{"id":757,"date":"2016-11-18T19:46:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T17:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simon-and-simon.info\/simonnew\/?page_id=757"},"modified":"2021-03-19T13:09:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T11:09:46","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.simon-and-simon.info\/simonnew\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Born in Cologne, Germany in 1972, I fell in love with Simon &amp; Simon since it&#8217;s first aired in Germany in 1986.<br \/>\nSince we had no videorecorder back then, I found a way to put my favorite episodes on audio tape and knew many Simon quotes by heart.<br \/>\nTechnology improved to let me record my favorite TV show on videotape, then it even let me connect over the web with Simon fans all over the world via a Yahoo! group that existed for almost 20 years.<br \/>\nBack then, I received an awesome gift by the nicest Canadian member who sent me some original episodes on tape so I could finally hear AJ and Rick&#8217;s &#8222;real&#8220; voices (although their german dubbers are very good!)<\/p>\n<p>By now, one can buy ALL seasons on DVD from <span style=\"color: #875f03;\"><a style=\"color: #875f03;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shoutfactory.com\/tv\/tv-action-adventure\/simon-simon-season-eight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shout!Factory<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In March 2016, I finally made a dream come true and spent a week in San Diego to visit some of the locations and &#8211; AMADEUS! &#8211; A descendant from the line of SAKARYA Midas who played Rick&#8217;s dog &#8222;MARLOWE&#8220; for a while. Read more about his story<span style=\"color: #875f03;\"> <a style=\"color: #875f03;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.simon-and-simon.info\/html\/marlowe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> <\/span>or visit the breeder&#8217;s\/owner&#8217;s site at<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #875f03;\"><a style=\"color: #875f03;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sakarya-anatolians.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SAKARYA Anatolians<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_762\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simon-and-simon.info\/simonnew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_0078-Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-762\" class=\"wp-image-762 size-column2-2\/3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simon-and-simon.info\/simonnew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_0078-Small-570x380.jpg\" alt=\"img_0078-small\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.simon-and-simon.info\/simonnew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_0078-Small-570x380.jpg 570w, http:\/\/www.simon-and-simon.info\/simonnew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_0078-Small-380x254.jpg 380w, http:\/\/www.simon-and-simon.info\/simonnew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_0078-Small-285x190.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I met Marilyn and Amadeus in March 2016<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can still follow both actors today &#8211; Gerald McRaney in movies and TV shows and Jameson Parker as a writer &#8211; <span style=\"color: #875f03;\"><a style=\"color: #875f03;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.readjamesonparker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">readjamesonparker.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Contact: pittiger @ gmail.com (without blanks, they&#8217;re only to protect from spam)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in Cologne, Germany in 1972, I fell in love with Simon &amp; Simon since it&#8217;s first aired in Germany in 1986. 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