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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-79873839655317925612020-04-24T11:47:00.000-07:002020-04-24T11:50:42.094-07:00The Return of Dougsploitation???After 6 weeks of social distancing, self-isolation and working from home...I'm think maybe its time to start blogging again. I originally cut back on blogging to focus on my Dougsploitation Facebook page, but after the events of Election Day 2016, I began to step away from all forms of social media.<br />
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Now, nearly 4 years later, the world is clearly a different place. Four years ago feels like an eternity, so much has changed - some things for the better, most things for the worse. But through it all I've managed to still find comfort in the things that I love most - and most of those things involve reliving my childhood. The 1970s and 80s may not have been the "best of times" but they certainly were simpler times. When I'm seeking comfort food for my brain, I head back to those decades and I always find solace. And in the past few tears I've also reached as far back as the late 1880s and early 1900s seeking additional ways to celebrate the past.<br />
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Of course Halloween and Christmas have been highlights of the past few years - any distraction to keep me from thinking about how miserable the real world is -and how it just seems to be getting worse. So, in an effort to recapture those special feelings and to exploit the pop culture of the previous decades I declare that Dougsploitation lives again. For how long? I have no idea. I also have no idea who, if anyone is even out there reading this. Maybe no one.<br />
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I guess I'll see if I get any comments. If you are there, please say "hi" just to let me know I'm not yelling into a grand canyon of emptiness. In the meantime...beware the "Fingers of FEAR!"<br />
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What? My first post in almost 4 years!!! To celebrate the Blu-ray release of the camp classic <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JKC12XG">MAME</a>, let's revisit my in-depth analysis, originally posted way back in 2007!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYqhJmH_b8lkyNw8QVElJD_nVyJ1fiA0mZUzGDgfvEJ_fpSOmb3Rw3DFW-LFYx2cq-S2hNusfjjdelOu5rds6yWUr_S3Qj-ZSjz1oqL3J3PuAGViO00KCvKvS3G00HkhL_IEEV0GDgF4m/s1600-h/MameFilmPoster.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136176376250424594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYqhJmH_b8lkyNw8QVElJD_nVyJ1fiA0mZUzGDgfvEJ_fpSOmb3Rw3DFW-LFYx2cq-S2hNusfjjdelOu5rds6yWUr_S3Qj-ZSjz1oqL3J3PuAGViO00KCvKvS3G00HkhL_IEEV0GDgF4m/s400/MameFilmPoster.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="276" /></a><br />
This 1974 film adaptation of the 1966 Broadway smash starts with the reading of the will of Patrick Dennis' late father, by his trustee, Mr. Babcock. We see our first glimpse of Patrick in his damn short pants as well as various photographic portraits of stodgy relatives - concluding with a soft focus photo of Auntie Mame! The will states that Patrick is to be left in the care of his aunt, Mame Dennis (Lucille Ball).<br />
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Patrick and his nanny, Agnes Gooch (Jane Connell recreating her Broadway role after Madeline Kahn was fired by Lucy) take a train ride to live with Mame.The train ride gives way to a migraine-inducing montage of an art deco MAME logo super-imposed with stock footage of sex, violence and depravity from the WB film archives. Accompanying this visual assault is the song "St. Bridgette" song by Connell.<br />
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When they arrive at Beekman Place, they walk into a big cocktail party at Mame's palatial NYC apartment. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrS3G9kTDpcUWqgpL-wHQtUbjHPBdijRN7hCzAp_rgaBFLaDzuX795iEGL6dX-q8tbC9dJvzUdRsPb1n5lD4uhuF_lrXef3-vNSk5dxKRXG3y1-YWqN-pG028aaXsZBXfKtCZOyjZsRVs/s1600-h/klimt.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136875120184843570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrS3G9kTDpcUWqgpL-wHQtUbjHPBdijRN7hCzAp_rgaBFLaDzuX795iEGL6dX-q8tbC9dJvzUdRsPb1n5lD4uhuF_lrXef3-vNSk5dxKRXG3y1-YWqN-pG028aaXsZBXfKtCZOyjZsRVs/s640/klimt.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="266" /></a>Underneath a portrait of Lucy by Gustav Klimt, Mame is doing an awkward shimmy on her baby grand piano wearing a red velvet pantsuit and a giant diamond-encrusted crucifix. Lucy then proceeds to warble out a horrorific rendition of "It's Today", thus setting the tone for many musical atrocities to follow. Then Lucy does the Charleston and young Patrick introduces himself by asking if he may slide down her bannister! <br />
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Mame announces his arrival to the crowd and then offers him a martini. We soon meet Mame's buddy, stage actress and lush, Vera Charles (deliously played by Bea Arthur, creating her stage role under the direction of her husband Gene Saks). Lucy (in a soft focus close-up) reprises "It's Today" as Patrick gets to slide up and down the long bannister!<br />
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The next morning, Patrick wakes up Mame (who sleeps in full make-up) with his bugle. After learning that "Auntie Mame is hung" she tells that she is enrolling him a very non-traditional "School Of Life." Then she gives him a pad and pencil in order for him to write down words he doesn't understand like "libido," "bastard" and "vocal coach." Vera then wakes up in Mame's bath tub and for no good reason, mean-spirited Mame turns the shower on, drenching her best friend.<br />
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Then we are treated to Lucy shrieking out "Open a New Window" as a montage shows Mame and Patrick riding a pony, going to a museum, attending a womens' rights rally, going to see a burlesque show, visiting a firehouse, parachuting, sitting on the crown of the Statue of Liberty (huh?), arriving at the clothing-optional School of Life, praying at St. Patrick's Cathedral, studying the Torah at a temple and doing the tango at a speakeasy! All seems to going well until the police arrive and it's a raid!!! Everybody gets off though because the judge is one of Mame's society pals. She is apparently very well-connected.<br />
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Mr. Babcock arrives to check on Patrick, running into vindictive Vera, who is blabbering on about Coco Chanel, and leads the trustee right to the controversial school- causing Patrick to be taken out of Mame's custody!!! At that same exact moment, Mame learns that the stock market has crashed and she's wiped out. This is not a good day to be Mame Dennis.<br />
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To make amends to Mame, Vera offers her a very small role in her new show - an extremely modern operetta about a woman astronomer. "The Man In The Moon is a Lady" (sung by Bea) climaxes with a total Lucy Ricardo moment as Mame is still backstage admiring herself in the mirror when she is supposed to be onstage delivering her one line - which she eventually flubs and causes chaos when she falls off of a crescent moon and is beaten by Vera with a telescope!! The show is a fiasco, but the audience seems to enjoy it. Mame begs Vera for her forgiveness, but Vera declares "The Man In The Moon is a Bitch" and then slaps a little old lady who is trying to help her with her costume. I wonder if Bea improvised that.<br />
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Patrick, who was in the audience, reassures Mame that she's that he still loves her by singing "My Best Girl" - Lucy responds by croaking "My Best Beau" back to him. Poor little guy. Meanwhile, back at Beekman place - the repo men are taking her piano, her artwork, etc. Mame soon gets a job working selling rollerskates in a department store, For some reason, she's wearing a nun's habit (sans veil) with a big black bow. Mame demonstrates a pair of rollerskates by for a customer named Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside the 3rd (Robert Preston). However, Mame gets herself fired because she doesn't know how to write up a cash sale. Huh? After first skating around the entire store, Mame proceeds to rollerskate all the way home.<br />
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When she gets home, Patrick is visiting and Mame decides to lift everyone's spirits by giving early Christmas gifts. The boy gets a pair damn long pants- and her servants Ito (George Chiang) and Gooch also get something. Lucy then leads the foursome in a rousing version of "We Need A Little Christmas", while they decorate Gooch up as if she was a an Xmas tree and throw fake snow at her. Lucy then dons the most horrifying Santa Claus mask ever created. Agnes and Ito surprise Mame by telling her the butcher bill has been paid up till next September! How'd they know how much meat they're gonna want all the way into the future??? Patrick then gives her a kiss "on account" whatever that means. Ewww.<br />
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Just then, Beau shows up at the front door and invites everyone to dinner!!! Christmas has come early! <br />
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Before you know it, Beau takes Mame and Patrick to to visit his peach plantation in Peckerwood, Georgia - where they meet sugary-sweet, but wicked by Sally Cato. (Joyce Van Patten). Beau's grotesque mother, a Jabba the Hut lookalike, Mother Burnside greets Patrick with a belch. Mame, newly-blonde arrives dressed as a southern belle, complete with an embarrassing accent. Sally Cato signs Mame up to ride sidesaddle in a foxhunt- riding the "mad" horse named Lightning. The following day, Lucy's stuntwoman works overtime as she rides the crazy horse, passing the other hunters, passing the dogs, passing the fox and jumping over Mother Burnside's car! Mame is thrown from the horse and catches the adorable little fox, and impresses everyone by NOT killing it. This prompts several dozens of peoplee to serenade her with the titular, rousing and bombastic theme song, "Mame".<br />
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Mame and Beau, are soon married and on world tour. Robert Preston croons "Loving You" as they slow dance on a cruise ship, in a Japanese garden, in soft focus and in front of a fountain. Meanwhile, Patrick goes through puberty, goes to college and starts dating debutantes. Bruce Davison takes over the role at this point. A ski trip to the Alps leads to an avalanche which kills Beau, leaving Mame widowed and alone again, naturally. <br />
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Mame then returns home and is reunited with Patrick, who is dating a snobby bitchy girl named Gloria Upson. A post-funeral reunion with her old friend Vera leads to the fun duet "Bosom Buddies", a song which once led a friend of mine to declare (90 minutes into the movie) that "the one on the left can't sing". It took him THAT long to notice!!!<br />
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Mame and Vera then decide to give frumpy Agnes a makeover and send her off into the world because "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death." Six months later, Agnes returns home, pregnant - just as Mame is dining with Patrick and the dreadful Gloria. Patrick sees Agnes, who's been hiding in the kitchen, and decides be a good idea for Mame to visit the Upsons at their home in Connecticut. <br />
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What follows is my favorite sequence in the whole film, as Mame visits the Upsons (Don Porter and Audrey Christie) at their home, Upson Downs. After meeting all the various Upsons, Mame learns that Patrick and Gloria are engaged! The Upsons entertain Mame in their rumpus room (a former slave quarters) and introduce her to their black maid Bertha ("so many of them are so snotty these days"). Then they serve her appetizers made of tuna, clam juice and peanut butter. They ask Mame to help pay for a piece of property next door to so that the newlyweds could live there, as opposed to "the wrong kind of people."<br />
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They Upsons then show Mame home movies of Gloria - but Mame can't be any less interested. When Mame leaves, she confronts Patrick about her dislike of the Upsons, proclaiming him a snob (which he is) after he tells her that he's ashamed of her and her "crazy" friends. She tells him that the Upsons are bigots and he tells her to forget she ever knew him. This is where my favorite part ends, because as heartbroken Mame drives back home to NYC, Lucy butchers the beautiful ballad "If He Walked Into My Life". Where is Eydie Gorme when you need her???<br />
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Apparently Mame and Patrick have patched things up off-screen because the Upsons are now visiting Beekman Place. Patrick soon meets Mame's pretty new maid, Pegeen (Bobbie Jordan). The Upsons arrive, all pissed off because the property they'd wanted had been bought thanks to "some Jew lawyer." Then Mame serves them some baked monkey and Vera makes a grand entrance into with a quintet of nameless men wearing tuxedos singing "It's Today ". Vera then toasts to the new couple, mistaking Pegeen for Gloria. At that moment, pregnant Agnes crashes the party and is invited her to sit with everyone. Suddenly, a bus full of unwed pregnant women barge in, singing "Open A New Window" as Mame reveals to the Upsons that she bought the land next door to Upson Downs in oder to build the Beauregarde Burnside Memorial Home For Single Mothers. The Upsons have total fit, exclaiming that Mame isn't "one of them," dragging Gloria with them - just as Patrick makes eye contract with Pegeen! Hmmmm....<br />
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Flash forward, Patrick and Pegeen are now married and have a son, Peter. Mame, sporting gray hair, is off on a trip to Russia, and asks if Peter could join her. Although Patrick and Pegeen resist at first, Peter tells them off and they relent. Huh? Mame and Peter wave goodbye and board the plane. No luggage - I guess they will shop for long pants in Siberia. Music soars as the plane takes off. What follows is a montage of Mame hugging Vera, Gooch, Beau, adult Patrick and finally young Patrick! The End!<br />
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Whew! What a way to start the holiday movie season! I have to say that MAME is one of my favorite films of all time. I know Lucy's singing was atrocious, her dancing wooden, her comic timing is off at times, and at age 63 she was way too old to be playing a character in her 40s - but all I know is that when I saw MAME at Radio City Musical Hall as a child - I had a great time - and that's all that mattered. <br />
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Of course, IF Angela Lansbury was allowed to star in the film version - it may have been critically acclaimed, it might won some Oscars and might also have been a box-office hit. But that never happened. What did happen was Lucille Ball as Mame - and I relish ever minute of it. 10 outta 10 and worth every one of 'em.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-83401943426977955852015-09-13T09:07:00.000-07:002015-09-13T13:55:30.502-07:00Gonna Party Like It's SPACE:1999<div style="text-align: left;">
From 2009...but updated today!</div>
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I've never been a <i>real</i> sci-fi geek, but I know what I like. In terms of films, I always preferred LOGAN'S RUN over STAR WARS. So freeze me in carbonite. On TV, I liked the original STAR TREK, but can say I've ever even watched any of the revivals. I just never found them that appealing. Sorry. I'm not saying they're bad, I just didn't feel the need to watch 'em. I also can honestly say I've never watched any of the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA shows - old or new. I know how the recent show is supposed to amazing and all that, and I may get around to watching it one day - but I just don't have the bandwidth right now. I did absolutely love V - at least the miniseries before it became a weekly, but the ABC revival didn't interest me much. I mean once you know that they're lizards, what's the point?</div>
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SPACE: 1999 ran for two seasons from 1975-77. In the show's storyline, there is a totally catastrophic nuclear/lunar accident that takes place on September 13, 1999 (16 years ago today!) that knocks the moon out of its orbit and flings the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha into the far stretches of outer space. Then the fun begins!</div>
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For some reason they decided to mess with greatness and create another totally awesome open sequence for season two. Still great, but not nearly as powerful as the first.<br />
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Then-married US TV stars Martin Landau and Barbara Bain (both of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE fame) headlined the show in an attempt to make the show seem more "American".</div>
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The show was produced in the UK by sci-fi powerhouses Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (THUNDERBIRDS, UFO, etc.) and distributed internationally by Lord Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. </div>
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The syndicated series aired on Sundays at unusual time period of 6:30 PM on WPIX in New York for the two original seasons, with reruns airing in various time slots over the next few years.</div>
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Guest stars included international names like Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Judy Geeson, Ian McShane, and Sarah Douglas.<br />
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Apparently the Blu-ray transfers of the show are pretty great - will have to check it out someday soon.</div>
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Due to the success of both DOWNTON ABBEY and the overall revival of interest in period drama- witnessed by shows on both PBS and cable - NBC gave a bright green light to Julian Fellowes’ THE GILDED AGE - a serialized drama set in late 19th Century New York City and focusing on the rising and plunging fortunes of “the princes of the American Renaissance.” The show was announced in 2012 and Fellowes will finally begin writing it later this year when his work on DOWTON ABBEY wraps up.<br />
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This news led me to recall BEACON HILL, what was considered by many to be one of the biggest flops of the 1970s. BEACON HILL was CBS's costly (the pilot reportedly cost a million dollars!) and overhyped attempt to recreate the magic of the original UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS. <br />
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The series dealt with he Lassiter family in 1920s Boston, a wealthy Catholic clan. and their staff of servants. The show opened on Prohibition Eve, January 15, 1920 as The Lassiters celebrated with their last drinks. Subplots dealt with brothels, affairs with professors and dalliances with between Lassiters and their staff.<br />
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Rather than filmed, the show was videotaped like a sitcom or daytime soap, much like many PBS imports from England. Ratings for the August 26th premiere were healthy (25.4 rating/44 share), but subsequent episodes nosedived, and despite John Hawkesworth, the producer of UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, being called over from Britain to assist. <br />
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The patriarch was Benjamin Lassiter (Stephen Elliott, later Douglas Channing on FALCON CREST) - a self-made businessman who dabbled in the corrupt Boston politics of the day.<br />
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Benjamin’s wife was Mary Lassiter (Nancy Marchand, later the matriarch of THE SOPRANOS) - an elegant society woman who was past her best years.<br />
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The Lassiters had five children:<br />
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Maude Palmer (Maeve McGuire, later Countess Elena DePoulignac on ANOTHER WORLD) a conventional mother of four, married to the pleasant Richard, who had an interest in yachting (played by the versatile Edward Herrmann).<br />
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Emily Bullock (DeAnn Mears, later Judge Maria Gance on LAW & ORDER) was a caustic, jealous beauty. She was married to Trevor (Ray Cooper) who was "old Boston, old money".<br />
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Betsy Bullock (TV-movie stalwart Linda Purl) was Trevor and Emily's spoiled 18-year-old daughter.<br />
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Fawn Lassiter (daytime soap graduate Kathryn Walker) was artsy, freethinking and sexually liberated - and engaged in an scandalous affair with an Italian piano teacher.<br />
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Rosamund Lassiter (Kitty Winn from EXORCIST 1 & 2) was an “old maid” at age 29 - she had a keen business sense and was sleeping with the family chauffeur (Paul Rudd, later Earl Trent on KNOTS LANDING).<br />
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Robert Lassiter (David Dukes, later Joseph McPhee on DAWSON’S CREEK) - the lone male heir - had returned from France after the Great War minus an arm and full of bitterness. In one controversial plot, Robert visited a black brothel.<br />
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Arthur Hacker (British Music all star George Rose) was the family butler, and like his UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS counterpart, Mr Hudson, he was a father-figure below stairs.<br />
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He was married to Emmeline (Beatrice Straight, later Queen Hippolyte on WONDER WOMAN) a poker-playing Irish housekeeper.<br />
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Emmeline’s niece, Maureen Mahaffey (Susan Blanchard - later Tina in the notorious MR. T. AND TINA) was also employed in the house as a maid.<br />
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The Lassiter cook, William Piper was African-American (Richard Ward - who later played Steve Martin’s father in THE JERK).<br />
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There was a footman named Terence O'Hara (played by David Rounds, Mel’s cousin Wendell on ALICE) as well as maids Kate (Lisa Pelikan) and Eleanor (Sydney Swire).<br />
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Also appearing: Ken Kercheval (DALLAS), Robert Prosky (HILL STREET BLUES), Michael Nouri (FLASHDANCE) and Holland Taylor (TWO AND A HALF MEN).<br />
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The series was produced by the Robert Stigwood Organization with music by Marvin Hamlisch (A CHORUS LINE). It was never rerun, never syndicated, and never released on home video. The show was put out of its misery after only 11 of the 13 episodes had aired. Let’s hope THE GILDED AGE has a better fate.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-9044309765482771372015-02-18T00:01:00.000-08:002015-02-17T21:18:00.221-08:00Can 2 divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?With CBS airing a new version of THE ODD COUPLE starring Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon beginning tomorrow night, here's a post from 2008 when I was just starting to watch season 4 of THE ODD COUPLE on dvd, and I declared that the show, in my opinion is the second greatest American sitcom ever. That's right, I said it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ub8l5FmEwMQp38L5HL2TPgJ7uqP4XmGV8gNgTr_J4oe0zt9Wo7X2i4DkWiMsSv7msUorGAJCstzl7uffYbPHykj6vQ2TiuTI2HXCd0ES1RX0pvBgIcstQni3H5cvCytinBdfLWuq2iI/s1600-h/odd_couple1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ub8l5FmEwMQp38L5HL2TPgJ7uqP4XmGV8gNgTr_J4oe0zt9Wo7X2i4DkWiMsSv7msUorGAJCstzl7uffYbPHykj6vQ2TiuTI2HXCd0ES1RX0pvBgIcstQni3H5cvCytinBdfLWuq2iI/s400/odd_couple1.jpg" height="481" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249981451442646578" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
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After <a href="http://dougsploitation.blogspot.com/2008/08/peignot-best-font-ever.html">MARY TYLER MOORE,</a> no other US sitcom is more consistently funny, well-acted or holds up as well over the years. Based on Neil Simon's Broadway play and adapted into a 1968 feature starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. The TV version, starring Jack Klugman and Tony Randall premiered on September 24, 1970 and ran for five seasons in a variety of timeslots on ABC - usually on Thursday or Friday nights. The series was never a Top 10 hit, and actually was in danger of cancellation every season it aired. The first season is quite unremarkable, having been filmed with one camera and an added laugh track. The show really came to life in season two, when a live audience was added to react to the mis-matched antics of Oscar and Felix.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfS8bv2tXR3is8pMOuR2h8jP7JZrmXYRwILbEllFEE2uYQ3l9aXubHVYE9S3Vr0AGtlqarGby31Hhu9olpp8qoYy7gWGWack22I6wKTWUyjEC7a0-hJ-bl2OokIfk4M9snICk4Wp0frCM/s1600-h/odd_couple2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfS8bv2tXR3is8pMOuR2h8jP7JZrmXYRwILbEllFEE2uYQ3l9aXubHVYE9S3Vr0AGtlqarGby31Hhu9olpp8qoYy7gWGWack22I6wKTWUyjEC7a0-hJ-bl2OokIfk4M9snICk4Wp0frCM/s400/odd_couple2.jpg" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249981455688463522" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" width="396" /></a>The show really took off in popularity in the late 1970s when syndicated reruns aired on local stations. Channel 11, WPIX air four episodes a night. Two in early evening and two at 11PM. I watched them all, repeatedly. And watching them again now on dvd is, to quote a friend of mine "a sheer delight".<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSJWNe5cgs6h7N9pXEl4HaeLGsjGY6ubjtqpRgNVxfhkuoLGLpOnhg_Vd05ok2EBrYF9Eh0VHSjy8oE9grSBkLQZRJr8S8cJcxp7HW9TYqdCaI1ZIQ6DxHJYGrHmRX8-kuhsS5mHN0Y0/s1600-h/odd_couple3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSJWNe5cgs6h7N9pXEl4HaeLGsjGY6ubjtqpRgNVxfhkuoLGLpOnhg_Vd05ok2EBrYF9Eh0VHSjy8oE9grSBkLQZRJr8S8cJcxp7HW9TYqdCaI1ZIQ6DxHJYGrHmRX8-kuhsS5mHN0Y0/s400/odd_couple3.jpg" height="470" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249981456117492146" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a>What makes the show so great? Well, Felix and Oscar are such great, unique characters - and because of that, so many later sitcom characters borrow freely from them. You can certain see traits of fastidious Felix in Sheldon from <a href="http://dougsploitation.blogspot.com/2008/08/our-whole-universe-was-in-hot-dense.html">BIG BANG THEORY </a>and Niles from FRASIER. Oscar's grouchy brashness has influenced a whole generation of cranky comedy curmudgeons, notable EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND's Frank Barone. While the show lacked continuity in so many instances (don't get me started!), the interplay between the two leads and excellent supporting players make this the best thing Garry Marshall has ever been part of. While the show "jumps the shark" with celebrity guests (Monty Hall, Howard Cosell, Paul Williams, etc.), it makes up for it with clever plots that incorporate the guest stars into the world of Felix and Oscar. Since Felix is a portrait photographer and Oscar is a sportswriter, it makes sense that they encounter these folks in New York City. Why not? I once rode in an elevator with Howard Cosell. He had big ears. AND I was a contestant on the most recent version of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0357381/">LET'S MAKE A DEAL!</a> (Even though that happened in L.A. and Billy Bush-<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">yuck!</span>-was the host, but Monty was there. See photo below)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxccAMWccVAhu681qaGOktATz-8iIbuodDEChxJUHWATJ-ckPekKQpFVkFw2CWtpOB_Re2vz1n-P3_7xfbw2K8c-VqOlwKEZ-zXXtpoEwkcr1Mo9990UAoh2V5QFhMowoi6bz8Fj1W70/s1600-h/deal.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxccAMWccVAhu681qaGOktATz-8iIbuodDEChxJUHWATJ-ckPekKQpFVkFw2CWtpOB_Re2vz1n-P3_7xfbw2K8c-VqOlwKEZ-zXXtpoEwkcr1Mo9990UAoh2V5QFhMowoi6bz8Fj1W70/s400/deal.jpg" height="166" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249994206945589378" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a>But enough about me. While I was watching the classic <a href="http://www.geocities.com/ABCPass/">PASSWORD</a> episode recently, with guests Betty White and Allen Ludden, I wondered if any other MARY TYLER MOORE alumni ever appeared on THE ODD COUPLE. With a little research I discovered that in addition to Betty White ("Herself" on OC,"Sue Ann Nivens" on MTM), there was Bill Quinn ("Dr. Melnitz" on OC,"Dr. Walter Richards," Mary's dad on MTM), Penny Marshall ("Myrna Tuner" on OC, "Paula" on MTM), Barbara Colby ("Monique" the drunk bartender on OC, "Sherry" the hooker on MTM) and the late, great Brett Somers ("Blanche Madison" on OC and "Aunt Rose" on MTM). Not bad, considering the shows aired on different network during roughly the same period.<br />
