Here's my answer to the burning question, "Just what do the infamous Ghostbusters wear under their uniforms when battling oozing, red slime??!!" (This Trivia follow up is from my April 16, 2022 posting.) 

When word reaches Doctors Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), Winston (Ernie Hudson) and Spengler (Harold Ramis) that slime has proliferated in the storm sewer of the big apple, the men waste no time in investigating. When one falls in to the goo, the others slip in themselves! All for one and one for all...

Exhausted and barely alive, the men are finally able to pull themselves out and get on their feet with their secret revealed in Columbia Picture's 1989 sequel, Ghostbusters II...

They wear Union Suits under their uniforms!

As luck would have it, they have landed outside of the Manhattan Museum of Art where Dr. Venkman (Bill Murray) is having dinner at a fund-raiser. They have to warn him! So, inside they go, no worry they are slimed and in their long underwear... 

But, how dare them barging in on such a hoity-toity affair in their Union Suits, messing up the place and shocking NY's high society! The police arrive to take them away!

They manage to get an audience with the mayor of New York and try to warn him of the impending crisis!

The mayor thinks they are out of their minds, it's late and, after much discussion, he dismisses them!

But wait, the GhostBusters are not to be deterred, their work is just beginning, plans must be made: 

Find GhostBusters II on DVD's or streaming for a look at this fun and entertaining film.

Marshal Micah Torrance in His Cups 

         By Guest Contributor, Ian Sanderson

One of the most poignant episodes of The Rifleman in Season 3, Episode 22, centered around the town marshal, Micah Torrance played by Paul Fix, a renown stage, movie and television actor. The story was unlike any that viewers had seen of the dependable and gentle lawman. 

Mark McCain first noticed the trouble man one morning when he visited the marshal in his office. Micah was very short with the boy and quite irritable. Soon after, he snapped at Lucas McCain, his best friend. In an earlier episode when Micah first met Lucas, it was established that he was one of the best lawmen in the territory. But lost his position due to alcoholism. Lucas gave the luckless man a job on this ranch. Soon, Micah was permitted to become marshal of North Fork. Micah's haunting past soon crept up on him. 

In a testy scene, Micah accused Lucas of undermining his work as town marshal, always stepping in instead of allowing him to do his job. He gave his badge back to Lucas, grabs two bottles of whiskey from the local bar keep, and holed up in an apartment. 

When Lucas goes to visit, he can not believe how far his best friend has regressed. He finds the fallen hero, drunk, unshaven and undressed, wearing nothing but his long underwear.

Enough chit-chat, Micah turns away from Lucas and staggers over to his bed.

  

Standing back up and thirsty for drink, Micah unsteadily heads for his bottle again:

Lucas is beside himself, unable to help the hapless man and left. Later that night, like Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Micah laying on the bed in his union suit, was visited by a ghost like figure from his past.

Without revealing anymore of this story, Chris, I would encourage your viewers to watch this engrossing ABC episode on various choices of streaming services... Ian

Ian: I agree. Thanks very much again for your insightful summary of this captivating story. All the best, Chris

 Coming Soon...

Union Suit Fans, I received an email from Elliot Ferguson of OK, OK. He wrote:

"Mark McCain was not the only character in The Rifleman who wore unionsuits. Marshal Micah Torrance also wore them. I saw this recently in Season 3: "Closer Than a Brother." It is a surprising story. Lucas McCain was never seen in a unionsuit as he apparently preferred wearing only long white drawers without an undershirt when dressed for bed. If you watch closely at the end of the show, Micah climbs partially out of bed in his underwear while still wearing his boots. I thought this odd. You may wish to post this one too." 

Sure enough, I looked up the ABC (episode 22) Elliot referenced and there was the Marshal holed up in his apartment wearing long white, one-piece underwear: 

This is a compelling episode. So, I asked Ian Sanderson to review the story and he has agreed. Watch for it... Chris

Interesting Fact: Lucas McCain killed 120 people over 168 episodes in The Rifleman. An additional 77 folks died of other causes in the show.

Personal Note: Johnny Crawford (Mark McCain) died on April 29, 2021, at age 75 after contracting COVID-19 and pneumonia before later succumbing to Alzheimer's disease. He had been residing in a care home prior to his death. Before his death, Crawford was the last surviving main cast member of The Rifleman. 

 The Rifleman: Outlaw's Inheritance 

                  by guest contributor, Ian Sanderson

Later in ABC television's Season One (Episode 38), young Mark was put to bed back in the North Fork Madera House hotel when he and his pa, Lucas McCain were unable to return home due to heavy rain that washed out the road to their ranch. 

A notorious outlaw, Wade Joyner, had died and left a $500 inheritance to Lucas in his will. After the townsfolk learned of this, you can imagine, they were quite upset that one of the most respected and upstanding citizens of the territory was the beneficiary of ill-begotten money!

Lucas had never heard of Joyner and could not imagine why he had been left money as a "rightful heir."  Nevertheless, he told his boy, Mark, not to worry, to climb into bed and get some sleep. They would figure this mystery out and return home tomorrow. Mark undressed and climbed into bed in his union suit, falling asleep, and tossing and turning all night: