For Release: Sept. 4, 2006
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The star of the 1959 version of Tarzan , Bloomington, Ind. , native Denny Miller talks about his 50 years in Hollywood, followed by a peep into one of the world's largest collections of Tarzan memorabilia on the next edition of Louisville Life . Hosted by Candyce Clifft, the program airs Thursday, March 15 at 7:30/6:30 p.m. CT.
Actor Denny Miller has spent five decades appearing on popular television series such as "The Rifleman," "Wagon Train," "The Fugitive," "The Six Million Dollar Man," "Fantasy Island," "Murder, She Wrote," "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" and scores of others--many of them Westerns. In 1959, at the outset of his career, he captured the starring role in the theatrical release Tarzan, The Ape Man . In this segment, Miller talks about his days as Tarzan as well as his connection to former University of Louisville coach Denny Crum, a close friend since the days the two played basketball together at UCLA.
Next, the program looks at one of the premier collections of Tarzan memorabilia and pays a visit to a unique and little-known collection in the University of Louisville photographic archives.
Then, Louisville Life introduces an Indian woman, Surekha Kulkarni, who enjoys teaching others the art of making eye-catching beaded jewelry and explains why she's happy to call Louisville her home.
Finally, Louisville Life sits down with Mayor Jerry Abramson. The longest-serving mayor in the history of Louisville--and now the first mayor of Louisville Metro--Abramson was named one of the "Public Officials of the Year" in 2003 by Governing magazine for his success with the largest city-county merger in 30 years.
Louisville Life is a KET production, produced and directed by Gary Pahler. Jayne McClew is content producer; associate producer is Kelli Brodersen. More information about Louisville Life is available at www.ket.org/loulife . More about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.