Sunday, October 16, 2016

DARK SHADOWS TITLE BUMPER CARD


Here is a title bumper card (I think that is what they are called) for Dark Shadows. This is obviously later in the run of the show (1970), because it features Roxanne Drew (Donna Wandrey), who was Barnabas Collins love interest at the time. Also, you'll notice Jonathan Frid's hair is not in those plastered bangs that he wore in the earlier episodes.

The title bumper card usually was seen when the network was having "technical difficulties."


FRANKENSTEIN GIF


HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES!
AND BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE!

Monday, October 10, 2016

THE PUMPKIN PUCKER


Anyone notice anything strange about this Jack O'Lantern's mouth? (And I don't want to hear anyone say "Ew, that clown is creepy.")

Saturday, October 8, 2016

THE PEORIA PLAGUE HALLOWEEN BROADCAST


I just discovered this radio aircheck gem. It is a War of the Worlds-style Halloween drama produced on an easy listening radio station in Peoria, Illinois in 1972. It revolves around a plague that is turning people into flesh-eating ghouls, like in Night of the Living Dead. It uses the actually news staff as in roles. I can't find any online articles about the reaction in Peoria to this. It is kind of unnerving.




NAUGHTY JACK O'LANTERN - Vintage Halloween Card

Does this remind you of anything in the news?

Friday, October 7, 2016

The Walls Keep Talking (1941) – Vintage Halloween Music




I've been hoping to find this on YouTube. I put The Gene Krupa Orchestra with Anita O'Day's vocal on the final Halloween music podcast from last year. This old movie short, which looks kind of like a music video was my introduction to that song. It is not the original Gene Krupa/Anita O'Day recording. I wish I knew who it was. Also wish I knew who the actors were portraying the young couple. The guy looks familiar.

WARNING: THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED POLITICALLY INCORRECT.

Thursday, October 6, 2016

SIGOURNEY WEAVER AND HER PUMPKIN

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Last year I posted Halloween pinup photos of Ann Miller and Morgan Fairchild (two post with Morgan). Now I present the Halloween related, celebrity, photos that are quickly becoming the next big thing on the Internet. They are not sexy pinups like Ann Miller & Morgan Fairchild made. These are candid snapshots of Sigourney Weaver and a large pumpkin. They are circulating around on Twitter, tumblr, Facebook and Readit. By the way she is dressed, they were taken in the early 80s. As I said, they are not purposely sexy, but they are incredibly cute. Not sure who took them or why, but people are enjoying them. If you remember Sigourney Weaver was one of the inspirations for the tackiest post I ever made. Speaking of that post, the other inspiration for it was my college roommate, Cedric Boyd. He has written two novels, The Good Wolf and Randall Whitmore: The Good Wolf Part 2, which are available on Amazon.
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