by Larry Brody
One of the kindest, toughest, gentlest, strongest, sweetest human beings I’ve ever known is my friend Herb Solow, probably better known to most people reading this as:
Herb and I first met in the mid 1970s, and we’ve worked and hung out together for over 40 years. Best known as one of the key figures who brought ST:TOS to TV when he was head of production at ye olde Desilu Studios, Herb also ran MGM when it still was a studio to be reckoned with back in the ’60s, and he was also Executive in Charge of Production, Executive Producer, or just plain “Producer” on TV shows and feature films whose names are bound to ring some bells:
- The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
- Medical Center
- Then Came Bronson
- Mission: Impossible
- Mannix
- The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.
- Saving Grace
- Brimstone & Treacle
- Man from Atlantis
- Killdozer
- Elvis: That’s the Way It Is
And a zillion more that I don’t remember, although IMDB has a pretty fine list. Oh, while I’m at it I probably should mention his fine book – pretty damn controversial among Trekkies Trekkers – Inside Star Trek: the Real Story.