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# 013 <1.13> The Candidate Tentative title: Candidate.
Tuscany County Building Directory:
Ed McKay's original last name was Brunswick in early script drafts. Phil Eberhardt's original last name was Murdock in early script drafts. Phil Eberhardt had bought vineyards on top of Skyler Road. Skyler Creek is nearby. Inside joke: Schuyler (pronounced exactly like Skyler), VA is EARL HAMNER's home town in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
  This episode marks the first appearance of uncredited extra PHYLLIS CLAYTON (née SHAW). She is a British-American background actress, active in the 1980's and 1990's, and was married to KEN CLAYTON (compare # 072), who also worked as a background actor.She plays a blonde short-haired Tuscany Valley socialite in a number of episodes. In this episode, she appears on the sidewalk in front of Carmack's Jewelry in San Francisco. For another appearance in this episode, see below. Compare # 190 for a list of appearances throughout the series. Original script drafts called for Julia (instead of Emma) to be shoplifting at Crayton's Jewelry Store (which finally became Carmack's Jewelry). Before the character of Mr. Carmack was developed, the writers planned to fill this part with his store manager by the name of Donald Blake.   The Protestant Church featured in this episode is actually the Church of the Angels (Episcopal) in Pasadena, CA.In real life, due to severe damage to the belfry caused by the 1973 Point Mugu earthquake, the steeple had to be lowered for a few years while the church underwent major reconstruction. When "Falcon Crest" was filmed there, the steeple was still lowered. When all the damage was finally repaired, the belfry got back its previous height as shown in the current photo. Episode time frame: The time from between Ed McKay's funeral (act 1) and the election of the new Tuscany County Board of Supervisors (episode finale) is three weeks.
Besides Carl Reed, Ed McKay and John Costello, two more County Board of Supervisors members, who do not appear this episode, are mentioned: Max Hartman, the Chairman, who will first appear in person in # 020, and William Johnson, who will never have an on-screen appearance.  There is obviously one of several Sheriff's offices, including a few cells, in the Tuscany County Building. The visitors room in the Tuscany County Building (where Maggie interviews Phil Eberhardt) is part of the permanent Sheriff's Department set at THE BURBANK STUDIOS (nowadays WARNER BROS. STUDIOS), which was used in # 006, too (compare there).  Chase's campaign headquarters next to a furniture store in downtown Tuscany were donated by Dave Mehlman, a person who has no on-screen appearance and will never be mentioned again.The filming location is a business building on North Baldwin Avenue across from Kersting Court in Sierra Madre, CA (Greater Los Angeles).
At his campaign headquarters, Chase has a phone conversation with a Tuscany Valley resident named Mrs. Zakarian. This character will never have an on-screen appearance on the show. Inside joke: The unseen character is named after LORIMAR business affairs executive KATHLEEN ZAKARIAN-SNIDER. Real-life allusion: Chase mentions WARREN G. HARDING, the 29th U.S. President (1865 – 1923). Fictional entity: The Tuscany Valley Times is currently the valley's only daily newspaper.
Real-life allusion: Carmack mentions the Queen of England.   Uncredited extra BENJIE BANCROFT plays the tall and rugged Tuscany Valley inhabitant again; he is a staffer at chase's campaign headquarters now. He is visible in the background in a few scenes, but most prominently featured when he takes promotional photos of Chase.Compare # 187 for a list of appearances throughout the series. For details about the extra, compare # 012.  This episode marks the first appearance of uncredited extra KEN ALLEN. He is an American background actor, who appeared in many TV series and movies between the 1960's and 1980's.In this episode, he is introduced in a scene in Chase's campaign headquarters as the Tuscany Valley County Planning Commissioner whose first name is Jay. He will occasionally appear in that rôle (and one time in a different part) throughout the series. Compare # 191 for a list of appearances throughout the series. At his campaign headquarters, Chase kisses the baby son of a Tuscany Valley resident named Darlene Phillips. This character will never have an on-screen appearance on the show. Phil Eberhardt is in room 15 at the Tuscany Valley Hospital.
 After her earlier appearance in this episode (see above), uncredited extra PHYLLIS CLAYTON participates again — now in downtown Tuscany when Chase, running for supervisor, talks to some passersby.Compare # 190 for a list of appearances throughout the series. For details about the extra, compare # 013.   Near Chase's campagin headquarters, two noticeable cars are visible:The one in the foreground marked yellow is the light yellow 1977 Ford Pinto Runabout known from # 001 (compare there, also for a list of other episodes where the vehicle is used). The car marked red is a black / beige 1971 Buick LeSabre, which will appear in many more episodes (see # 021, 023, 025, 027, 033, 034, 036, 041, 042, 043, 044, 053, 059, 060, 065, 067, 127, 136, 138, 179, 184, 210, 213, 223 and 227). This car is also visible in a later scene in the current episode behind Chase in downtown Tuscany. The vehicle is not a LORIMAR prop, but the car is owned by stand-in and extra MARTHA MANOR (see above). Following the industry's common practice for background actors, MARTHA is paid additional $ 30 per episode in which she brings her car to the set to be photographed, plus mileage for the distance between her residence and the studio or filming location. This is a win-win situation for both parties — the actress is paid a small additional amount of money, and the production company does not have to rent or buy a picture car, which would be far more expensive. Real-life allusion: Carl Reed mentions William Tell. Fictional entity: Pinewood Savings & Loan is mentioned by Carl Reed. This is the Tuscany Valley based bank where Chase tried to get a loan in # 003. Also, the United Pacific Bank in San Francisco is mentioned. Angie is on the board of directors of its corresponding bank in the Tuscany Valley, Pinewood Savings & Loan.
  Falcon Crest Victorian Mansion exterior set — inconsistency: The wall Phil Eberhardt climbs up does not really resemble a part of the real Villa Miravalle (compare window and shingles), let alone the main tower. It is also very improbable that Phil could climb up the big eastern tower.The filming location for the scene with Phil climbing up the tower is actually a corner of the second house on the left of the residential area of Midwestern Street (nowadays Midwest Street) on THE BURBANK STUDIOS (WARNER BROS. STUDIOS) backlot. This house is next door to Elizabeth Bradbury's (see # 011) and will be known as Nick Hogan's home in season 2. In the days of filming, it had wooden shingles on the façade; compare the second screen capture in the first row of pictures from "The Dukes of Hazzard", which is from that era — from the episode entitled "The Hazzardgate Tape" (# 091 <5.05>; original U.S. airdate: 10/22/1982, CBS). In contrast, the exteriors of the house are covered with horizontal wooden planks nowadays; see the second screen grab in the second row with a mark where Phil Eberhardt climbed up. Early script drafts suggested different elements in the storylines:
Fictional entity: KTNS is a radio station in the Tuscany Valley. The channel identification starting with the letter "K" indicates that the station is west of the Mississippi. Just as a side note, channel identifications east of the Mississippi begin with the letter "W" in the U.S. KTNS reporter Richard Carlisle's original name was Robert Stone in early script drafts. ← Previous episode... → Next episode... |
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The poster entitled "Help!" designed in 1921 by DMITRY MOOR (1883 – 1946), a Russian artist noted for his propaganda posters, hangs on the wall left of the fireplace in the Spring House.
