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YouTube Theater: Roger Moore in IVANHOE (Episode 1)
Yep, before he was The Saint, before he was Beau Maverick, before he pretended to be James Bond, he was Ivanhoe, complete with a rousing theme song. See for yourself . . .
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Hear it here: PONDEROSA PARTY TIME! (1962)
This 1962 LP was, I believe, the first appearance of any of the Bonanza gang on record. They followed up with a similar effort called "Christmas on the Ponderosa." Lorne Greene went on to record...
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ELLERY QUEEN Comics: "The Chain Letter Murders" (1952)
Here's another story from Mike Britt's favorite website (and fast becoming one of mine), comicbookplus.com. This one is from the first Ziff-Davis issue of Ellery Queen, from Spring 1952. Thanks to...
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Hear it Here: The Sounds of the SILLY SURFERS and the WEIRD-OHS (1964)
In 1963, inspired by Revel''s success with a model kit of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's; Rat Fink, the Hawk Model Company began its line of Weird-Ohs and Silly Surfers. And after Allan Sherman recorded a song...
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Forgotten Books: CODE NAME GADGET by Peter Rabe (1967)
This third and final book in the Manny DeWitt series looks more like a spy novel than the first two. This was 1967, spies were big, and I have to think Gold Medal was wishing this was a spy book and...
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Hear it here: THE LEGEND OF CUSTER'S LAST STAND (1967)
Here's another old LP that's been hanging around the house for a coon's age without getting a listen. Until now. It's a you-are-there dramatization of what might have gone down at the Little Old Big...
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The Battle of DAVY CROCKETT, Round 1: Bill Hayes vs. Tennessee Ernie Ford
Four versions of this tune (one of my two favorite songs) reached the top ten in 1955. Bill Hayes made it to #1, while Tennessee Ernie peaked at #5. The others were by Fess Parker and Mac Wiseman...
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Forgotten Books: DEATH TAKES AN OPTION by Neil MacNeil (aka W.T. Ballard)
Based on the number of published novels, W.T. Ballard has to be ranked as one of the most productive of "Cap" Shaw's Black Mask Boys. After his Black Mask days, he went on to write mysteries under his...
View ArticleYouTube Theater: The CAPTAIN AMERICA you don't want to see! (1990)
This film was planned as a theatrical release in 1990, but was so bad it was delayed two years and then released direct to video. Still it has folks like Darren McGavin, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox in it,...
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The Battle of DAVY CROCKETT, Round 2: Fess Parker vs. Mac Wiseman
Two more of the many BODC releases of 1955. Fess Parker recorded the ballad at least four times, but this was the first released. His was the second biggest seller of the year, following Bill Hayes'....
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Forgotten Books: A NOOSE FOR THE DESPERADO by Clifton Adams (1951)
In Desperado (reviewed HERE) (no relation to the song I don't like), we saw how "Tall" Cameron ran afoul of the scallywags and carpetbaggers ruling his Texas home town, rode the owlhoot trail under the...
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