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Q: I have seasons one and two of “The Fugitive” on DVD, and I have not seen any release dates for the other seasons. Are they coming soon?— Craig Taylor, Milwaukee
A: Actually, you don’t have all of the second season yet, since the second volume of that year’s episodes is the next collection to be issued by Paramount on March 31. It’s hard to predict how soon subsequent releases will come. Up to now, they’ve been between three and nine months apart, but you can count on the other two seasons of the 1960s David Janssen show making their way to disc.
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Q: Is the creator of “Malcolm in the Middle,” Linwood Boomer, the same man who played Adam Kendall on “Little House on the Prairie”?— Medea Dieckow, San Antonio
A: Yes, he is.
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Q: Could you tell me if Robert Blake played Spanky in the “Our Gang” comedies?— Jean McGowan, Wellsburg, West Va. A: He was in them, but Spanky was played by George McFarland, often called “Spanky” whenever he’s referenced.
McFarland became part of “Our Gang” in the early 1930s, while Blake—as Mickey Gubitosi, combining a nickname for his given “Michael” with his real last name—joined the group toward the end of that decade, after MGM took over the series from its mentor, Hal Roach.
Send questions of general interest via e-mail to tvpipeline@tribune.com .
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