I recently spent a fun filled few days at The Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs, where Martin directed a pilot for a TV show called Early Bird Special. It was the brainchild of Richard Hartley Hammond and revolves around the social life of his Mum, Dorothy Bamber, and a few of her compatriots who are looking for love again, plus a few mature guys who are looking for some fun.
It was very loosely scripted, each cast member was just encouraged to “do their thing” and I was the exception to the rule, as I certainly don’t want to take on another husband or significant other. If you want to take a look, you can find us at www.youtube.com/mccartneystudios. Once there, if you scroll down, you will find other examples of our work, and if you scroll far enough, you will see Ruth with Pete Price, our Liverpool buddy who filmed a segment in our house a while back.
Mel Haber and his excellent band of little helpers took great care of us at The Ingleside Inn, and nobody wanted it to end. But hopefully, if it gets picked up, there will be plenty more where that came from.
Our dear friends Ric (Hollywood ) Wetzel and Kim Ludwig provided the voice overs, and Peter Trunk, our German cameraman worked on the edit with Martin. Of course, the fabulous music in there from the likes of Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra etc. will have to be replaced after we have pitched it, as the license fees for such music would be bigger than the national debt!
Ruth ably Produced the whole shebang, and I can tell you it was quite a job for her to wrangle all the right people at the right times etc. But all in all, a very enjoyable project.
