#edgarriceburroughs - Every Day With Edgar Rice Burroughs - August 23, 2025

 August 23, 2025 and on this day eighty-four years ago in 1941, Actress Shelia Wells, who played Kathy Haines in episode #2, The Ultimate Weapon, of the Ron Ely Tarzan television series, was born

During her short career, thirty total film credits, she appeared on episodes of “My Three Sons,” “Dr. Kildare,” “The Green Hornet,” “The Wild Wild West,” “Mary Tyler Moore,” “Bonanza,” “Hawaii Five-O,” and the classic film, “The Blues Brothers.”

In the Tarzan episode, Kathy laving her husband, Peter, but Tarzan intervenes, prompting game warden, Hoby Wallington, played by former Tarzan, Jock Mahoney, to say, ““Tarzan, you must be the only marriage counselor who lives in a tree.”

You can read a detailed analysis of the episode at: https://www.erbzine.com/mag74/7421.html#2

The drabble for today, “Talk to the Trees,” was inspired by the episode. Several of the lines have been slightly modified from lines Shelia actually said on screen.

Kathy, played by Shelia Wells, said, “Tarzan, you’ve blocked my riverboat. I’m leaving my husband. Get out of the way.”

“You should give him another chance. He’s been under a lot of stress.”

“You’re not married to that idiot. I don’t need another man giving me advice about things he knows nothing about.”

“I’m sure the two of you can talk it out.”

“Wonderful. A marriage counselor who lives in a tree with a monkey. You been smoking those vines?”

“Kathy, what kind of problems are you having.”

“Both kinds. One where I kill him and one where I don’t.”