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Both actors won Emmy Awards for their roles. Jack in 1971 and 1973, Tony in 1975 - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">after</span> the show was cancelled. The duo reunited for a misguided 1993 CBS TV-movie called <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107725/">THE ODD COUPLE: TOGETHER AGAIN</a>. I guess ABC's miserable <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137937/">MARY & RHODA</a> reunion movie was payback. Jack and Tony had become best friends in real life, and after Tony's death in 2004, Jack wrote a memoir about their relationship, called <a href="http://www.powells.com/autographed/tonyandme.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Tony and Me: A Story of Friendship</span></span></a>. The book has been hailed as a touching portrait of a professional partnership that, in the end, became deeply personal. The book includes over 50 photographs, many from Jack and Tony's private collections, and a DVD of never-seen-before outtakes from THE ODD COUPLE.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In the 1980s, THE ODD COUPLE was revived - with an an almost all African-American cast. Demond (SANFORD & SON) Wilson is Oscar and Ron (BARNEY MILLER) Glass is Felix. THE NEW ODD COUPLE could have been a descent show if they didn't decide to recycle scripts from the original series that were already considered classics by fans of the show. Ironically another black version of a Neil Simon play, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK only lasted 12 episodes on ABC in 1970, also airing on Thursday evenings. I'm holding out for a new version of THE SUNSHINE BOYS with James Earl Jones and Samuel L. Jackson.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">And now it's 2015 - and THE ODD COUPLE is back on Thursday nights - this time on CBS. Will the third time be a charm?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-33845887912936676072014-12-22T14:20:00.000-08:002014-12-22T23:14:18.591-08:00The Douglas Michael Show with Juul HaalmeyerHere's a Juultide treat from 2009.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy37SwDoMOfWTMnzGdMfVYTkIKjYYSAk0EKDQM1IrA47rg_Tm9U1DzFS3vQJurcGtV9BHk2JY0KX0rfXH_P1OlEAnNONP8Hoqb2cxVcFnmu4ZZfo12IIXfYayBdeR57WI1d7CjHDJe_jmZ/s1600-h/Doug_Juul.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy37SwDoMOfWTMnzGdMfVYTkIKjYYSAk0EKDQM1IrA47rg_Tm9U1DzFS3vQJurcGtV9BHk2JY0KX0rfXH_P1OlEAnNONP8Hoqb2cxVcFnmu4ZZfo12IIXfYayBdeR57WI1d7CjHDJe_jmZ/s400/Doug_Juul.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339504749174557170" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 368px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>SECOND CITY TELEVSION or SCTV in all it’s incarnations (in syndication, on NBC and on Cinemax) is remembered as one of the funniest TV series of all time.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrricca4l035w6icGSfn7-AU1L3Ie_HryNwXZat0jxsSaPUXuKchIbIF7lUWYHCRnJcek_Hh68-7BgRA55annL0kMAIuExdSTIwlceNkzZRt-iiYa_QLr9CX6uWZAzt3dv204Yre9BVqPP/s400/TVguide.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339504745289247810" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 270px;" />This outrageous Canadian sketch comedy import launched the careers of such greats as John Candy, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Catherine O’Hara, Harold Ramis, Martin Short, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty and a few others – including Juul Haalmeyer. Chances are if you've ever seen a SCTV sketch, you've seen Juul's work.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMIVnblbqKe52pBqDQDs1BFEJqKOCsQdSTIvSunhI5tihXYV_BH2P7OfwsiW04nhLsEfjqo5czT2loqCWhLsCCjs5BUBkRtt87aCQ9fd6A9WIyfzywZUFpOYPwQZEUdjTSihY6VqNODbB/s400/Juul5.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339504743234359810" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 286px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />Juul Haalmeyer was SCTV's resident costume designer, who was also featured on the show as the choreographer of Melonville's top dance troupe, the Juul Haalmeyer Dancers, a pathetically incompetent ensemble of variety show dancers made up mostly of writers and crew on SCTV. I consider Juul one of my comedy heroes and a unsung TV legend!!!<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgos-L4cNbzBnV7J-D0u363qb-59HFaL-66GUNZ_1TRQpeTa8xyd_TRjWgEI9K1t260WqeGtTGkBSFfO7xbhbu5APvv5biz3Mzxw216I-ZnLT1RH8k9A10dOtygTcUgSGi309492G1lGjq-/s400/Juul4.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339504742009724114" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 248px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />Over the years, Juul also worked as a costume designer for many movies, TV shows, theatre and concert productions. He's done all the classics from ALL MY SONS to LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, his designs have dressed everyone from Jack Lemmon to Alice Cooper, from Shari Lewis to Jethro Tull, from Dolly Parton to Anne Murray, from Bobby Vinton to Bobby Bittman! It is with great honor that I welcome my guest, Juul Haalmeyer!!!<br />
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2fnyyN_Ak6zPjfTSQzQTAcOUCzMgZ5wpaD17sSAjMSmRPD_uHLORX81E-J8WFm5tVv46vq5YlCm5hahFqbBlgYiCUuyzmawXnnuMQd-IY3rXbCSZnfwXM2bl4_6VAh5KxXQ8YCM12peJ/s400/Juul_interview.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339504737750317810" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 239px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />DOUG: Hi Juul, first of all let me say thank you for all the laughter you and the folks at SCTV have given me over the years. The show is a true classic. I watched it from the very first episode (on WOR TV channel 9 in New York) to the very last Cinemax episode. In fact I subscribed to Cinemax just to watch SCTV! Now exactly when did you join the show?<br />
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JUUL: Well, unfortunately I didn’t do the first season because there just wasn’t enough money; and I thought that there was way too much material to get out per week for me to be able to handle. It just looked too scary and daunting and I thought <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">I’m not going to kill myself over a show!</span> That’s my biggest regret with SCTV because it did turn out to be the most rewarding and enjoyable experience of my career.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-zqbgIP9J3oZubdD84DP8jOIn9qB1yPPD5A4f1lYVtXYRla854EbIARkQdzmTse9yHLsjIf9YlxSJCuGLdH029NK5YsCGuYzrIjfAqOQ_QukdQr6oG9qay4JFKHcTHmWbLlA6KePLiAo/s400/andrea1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339506578423194738" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 271px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />DOUG: Well, thankfully you we able to join the show for season 2. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSlYqCUTpQyFD923LhJO-4_3H9n3zKruLcM0o9XaDrL68Z1IQFDIFPGXEGkL99ihQ9QrKLYg8DooXUD5X-GT-u4YI-yEvDexrsu8mhI-IfoEDMiHoiyec8igeA4o0GgXH00oOwCFdh_aH/s1600-h/juul.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSlYqCUTpQyFD923LhJO-4_3H9n3zKruLcM0o9XaDrL68Z1IQFDIFPGXEGkL99ihQ9QrKLYg8DooXUD5X-GT-u4YI-yEvDexrsu8mhI-IfoEDMiHoiyec8igeA4o0GgXH00oOwCFdh_aH/s400/juul.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339507846811199906" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 304px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a>I read somewhere that it took 100 hours a week to make one of the 90-minute NBC shows. Is that true?<br />
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JUUL :Yes it did, and sometimes <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">more</span>. It was a real slog, and after each three month cycle, you just had to scrape yourself off the floor and pray the next cycle would be easier. But it never was; it just kept growing bigger!<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OznYGZRzV-eUZkIJXxBt9y3uSHL8P_osJUsPSL_ERyVWSu6XMtRr_A7kAje1cekM9Aus6w8OLAzppihMwi4d6xjAoTU8wuMGEFLG3c7HR4iCDTnCoGPH-oQNtiN_LbUN0dbCtHBLQcJC/s400/dusty.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339505785134390370" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 348px;" />DOUG: Bigger and BETTER-If you ask me! So who was your favorite character or player to design for?<br />
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JUUL: ALL OF THEM! The cast of course were all very special people and each one of their characters were very endearing. The challenge came in the situations they wrote for themselves as to how complicated the sketch would become from a wardrobe point of view. <img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDbAt14zuQG-pwqam7Prs1HGLKI5GW3ZnsJEEY3FcU7YfRpr46f1TuzXCvrSqH-Lh_z-OeqkIddnib0tBYy8Skj0CYL8hrZYTo4TNUItmYM_tjmpH-BjbQKLHYdk7wuyGaVFHFWpqt2-6/s400/trudy.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339508605938699330" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 313px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />Could not have done it without the incredible help of Luigi, the head cutter at Malabar costumes, Eva Richter, who always had an impossible shopping list, and my mother, Trudy Haalmeyer, who cut and sewed everything on set.<br />
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDpcJHzXUdFbY5ljYq68mHSygGcJXObiC0MXMSoXTAY4XGmKAmnA0TkRI7rSjJTsXONBYS0oGxiEh7kpXU8BMOWxhHq3PFpSWUCIIfZE-WYL7Xn6I2j1E_Q-JRMY3D5uluYHKczJanlM9/s400/lola_lovespirit.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339505786494934962" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 333px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />DOUG: With all the crazy folks that passed through the doors of SCTV - was there any character that stands out as being the most creatively challenging?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoH2r3FhGlFTGTZB_WIO5wzON-3Qtk1uzpoYlVWMdkx5iRwo7ZDax5m3xW-MUxSbj6AOu99KpqbvcVgnKU3gQQzWZKOpPm8Ml4LyssdPzw7UdU92mAvi9g6Fvq-rmbnxIr4tpLrQ22XPa/s1600-h/divine1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoH2r3FhGlFTGTZB_WIO5wzON-3Qtk1uzpoYlVWMdkx5iRwo7ZDax5m3xW-MUxSbj6AOu99KpqbvcVgnKU3gQQzWZKOpPm8Ml4LyssdPzw7UdU92mAvi9g6Fvq-rmbnxIr4tpLrQ22XPa/s400/divine1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339506574823227810" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 360px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> I somehow think John Candy as Divine must have been a case where you had to top what the real Divine was already wearing!<br />
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JUUL: Again, it was my support staff that saved my ass on everything; whether it was "Shake and Bake" (twenty nine period costumes in primary colours in three days) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJQh7ZR4qpRfKoPSo5TgZVqmTw-cblgSSvw5zwdG0KD7NJUxqmq8KifHTNC-m6-Z7kwaSLzsfe9vejlf7XAM5EnUfns8ZHaj-wK0UN__-p00cx2i7JbSwnlq8l4HMHAKXbLTaOGUx1Udv/s1600-h/shake.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJQh7ZR4qpRfKoPSo5TgZVqmTw-cblgSSvw5zwdG0KD7NJUxqmq8KifHTNC-m6-Z7kwaSLzsfe9vejlf7XAM5EnUfns8ZHaj-wK0UN__-p00cx2i7JbSwnlq8l4HMHAKXbLTaOGUx1Udv/s400/shake.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339508603182691234" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 190px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>or Edith Prickley as Queen Elizabeth (the first with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">two days notice</span>),<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiITrR3So5oOwYhrWL1U6mqoG-RK8ZP-z4OR-dKfEtndeD1JjpljmkGIRPAIsMNbqNJxJ2fGjO8GoUZG2n7GNetBSS6BX5kAOjrfDHdFOfuEdxQRe4PZMkjOJ_q0alYwPrzn5PbIsldjFo/s1600-h/Pan.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVNcMWTxMZWoXgKj3S8yJ3jeZ2H1EWlQBpRakRVoBWyiU_DwdQeuyUI01uUwyuH9gK0ZVZ50Hn1EUkKGDBwVwaB_12ohpCqVAigWA0puUcaeUZ72XqHwVIijV18SkSCMDbO0q2vbsIsKs/s400/lola_edith_xmas2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339505786377724770" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 392px;" /></a>Divine as Peter Pan, or Divine On Ice; You name it! <img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiITrR3So5oOwYhrWL1U6mqoG-RK8ZP-z4OR-dKfEtndeD1JjpljmkGIRPAIsMNbqNJxJ2fGjO8GoUZG2n7GNetBSS6BX5kAOjrfDHdFOfuEdxQRe4PZMkjOJ_q0alYwPrzn5PbIsldjFo/s400/Pan.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339507838898561074" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 290px;" />The challenge was always the time frame within which we had to get it together, and again, my team deserves all of the credit.<br />
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DOUG: That Divine On Ice number - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me</span> is still one of the most hysterical things I've ever seen. And you and the boys are featured prominently in that segment. So, how did the Juul Haalmeyer dancers come about?<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4c_55_WluU5eTa_EYgZr2qC_JyANxetj7u6DEmnAATzuoG0nhM7xEQOBQ1KnWUUe-eQiSmZjkSdlnBMq7ypB6trUWmbErPqCZ0g3Pd3r2BOmKhORmFZUl5i_Exk4Doqq6kyMNNv03q-vO/s400/solidgold.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339508603382858610" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 285px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />JUUL: Well, you can’t hire people to be as bad as we were, so when Lola Heatherton needed dancers she (Catherine O'Hara) remembered that I had done musical theater. But they would let me sing, turn the light off, and yank me offstage, because I just didn’t move well, as you’ve seen. <img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0fHlU798KZpenClAXeybI1cJ8ZisE3gBiXBq9OcQHaJsdDlhE6dfrUYi1qfUWTv72rLnWIkPiq8ZYZhwGr6I0M7lsE7hOag_UBB_8RPiDrwX2LsLVE9w6LNBHDNvrOEWDCT3doJDbztJ/s400/Lola1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339505794375772642" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 221px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />It became a group of writers, sometimes cast, grips, propmen, whoever was available that day. God, it was fun though. Nice to know that anytime you need a bad actor, loud singer, or really lousy dancer, you can depend on someone on your crew to come through! Voila!<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5qAfGNfvysp0ZUl6eomyDTl2Z0foHc_XgDRvJKgV_zQf91olss9QiKvZ0cL15xSXZWdFmfRLfs2gFU9qwx9Eln3mNc5U7v-f6GZuSa1THAkmNo_Pm9gHGGm1iy_gJH6jDEbgTiE1VSAH/s400/Juul6.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339507842540649666" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 286px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />
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DOUG : Did you ever have <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">any </span>formal dance training?</div>
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JUUL: What are you smokin' dude?????? Of course not! I did take a Dancercise class one year to get some excess poundage off, which worked, at The Roland and Romaine Academy of Dance,<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdX1CFQlUWFnD1_Ogj9WznjZg4j-ZbuTjbw3aQ1Gl1-5TVFs6eDGJRBlYEbt1VpsawTo78SinVV3LdDMGlYH-K6IwkAcnCJoqwZk01ClkjztXfkvZA8eyFxuif7qFjGUFXNyOqF6WW7hn/s400/r%E2%80%93and%E2%80%93r.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339508597734083762" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 252px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />but they always made me move to the back of the class because I always farted with the first bend down in the warmups!<br />
DOUG: That's hysterical. What makes you think I was smoking something while watching SCTV? LOL. It's great that people all over the world are rediscovering the magic of Juul Haalmeyer!<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTLS8_um6YAqqGHaiYWnR7rijG-6cBp3RoF0XwbJvWxcrBi0Xnz6xIcBYQSiTknQLkUyCjKzPx564U4RxbLSzoUfkJQXQxeCEYdFYMgeUKiowBE2OfyM9UpTGd1Jlfm5ZkuCd3bdBhlOR/s400/Juul7.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339507842351463202" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 248px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />JUUL: I'm on Facebook now (I had never <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">heard</span> of it before), and guess what turned up? A <a href="http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7132129417&ref=ts">Juul Haalmeyer Dancer fan club</a> based in ICELAND! I hope they're not just now getting SCTV! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgxwn_FW9glJdog-BacHOhPwtucJDwLifKKeHdxUyl7yz5IezZhH-XHOisQYWJIF2lPIqmrPZyKQWiDp_lNbjHXvJUmj-C6k_JHf6JurNKJ4HLVbL8mPS15-sagb4dwklR111bPnYNYRw/s1600-h/newspaper.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgxwn_FW9glJdog-BacHOhPwtucJDwLifKKeHdxUyl7yz5IezZhH-XHOisQYWJIF2lPIqmrPZyKQWiDp_lNbjHXvJUmj-C6k_JHf6JurNKJ4HLVbL8mPS15-sagb4dwklR111bPnYNYRw/s400/newspaper.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339505785502986498" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 305px;" /></a>I have gotten more notoriety from the bad dancing than anything I have ever done as a costume designer in the last 40 years.<br />
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_rr4F97HK6iUvmhljZ4z0Xz35Ft3FB1z8HwZddb03FHXNlYBxmGf5zN4WqmRGU0JM-uFzPZ8TEi1OUQJBaT3F9PoROBDgUYYiixx4eB0xgYHOj3n_NgF2bw6PW35OxpXkWm6GIx97eTV/s400/fur.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339506570031222690" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 286px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />DOUG: Iceland! How cool is that? Do you keep in touch with any of the cast members?<br />
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JUUL: Not really. It was great to see all of them at a very generous 'Benefit of Laughter' reunion show they did last year to set up an SCTV alumni fund for ailing participants of the show. I did get to work on the Disney film COOL RUNNINGS (1993) with John–which was a real privilege and an absolute blast. Ten weeks of poker and dominos in the sun!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-BW3F_95xRK4mRSJhurPebE4yvCZHkStjtQJkXOeVGN4oxQfqDNnm8CWLn1tkUuXOuCgQuRhb7PpMSwChvbCRSYf3oIOwSIw3NL7t4BVdRG_qNG6C1I6dA9Fqus6iQEdUZX-LrQdjqa7/s1600-h/cool.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-BW3F_95xRK4mRSJhurPebE4yvCZHkStjtQJkXOeVGN4oxQfqDNnm8CWLn1tkUuXOuCgQuRhb7PpMSwChvbCRSYf3oIOwSIw3NL7t4BVdRG_qNG6C1I6dA9Fqus6iQEdUZX-LrQdjqa7/s400/cool.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339511983039684098" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 280px;" /></a>DOUG: Aside from the charity performance, do you think there would ever be a SCTV REUNION SPECIAL? And if so, would the Dancers come out of retirement?<br />
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JUUL: I don’t think that’s in the cards, with everyone’s careers as diverse as they are, but it would be nice. As for the dancers, I don’t think we can get enough day passes issued out of retirement homes at the same time to let all of the dancers come together again! Although I hear that Ellen Degeneres wants to challenge us to a Dance Off!<br />
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DOUG: LOL - I'd love to see you and Ellen go at it! So, what have you been up to since SCTV left the air? Are you still doing wardrobe these days?<br />
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JUUL: In a way. I still have my costume company, Homemade Tarts, and I rent out vintage clothing to the movies, but I don’t do any designing anymore; couldn’t handle the stress of it all. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJuo6eDMboaqd8kHMPzYwas9r_eWJEPy2pmjVCNe9cUT9Jo3UAYaJtwT3KVy2WiDbTRwKJYsgDxmSOAqcBQdRQWUCiOxW2NCylJMrQl_lTaS2AHpoGOnFNqmD1OwHdU6gnHuncqqaGJtP/s1600-h/homemadetarts_crop.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJuo6eDMboaqd8kHMPzYwas9r_eWJEPy2pmjVCNe9cUT9Jo3UAYaJtwT3KVy2WiDbTRwKJYsgDxmSOAqcBQdRQWUCiOxW2NCylJMrQl_lTaS2AHpoGOnFNqmD1OwHdU6gnHuncqqaGJtP/s400/homemadetarts_crop.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339506562035245954" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 113px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Back in those days they were all wonderful people to work for who appreciated your craft, but now the shows are mostly in the hands of bean counters, who just want to get it done as cheaply as possible, to heck with creativity. I stopped about nine years ago after I won an Emmy for NODDY AND FRIENDS, a childrens show for PBS.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVJO-oZHaWF3ejRNWRyFMx9PExdmjfpJmZQrFPUceDLMKbPU5JKuQL-FRoeUcYarDuoLN8IP0Wx03xSANiJS9IgUl89vJXmvrwuGRf9PXJ0izgeXFgHUYGsvnG-5CXqmeOjDVkTF0AzaW/s1600-h/NODDY.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVJO-oZHaWF3ejRNWRyFMx9PExdmjfpJmZQrFPUceDLMKbPU5JKuQL-FRoeUcYarDuoLN8IP0Wx03xSANiJS9IgUl89vJXmvrwuGRf9PXJ0izgeXFgHUYGsvnG-5CXqmeOjDVkTF0AzaW/s400/NODDY.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339507837879235138" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 281px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a>DOUG: That's awesome. Belated congratulations on that Emmy! And lastly, is there any truth to the internet rumor that you are going to be on DANCING WITH THE STARS?<br />
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JUUL: Ha Ha! That was a very clever and funny piece someone posted and I got over one hundred e-mails from people who actually believed it! Had a lot of fun with that one! Found the guy who wrote it and he’s just a big fan of the show.<br />
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DOUG : Well, you never know with internet rumors. Once something is out the in the universe, it could very well happen! Thanks again for being a guest and being so entertaining!<br />
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Regular visitors to the humble home of Dougsploitation know that the "LP wall" is a revolving gallery of the finest long playing record art imaginable. The holiday season is always the hardest time of the year to decide what records to frame because I own so many great ones - and I acquire new ones each year. This year's six:</div>
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Not to be confused with the STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL, <i>Christmas in the Stars </i>is the STAR WARS Christmas Album. I found this recently at Amoeba Records, and didn't have time to listen to it before it made it to the wall. It features the original voices of R2D2 and C3PO!<br />
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As a companion I have the soundtrack to the 1977 Nelvana animated holiday special, A COSMIC CHRISTMAS featuring songs and music by Canadian Crystal Gayle lookalike Sylvia Tyson.<br />
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<i>Christmas: A Gift of Music Vol 3 </i>featuring a creepy collection of Christmas dolls and a selection of songs from a variety of artists from Dinah Shore to The Korean Orphan Choir. Those orphans can really sing!<br />
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Next up is last year's favorite <i><a href="http://dougsploitation.blogspot.com/2009/12/found-yesterdayon-my-wall-todayin-my.html">Sing with Marcy</a>. </i>I won't go on about her again. I swear.<br />
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<i>Santa and the 3 Bears </i>is another animated soundtrack. This one is from a 1970 low-budget theatrical release which turned up on local stations in the late 70s as an hour-long special. The album came with a dimensional Santa decoration (still intact) !<br />
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Last, but certainly not least is <i>Elvin The Little Black Elf </i>from 1982, described as "A Musical Christmas Special About Our Newest Christmas Hero." I don't think the special was ever made, but it's nice to know the soundtrack was released. I love Elvin. Here's a few of my other favorites that didn't make this year's wall.<br />
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Four exciting Christmas adventures of THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN. Bionics and Christmas go together like Superheroes and Christmas...<br />
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<i>Exciting Christmas Stories</i> starring Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman. I miss Peter Pan Records.<br />
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<i>Christmas at Home </i>starring a big, scary baby.<br />
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<i>Christmas with <a href="http://dougsploitation.blogspot.com/2009/11/king-family-revisited.html">the King Family</a>...</i>one of my childhood obsessions.<br />
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<i>Christmas with Colonel Sanders - </i>he brought the world greasy, artery-clogging fried chicken so therefore he must know a lot about Christmas.<br />
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So much so that he even had another Christmas album - though it looks like the old guy may not make it through the evening.<br />
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Speaking of not making it through the night, I always read this album's title as "Merry Christmas from the Hillside Stranglers."<br />
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And finally, one of my all-time favorites, <i>Imagine the Joys of Christmas </i>presented by Sylvania light bulbs and featuring a family that clearly forgot to pay their electric bill. Sad.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-11771135209330618702014-12-04T08:20:00.000-08:002014-12-04T07:42:38.532-08:00King Family RevisitedLast night I met Cam Clarke, son of the great Alyce King. Here's a rerun of a post from Easter 2009.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCUdlqm_WW7Zxv7CdQ-16HEez09KZSysEYeKf6Cvix3h2JuF8cpaR6_mpJr8yLAtY4x389-NtIF1wQ99whDhpOBKX8C_scu87oYKwW2nhjUMotVGtyl6nliVJ1cQIe015-Vm8Ixrp4-Jt/s400/Kings2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318869930412843266" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 241px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />When I was a kid I was obsessed with The King Family.The King Family was this humongous group of clean-cut, mostly-blond, well-dressed white folk who sang cover versions of songs made famous by other people. These were mostly showtunes, spirituals and patriotic songs like <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Climb Every Mountain</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">He's Got the Whole in His Hands</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">America the Beautiful</span>. Sometimes they all dressed alike and sometimes they even dressed like royalty!<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IPbsLGoWAT_mjGCOv-seK1QnKrXSxLm5tLjIkG_spkHfwVktew5huame89G6QjlmrnxwtXVTJiPVGeXGHGtn-kdPn-V9b3X_FRdZ2gkCg2yEZLZmLcQa25xEQtughOHMHhm97d6KmESf/s400/KingSisters.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318869932945768658" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 304px;" /><br />
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The King Sisters (Donna, Yvonne, Louise and Alyce) and their extended musical family had their own ABC prime-time variety series from 1965-66. It was sort of like THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW if Lawrence had fathered everyone.</div>
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In all, some thirty-seven members of the King family, ranging in age from seven months to 79 years, were featured on the show. I wanted to be one.</div>
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A short-lived 1969 revival, also on ABC, focused on the younger, hipper King Cousins. Don't they look cool? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ViH2TryndCQbPmM0Fmt-4kzDX0-ZBlctB_0c_ME19q7Lukv-Xi8gSzV7QD3MAqgiq_5xA9DrZpM3AYrXGid7eBXdyU4XoT8dMQnk31WUqBIeoJHRYaJFbCMaC9lHrbn_P0P7DLfcM3Q/s1600/mcnair-king.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ViH2TryndCQbPmM0Fmt-4kzDX0-ZBlctB_0c_ME19q7Lukv-Xi8gSzV7QD3MAqgiq_5xA9DrZpM3AYrXGid7eBXdyU4XoT8dMQnk31WUqBIeoJHRYaJFbCMaC9lHrbn_P0P7DLfcM3Q/s400/mcnair-king.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407707051962383218" style="display: block; height: 294px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Back in 1969, channel 11 in LA ran a special Thanksgiving themed hour featuring the King Family - right after an hour of THE BARBARA McNAIR SHOW! Man, sometimes I wish I had a time machine. Actually, I do - it's called PBS.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Q3Jl_XCjhok-L6zWv7cbYYEPfuFP4VbgUziRP7ZshTtTQ8Uc3RfG6VyAbFbcl_Rw_9KrZ36QgzYnyTZWKDS1z42FUnnmX-bIckLmVNApC74FQ9udPvPDPbPznlJpYRk31trefm10z9c/s1600/kingfamxmas-new2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Q3Jl_XCjhok-L6zWv7cbYYEPfuFP4VbgUziRP7ZshTtTQ8Uc3RfG6VyAbFbcl_Rw_9KrZ36QgzYnyTZWKDS1z42FUnnmX-bIckLmVNApC74FQ9udPvPDPbPznlJpYRk31trefm10z9c/s400/kingfamxmas-new2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407710263046431874" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 91px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>After this blog post original ran in April 2009 I received several emails and comments from people who also grew up watching the King Family. additionally, a producer of a King Family Christmas special for PBS contacted me. Visit their officiall website <a href="http://www.officialkingfamily.com/">here</a> for more info about the talented clan. Also the DVDs of the shows and specials are available through Cam Clarke, son of Alyce King. Visit <a href="http://www.camclarke.com/">his website</a> for more info.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-49706115229010879452014-11-08T00:00:00.000-08:002014-11-08T13:06:03.531-08:00ELO - The Electric Light OrchestraWith news that Jeff Lynne is working on a new ELO album. I thought maybe it was time for me to rerun this post from May 2009. Hold on Tight!<br />
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrVsvB8j45tixS_P4DEl7P_qr7COGdZxXZzgpT0Uk2phcw5E9SpKVTmsd-fH4jeD4wWi1jSukkJZ-q26H0dNzk8TsFUtfsdFZLZEd88rKr38ASZLSAm66hrJJf66YOrQuyysy7gl4jF4y/s400/elo_2_2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337404951684147858" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 396px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 396px;" />The Electric Light Orchestra is my all time favorite rock group. I can't explain why, I just knew the first time I heard an ELO record that it was what I liked. A lot. The seamless blend of rock n roll and neo-classical music just spoke to me. With their epic, cascading string sections and over-the-top vocal pyrotechnics, every song was like an aria. 30 years later, just seeing the Jet Records logo gives me goosebumps.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuCat-HdPhdIcpzizQySSkaGqBOwBf7wHE7JxK3Vo-JbvdAabZC3puI3ENR0-E1olVGmjL6PfdeDJ-Vh4sdsguPxHKEsISwvfUg5OaziMGoqgbNMlTU1zG91kBQayqFyp6IZJQQISL0zj/s400/jet.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337407066783886018" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 358px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /><br />
