http://talkingwithtim.com/wordpress/2009/11/27/classic-atlanta-tv-don-mcclellan-catches-up-with-officer-don/ Pop culture interviews by Tim O'Shea Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:31:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://talkingwithtim.com/wordpress/2009/11/27/classic-atlanta-tv-don-mcclellan-catches-up-with-officer-don/comment-page-1/#comment-12639 Theresa O'Shea Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:51:38 +0000 http://talkingwithtim.com/wordpress/?p=493#comment-12639 And here are some obscure, yet I believe valid, dots to connect. One of Officer Don's puppet sidekicks was Orville the Dragon. Bonnie and Terry Turner left Atlanta and the Wits' End Players to write for "Saturday Night Live." They found film success when their television skits of "Wayne's World" transferred to the big screen. They then developed the tv series "Third Rock from the Sun" (and later "That '70s Show," but that's off course). I'm convinced these former Atlantans (and baby boomers) were paying homage to Don Kennedy's character and show in naming Wayne Knight's "Third Rock" character: Officer Don Orville (whom most characters addressed as "Officer Don"). O.K., so it's not a cosmic revelation, but I enjoy it. And here are some obscure, yet I believe valid, dots to connect. One of Officer Don’s puppet sidekicks was Orville the Dragon. Bonnie and Terry Turner left Atlanta and the Wits’ End Players to write for “Saturday Night Live.” They found film success when their television skits of “Wayne’s World” transferred to the big screen. They then developed the tv series “Third Rock from the Sun” (and later “That ’70s Show,” but that’s off course). I’m convinced these former Atlantans (and baby boomers) were paying homage to Don Kennedy’s character and show in naming Wayne Knight’s “Third Rock” character: Officer Don Orville (whom most characters addressed as “Officer Don”). O.K., so it’s not a cosmic revelation, but I enjoy it.

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