Bubba Ho-Tep is in the house!

Thanks to Bad State of Gruntledness for the pointers. See him for trailers.

Posted by: Ted at 04:54 PM | category: Cult Flicks
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I had to take half a day off with my wife today to deal with some things, and afterwards we did some shopping. I wound up with the following DVD's:

Killer Klowns from Outer Space
The Last House on the Left
Return of the Living Dead
WWII movie 3-pack including A Walk in the Sun, Gung Ho!, and Go For Broke!
Excalibur

Best Buy* has a sale going on, three for $20.00. The first three titles were from that deal. Other available titles were Amityville Horror, Burnt Offerings, Species and Child's Play, among others. Fun stuff for those who like their horror a little cheesy.

The WWII movies are the kinds of flicks I watch on AMC and TMT sometimes, starring folks like Van Johnson, Robert Mitchum and Dana Andrews. Sorry Victor, no Joe Don Baker.

Excalibur was a freak find at the Wal-Mart bargain bin. Classic.

* I hate Best Buy with a passion because they sell those crappy extended waranties and then weasle out of honoring them even though it breaks the heart of the little girl trying to get the service they promised. But sometimes you go where the deal is, and as long as you know that the bastards will screw you over given half a chance, well, forewarned is forearmed. Ya know?

Posted by: Ted at 08:27 PM | category: Cult Flicks
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Anyone remember Harry Broderick?

Here's a hint:

Once upon a time, a junkman had a dream...

Ringing any bells? The name of the show was Salvage 1, starring Andy Griffith. It ran for 20 episodes in 1979, and was among the worst crap ever broadcast or the most brilliant and inspirational programming - depending on who you talk to.

In it, Andy... uh, Harry rounded up a team of experts and built his own rocketship. He was a junkman, and the moon was full of stuff that NASA had abandoned. The whole tone of the show was that ordinary people could do extraordinary things and like the original Star Trek, the technology was only a background to the 'people' stories being told.

Wonderful pilot movie. The series was pure crap, and I never missed a single forgettable episode. Am I the only one who remembers this?

Y'all were probably watching Three's Company or Dukes of Hazzard.

Posted by: Ted at 01:34 PM | category: Cult Flicks
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1 Luke Duke...sigh...

Posted by: Jennifer at October 17, 2003 04:05 PM (PbT+r)

2 I immediately began plans for my own rocket. But since they involved numerous parts of my father's car I didn't get off the ground.

Posted by: StMack at October 17, 2003 07:25 PM (CSxVi)

3 Regrettably, I saw less of it than I wanted. I don't remember why.

Posted by: Tiger at October 17, 2003 07:36 PM (Ep1pE)

4 Holy crap, I DO remember Salvage 1!!! I don't remember anything visual nor any dialogue, but I remember being exciting and loving it yet knowing that it wouldn't last. The same way I remember "Delta House" and "Police Squad".

Posted by: Tuning Spork at October 17, 2003 08:55 PM (+z4sq)

5 Police Squad! The only tv show I remember that my entire family would gather to watch. By the fourth week we were dragging the neighbors in to watch it with us. And then......(quiet sobbing)....
cancelled in the prime of its life. The trauma of that still haunts me...

Posted by: Susie at October 18, 2003 12:10 AM (0+cMc)

6 I have no idea what you people are talking about.

You make me feel so young...you make me feel there are songs left unsung...

Posted by: Jennifer at October 18, 2003 05:05 AM (0SrUW)

7 Jennifer, don't make me ground you. Kids these days... sheesh.

Posted by: Ted at October 18, 2003 07:59 AM (2sKfR)

8 :-) Did I at least get the lyrics right? I wasn't sure, so I made a guess.