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A product of the 1970s, the timeless songs of ELO are now being rediscovered by a new generation of music fans through covers, remixes, sampling and the seemingly endless use in on the soundtracks of films, ads and TV shows.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHOECqGgE1Q2-80VZ88k8FBZgXNtBpJ2BEw6eQnhs4gdizgFtnZlWuJ_QQhVxuM7Jds4h-yIe9JMn8ip_9g5NwRjCD6slswQftuBBvFerlFDF1DgD0a97UPe-gsrRrsITRA77viWywmPv/s1600-h/elo_hits.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHOECqGgE1Q2-80VZ88k8FBZgXNtBpJ2BEw6eQnhs4gdizgFtnZlWuJ_QQhVxuM7Jds4h-yIe9JMn8ip_9g5NwRjCD6slswQftuBBvFerlFDF1DgD0a97UPe-gsrRrsITRA77viWywmPv/s400/elo_hits.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337409390907299746" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 324px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 324px;" /></a>ELO, under the guidance of Jeff Lynne, recorded 12 studio albums and released 28 hit singles. At their peak between 1974 and 1981, ELO had 9 gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrYlzMGvJzpqDh8OOkEHTO2BK1xqQYU7gURykM5ZAfdcSxxnXygvksSWXRclvCkyZ9qjwyDwXiJaOpkig_4MpXJTWSYZVdhkK2bfuuSUuPIqN-VyItwsw9GjCZMLa3V7mWVo2AHPZ2mmJt/s1600-h/elo_guy2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrYlzMGvJzpqDh8OOkEHTO2BK1xqQYU7gURykM5ZAfdcSxxnXygvksSWXRclvCkyZ9qjwyDwXiJaOpkig_4MpXJTWSYZVdhkK2bfuuSUuPIqN-VyItwsw9GjCZMLa3V7mWVo2AHPZ2mmJt/s400/elo_guy2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337409390915907938" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 291px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 384px;" /></a>The band also holds the unusual distinction of having the most Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits of any band in U.S. chart history without ever having a #1 single.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AyMXlL9-ClG58INh-A52AvrXesvnBmzyEtOE4cdqi903sTecTlt1cEIVaSlECEAZLQOIBBgJKpuCkeJl8e4Ndm6jipyxTP6fQcIDlNtkQNbdq1SwDJXs6DSez6c0YOmC6Wkl3xBtVdu9/s1600-h/elo-longbeach.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AyMXlL9-ClG58INh-A52AvrXesvnBmzyEtOE4cdqi903sTecTlt1cEIVaSlECEAZLQOIBBgJKpuCkeJl8e4Ndm6jipyxTP6fQcIDlNtkQNbdq1SwDJXs6DSez6c0YOmC6Wkl3xBtVdu9/s400/elo-longbeach.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337408452864335074" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 319px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 324px;" /></a>During the 70s and 80s, ELO was one of the biggest arena attractions, with spectacular shows that included a massive flying saucer stage set, fog machines and state of the art light and laser shows.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFb_2PuimNzaomiK7IvbM5EJDNS7ja_Z-awCD9EmCkwDJeq9pfNkakbdbc7PR2q_VRt4z3dMReRI1IsQ8ZUYa2DPeCXu8dy-NPR8u5ugaUwR-fIIbx2n-s5zwibXihRyN65i3CxEgXgrdB/s1600-h/elo_concert.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFb_2PuimNzaomiK7IvbM5EJDNS7ja_Z-awCD9EmCkwDJeq9pfNkakbdbc7PR2q_VRt4z3dMReRI1IsQ8ZUYa2DPeCXu8dy-NPR8u5ugaUwR-fIIbx2n-s5zwibXihRyN65i3CxEgXgrdB/s400/elo_concert.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337409389052908226" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 263px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> I luckily got to see them perform twice.</div>
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8IgylAqqceZ5J5e3521Lf0icJToeAm4Hw49qDBMvTahU8fFfLgWi2Gpkc-0DaocSWk3snZxx8ferMh1-9EdFv-i53ALAoQNCVuhk2rbQNkdHzeVWXVVk29dSiIhngvZr_TrVjuktae0l/s400/elo_no_answer.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337404946932771090" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 323px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 324px;" />ELO begin humbly in the earlier 1970 as offshoot of 60s UK band The Move. Roy Wood was behind the initial concept of a rock band augmented by a string section that included cellos, violins, horns and woodwinds . The resulting debut album <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Electric Light Orchestra</span> was released in the UK in 1971 (in the US as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">No Answer</span>) - if you listen to it today, you can hear that they were struggling to find their sound.</div>
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdC4X5gpsaBrc8FRCxrlshH0tnB6ttqAFrR27DBcbL6Lf6psJRMM8hncJZGMVHTGL21hVjS-iwgFI9eDGu3VDis1WkStQ_7Tit0uCgH-4nDD0997ALw46QSyC6VYRjiWoEbBOjmaJ74lR/s400/elo_2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337404948973101346" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 396px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 396px;" />After Wood left the group - Lynne stepped up to lead the band, with Bev Bevan on drums, joined by Richard Tandy on the Moog synthesizer. ELO released their second album, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">ELO 2 </span>in 1973, and had their first U.S. chart hit, a rousing cover version of the Chuck Berry classic <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Roll Over Beethoven</span>.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">On the Third Day</span> was released in late 1973, with the string-infused <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Showdown </span>becoming a hit single. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TJxF0IV9xyQczpolVtW5EP_40yXeVhyphenhyphenlLzhgzNUzfZ3St7i6fDq-SpXevgb8gjl6IzUFVNa_pM3qUo6Or_cOXY7eQ8P6mxLpwgR54jPvqbuye_Fhv3h76124yS1tTDaYSHkn5TBO0Bps/s1600-h/elo_eldorado.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TJxF0IV9xyQczpolVtW5EP_40yXeVhyphenhyphenlLzhgzNUzfZ3St7i6fDq-SpXevgb8gjl6IzUFVNa_pM3qUo6Or_cOXY7eQ8P6mxLpwgR54jPvqbuye_Fhv3h76124yS1tTDaYSHkn5TBO0Bps/s400/elo_eldorado.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337412833734699202" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>With <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Eldorado</span>, the band's fourth album, Lynne hired an orchestra and choir - and their sound had now fully evolved into symphonic rock. The first single off the album, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Can't Get It Out of My Head</span> became a U.S. Top 10 hit and the album became ELO's first gold album. This was the first ELO album I bought, it might have had something to do with the Judy Garland/Margaret Hamilton cover photo. The awesome burlesque-inspired <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Nobody's Child</span> is my favorite track.</div>
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpmmGs0JWUgWExIl0wPj1ToOpj1NgWxfAFBHhiGVJk-V9w6oS5x5LjeA1TUbYeRHGCcxAKiNEjuyjDwDtNPOZHWKOyvt5koi8CLQPGTkeqPi6XyZS6wO51mFlNF7YZVcvx5t3WTGlru7C/s400/elo_face-the-music.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337404957640893874" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 396px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 396px;" />Kelly Groucutt (who recently passed away) joined the band as a bassist and vocalist for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Face The Music </span>and the hit singles <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Evil Woman</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Strange Magic</span> soon followed. The instrumental <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Fire On High</span>, with it's creepy Satanic-sounding backward masking is a masterpiece.</div>
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. <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9FlovbzM1fE&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9FlovbzM1fE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Other great tracks include <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Nightrider</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Down Home Town</span>.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-Ur4jNtkZv_tTLH8fzhxip2WI-CAHq52uKJkkj6W2EmXyVAz8OA5JPW05zBSAaOP3XbL1GKLzOvAWDb-wHQScssBp0uG23vwIu6qi64H26UcdzltgdMvgflzYk1TsmpMdTMP8gXX1-a-/s1600-h/elo_newworld.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-Ur4jNtkZv_tTLH8fzhxip2WI-CAHq52uKJkkj6W2EmXyVAz8OA5JPW05zBSAaOP3XbL1GKLzOvAWDb-wHQScssBp0uG23vwIu6qi64H26UcdzltgdMvgflzYk1TsmpMdTMP8gXX1-a-/s400/elo_newworld.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337407709011209058" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 396px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 396px;" /></a>1976's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">A New World Record</span> gave the band 4 top 10 hits <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Livin’ Thing, Rockaria!, Telephone Line </span>and a cover of The Move's metal athem <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Do Ya</span> - making them international stars. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Tightrope</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">So Fine</span> are also outstanding songs.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWZDArZ_ODUBpNWqzA_aPtI-t5wJPRoeXovwiDG0hYUBBgtMfWk26mQ9vdtT28fngCZm5ufw36bjgdfK2CnbrLy8NDnkSgsgqXIBxydmPLBlfXg8TGI_0YUOmcXOLp0N0nNID3UADm1s3/s1600-h/elo_blue.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWZDArZ_ODUBpNWqzA_aPtI-t5wJPRoeXovwiDG0hYUBBgtMfWk26mQ9vdtT28fngCZm5ufw36bjgdfK2CnbrLy8NDnkSgsgqXIBxydmPLBlfXg8TGI_0YUOmcXOLp0N0nNID3UADm1s3/s400/elo_blue.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337407714844196546" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>1977’s <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Out Of The Blue</span>, a double-album was a worldwide smash and featured global hits <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Turn To Stone, Wild West Hero, Sweet Talkin' Woman</span> (which was released on clear purple vinyl) plus Lynne's greatest musical achievement, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Concerto for a Rainy Day</span> which culminates with the epic <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Mr. Blue Sky.</span></div>
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Around this time future Pixar songsmith Randy Newman recorded a parody/homage to ELO titled <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Story of a Rock and Roll Band.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy-0L12KW7T2n0-edrlGM8b_Qxz4ld5LodiGal4jUQyax53XNiTPV0lJc-Aj6_sAPvLGVlCdgMqXAC5lf1mvQN2Vj6RLq-R47LJbyv9VW3NmlGif_F13JkGsuDIoFbIM7Ooc9Ly9EcfDFR/s1600-h/elo_discovery.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy-0L12KW7T2n0-edrlGM8b_Qxz4ld5LodiGal4jUQyax53XNiTPV0lJc-Aj6_sAPvLGVlCdgMqXAC5lf1mvQN2Vj6RLq-R47LJbyv9VW3NmlGif_F13JkGsuDIoFbIM7Ooc9Ly9EcfDFR/s400/elo_discovery.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337407714276952946" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Discovery</span> in 1979 consolidated that worldwide success with the singles <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Shine A Little Love, Don’t Bring Me Down, </span>and<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> Last Train to London</span> -<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3v6MBHpzZg8&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3v6MBHpzZg8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>which was re-imagined as a catchy pop hit in the 2000s by Atomic Kitten as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Be With You</span>.</div>
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In 1980 came the film soundtrack <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Xanadu</span>. </div>
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Despite the film's poor box-office showing, the soundtrack went double platinum.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUW_UhuZZWonY_8kR4EBl3AjFgrJsX6L0P2SPzreBelkEpVXbyNCJB9OSqnWKOVAV6QnfEgCnRTW0DjPL-vGRAQbfIDS4sQaE9HIiudMYBMKE7RPnF7MrPFj7VJxf9XC4b9MkSkUAQAkfZ/s1600-h/Nine+Sisters.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUW_UhuZZWonY_8kR4EBl3AjFgrJsX6L0P2SPzreBelkEpVXbyNCJB9OSqnWKOVAV6QnfEgCnRTW0DjPL-vGRAQbfIDS4sQaE9HIiudMYBMKE7RPnF7MrPFj7VJxf9XC4b9MkSkUAQAkfZ/s400/Nine+Sisters.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337410415838759474" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 399px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>At the time some ELO fans were mortified that the band was part of a pop music collaboration with Olivia Newton-John -<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6TQ31GdNrZG88v33QLcmQFgRpaBUDCg1MqxTL2hdypx4NmbssirKwBJhAKKI1PYxbjFMlACJdW3lVMhPQvHxkC6qjx8ADeCYFF_Kou6iM4xu7jgrnxnKc43z9LBR97gX_1aA_3m7DhuR/s1600-h/Xanadu_Poster.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6TQ31GdNrZG88v33QLcmQFgRpaBUDCg1MqxTL2hdypx4NmbssirKwBJhAKKI1PYxbjFMlACJdW3lVMhPQvHxkC6qjx8ADeCYFF_Kou6iM4xu7jgrnxnKc43z9LBR97gX_1aA_3m7DhuR/s400/Xanadu_Poster.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337411200576786658" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 259px;" /></a> but time has shown that the songs Lynne contributed to the film (and eventually the Broadway show) are as timeless and beloved as any of the tunes that came before.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcZ-yd5jfX9UDrmj4cLYSkCInmNh6qbEHWbV4X9mwKGK78n_ZyeyHIoa-1JV1O_N4wFHexcp3n78YLuZ6qnvT1vefAfO3U8OpO9ESEEn-qEw_xZcbU0Ochy8GpXoPOI7_UznNdXhcjdMJ/s1600-h/dontwalkaway.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcZ-yd5jfX9UDrmj4cLYSkCInmNh6qbEHWbV4X9mwKGK78n_ZyeyHIoa-1JV1O_N4wFHexcp3n78YLuZ6qnvT1vefAfO3U8OpO9ESEEn-qEw_xZcbU0Ochy8GpXoPOI7_UznNdXhcjdMJ/s400/dontwalkaway.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337408448992080210" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 246px;" /></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Don't Walk Away</span> is possibly the best song Jeff Lynne ever wrote - <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfjXsT9teRU6YmZGIQ5W-Ia5zdCNDW0kip9PBBgzPA5azSBTphSo6oFcuZLHVeD17WqfKB8q3a1hyphenhyphenrEBYuJ7v22rpqh0zAcnA3vU6K6CtAW3sBdNuGd2L7-flLSvxWYr7ecvHroqdOzYo/s1600-h/cheyenne_jackson.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfjXsT9teRU6YmZGIQ5W-Ia5zdCNDW0kip9PBBgzPA5azSBTphSo6oFcuZLHVeD17WqfKB8q3a1hyphenhyphenrEBYuJ7v22rpqh0zAcnA3vU6K6CtAW3sBdNuGd2L7-flLSvxWYr7ecvHroqdOzYo/s400/cheyenne_jackson.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337408449283580370" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 277px;" /></a>and as performed by super hunky Cheyenne Jackson on Broadway - a true classic.</div>
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ELO took a turn towards rockabilly with the hit <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Hold On Tight</span> from the sci-fi concept album <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Time.</span></div>
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Other standout tracks included <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Twilight, The Way Life's Meant to Be, Here Is the News </span>and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Ticket to the Moon.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvh_zlvmh-gEKcHd7b73B9tNTMIElHjamiju_wyiEiN1R_X649zol0slPdeF2e0f_zuz6_UmYMpHDuQ6bs_t8JwaOUl6pWPcIKtjBDS7RHdARfg2F1vYM67qYU0SVOxtikpev5HoVC3zHL/s1600-h/elo_secret.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvh_zlvmh-gEKcHd7b73B9tNTMIElHjamiju_wyiEiN1R_X649zol0slPdeF2e0f_zuz6_UmYMpHDuQ6bs_t8JwaOUl6pWPcIKtjBDS7RHdARfg2F1vYM67qYU0SVOxtikpev5HoVC3zHL/s400/elo_secret.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337424777083140354" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>The silly rockabilly ditty <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Rock ‘N’ Roll Is King </span>was a hit from 1983's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Secret Messages,</span> though the title track is infinitely more satisfying. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSHpRZHJx201fhu5xaJ_7YzLJGOe6udWuVq-oiKlRQEpZvhIRDxb7Dj4WFyvvK8dBCxiRY0z5B2siswhnoZ66Ha4ADU2I1K_3xsX9eKrhHYJ4n97QqtGi1_GoXRWiY7ZbJS3RqDgbSIK_/s1600-h/electric_dreams.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSHpRZHJx201fhu5xaJ_7YzLJGOe6udWuVq-oiKlRQEpZvhIRDxb7Dj4WFyvvK8dBCxiRY0z5B2siswhnoZ66Ha4ADU2I1K_3xsX9eKrhHYJ4n97QqtGi1_GoXRWiY7ZbJS3RqDgbSIK_/s400/electric_dreams.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337408451023673010" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>That same year Bev Bevan left ELO and joined Black Sabbath while Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy contributed songs to the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Electric Dreams</span> soundtrack.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UJu1irc8m8m257SprtmTMpGcGMtlSeWhVPSJgLI9o5jzZ6yR0FFqN5gtm5A-w-B4K5O3NMJTFFatKnkhERLRDz0HI5G3jyDD07Z_J5Ybw8-DhbUk31ObnjFBofpgX7VU-gGgFD6wIfxU/s1600-h/elo_balance.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UJu1irc8m8m257SprtmTMpGcGMtlSeWhVPSJgLI9o5jzZ6yR0FFqN5gtm5A-w-B4K5O3NMJTFFatKnkhERLRDz0HI5G3jyDD07Z_J5Ybw8-DhbUk31ObnjFBofpgX7VU-gGgFD6wIfxU/s400/elo_balance.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337414646346117122" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Lynne, Bevan and Tandy returned to the studio in 1985 for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Balance Of Power</span>–the final ELO album. The single <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Calling America </span>was a minor hit. </div>
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From 1987 onwards, Jeff Lynne became a highly sought-after songwriter and producer, collaborating with artists such as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Brian Wilson. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIKvBL-itdjdSXShjVVjt3oCAf9_EAfwKq5rWXryCKIi02U1SMvMTy4NVetFs6F2Bi1uYydbAiOfZ53knfcDnETCkRv0FscYjEry51ikw48t5SplNbOTm0Pql8RAQZ3Fux8CdjCg8tRCq/s1600-h/jeff.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIKvBL-itdjdSXShjVVjt3oCAf9_EAfwKq5rWXryCKIi02U1SMvMTy4NVetFs6F2Bi1uYydbAiOfZ53knfcDnETCkRv0FscYjEry51ikw48t5SplNbOTm0Pql8RAQZ3Fux8CdjCg8tRCq/s400/jeff.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337410404319190402" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 360px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a>With George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Del Shannon and Bob Dylan, he formed the Grammy-award winning supergroup Traveling Wilburies.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLV1DCBUs5h6X5-huOeTsOEMEqBd5y4dd1HvcmpRewtp0MjsJ3vsM75b31ijrSvmjqO3XhLAX-7N7caieKYml5aez8z7Qw7qHf6VTnekFV_pOSbRJRUCL4VOEf_-27_OW76d64JD-hDKj/s1600-h/elo_part2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLV1DCBUs5h6X5-huOeTsOEMEqBd5y4dd1HvcmpRewtp0MjsJ3vsM75b31ijrSvmjqO3XhLAX-7N7caieKYml5aez8z7Qw7qHf6VTnekFV_pOSbRJRUCL4VOEf_-27_OW76d64JD-hDKj/s400/elo_part2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337409394399525874" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 288px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 288px;" /></a>Meanwhile, Bev Bevan in 1989 formed ELO Part II, with Louis Clark<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> (Hooked on Classics)</span>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZLTKO8Vwu2qiYDB0s4nRpN2gNZpSIg-hSDSRXkfyDljIpGXrE7FNsFNcprLAK2Z8dqBsl5-swoHyxk_FU-6rE5TVd7mOV7zjIeKYSBc14e-C1LzqMD2VEAJPY__dSEwY-emDSsqEUgcU/s1600-h/elo2_moment.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZLTKO8Vwu2qiYDB0s4nRpN2gNZpSIg-hSDSRXkfyDljIpGXrE7FNsFNcprLAK2Z8dqBsl5-swoHyxk_FU-6rE5TVd7mOV7zjIeKYSBc14e-C1LzqMD2VEAJPY__dSEwY-emDSsqEUgcU/s400/elo2_moment.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337409386113148930" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 288px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 288px;" /></a>Former ELO members Mik Kaminski and Kelly Groucutt joined them for a second album, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Moment Of Truth</span>, in 1994. The remaining members continue to tour and record as The Orchestra.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyGhUVsz23D-oE4lc241BBqRv_ziM0CKKCTzD7If70RIwL-lViJSvf-KdAlvdIi6226B_hrKPyg__7XGR0sxjwzUDZ_BzymFpPvKqfY4HJhE0sxvt7KhCWVF35x8gYc14HwPAgv1yf4_r/s1600-h/elo_zoom.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyGhUVsz23D-oE4lc241BBqRv_ziM0CKKCTzD7If70RIwL-lViJSvf-KdAlvdIi6226B_hrKPyg__7XGR0sxjwzUDZ_BzymFpPvKqfY4HJhE0sxvt7KhCWVF35x8gYc14HwPAgv1yf4_r/s400/elo_zoom.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337412105368114514" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 298px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>In 2000 Jeff Lynne released an 3-disc ELO box set, Flashback, containing–among other things–a new, unplugged version <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Xanadu</span>. In 2001, Lynne released a new ELO album called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Zoom</span>. Richard Tandy was back, with George Harrison and Ringo Starr as guests.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3PQRrC6WZaOMyvRrPFe2dUaMuwxQHGYVednEqBV-ESyYKzVnO01hD2EMkTAN42wKxfNkN9EgvKMF16zszZmyGE1k07wSEcZ6Z3x38Cvauzm3nfIlieWP_mTeTqe9ZwdaiEYTj1_0uo_m/s1600-h/lynne_tribute.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3PQRrC6WZaOMyvRrPFe2dUaMuwxQHGYVednEqBV-ESyYKzVnO01hD2EMkTAN42wKxfNkN9EgvKMF16zszZmyGE1k07wSEcZ6Z3x38Cvauzm3nfIlieWP_mTeTqe9ZwdaiEYTj1_0uo_m/s400/lynne_tribute.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337410413082031538" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 396px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 396px;" /></a>In 2004 a tribute album wincingly titled <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Lynne Me Your Ears</span>, this cover anthology featured ELO standards performed by artists such as Todd Rundgren, Sixpence None the Richer, and a host of others.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcocN9hf6G7bm9oPv6xrJASHT_Qea1Y8jWF9w-x55OkS0jr-PlmCO4roGQuhKWQxTneV0xA6UtaGdUfA5Upts7GdBlUuTxwzvdyIHuXKWuVoKx_uL_jLb8XeQYBYsdZhsU_9Lh-MnOd5S/s1600-h/leo_Alpacas_Orgling.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcocN9hf6G7bm9oPv6xrJASHT_Qea1Y8jWF9w-x55OkS0jr-PlmCO4roGQuhKWQxTneV0xA6UtaGdUfA5Upts7GdBlUuTxwzvdyIHuXKWuVoKx_uL_jLb8XeQYBYsdZhsU_9Lh-MnOd5S/s400/leo_Alpacas_Orgling.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337410405190501298" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Another tribute to ELO, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">L.E.O.</span>, features songs are written in Lynne's style and mimic ELO's orchestration and production. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEioC0FknDm01w1L5FGjED8FqIdlKQyAilr7PlpEpaJ8qFyu0RzOXoCPY6kge4f8pFzQYxhwuobI0eLJK42ElWjcv2PkRWm_wMywVcL4aw_v-Pu7B2Xitf6WXKtCUkZJhX0DEXxWyVpnwN/s1600-h/Pussycat_Dolls_-_Beep.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEioC0FknDm01w1L5FGjED8FqIdlKQyAilr7PlpEpaJ8qFyu0RzOXoCPY6kge4f8pFzQYxhwuobI0eLJK42ElWjcv2PkRWm_wMywVcL4aw_v-Pu7B2Xitf6WXKtCUkZJhX0DEXxWyVpnwN/s400/Pussycat_Dolls_-_Beep.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337411201556565202" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 324px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 324px;" /></a>The Pussycat Dolls even sampled <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Evil Woman</span> in their hit <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Beep</span>. </div>
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Most recently, Surrender, a lost song from 1976 was released as a single, followed by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Latitude 88 North,</span> another lost song. So if you are looking for a lyrical escape from the sorry state of music in 2009 - turn back the clocks to a time when The Electric Light Orchestra changed what rock music sounded like and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Roll Over Beethoven.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-48247727111045924802014-10-29T00:00:00.000-07:002014-10-29T22:49:52.544-07:00HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCHIn the tradition of BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS and TROLL 2 (sequels that have <span style="font-style: italic;">absolutely nothing</span> to do with the original), comes HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982, Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace) a sci-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">fi</span> / horror film and the third installment in the popular HALLOWEEN series - but intended to be the first in an annual anthology series, releasing a new storyline every year around Halloween. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLAjkJzD1R8CpHcI3Z6v1cEfgo6sXDgLDXZiZJBxRW0hfEC-GWgFyJ0UAHQHN9m1Q0Pk4U-0XK_NmhmhK2_RdcL8gGHeEJDiDTcHzpWmwN8KGXW2rNoV4gDnNSQcs05K3snPHgeuRaYk/s1600-h/halloweenIII.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLAjkJzD1R8CpHcI3Z6v1cEfgo6sXDgLDXZiZJBxRW0hfEC-GWgFyJ0UAHQHN9m1Q0Pk4U-0XK_NmhmhK2_RdcL8gGHeEJDiDTcHzpWmwN8KGXW2rNoV4gDnNSQcs05K3snPHgeuRaYk/s400/halloweenIII.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397521939544327170" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>So rather that continue the story of madman slasher Michael Myers, this oddball entry focuses on an evil scheme by the wacky owner of the Silver Shamrock Halloween mask company to pull a giant prank on Halloween night by controlling all of America's children through a trio of masks - a witch face, a pumpkin head, and a skull. The only mention of the previous HALLOWEEN films a scene where the trailer for the original film is seen on a TV set.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59PHYZOipgTkLu6EhVAsPrMABDvjR_ZrOQQQIceY2OKwp9SnctTpiSREP2x49RbFOYOrkhdgN6FWdfuzixQXK0rDRrrJcvmtssg6UWFprPbMB6Iq98FB0MSKFnlhc_ycK4jaBQ-SgEaE/s1600-h/H3_dvd.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59PHYZOipgTkLu6EhVAsPrMABDvjR_ZrOQQQIceY2OKwp9SnctTpiSREP2x49RbFOYOrkhdgN6FWdfuzixQXK0rDRrrJcvmtssg6UWFprPbMB6Iq98FB0MSKFnlhc_ycK4jaBQ-SgEaE/s400/H3_dvd.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397520656194949234" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 271px;" /></a>The story goes like this: a week before Halloween, a costume shop owner named Harry is being stalked by gang of dudes wearing business suits. Harry seeks shelter at a service station, but eventually collapses - in his hand is a Silver Shamrock pumpkin head mask. The gas station attendant transports Harry to hospital. Harry warns him <span style="font-style: italic;">"They're gonna kill us. All of us."</span><br />
