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Red Hand Gang DVD release

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

The Red Hand Gang will be released on DVD in the US on July 28, 2009. It is being released by Virgil Films and Entertainment, the same company that will be releasing Monster Squad on June 23rd. No extras have been announced, but the 2008 UK release of the series did have the series’ commercial bumpers as an extra.

You can now pre-order the US set from Amazon.

The same company plans on releasing two other Saturday morning series from the same production company, D’Angelo-Bullock-Allen: Big John, Little John in the latter part of 2009 and Run, Joe, Run in 2010. Hopefully, the sales of the series will be good enough to get the last two D’Angelo produced series, Westwind and McDuff, the Talking Dog, released.

Arch Whiting, R.I.P.

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Arch Whiting, star of Run, Joe, Run, passed away on May 7th, 2007 at age 70. Whiting played Sgt. Corey, who spent the first season of the show trying to catch up with the other main character, Joe, in each episode of the first season of the show.

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When the show was renewed for a second season, the producers changed the show’s format, getting rid of the “dog on the run” concept. Whiting’s character was retained for the flashback sequences.

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Run, Joe, Run was Whiting’s second (and last) series role. Previously, he had a recurring role on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Except for a few small parts done as favors for friends, Whiting retired from acting in the early 80’s and moved to Black Mountain, NC. Prior to his passing, Whiting ran his own ice cream shop, Arch’s Ice Cream, in Black Mountain.

I interviewed Mr. Whiting a few years back and he had fond memories of working on Run, Joe, Run.

Here’s an obituary from the Black Mountain paper.

Here’s his official site.