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Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss

August 6, 1988

"Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven Of Biiss", recounts the hilarious adventures of 14-year-o1d RaIph, his k i d brother Randy and their parents ('The Old Man', and 'Mom' ) as they hit the highway to partake of a typtcally American rite - the annual vacation at the lake.
Shooting Locations in Texas: Cedar Hill, Hutchins, Lancaster, DeSoto, Duncanville, Waxahachie, North and South Dallas. April 1988. Bloopers: 1 The lost dog poster for Fuzzhead has the all numerical phone numbers that started in the early sixties. They used to be alpha-numerical such as "ME2-3437" instead of 632-3437 2 After the Old Man makes a U-Turn to chase after the Rolls with Fuzzhead, one of the cars seen making a right turn is a 1978-80 Chevrolet Malibu Classic. 3 Near the end when they are stopped waiting for a train to pass, the caboose on the train is Burlington Northern which wasn't formed until 1971.

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Radio	April 23, 1962	Piano Factory Job
•	Plots / Story Lines		Fuzzhead
•	People		Hickey, Wanda
•	Plots / Story Lines		Meat Loaf
•	People		Schwartz, Paul
•	People		Flick
•	Plots / Story Lines		Bluebird Tavern

Associated Documents

Type	File Name	Description
•	1988-08-06_025_Ollie_press_kit.PDF	Press Kit

Where Shep Makes Reference To This Subject:

Time	Date	Category	Title
•	September 3, 1971	Books	Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters
• 10:38	April 23, 1962	Radio	Piano Factory Job
•	July 15, 1965	Radio	Moving Pianos
•	July 15, 1965	Radio	Moving Pianos

Links to Further Information:

• May 31, 1989 Star Ledger Review

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