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We are then treated to the first of many Silver Shamrock Halloween mask TV commercials. Sung to the tune of <span style="font-style: italic;">"London Bridge is Falling Down," </span>the ad counts down the days until Halloween, encouraging child viewers to buy a new Silver Shamrock mask:<span style="font-style: italic;"> "Eight more days 'til Halloween,</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Halloween, Halloween.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Eight more days 'til Halloween,</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Silver Shamrock!"</span> Their advertising budget must have been astronomical!<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_JlPYba3NV0sqipevaIc0uP7bjZK7IPV3B4hpWqlR_4bpMYcPpSnYCVfm3wGTaIc7UylzLs5PUVs4z9Ff6Z-onqgndTJMFXrb-xj_YHMozCYtXVGVSYchUrkR77oQ5kZYzDpo8xVZnc/s1600-h/halloween_3_poster_01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_JlPYba3NV0sqipevaIc0uP7bjZK7IPV3B4hpWqlR_4bpMYcPpSnYCVfm3wGTaIc7UylzLs5PUVs4z9Ff6Z-onqgndTJMFXrb-xj_YHMozCYtXVGVSYchUrkR77oQ5kZYzDpo8xVZnc/s400/halloween_3_poster_01.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397520670143234546" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 261px;" /></a>Next we meet Dan Challis, a hard drinking deadbeat dad who is also a brilliant doctor. Harry is hospitalized, but that doesn't last long, because his first visitor rips his head apart, killing him instantly. And it wasn't even visiting hours!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg003wBDiWAF65DwfSnJ3rpzjVoUZ81uA7oQ8A9yZyYklSHu3tWwpAPv0NquA-xffeiHhKfKJVOnEc2UIHXx7Avu4xYDSCrLSUVDhtDkIfWG3onnqn1mawM-kfLR8WrF95Le54IUAHOY/s1600-h/boom.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg003wBDiWAF65DwfSnJ3rpzjVoUZ81uA7oQ8A9yZyYklSHu3tWwpAPv0NquA-xffeiHhKfKJVOnEc2UIHXx7Avu4xYDSCrLSUVDhtDkIfWG3onnqn1mawM-kfLR8WrF95Le54IUAHOY/s400/boom.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397679185246244498" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 288px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a> The mystery head-ripper then goes to his car, where he drenches himself with gasoline and explodes. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Ka</span>-boom! Enter Harry's young daughter Ellie, who looks like a cross between singers Pat <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Benatar</span>, Toni Basil and HAPPY DAYS' Joanie Cunningham. Ellie and the dirty doc soon team up to figure out what happened to Harry. Dr. Dan needs a drink.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPakm-rNVp624sRb36Pf1lbE0tSuu_pRD16lh8DwtOcZdKqIHgSATuD9UfPLxlBFb-ByWvlKRXjVqvmQ8ZP-Xi4JERjU72_QyqXvx99B9vFLeb_9i3q5dB3vscNJbnr3E0hfj5EX57yM/s1600-h/shop.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPakm-rNVp624sRb36Pf1lbE0tSuu_pRD16lh8DwtOcZdKqIHgSATuD9UfPLxlBFb-ByWvlKRXjVqvmQ8ZP-Xi4JERjU72_QyqXvx99B9vFLeb_9i3q5dB3vscNJbnr3E0hfj5EX57yM/s400/shop.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397679369875350946" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 288px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a>All clues seem to point to Santa Mira, CA, where Harry was last seen. The sleepy town is also the headquarters of the Silver Shamrock Novelty company. Surely Dan is disappointed that there is no happy hour in this town.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEnBIzXJ_63duoPxGMgqcu3aGxT0KYS47cBQLsFN6KjYAu2eDfEifMIwN4H345E_qRNjpJYfukVrHZodv24xSSfKwsoJyqExtnEIRTqmSDBdV0KMkKgymeAawCDk2aFIm4R9s10bPZoY/s1600-h/detectives.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEnBIzXJ_63duoPxGMgqcu3aGxT0KYS47cBQLsFN6KjYAu2eDfEifMIwN4H345E_qRNjpJYfukVrHZodv24xSSfKwsoJyqExtnEIRTqmSDBdV0KMkKgymeAawCDk2aFIm4R9s10bPZoY/s400/detectives.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397679199818127026" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 288px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a>The duo check into the local hotel, where Harry stayed right before he died. When Ellie insists on one room, Dan starts to get ideas about her.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWZxsO2mqlEB6Yu7e6BARqXFISclFrp8iEiRWeSEq7ZEHMb9ghSfrB8fu-7g7QfzDn87rNG_R9AQOJpatpX7TjWqzRB55PcU_HVzkJqmVZYm4GF7ED79t15DKD0-VQTpkIRki1-CbE0A/s1600-h/cockring.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWZxsO2mqlEB6Yu7e6BARqXFISclFrp8iEiRWeSEq7ZEHMb9ghSfrB8fu-7g7QfzDn87rNG_R9AQOJpatpX7TjWqzRB55PcU_HVzkJqmVZYm4GF7ED79t15DKD0-VQTpkIRki1-CbE0A/s400/cockring.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397679196913697810" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 288px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a>They soon learn <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Conal</span> Cochran (who I swore they called <span style="font-style: italic;">"Colonel <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Cockring</span>"</span> ) and his mask factory are the sole source of income for Santa Mira. Meanwhile, booze hound Dan keeps calling his flirty Shelly Long lookalike friend who works in the hospital morgue to check if she's found anything the the ashes of the exploded car. This happens about three times.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dEmC5vFP05TfAIlio6zMS6J5Kp8MW9yShcKvVeAI_9G3wN3jsr8X5FBm5OuvnR7k0tRiIOzROnmr3H8u5MowGVNdaJHsJ-mWbpTsTvsNdmwqmvM5hZBSkdbjAx49jU5LS2NmyKpk1TQ/s1600-h/halloween_3_poster_02.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dEmC5vFP05TfAIlio6zMS6J5Kp8MW9yShcKvVeAI_9G3wN3jsr8X5FBm5OuvnR7k0tRiIOzROnmr3H8u5MowGVNdaJHsJ-mWbpTsTvsNdmwqmvM5hZBSkdbjAx49jU5LS2NmyKpk1TQ/s400/halloween_3_poster_02.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397529372920653794" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 302px;" /></a>Suddenly the movie becomes NATIONAL LAMPOON'S HALLOWEEN when we meet the other guests of the hotel: loudmouth Marge <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Guttman</span> and the Buddy and Betty <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Kupfer</span> and their son Little Buddy. They are all there to order new masks for Halloween - which is now only days away!!!Later, Dan and Ellie have sex. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Ewwwww</span>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOGiqRlHTLFPjLUD0xh87eQ_aP-8cQ2opdrhTBHweRFnAlJYefr61uIBjWpxkzVZpF_iuLKyDnwyLk1IoamSNV-DQwgECyp-krlqIvsQflfsbyP57dSlUT9LONeWpbzFeiRIBVsZ6vQo/s1600-h/masks.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOGiqRlHTLFPjLUD0xh87eQ_aP-8cQ2opdrhTBHweRFnAlJYefr61uIBjWpxkzVZpF_iuLKyDnwyLk1IoamSNV-DQwgECyp-krlqIvsQflfsbyP57dSlUT9LONeWpbzFeiRIBVsZ6vQo/s400/masks.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397529369088245346" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 294px;" /></a> The next day, the group gets a tour the Silver Shamrock factory and meet Mr. Burns, er Col. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Cockring</span>, er Cochran. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvW3D2f03ZIUXhpziETZKxZXJXN8FzyAD4_7tfywHTW-7QPZYti5bzYrxNDVrbaCSwpmP6BV8eX2dMrk3_R4QVNAOLCJdOFH4IRzm9KSYPenc_Q0D918FXxHkWudRRwX02WBszaJrRWM/s1600-h/suits.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvW3D2f03ZIUXhpziETZKxZXJXN8FzyAD4_7tfywHTW-7QPZYti5bzYrxNDVrbaCSwpmP6BV8eX2dMrk3_R4QVNAOLCJdOFH4IRzm9KSYPenc_Q0D918FXxHkWudRRwX02WBszaJrRWM/s400/suits.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397679376961084482" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 288px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a>All of Mr. C's workers seem to be young white men dressed in suits. Turns out Harry's car is being stored in the basement of the factory.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrrScjFt0FKTVypj-COnFd0Y5FC8hnqCZ_l3zU0tffx-H9kpzxGaDxgVERY6Ofhv7GHLzdcXgOny6Rbg0Y4podPctT-Nx3LkkGc6klHiyj0T831XuMxHY2JhDy1_lhKGBIaGORbMU8hU/s1600-h/captive.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrrScjFt0FKTVypj-COnFd0Y5FC8hnqCZ_l3zU0tffx-H9kpzxGaDxgVERY6Ofhv7GHLzdcXgOny6Rbg0Y4podPctT-Nx3LkkGc6klHiyj0T831XuMxHY2JhDy1_lhKGBIaGORbMU8hU/s400/captive.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397679193093466034" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 288px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a>After Ellie is kidnapped by the men in suits, Dan sneaks into the factory, where he learns that Mr. C.'s henchmen are actually robots! What? Soon Dan is captured too and Mr. C. reveals that the Silver Shamrock logo on the inside of the rubber masks contain a device that is powered by a crumb of Stonehenge! Seriously.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVMNm7_v2P71TIdznWPoGQOpHNKANXsvsCY5peEFiiZiaQCcEiydbQvSOLrAbmDwsC2yOw2i9TpTZzlPXdNRHrzDtP-E3ny5rusnwygMm93T7b6KPn1TYs13ULaNR-xUNUQmplrSV6Ss/s1600-h/pumpkinhead.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVMNm7_v2P71TIdznWPoGQOpHNKANXsvsCY5peEFiiZiaQCcEiydbQvSOLrAbmDwsC2yOw2i9TpTZzlPXdNRHrzDtP-E3ny5rusnwygMm93T7b6KPn1TYs13ULaNR-xUNUQmplrSV6Ss/s400/pumpkinhead.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397529550229043250" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 264px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>When final Silver Shamrock TV commercial airs simultaneously on all three networks on Halloween, the device will activate, causing the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">childrens</span>' heads to dissolve and emitting both crickets and snakes. Happy Halloween!<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-klSOv3pi-53SxQpi61RYGqdbL1ur6LHvE4i2Fg9-vUxaSUX8ZQixlxawMd6cqP6v0Ja6WsJ72_qo2dcsxtqZZGoLYSbjeRXQUIiZ71mnTXR_aml2H7D2zA4mTn2Coo5n2W5Oq5CQVvU/s1600-h/H3_cast.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-klSOv3pi-53SxQpi61RYGqdbL1ur6LHvE4i2Fg9-vUxaSUX8ZQixlxawMd6cqP6v0Ja6WsJ72_qo2dcsxtqZZGoLYSbjeRXQUIiZ71mnTXR_aml2H7D2zA4mTn2Coo5n2W5Oq5CQVvU/s400/H3_cast.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397679198544679842" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 120px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>I don't want to spoil it, but in the end Dan manages to escape, rescue Ellie, and sabotage Mr. C's plans. Lots of things go boom and Halloween is saved from the Grinch. A surprise twist ending causes one to yell "what the fuck?" to the TV screen elevates this flick to an 7 outta 10. My biggest disappointment is that there's no witch anywhere in the film, except for the rubber mask...shouldn't it have been subtitled SEASON OF THE MASK?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-31548428111941444592014-08-29T23:11:00.000-07:002014-08-31T20:40:47.812-07:00What's My Line? (Again)While I enjoy my holiday weekend, here's a post from 2008.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidG16v33sprjWGgsTXPTWW1NzjbdvNgle6fy8hFICAjL0p3UM1pyI7TkC7BENHOmNMdbhZQB6vwcdobcP2FM-YQJc3_h5kOEHNvQy4M9rIR3Sc8-TIFrQgxqJ4BqNDtEiSOEGPVozZupU/s1600-h/hirschfield.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidG16v33sprjWGgsTXPTWW1NzjbdvNgle6fy8hFICAjL0p3UM1pyI7TkC7BENHOmNMdbhZQB6vwcdobcP2FM-YQJc3_h5kOEHNvQy4M9rIR3Sc8-TIFrQgxqJ4BqNDtEiSOEGPVozZupU/s400/hirschfield.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269896722249177202" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 391px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>WHAT'S MY LINE is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">the </span>greatest panel game show on TV <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">ever</span>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYXoRVS1gb-CAcu6gIqzwoG1kMauv_IIac5VXVtJSvhbY11UM8AzEYNBFNP1DnYDYPalVEHaZOjfaK_vUNYePdQgquXpZxrX2fefBwFEvDJNk4AnXSGC4Bg2Dj_Mwx5c9VMN_fLDupGCo/s1600-h/wml_tvg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYXoRVS1gb-CAcu6gIqzwoG1kMauv_IIac5VXVtJSvhbY11UM8AzEYNBFNP1DnYDYPalVEHaZOjfaK_vUNYePdQgquXpZxrX2fefBwFEvDJNk4AnXSGC4Bg2Dj_Mwx5c9VMN_fLDupGCo/s400/wml_tvg.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269901396635878370" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 325px;" /></a>Sure the two other Goodson-Todman classics were TO TELL THE TRUTH - which had an <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">awesome</span> theme song (and the great Kitty Carlisle) and I'VE GOT A SECRET, which had the future Mrs. Pamela Vorhees (Betsy Palmer) on its panel- but WML?, which ran on CBS in primetime from 1950 through 1967 and in syndication from 1968 to 1975 is the granddaddy of all guessing games. THE MATCH GAME, which I love, is in a different category altogether.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qvrbod4ROzSlnDyST83Dx8RTzWwyUFUyP-yqz1-bG_46vok2drx_WJGbMw_rKuEuqLKvea44iP3F_JmkdXHKRraiXJByT3QeYli7rJ1YR23yjs2fyC-3NidqwlN2r3YWQ93P6FulDrc/s1600-h/panel2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qvrbod4ROzSlnDyST83Dx8RTzWwyUFUyP-yqz1-bG_46vok2drx_WJGbMw_rKuEuqLKvea44iP3F_JmkdXHKRraiXJByT3QeYli7rJ1YR23yjs2fyC-3NidqwlN2r3YWQ93P6FulDrc/s400/panel2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269896722599425650" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 330px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Oddly I only discovered WML? only about 7 years ago when it was airing as part of the Game Show Network's vintage Sunday night line-up. I do kinda recall seeing the syndicated version when I was a kid, but it didn't really leave a great impression on me. Reruns of the B&W classics still air weeknights at 3AM on GSN and have been a fixture on my dvr for the most of the Bush years. I have now seen each episode at least three or times each - and I still <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">cannot</span> stop watching. It's "comfort TV" in a sea of loud, abrasive game shows that populate today's TV landscape.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRrnp5oac-deRVjb685wVbl3wo3kT0R4A7E6flIqOvUqsrIr_YpSbfsCfh66EM7b7A1de2hCUEN-kQjgw8u2a3CHParvtFDp_ze_oWMCfAxhsdr0GaIFKpfL8LCRKsArso2DoSuEQdQs/s1600-h/wml_set.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRrnp5oac-deRVjb685wVbl3wo3kT0R4A7E6flIqOvUqsrIr_YpSbfsCfh66EM7b7A1de2hCUEN-kQjgw8u2a3CHParvtFDp_ze_oWMCfAxhsdr0GaIFKpfL8LCRKsArso2DoSuEQdQs/s400/wml_set.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269899262550695858" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 264px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>The original version, for most of its run, aired LIVE weekly on Sunday nights from New York City with filmed playbacks airing a week later on the west coast. Hosted by honored ABC newsman John Charles Daly, the show was low on glitz, but big on smarts.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzW9EO70NvHZ8wSm9OchaNv3O5p0r2Ya9-v6wdvi9xJkeeqlzZn1q-EK0rGDv3aMgBspvw-DcxzO1R4jNzGfPWGFvq807Debb-WGb1lvOKIRvITIaT6GQlmZitq8YdKd6GtEVgxe5VOxY/s1600-h/wml_dvd1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzW9EO70NvHZ8wSm9OchaNv3O5p0r2Ya9-v6wdvi9xJkeeqlzZn1q-EK0rGDv3aMgBspvw-DcxzO1R4jNzGfPWGFvq807Debb-WGb1lvOKIRvITIaT6GQlmZitq8YdKd6GtEVgxe5VOxY/s400/wml_dvd1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269899250387188226" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 276px;" /></a>The game itself was simple - contestants came on and the four panel members tried to determine what they did for a living through a series of "yes" and "no" questions. The big prize of $50 was awarded to players who could stump the panel. A special feature, usually the third round of the evening, was a "mystery guest" who the panel would try to identify while blindfolded. These individuals were usually <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOP951kSvu0">showbiz</a> folks who had a movie or show to promote, but sometimes were politicians, athletes or newsmakers of the day. Fun!<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCNorMfYoaTnwrvljE7OhyphenhyphenwProoyzLsLpkXnG_WRI0FNvggocY1kR50k9goC8BKqBotKG8wow03fobwpWIyIdnzJu-kNjV0RlKcVvbXSUmWX6BxMAWqES23z6fKNJEizGhHtkHlXJ8GE/s1600-h/wml_opening.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCNorMfYoaTnwrvljE7OhyphenhyphenwProoyzLsLpkXnG_WRI0FNvggocY1kR50k9goC8BKqBotKG8wow03fobwpWIyIdnzJu-kNjV0RlKcVvbXSUmWX6BxMAWqES23z6fKNJEizGhHtkHlXJ8GE/s400/wml_opening.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269899248984932290" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 306px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>The panelists changed little over the years. The main players were:<br />
Broadway gossip columnist Dorothy Kilgallen - an uptight old-school conservative with a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">vicious</span> determination to win the game. Miss Kilgallen was dubbed "the chinless wonder" by her nemesis Frank Sinatra and also co-hosted a radio chat show with her husband Dick Kollmar while carrying on a torrid affair with bisexual crooner Johnny Ray. <a href="http://www.jfkresearch.com/morningstar/killgallen.htm">Dorothy died suddenly of a drug overdose in 1965 while investigating the JFK assassination.</a> Hmmm... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimoA07mRpG9G5RybSNnrJEP4iDcaiK2icvoHWIn1SmbYA4TFaUKFXoHaa2Gy-pLwc11YfzZ5HNvlfMt_29KBh53pCn6fkn19si5HWAq_-Ys_2Z3wXx4WF9WIfRvuotBsXD-Q8Fkt4gwA0/s1600-h/kilgallen.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimoA07mRpG9G5RybSNnrJEP4iDcaiK2icvoHWIn1SmbYA4TFaUKFXoHaa2Gy-pLwc11YfzZ5HNvlfMt_29KBh53pCn6fkn19si5HWAq_-Ys_2Z3wXx4WF9WIfRvuotBsXD-Q8Fkt4gwA0/s400/kilgallen.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269897625955518626" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 273px;" /></a>An account of her life and death was published in 1979. A fictional account of her affair with <a href="http://www.johnnieray.com/main.html">Johnny Ray</a> followed in 2002 and <a href="http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/10/03/news/dorothy-kilgallen-story-optioned-for-big-screen-biopic">A film based on her story has recently been optioned. </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSjwHV1emBUzvk3I-zfzM-iJt3y9LxFXFAof7G7WT5aqQCEC1mKcjQHnIsn8eqJeWWuVZ0ktdohMtYeO4_p-SRDwcu1ZwH8wlnZzq34AOzxZqHw2l2XJtbb_ImDUjeyLozm67Ak1OS9Q/s1600-h/missK.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSjwHV1emBUzvk3I-zfzM-iJt3y9LxFXFAof7G7WT5aqQCEC1mKcjQHnIsn8eqJeWWuVZ0ktdohMtYeO4_p-SRDwcu1ZwH8wlnZzq34AOzxZqHw2l2XJtbb_ImDUjeyLozm67Ak1OS9Q/s400/missK.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269897631559777058" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /></a> The lovely <a href="http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/francisarle/francisarle.htm">Arlene Francis was a Broadway and film actress and a daytime talk-show hostess</a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjK3arMctZjfdPDU3j1NFdV3o2hz0HcEZ8HMmXB7obki6qjcUc3ImaHk0ldEcj_wfmrmlcH5e6DtefJwGd1EWqVpf1HdrZLems3ePrkDFHSpxHYC7DmmuozWsdDkWtt0hZ3N1araWCtNY/s1600-h/wmltvg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjK3arMctZjfdPDU3j1NFdV3o2hz0HcEZ8HMmXB7obki6qjcUc3ImaHk0ldEcj_wfmrmlcH5e6DtefJwGd1EWqVpf1HdrZLems3ePrkDFHSpxHYC7DmmuozWsdDkWtt0hZ3N1araWCtNY/s400/wmltvg.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269901400990623986" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 290px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Her honest sweetness and delightful humor were a direct contrast to Dorothy's seemingly constant discomfort and stern, guarded personality. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL72XMftVszcvt__ouJMBMDlvVey8OsADW9vKfuKvXIWgUkvp9Y1hyphenhyphen0YJ5zIDOpGqTslw0uObts6N0uiBHsgb1XuVSi5rHgwpouZioNcSewWYjm0pm4YcFzbgprSfs042udjVsyk7NGI/s1600-h/eyepatch.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL72XMftVszcvt__ouJMBMDlvVey8OsADW9vKfuKvXIWgUkvp9Y1hyphenhyphen0YJ5zIDOpGqTslw0uObts6N0uiBHsgb1XuVSi5rHgwpouZioNcSewWYjm0pm4YcFzbgprSfs042udjVsyk7NGI/s400/eyepatch.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269896719664949506" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 272px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a>Arlene was also quite a fashionista, often dressed to the nines, while at sixes and sevens was Dorothy. Miss Francis was sheer class - but not a prude. Some of the show's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">sassiest</span> double entendres came from her lips. Arlene appeared on the syndicated version into the 1970s. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Vv9zQEzl5BznmbfdVo_0dazzjTUB3w3JRwHHlMJFPBfjDWWPW75ZP2wo6eYksDXTr4xfQpLUn9DpaeelQl0cg1VQs8dC-XELC0FGwsPvcOGWydN0EK8CZXzeegNxi5vheXoHehzoEjE/s1600-h/wml%3F2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Vv9zQEzl5BznmbfdVo_0dazzjTUB3w3JRwHHlMJFPBfjDWWPW75ZP2wo6eYksDXTr4xfQpLUn9DpaeelQl0cg1VQs8dC-XELC0FGwsPvcOGWydN0EK8CZXzeegNxi5vheXoHehzoEjE/s400/wml%3F2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269898533938064738" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 277px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 392px;" /></a>Miss Francis' memoirs were published in 1978, she passed away in 2001 at the age of 93.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviEmdPT32hONuP_NUKbwECCwG-kjr779zvEciWKtZlj6eR9YnI0DTrCSrocwVGkiZZOK8paByDNTSX27KyASDSGRr5PIlX39R_ijYZ7vWyCiZIVQoZdjBTZZlPAkE_by1KqMCV97rYdM/s1600-h/arlene.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviEmdPT32hONuP_NUKbwECCwG-kjr779zvEciWKtZlj6eR9YnI0DTrCSrocwVGkiZZOK8paByDNTSX27KyASDSGRr5PIlX39R_ijYZ7vWyCiZIVQoZdjBTZZlPAkE_by1KqMCV97rYdM/s400/arlene.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269897623394281346" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 276px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"Is it bigger than a bread box?"</span> came from the tirelessly witty and <a href="http://www.cfiwest.org/">then uber-liberal Steve Allen</a>, who was an early panelist, though he left to pursue other endeavors (like creating THE TONIGHT SHOW). His replacement was sourpuss comedian Fred Allen (no relation) who sat on the panel from 1953 until his death in 1956.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomvCFfHJm_c7QeyQ9ayjCigaNpCSZp_KNtY4EfZ3_Lzd9JHQwqbRaGB1KFh_qQVujj4OSFiQKDWJPnW3GLFDaJrkNDF-9MOPxQIdqXXeXHx7UnHyt9SCpxBGzhQ9VlFPXwejmRVkTGWA/s1600-h/wml_panel.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomvCFfHJm_c7QeyQ9ayjCigaNpCSZp_KNtY4EfZ3_Lzd9JHQwqbRaGB1KFh_qQVujj4OSFiQKDWJPnW3GLFDaJrkNDF-9MOPxQIdqXXeXHx7UnHyt9SCpxBGzhQ9VlFPXwejmRVkTGWA/s400/wml_panel.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269899257376926162" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 227px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Steve returned on occasion after Fred's death, and rotating celebs filling this spot included the ever-spiffy Tony Randall, smart-guy Robert Q. Lewis and the likable Martin Gabel (Mr. Arlene Francis). Other memorable guest panelists include the brilliantly insane <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUXdrS2N4nM&feature=related">Groucho Marx</a>, the entertaining Ernie Kovas and the exasperating Victor Borge.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Hl7DsLi6w0z753ipduBvHO8lZHy5baOxx3jB2Xt2jOSgqPgBEITEnqLqO9iaOWeLDEfo6coIZUIWtVpgVsARpF1yfodM8onu0MWSUKCC_J-mBZu1ZXwvSk1TyxM2r-WBBzA9c-DAz3E/s1600-h/panel3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Hl7DsLi6w0z753ipduBvHO8lZHy5baOxx3jB2Xt2jOSgqPgBEITEnqLqO9iaOWeLDEfo6coIZUIWtVpgVsARpF1yfodM8onu0MWSUKCC_J-mBZu1ZXwvSk1TyxM2r-WBBzA9c-DAz3E/s400/panel3.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269896725874710626" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 268px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a> The final regular panelist was <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/335/000044203/">Bennett Cerf</a>, who's day job was running the Random House publishing empire. Bennett was always making corny jokes, awkward remarks and odd non-sequitors. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNlQ1LjZJDdcBGU0OL5IQWEFef_DaYDtEfbxi1dcJHAObmoPJEh9XUSEX0COSdq0TQYVTi4sgtvoymSt77llUyYOdESxweyuhWIujrnnMPgfkJvsnSAKdPV9L1ez4MwVKBFd_SAG9MVU/s1600-h/bennett.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNlQ1LjZJDdcBGU0OL5IQWEFef_DaYDtEfbxi1dcJHAObmoPJEh9XUSEX0COSdq0TQYVTi4sgtvoymSt77llUyYOdESxweyuhWIujrnnMPgfkJvsnSAKdPV9L1ez4MwVKBFd_SAG9MVU/s400/bennett.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269897623022320178" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 261px;" /></a>He was like having a charming, but embarrassing "grandpa" on the panel. He died in 1971. His collection of reminiscences,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> AT RANDOM, </span>was collected in 1977.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWScXogsVulz78S_ySl6nBrWRn0kGGNj8mfKxFxiOA03wiJc5JwDGlIfvSqQkdhNdf1tDnoVFM8QX6fo1bBeQwWfA9tezvJfvkZIJyplpoqNYsTsTUl313rKRvQ0XuegMWRQWNFvtPNEo/s1600-h/wml_ad.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWScXogsVulz78S_ySl6nBrWRn0kGGNj8mfKxFxiOA03wiJc5JwDGlIfvSqQkdhNdf1tDnoVFM8QX6fo1bBeQwWfA9tezvJfvkZIJyplpoqNYsTsTUl313rKRvQ0XuegMWRQWNFvtPNEo/s400/wml_ad.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269898539099578578" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 315px;" /></a>Part of the fun of WHAT'S MY LINE? is watching these people interact. It's as if there was a weekly cocktail party where five friends played a parlor game and the viewer was invited to watch. While the occupations of contestants are sometimes un-PC ("<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">lady lawyer" ,"lady chiropractor", etc</span>.) or downright offensive (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"bullfighter"</span>) it's very interesting from a historical perspective to see what REAL men and women were like during the 1950s and 60s. Producer Gil Fates wrote a wonderful account of his 25 years with WML? in 1978.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLr4MDWtiENQ_QXMga4rgVlOq2NeZcbiQlG-RQewQDw6zVGSdm0TeGMUKxtW9BWKZz6yuVxPmVyV-ecSK5bbhuF-FJCsw7vpETz8M5lwDxWZ7g4txlNS34nsghzX6gQEuKVnQfL_pRFb4/s1600-h/wml_book.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLr4MDWtiENQ_QXMga4rgVlOq2NeZcbiQlG-RQewQDw6zVGSdm0TeGMUKxtW9BWKZz6yuVxPmVyV-ecSK5bbhuF-FJCsw7vpETz8M5lwDxWZ7g4txlNS34nsghzX6gQEuKVnQfL_pRFb4/s400/wml_book.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269899247286595282" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 269px;" /></a>Some recurring popular "mystery guests" include Jack Lemmon (8 appearances),<br />
Jerry Lewis (7), Lucille Ball (6), Joan Crawford (5) and Bette Davis (5). <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLluyXsdEEykv2vw4NeGDSVOrwPQlNMYXzNrG3oPFV8fY_GkH9QXsIouL88n6M5A5YHR-otmydZbWBLP6LjmNoaLrsyPn3PSCoUldLxY0xYrmi_CcCW3_5XOVST5v40Oy08YF-wkkswA/s1600-h/supremes.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLluyXsdEEykv2vw4NeGDSVOrwPQlNMYXzNrG3oPFV8fY_GkH9QXsIouL88n6M5A5YHR-otmydZbWBLP6LjmNoaLrsyPn3PSCoUldLxY0xYrmi_CcCW3_5XOVST5v40Oy08YF-wkkswA/s400/supremes.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269897634903386178" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 273px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Other memorable guests include Carol Channing, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6bUVVWYu8c">Judy Garland</a>, Jacqueline Susann, Ethel Merman, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86cCoEhJ2VY">Sal Mineo</a>, Doris Day, Phyllis Diller,<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw5SLhDvbR8&feature=related"> Barbara Streisand</a> and The Supremes.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftV0ha1iKbLrQpXuVe5VU3qhRPGKoZRROe8OnSutLpMPBh0r-igmQMM7A2dlFuus3rBkXlBENJ1valv3An6FxX-jWgisOEvH1Dny1yMCsSA-R8Wb0pYz5Dea7RjlmXpCcQwo9C0dil5Y/s1600-h/60s_panel.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftV0ha1iKbLrQpXuVe5VU3qhRPGKoZRROe8OnSutLpMPBh0r-igmQMM7A2dlFuus3rBkXlBENJ1valv3An6FxX-jWgisOEvH1Dny1yMCsSA-R8Wb0pYz5Dea7RjlmXpCcQwo9C0dil5Y/s400/60s_panel.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269896716288370210" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 252px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>The syndicated version was hosted by Wally Bruner and then by Larry Blyden. Just as this edition was coming to a close, a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/4439/wmlat25.html">25th Anniversary Special</a></span><a href="http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/4439/wmlat25.html"> </a>aired on ABC in 1975. Unfortunately most individuals involved with the show have now passed on, with panelist Martin Gabel passing in 1986. Host John Charles Daly and panelist Robert Q. Lewis both died in 1991. Steve Allen died in 2000, after sadly having become quite conservative in his old age and the ever-classy Tony Randall died in 2004. (Before he died, Tony forbid Bush and Cheney to attend his funeral - gotta love that!)<br />
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A live stage version of WML? hosted by <a href="http://www.jkeith.net/">J. Keith Van Straaten</a> ran in LA for a few years, and later in NYC. It was tons of fun, and I was in the audience almost every week. Some cool panelists and mystery guests were featured. I suspect that it will be back one day.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpyjbegqsA2gZK-UfdqVuJE7hITcgVAmyfo4-0rKakDXDYH1QkerG4IVnyfbuUlD6pPjF8ZlG60CVPnseAVhHLdh57SgP2JA3wsmlHu3PUnfWGV3bxLfeFi11rg8hxK1Npz2HLfLk82Zo/s1600-h/wml%3F1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpyjbegqsA2gZK-UfdqVuJE7hITcgVAmyfo4-0rKakDXDYH1QkerG4IVnyfbuUlD6pPjF8ZlG60CVPnseAVhHLdh57SgP2JA3wsmlHu3PUnfWGV3bxLfeFi11rg8hxK1Npz2HLfLk82Zo/s400/wml%3F1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269898535259366146" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 245px;" /></a>Rumors of a <a href="http://gameshows.about.com/b/2008/07/27/will-david-hasselhoff-and-fremantle-revive-whats-my-line.htm">new primetime revival on NBC surfaced earlier this year, with David Hasselhoff</a> attached to host. I think I'd prefer to play a home game like this one:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoAmfqOLs3OwuXoliX1TudJE-ynzEO5C8hSjivoIligpc7wYodxo1NjS6FYlokf3uujtHjB39R7zL_G1VfajAVgWPoUZUkhA1kUziGCBXcyFQj5XDla0Nsk-ccWV0st3zLQSi6FtItTQ/s1600-h/wml_board.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoAmfqOLs3OwuXoliX1TudJE-ynzEO5C8hSjivoIligpc7wYodxo1NjS6FYlokf3uujtHjB39R7zL_G1VfajAVgWPoUZUkhA1kUziGCBXcyFQj5XDla0Nsk-ccWV0st3zLQSi6FtItTQ/s400/wml_board.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269898537013809474" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 163px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>or even this one:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rWFpx385oWXfTjbfmWxANj2Hlf2EzqAvPoQ-qMlPeQWxiaO2PywS0ruFclOgBZm_A5p1dsi3I-8D0CxjeWVFa7C8n8Q49luY1FzJ9po3wBRhJTlO48Ijppk_IGxHyGiHw4gcmfsRZUg/s1600-h/wml_board2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rWFpx385oWXfTjbfmWxANj2Hlf2EzqAvPoQ-qMlPeQWxiaO2PywS0ruFclOgBZm_A5p1dsi3I-8D0CxjeWVFa7C8n8Q49luY1FzJ9po3wBRhJTlO48Ijppk_IGxHyGiHw4gcmfsRZUg/s400/wml_board2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269898541150511442" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 277px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>That's all for now, but there's so much more to the WHAT'S MY LINE story to tell...maybe some day.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-89534055977661122672014-07-17T08:35:00.000-07:002014-07-18T23:08:29.554-07:00Who Killed Teddy Bear?From 2009 - in honor of Elaine Stritch.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8Ovm9sNyK1Qirtc7pZbel-edhzlEUF1CYxBWFZAZ_bctyyaF4zGDJI3Ptb5dPykc4iRrJ8V1xvtG_5-6b0PzR-1sby6Z7of6nxWOHBb_dbjLbV7Ur-H-5f_RMYo1_h4U8ENymo55KuM9/s1600/teddy_poster.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338672949794601570" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR (1965, directed by Joseph Cates, <a href="http://dougsploitation.blogspot.com/2007/09/fat-spy.html">THE FAT SPY</a>) is a film which I've been dying to see for close to 15 years. After devouring H. Paul Jeffer's 2000 tome <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Sal Mineo: His Life, Murder and Mystery</span> - I sought out and found a rare (aka bootleg) copy of the film on dvd.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GeKi-iMvW7AEY6-0yXVXUyzefvILB3-Jp4u5EQY-AOTdQi0p0OvGaE_biUTJGKWUGVlecs8RSERGyxttSYL5raNL3CFabT3_ZHCzAaFbetHPSanqcjDUSj6oGYMlS_D-0mO0AYImH_JV/s400/sal_book.jpg" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338676514974167202" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 260px;" width="260" />Editor's note - an even better biography by Michael Michaud came out in 2010 and is rumored to be in development as a feature film by James Franco!<br />
