Thursday, September 11, 2014

HOW IS THIS FOR A #THROWBACK THURSDAY?

Many people on Facebook have a photo for Throwback Thursday or #throwbackthursday. I found some photos on Pinterest recently that I decided would be fun for a #throwbackthursday feature for this blog. Remember when you were a kid thinking that older people "were never young"? Well, here are some #throwbackthursday photos of some familiar older ladies of TV "back in the day."

MRS. C

MAUDE

MAMA CARLSON

ENDORA


JESSICA FLETCHER

GRANDMAMA ADDAMS

JULIA CHILD

DR. JULIA HOFFMAN

GRANNY CLAMPETT

AUNT BEA

MAW MAW THOMPSON

JUDGE JUDY
COUSIN MINNIE PEARL

Richard Kiel, who played Bond villain Jaws, dead at 74



Richard Kiel, who played Bond villain Jaws, dead at 74

Some other Richard Kiel credits not mentioned in the article linked above includes, Dr. Loveless' bodyguard, Voltaire, on The Wild Wild West, the Kanamit in "To Serve Man" on The Twilight Zone, The Longest Yard ("I think I broke his f#@kin neck!") and, of course, the MST3K favorite Eegah!.


Tuesday, September 9, 2014

IT WASN'T A DREAM...IT WAS REAL!





Did you ever have a memory from childhood or your past of something that you were unable to confirm existed? For quite sometime, there were some things that I remembered from my childhood that none of the people around me seemed to remember. Over the years I had searched the Internet for information on this stuff and had turned up dead ends. Only recently have I had these vague memories verified as real.



1. Batman had a large friend that dressed like him named Fatman.  This story first appeared in Batman #113, but I probably saw it when it was reprinted in the 70s in Batman Family #4. Fatman was actually a circus clown, who performed in a Batman costume. He wound up saving Batman and Robin after gangsters locked them in a horse stable. Nobody believed me when I mentioned this character, but now I have proof.



2. The late 70s version of "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette" that featured impressions of Gomer Pyle, Archie Bunker, President Carter, Paul Lynde and others. I for along time was under the false belief this was the hit single version by Sammy Davis Jr. from that era. The reason I believed that was because it was a hit and Sammy often did impressions as part of his act. When I finally heard the Sammy Davis Jr. version, I was disappointed that there were no impressions. Early in the spring, KTXR's Wayne Glenn played on his Remember When radio show a 1978 version by a singer named Thom Bresh, whose father, Merle Travis, wrote the song "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette." That was it! Hearing it now, I realize the impressions are not great, but it is still fun to hear.


Cosmic Crystal from Paul Falcone on Vimeo.

3. There was a school kid made a sci-fi movie called The Comic Crystal that was shown on PBS and the TV show Zoom.  This was the one I really wanted to find out about. I was beginning to believe it might have been a strange dream I had during a high fever. A sci-fi movie made by a kid about another kid who finds a "cosmic crystal." He is attacked by zombies and saved by a cute, blonde, haired girl superhero in a yellow sweatshirt. This film also "borrowed" the sound effects from Star Trek. I thought they showed part of this on Zoom and there was a full version that aired once on the local PBS station as filler between programs. I had Googled it several times and came up with nothing. I tried again recently and found it. It was made by a guy name Paul Falcone and he recently posted it on the site Vimeo. Not only does it feature Star Trek's sound effects, but it features music by Pink Floyd (which I wasn't aware of when I saw this in elementary school). I can't believe how well this holds up today. I would love to hear from this guy. Paul, if you are reading this contact me at d4windsbar@yahoo.com.

I'm glad all of this has been cleared up. I was beginning to think that I was insane.   

Friday, September 5, 2014

R.I.P JOAN RIVERS





Remember "The Adventures of Letterman" cartoons on The Electric Company? The narrator was Joan Rivers, who passed away yesterday (Letterman's voice is Gene Wilder and Spellbinder's voice is Zero Mostell).

Also, she was part of a folk comedy trio called Jim, Jake and Joan. Here is a short clip from a film called Once Upon a Coffee House. The guy with the glasses is Jake Homes, who wrote such commercial jingles as "Be a Pepper" for Dr. Pepper, "Be All That You Can Be" for the U.S Army, "Raise You Hand If You're Sure" for Sure Deodorant and, won a lawsuit against Led Zeppelin for swiping his song "Dazed and Confused."

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

A NEW POST ON THE OLD BLOG

Who is this guy? Check out the new post on the old blog site and find out. See what the guy above has to do with this guy from Animal House.


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