Harry Truman was right when he said that the buck stops with the person in charge.
In the case of this "Banacek" episode, that would be a director I've always liked, Andrew V. McLaglan, son of Best Actor Oscar winner Victor McLaglan & the director of my favorite John Wayne movie, "The Undefeated" (1969).
Andy let cast members Andrew Prine as an inventor play like the overacting ham he often was. Arnold Ziffel & Porky Pig were never even close to the ham Prine was on numerous occasions, probably topped by this performance that only Farmer John could love (but in real life, he was married to Brenda Scott not once, not twice, but three times so I do give im credit for that).
Meanwhile, bit player Robert Rothwell as a security guard was as amateurish a performance by an actor as you'll ever see. Picture, say, Donald Trump or Ed Sullivan portraying the security guard and, believe it or not, Trump and Ed each would have been better actors.
So, whose fault was this? Director Andy's, of course because the buck stopped with him! It was his job to direct his actors and he didn't. His was a colossal failure.
In the case of this "Banacek" episode, that would be a director I've always liked, Andrew V. McLaglan, son of Best Actor Oscar winner Victor McLaglan & the director of my favorite John Wayne movie, "The Undefeated" (1969).
Andy let cast members Andrew Prine as an inventor play like the overacting ham he often was. Arnold Ziffel & Porky Pig were never even close to the ham Prine was on numerous occasions, probably topped by this performance that only Farmer John could love (but in real life, he was married to Brenda Scott not once, not twice, but three times so I do give im credit for that).
Meanwhile, bit player Robert Rothwell as a security guard was as amateurish a performance by an actor as you'll ever see. Picture, say, Donald Trump or Ed Sullivan portraying the security guard and, believe it or not, Trump and Ed each would have been better actors.
So, whose fault was this? Director Andy's, of course because the buck stopped with him! It was his job to direct his actors and he didn't. His was a colossal failure.