; Kerouac in turn unwittingly helps Sam finish his Leap.

 

SAM TRIVIA:

**Sam doesn't know how to ride a 'cycle.

**Sam tells Ernie that he lost someone, but got him back; he is likely referring to saving Tom--which means he remembers it during this Leap.

 

AL TRIVIA:

**Al knows tons about bikes; his "first car" was a bike. It was a '48 Harley Knucklehead.

**Jack Kerouac's writings--especially "On The Road"--changed Al's life. Al talks about how during 1958--his Plebe year at Annapolis--Kerouac gave a reading at St. John's College. Al and some of his friends went to the reading, and afterward they all partied into the night with Kerouac.

 

AL'S OUTFITS

1) red dress shirt with black triangular design along the button line

    black slacks with sparkly, starrish white dot design

    brown belt with silver buckle

    black bolo tie

2) white dress shirt

    dark navy blue slacks

    black belt

    weird silver clip on collar

    maroon and navy blue mottled vest with white buttons

    white shoes

    silver wristwatch

 

AL'S WOMEN:

Al briefly mentions the girls he would ride with way back when.

 

GUESTS IN OTHER QL EPS:

Teddy Wilson also played Jimmy Grady in "Pool Hall Blues"

 

PERSONAL REVIEW:

I like this episode because it has some great dialogue between Scott and Dean. Also, it deals a lot with Jack Kerouac, and knowing that Dean was a beatnik, I'm sure this episode held some nice meaning to him as well.

 

SAM'S BEST LINE:

SAM: Don't tell me you were a biker, too?

AL: Uh, well, my first car was a bike. I had a '49 Harley Knucklehead.

SAM: Named after you?

AL: I'll pretend you didn't say that.

 

AL'S BEST LINE:

SAM: Is there anything you *haven't* done, Al?

AL: Well, there's one thing that's impossible to do on a bike.

 

BEST SCENE:

I love it when Al is talking to Sam about "On The Road". It really feels that it was more of Dean talking rather than Al.

 

SAY WHAT?!:

In Sci-Fi Channel's syndicut of the episode, they showed the first two guest cast names at the beginning, then cut out all the other opening credits! I had to search IMDB and the Internet to find all the other guest cast names and who wrote & directed the episode!

Diedrich Bader's first name is spelled "Dietrich" in the opening credits.

 

QUOTABLE QUOTES:

JACK KEROUAC: On the wheel of life, we all go around. We are many people (looks at Sam) at many times.

 

GUEST CAST NOTES:

**Diedrich Bader went on to become most famous for his role as Oswald on "The Drew Carey Show".

**Josie Bissett was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1996. She played Jane Mancini on the popular show "Melrose Place".

 

GUEST STARS THAT HAVE PASSED ON SINCE

Teddy Wilson, who played "Ernie Tyler", passed on in Los Angeles on July 21, 1991 from AIDS.

 

GUEST CAST:

Becky: Josie Bissett

Dillon: Dietrich (Diedrich) Bader

Ernie Tyler: Teddy Wilson

Mad Dog: Michael Bryan French

Jack Kerouac: Scott Kraft

Shane Thomas (mirror): Kristopher Logan

Biker: Mark Boone Junior

Biker: Joshua Cadman

 

CREW:

Executive Producer:

Donald P. Bellisario

 

Written By:

--Teleplay:

Randy Holland & Paul Brown

--Story:

Nick Harding & Paul Brown

 

Directed By:

James Whitmore, Jr.

 

Theme Music By:

Mike Post

 

Music By:

Velton Ray Bunch

 

Edited By:

Robert E. Pew

 

Associate Producer:

James S. Giritlian

 

Unit Production Manager:

Ron Grow

 

1st Assistant Director:

Ryan Gordon

 

2nd Assistant Director:

Rob Mendel

 

Casting By:

Ellen Lubin Sanitsky

 

Set Director:

Robert L. Zilliox

 

Costumes:

Jean-Pierre Dorleac

 

Costume Supervisors:

David Rawley

Donna Roberts-Orme

 

Sound Mixer:

Mark Hopkins McNabb

 

Stunt Coordinator:

Diamond Farnsworth

 

Supervising Sound Editor:

Paul Clay

 

Music Editor:

Donald Woods

 

Panaflex camera and lenses by PANAVISION