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While I was always familiar with Sal Mineo and his tragic story, I now have a slight obsession with the attractive, baby-faced, twice Oscar nominated actor.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEmfnZolPS1BdNgLEn3Hxg1k6yktiS3k4XUvTmn6sTsjitZxZtghe_P4-JLKqRauss33cdbMaqB48yMcCyKuzuP-dBYzuFdOE3df7zKCkt27o2OJlfVjQR3BVo1FKKXtu616L5KaW335_/s1600-h/teddy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEmfnZolPS1BdNgLEn3Hxg1k6yktiS3k4XUvTmn6sTsjitZxZtghe_P4-JLKqRauss33cdbMaqB48yMcCyKuzuP-dBYzuFdOE3df7zKCkt27o2OJlfVjQR3BVo1FKKXtu616L5KaW335_/s1600/teddy.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338672955292359234" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR is psychological thriller written by Arnold Drake (creator of DC Comics' DOOM PATROL and DEADMAN-who would have thunk?). <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHcCDgksHudCtF8JegQYqDsctvIilQg0mF4frPu9cYwcNxKVBMIOHjYFnFBJew7nx4i1grCWwApifolc9S8riW-4bvUyl4lITP9zilHJk8TyIEjxppjdMTiwAzLAkKsHf2wIkiCWpVwkS/s1600-h/doompatrol124.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHcCDgksHudCtF8JegQYqDsctvIilQg0mF4frPu9cYwcNxKVBMIOHjYFnFBJew7nx4i1grCWwApifolc9S8riW-4bvUyl4lITP9zilHJk8TyIEjxppjdMTiwAzLAkKsHf2wIkiCWpVwkS/s1600/doompatrol124.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338676520854981138" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>The noir-ish film is notable for it's frank sexuality and it's rare objectification of the male body–but at it's heart it's mainly a sordid tale about the wacky staff of a popular midtown Manhattan danceclub. By the way, this post is chock full of SPOILERS.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTl3-DEnDfOe-wOBr0j900CGUsq9jqVReUarbLxrNqj0VXou2pSKXFzb_21T6INNzw7yuOOq4dvbRv9v8K3KT11LlTWNG7o7GjOeb6S8kCwHw35a033y9aGnqpN7UvyN_cbBI7vQhA7i7Y/s1600-h/sal.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTl3-DEnDfOe-wOBr0j900CGUsq9jqVReUarbLxrNqj0VXou2pSKXFzb_21T6INNzw7yuOOq4dvbRv9v8K3KT11LlTWNG7o7GjOeb6S8kCwHw35a033y9aGnqpN7UvyN_cbBI7vQhA7i7Y/s1600/sal.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338672960642994354" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>The film opens with a great theme song (sung by Dougsploitation favorite <a href="http://dougsploitation.blogspot.com/search?q=leslie+uggams">Leslie Uggams</a>) a blurry shot of a two half-naked people in a compromising position groping at each other and the credits continue over this sexy scene until a little girl screams, drops her teddy bear and falls down a flight of stairs! Oopsie!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrJ1WG4CRXU7U-fjCEjUuUQPtQX2m2mA4XipBxfyrgYaxlWsr860Au8Ukn0ruoUhsaF0E9ER26zr-L7lrFX6FtPqHhmWn05slHuXQJ4Iy58r1l6Fki7JFcJyAd34-EK4w9wDLzgV4BEpQ/s1600-h/girl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrJ1WG4CRXU7U-fjCEjUuUQPtQX2m2mA4XipBxfyrgYaxlWsr860Au8Ukn0ruoUhsaF0E9ER26zr-L7lrFX6FtPqHhmWn05slHuXQJ4Iy58r1l6Fki7JFcJyAd34-EK4w9wDLzgV4BEpQ/s1600/girl.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338672965316334226" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>We see a male in tighty whities (apparently the first time briefs, not boxers, were shown in a somewhat mainstream film).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmi35YOY-VRcnGmuLDmWKcfX_Xets5Esv67LPGYR50DeHvu1rLGPTMg1c9NH2MDWJ9DQIWJ3G5f0rnWwrBlzynw6ruRgqow7w-DU6GRzt9-TXLybJBk0TEH4ZPbr6CnwBMqrt-3JxTojc/s1600-h/tighty.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmi35YOY-VRcnGmuLDmWKcfX_Xets5Esv67LPGYR50DeHvu1rLGPTMg1c9NH2MDWJ9DQIWJ3G5f0rnWwrBlzynw6ruRgqow7w-DU6GRzt9-TXLybJBk0TEH4ZPbr6CnwBMqrt-3JxTojc/s1600/tighty.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338677162649125314" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Suddenly a alarm clock rings, we see a tawdry book titled <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">When She Was Bad</span> among this guy's belongings. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9qb84RZUdRXpV0NoL7zvIpEjOIE3gcxBvvmT9F1GFr6XErGgFSp-8fESNt31WT60EH50efPIQ6MuPVebp9qX2oldYBU0YBZiyoNCHBOR0F-4yB5z4tHFrhLnv-hwu42oeg39WRTEVbIv/s1600-h/bad.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9qb84RZUdRXpV0NoL7zvIpEjOIE3gcxBvvmT9F1GFr6XErGgFSp-8fESNt31WT60EH50efPIQ6MuPVebp9qX2oldYBU0YBZiyoNCHBOR0F-4yB5z4tHFrhLnv-hwu42oeg39WRTEVbIv/s1600/bad.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338672968726538450" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>There is implied masturbation(!) It's 6AM - time for Norah's first obscene phone call of the day. She tells him to “go sober up.” Norah Dain is played by leggy dance diva Juliet Prowse. We soon learn that this naïve waif is new in the city, just having moved from Rochester, NY and working as a disc jockey at the club while she looks for showbiz jobs. Unfortunately it seems like she only has one record, a song called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"Born to be Bad"</span>. The crowd seems to enjoy it, over and over again.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjXoG-Avo9vqSVuGFu2kKEIgvuObwyKj_tCs9lS1PgPByBfTz8aEUn-6yfb8FTu0v8ZHKvVc4URpfCW9M5vw8Gia1MH84BluDrytBOXuLmBqbvh1AS-uWQN_pjalGWUQPcY_kQm6NkZM54/s1600-h/teddybearstill01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjXoG-Avo9vqSVuGFu2kKEIgvuObwyKj_tCs9lS1PgPByBfTz8aEUn-6yfb8FTu0v8ZHKvVc4URpfCW9M5vw8Gia1MH84BluDrytBOXuLmBqbvh1AS-uWQN_pjalGWUQPcY_kQm6NkZM54/s1600/teddybearstill01.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338678710258035826" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Sal plays a waiter named Laurence who works at the same club. Larry is a bit shy and a bit insecure around women, despite the fact that his sexy good looks could melt an iceberg.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSurMhibdhyphenhyphenJWipz3ok3N_zGC_pO6dZyqOQ19gaZ9GQ_jc8GZwK76rhXVOHKYSYyXCCd2CNnzsIJad8rf5SxahjtCIbx38DkBf56dGML9vuHD-mzSYpczo_lvAAL3uxKf21Zr9x1YQqYFT/s1600-h/stritch.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSurMhibdhyphenhyphenJWipz3ok3N_zGC_pO6dZyqOQ19gaZ9GQ_jc8GZwK76rhXVOHKYSYyXCCd2CNnzsIJad8rf5SxahjtCIbx38DkBf56dGML9vuHD-mzSYpczo_lvAAL3uxKf21Zr9x1YQqYFT/s1600/stritch.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338678705242568466" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>The club is managed by tough-as-nails Marian (played by Broadway legend and recurring 30 ROCK guest star Elaine Stritch). Norah tells a concerned Marian about the obscene phone calls she's been getting. The hunky mute bouncer is played by future HILL STREET BLUES star, Daniel J. Travanti! Mute? But could he be faking it to make dirty phone calls?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1nSneTaMaik1cOVioweSey2kCGy5daCCk27zUk7BcFF8sf1-FQMcZLCZHncvqh_hiAd_LYX7wZhdz47eoQFn5_elG1tOCk_iRrBWYE5mO6RCl8Yl1LdeONyWbvk6Fhf9I_5fho6xlJ07/s1600-h/daniel.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1nSneTaMaik1cOVioweSey2kCGy5daCCk27zUk7BcFF8sf1-FQMcZLCZHncvqh_hiAd_LYX7wZhdz47eoQFn5_elG1tOCk_iRrBWYE5mO6RCl8Yl1LdeONyWbvk6Fhf9I_5fho6xlJ07/s1600/daniel.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338678714818458834" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Vice detective Dave Madden (played by Catskills comedian Jan Murray) is soon on the case- and he tries to impress Norah by rattling off a list of different kinds of sex offenders that he's familiar with. He stops at necrophilia. Don't they always?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Brysd1q1Of85Tt-VcrtKhCGyHCYCWLu7HjWz2dX2q99OmyauWn7cdO0bFv4T7y5MfasnPKQcK7TRQoX-TV6ZmR_sjxg89RFJq1a9KJFJafZs7bQmLSezG2kc3VweHKS0IZ3iYzRmiy-F/s1600-h/jan.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Brysd1q1Of85Tt-VcrtKhCGyHCYCWLu7HjWz2dX2q99OmyauWn7cdO0bFv4T7y5MfasnPKQcK7TRQoX-TV6ZmR_sjxg89RFJq1a9KJFJafZs7bQmLSezG2kc3VweHKS0IZ3iYzRmiy-F/s1600/jan.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338678716590062258" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Oh by the way, Norah seems to be quite the exhibitionist - undressing in front of any available open window. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOdGTfX3J4Eq7UFnTl6jw1_wAog2gPPRrm2ECWixwULeHnI3F11UZjj2EZ1uElstyzStkZR4uFbPNI-D2IkPkswmVNLIFCQQMxMhkc9iyrSfCPh_-uTzyd99twL2d2igd5Y6oTYquzlkw/s1600-h/spy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOdGTfX3J4Eq7UFnTl6jw1_wAog2gPPRrm2ECWixwULeHnI3F11UZjj2EZ1uElstyzStkZR4uFbPNI-D2IkPkswmVNLIFCQQMxMhkc9iyrSfCPh_-uTzyd99twL2d2igd5Y6oTYquzlkw/s1600/spy.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338680221871677954" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a> I'm just saying. It's okay, her apartment only faces a brick wall.<br />
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Norah goes on a few auditions and takes a walking tour of the NY Theater district, taking time to check out a poster for ANY WEDNESDAY starring Sandy Dennis (insert Sandra Bernhard joke here). <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQEjwWulq9e7a5ZEiuFK360qKvLwF3OdFkLxbHcHsyXGbhBZF-1xpJamIdyEVAVMo_l38OTyJsDb9SnGMpl8r14qGkKpBV1tvOKiWCx3LbAYr3e0baN9pBJ4u4M5E9NKnVfM4ycV6j2VL/s1600-h/sandy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQEjwWulq9e7a5ZEiuFK360qKvLwF3OdFkLxbHcHsyXGbhBZF-1xpJamIdyEVAVMo_l38OTyJsDb9SnGMpl8r14qGkKpBV1tvOKiWCx3LbAYr3e0baN9pBJ4u4M5E9NKnVfM4ycV6j2VL/s1600/sandy.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338680214516907746" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Norah winds up at the Hudson Health Club were she goes for a swim. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgjJ_0R7XQgUrA7VJQLm3yF-7uxr5S68FB1F-poNE9B3S5pS6cmDO_UXjZkGeY8m6TcB7gJN9ASfsPCx4DQFNyhCB1xevxaN34ZhMVTwGj9NjXHcZl9Hk2-HBfeLXhDn9riNteZUeEkyR/s1600-h/hudson.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgjJ_0R7XQgUrA7VJQLm3yF-7uxr5S68FB1F-poNE9B3S5pS6cmDO_UXjZkGeY8m6TcB7gJN9ASfsPCx4DQFNyhCB1xevxaN34ZhMVTwGj9NjXHcZl9Hk2-HBfeLXhDn9riNteZUeEkyR/s1600/hudson.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338680216822402450" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>He phone caller is there - he's officially become her stalker now!<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUYZGwJQCzqcANLLi1JpA3unwYKUsYhYTFupuLNmWMNqISHvjosfoflNdNU8OQt1wwENYd-pg0LloRYFDdMA4LxhLFy6X9WaDCyzQwKrR8zTaE80hj3Ejsc_0vqEAxU2Z5LEBHaw6seER/s1600-h/books.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUYZGwJQCzqcANLLi1JpA3unwYKUsYhYTFupuLNmWMNqISHvjosfoflNdNU8OQt1wwENYd-pg0LloRYFDdMA4LxhLFy6X9WaDCyzQwKrR8zTaE80hj3Ejsc_0vqEAxU2Z5LEBHaw6seER/s1600/books.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338680220475687362" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>We see that Detective Madden is obsessed with perverts. He has a collection of books and magazines about fetishes, S&M and other kinky topics and he listens to tapes of victims' testimonies in his apartment while his precocious daughter Pam (played by Murray's real life daughter) sleeps in the next room. Maybe he's the 6AM dirty wake-up caller???<br />
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Back at the club, the same couples dance to the same song as Norah gets one of those annoying calls at work! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-2Zm8QByrqT63TlN7Pgw93Qn0JaVDDtCAvbtenBkX77UgOyl_ECC_useaZ9JCxm6cf2UKxHb01Ct_AidML_bzvuobEyM5DClfKTZY0KI5O6agTsc1ICI_szM7mo_xLfyu_DoXmEH3Lrq/s1600-h/phone.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-2Zm8QByrqT63TlN7Pgw93Qn0JaVDDtCAvbtenBkX77UgOyl_ECC_useaZ9JCxm6cf2UKxHb01Ct_AidML_bzvuobEyM5DClfKTZY0KI5O6agTsc1ICI_szM7mo_xLfyu_DoXmEH3Lrq/s1600/phone.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338680229032172146" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>He knows where she lives! He knows where she works! He knows her name! Marian tries to convince Norah to go home with her for the night, but Norah resists.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2sv31enjACXnNyCDjPq6gr07j51dS_RVGbSyhUZbOengUwUuItpQjq5to3CqYl5ArxoOn27x3FzP8_ILMmJTgV9745O_SqkdqWqRdBbn_J0g6jtE8pVuVKkyCpq5Hk1g2YUHaZtxO47Wr/s1600-h/stritch2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2sv31enjACXnNyCDjPq6gr07j51dS_RVGbSyhUZbOengUwUuItpQjq5to3CqYl5ArxoOn27x3FzP8_ILMmJTgV9745O_SqkdqWqRdBbn_J0g6jtE8pVuVKkyCpq5Hk1g2YUHaZtxO47Wr/s1600/stritch2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338683389916351410" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>But when she arrives home she find a teddy bear with it's throat slashed and calls Madden.<br />
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After Madden helps himself to her booze, he reveals to her that he knows everything she's done that day. She then freaks out and calls him a "dirty, disgusting animal". Then he tells her about how his wife was raped and horribly mutilated after going to see a matinee–and the killer was never caught. So that's why he's obsessed with perverts! Then her phone rings - it's the stalker!!! Madden then invites her to spend the night at his place - with him and his daughter.<br />
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We then see that the stalker is watching her from across the way through binoculars from his apartment window. And when he lights a cigarette - it's revealed to be Larry! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxZL_MwFQhTTQ_bcJYt9bHqeOzPoPsEsjmytKSVGVF8HLIHD8LAEwOp94mb2-xW2GsyfXI36SdqrpRFRFUoP6utX4dJGUZqBQI14I28h7bQ2uhSUDSERuDcEgaju2NV6V8l9yA_-shBOc/s1600-h/light.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxZL_MwFQhTTQ_bcJYt9bHqeOzPoPsEsjmytKSVGVF8HLIHD8LAEwOp94mb2-xW2GsyfXI36SdqrpRFRFUoP6utX4dJGUZqBQI14I28h7bQ2uhSUDSERuDcEgaju2NV6V8l9yA_-shBOc/s1600/light.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338682015957270962" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Duh - who else could it have been...Elaine Stritch?<br />
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Suddenly we see Larry with a female, who is revealed to be his mentally challenged sister Edie. It's her 19th birthday and he gave her a dress and not the new teddy bear he promised her. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FVdNj4c_S9uF9nn-phvM4PaQRUflmRDLHhXAkA2zuL7waB0yJquSBK85ieyzL3sxU75feb75E5uScXXaGMyzZfp-QDeqWe9E8rmlNAm41GZxH1LJPloJjbqNmKiDRzCyiEYRwLy4__Tp/s1600-h/sis.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FVdNj4c_S9uF9nn-phvM4PaQRUflmRDLHhXAkA2zuL7waB0yJquSBK85ieyzL3sxU75feb75E5uScXXaGMyzZfp-QDeqWe9E8rmlNAm41GZxH1LJPloJjbqNmKiDRzCyiEYRwLy4__Tp/s1600/sis.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338682022566200066" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>After an uncomfortbale hugging scene, we get a flashback–where we see Larry is coaxed into having sex with an unidentified woman (a hooker? his mother? Auntie Mame?) as young Edie (with her teddy bear) walks in on them. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lrBfOe8NVgxDQzqQ4nCCVUOTJ0ZIi2tsLnk2uFoH9ySJ7ryxf5Rm3Z8uX-bs2CF4OOAmYDYj56_wvnNxBPmvmY2F3U5s3tiF51um7KSUArzOH4LE089j5bLb7Yn7Dg1vhm7UrtjFPeLg/s1600-h/sexy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lrBfOe8NVgxDQzqQ4nCCVUOTJ0ZIi2tsLnk2uFoH9ySJ7ryxf5Rm3Z8uX-bs2CF4OOAmYDYj56_wvnNxBPmvmY2F3U5s3tiF51um7KSUArzOH4LE089j5bLb7Yn7Dg1vhm7UrtjFPeLg/s1600/sexy.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338682025394791810" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Frightened by what she saw, Edie slips and flies down a flight of stairs, leaving her brain damaged. This explains the opening montage.<br />
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The next day, Pam asks her father if Norah is a hooker - and then they all trip head to the zoo for an outting, where they awkwardly run into Larry and Edie! Small world, isn't it? Later, back at his room with a view Larry chastises his sister for dressing up like a whore. A mentally challenged whore, but a whore nonetheless. Meanwhile, Larry is wearing the tightest white pants. FYI - Sal Mineo's ass was awesome!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmm3RTk57TDDclEAquRrWbvcz1ci_7jNjQQdIdwwKSZ8hIt7vTSXaD2PHfXkAS0qpr2YKbW51FelbhTZs29A-8k2_2kJpWBft8pjhg_pxoMSCQdxCzhIy4d5dOwSKc_Dh5VD-jNbEYDHX/s1600-h/ass.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmm3RTk57TDDclEAquRrWbvcz1ci_7jNjQQdIdwwKSZ8hIt7vTSXaD2PHfXkAS0qpr2YKbW51FelbhTZs29A-8k2_2kJpWBft8pjhg_pxoMSCQdxCzhIy4d5dOwSKc_Dh5VD-jNbEYDHX/s1600/ass.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338682024989541586" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Oh yeah, and the pants are so tight he is also sporting "V.P.L." - Visible Penis Line.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhefq0Z149YhSM-06NOKmaBdEc8o-fMJ2EP7Bx7cFOXShnuVQRAy0hiLJLt4uiYCPNHeKQEY_BpA0qAxQ5acldu7hKbKovuURb63Fa-r6Y2L9hFmDTRSCHfzLrhgJG8-VLEOIFveRFb6goe/s1600-h/crotch.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhefq0Z149YhSM-06NOKmaBdEc8o-fMJ2EP7Bx7cFOXShnuVQRAy0hiLJLt4uiYCPNHeKQEY_BpA0qAxQ5acldu7hKbKovuURb63Fa-r6Y2L9hFmDTRSCHfzLrhgJG8-VLEOIFveRFb6goe/s1600/crotch.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338683378930135394" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Here, look again. Very impressive.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcVMazZwD7ZOZwitNV5vs2C9dOs6rDY6TjqLyPWhyphenhyphen4u5V2f59T9ll8vf6In3WUHvXbWxKuwCnq5Jtq4A0Gp9tTZUfChoZ-6wOz1Ykj64dc2Q0IdtPzOVYS1ABtFSr-EVL_rgBi23yamdf/s1600-h/crotch2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcVMazZwD7ZOZwitNV5vs2C9dOs6rDY6TjqLyPWhyphenhyphen4u5V2f59T9ll8vf6In3WUHvXbWxKuwCnq5Jtq4A0Gp9tTZUfChoZ-6wOz1Ykj64dc2Q0IdtPzOVYS1ABtFSr-EVL_rgBi23yamdf/s1600/crotch2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338683381656941554" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Larry's pants get him (and us) all very horny, so he heads to Time Square for some window shopping. We follow.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8_qWrfCtCGtwn8hrw67v7H5TCqQvJw-4AUuJ1zLTLKSmJ04TJ49AV6vigm8USSKwdjv_zmO0G1j87uM1jmu4iuWq3eCMZ0v-f4etK7R9QNVc-s_6WZxZXT4HacJ_eYbDPrBIMopcNfZQ/s1600-h/nudies.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8_qWrfCtCGtwn8hrw67v7H5TCqQvJw-4AUuJ1zLTLKSmJ04TJ49AV6vigm8USSKwdjv_zmO0G1j87uM1jmu4iuWq3eCMZ0v-f4etK7R9QNVc-s_6WZxZXT4HacJ_eYbDPrBIMopcNfZQ/s1600/nudies.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338683393037359266" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a> Then he flips though some nudist magazines and goes to see a porno double-feature. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcKQH0EfEPLUSYlpBNm1z0BCC9N99ASfZUMry2w6LIPEq_wTzIfCwyYH7TC_tt7zXyBg-K546vPLuj-oC0i3f5VaMfpI9poMLOBd2WkVIyvUVsMhj2F-pbUdYu5lUybppQxmOo9I9yBG3/s1600-h/call_girl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcKQH0EfEPLUSYlpBNm1z0BCC9N99ASfZUMry2w6LIPEq_wTzIfCwyYH7TC_tt7zXyBg-K546vPLuj-oC0i3f5VaMfpI9poMLOBd2WkVIyvUVsMhj2F-pbUdYu5lUybppQxmOo9I9yBG3/s1600/call_girl.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338683398487253570" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>I wonder if CALL GIRL '77 was a real film? I need to see it!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgZJrLH8hPh94pgXexowj38n9A6wUDpmvKeKjLe4PI5qVDx6viBG-Vc5a_N_Lz541drYYLOLRze6UypkluZ8u25XM5gtPiSA1t6HZe9LgnmN8LXY70AyCDax0rY9QNY5RZ259yYNFKczM/s1600-h/world_of_flesh.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgZJrLH8hPh94pgXexowj38n9A6wUDpmvKeKjLe4PI5qVDx6viBG-Vc5a_N_Lz541drYYLOLRze6UypkluZ8u25XM5gtPiSA1t6HZe9LgnmN8LXY70AyCDax0rY9QNY5RZ259yYNFKczM/s1600/world_of_flesh.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338684733168581026" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Meanwhile, Marian accompanies Norah home for the evening and the gals are having a sapphic slumber party. Marian tries on Norah's fur, literally, saying “I dig soft things.” Then the phone rings. Marian wants to answer it but Norah won't let her. Norah then freaks the fuck out and begins sobbing in Marian's arms. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBMYjlAK3jIje7sktlC6wVsO0YIubW07rZH5NAfU1kCrie9WGpWTBU3Z0_Gg7_Eg3llHf8dohstys7r-GUI7Z_-kAz3NPWctUNx2OZ7uvw0aS03PZCDZjTZ56mckM1pb7X2V33dLMTka7B/s1600-h/grope.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBMYjlAK3jIje7sktlC6wVsO0YIubW07rZH5NAfU1kCrie9WGpWTBU3Z0_Gg7_Eg3llHf8dohstys7r-GUI7Z_-kAz3NPWctUNx2OZ7uvw0aS03PZCDZjTZ56mckM1pb7X2V33dLMTka7B/s1600/grope.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338684735685123586" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Marian tries her best to calm Norah down, and it seems to be working until Norah gets the feeling that Marian is beginning to feel her up. Norah lets lesbi-phobia get the best of her and demands that Marian leave at once!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOk7u9K8g8JT6B2sl7kozC5sMtRjx-Bn35Y0CaS_1rq_2nGxZbdJbUrQCbtU0sruM2zpY1EnU4sbboDoGia1vnLLIw_CiaHq9rc4ljawvPBSE6R-5EhxYhbRnSRDDnO2DhEW3KFYyd_ZCQ/s1600-h/lez.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOk7u9K8g8JT6B2sl7kozC5sMtRjx-Bn35Y0CaS_1rq_2nGxZbdJbUrQCbtU0sruM2zpY1EnU4sbboDoGia1vnLLIw_CiaHq9rc4ljawvPBSE6R-5EhxYhbRnSRDDnO2DhEW3KFYyd_ZCQ/s1600/lez.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338684739444075554" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Marian, totally offended, tells Norah that she thinks there's something wrong with HER–that <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">maybe</span> the telephone voices are all in her head. She leaves wearing Norah's fur. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZq-D0Y7qCw7WwtRHmpb3Beu7dkpXJ3XawyUt5L6VzS1PLa8uU18Zv0uFspj31D4xYZv7dpobVipoalPQQBft9vjfVDbeV3AeBxRgCn4Iy9uc-Cj-3c7CB3FSotQafNxvQ5TU005UNU0F/s1600-h/fur.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZq-D0Y7qCw7WwtRHmpb3Beu7dkpXJ3XawyUt5L6VzS1PLa8uU18Zv0uFspj31D4xYZv7dpobVipoalPQQBft9vjfVDbeV3AeBxRgCn4Iy9uc-Cj-3c7CB3FSotQafNxvQ5TU005UNU0F/s1600/fur.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338684745439919906" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Larry sees the coat and thinks that she's Norah, running after her - eventually catching Marian and... apparently kills her! Nice going, psycho. She's your boss!!! Don't you think you're gonna get fired for that?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Eh9tiUbssB-mFzwc7C80LnXRLaGWkzJvMSXCdcVen034-RCbXk40KLrnSNy2Uhz6zM32lQJwDmioJY2CPJCgzI88pmM0FvKa4M7dvAihHZXLCfFoeXnk52zNDEJt5c_c0tME-4G6chmE/s1600-h/murder.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Eh9tiUbssB-mFzwc7C80LnXRLaGWkzJvMSXCdcVen034-RCbXk40KLrnSNy2Uhz6zM32lQJwDmioJY2CPJCgzI88pmM0FvKa4M7dvAihHZXLCfFoeXnk52zNDEJt5c_c0tME-4G6chmE/s1600/murder.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338684750262819378" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>I guess in 1965 the lesbian <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">had </span>to die.<br />
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Meanwhile, Dave's obsession with sexual psychopaths is getting in the way of his job. He's becoming one of them! Maybe. “Dave, you’ve gone over the line. You’ve joined them.”<br />
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Back in Sal town, Larry is in his undies gyrating on his bed, rubbing himself. <img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3AWwLS2ITWpm6wQ3nEIl6zh1fJFyuHHsaJgb3ylnnabp59Ijb7vfM2OEyqRqRZxvNK_ypQIzZKPRT4QBW52JZp3I1nqlupPQROIRKGuSPR612xe7bRbomupUATIBKYzGoFLnzducCRTqK/s1600/topless.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338686211311700930" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />HOT. He's having a hard time sleeping (after killing his boss), so he decides to go to the gym - where the camera lingers on Mineo’s muscular body.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcv3sdJ8wGeeXs0vNbeOQ1UeF91D6pPQjjhi4NCFa3LZC3AmxfZOGu7K3JznUrlqijrg38znDFEpylh5lbcaok369lq32fbX8p72yadD46NH7IlLu25IbpTD-xvCxGiWrG2XOlOeuGBLFA/s1600-h/workout3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixybZKxuauwcUim98Aad4A8xi-EwLIy7H9bcWlsHpcKSFtg3Y3_ejotVqhucQhyphenhyphenUo5HhJZYRxspeSLVHYZ45Mb4kWTt4h2JixkSGNSv-aUqPN1izHCqUVCSNftq-1J8cmfYiNfKEinWNdU/s1600/workout1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338686212888993282" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcv3sdJ8wGeeXs0vNbeOQ1UeF91D6pPQjjhi4NCFa3LZC3AmxfZOGu7K3JznUrlqijrg38znDFEpylh5lbcaok369lq32fbX8p72yadD46NH7IlLu25IbpTD-xvCxGiWrG2XOlOeuGBLFA/s1600/workout3.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338686212667642962" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a><br />
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Turns out Norah's at the gym too - so Larry changes into his snug black Speedo and chats her up. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhb5MsHyi-S9O3q5hIqlPWrY369VE06aaVKMHRLKrhF7QQAB5BtVjp4UEtZwR99XVLOirnNz6_HlBFdZ2VqAtX3MFA1mnQd0onGqb_3tWKC_kQJTtvu-4V4DfNhSO3t-9phmc5k9p8m5pk/s1600-h/bulge.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhb5MsHyi-S9O3q5hIqlPWrY369VE06aaVKMHRLKrhF7QQAB5BtVjp4UEtZwR99XVLOirnNz6_HlBFdZ2VqAtX3MFA1mnQd0onGqb_3tWKC_kQJTtvu-4V4DfNhSO3t-9phmc5k9p8m5pk/s1600/bulge.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338686216467629858" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /></a>Only he doesn't listen to a word she says. Rather he fantasizes about swimming with her. Awww, what a sweet psycho killer. There is rumored to be a censored scene here where he pops a boner and makes a quick getaway.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBLoO6IcmvTlVkGiekAA6fndumCASMZz3ZMN_BVL6kzpPmmwvWmce6WEqRFDrBQMtdRQE1Sb4XqabjDMKS496f_iZO7PrEjZR7EndLxDkHy0o-vXFZN-FQBeiXJk-tHbhjNazbkvWiKmM/s1600/towel.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338687324357261586" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" />That evening at work, they brush off Marian's murder as if she was totally expendable. You'd think Norah would be freaked out that her boss was murdered outside her apartment wearing her fur coat!!! But no, she says "business as usual, better than usual". After the club closes, Norah decides to show Larry how to dance (to her favorite song).<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYB8Ai8ahOIzFkN8bStHZgRXheipXQGD8LR1lZhlA1yusBs6MJc-cbG49zkq8HlixE-dXWP7GcjiCoL1UUJRAxzrsOnkDC0MqLXoCIO_trVEkx7CmvutWiqNRr0_nuWwiJYgDh8g44viV/s1600/dance1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338687327869055570" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVhaEFbaXGBduvsQ61FlUvFN5LKQz4ltumXjiWNj937tLLTpY3AesyVhWKNSdSQjSSRAWqRuxX584G70PrVURo2UJTupWVlZFRnopX8pyv0mCQgJvVkhXnRjLwX15vVdtboRo5uesoeSa/s1600/sweaty.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338687330538772882" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" /><br />
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When the dance ends Larry tells her that he loves her. Wrong move.</div>
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Instead of talking about it a bit, or telling him that she's flattered - she instantly rejects him and he then viciously attacks...and possibly rapes her (through their clothes - after all it was the mid-1960s).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxMia-fRCln9o32JRc6xan6CfUL_g4i2dRTSDBHUYTsGYozrSbWh-VYjSe480xD5AtMoU-cpoP4PliWl-1KHjA-tSYsLpdRyTOKyVwCCKYzXaaM0uUNn9SGHcUp-_gqnA5MXV98L_5_se/s1600-h/teddybearstill03.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxMia-fRCln9o32JRc6xan6CfUL_g4i2dRTSDBHUYTsGYozrSbWh-VYjSe480xD5AtMoU-cpoP4PliWl-1KHjA-tSYsLpdRyTOKyVwCCKYzXaaM0uUNn9SGHcUp-_gqnA5MXV98L_5_se/s1600/teddybearstill03.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338689587906363170" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" /></a>Gulp!</div>
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The movie was beyond awesome. I was not disappointed in the least. 10 out of 10 on the Dougsploitation scale. Sure it was sleazy and totally politically incorrect, but come on–for 1965 it was incredibly suggestive <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">and </span>progressive. Sal Mineo is my new hero, I think it took balls to appear in a film like this and expose himself the way he did. He was far ahead of his time. Imagine the body of work that lied ahead if he wasn't murdered in 1976. Very sad indeed.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-81266466239959146722014-07-17T00:00:00.000-07:002014-07-17T08:13:48.548-07:00LIFEGUARD<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">More recycled Dougsploitation.</span><br />
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<a href="http://shop.warnerarchive.com/product/lifeguard+pmt+1000385522.do?sortby=ourPicks&from=Search">LIFEGUARD</a> stands out in my mind for two reasons: it was another PG-rated, but sexy film that that premiered on the CBS Wednesday Night Movie (see <a href="http://dougsploitation.blogspot.com/2009/04/coach-revisited.html"><span style="color: #063eef; text-decoration: underline;">COACH</span></a>) and it was an iconic teen-age masturbatory fantasy for gay boys everywhere. What's surprising is that this movie came from Paramount Pictures (and now on DVD from the Warner Archive Collection) - not Crown International or American International or New Line or New World. This was a real Hollywood movie...with music by the legendary Paul Williams (PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, and that very special episode of THE ODD COUPLE where Edna Unger and her dad Felix argue over Paul's sex appeal).</div>
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As the titles roll, we meet our hero, young Sam Elliot, who even at 35 (?) seemed kinda old - but yet sexy. He's putting up a flag, and "intern" lifeguard and Scientologist Parker (HARDY BOYS and BAYWATCH) STEVENSON is helping him. Then a bunch of half-naked teen boys who all look like Carrot Top come up to them and tell them how they plan on getting laid this summer. Right.</div>
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PS- she is carrying the same "stew bag" that Tara B. True used in <a href="http://dougsploitation.blogspot.com/2008/05/superchick-and-lifeguard.html"><span style="color: #063eef; text-decoration: underline;">SUPERCHICK!</span> </a>And she gets to shows her tits and ass...in a PG movie!!! Holy shit - the MPAA would never allow this today. After the fucking, pillow talk between them turns dramatic when she tells him that he's not as good in bed as he thinks he is. He would be better if he loved her. He's like..."whatever" Back at the beach, a teenage girl who looks like a mildly-retarded Kristy McNichol needs a band-aid for her finger. So Sam helps her out. Later, while a dwarf photographer is taking snapshots, Sam and Parker talk about sex. A lot. Which is hot. Then they talk about sex with underage girls. Which is creepy.</div>
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Then there's a boring bar scene which reveals to us that Sam is a "player". A guy that knew Sam 10 years earlier sees him at the bar and the two begin to chat. The guy - who looks like both the ABBA guys rolled into one - tells Sam that he now is a Porsche salesman, and that Sam should consider getting in the car biz.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Stalker teen, I'll call her "Tarzana" shows up again and tells Sam that she has no friends cause girls are snotty and boys are creeps. Then she splashes water on him and he chases her. He gives her a towel and they talk about marriage. Huh? Then she tells him she wants to get better at sex, and she wants him to fuck her. He thinks she's only 14, but when she says she's 17, he figures what the hell...and it does it! </span>"Tarzana"<span class="Apple-style-span"> is actually a played by a 22 year old Kathleen Quinlan!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Then there's a triathlon competition and of course </span>"Tarzana"<span class="Apple-style-span"> is cheering him on. Sam spits up water for five minutes. He must be too old for this??? A teammate jokes about it and Sam goes nuts. Speaking of nuts, the announcer has big ones. Ewww...</span></div>