Posted by: Jennifer at October 18, 2003 09:59 AM (0SrUW)

9 I was watching Dr. Who in '79 and most of early '80. Until they replaced Tom Baker and the show began to suck rocks...

*sigh* Almost 30 years later and I'm still a slobbering fan. Anyone who knows me for more than five minutes has to put up with me mentioning that... ;-)

--TwoDragons

Posted by: Denita TwoDragons at October 18, 2003 02:52 PM (21bIp)

10 Are you ready for the new remake of Dr. Who?

Posted by: Ted at October 18, 2003 05:09 PM (2sKfR)

11 Actually, I am--though not without more than a little trepidation. Though I've heard that good ol' Tom Baker has expressed an interest in returning to the show--as The Master!
I just hope they don't drop the ball and lose the campy cheesiness in the interest of "modernizing" the good Doctor. It was the camp that attracted me. And heaven help me if they ditch my beloved blue police box, I'm gone.
Same goes for "adult situations". I don't want to know what the Time Lords do behind the bedroom door! Some things were just MEANT to be left to mystery...!

Oh--slightly OT, but for some reason, my name and URL and such don't save in your Comments screen, even though I've selected it to do so. Have you heard of this happening before...?

--TwoDragons

Posted by: Denita TwoDragons at October 19, 2003 06:23 PM (C/bxV)

12 Denita, I've seen that happen too once in a while. The only thing I can think of is that it has something to do with how you access comments. If you just click on 'comments' it remembers you, if you get there via a link it doesn't. I'll ask Pixy, he's the MT guru.

Posted by: Ted at October 19, 2003 09:07 PM (2sKfR)

13 Hmmm, that's odd. i'm just accessing the Comments by clicking the requisite button. I'm hitting your name in my Opera Bookmarks instead of hitting the link on my Blogroll.

I'll try opening the post archive and posting comments from there. Maybe that will work instead...?

Let me know what Pixy finds, OK? :-)

--TwoDragons

Posted by: Denita TwoDragons at October 20, 2003 01:24 AM (pbevl)

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Mookie's education in movie classics continued last night, with her first viewing of Blazing Saddles. It's been a while since I'd seen it myself, so we had a fun couple of hours together.

The other night on one of the movie classics channels, they showed the Hammer version of The Mummy. October is easily my favorite month for television movies because all the classic horror gets trotted out for Halloween. More fun for Mookie.

I also saw an advertisement on the Bravo network that starting in November, they will be showing the 60's classic war series Combat. One of my warmest childhood memories is of sitting in the living room with my Dad watching Combat and Bonanza. I was too young to understand what was going on, but it didn't matter, because I was with Dad. I'm really looking forward to seeing this series. The main star is Vic Morrow, who was killed in a stunt gone wrong on the set of the remake of The Twilight Zone movie. Something I didn't know about him was that his daughter is Jennifer Jason Leigh. Small world, eh?

Next up for Mookie is Slap Shot.

Posted by: Ted at 07:39 AM | category: Cult Flicks
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1 Don't forget Young Frankenstein.

Posted by: LeeAnn at October 07, 2003 11:20 AM (HxCeX)

2 That's on the list, as is Terminator and Altered States.

Posted by: Ted at October 07, 2003 11:25 AM (ULW3r)

3 Ted, you are a great parent! So few these days ensure that their children get a classical education..... I hope "Arthur" is on your list, as well as "Patton."

Posted by: Susie at October 07, 2003 12:07 PM (0+cMc)

4 Thanks for the suggestions Susie. And during the holidays she gets the full slate of Scrooges, 34th Streets, and It's A Wonderful Life (possibly my all-time favorite movie).

It's not all dreck and cult crap from me, but that *is* a big part of it.

Posted by: Ted at October 07, 2003 12:10 PM (ULW3r)

5 I forgot to mention that we've already worked our way through mucho John Wayne, and she's receptive to musicals now with her interest in theater. Singing in the Rain, Seven Brides, My Fair Lady, Music Man, Guys and Dolls... the list goes on and on.

Posted by: Ted at October 07, 2003 12:13 PM (ULW3r)

6 Hey, don't forget the Joe Don Baker movies! Trust me, her life isn't complete without Joe Don Baker movies!

Posted by: Victor at October 07, 2003 12:17 PM (L3qPK)

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"You can't fight in here, this is the War Room!"

Gotta love this movie.

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