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LAUREL & HARDY FEST DAY 1: ‘A PERFECT DAY’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-MRV0Axb8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AczHhFKw7ns&list=RDCMUCsp_AoKt3DdHb65j4ehrDug&index=1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1a_vcMVE3E&t=10s The delightful week between Christmas and New Years is here, the one in which there is no true clock to adhere to since nobody’s really anywhere or doing anything (unless of course you have a job like a real person). My preference for this cherished week has always been

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December 26, 2022 2 Comments

THE RICARDO’S IN WESTPORT, CT.

After his star turn in MGM’s ‘Don Juan’ (1956), Ricky and Lucy Ricardo left Hollywood and returned back east. Ricky now was able to open his own club (the ‘Club Babalu’) and, being good mid-century citizens, they decided to flee the city and move to suburban Westport, Connecticut. A wonderful

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December 22, 2022 2 Comments

‘THE LUCY SHOW’–A TITLE SEQUENCE REVIEW

Lucille Ball’s post-Desi Arnaz divorce show, ‘The Lucy Show’, ran for six seasons (1962-1968) and had five different title sequences. Was it because of dissatisfaction on the producer/stars part? Or were the title sequence creators so inventive that it seemed a shame not to keep them employed in developing further

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December 21, 2022 No Comments

‘I LOVE LUCY’–THE FIRST ATTEMPT

Apropos of yesterdays animated TV credit sequences, I went searching for the original ‘I Love Lucy’ animated opening credits. I found it–but, as is often the case with YouTube, I found something even more interesting on my way. It turns out that a pilot episode of ‘I Love Lucy’ was

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December 20, 2022 No Comments

CARTOON CREDITS

What do Tab Hunter, Betty Hutton and Dennis O’Keefe have in common? They all had eponymous television shows that you never heard of that featured animated opening credits. Actually the animated opening credit bit was widespread through late 50s–mid 60s era and the above reel displays quite a few of

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December 19, 2022 2 Comments

SATURDAY STOOGEFEST

“Three Little Beers’ (1935) is the eleventh two-reel comedy made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Wednesday, October 9th through Saturday, October 12th 1935 and was released on Thursday, November 28th of that year. According to Wikipedia the film features more outdoor locations than any

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December 17, 2022 No Comments

ANN-MARGRET + TINA TURNER = HOT STUFF

Here’s a smoking hot duet with Ann-Margret and Tina Turner doing a medley of songs from a 1975 television special called ‘Ann-Margret Olsson’. The show was filmed in London while both promoted the movie ‘Tommy’. There’s a little intro which shows us the two women hanging out as friends dressed

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December 12, 2022 No Comments

SATURDAY STOOGEFEST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKzj0o9YZ7g ‘Booby Dupes’ (1945) is the 84th two-reel short subject made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Wednesday, September 27 though Saturday, September 30, 1944 and released on Saturday, March 17, 1945. The film rests firmly in the bottom rung of the Curly shorts, with

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December 10, 2022 No Comments

‘BEAT THE DEVIL’–TRAILER AND SET VISIT

I’ve long harbored the desire to travel back in time to visit certain specific movie sets, ones which were storied and special for various reasons.. ‘To Have and Have Not’ (the meeting of Bogie and Bacall), ‘The General’ (dumping that train into the drink), ‘Citizen Kane’ (enough said), ‘Casablanca’ (the

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December 8, 2022 2 Comments

MEL BROOKS’ HITCHCOCK STORY

Here’s Mel Brooks, age 91, on an English chat show telling the story of showing Alfred Hitchcock the finished version of ‘High Anxiety’. I love Mel’s reaction to dopey Russell Brand–his face clearly reads: ‘who is this prick and what am I doing sharing a show with him?’

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December 7, 2022 No Comments

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