FORGOTTEN BOOKS: Forgotten Comics and the Forgotten Record they Spawned
Classics Illustrated comics, I was surprised to discover, have made a comeback. The four issues shown here are now available both in paperback and for kindle. Are all CI comics back in print? I don't...
View ArticleYouTube Theater: THE ADVENTURES OF RIN TIN TIN (1954)
Based on the description on IMDb, this appears to be the premier episode, from Oct. 15, 1954. Rusty is portrayed by "Lee Aaker," which many suspect was a stage name for young thespian Robert S. Napier.Â
View ArticleWorld's UGLIEST Bluetooth Speaker?
Yeah, it probably is. If you've seen an uglier one, I'd like to see it. No, I take that back. I wouldn't like it at all. This Skullcandy Shrapnel wireless speaker also comes in black or camo, but I...
View ArticlePERRY MASON Goes to the Movies (one more time)
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View ArticleDAVY CROCKETT AT THE ALAMO by the Plymouth Players (1956)
Okay, you've seen the Disney version, and the John Wayne version, and maybe the Billy Bob Thornton version too. But who's to say how it really was? Maybe, just maybe, it was closer to this 1956...
View ArticleForgotten Books: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME by Ian Fleming
I started reading James Bond (along with Tarzan and Doc Savage) when I was twelve years old, and have been through the whole original series at least a couple of times since. I remember most of them...
View ArticleYouTube Theater: TEXAS JOHN SLAUGHTER episode 1
Here's the first episode of this 17-part Wonderful World of Color series, plus the catchy theme song by Stan Jones, the guy who wrote it.Â
View ArticleTarzan of the Movies 4: THE SON OF TARZAN (1920)
After rereading and reviewing this fourth novel in the Tarzan series (that's HERE), I decided to poke around and see what Hollywood had done with the book. This is it - a 15-chapter serial made way...
View ArticleForgotten Stories: MICHAEL AVALLONE meets BAT MASTERSON (1960)
I've read Mike, and I've seen Bat, but never dreamed the twain had met. If fact, I'd be willing to wager that even so avid an Avallone fan as Mr. Stephen Mertz had no notion of it. But meet they did,...
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