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He shows Anne a pamphlet of women he hasn't fucked yet, and she's in it - but not for long. It's light reading. Then they get it on. There's slo-mo closeups of various body parts. No nipples or balls, just fleshy parts. Soon she's smoking in bed. Must have been good.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">The next day Sam goes to see the car dealer guy. Later, </span>"Tarzana"<span class="Apple-style-span"> shows up again and asks Sam if they are ever gonna do it again. He tells her no. And then she asks "Is it cause I'm jailbait?" No, she's cause you're crazy. Then she starts crying cause...SHE'S FUCKING CRAZY!</span></div>
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Later, Anne makes lasagna because her Mexican housekeeper can't be trusted with pasta. Sam comes by to tell her that he got a job as a Porsche salesman. Then a song by Paul Williams, the poor man's Elton John, serenades us as Sam drives around LA and says "goodbye" to the beach.</div>
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He tells Anne about Syndy when he visits her at her job (an art gallery). Anne is very supportive, but then he goes and spoils it all by doing something stupid like yelling at a potential art buyer and probably getting Anne fired from her job - or at least embarrassing the crap out of her! By the way, she looks pissed.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">It's the next day, Parker's last before he heads back to college (he's gonna make something of his life - not just be a dumb lifeguard). Then the ABBA/Porsche guy comes by to see if he's gonna take the salesman job, and Sam says "no!"...besides there's a pervert hiding in the ladies room and somebody's got kick him out! It's tough out there for a lifeguard. Wonder if </span>"Tarzana"<span class="Apple-style-span"> made it home alright...</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-21888938551700358392014-07-14T00:00:00.000-07:002014-07-14T22:50:00.741-07:00Sooner or Later: The Special EditionHere's another "rerun" post from the old days (2007) -enhanced with new images!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxERHVfQiYXW-cJpdbTdFuj1TOVrJ2zSY5XTOrSr6M5gVagdvzT7oNQlVh1_VRJUGGnITE9qZJEVTEr-aJxxp_eZ6zio6kxqbls4gHtEjL3ZX_Ph9FZ3B8Bo4DbuiTz8tv6ILust6K9qx/s1600-h/sooner_or_later.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxERHVfQiYXW-cJpdbTdFuj1TOVrJ2zSY5XTOrSr6M5gVagdvzT7oNQlVh1_VRJUGGnITE9qZJEVTEr-aJxxp_eZ6zio6kxqbls4gHtEjL3ZX_Ph9FZ3B8Bo4DbuiTz8tv6ILust6K9qx/s400/sooner_or_later.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115520168001489602" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>Imagine a 13-year-old Julie Kavner lookalike named Jessie. Now imagine Jessie reading a trashy romance novel in class when she's supposed to be watching a slide show about the birds and the bees. You see, Jessie's a bit mature for her age and her teacher Lynn Redgrave knows this. Lynn also knows how to put in a plug for the original BIONIC WOMAN series, which had just jumped to NBC the very season that SOONER OR LATER originally aired.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9MLTLgJTVgGG3axXmo940g7gwPpuHC8g1dEWgTigNeBi_-R_uM2Uic_Xw36BoHqR302wvII7M0vwPF66HvXNX3Mblao721vzctCvPX47czCHmVzCe1e2hwz1iXcWxYX6IQIqjzt88xEI/s1600-h/redgrave.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9MLTLgJTVgGG3axXmo940g7gwPpuHC8g1dEWgTigNeBi_-R_uM2Uic_Xw36BoHqR302wvII7M0vwPF66HvXNX3Mblao721vzctCvPX47czCHmVzCe1e2hwz1iXcWxYX6IQIqjzt88xEI/s400/redgrave.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327664201580947074" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 317px;" /></a>After school, Jessie makes a trip to the local mall with her nerdy blonde friend (we will call her Penny Pingleton because I don't think they ever say her name!). Once at Gimbels, Hollywood relic Vivian Blaine gives Jessie a makeover that transforms her into a 16-year-old whore. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiy1ao0NZ-4RapYiN5dDZQqWVHmTUgIBG_c78rvHu_MZjn7jk1CMSg8DamO6EtvtNkfE-gchvWhdu7gBTbWUaHraXaBDVNAHzsC5Oh6-FFnIjBUPUW8MRYsKrsXW4dgml1tZvH7vEB02r/s1600-h/vivian.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiy1ao0NZ-4RapYiN5dDZQqWVHmTUgIBG_c78rvHu_MZjn7jk1CMSg8DamO6EtvtNkfE-gchvWhdu7gBTbWUaHraXaBDVNAHzsC5Oh6-FFnIjBUPUW8MRYsKrsXW4dgml1tZvH7vEB02r/s400/vivian.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327664342823329218" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 197px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a> Then Viv charges Jessie $10 for a jar of Pond's Cold Cream. Outside of the mall, Michael Sky (Rex Smith) his Sky Band are giving a free concert. Jessie rushes to the stage and stares at Rex with his Leif Garrett hair, Godspell suspenders and camel toe. We can tell she's already smitten.<br />
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In the end, Morey tries to teach Jess some fancy guitar moves, but then Rex shows up at the music school wearing gold cowboy boots and proclaims that he loves her back - and then they pledge to "take it real slow"...<br />
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Special thanks to Brett Freedman for lending me this dvd. I can see why he loves it so much. This one's a keeper! 10 out of 10 "Huhs".Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-60156963521706597462014-06-29T00:00:00.000-07:002014-06-29T08:57:24.911-07:00NORMAN...IS THAT YOU?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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NORMAN...IS THAT YOU? (1976, directed by George Schlatter of LAUGH-IN fame) is a movie that I've always known existed, even as a kid, but for one reason another never got a chance to see. I always thought Norman Lear was somehow connected because of the title and the casting. I was silly.</div>
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Until now. The movie (based on a 1970 play by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick) opens with Ben Chambers (Redd Foxx, then star of Lear's SANFORD & SON) riding on a bus, as Smokey Robinson croons a Motown ditty about Redd being an “old-fashioned man, living in a brand new world.” Redd then arrives in Los Angeles and transfers to a taxicab which takes him directly to Hollywood (though it looks like WEST Hollywood to me).<br />
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Redd arrives at his son Norman's apartment building as his hunky son awakens from his waterbed slumber in nothing but a pair of form-fitting blue undies. Norman (Michael Warren of HILL STREET BLUES), in a panic, directs Redd to take the stairs to delay his arrival. Norman then puts on a paint of form-fitting pistachio green slacks that fit him like the skin on a grape. Norman attempts to awaken the other person in the bed, who appears at first to be a very lazy and annoying woman. But is soon revealed to be an extremely feminine and annoying man named Garson (Dennis Dugan, later of RICHIE BROCKLEMAN, PRIVATE EYE).<br />
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Garson just had the "most faaaaaabulous dream” instantly informing us that he is the embarrassing gay character that we've all seen a million times before. The mincing queen who wears caftans and delivers lines like he's Kay Thompson. To the film's credit, in 1976 we probably hadn't seen many characters like this before. But, why on earth would Norman be attracted to this? To each his own, I guess.<br />
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Norman, clearly embarrassed by Garson, makes him hide as he lets Redd into the apartment. Redd notices Norman's exquisite 1976 decor and comments on the purple drapes and declares "to each his own." (Just like I did a paragraph above!) After introducing Garson to Redd as his "neighbor" who came by to use the toilet, we learn that pops is here to visit because Norman's mother ran off to Mexico with his uncle, keeping it "all in the family". ;)<br />
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Garson, meanwhile, is visiting his puppeteer friend Larry Davenport (Waylon Flowers, later of MADAME'S PLACE). That's right, Garson's friends are even gayer than he is! Not only does Madame answers the phone when Norman calls, but Madame's sassy (nameless) black friend also makes a brief appearance, causing me to scream with laughter and disbelief. Meanwhile, Redd unpacks his suitcase and starts going through his son's drawers. So to speak. First he finds some frilly underthings and then he finds an Asian-style gown and jumps to the conclusion that Norman has a lady friend. Just then, Garson, Norman's lady friend, reappears and Redd begins to put two and two together. <br />
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After first declaring that he'll kill his gay son, he then calms down and tries to figure out what he and his wife did wrong. “Maybe we toilet trained him too soon?” Yeah, right...that's it Redd. After taking a walk through Hollywood, Redd pops into a bookstore and asks to see the gay section. He ends up picking up a bunch of books at random and buys them all from Barbara Sharma (of RHODA fame). He then plants himself on a park bench and reads them all. Out loud. He seems to harp on the fact that one out of every six people has had a homosexual experience. Hmmm....<br />
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After he absorbing all the knowledge he can, he comes to the conclusion that his son ISN'T gay - he's just on drugs. “Thank God my son is on drugs!” Did Redd ever consider that Norman is gay AND on drugs?<br />
So Redd's denial continues and he breaks up with Garson for Norman, and they he hires CLEOPATRA JONES to fuck the gay out of his son. Yes, the stunning Audrey the hooker (Tamara Dobson) attempts to turn Norman straight, but alas the boy flees for the comfort of his fruit fly Melody (Vernee Watson of CARTER COUNTRY and a hundred other sitcoms), who gets him drunk in order to fuck the gay outta him. Doesn't work, and pisses her off.<br />
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Meanwhile, back at gay, Garson comes over and bonds with Redd and the two go to see Madame's drag puppet show. Redd later has a dream where he's decked in glitter and accepting some gay award. GLAAD? When Garson awakens Redd from the dream, the old man yells "Rape!" Yeah right, like Garson is a top!<br />
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The next day, Norman's mother Beatrice (the legendary Pearl Bailey) shows up and when Redd tells her that their son is gay, she's not having it. Until Audrey the hooker shows up and Beatrice asks her, "Norman...is that you?".<br />
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Then real Norman shows up and announces that he's joined the Navy! What? Yes - so Norman decides to abandon his lover, and his parents by joining the military. Don't ask, don't tell. But what of poor tragic Garson? Well, Redd invites his new "son" to live with him and his wife in Arizona and to work in their shop (I'm thinking it's a dry cleaners for some JEFFERSON-inspired reason). All's well that ends well. Before the end credits Redd looks out to the viewing audience and wonders who out there might be gay as Thelma Houston belts out “One Out Of Every Six.” <br />
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Wow. I actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I guess despite all it's internalized homophobia, the film was way ahead of its time. I mean, there are still gay films being made today that deal with this same exact subject and are no less preachy and just as filled with bad stereotypes. The film totally feels like a stage production, though the original characters were Jewish and not African American. I think this was a bold choice by the producers since homophobia was (and still is) very prevalent in the black community. I also think the late actors Redd Foxx and Pearl Bailey deserve to be commended for appearing in a project that was intended to teach tolerance in a time when it wasn't very popular. Despite it's many flaws (and numerous plot holes), the film is certainly a curiosity and should be seen (to be believed!). 7 outta 10.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-21754818258644999762014-05-11T21:18:00.000-07:002014-05-11T14:34:26.994-07:00THE MOTHERS-IN-LAW: The Loud & The Furious<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm currently nearing the end of Disc 7 in the eight-disc THE MOTHERS-IN-LAW Complete Series collection. For those who are unfamiliar with the show, the series was a two-season wonder from producer Desi Arnaz that ran on NBC Sunday night between megahits WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY and BONANZA from 1967 through 1969.</span><br />
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THE MOTHERS-IN-LAW was a big, brassy sitcom built around sweet, lovable wisecracking actress Eve Arden and loud, abrasive musical-comedy performer Kaye Ballard. The two are cast as long-time neighbors: WASPy Eve Hubbard and ethnic Kaye Buell whose college student children (Eve's daughter Susie and Kaye's son Jerry) have decided to marry. The two moms are constantly competing with each other — and for attention of their lovelorn children. After the kids marry they move into the converted garage between the Hubbard and Buell houses, creating an additional reasons for friction between the Moms.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Eve and Kaye's henpecked husbands, the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">cantankerous lawyer</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Herb Hubbard (played by Herbert Rudley) and frugal TV writer Roger Buell (played by gay actor Roger C. Carmel in season one, replaced by gay actor Richard Deacon in season two), always get drawn into the ludicrous situations their wives create. The Lucy-like plots usually wind up with all four of the parents either covered in some kind of goop or performing a big musical number.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">While some episodes border on unwatchable, there are several that stand out as great time capsules of the late 1960s when "the generation gap" seemed to be the trigger of so many comedic conflicts between television characters. One interesting episode features handsome game show panelist Scoey Mitchell as a lawyer who tries to rent the garage when Susie and Jerry plan on moving out. The girls are trying to be open minded about having an African-American tenant but wind up coming off as extremely prejudiced. It's an awkward situation and aside from a terrible watermelon joke, it's very well-played.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">Jokes always seem to stem from situations involving Roger's cheapness, Kaye's Italian heritage, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">and Eve's penchant for redecorating. The Hubbards and Buells have a love-hate-love relationship and often end up arguing loudly about something ridiculous before each episode is over. Kaye and Eve can't help but interfere in almost every aspect of their kids' lives - a situation aggravated even further in season two when Susie gets pregnant.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">Other recurring gags include Eve being referred to as "Mother Hubbard", the garage door in the kid's apartment opening to comedic effect, Kaye insisting that their grandchild will be a boy and Eve convinced it will be a girl (spoiler alert - Susie has twins!). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">All-in-all the show is quite entertaining. The live studio audience adds to the theatrical feeling and the performers always seem like they are giving it their all. A special treat and curiosity on Disc 8 is the unsold Desi Arnaz pilot for THE CAROL CHANNING SHOW. </span><br />
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</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-68425321439086800112014-05-05T11:00:00.000-07:002014-05-04T10:49:51.047-07:00Another World 50th Anniversary: The Final WordTom Eplin as Jake McKinnon and the suspects in the "Who Shot Jake?" mystery storyline.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGDC4ZMy2NhKBBbJegLgyWTrYn3qe87Ou5PHmFhyphenhyphenxf1auua9zm-yX3jRvvyLotBsMSWJKYNAy40N8Q9ala0fOGp63WSG83QxHovNqitOv5ZYoJzWxvZY3dKGUFDDBoE2DWYnOn3Mq1arh/s400/19th.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332582134441885490" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 262px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" />Here's a candid shot from the 19th anniversary party (1983).<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNg3khp25eDE0IMRILneMqbuhfU1YMldZ5Ng-Lp_FRKzD0Z-ZT0uz_wWVwZQlRyhaUNZY05HPro7iRZhS73MqGfLFNKJ_3nQzh4f4jJZJG7CT45tPziHEPoC4zLDKV0Wi57FZpoEPuXM09/s400/AW_25th_ad1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332582139322539458" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 293px;" />Here's a 25th Anniversary ad from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Hollywood Reporter </span>circa 1989.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0jT5kjayNOsnWn7LXUGa-VQxtYaEwuOprNwzSxYKMv3gV8yhyphenhyphenle-T-GfODzolZMOwThRQj-oGpfo_h6-IeaauZyj7Juo4ngoE-o-EXU1Q9WE0K69dtOSgwJkBK3ZM04zaqXxOt0YAPMz/s1600-h/AW_30th.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0jT5kjayNOsnWn7LXUGa-VQxtYaEwuOprNwzSxYKMv3gV8yhyphenhyphenle-T-GfODzolZMOwThRQj-oGpfo_h6-IeaauZyj7Juo4ngoE-o-EXU1Q9WE0K69dtOSgwJkBK3ZM04zaqXxOt0YAPMz/s400/AW_30th.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332582135980422386" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 294px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" /></a></div>
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And finally, from 20 years ago - as the cast celebrates 30 years with a retro-themed party. Thanks for humoring me and my obsession with the continuing story called ANOTHER WORLD.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-40214974739445644172014-05-04T10:45:00.000-07:002014-05-04T10:43:03.994-07:00Another World 50th Anniversary: The Romance NovelsToday is the 50th Anniversary of ANOTHER WORLD, that soap that I followed for most of it's 35 year run on NBC. Today I present several romance novels inspired by the series.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLyDac3nKGwYQ16dqO-Ev5xUK7rJfpdimt-H47-_YFUW1ldg7rlNE94pccGSCC67FRz8gd26wLpciQblwYpLKdea7tuBsKOToLkli0KC9ZHhVXsD590-WmjAk2JBci2B-xSqdnVLBW97km/s640/AWbook1_78.jpg" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332012774523176146" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" width="386" />The first, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Another World</span> by Kate Lowe Kerrigan was published in 1978. With an amazing new logo and wonderful cover art, this novelization was successfuil enough to spawn a sequel.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBn4gZZkVRD7_0sbusie8Bp4DQfmQF6e3OTTjMc5HgYi-NZ9L8L_aRDKUV8qLOITxZJWTvQR3s5eFQm2KSx27tpWOyQYVXIPbMVrxSAGSsl2IFAO2SYMP7ZM-EGz7McNFq9vI_CUW89qwg/s1600-h/AWbook2_78.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBn4gZZkVRD7_0sbusie8Bp4DQfmQF6e3OTTjMc5HgYi-NZ9L8L_aRDKUV8qLOITxZJWTvQR3s5eFQm2KSx27tpWOyQYVXIPbMVrxSAGSsl2IFAO2SYMP7ZM-EGz7McNFq9vI_CUW89qwg/s640/AWbook2_78.jpg" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332012776634859698" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" width="371" /></a>Published later that same year, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Another World II </span>picked up right from where the first ended. It went back to press with a new cover for it's second printing.<br />
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMLfraVehpt1f69S7ke5bWpwd6IwZgfx6fwk6Ey82hlWwZ1vjGroojITagbDWVapQPOV-th3ZDw6dyu_t1Oaz6NV14cF-yKGKPotEA7-tJgVkImEvQCl8e_9IqjMQ1D5wKPOeaXuzG1Vo/s640/AWbook_78.jpg" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332010625305525170" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" width="365" />Classic.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_xMWB1dn57leHqr-MLrrUmLWSe1Rsklc2bv-5vnO4eya5XfxlFetUDENqhz76yDoWKK77pHeSQCiNpIjAyRSfgTDKaHgfEM50uzsyMF5jJ_40zjMSRTNjFyhI4ID_RFdWoQhS_44Gpt0U/s1600/AWbook_1986.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332010629025580114" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" />In 1986, a line of novels called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Soaps & Serials</span> was launched and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Another World </span>was included in the line-up. The 14-book series adapted storylines from 1967 to 1976. Each book had it's own subtitle.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LbebuJMT_A7YKkV9IZlfY2zCsN00D0I6b5_ereF8Lh1kF21dGSSxHxi1Idtp7-q8wTK5BiLuT-1BdhbLM9SAoSJihoZJoiGZCjdxgwEYotxJ6X9XEWhIwgGkDTlQAFAylEcUVjED0lDs/s1600/dreamweaver_84.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332010628558944930" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" /><br />
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When Felicia Gallant came to Bay City - she brought her history of being a romance novelist along with her. Among her fictional titles were the classics : <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">The Bride of Bombay, Doctor's Desire, Ebony Heartbeat, Embers in the Snow, Fallen Females, Gardenias for Gwendolyn, Gone with the Dawn, The Heart That Heals, Into the Fire, The Lady and the Laborer, Lust in the Kremlin, The Manly Heart, Moonlight Desires, Paradise Delayed, Passion's Progress, Savage Love, Torrid Tundra Nights </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"> White Snow in Hell. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal;">In the real world, actress Linda Dano teamed with writer Rebecca Flanders to create <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Dreamweaver</span>, a Harlequin Romance. A novel idea!</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-68446698615721243442014-05-04T00:44:00.001-07:002014-05-04T10:44:22.207-07:00Another World 50th Anniversary: TV Guide AdsOver its 35 years on NBC, ANOTHER WORLD was occasionally promoted by the network. Here is a collection of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">TV Guide </span>print advertisements that appeared during the 1980s and 1990s.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyXq_fCBxW3aEUfieIJM8u5VsnecrJ44ht-tXNsXrUeFWIa5_PQXZjAzPb9B1dbeysy7Gv9OI34PIw69b0RGF7vOHLNPUblhRit-46GnMFXWsspoGP5XE1sV0RKmgXEGUllBS4c68TRie/s400/NBCad_2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330741233009214018" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 273px;" /><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Passion Never Ends </span>was NBC's tagline for its daytime line-up back in the early 80s. Of the 4 soaps featured in these ads, only one, DAYS OF OUR LIVES is still airing on the network. In fact, DAYS is the last soap standing on the peacock network. AW's heroine Rachel Cory (Victoria Wyndham) is trapped! She is married to powerful publishing magnate Mac Cory - but pregnant with the child of sexy con-man Mitch Blake (William Gray Espy)!</div>
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1rpdfH_gV9iTiY5mK82JGWweA53nshB_Fecn6l2suaTrm1eMfmxwGuuTiKd1fIPjA_M1iJcT4iXQ4ZRW3h12dkE9sA_SZpyxC2U_GJnGq15wEO12YmdyMEPPGRw9pbotluAf3jpQNSZV9/s400/NBCad1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330741226965265122" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 266px;" />Apparently things have gone from bad to worse for Rachel as now Mitch has been shot - and she could now be charged with his murder. Spoiler: He didn't die, he just left the show and came back years to be reunited with his teen-age son Matt. Notice Mac Cory's daughter Iris Wheeler (Beverly McKinsey) in the ad for her short-lived spin-off series TEXAS.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkv3O5Sq2_jRugN-cEh6-V8_NqjAFblcdLShFEgfdWtWN90YQF7XCMOF8gceMLxYhktESwq3XOPhFtTxBM7L6VsXEY0BOuzkXrSvB5xADYdnFf3usW7YXf2TLgZjhpV7Tq4qHcxaV4Lyl/s400/NBCad_4.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330741238943631090" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 274px;" /><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Bask in our Afterglow. </span>THE DOCTORS and TEXAS are now gone - replaced by SEARCH FOR TOMORROW (transplanted from CBS) and the early reality show called FANTASY (hosted by the odd trio of Peter Marshall, Leslie Uggams and Glen Scarpelli!). ANOTHER WORLD was deep into the love triangle between Mac Cory's son Sandy (Chris Rich), his wife Blaine Ewing (Laura Malone) and the brilliantly conniving Cecile DePoulignac (Nancy Frangione). It was around this time that Cecile hired Alma Rudder (the chilling Elizabeth Franz), a crazed mountain woman to kidnap and poison Blaine AND to dress up as a giant Raggedy Ann doll and torment poor Blaine. It was pure genius!</div>
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8Y6KjNCSZPsSJH8Kvn5S8auueGjuK1KBwpEYpxg8eRduvHgkbLNTHped7VHr_ffdMmwa40UykdrrNwQVsjxCKWAUv3tsYSKZrln8wcyTLWwoHU81VZYI6uJde0pWGQA2w0QtE9YvFCqW/s400/AWad_cecile2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330740768530030226" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 374px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" />Cecile's best friend Donna Love (Anna Stuart) didn't like the fact that her brother Peter (John Hutton) was going to marry the very common Sally Frame (Mary Page Keller), so Donna employed Cecile to break up the romance between them. It worked. :)<br />
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrd-MiCyrifmAqbII3bwuEwc7JwNnH2-0SJZaxaQpAV7GV0DjT0EWmALmlsiZS4j42rMEfT7CWv891Is_1XawkS8LwB8gnMX4n3cs_sX9Cgao7ebdmSxTWkm1tPtBbq3YKhOHOX-RjXmv/s400/AWad_cecile1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330740769095641202" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 213px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" />Ah, Cecile strikes again! Have I mentioned how she is my all-time favorite AW character? Followed closely by Donna Love. Nancy Frangione and Anna Stuart were incredible whenever they shared screen time. It was always a bitchfest royale!<br />
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkW0YZ9q8j0hUDCDlczvDeIAWx2jWogpGJnZyPJk8Fyux3OgJBIxwBsm7sqJUiWOVWhQKPkR6xTiTEGiXXVx_NJhPyuzALlxwoJaD6tSe0KwDhQnBnbBlFtThnp2LeYIswL8mo1Y98012X/s400/AW_datebook.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330740555450545538" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 306px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" />Here's an odd ad for an Engagement Calendar that also promoted a bizarre storyline involving a killer named "Ross" who did in a bunch of minor characters. Pictured: Donna Love, Catlin Ewing (Thomas Ian Grffith), Kathleen McKinnon (Julie Osburn), Sally Frame, Cecile DePoulignac, Ross (Robert Phalen), Cass Winthrop (Stephen Schnetzer) and Nurse Emily Benson (Alexandra Neil). By the way, I think this was around the time Cecile became the Queen of Tanquir.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsc5SoP_clbxgl4li1eIMJbo28MyBCi9iL3xZCjIWeL3zMY5Y7i2po4zA_y1wO805m7TuIsEpsEvevuDlzF8DNUIMMZTOPYRzZSd5AJHVPMgrV8U-o26HOjx80Nv9giu3sIaav3OWnRK9/s400/AWad_brittany1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330740557991198178" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 270px;" />Sally Frame, who was dumped by Peter Love eventually fell in love with Catlin Ewing. The two became a super-couple and were well on their way to the altar. Unfortunately Catlin's dead wife Brittany Peterson decided to show up. Played by EDGE OF NIGHT's Sharon Gabet - Brittany was left deaf mute after a boating accident. Gabet's performance was amazing.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlG3BdKhk8vJRmGF9OGgjJxekZ6k-X3il-g1fH-7PzioFUcmMAUaa5pmIm72mDMLWXA2ql_ZYGCltC_Z3ernPA8BwKhfVVhfigMGapE2kGsX4ZRlfELZ_Svxo-n-uSNvfMwmTVj64xFJa6/s400/AWad_brittany2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330740764889446946" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 274px;" /><br />
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Catlin was torn between Sally and Brittany. He eventually chose Sally and Brittany ended up with Peter Love! (see above). Unfortunately Peter (now played by Marcus Smythe) evolved into a villain in the tradition of his father Reginald (John Considine) and ended up on the wrong side of Brittany's shotgun.</div>
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsfZ3lpxUtxlgdkFad0Gbg7ZFq0S8NUoLQjWmPIiB9oNA0vM9X3f2NACgQ71w-WeGl33rFG3kde5mQpJdiMm2viK5Mug1y5iK371qba45G07g1pLkmYKY6ogu-Yx1Db40iAyrD3h2nfn4/s400/AWad_felicia.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330740969976227106" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 271px;" />Fanny Grady aka romance novelist Felicia Gallant (Linda Dano) married Brittany's rescuer Zane Lindquist (Patrick Tovatt) in a lavish ceremony attended by Liberace!<br />
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjoJXrGGpdMHDZcriScbrNZuaDT5eLKDggrrXlHqxywREsfLXu1b_uiC7NUPA5u4pfleGs0Bb_BMzeqeKVmqEfYtGagJVlBMXJktlRCLHH07wqCk-_itHimulNsCgS6lvJMebRRsb-eZ9/s400/AWad_11_10_85.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330740556800362546" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 267px;" />Evil mastermind Carl Hutchins (Charles Keating), ex-husband of Donna Love returned to Bay City to settle and old score with Mac Cory. Along the way he terrorized the hot young lovers Jake McKinnon (Tom Eplin as Kathleen's cousin), Marley Love (Ellen Wheeler as Donna's "sister"), Nancy McGowan (Jane Cameron as Rachel's sister) and Chris Chapin (Don Scardino).<br />
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As a result of Carl's machinations, a jar of poisoned dust travelled throughout Bay City killing off some minor characters.</div>
