- Jerry McPhie is known for Lily (1973), Pirates of the Great Salt Lake (2006) and Playboy After Dark (1969).
- Gerald B. McPhie was heavily involved in the design of Osmond Studios in Orem, Utah. In addition to his producing and executive producing duties, he staffed and administered the company during his first two years there.
- Producer Jerry McPhie's network relationship-association with ABC Television network's programming division was well established by being Nick Vanoff's production unit manager on the prime-time Saturday night one-hour-variety-music-comedy series "The Hollywood Palace" (1963/64-1970). Jerry McPhie, with Nick Vanoff's Zodiac Production, helped develop the King Sisters', Marilyn, Donna, Luise, Maxine, Yvonne (Vonnie), with their husbands, family of siblings, into "The King Family" music variety hour (pilot) special (aired in the mid-fall of 1964), video-taped in August, 1964 at the ABC Vine Street Hollywood Palace TV studio-stage, prior to the start of the new "The Hollywood Palace" September 1964-65 prime-time season. "The King Family" was picked-up as a mid-season 1965 ABC Wednesday night prime-time musical variety half-hour - "The King Family" series (1965-1966). The series, directed by Mark Breaux, also with his wife Dee Dee Wood, staged and choreographed the King family's routines. Both of the TV series alternated during the week's Palace's studio-stage taping schedule; "The King Family" program taped on Tuesday night; "The Hollywood Palace" taped on Saturday night. Departing Nick Vanoff and Bill Harbach's "The Hollywood Palace" (a Zodiac Production) production-staff position as UPM, with Vanoff's 'blessing' - McPhie transitioned from his UPM "Hollywood Palace" position, in 1968, to the third season of CBS TV's "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" - which was terminated by CBS in their 4th (1969-1970) season, when the brothers planned to move their television show to San Francisco. McPhie then produced Hugh Hefner's new syndicated 1969-1970 TV variety and interview-series "Playboy After Dark" (1969-1970), taped at CBS Television City. During Don Rickles frequent appearances on both "The Hollywood Palace" and on Hugh Hefner's "Playboy After Dark" TV series, McPhie engaged Don Rickles, whose enthusiasm to host his own television comedy special provided McPhie the motivation to develop and produce the one hour show-special. Teaming with director Bud Yorkin, Jerry McPhie (at age 40) was the deal-maker who developed the Don Rickles' (at age 44, b.05/08/1926) comedy ABC network special - "The Many Sides of Don Rickles" for the ABC programming prime-time division. McPhie assembled the production package company with Bud Yorkin (at age 44, b.02/22/1926) as co-producer and as the director of the Don Rickles comedy special. McPhie's "Playboy After Dark" production designer Hub Braden, who had been aligned with Jerry McPhie as a co-art director on "The Hollywood Palace" series, joined former ABC's technical engineering and camera teams from "The Hollywood Palace" crew, including lighting designer Jack Denton as part of the production package A-team.
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