Q: I was wondering about the TV series “Weird Loners” on Fox. Will it be renewed? It was great to see a TV series where the main characters’ last name was Polish and the same as mine — Lewandowski. And they even pronounced it correctly.
A: Fox ended the series after its little-watched, six-episode first season.
Q: We really enjoyed “Aloha Vet” on Nat Geo WILD and saw recently that Dr. Scott Sims from the show had died. However, we have seen nothing about what happened. We would really like to know.
A: The veterinarian on the Hawaiian island of Kauai died in late July after a two-month battle with bladder cancer, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. “Sims was popular on Kauai, but he treated animals across the state, flying to other islands in a small plane he built himself,” said the newspaper.
Q: Around 45 years ago, I had the pleasure of seeing a movie from Israel called “Casablan,” a takeoff of “West Side Story” only with Hebrew actors and dialogue. I was told it was also made in English. Could you find out if MGM still has this film so it would be available to show on MGM HD?
A: MGM originally distributed the movie in the U.S. in the early ‘70s but I am not sure which rights it still owns. It was produced by Menachem Golan, who also directed, and his business partner Yoram Globus, and reportedly made in both a Hebrew and English version.
You may want to look for it as “Kazablan,” as the title is spelled on a DVD available from SISU Home Entertainment, self-described “marketer and distributor of Israeli and Jewish video, audio, book and multimedia properties.” The DVD is in Hebrew with English subtitles. If your local retailer cannot get it, sites selling the DVD include sisuent.com and amazon.com.
— Rich Heldenfels, Akron Beacon Journal
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