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9NNosMOvuwOy9wBGyUP5gb5u9_ZezwZ-5SjgZVtFDMohRZNHec52L-0VaVxKWUs8o0unSHTUE-kavjJnK17UEXBULdI0snbltFcEPf3WcPe32K4gU9SCanhZbbJJVasctcYGFVbZAjQ1_/s400/crystal.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330741229656857266" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 288px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" /><br />
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The Sin Stalker came to Bay City and killed off a bunch of beloved minor characters like Maisie the waitress and glamorous architect Quinn Harding (Petronia Paley). Crystal Gayle managed to survive though - and got to perform the new theme song.</div>
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Donna Love (now played by Philece Sampler, who was an amazing Renee DiMera on DAYS) was swept away again by her former stable boy Michael Hudson (Kale Brown)-but an affair with his Viet Nam vet brother John (David Forsyth) put an end to their happiness.</div>
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyjJRRyJNd0q5VcBNRCLa_5stChzmYYD5oX7jrqGj8gjvsm9DVQESjKo5-OJvwm_YJA4mOxVrOSGSU5zgBMRA8ZhU6vN8VrJE3Gt9s-E6MUlWOL4H946AF4XVfEqSDOXrxy-g-tlpr6In/s400/AWad_donna.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330740973414356338" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 272px;" /><br />
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Another serial killer tormented Bay City. I'm not sure if this was Dr. Alan Glaser or Dr. Fax Newman, in fact Dr. Bailey Thompson and Dr. Taylor Benson were also twisted. One raped Sharlene Frame (Anna Holbrook) when she was a child, the other tried to kill her with an exploding boat. Bay City had its share of crazed doctors.</div>
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzpUlsdalMV4tBHxpwgIdHssynlHRFGF2qGsxWggL4Wr95d7DEsOBjhooImpKB2ePQ3-fOaEl1jUVNQ9LNzNzMp83YBcy7yid1aL433Zhms4Y-GToZ08BFEdMv2wEi9sm4p9-qAPqy9DM/s400/AWad_Cecile3.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330740773032646930" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 267px;" /><br />
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Yay! Cecile's back! The producers would convince Nancy to come back to the show every few years to spice things up- and it always worked. Especially when teamed with Cass Wintrop.</div>
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVRM-2qI5xQANH-CYGbZ_TWh25t6MEcab36Bb4T5HbY2GpxJ7fxh_Nv5NrCTNzKVE4ySBIGVuCfkhAK3W_JwQQGyooW0l3vArT1MavpqNeVMSRD-xCFpalUgqL7mNvlZE2aNancKMucje/s400/AWad_25th.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330740557758409970" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 326px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" />The show celebrated it's 25th Anniversary in style with a week-long reunion party that brought many much-loved characters from the Matthews and Frame family trees. This ad featured hot young super-couple Sam Fowler (Mitch Blake's younger brother, played by Robert Kelker-Kelly) and Amanda Cory (Rachel's daughter, played by Sandra Ferguson).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaiEla-rEt9lNjhVW77H7HrycPVUw8Ntq5g3Hxo_4cyY-00P-e5O4T52zSxhmoZRAiC2VNDgFiNzDI-1DPDGUlc_WCEZhTq3HyqdPqwqzRp96LA8NZklhzKJ1mr9Ag5BoVNgBzQNUOTVc/s1600-h/AWad_sex.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaiEla-rEt9lNjhVW77H7HrycPVUw8Ntq5g3Hxo_4cyY-00P-e5O4T52zSxhmoZRAiC2VNDgFiNzDI-1DPDGUlc_WCEZhTq3HyqdPqwqzRp96LA8NZklhzKJ1mr9Ag5BoVNgBzQNUOTVc/s400/AWad_sex.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330740975087650802" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 271px;" /></a></div>
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Two two "hosted" 2 special episodes that examined the changing rules of romance and sex in the 1990s.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwjvDOBsqOnhThDu_IwVuEmOO7-i3gSacn_AbDmPa4p0MfCW3cASYEn7XLCJtsR6Klrd9VXC9kefd_mM4cpLnLMfL0tWOlIsXGKlJaPBtU2z5UwGZ_mJzCNnu3qf53bXHD4j5j3ndu1bE/s400/AWad_2_9_87.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330740555634369714" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 273px;" />I'm not sure if this ad in in the right order, but whatever. Here we have Michael Hudson and Donna Love (notice Philece's head on Anna Stuart's body); Lisa Grady (Felicia's neice, played by Joanna Going) and Jamie Frame (Rachel's son, now played by ALL MY CHILDREN vet Larry Lau); and Cheryl McKinnon (Kathleen's baby sister played by Kristen Marie) and my favorite AW hunk ever Scott LaSalle (the son of Reginald Love, played by Hank Cheyne).<br />
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The final ad for ANOTHER WORLD - Jake McKinnon is determined to win back Paulina Cory (Mac Cory's daughter, played by the stunning and talented Judi Evans) from Ian Rain (Julian McMahon in his pre-NIP/TUCK days).</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-44627124920669591182014-05-04T00:44:00.000-07:002014-05-04T10:40:05.550-07:00Another World 50th Anniversary: Opening TitlesDebuting on May 4, 1964 - the daytime soap ran for 35 years before the network brass finally decided to ax it. If the show was still on, it would be celebrating it's 50th anniversary on Monday. To mark this occasion, I will be devoting my blog to my memories of ANOTHER WORLD.<br />
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I was less than a month old when AW premiered, but I think I remember my mom and grandmother watching the show from the very first black & white episode.</div>
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When I was old enough to understand what a TV was, I think I was mesmerized by the updated color opening titles. The interlocking circles in various shades of purple and blue was both pretty and comforting. Here, see for yourself:</div>
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This opening and theme song were a constant during the 1970s when AW was at its peak of popularity. They were replaced in 1981 by an odd science-fiction inspired opening that lasted throughout most of the 80s.<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jcr1xdQyobo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jcr1xdQyobo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div>
A new theme song sang by country music diva and AW fan Crystal Gayle and Broadway star Gary Morris debuted in 1987 along with flashy new graphics featuring cast members. It was updated occasionally as new actors joined the show and others left. <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/skI9Yyq1Kbc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/skI9Yyq1Kbc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />
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The final opening from 1996 was bold attempt to make AW look like the primetime hit, ER.<br />
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I have watched other soaps over the years (mostly on NBC), but somehow no matter how bad AW got (and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">boy</span>, did it get pretty bad) – I never gave up on it. I guess it was part of my life for so long that it kinda had a life of it's own. There are some days when I wonder whatever happened to the folks of Bay City, characters who felt like family to me. Then I remember, it was just a TV show with actors who got paid to perform scripts written by a team of writers...and then I get sad.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-76545785617363898832014-05-04T00:00:00.002-07:002015-06-16T07:20:30.847-07:00Another World 50th Anniversary: Damsels & DivasANOTHER WORLD had its share of strong women characters over the years. Of the hundreds that lived in Bay City over the years, I've chosen some of my favorites. Special thanks to the <a href="http://www.igs.net/~awhp/">Another World Home Page</a> for "lending" me many of the images.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331359347790214274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lGKpGpTT9lxmj73iB1RwuEHQRuihC9jUuRJu0dbJQ5_fHy64J-ANUw8U8Giv6nVVIzMFQMnXBT-VbJpo2tAPmYp4uxMz664-m5Cif_sOX4VdGkMp3F_9Q_gzP8b-wpHauJ7-6q3IKNgj/s400/AW_women.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 226px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" />Here's a cast photo of all the talented ladies from 1984.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331360650120601410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOIpYRQgqeZx5qc-4G84mPaKIZ2O6tyxmaTTwtVSDS626YahEs2uQyj7lP0IxIivfP-PsK3xyD3PG5r1GfDrcg5LYaGT79fV8TxJUB3pxUlvSjpa8JCGcaQP3LeB782j77YWTk7rfu660p/s400/rachel_robin.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 370px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 288px;" />Robin Strasser, now known as Dorian on ONE LIFE TO LIVE created the character of Rachel Davis in 1967. Initially was a scheming vixen who's main goal was to cause misery in other people's lives.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331360645526303106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfw4ia9jMTwgTvO3dqWR-guMvzNcf3Cv42qdjGqKPXD4mk2iPYDdvF3HZUUXDn1onsd-64KKkcY3zlazvxvfMhI3kD2Yjx9LDeCLrr-MXq6-5TFiq-MUDJoT-G8oL4-qS2OB2cXiQcqTvW/s400/rachel&ada&nancy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 324px;" />After Stasser left, Victoria Wyndham assumed the role in 1972. Here is Rachel with her mother Ada Hobson (the great Constance Ford) and her sister Nancy McGowan (Jane Cameron). Wyndham's Rachel mellowed out after she was romanced by Mac Cory.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331359922609105394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHx-z6ISNBXXNqgQZAve474FCuQhafSGzXATEitHeim6UStzEywmA-_2aYE_gTAnhYcprs_-Oz4HKASZG3JjfaYMEd-6Izi0MvpXJD5pJ7UeNMPViw2ljXVMBwvixBnxCjA1ORax1KKOxx/s400/liz&rachel.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 248px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" />Liz Matthews (played here by Irene Dailey) was the meddlesome de facto matriach of the Matthews family (after Mary Matthews was written out).<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331359343476989586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_jK64cqBqpNc85CSvkrKpNciaHATzjVIs96empkCR6JRHfD-6e6cybrmSaXT23DTnXYRuq5KBDoL-kPyr5VZkgsA_ogQdiW0qHmbMmyRWFCsAtx6DGLEwzU4z4ndB72ekJtO4wYOJaKO/s400/amanda.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 123px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" /><br />
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Rachel and Mac's daughter Amanda was played as an adult by Sandra Ferguson, Christine Tucci (my personal favorite) and Laura Moss.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jdNYYSCEmdw5T08w4XJtpSinzozdpymzPUMG-rWGCm-156JIomvaqRcx8R4IYe2_9pLtKplhFZdVjYKoBFlwvBRZa7Tw0Aycf_p6VtA4g_hP3AECrZNoxhxa7iT1wyw0ZiokGoHWEgCb/s1600-h/pat_lenore_angie.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Some outstanding performance from the late 60s and early 70s included Beverly Benberthy as Pat Matthews, Susan Sullivan as Lenore Moore and Toni Kalem as Angie Perrini Frame.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZqbl5JFhHOh3RoSM6W2jJUZ_gdJICjUU-MI9_PC2uRL4919A-A9xkMbO4Mm0knyKlpvfTevMlG8Pz6GTjlUsdnJUH3OTHFE_5ENBahl0r4lTwlv4D42R9pDj5SOb2RQfH7sNOACeDxim/s1600-h/alice.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331390909222377330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZqbl5JFhHOh3RoSM6W2jJUZ_gdJICjUU-MI9_PC2uRL4919A-A9xkMbO4Mm0knyKlpvfTevMlG8Pz6GTjlUsdnJUH3OTHFE_5ENBahl0r4lTwlv4D42R9pDj5SOb2RQfH7sNOACeDxim/s400/alice.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 387px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 252px;" /></a>Jacqueline Courtney was the definitive Alice Matthews Frame. Other actresses played the role, but Jacquie always embodied Alice to me.<br />
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331360651521659474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGIFwwQK7A_TBmUICoZaNydqPL-KTwmo0tSHZ5tIwi1o8XZ96K9K-pTVNLFxWipYP1WYRfb3hd2EBKl_g4LsOFkLAiRfxInHPcgjEjoTDINS77y06EypTZNHSb_E4-QNosvFUeFs5glHi/s400/sally&alice.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 343px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" /><br />
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Here is Sally Frame (Mary Page Keller) with her mom Alice from the early 1980s.</div>
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331360653607519074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGiZynTEXJARjZJDZf-hTqwzpzcB2MuQSSEmSFnvgsuNzwbB-owVGpqQfr43VzvPANmdiwmRMWTi5KX8P2gP9JR2ODbN-P7U0D5h9BXuouYMQmIN8UDgCH_RLMTwHTWkNMBEiBkwOol79/s400/sally.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 119px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" />Sally Frame was played over the years by Cathy Greene, Jennifer Runyon, Dawn Benz (not pictured), Mary Page Keller and finally by Taylor Miller. Sally's death was one of the most awful choices the producers of AW ever made.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331359920805727282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmAkMp1iQ6bYfCLWpWwzNwXTxiUwYG9zE3hzw1-EQI7l10SicyNLCAl7mUjVsm17GYJC6T3CKsr7GrU-8blFW0KwxCqF5wPTmighwAY8yXb7PKUYYZDMdlVUX8JCld2_gGCOq6zsE4EL3/s400/julia.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 108px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" /><br />
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Kyra Sedgwick, Janna Leigh and Faith Ford all played Sally's cousin (and Liz's granddaughter) Julia Shearer. Another needless murder victim.</div>
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331376136163278994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAAbYmpdtFHh0H1nwU4kCO2Dze_By_zRnAqCfZg3iAcGrgg1JpSEEzOgp5ELRey_q3nD06Z8XPwtXBqFvAAkoes6MpZvadilf0RW6g1s2l3t505Lmi-bQOAIx2rUogpMlBlYv6XucTvxV/s400/janice_gwen_emma.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 100px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" />Some of the Frame women: evil Janice (Christine Jones), kooky Gwen (Dorothy Lyman) and sweet Emma (Elizabeth Ashley).<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331360882859324546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdiSyI68F1FISo6OyH7DLxqgGUiwtW_EDakpB7iVtysgrdbujrZeDFdjCvsni8uiqXuO3MSmx4m4-AHgXgp9z8AJkMcIj-Fuo-5X8ByQxWIC9MLJ4P98oQnHPSfw-elhUNdLaeH8Fkj46w/s400/sharly.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 248px;" /></div>
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Sharlene Frame (Emmy-winner Anna Holbrook) had a few different personalities.</div>
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331360653865164114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGR38VUwv2QxIjxyn4RQ90fNNIy5U6Qiukh_U0FTm-f23COhVsc3D7rsgaYv6zL5diFX8zREWh_iTk_Uy-0hbTEtrTWZqIRyC-Z9DGOD8y2LId4ntUjJuP6_sGA3HzLYlFn3nEIyl7Spy/s400/sharlene2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 227px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" />I always though Anna would play a great Martha Stewart.<br />
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331359914394557714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69wEpy_V-9BK_zTfMQx8GiMTW0Rc8WTEnV2gW-gLVMQoKbBdfVtFFoZX5H6fbURYu8E8EjYUvhUVkZ1Out2E-A_tDDHKqeR3-K9M7ikA_31Vx0FxHda1U9BKZeTUVNSSV3DfRl2ooMOmw/s400/josie.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 120px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" /><br />
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Sharlene's daughter Josie Watts (via Russ Matthews) went from teen model to police officer. Played by Alexandra Wilson, Amy Carlson and her lookalike Nadine Stenovitch.</div>
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331359338189339666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJT_43hslvRcl5QsTBZQMBFPqKr92QWUqaLxoH7dXP3J2tFZY4k5nUO-PV_NuhBR8SR1wa6BxruHXB-hxurR8dITHn5aDN8nksbYPJHkJ0cFKgjiOrnvEbPm3StINM1jwfc93MTxS6Eksp/s400/frankie.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 272px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" /><br />
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Psychic Frankie Frame (Alice Barrett) was a fan favorite whose savage murder at the hands of Dr. Fax Newman led many viewers to abandon the show in protest.</div>
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331360382596501826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPHC6KGiyDsBBNHXdh8Ock-M_1kZvY9hlJ7WfAkQJJJeIlxj1R1fITjZl-YeMYG38QHiZIvZ6h-RMjbOBOZ0Z7erah_dkrSQZkSqBbX9v4SO54f_uzf-LZ353t7nPpCnRUti1dm-P7q-g/s400/mac&iris1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 287px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" /><br />
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Mac Cory spoiled daughter Iris (Beverly McKinsey) took over the role of resident villainess when Rachel became the heroine of the show.</div>
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331359915110803010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimt4K9TueeC4hKf71vbFmaeBh1bMO-drfqQfvdXvrT4k9CWk96OsuIuL8D0LFJuX27fDQgSktBOyuDqG0TNZl8G_smVEi6kPHpjCAKoqKaZMt04PN20rYu7y8NtmeLyOdIlQP4nVVIKVSR/s400/iriscory1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 210px;" /><br />
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Iris returned from a stint in TEXAS played by Carmen Duncan. After years of paying for her sins, Iris was unceremoniously saddled with an attempted murder charge - for trying to kill Carl Hutchins–who had killed so many characters himself! Iris was put away and sadly never heard from again.</div>
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331360387682535954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1z1cvLr3_mojartGT10zNA9jppFx4aHboiF7YFQdLnn_x6nEaUwBbIuJ1AOvu2exnxts8Sx2c5tm1C0UXxPP-LPwqYqpuWfz1p6y-nlRR0K79B2ePP_4JiNeOqSA4bRXrCWVq8gqM0T55/s400/paulina2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 160px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" /><br />
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Mac's other daughter Paulina came to town after his death. When Cali Timmins left the show, the character went from second-class villain to much-loved leading lady as portrayed by the wonderful Judi Evans.</div>
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331376141923561346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA80kDmMle_Q9RfRxelB4muklQaBfSt_0T_cK3xOp2pE9Jn4S3xnlAbnJMLpEh66VHrOmWYbo8KlR0j16gfUIRuGaCanw8qm6gwTASqP_SDWZSxoY5rJtOt6hXKhYYg_qPz56m5P0b73MV/s400/quinn_lily_dana_etta_toni.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 66px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" /><br />
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Over the years many talented African-American actresses rounded out the cast. Petronia Paley's Quinn Harding and Jackee's Lily Mason were wonderful together. Michelle Hurd's Dana Kramer was a long-running supporting character. Etta Mae Burrell (Elain R. Graham) and her feisty daughter Toni (Rhonda Ross) were powerful additions to the cast in the last years of the show.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcNunx6_PGvK5KgBjHu38WnWfpZT4NFhh9hsXdbaWGTgwSwoJUAi0vydMUHjINFePfyXwPE4qHLHJ3ThxAv-qvHBlMMzq5xtOCiJdImXZeqDGQkzPe49DUo-FtRzdUejrSGybRJOtpPC6/s1600-h/kathleen.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331388942237488210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcNunx6_PGvK5KgBjHu38WnWfpZT4NFhh9hsXdbaWGTgwSwoJUAi0vydMUHjINFePfyXwPE4qHLHJ3ThxAv-qvHBlMMzq5xtOCiJdImXZeqDGQkzPe49DUo-FtRzdUejrSGybRJOtpPC6/s400/kathleen.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 289px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 288px;" /></a><br />
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Kathleen McKinnon (Julie Osburn) won Cass Winthrop's heart and her family became a cornerstone of the AW universe during the 1980s.</div>
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331376138125610098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5DsnEGoTDEQMulCUxf-MYy_j5Uwx-I1wGUhUCvxdejAG9IZiSem12QjNEpOODRYmFgrmPKf4aEu92gnCwhOvZI_387bXn-iqJO81NZbyOUTxGo19lD56s0XOxfb_J3aDad2Q45vVUL7j/s400/mj_mary_cheryl.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 106px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" />MJ McKinnon (Sally Spencer), Mary McKinnon (the fabulous Denise Alexander) and Cheryl McKinnon (Kristen Marie) rounded out the family.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331360884002960834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqEXfwf7HjANQntpjV9LWyald_RiEaCen4_lMAOPiThaOBvKtCpgjfQ5ezZH8GQD7P266c1APGvonVtt5X8t3qalWbQJdA5vfaF-s0SXMPvDcHpn1n2uAOCf5VFgJtBbmZv7WyqLyZdZ5j/s400/stacey.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 141px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" /></div>
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Cass Winthrop's sister Stacey was played by Terry Davis and then Hilary Edson.</div>
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331376138062657106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEXt5sbGh1ZoU_yqH5WjyK7UUgospaFkmo3DtBoyo2q7ed7LnOdoboZGhbYdlpx9yMMSFXGmwMrtNs4e8wTrmxHX8TwXzTjrAKBa0cs8dUbHO-sHbGBDYwgqm8alkSdw_hIAIzS4BwdAq/s400/louise_viv_alma_bridget.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 78px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" /></div>
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Some of the great domestics over the years: Louise Goddard (Anne Meacham), Vivian Gorrow (Gretchen Oehler), the insane Alma Rudder (Elizabeth Franz) and the beloved Bridget Connell (Barbara Berjer). Bridget also fell victim to evil Dr. Fax Newman.</div>
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331359626447852162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbd1c7oL1XRVMLWNp3eWWMMTp-Ygh0npFCWVrign2iCXMHXnVJBLl5VOJOoLAWzZjkLoC488KkHrETNe-s1zmmEEkvA9eP75317vp8ytpyoLVzChK3xUgnX1QLevFJvNK_QNBTKQMo6T8x/s400/felicia.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 288px;" /><br />
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Linda Dano's Felicia Gallant swept in Bay City in 1983, becoming an instant fan favorite and epitomizing what a soap diva should be.</div>
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331359922402153554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEiF_fiYMaqNTh0TPF-BqQljjfuXD_wXlLCJiuSFqmGphexEdCRtqIZATqvvmDw_tlVoVq_5UZrZBXN6Dx22KC5eHbVLFMBM1oFqAgToWg25SnQXDIlIDrB4RrZUnBFq9T8OMYh3Izmsq/s400/lorna.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 123px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" />Felicia's long-lost daughter Lorna Devon showed up in 1991, first played by Alicia Coppola, and then by Faye Dunaway lookalike Robin Christopher. Both actresses shined in the role.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331359621624226482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5jhjKffBWh8YNB3kwmLmffJ9ndU92Q8FvB8duLigTTTnkwh5FA0nKYqX71flD6V01WZ9L8u3rqbk7lBb3N_vGfVm3kftC0TkOIf5mmQF2EZTfiFGAJXuiXYX29QY_jtSkFrMBPNO5Ss7/s400/elena.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 192px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" />Countess Elena DePoulignac (Christina Pickles, Maeve McGuire) was a classy supporting character...and the mother of...<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331388939865464642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg24Xo2Fg_XwqkgUIqnz-Dl_qEd5EPE0ppHX3Zvliz19i0FUygS_44KTQmKcA9MQjHxLsavE_bMBspN0TkkK26UmA0aEhXP1LJhg16klcn0rj9PCA7w5JaWDs1WVR4vIMQih5qPjFRdZj7/s400/cecile1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 138px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" />Cecile DePoulignac! Susan Keith created the role, but Nancy Frangione's outstanding performance made Cecile the most delicious villainess in the show's history.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331359342421259522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNudEZ8K8gIGhE6vveBpI71WN91X7q9BXe0HLYXylxz4fQwJ78UCovODdesHcZA9hPg8GkTdOHJX3K6Dl6Qgw0A5xIbsO8MNfoCA7c5vEtcnuzUOo_RqjVA7dRHVWzKhnLoZ5mzGsk5QLW/s400/maggie.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 99px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" />Cecile's spoiled brat daughter Maggie Cory was played by Robyn Griggs, Jodi O'Keefe and finally Lisa Brenner.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331359621224260162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuDBu4A2i3Kcf7hnLgCMk_ZjR3MHZNPYrilg8IVOap0tKVxPQesBfiNSoIRz5SdnU4u0j0eKS9UCIAfmDW6QT0RF60TQCfRzguMjYQChlpVhpcvN6QN_wGkjb9_MEnb-o9EAdEqGJQpvWw/s400/donnalove1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 202px;" />Anna Stuart's Donna Love started out as a one-note snob, but grew into an amazingly complex character.<br />
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331359621929522242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4PcZ0-b3lSq3Kyj4fZqNIJZiIuSABBW-hDyhkAx86IWsivl5X0Wk_x4phi4eo24FZ3AkvliwD5fHAdGX7hSyI7NRm7no-bRQT393qKj5zquYNK_rfGbYDw7-BpUU5jkYu2fagHGkdRfkd/s400/donna2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 139px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" />Philece Sampler took over the role in 1987, but luckily Anna was convinced to return in 1989. Nothing against Philece, but Anna embodied the role.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331360388779742082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4N4dq-ZOWk9JGQcmouUeRp43-Bi6_MqrHYxrj9s9TkTD61ydvCrpD8cBnpG9QQJfLVGBhj6ZzEA0zbDXRR5TmV_zxFrZftFtKvWCb83CEozr6i2duUpoCj2OfDuQT4guAbR73HdjyevIj/s400/nicole.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 110px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" /><br />
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Donna's sister Nicole was played by Kim Morgan Greene, Laurie Landry and Anne Howard. Nicole went from coke-snorting supermodel to cabaret singer to Jason Frame-murdering clothing designer! She also killed villainous Jason Frame.</div>
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Donna's sister Marley, who turned out to be her daughter, was played by Ellen Wheeler, Anne Heche, Jensen Buchanan and then Ellen Wheeler again.</div>
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Marley's evil twin Victoria was played by the same three actresses (plus not-pictured Rhonda Lewin and Cynthia Watros). By the time Jensen took over the role, Vicky was now a heroine. When Marley returned played by Ellen Wheeler (they were no longer identical twins due to a disfiguring accident-which didn't explain their different heights), Marley was now the evil twin.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331376144338692914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgaJvwEdA4Yj4kNwgYw3xQNtAvIIPTyV7A_rqsgdxijKOTrMUUxlIgv1NwtuXqdkedn4gQASRBxPJkndkMOt8Hj4Alofjx3vaCiEYOn3G7eRhas4brEZumzA3YLs1jvs-Mstv7C6SCHcK/s400/taylor_lila_cindy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 128px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" />A few other baddies but goodies were Dr. Taylor Benson (Christine Andreas), Lila Roberts (Lisa Peluso) and Cindy Brooke Harrison (Kim Rhodes).<br />
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Two special treats were Victoria Wyndham's insane over-the-top dual role of Justine Duvalier...</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-54148292787230508612014-05-04T00:00:00.001-07:002014-05-04T10:47:25.741-07:00Another World 50th Anniversary: Super CouplesIn my previous posts I've mentioned some of the super couples of ANOTHER WORLD. I've touched upon Sandy & Blaine, Catlin & Sally, Michael & Donna, Sam & Amanda, Ryan & Vicky and even Matt & Donna. But there are some fan favorites which need further examining.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjMreVybi0xiuQyyRu_nks2maRKWW-UuhWMQHAr4II9j3oK27Anydfiit9HVq5wLHkovZiAcAYdjC-2Q2RjD7Vg1JJRGC5saRmDztqk1Jk17gQ8hmc_5Ckw8fH5v4HTXCQuG0wPkniQ1H/s400/steve&alice3.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332226312247764194" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 259px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" />Dashing construction magnate Steve Frame (George Reinholt) romanced lovely nurse Alice Matthews (Jacquie Courtney).<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aUwoKiSHASQOfCINri4pRisFi2JYxdx8FM-ER9srKPOJakSvdJ6PdzYhhHFeVzsV34DMeY42tl_jEeCyF4S53C6K239ziFojsMoyC_mTdpp3tAKI9LXuXs7UnaaZRk7ZGzgSg0zbfq-a/s400/steve_alice1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332227352891992018" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 368px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 288px;" />The two were married on AW's 10th anniversary in a lavish hour-long special.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF77kljDvqG6o2AOGxQp6tOcS0LzFKCa812v9cBtkq2hz5v-Z9q5AH5TetCdgoJsHgd-KsbM7d65ofRsc9fU0FS-qal_kvG-Zx5YVt5vaKiyQrjOmF-80-rdkq3ApFupf5yKes07qnTCEi/s400/steve&alice_wedding.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332226316853241554" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 306px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 400px;" /> Included above are Liz Matthews (Irene Dailey), Russ Matthews (David Bailey), Jim Matthews (Hugh Marlowe), Robert Delaney (Nicholas Coster) and Iris Carrington (Beverley McKinsey).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEYczInA2OHUVdoVFio0WnMcSGi0HmRylp1G00daJvBka9Nz6TUUZWlJX-u6guIjJhYfCB-0ufmmlj41SOUKBIhcARHuV-IeI0Fnwu1_dDweLVyDlXQf9FKEHArOTSglqRRdEyARaGRMF/s1600-h/steve&rachel2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_yAhTMCnUY60P8D1SE8SX7_W7Rm9rcdzAUxLaZ3F4YanPSC824W1_SUySOIEFTvIPRjZ58lhrWpgu-d5Oa4XOzTnhwJeqD2Yb9SRkp2owXCuOTk5LNz77nRm5AojODCIfg6erfKF7Jijj/s400/rachel&russ.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332225794275094530" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 281px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" /></a>Alice's brother Russ (played Sam Groom here) was snared by bad girl Rachel Davis (Robin Strasser). But Rachel didn't want Russ...<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEYczInA2OHUVdoVFio0WnMcSGi0HmRylp1G00daJvBka9Nz6TUUZWlJX-u6guIjJhYfCB-0ufmmlj41SOUKBIhcARHuV-IeI0Fnwu1_dDweLVyDlXQf9FKEHArOTSglqRRdEyARaGRMF/s400/steve&rachel2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332226324495852386" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 352px;" />Rachel (now Victoria Wyndham) wanted Steve!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_42sZ0XpfwTVR1DrwELWOlMUq3UdnCe4rWF_eTP3_zqRRqaUYuSos_s74xVxvqZTkbV7h3kwy-GEyp4d6Cgh9oLw_fsC9Xieeq1HQQ3sZzOfs-LanEOorrIMuF0T1JXN7J0ay_e9mkQj/s1600-h/steve&rachel1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_42sZ0XpfwTVR1DrwELWOlMUq3UdnCe4rWF_eTP3_zqRRqaUYuSos_s74xVxvqZTkbV7h3kwy-GEyp4d6Cgh9oLw_fsC9Xieeq1HQQ3sZzOfs-LanEOorrIMuF0T1JXN7J0ay_e9mkQj/s400/steve&rachel1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332226315934319106" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 265px;" /></a><br />
