Gary Wells
Southern Ontario
Bio: Welcome to Your Home for Vintage Leisure. Here you'll find a variety of topics discussed; most all relating to mid-century media. Join the conversation - I welcome your feedback. Christ follower (1 Timothy 6:17). Email me at iamwellsy@gmail.com
SoulRide 
YES! I’m so proud of you for putting this and yourself out there!
Seeing into your past was a cool experience for me, since I know you now in a much different life.
I hope your work is appreciated, as I appreciate it. I’ve still got such a love for “Rosie”.
xoB*
Got a good suggestion of a movie for you to profile Wells. It’s called “A Rage To Live”. From ‘65 I believe. Starring a sultry Suzanne Pleshette. Great drama set in early ‘60’s about a philandering housewife. Available on Amazon. Have you seen it? Would enjoy reading your spin. Thx. Steve.
Y’know, I think the title rings a bell, Steve, but I’m not familiar with it. “Sultry Suzanne Pleshette”, though – sounds good to me! Thanks for the recommendation. Stay tuned…
Wow!! Such a wonderful site! Such an awesome walk down memory lane! I could spend hrs here…& probably will over time. Thank you!! Patty B.
Thanks so much for reading and for your kind words, Patty. C’mon in and set a spell. Make yourself comfortable!
aloha- I just had the pleasure of reading your article on Gardner McKay – and don’t understand your comments about not finding any episodes of Adventures in Paradise. It took me a lot of looking over serveral years – but I found a number of episodes on Ebay more than a decade ago and through Amazon.com a rather well produced DVD collection of all the episodes of the entire three years. I hope that you’ve had such luck since your article appeared – being old enough to have watched the original series when it first came out (and being so affected by Adam Troy, et. al., I finally was able to move to HI and have been on Maui for the last two decades) and have spent many hours “binging” on the DVD’s from time to time. I do think he evaluated himself as a not very good actor but that never bothered me (at least not at the age I first watched him). I’ve enjoyed reading his books and plays – and found his autobiography fascinating. Having been a huge fan of Jimmy Buffet since I first heard him in the very early 70’s at Max’s Kansas City (in Manhattan) over the sound system in between the two sets of Howling Wolf – the connection between the two men is quite lovely. Reading the forward to McKay’s autobiography by Buffet finally made me realize there was a “real” connection between the two men with the lyrics of “We are the people are parents warned us about”
I’m thrilled that you found some quality DVDs! It’s the “quality” part that always concerns me and I’ve been hoping to see them released professionally. Such a crap shoot when you buy discs someone has made – but it’s good to know that good ones can be found. It sure is a great show and Gardner is a compelling, fascinating figure. Thanks so much for reading and for your comment.
Hey, Gary! Your blog site ‘Soulride’ was a serendipitous find today! It literally lifted my spirits in gloomy Seattle, WA. Keep on writing. The world is reading!
By chance, are you selling Roosevelt Franklin t-shirts as donned in this piece – https://soulrideblog.com/2021/01/01/soulride-2020/? I would definitely buy one from you. Franklin is an unsung icon in the history of children’s television programs. An influence on me a as a child. Let me know, bro! Thank you. Blessings. (John 15:18-19)
Chuck, I’m so glad you found the site and that it had a positive effect on you. I feel like there’s a gang of us out there that love this stuff and I feel compelled to remind us all of some of the wonderful things that have gone before. It’s about joy and light and fun.
I’m also glad you like my t-shirt! I had it made cheap. Find a high resolution picture of our boy Roosevelt and head to Vistaprint.com. They are great. I’ve had many shirts made there.
Thanks for you kind words. Stick around – lots more to come!