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l a u g h i n g scared: November 2011
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L a u g h i n g scared. Sunday, November 20, 2011. The Empty House - Writing the Ghost House. To carry on with the week's earlier theme of writing about the iconic "spooky house", here's another bit of evil house description- this time from Algernon Blackwood. The 'empty house' is, a mediocre hulk of a place, a quietly balanced contradiction from roof to floor: the same as every other house, and yet so terribly different. From The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood. Wednesday, November 16, 2011. See, if I...
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TV Guide Time Machine: Reach Out And Crush Someone
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Thursday, March 15, 2012. Reach Out And Crush Someone. It's pretty amazing just how many interesting stories and tid-bits can be found in the pages of a single issue of TV Guide. This will be the third post I've written that's based on the March 22-29, 1980 issue (after Smokey and the Bandit. And More TV Guide Blurbs. It would seem that one could almost devote an entire blog to an issue of TV Guide! After this post I'll have written three. First issue of TV Guide from 1953. December 8-14, 1990 issue.
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TV Guide Time Machine: Happy Mother's Day (1976) from WLVI-TV 56 in Boston!
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Saturday, May 12, 2012. Happy Mother's Day (1976) from WLVI-TV 56 in Boston! Sunday May 9, 1976 was Mother's Day. With Mother's Day 2012 upon us it seemed like a nice time to show a little ad from TV Guide (the May 5-11, 1976 issue) that's appropriate for the day. It is from WLVI-TV 56. Show Two wonderful (and frequently terrible) monster/horror/sci-fi movies would be shown at 1:00 and 2:30 every Saturday afternoon for many years. Creature Double Feature ad for Saturday May 5, 1976. So, Happy Mother's Da...
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TV Guide Time Machine: April 2012
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Saturday, April 14, 2012. SOS Titanic (September 23, 1979). 1955) and " A Night To Remember. 1958)- which was based on Walter Lord's extensively researched and meticulously written book of the same name. I've decided to focus here on a version that I figured would have received a lot of coverage in TV Guide. It is the film " S.O.S. Titanic. I remember liking "S.O.S. Titanic" as a kid, but have not seen it in many years. I'd like to check it out again and see if it lives up to my hazy memo...I recently wr...
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TV Guide Time Machine: Time Traveling in Style (aka Nice Rack!)
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Friday, August 5, 2011. Time Traveling in Style (aka Nice Rack! One of these racks would actually go. In my house is a different question all together. It's a question I didn't think I'd need to address any time in the near future though- as the occasional rack that would show up on eBay always seemed to go for a pretty hefty sum (i.e. out of my price range). For example, here are the last two TV Guide display racks that I saw come up for auction on eBay and their final selling prices:. Last week I was v...
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TV Guide Time Machine: "Smokey and the Bandit" (March 23, 1980)
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Thursday, September 1, 2011. Smokey and the Bandit" (March 23, 1980). In one week from today I'll be heading down to the Riverside Drive-In. In Vandergrift, Pennsylvania for the 2011 Drive-In Super Monster-Rama. So what does all this have to do with " Smokey and the Bandit. Mar 22-28, 1980 TV Guide with "Sheriff Lobo" on the cover. And here's the Close Up description from a few pages later:. Hal Needham's 1977 Smokey and the Bandit. 1978), " High-Ballin'. Whatever the reason (and I'll bet it's possible t...
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TV Guide Time Machine: TV Guide Celebrates Christmas (1974-1983)
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Monday, December 12, 2011. TV Guide Celebrates Christmas (1974-1983). There was a time when it was okay to actually say "Merry Christmas" without fear of offending the world. I grew up in that politically incorrect, culturally ignorant time and enjoyed many wonderful Christmases before "Christmas" became a bad word. Something that you wouldn't see these days, but which was a staple in the 1970s was TV Guide's. December 21-27, 1974. The 1974 Christmas cover featured an illustration by Ray Ameijide. Who al...
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TV Guide Time Machine: Isaac Asimov and "Monsters! Mysteries or Myths?" (1974)
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Saturday, July 30, 2011. Isaac Asimov and "Monsters! The cover of the November 23-29, 1974 issue of TV Guide declares "What A Week! And lists a variety of upcoming programming for the week of Thanksgiving. Apparently that week was traditionally one filled with a lot of interesting shows, movies and sporting events. Of course it's still a big week for pro and college football, but I don't think it's really all that much of a standout week for general programming anymore as it was then. Not only are the mo...
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TV Guide Time Machine: May 2012
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Saturday, May 12, 2012. Happy Mother's Day (1976) from WLVI-TV 56 in Boston! Sunday May 9, 1976 was Mother's Day. With Mother's Day 2012 upon us it seemed like a nice time to show a little ad from TV Guide (the May 5-11, 1976 issue) that's appropriate for the day. It is from WLVI-TV 56. Show Two wonderful (and frequently terrible) monster/horror/sci-fi movies would be shown at 1:00 and 2:30 every Saturday afternoon for many years. Creature Double Feature ad for Saturday May 5, 1976. So, Happy Mother's Da...
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TV Guide Time Machine: July 2011
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Saturday, July 30, 2011. Isaac Asimov and "Monsters! The cover of the November 23-29, 1974 issue of TV Guide declares "What A Week! And lists a variety of upcoming programming for the week of Thanksgiving. Apparently that week was traditionally one filled with a lot of interesting shows, movies and sporting events. Of course it's still a big week for pro and college football, but I don't think it's really all that much of a standout week for general programming anymore as it was then. Not only are the mo...
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