Saturday, August 22, 2015

Melody Patterson, R. I. P.

Variety: TV actress Melody Patterson, best known for playing Wrangler Jane on “F Troop,” died Thursday at the age of 66.  Patterson died in a nursing home after multiple organ failure, according to reports.

I Want to Believe!

Ancient civilisation 'drove tanks across Turkey 14 MILLION years ago'  

But this spoilsport says, "No way."

9 Celebrity #TBT Photos You May Have Missed This Week

9 Celebrity #TBT Photos You May Have Missed This Week

Song of the Day

Sweet Mary by Wadsworth Mansion (1971) - YouTube:

Dorothy Parker on Writing

Dorothy Parker on Writing

Today's Vintage Ad


Who Says TV Is Out of Ideas?

CBS Orders Huckleberry Finn Pilot | News | Dark Horizons: CBS has handed out a put pilot commitment for "Sawyer & Huck," a modern-day take on the classic Mark Twain characters. 

Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier ("The Blacklist") have penned and Anthony Hemingway ("Treme") will direct the pilot for this new take in which a murder case in St. Louis sees Tom Sawyer hiring his previously estranged boyhood friend Huck Finn as an investigator for his foundering one-man legal firm.

The Weird Week in Review

The Weird Week in Review 

PaperBack



H. P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror, Ballantine, 1976

R. L. Stine Interview

R. L. Stine: By the Book 

O the Times They Are a-Changin'

Orlando Sentinel: Lucy -- A Tribute, one of the original attractions at Universal Studios theme park, has been closed. It will be replaced by a new Hello Kitty interactive retail experience that will open this year, Universal confirmed Monday.

I Miss the Old Days

How to Drive Safely, According to a Martian-Filled 1959 PSA: This midcentury driver’s education film somehow manages to connect aliens, reckless driving, and Biblical teachings with the help of a whimsical talking car from Mars.

Friday, August 21, 2015

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Texas woman’s body stolen from inside her coffin after her funeral

Here's the Plot for Your Next Narco-Thriller

SoCal Soccer Mom sentenced in Sinaloa Cartel money laundering operation  

Hat tip to Patrick Murtha.

First It was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

. . .  and now it's the umbrella dispute.
NY Daily News: One man dead, another woman critically injured after brawl on Harlem street corner breaks out over umbrella dispute  

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Texas man fakes being a cop to threaten his way to the front of McDonald’s drive-thru

10 Facts About ‘The Call of the Wild’

10 Facts About ‘The Call of the Wild’ 

People Thought He Was Elvis

Jimmy 'Orion' Ellis Seemed So Much Like Elvis, People Thought He Actually Was 

Song of the Day

JIMMY "ORION" ELLIS - CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE - YouTube:

31 Iconic Television Quotes You'll Never Be Able To Forget

31 Iconic Television Quotes You'll Never Be Able To Forget