tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63751425271587642272009-12-07T20:25:12.448-06:00Looking back a short distance from now.Finlaysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13777087169060713857noreply@blogger.comBlogger385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6375142527158764227.post-90423529952153967312009-12-07T08:24:00.001-06:002009-12-07T08:24:52.655-06:00

I remember my fellow classmates at R.A. Mitchell Elementary talking about 'Fantastic Voyage' (1966) that was to air on television that evening. I had no idea what it was about, but figured it must be really cool because of all of the emotional stir around me. Gee whiz - I just HAD TO SEE IT!It was pretty cutting edge stuff for it's day - that is until '2001: A Space Odyssey' . Take for

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James Doohan tells a sweet story.

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Television stations back during the 1960's used to sign-off their broadcast days with this poem. My pal J. Holland played this as he signed off today on his show. 'High Flight' was written by Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr / No 412 squadron / RCAF. Gillespie joined the RCAF before America entered the war. He was killed December 11, 1941 at the age of 19.

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don't try this at home kids

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Roger Daltrey produced his first solo album during a hiatus from The Who's touring schedule. Self titled 'Daltrey' (1973) was the first of his eight solo albums.My brother had this on 8-track. I have not heard these songs in over three decades, but I remember each song clearly.I didn't know until reading up on Wiki that this album introduced the song writing talents of Leo Sayer.Roger Daltrey

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For those of you who don't have a copy - Leone's spaghetti trilogy is now on Hulu. How cool is that? Truly great westerns for those of you who have yet to experience them. I can't tell you how many times down through the years I've watched each of these films, Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly.I own the DVDs. You can get them pretty cheap at Walmart

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Asbestos makes an important contribution to our time!

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Terrific stuff asbestos. This amazing material will outlast anyone who ever owned a home built with asbestos wall boards, floor tiles or roofing shingles (etc). Asbestos products come with a lifetime guarantee!

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I was listening to some of Rush's show yesterday as he talked about the Boy Scouts. It brought to mind not just the good memories, but many of the things Boy Scouts taught me. I was a member of Troop 54 up on Noccalula Mountain. Milton Smitherman was our scoutmaster. He was a sweet fellow. Both he and Johnny Bryd are gone now. Johnny participated in a great many of our outings. I had some

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Funny excerpts from Mystery Science Theater 3000 commentary of Prince of Space.

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The first time I saw John Candy was in the television show SCTV. The show was just as funny, and at times even funnier than Saturday Night Live at it's best. SCTV was consistently funny. As we entered the eighties, the Second City crew started getting parts on the big screen. John Candy was probably the most successful of SCTV cast.I miss John Candy, probably more so than I do John Belushi.

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Gina and I took our six year old Kelsey out on Halloween night. Katie is now a young teenager and spent the evening with other 13 year old girls partying the way young 13 year old girls party - pizza, games, silliness and giggling.I painted a clown face on Kelsey's small features Saturday evening. She's a beautiful little girl and made for a sweet little clown. Gina manned the wheel and we hit

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Want to watch a good movie? It's Halloween and I'm thinking of Vincent Price.

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I have yet to meet Cowboy Hutch. We met online a few years ago. He's a guy about my age that came across a CD of mine at a Flea Market years ago. He found me online and asked if I would send him another. If memories serves, he lost the original CD during a divorce. Anyway, Hutch and I have been back and forth online. He's a neat guy.I want to share a blog that he posted at the early part of

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Astro Boy was my first experience with Japanese animation. I loved this show as a kid. The show had a very unusual look and sound to it. There was no syncing the American voices to the animation. It didn't hurt the show in the least. As a kid,I anticipated each episode.There's a great article on the history of Astro Boy at http://scifiblock.com/feature-articles/

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I recall coming across a blue van in a Kmart parking lot a few years back. There was a tag on the front bumper that said Jesus on it. It made sense to me. I don't believe Jesus would drive a car that would only ride 2 to 4 people. He'd own a vehicle that could carry plenty of His peeps.

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Last Sunday evening I drove down to the office to piddle around. We had canceled out Internet and Dish subscription at the house. I wanted something to do, so I sat behind my monitor and watched a spaghetti western that I had never seen at www.Hulu.com. There were three Sabata movies made. Lee Van Cleef starred in the first and last installments. The one available on Hulu was the second

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Last Friday night I was at WalMart with Katie digging through the 5.00 DVD bin. I ran across a double feature of 'Tales From The Crypt' (1972) and 'The Vault of Horror '(1973). Both movies were made by the same production company and had the same premise. I won't spoil it for you.Though the special f/x are weak and the movie is very dated - these movies still hold up. So the fangs don't look

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My six year old was playing with some plastic Slinkys tonight. She showed me how they could walk down the stairs. Slinkys were all the rage when I was a kid. I had my share of them, but for some reason never lasted around me. I'd get them tangled in knots real easy and they are not easy to untangle. If perchance I did get it untangled, they never worked the same. Kelsey thinks that her

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Here's the real story behind Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.

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My first grader can't go to school today. Her principal told me that seventy-seven children were absent yesterday from the same virus. They don't want my daughter to come back today. Kelsey's at the office being office-schooled. We are doing math problems this morning. I dropped by her school to pick up some homework. Funny, when I showed her the pages of math problems - she squealed with

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I saw Jack Lalanne being interviewed on television tonight on Neil Cavuto. The guy is 95 years old and is still sharp as a tack. I remember seeing Jack Lalanne on television through out my childhood. Jack had the longest running fitness show on television running from 1951-1985. It's neat to see that he's still out there encouraging fitness, proper diet. He's still selling those juicers too.

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All who know me know that I love the drive-in. It takes me back to a time when dad would load the station wagon with kids and go see a family movie like Around The World In Eighty Days, Busy Bodies, and Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines. It's also where we saw most of the new Disney releases of that day such as The Absent Minded Professor, Son of Flubber and The Monkey's Uncle. I

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I don't remember when it was, but there used to be a Dixie Cream Shop here in Etowah County - sometime in the 1960's. I remember finding a Dixie Cream Shop when Gina and I first got married and moved to Bowling Green, KY. I had no idea at the time that the franchise was still around. It's still going after 80 years, only not around these parts.I really enjoyed going by Dixie Cream, picking up

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Mary Travers of Peter, Paul, & Mary passed away today - Saturday 16, 2009. Her death seems only a footnote in the news. Mary was diagnosed a few years ago with leukemia. I read of her death in small type on the Internet. She was a beautiful woman with a beautiful voice.

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