Notes From Early Morning MeTV

Last night for the first time in a while, I saw part of an “Alfred Hitchcock Hour” episode, followed by one such of “Mannix,” from say 1:30 A.M. until 3:05 A.M. Eastern Time on MeTV.

In the “Hitch,” (“Memo From Purgatory,”) from 1964, with “The Master of Suspense” both refraining from (his word) “flippant” remarks and explaining why, James Caan leads a cast, which includes Lynn Loring and Tony Musante.

Next a coincidence/interesting note manifests from “Mannix,” starring of course Mike Connors as “Joe Mannix,” Gail Fisher, (she intoned “Before I was a secretary, I was a girl,” as she set up Joe’s items for a romantic evening), that is canceled by work, in the form of a phone call from a character, played by the beautiful, talented Carol Lynley.

The note/coincidence is we shall call him a character, though 53 years later, “spoilers,” would be fine, is named “Stack” as in “The Untouchables” star, Robert Stack and is played by UT’s (“The Untouchables”) regular Paul Picerni (second in command to the Stack played, Elliott Ness, “Lee Hobson).

I wanted to picture Robert Reed, best known as “Mike Brady” on “The Brady Bunch,” who appeared in some Mannix “eps,” in the beautiful pinstripe suit he wore when first seen in the above cited episode, “A Voice In The Dark.”

I could not find it, ergo I put up a similar pinstripe suit.