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And Rachel won Steve - by getting pregnant with his child.</div>
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Xnl7MgGfGbOJZAbfen63kr3s6y93iHHnPA6wh73OSgKEsU1RujOqdtjK84v2LNlxctk9C_OxzOCIwYqrPAf1Ut4foPnJQvGl6uSPAaP1sQq5SkqurklgQQj563oTumzjXuDjTZRbHKGN/s400/mac&rachel1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332227355214507954" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 322px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" />After Steve "died" ( he came back in the 80s played by David Canary), Rachel, the shrew was tamed by the love of publisher Mac Cory (Douglass Watson).<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKxoLTOrCRnoS_MPpjMrd6wEwobf8St8wf2zJvRkDkUxKCJHTxzP-7LijHwqMbCdwBf4uN_Ak4xJjUff1ufIoXkIT-0XNOSz-LLk2dmqCq2gWBwe5Q-mGmh3uf9tW_r6cmn8YMDxpsA65/s400/mitch&rachel.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332225788639100466" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 337px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" /><br />
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Rachel almost destroyed her happiness with Mac by cheating with Mitch Blake (William Gray Espy).</div>
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7oupuxZ-P6tAQlgkcDF7jZsG4XPR2WXD8UahCDH7DlFAZAaqDljvhdQOLrB5dM0eQLDDL7Ga830ITai8_P06F1JXdrsavW3VYQnLXB4ef83u7wspuF5o-F6G_qT5qQ2TmGOIrMXhBu8s/s400/rachel_sculpts.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332227351399734866" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 305px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" />Rachel and Mac had their times apart, but their love always brought them back together. Mac died off screen when Douglass Watson passed away.<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEick9-B4gMjrkLAdmCCmyn4I_s9HuHJimA2PQSwNhdOYP4rokff8-JITuUfVe3RNgZ8AUZ3SCFM1cGymZJ3hEDbxhYGoYd_1cMSRSN-dLJ0G8N5hased-xLa_oRKJL0ITVT_dUqjfTvvrwj/s400/rachel&carl_1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332225792061282754" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 277px;" />Rachel's widowhood led to several short-lived romances, culminating with her unlikely marriage to Mac's nemesis Carl Hutchins (Charles Keating). This time around it was Rachel who tamed the lion.</div>
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilg7AvB8huSm2yFdqdJJ2ctyN2PEidN4a2_PHjXbVy6Ac18eQMvZMk9BqnpK4edfgZFabkxRb0DkxNlgS1RyBaq1Qi7WGxPavMzxdTvjTYyuAIDsNP-F-GbnqlDVmDWq8AV8n7Yad7gRNn/s400/sam&lahoma.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332226313986981250" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 220px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 288px;" />Another great couple from the 70s were Sam & Lahoma (Jordan Charney and Ann Wedgeworth). This duo proved so popular that they were spun off to SOMERSET. The two were later reunited on THREE'S COMPANY.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSP12SiiShDPE6dGJZ3dhE6WpyENwJoI5dcZGWMUU_0ChlWzzrHnA7aNaMsrnTTujvYNtDdRN-nbaK6pyra9VShByK4lAGLQgm_m7bKPT9jFmOe5nXJR729Gv44tYKhM0IEzn-NE8Uny3/s1600-h/ewings.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSP12SiiShDPE6dGJZ3dhE6WpyENwJoI5dcZGWMUU_0ChlWzzrHnA7aNaMsrnTTujvYNtDdRN-nbaK6pyra9VShByK4lAGLQgm_m7bKPT9jFmOe5nXJR729Gv44tYKhM0IEzn-NE8Uny3/s400/ewings.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332225439564409010" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 266px;" /></a>Police officer Larry Ewing (Rick Porter) tamed sexpot Clarice Hobson (Gail Brown)–making an honest woman of her.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZ9HEaI4l2X13OfE79fdyPLpvyjslWH9esxGArm49a09d4yX8ghRWkCgN4PeNz5042AKNkK3cHYPGr_eFKPvLxttB1zK6X0Ck4SMWF4GKNea-FgTtRbAxO5a-ml8cHQA49A8fK-VpC27Y/s1600-h/cecile.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZ9HEaI4l2X13OfE79fdyPLpvyjslWH9esxGArm49a09d4yX8ghRWkCgN4PeNz5042AKNkK3cHYPGr_eFKPvLxttB1zK6X0Ck4SMWF4GKNea-FgTtRbAxO5a-ml8cHQA49A8fK-VpC27Y/s400/cecile.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332225436227487906" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 350px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 297px;" /></a>Cass Wintrop (Stephen Schnetzer) was a great match with Cecile DePoulignac (Nancy Frangione). (See here with John Hutton's Peter Love).<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPlPYM8TLvChYWNPKAqkwOFeMO9PuvdqmheKKQLY2OLp-PZOLhI7TcljB48731JUBtWK9apYxwbMCJ1yIcYrLuVDnqV574ckbekkCOFZD9mvk4_38TtVr6BJ80c9MBaD_IHY4mue7fBy_/s1600-h/cass&kathleen.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPlPYM8TLvChYWNPKAqkwOFeMO9PuvdqmheKKQLY2OLp-PZOLhI7TcljB48731JUBtWK9apYxwbMCJ1yIcYrLuVDnqV574ckbekkCOFZD9mvk4_38TtVr6BJ80c9MBaD_IHY4mue7fBy_/s400/cass&kathleen.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332225438659326690" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 283px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 288px;" /></a>But Cass was also great with Kathleen McKinnon (Julie Osburn), until her death.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVnNvt6POs0S7WT89iq3lP-wcqdRDU06H9A1_DTMhmu2iQFB_Pn80vOqRmesawyFRGHZKv3HwhOywcD8WJAetzT1afs3h4vELMN-cglZZToFqkj11ksv5A6WkHDE_1k3R_ltrfLdL9Cxj/s1600-h/cass&frankie.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVnNvt6POs0S7WT89iq3lP-wcqdRDU06H9A1_DTMhmu2iQFB_Pn80vOqRmesawyFRGHZKv3HwhOywcD8WJAetzT1afs3h4vELMN-cglZZToFqkj11ksv5A6WkHDE_1k3R_ltrfLdL9Cxj/s400/cass&frankie.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332225432382969858" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 397px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 288px;" /></a>After mourning his wife and a bad experience with Nicole Love, Cass finally found love again with Frankie Frame (Alice Barrett), until she was killed as well.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0-wRBkIUZtAbsdLJtPbjcbnW1lhsD2lJhg1xvComEqDQYU-VgqBJejY_-BmjuazhNJQ3W3tuL6HmB8O66zQZAaenqZUHIV4oIzlB347T_Z8LszF8UyYb_-N6BMUbq_e6FbijWCXB_U65/s1600-h/joe&paulina.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0-wRBkIUZtAbsdLJtPbjcbnW1lhsD2lJhg1xvComEqDQYU-VgqBJejY_-BmjuazhNJQ3W3tuL6HmB8O66zQZAaenqZUHIV4oIzlB347T_Z8LszF8UyYb_-N6BMUbq_e6FbijWCXB_U65/s400/joe&paulina.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332225786362240802" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 357px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 385px;" /></a>In the tradition of Larry and Clarice, good guy cop Joe Carlino (Joe Barbara) found love with Paulina Cory (Judi Evans).<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6jvDvn0ymeBYRJJ16DctIYD6ynVTYN7lC0usZbSEerDzBScGJnFhoWvTBBUxbUn_Mcjq3rGu_vhKTkcbvz-NyPSPN2Txew1kue7kBaw5xfCcYgfWqStVCcdB19aXseD2sRTgnIvsSVBB/s1600-h/gary&josie.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6jvDvn0ymeBYRJJ16DctIYD6ynVTYN7lC0usZbSEerDzBScGJnFhoWvTBBUxbUn_Mcjq3rGu_vhKTkcbvz-NyPSPN2Txew1kue7kBaw5xfCcYgfWqStVCcdB19aXseD2sRTgnIvsSVBB/s400/gary&josie.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332225779708735938" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 335px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 360px;" /></a>And officers Gary Sinclair (Timothy Gibbs) and Josie Watts (Amy Carlson) make a great, sexy duo.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-42900465271678962182014-05-04T00:00:00.000-07:002014-05-04T10:45:43.037-07:00Another World 50th Anniversary: The Hunks of Bay CityANOTHER WORLD always had it's share of handsome and dignified men of all ages.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVKT7ZYRYEppletNQbcrnLYjrFExGAGBljqPipf0u0RyTCmDjLOPFTETwzQPIVqeE5oZyf4LeOHuZrVqD5fQYp8s2XpCkBGYe7g02Go8boojhe4UQar3pBsBxHx8YErJVfqqZeROqO4Q6/s1600-h/sady&mac&jamie.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVKT7ZYRYEppletNQbcrnLYjrFExGAGBljqPipf0u0RyTCmDjLOPFTETwzQPIVqeE5oZyf4LeOHuZrVqD5fQYp8s2XpCkBGYe7g02Go8boojhe4UQar3pBsBxHx8YErJVfqqZeROqO4Q6/s400/sady&mac&jamie.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331074468741648706" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 295px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a>Above we see Sandy Cory (Chris Rich), Mac Cory (Douglass Watson) and Jamie Frame (Stephen Yates). Sandy and Jamie often dated and married the same women.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriDUj9phAlpGarh_oK7kTTFMpa6RyC9VoC8nuDRWcsFYj135DzNS_S64VOXZ1cN4Gi0XsfZvJR_BK7Wd5EWMfeExHXHhyphenhyphenrm6qZnO9NHsA_SbMdL6g2PVNbh-bSWxzFdQybB9VVyz5J0V1/s1600-h/perry&carl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriDUj9phAlpGarh_oK7kTTFMpa6RyC9VoC8nuDRWcsFYj135DzNS_S64VOXZ1cN4Gi0XsfZvJR_BK7Wd5EWMfeExHXHhyphenhyphenrm6qZnO9NHsA_SbMdL6g2PVNbh-bSWxzFdQybB9VVyz5J0V1/s400/perry&carl.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331074467404082514" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 305px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 357px;" /></a>Above: Perry Hutchins (David Oliver) and Carl Hutchins (Charles Keating). Perry was killed accidentally by Vicky Hudson.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwhr_qc4JjUxj1JCNJYVcY8Pp6N8oBZFgBUzUr7Cq8fQOqnbSghudJz2f_NnX4vUFQF5yt1iQDZfYVID9UpfOXPowLladGncaKTUWXhlOUGMtNN3kCqdfSS5F3UUQES9pVz95BwK2cDay/s1600-h/AW_men.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwhr_qc4JjUxj1JCNJYVcY8Pp6N8oBZFgBUzUr7Cq8fQOqnbSghudJz2f_NnX4vUFQF5yt1iQDZfYVID9UpfOXPowLladGncaKTUWXhlOUGMtNN3kCqdfSS5F3UUQES9pVz95BwK2cDay/s400/AW_men.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331073564274198914" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 233px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Above: All the male cast members circa 1982, including Morgan Freeman who played architect Roy Bingham. In the 80s and 90s, dignity went out the door...and pecs and abs became the norm.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SR6Zcz8pWX77k5bBXBXp5BRwCgaHBoT5ErZe1cy9WTxxijLjsevzjMr3mwr-4xwbxBYKL5shNTh1NUDNmfQwJ3A2W43JVy7zX4aHaP_-ahutj8JVr2vd949xokDNYsCpAn_I8a_4X6Fi/s1600-h/tomas.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SR6Zcz8pWX77k5bBXBXp5BRwCgaHBoT5ErZe1cy9WTxxijLjsevzjMr3mwr-4xwbxBYKL5shNTh1NUDNmfQwJ3A2W43JVy7zX4aHaP_-ahutj8JVr2vd949xokDNYsCpAn_I8a_4X6Fi/s400/tomas.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331074464926591170" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 284px;" /></a>Tomas came to Bay City with amnesiac Sharlene Frame. He stuck around and romanced Maggie Cory (the daughter of Sandy Cory and Cecile DePoulnignac).<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WSvT0dgDS0ygNB3PeQ61Gzixe5sQJAIueK47nnTsXBPiTWrhHMDXPIDbSE2JCaZz377VxMxVv5cn9fd14zO-1hKdnCpq7wPcQbJECC5XrMpzfN9qEtUilMawl0OSl8_FQ94v6WEVWNkj/s1600-h/scott.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WSvT0dgDS0ygNB3PeQ61Gzixe5sQJAIueK47nnTsXBPiTWrhHMDXPIDbSE2JCaZz377VxMxVv5cn9fd14zO-1hKdnCpq7wPcQbJECC5XrMpzfN9qEtUilMawl0OSl8_FQ94v6WEVWNkj/s400/scott.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331074462830341698" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 237px;" /></a>Scott LaSalle was the son of Reginald Love. He romanced young Cheryl McKinnon, even though they had the same "mother", Mary McKinnon.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWr41-VJYTtzKJZPcKePUEuryqqvcwkFDLj_Ihyphenhypheny0u3zzrg8UffeMI3UYxqwrmDIRUHtl2vloLXf2sddhY9KfpuzjhdC-2I8fonOMkNEHjNO99G3Xxoq312mKBCR0P8fMWHRxM-kys85Wd/s1600-h/sam.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWr41-VJYTtzKJZPcKePUEuryqqvcwkFDLj_Ihyphenhypheny0u3zzrg8UffeMI3UYxqwrmDIRUHtl2vloLXf2sddhY9KfpuzjhdC-2I8fonOMkNEHjNO99G3Xxoq312mKBCR0P8fMWHRxM-kys85Wd/s400/sam.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331074464258698930" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 291px;" /></a>Sam Fowler was Mitch Blake's artsy young brother who romanced Amanda Cory.</div>
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When Robert Kelker-Kelly returned to AW he came back as race car driver Bobby Reno, who was gifted with the eyes of the late Ryan Harrison - and was paired with Ryan's widow, Vicky Hudson. Through some convoluted circumstances, Bobby turned out to be Dr. Shane Roberts. Then he was killed in a car crash along with Vicky's dad, Michael Hudson.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcYqkj_KwYABpCs6r-CpoIidQ_92hVtmNkFBCeFC3r19q2ZomqgyWo-aAuJCY_aASsMvHVnmBZD4EdszuUWnV-5Je29Xd7UCFPKptkpNKe02D8iAct-TWrcLUEeCnRVQQgYA_dKuYb8gVX/s1600-h/ryan.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcYqkj_KwYABpCs6r-CpoIidQ_92hVtmNkFBCeFC3r19q2ZomqgyWo-aAuJCY_aASsMvHVnmBZD4EdszuUWnV-5Je29Xd7UCFPKptkpNKe02D8iAct-TWrcLUEeCnRVQQgYA_dKuYb8gVX/s400/ryan.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331074157095657394" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 356px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>This is Ryan (and Vicky) before he died and lost his eyes. It was revealed that he was Carl Hutchins' son, making him Perry's half-brother.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiht693H5ktecPP0E37CKJR5GEwOz3BEnWXaEkJsSpp0uOf9NStw4NCmAHGcEpaa2PSt_s2JnDHdon5GppnlnJjzhB8o8iRjAZkfLRRpntVwWuoLRMPkyohT2XBqv36wnRnzBcRoaHraB-C/s1600-h/rafael.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiht693H5ktecPP0E37CKJR5GEwOz3BEnWXaEkJsSpp0uOf9NStw4NCmAHGcEpaa2PSt_s2JnDHdon5GppnlnJjzhB8o8iRjAZkfLRRpntVwWuoLRMPkyohT2XBqv36wnRnzBcRoaHraB-C/s400/rafael.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331074152853941058" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 333px;" /></a>Rafael was just basically eye candy. A throw-away character who took off his shirt a lot.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRt1YOcNAtOJw2y5ev9qARTGlqp3nYhJ2ILa5urm-U4HQZjzhi-cbPSdtg9IZ8BkzdMMsaqYvtphg831b-FWu8bIazVqZbi1knqIP0xN0xF1ydbz-R3dPGLsWUNhmANG-LtiIC2ldTA0u/s1600-h/nick.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRt1YOcNAtOJw2y5ev9qARTGlqp3nYhJ2ILa5urm-U4HQZjzhi-cbPSdtg9IZ8BkzdMMsaqYvtphg831b-FWu8bIazVqZbi1knqIP0xN0xF1ydbz-R3dPGLsWUNhmANG-LtiIC2ldTA0u/s400/nick.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331074149718067666" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 304px;" /></a>Mark was the third actor to play Nick Hudson, son of Michael Hudson, and the easiest on the eyes.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpQR_mA861TsgprRbyaoowNdSAxcZoqInX8qeeEoS34XueFDNUSVumE-H-NpEOTV5K8w0-kd-ueGGkcdwHG064kgm_LdAeYvF8gD1VloNvlGf2yervFOhHyBUgRqTwgyQj7U0MU4WZBHm/s1600-h/morgan.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpQR_mA861TsgprRbyaoowNdSAxcZoqInX8qeeEoS34XueFDNUSVumE-H-NpEOTV5K8w0-kd-ueGGkcdwHG064kgm_LdAeYvF8gD1VloNvlGf2yervFOhHyBUgRqTwgyQj7U0MU4WZBHm/s400/morgan.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331074148062087378" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 358px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 216px;" /></a>Cass Winthrop's brother was a doctor with very comforting bedside manner.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gPipVIgx5YfsNxcDnCYT2wmjzq4DX69FP21_QpMwxyDzedgkEFNSZQZbgz21v982p0dWYGzvx4t-lDDoOAArWKr3tTu9H3XmCLAfuEXOPLbhPBBZVx5gZ6US9TfKCX7keDfl8N3aI3PU/s1600-h/matt.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gPipVIgx5YfsNxcDnCYT2wmjzq4DX69FP21_QpMwxyDzedgkEFNSZQZbgz21v982p0dWYGzvx4t-lDDoOAArWKr3tTu9H3XmCLAfuEXOPLbhPBBZVx5gZ6US9TfKCX7keDfl8N3aI3PU/s400/matt.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331074149160813410" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 217px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Rachel Cory and Mitch Blake's son Matt grew up to be a fine young man - and his cougar-ish girlfriend Donna Love made sure he spent much time shirtless.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkJ9LpvWqZ1OuCpr0Eqtr2Yc3H7cQ4jPQ95uwntkMpBtR-uBr_JCpEfev0kHRgAn0ZrfK3pNcUcQSHOfBLJEnlln69PftR04xYFBog8QVN4YPLNFj7dRtY_qBrKV9j6SM7BIzHZrkzYUa/s1600-h/joe.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkJ9LpvWqZ1OuCpr0Eqtr2Yc3H7cQ4jPQ95uwntkMpBtR-uBr_JCpEfev0kHRgAn0ZrfK3pNcUcQSHOfBLJEnlln69PftR04xYFBog8QVN4YPLNFj7dRtY_qBrKV9j6SM7BIzHZrkzYUa/s400/joe.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331073579161968978" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 397px;" /></a>Joe Carlino was the good-guy cop that won Paulina Cory's heart.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq433Zil5KE7ImK-08WRPUYlk5-GvMDXt3PBWw-c-Pl_4L62a4U0_Re52hmFGIgFRkoaR9NUXCzgFHDZMe0UeXfGw4noVcco_WfBaesbZfVqSytkzE4nOPg9eX68CEkeYfhPcc1eVnGp0C/s1600-h/gary.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq433Zil5KE7ImK-08WRPUYlk5-GvMDXt3PBWw-c-Pl_4L62a4U0_Re52hmFGIgFRkoaR9NUXCzgFHDZMe0UeXfGw4noVcco_WfBaesbZfVqSytkzE4nOPg9eX68CEkeYfhPcc1eVnGp0C/s400/gary.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331073573351669874" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 291px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 256px;" /></a>Another cop, Gary Sinclair was paired with officer Josie Watts (daughter of Sharlene Frame and Russ Matthews).<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigB0SQI_gPiYTnyQCMA6h6kvuTFWVPFet4M6bd7QpLD9xX3dxEZPmcEKu128NR0DtNSRnruEt-PmgueGf21krm7W8GW2k2zaBK19LAq78cd5u7VGzf1DaiHIX3N3xV5tLQGvXSB3hyX1TW/s1600-h/dennis.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigB0SQI_gPiYTnyQCMA6h6kvuTFWVPFet4M6bd7QpLD9xX3dxEZPmcEKu128NR0DtNSRnruEt-PmgueGf21krm7W8GW2k2zaBK19LAq78cd5u7VGzf1DaiHIX3N3xV5tLQGvXSB3hyX1TW/s400/dennis.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331073575369868130" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 341px;" /></a>Iris Wheeler's son Dennis was played by several actors, most notably Chris Bruno.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyzzPHzybyki3zY1rVqIaVq4b6awC1MPLxbjtEAxrqblkk1WorCdX_dE-vTgbNN20KlF-qDAljqo816j9yxWNmWnzIEOb7OkvH5mOEkbBOUcFS5JHOv1v0lJ9nT2ym7rLAp7WBBPnTdIg/s1600-h/dean.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyzzPHzybyki3zY1rVqIaVq4b6awC1MPLxbjtEAxrqblkk1WorCdX_dE-vTgbNN20KlF-qDAljqo816j9yxWNmWnzIEOb7OkvH5mOEkbBOUcFS5JHOv1v0lJ9nT2ym7rLAp7WBBPnTdIg/s400/dean.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331073568691784530" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 243px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a>Dean Frame was an annoying character. There were many more attractive men who passed through Bay City. If you have a favorite that I've left out, drop me a line.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937568663863748146.post-14705345172245023782014-04-29T20:35:00.000-07:002014-04-29T08:15:02.104-07:00Rutlemania!Here's a re-post from 2011.<br />
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The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Rutles</span> were born over 50 years ago when Ron Nasty met Dirk <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">McQuickly</span> in Liverpool. They soon hooked up with guitarist <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Stig</span> O'Hara, and they formed a trio. After finding drummer Barry <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Wom</span> living in their van, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Rutles</span> were born. A fifth member named <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Leppo</span> joined, but disappeared after crawling inside a trunk. They soon became known as 'The Prefab Four'.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Y_1Sup6XrglphqZ9nRTT_Q4xJGwh88vkfqYlQ19hRzbknLXLkyoy6W3zuDKmR9F4MW37Gq8pPvWANzRASbr_jWeeddQeHoMDqFSJaPDus-L_6jSKJ8r73zGqpwQbbU4EdlKmIfm4pOs/s1600-h/45-rutles.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Y_1Sup6XrglphqZ9nRTT_Q4xJGwh88vkfqYlQ19hRzbknLXLkyoy6W3zuDKmR9F4MW37Gq8pPvWANzRASbr_jWeeddQeHoMDqFSJaPDus-L_6jSKJ8r73zGqpwQbbU4EdlKmIfm4pOs/s400/45-rutles.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387844136402761058" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 398px;" /></a>In 1961, one-legged chemist Leggy Mountbatten discovered the boys playing in a club. He disliked their music, but enjoyed the cut of their tight trousers. He soon became their manager, signing them to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Parlourphone</span> Records. Their first single was <span style="font-style: italic;">I Must Be In Love.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLZclrBKp6PsQIt9F0IE3EwpK9dE1mG_E3Byh3KXG1lqVIjv6Rkri52WfyWebFsmvLE_9EGNuFVbkzwtQwzkU50me_iM_9528-7biwjm6wZbojumV8DmzQNfjDdUGmXjSICvFREwrNjc/s1600-h/album_Hard.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLZclrBKp6PsQIt9F0IE3EwpK9dE1mG_E3Byh3KXG1lqVIjv6Rkri52WfyWebFsmvLE_9EGNuFVbkzwtQwzkU50me_iM_9528-7biwjm6wZbojumV8DmzQNfjDdUGmXjSICvFREwrNjc/s400/album_Hard.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387844144578884882" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 359px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a>They recorded the first album in 20 minutes and by 1963 were a huge success in the United Kingdom. In 1964, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Rutlemania</span> exploded internationally, including the states, the group's first film, A HARD DAY'S RUT was released later that year.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-Ci1pShV_iX13RZK2R2fR3RVZ9krJJ4_Gs2fEO47PneNNhyp17o2ucbKUmXjqBjmJYTbSboV4NqnuRF1ma1bB9x_QBKVm9ExbLHa7b568JMQUmS1LK1u45bFVzALBNJkSfowfV4do7M/s1600-h/TV_guide.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-Ci1pShV_iX13RZK2R2fR3RVZ9krJJ4_Gs2fEO47PneNNhyp17o2ucbKUmXjqBjmJYTbSboV4NqnuRF1ma1bB9x_QBKVm9ExbLHa7b568JMQUmS1LK1u45bFVzALBNJkSfowfV4do7M/s400/TV_guide.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387844663374472050" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 280px;" /></a>Their success continued as they became stars on record, in movies and on magazine covers. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVB-8T1NBocdY2LXN7NVhy13gl2PQlNpb9PWqgW3t7HS3vW23AFeIF9jaD_AaAI8sGr87A3DZsUvkH-m_uCcZ4r4P9XmxzD2Cu3sY1viexNc1ZxzHyaeW8Y3I5anzloi_FjX145AT8ro/s1600-h/rutles_ouch.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVB-8T1NBocdY2LXN7NVhy13gl2PQlNpb9PWqgW3t7HS3vW23AFeIF9jaD_AaAI8sGr87A3DZsUvkH-m_uCcZ4r4P9XmxzD2Cu3sY1viexNc1ZxzHyaeW8Y3I5anzloi_FjX145AT8ro/s400/rutles_ouch.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388231450733836578" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 391px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>The film OUCH! followed in 1965.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdi4HHq1V4NrWw6LHzWqStlTwCNh6WMkQxuR3FHls3waFGgxx4CKLnN6rJKa_P4Tw_BEPeR7cskYH6jcKKwg5MkZxFq8_tZWMWDXPndmNf3vcC6lJIuCAeNzLcjTe49WP2Ffhveqlx4c/s1600-h/rutles_life.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdi4HHq1V4NrWw6LHzWqStlTwCNh6WMkQxuR3FHls3waFGgxx4CKLnN6rJKa_P4Tw_BEPeR7cskYH6jcKKwg5MkZxFq8_tZWMWDXPndmNf3vcC6lJIuCAeNzLcjTe49WP2Ffhveqlx4c/s400/rutles_life.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387844467254831026" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a>In 1966, Ron Nasty was quoted incorrectly as saying that the group were 'bigger than God'. However, he had actually said they were bigger than Rod Stewart.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-KBSaA2YZp2I0SVTYci4uJws-lqR-mBOCag4ExGIuWNRpkzYA5ra9qd0bY9LwUJjQGlgpvRpFM0edpj1LhiiU_1uCQUEOQAQ2DGDDTxKkF2YfViH9LdRENsms92OqvHKK8n-xpghCUQ/s1600-h/tigerbeat.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-KBSaA2YZp2I0SVTYci4uJws-lqR-mBOCag4ExGIuWNRpkzYA5ra9qd0bY9LwUJjQGlgpvRpFM0edpj1LhiiU_1uCQUEOQAQ2DGDDTxKkF2YfViH9LdRENsms92OqvHKK8n-xpghCUQ/s400/tigerbeat.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387844651840697202" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 297px;" /></a>Teen-age girls loved The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Rutles</span> and teen-age boys wanted to be them.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyr85w3DKRJ-p32ouYxaruaAIPigMEO8coT0xhhqTGodAQ1qLQ3KMX7Yl0WC6kl0OCsdHfzyY4qdeHkRQ17cCTJ03Jitm8iW-o4rQfyLmQzQ1xQXPAFAw1yIFocqJ4cCvk7rJcQZaRp0/s1600-h/Rutles_tragical.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyr85w3DKRJ-p32ouYxaruaAIPigMEO8coT0xhhqTGodAQ1qLQ3KMX7Yl0WC6kl0OCsdHfzyY4qdeHkRQ17cCTJ03Jitm8iW-o4rQfyLmQzQ1xQXPAFAw1yIFocqJ4cCvk7rJcQZaRp0/s400/Rutles_tragical.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387844644250804642" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>In 1967 the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Rutles</span> masterpiece <span style="font-style: italic;">Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band</span> was released, though rumors quickly spread that they wrote it under the influence of tea, which Bob Dylan introduced to them. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7n0UJga9loOao2DQMiYFpus36Q2v2n0mx9QHucReXcn_BMMjXT9FzQDNdWn7qMHYSui5OzLPbQDwyD0l0hFRqIy8ne0jMoT6srhVjcrsBlFcU9-_5Cz5A-k68JpbbOydkDqez9y4DXjk/s1600-h/rutles_tea.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7n0UJga9loOao2DQMiYFpus36Q2v2n0mx9QHucReXcn_BMMjXT9FzQDNdWn7qMHYSui5OzLPbQDwyD0l0hFRqIy8ne0jMoT6srhVjcrsBlFcU9-_5Cz5A-k68JpbbOydkDqez9y4DXjk/s400/rutles_tea.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387844484132040210" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 364px;" /></a>TRAGICAL HISTORY TOUR followed featuring the hits <span style="font-style: italic;">W.C. Fields Forever</span> and<span style="font-style: italic;"> I Am the Waitress.</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniWNxcwVmDIsrfKox92ibR7jwI6OUIxqUqohMP6ecAXTHOiOEkFaE9U9FLKfV5Gz9tKa-p9Y25Loffv6oW67XnqnlX-DivoxRaQtX0FbJldgOKZYkxzZabtKTlbX2bKV0cjV1QaApyms/s1600-h/rutles_sgt.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniWNxcwVmDIsrfKox92ibR7jwI6OUIxqUqohMP6ecAXTHOiOEkFaE9U9FLKfV5Gz9tKa-p9Y25Loffv6oW67XnqnlX-DivoxRaQtX0FbJldgOKZYkxzZabtKTlbX2bKV0cjV1QaApyms/s400/rutles_sgt.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387844476785035378" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 396px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>In 1968, a '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Stig</span> is Dead' rumor spread quickly, prompting Barry <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Wom</span> to stay in bed for a year.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlkzmXuVpKUD8LGF7UjTZ1DXYTIG53nd9aypf1aRVkU-KQWEzxC5ctX13nS7JwXkMhBgjDVsr8OSVCepoprwNKtfABWm4IqkjuVzGNujH48kCw6i31FVyAY1BFxWewgqrieqAQcjzWM8/s1600-h/rutles_let.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlkzmXuVpKUD8LGF7UjTZ1DXYTIG53nd9aypf1aRVkU-KQWEzxC5ctX13nS7JwXkMhBgjDVsr8OSVCepoprwNKtfABWm4IqkjuVzGNujH48kCw6i31FVyAY1BFxWewgqrieqAQcjzWM8/s400/rutles_let.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387844460099596818" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 394px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>The group's final release, <span style="font-style: italic;">Let It Rot</span>. was recorded in 1969. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIADyUZ_JhoWXkwdbkS66RWxf5xJNpJgBR1jct_AXD2j45Jh263l00UqZDW0Ksl1YoiZeHKHiLs65-N3cLpIccFf-QEFCCiSUZZh6-6nq1dGewBbz0JxzCaXUm9OoTd8Ys2FGwnHpwmjk/s1600-h/album_rutles.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIADyUZ_JhoWXkwdbkS66RWxf5xJNpJgBR1jct_AXD2j45Jh263l00UqZDW0Ksl1YoiZeHKHiLs65-N3cLpIccFf-QEFCCiSUZZh6-6nq1dGewBbz0JxzCaXUm9OoTd8Ys2FGwnHpwmjk/s400/album_rutles.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387844151160425970" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>The band soon fell apart when <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">McQuickly</span> sued Nasty and O'Hara, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Wom</span> suing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">McQuickly</span>, Nasty suing O'Hara and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Wom</span>, and O'Hara ended up accidentally suing himself.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHOF19e4FPoRJZ_tRo27dbbCX-024rrj5MABYQtlNvfojiOARAP-qUlogB9brooJUbzsQO0MRbneZJpXUjI-IA7RKk_SIIWhQUOEwKEbHDlXtMnq_Erd-R_lWwMVS48hawCZxHt0W-Eg/s1600-h/rutles.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHOF19e4FPoRJZ_tRo27dbbCX-024rrj5MABYQtlNvfojiOARAP-qUlogB9brooJUbzsQO0MRbneZJpXUjI-IA7RKk_SIIWhQUOEwKEbHDlXtMnq_Erd-R_lWwMVS48hawCZxHt0W-Eg/s400/rutles.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387842423439134754" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 298px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>A retrospective TV documentary called ALL YOU NEED IS CASH aired on NBC in 1978 ushering a new wave of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">'Rutlemania'</span>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVxsQDvs2H-DfxFuDc6cPvhOyZmAYP7GLSKxyI3zIujHKKN7ec7SkW_QdmoZyjjVY4tBSwQybd-HW2OYW6IKBFh_JIpGYJVZkYhsOVV3nMn7Sw28Yo-5VxSFGfG6g9dwbuPj9RytRLt8/s1600-h/Cash.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVxsQDvs2H-DfxFuDc6cPvhOyZmAYP7GLSKxyI3zIujHKKN7ec7SkW_QdmoZyjjVY4tBSwQybd-HW2OYW6IKBFh_JIpGYJVZkYhsOVV3nMn7Sw28Yo-5VxSFGfG6g9dwbuPj9RytRLt8/s400/Cash.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387842415322343490" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 349px;" /></a>A sequel, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">RUTLES</span> 2: CAN'T BUY ME LUNCH was released in 2007.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EMaJgsjWHg1ychRpRF-zyeWLwyWDbfcXPapa8wEhMDdUiMh6SM6vPpmx783-MhqHYt3sQtQYJdaeSH6ZSXIjRu28NKh768qnzi1tzBl0gHAtidUuXCj4Iv5Oy2SAs_u2TPNkaIMdqmg/s1600-h/rutles_all_you_need_is_cash.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EMaJgsjWHg1ychRpRF-zyeWLwyWDbfcXPapa8wEhMDdUiMh6SM6vPpmx783-MhqHYt3sQtQYJdaeSH6ZSXIjRu28NKh768qnzi1tzBl0gHAtidUuXCj4Iv5Oy2SAs_u2TPNkaIMdqmg/s400/rutles_all_you_need_is_cash.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387844159928697282" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 258px;" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3