Currently Watching The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Restored Authorized Edition) By Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski see related

THIS IS ONE SCARRRRRYYY FILM.....

     ....THE NEW  "batman" IS FANTASTIC! AND  not  FOR KIDS! IT'S DEMENTEDLY-DARK AND A LITTLE DISTURBING! AS FAR AWAY FROM THE FEEL-GOOD "iron man" AS YOU CAN GET....SEE IT AS SOON AS YOU CAN.....and chicago really can be seen in LOTS of it!!

Currently Watching Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein By Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange see related

A SEEDY SALUTE TO MAJESTICLY SILLY SVENGOOLIE

        ONE OF THE PERKS OF GROWING UP IN A LARGE CITY IS....REGIONAL LOCAL TV PROGRAMS!!  CHICAGO HAS ALWAYS HAS SEVERAL SMALL STATIONS THAT CARRIED SYNDICATED AND IN-HOUSE PROGRAMS ( you know, shows for little kids and live showcases for local talent)  ...MOST WERE MEANT TO BE SEEN , MAYBE REPEATED, THEN FORGOTTEN....WHICH MAKES THE STAR OF MY POST REALLY....UNIQUE!   "screaming yellow theater" BEGAN SHOWING OLD HORROR FILMS BACK IN THE '70'S.  THE ORIGINAL HOST WAS  "svengoolie",  A LOCAL RADIO-DJ MADE UP AS A CHEAP SEMI-VAMPIRE----WORKING ON A CRAMPED SET, HE'D INTRO THE FILMS, MAKE SOME BAD PUNS,  AND PERFORM LITTLE SKITS BETWEEN COMMERCIALS....HARDLY THE STUFF OF LEGEND...AND NOT MANY PEOPLE REALLY NOTICED WHEN THE SHOW FADED AWAY----BUT, YOU JUST CAN'T KILL THE UN-DEAD!  "son of svengoolie"  APPEARED IN 1979, WITH A NEW GUY AS THE "SON", DOING BASICLY THE SAME SCHTICK....AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW,  EVEN THO THE SHOW HAS CHANGED STATIONS AND AGED A FEW DECADES, IT'S STILL ON, STILL SHOWING HORROR (and horrible) FILMS, AND STILL SERVING UP BAD PUNS (  "my uncle was suspended from sing-sing! they hung him!") SO HERE'S A WAVE TO RICH KOZ, WHO HAS WORN THE BAD MAKE-UP AND DONE HIS BEST TO BRING CLASSIC HORROR FILMS AND A LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR TO GENERATIONS OF CHICAGO FOLKS. AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR OWN AREA? ANY SIMILAR HOSTS?

Currently Listening Beetlejuice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) jump in the line see related

ROCK YER BODY CHILD !!

      ....REALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCENES....

           "shake  shake  shake  Senora....

     shake yer body line....Shake  shake  shake  Senora

               shake it all de time!   Jump in de line...

                        rock yer body in time...."     beetlejuice

Currently Listening 1776: The New Broadway Cast Recording (1997) see related

HOLDING FORTH ON THE FOURTH.....

      I'M USUALLY NON-POLITICAL,  (BUT ALWAYS CRITIAL) ,BUT THE FOURTH OF JULY IS ONE OF THOSE HOLIDAYS THAT REALLY GETS TO ME.....HERE'S A QUOTE FROM A GREAT SPEECH....

       "WHAT CONSTITUTES AN AMERICAN? NOT COLOR NOR RACE NOR RELIGION...NOT THE PEDIGREE OF HIS FAMILY NOR THE PLACE OF HIS BIRTH. NOT HIS SOCIAL STATUS NOR HIS BANK ACCOUNT, NOR HIS TRADE OR PROFESSION. NO, AN AMERICAN IS ONE WHO LOVES JUSTICE AND BELIEVES IN THE DIGNITY OF MAN. AN AMERICAN IS ONE WHO WILL FIGHT FOR HIS FREEDOM AND THAT OF HIS NEIGHBOR....AMERICANS HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN HOW TO FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND THEIR WAY OF LIFE...THEY FIGHT JOYOUSLY IN A JUST CAUSE! "

           PRESIDENTS COME AND GO....ADMINISTRATIONS BEND AND SHAPE WITH THE TIMES.  AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S LEFT TO EACH OF US TO USE OUR OWN BEST JUDGEMENT AND CHOOSE OUR OWN DIRECTION....AND THO I'LL ARGUE WITH ANYONE OVER ANYTHING, I'LL BE THE FIRST PERSON TO DEFEND YOUR RIGHT TO THINK, AND SAY, AND FEEL, AND DO  WHAT  YOU  WANT  TO  DO!

            JUST THE KIND OF GUY I YAM.....

Currently Listening Greatest Hits By Guns N' Roses see related

YOU CAN HAVE MY GUN .....

     .....BUTT  FIRST ??

    THE  SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS DECIDED DEFINITIVELY    THAT CLEAR  HEADED, RATIONAL PEOPLE MUST BE ALLOWED TO OWN HAND-GUNS....

      CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL, IT REALLY DOES NOT MATTER WHICH WAY YOU, YOURSELF , FALL  ON THIS ONE'S MERITS.....I LOOK AT IT THIS WAY....I'M FROM CHICAGO, WHERE STREET-GANGS ARE BETTER-ARMED THAN THE POLICE, AND HIGH-SCHOOL-KIDS CARRY .22 AUTOMATICS WITH THEIR I-PHONES....BUT....THAT SECOND=AMENDMENT WAS WRITTEN PARTLY TO ENSURE THAT COLONIAL AMERICANS COULD OWN GUNS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND TO HUNT WITH....SO THE "ORIGINAL INTENT" ARGUEMENT IS PRETTY WEAK.....SORRY TO BE SO REACTIONARY, BUT HEY, THE JULY 4th HOLIDAY IS JUST AHEAD.....AND IN ILLINOIS, I CAN OWN A HAND-GUN....BUT I CAN NOT LEGALLY BUY ....FIREWORKS.....